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Help Me Learn About the Holocaust

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young readers select a book from a provided list to use as the basis for an intensive class study of Holocaust novels. After completing their novels, groups create a multimedia presentation highlighting the elements of literature...
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Portrait of a Friend

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a graphic organizer about themselves and write a short auto-biography. They share their work with a classmate and draw a portrait of a classmate be displayed in the classroom.
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How to DO Just About Anything

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners discover how to use a digital camera and how to make a PowerPoint presentation. They practice good listening skills and hear how to make a "Supa Dupa Egg." They take notes and use them to create an effective, step-by-step...
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Summarization Superstars

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
How do you read when you know you're going to be summarizing a text? Summarize a nonfiction text with your upper elementary schoolers. Your pupils independently read a nonfiction article and write a summary paragraph using the six-step...
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Summarizing with James and the Giant Peach

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Elementary readers in literature groups practice summarizing chapter-by-chapter with Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach. Focus on main idea, supporting details, and the 5 Ws. Unfortunately, a clever "peach" graphic organizer to which...
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Alphabet Sideshow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice sound and recognition of letters in alphabetical sequence. They gain an understanding of letter sounds and order. They create a slide show with graphics and text. They present their slide show to the class.
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Multimedia Book Report

For Teachers 4th
Learners take a book they've read previously and create a multimedia book report. They use the book report graphic organizer (attached) to plan their PowerPoint presentation. A thorough rubric is provided for you to ease grading. There's...
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Word Worms: Spelling Or Vocab Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the meaning of different types of vocabulary words. They sort words into different groups and play a game while creating graphic organizers of plants with roots and worms. Students work...
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4-H Photography Intermediate Activity Pages

For Students 7th - 10th
Photography is the focus of this 4-H photography worksheet. Learners examine the history of the camera, complete a photography service project, discover careers in photography, and determine their photography skill level. They complete a...
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4-H Photography Advanced Activity Pages

For Students 6th - 8th
Three pages of photography activities will help your 4-H members work on the advanced life skill of "Communicating." Activities include a checklist of projects, a timeline of the history of the camera, a graphic organizer for reflection,...
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Silver Blaze and Other Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this Silver Blaze and Other Stories reading and study guide worksheet, students respond to 8 multi-step short answer, multiple choice, and graphic organizer questions. The questions are designed to be answered before, while, and after...
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Predictions: Technologies of the Future

For Students 4th - 5th
Visit the world of science fiction with this graphic organizer focusing on predictions. Complete the chart to determine the possible positive and negative side effects for two examples of future technology. Then, have writers choose one...
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Recognizing Complete Sentences

For Students 1st - 3rd
Paste the dresser drawers into the correct dresser in order to recognize complete sentences! The dressers are blank graphic organizers, and complete and incomplete sentences are written on drawers for learners to cut out. Pupils get a...
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Fairy Tale Story Planner

For Students 4th - 5th
Provide your class with a way to plan their own fairy tale. Learners use this graphic organizer to help them plan their own original fairy tale by identifying the setting, characters, conflict, and conclusion for their story.
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Comparing-Contrasting With Cookies

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students compare and contrast cookies. In this compare and contrast lesson, students complete a graphic organizer and identify the similarities and differences in Girl Scout Cookies. Students write an analysis.
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Novel Jeopardy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Play a classroom version of the classic game show Jeopardy, to review and discuss the novel your class has been reading. Questions about plot and other story elements are written on cards and given point values. Divide the class into...
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Compare and Contrast Stories

For Students 2nd - 5th
Compare and contrast up to three stories with this graphic organizer! There are designated squares to capture information regarding the characters, setting, and problems of each story. Which are similar, and which are different? This...
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Paragraphs: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 2nd - 3rd
This is a great way to review the concept of main idea and supporting details with younger learners. Learners read two short passages and identify the main idea and supporting details using visual prompts and a graphic organizer.
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Story Map

For Students 4th - 6th
Fill in the graphic organizer including the setting, characters, conflict, and climax of a story. There are 8 blanks intended to assist students in seeing the relationship between the story elements.
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Detail Detective: Story Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this story detail worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer, filling in details about a story read and what characters see, hear, smell, taste, touch and where they go. 
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Defining Relative Pronouns Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
After defining relative pronoun to your fourth and fifth graders, give them this simple worksheet to assess their understanding. The worksheet is straightforward: no graphics, examples, or engaging designs, but it does test your learners...
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My Opinion Template

For Students 4th - 5th
Fourth and fifth graders identify opinions and supporting details with this graphic organizer. Consider giving your class different categories to create opinions around. There is space to identify four different opinions. 
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Present Simple

For Students 2nd - 4th
Beginning grammarians choose from a drop-down menu the correct form of a simple present verb to match assorted moving graphics. They practice singular and plural forms of dance, cook, look, play, sit, and stand with various familiar...
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Analyzing Nonfiction Text Elements - Editorials

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Examine the text features of non-fiction. Start the instructional activity by reading editorial samples provided by their instructor and analyze the texts for word choice, details, and organization. An editorial example and graphic...

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