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PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: Oceans

For Parents 1st Standards
Flotsam by David Wiesner and The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen, begin a reading adventure pack focusing on oceans. With story listening and thoughtful discussion, scholars complete several...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a comic strip combines both images and words for the ultimate narrative effect. After reading The Three Little Pigs and deciphering the plot elements, elementary readers work through four...
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Curated OER

Picture This!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore and generate story elements for wordless picture books. In this collaborative writing lesson, students review wordless picture books and write a story based on the illustrations. Students use post-it notes to organize...
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Curated OER

Caldecott Medal Winners

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this Caldecott medal winners worksheet, students read the list of Caldecott medal winners. Students read the year, book, and author for years 1938 through 2008.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Description and Modifying: What's On Your Plate?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create a food product and an advertisement promoting it.  In this description and advertising lesson, students read children's book for inspiration and discover advertising techniques.  Young scholars complete their ads...
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Curated OER

Onomatopoeia

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate onomatopoeia. In this reading lesson plan, 5th graders create a list of onomatopoeic words from books read and brainstorm words of their own in small groups.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hop Into A Story

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story "Tuesday," and discuss all of the elements that made this story. For this language lesson, students tell the story of "Tuesday," (which is all pictures, no words), as the teacher turns the pages of the book....
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Curated OER

Narrative Sketches

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "Tuesday" for inspiration. They draw three pictures that illustrate the beginning, middle and end of a story with very short notes to describe the sketches. They use the sketches as an organizer to use before writing...

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