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Character Traits: Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Lensey Namioka’s Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear provides an opportunity for young readers to observe how writers bring their characters to life. Each class member selects a character to trace through the novel, recording...
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Pennies of My Life Part II

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Youngsters write and construct their own autobiographies based on The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis. They engage in pre-writing steps, narrative writing, and peer editing. This is the second part of a two-part project...
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Exploring Countries and Cultures

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders choose a country associated with a family member and research its location, government, language, economy, history, holidays, foods, sports, and famous people. They write to inform using this data and draw a map identifying...
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Lemonade For Sale

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
2-3rd graders listen to the story, Lemonade for Sale, by Stuart J. Murphy. In the story, children produce and sell lemonade to raise money for their clubhouse, create a product, classify the resources used in production as natural...
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All About Me!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students write about themselves. For this descriptive writing lesson, students view a PowerPoint for examples of descriptive writing and then write sentences describing themselves. Students use a computer program to type their sentences...
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Guess the Author- Using Pseudonyms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a descriptive paragraph about themselves. In this identification and pseudonyms lesson, students discuss why some authors use pseudonyms. Students write a description of their personality, activities and interests but not...
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Look and Write

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this descriptive writing worksheet, students look at pictures of a child on a scooter, a woman knitting, and a fairy tale shoe and write descriptive sentences about them. Students write 3 descriptions.
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Look and Write

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this practicing descriptive writing worksheet, students observe pictures and write a description of them. Students write 3 descriptions.
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A School Yard Journal

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create journals with explicit descriptions of objects found on the school yard.  In this descriptive writing instructional activity, 4th graders read some of Lewis and Clark's journal entries before they explore the school...
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Personify This

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study personification in published works of poetry, then create their own through the use of diamante or cinquain poetry. They read and discuss poetry by Shel Silverstein, William Jay Smith, and Elinor Wylie.
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Wise Pockets

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Using children's picture books and role-playing activities, youngsters begin to learn about personal finance management. These lesson plans are engaging and intend to endow pupils with skills for making wise decisions with money as they...
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The Power of One - Math in a Different Angle

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this 2-day lesson focused on exponents, middle schoolers will cross the curriculum by engaging in science, history and language arts activities. Exponential growth will be explored using grains of rice on a chess board. Exponential...
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Printables
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Writing Creatively

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this writing a descriptive paragraph worksheet, students explore how to include details in the writing process by adding one detail after another on an ice cream cone with three layers of details.
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Worksheet
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Phonics: Long Vowel O and Silent E

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this long vowel o and silent e worksheet, students read four descriptive passages and choose the multiple choice answer that fits the descriptive passages. Students circle their answers.
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Worksheet
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Adjectives: Hairy Apes and Green Cupcakes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this adjective completion worksheet, students create sentences with descriptive words of their own. Students fill in a missing adjective in ten sentences. A good, solid worksheet for young readers.
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Read and Match Pictures

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading and matching worksheet, students read sentences, observe pictures, and match the pictures with their descriptive sentences. Students match 12 answers.
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Read and Match: Facial Expressions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading and matching worksheet, students read descriptive sentences and match their pictures of facial expressions and then match them with the words supper, breakfast, and dinner. Students match 8 answers.
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Organizer
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Adjectives About the Fall Season

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this recognizing descriptive words activity, students write adjectives about the fall season and the color change in leaves and then create sentences using the adjectives.
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Writing
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If You Lived In Japan

For Students 4th - 5th
In this descriptive writing worksheet, students write about their life changes if they moved to Japan permanently. Students write 1 short essay.
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Look and Write

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this descriptive writing activity, students observe pictures and write sentences describing them. Students write 3 sentences.
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Literacy Through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Students create slides from their...
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal exercises online worksheet, students choose the correct word from a drop down menu in each of 10 sentences to name the animal. They fill in the blanks in 10 sentences based on the description of an animal and complete a...
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Interactive
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Place Names

For Students 3rd
In this interactive vocabulary instructional activity, 3rd graders read various descriptions of places and select the appropriate name of the place. For example, for the description of a place where you can see different kinds of fish...
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Worksheet
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ACE Expert English Homework

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this positions worksheet, students read descriptions of where the ball is around a box and then draw pictures of where a cat is beside a chair. Students draw 8 pictures and answer 16 position questions.

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