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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments,...
Handout
Novelinks

Tunes for Bears to Dance to: A Letter for Henry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Readers of Tunes for Bears to Dance to are asked to write a personal letter to Henry, the main character in Robert Cormier's young adult novel, offering Henry advice about whether he should do as Mr. Hairston wants.
Lesson Planet Article
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Text Complexity in the Common Core

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use these tools to choose a text that is appropriate and challenging, while also fulfilling the Common Core’s requirement for text complexity.
Writing
Reproducible Master

Reader’s Journal

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
As you read a story or novel, have your class members put together and fill out a journal. They will have the chance to illustrate a cover page, draw and write about various topics, respond to a focus questions, and draft a paragraph.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Around Town: Neighborhood and Community: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Neighborhood and community is the theme of a unit comprised of extra support lessons. Following practice pages and a teach, blend, guided practice, practice/apply routine, the series of lessons provide additional reinforcement...
Lesson Plan
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Sticky Note Reading Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read about Indiana's history and use sticky notes to record important information.  In this sticky notes lesson, 4th graders record cultural information about the people of Indiana.
Worksheet
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Reading a Science Textbook

For Students 7th - 10th
In this skill worksheet, students get ideas about how to read a science textbook for understanding. They practice reading two paragraphs and identifying key terms and phrases.
Lesson Plan
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Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd
In this reading comprehension lesson, 3rd graders read the story Treasury of Literature and complete various comprehension activities.  Students answer factual questions about the story, analyze the story using a bubble map, and...
Lesson Plan
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Flight Formation: The V's Have It!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Read, revisit, and reflect. Older elementary students summarize main idea 6using key details. They consider the V formation that birds fly in, summarize an informational text, and write critical thinking questions.
PPT
East Stroudsburg University

In Your Own Words... Paraphrasing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How can you put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning of the original text? That is the question facing many young researchers. The advice modeled in this presentation is that writers read the passage carefully,...
Lesson Plan
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Up the Down Tree House

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners investigate the decomposition process. In this ecology lesson, students participate in a play, "Up the Treehouse" where the main idea focuses on a decomposing tree and how food chains are effected by decomposition. After the...
Lesson Plan
Pimsleur

Sports

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teach your class how to talk about sports in Italian! Learners watch a video, read a short interview, interview their classmates, learn the names of various sports, practice some specific grammatical tasks, and more.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Beginning Critical Reading - The White House

For Students 4th - 5th
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the story about The White House. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Beginning Critical Reading - Paper

For Students 5th - 6th
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the paragraphs about paper. Students answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Beginning Critical Reading - Soaps and Detergents

For Students 6th - 7th
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the short story about soaps and detergents. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Princess and the Pea

For Students 5th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, 5th graders read the story 'The Princess and the Pea.' Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions about the passage.
Lesson Plan
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore bullying and positive self concept with Molly Lou Melon. In this Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon lesson, students determines the main idea and essential message from text.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

President's Place

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and research the features of the White House.In this President's Place lesson, 3rd graders read an article determine the main idea. Students understand how to footnote an article.
Worksheet
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Main Idea Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Sedona worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about the area of Sedona, Arizona. Students complete 9 questions total.
Interactive
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English Exercises: Kindergarten Songs

For Students K
In this English exercises:  kindergarten songs worksheet, students watch 2 musical videos, then interactively select the correct answer for 16 questions about the songs, with immediate online feedback.
Lesson Plan
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Images of Maine: Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and evaluate several poems from various Maine authors such as Longfellow, Booth and Millay. They discuss the images of Maine and its people that are related in these poems and compare them to their own ideas of Maine...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Makes Us Free?: Maine's Declaration of Rights

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students analyze Maine's Declaration of Rights. They review state constitutions and declaration of rights and their importance. They analyze a section of Maine's Declaration of Rights and crete their own declarations of rights. They...
Lesson Plan
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Read it and Remember it!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are divided into small groups, read a section from an assigned book, and draw a picture of what they read. They list the main characters, theme, setting, and plot of the book. They share their information/drawings with...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: Pliny Describes Elephants

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage titled Pliny Describes Elephants, then answer 7 multiple choice comprehension questions.

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