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What is the Big Idea?

For Teachers 1st - 9th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students predict what will happen next in a selected story and draw a picture to accompany the prediction.
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Halloween Literature Unit: Pumpkin Patch Unit Project

For Teachers K - 1st
Students simulate an agriculture project. For this sequencing lesson, students observe their classroom pumpkin patch, make journal entries, and predict how the pumpkins will grow. They discuss as a class how to keep their pumpkins safe...
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You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover

For Students 4th
In this prediction worksheet, 4th graders answer questions telling what they think the book Tarzan will be about based on the first sentence of the book. Students use that sentence to write a short story of their own.
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Listening to Gather Evidence in a Reading Selection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore an Ethiopian folktale, "Fire on the Mountain." In this literature lesson, 4th graders evaluate and record the evidence, as well as make predictions about what they think will happen. Students evaluate other groups...
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Push or Pull

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine a large box and determine how they may move the box to a specified point. After the class makes predictions, they test them and decide what worked and what didn't work. Through their tests, push and pull are introduced....
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The Campaign: Issues and Strategies. What do you think?

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars research a candidate in an election and discuss how the media portrays that candidate and how the media influences voters. For this candidate lesson plan, students also distinguish fact from opinion, look at political...
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The Cause & Effect Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the plot of the story, "The Little Engine That Could" to provide a model for writing creatively, developing critical essays, producing themes, and making predictions.
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Building Literacy Through Character

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders connect reading to writing by making predictions, completing text to world connections, solving problems, and more. In this reading and writing lesson plan, 2nd graders draw conclusions after reading and write them down.
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffee Numeroff with their teacher, discuss the concept of cause and effect, and create their own story boards for a class story.
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify the cause and effect in the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. In this cause and effect lesson, students listen to the story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and discuss what the cause and effect is. As a follow-up,...
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Will It Sink or Float?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform experiments to see if items will sink or float. In this sink or float lesson, students work in groups to make predictions, and record the results. After the experiments are complete students make a book of the results.
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Little Boy Blue

For Teachers 1st
First graders read nursery rhymes and celebrate Mother Goose. In this drawing conclusions and predicting instructional activity, 1st graders create new ending for the nursery rhymes. Students gather data and make a graph showing their...
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You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover, But Can You Judge a Book By Its First Line? #2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this literature/book analysis worksheet, students read one sentence which is the beginning of a book. Students then answer 6 questions based on this one sentence, predicting what it will be about and other story elements. They then...
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The Chocolate Touch

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a book.  In this story elements instructional activity, students share their favorite food, predict what the story will be about and discuss how they would feel if they got to eat their favorite food everyday. ...
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The Recess Queen

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read, The Recess Queen and answer questions about the book.  In this story book activity, students write stories about situations that they have gone through similar to what was in the story. 
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New Shoes for Sylvia

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore reading comprehension by analyzing a story in class. In this story structure lesson, 1st graders read the book New Shoes for Sylvia and discuss the character and her dilemma in the story. Students answer study...
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this creative worksheet, students read one sentence which is provided. They then make predictions about what the book would be about. Students then write and illustrate the story.
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The Diary of a Young Girl: Getting Ready to Read

For Students 5th - 7th
For this "Diary of a Young Girl" worksheet, students work with a partner to write two predictions about Anne's diary entries. Next, students answer 12 short answer comprehension questions based on the story.
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Language Arts: Predicting and Clarifying Techniques

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover predicting and clarifying skills while reading "The Old Woman and Her Pig." During the reading, they check their predictions while evaluating the characters, setting, problems, and solution. On the second day,...
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Predicting Story Outcome

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars participate in the reading of an online story in an attempt to increase reading comprehension. Before reading the class looks at the cover and pictures in order to make predictions about the outcome. They read the story...
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Predicting From the First Line 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Predicting From the First Line 2 activity, students answer 6 questions by predicting the rest of a story from the first line. Students also write a short story, using the first line given.
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Predicting From the First Line 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Predicting From the First Line A, students answer 6 questions by predicting the rest of a story given the first line. Students also write a short story, using the first line given.
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Predicting From the First Line B

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Predicting From the First Line B worksheet, learners answer 6 questions by predicting the rest of a story given the first line. Students also write a short story, using the first line given.
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Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils listen to Anne Rockwell's picture book biography of Sojourner Truth to learn about this famous abolitionist/feminist as well as slave life in New York. Students make predictions about the book as it is read aloud. Pupils...

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