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Curated OER

Pre-k Book Talk

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read the book Corduroy and tell if they liked or didn't like the story. In this books lesson plan, students have a stuffed bear to hold while reading the story.
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Curated OER

Adding Snap to Language Arts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students take photographs of themselves, animals, and objects and used these photos as springboards for writing stories, plays, photo captions, comic strips, ads for products, and greeting card messages.
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Curated OER

Once a fact, always a truth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover there are many sources of accurate and inaccurate information. They use newspapers and, in small groups, develop a statement explaining why they believe the article is accurate or inaccurate.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Shadows Shadows Everywhere!

For Teachers K
Shadows are all around us.Students will use reading comprehension strategies to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
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January Magazine: Profiles and Interviews: Mario Vargas Llosa

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an in-depth interview with Peruvian writer Vargas Llosa concerning past literary works, political involvement, and role in present literature.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: A Taxonomy of Literary Genre [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A series of graphic organizers shows the progression of learning about literary genre, beginning in kindergarten and building through to fifth grade.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Helping List

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage shares a list of ways to be helpful. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which learners look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Magic School Bus Hops Home

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is used while reading The Magic School Bus Hops Home. Concepts include differences between fantasy and reality, fact and opinion, and vocabulary review. Use this flipchart with the...

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