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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A reader's theater script for Dixie Allen's nonfiction book, Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Balanced Diet

For Teachers 2nd
In this lesson, 2nd graders will learn about the components of a balanced diet. Students will analyze charts and then self-report their own foods in categories. Several fiction and nonfiction books are listed as additional resources.
Article
Other

Green Leaf: What's the Difference Between a Foreword, Preface, and Introduction?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article articulates the differences among a nonfiction book's foreward, preface, and introduction.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Far Off

For Students 5th - 7th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Far Off by Favell Lee Mortimer, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A History of the United States of America

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of A History of the United States of America by Charles Augustus Goodrich, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Farm and Its Scenes

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Farm and Its Scenes by R. Lee, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington (1883), a book of illustrated poems, children's stories, birds, games, and historical information. Includes both fiction and...
Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Joan Didion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A biography of author Joan Didion, a novelist and screenwriter with a penetrating eye for social observation. She received the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
Website
Other

Pat Mora: Personal Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything a person wants to know about Pat Mora. This is her own personal page. It has links to her nonfiction, her poetry, her children's books and interviews with her. There are some great resources for teachers at this site. Students...
Website
University of Kentucky

Read More About Insects and Their Relatives

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This hyperlinked bibliography of resource books about insects is organized by topics that include insect societies, insect-plant relationships, general insects, behavior, history, collecting, development, fiction, and the like.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Cloud, Rain, and Fog

For Teachers 2nd
During these three days of lessons, 2nd graders will learn about weather from the nonfiction text by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.
Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Stem Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about how to strengthen literacy, inquiry, and problem-solving skills, and how to connect kids with high-quality nonfiction and informational books. Provides videos, articles for parents and for teachers, webcasts for teachers, and...
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 1: Opinion

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to form an opinion using the book Animal Taste.
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EL Education

El Education: Get a Clue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This nonfiction children's book was created by 1st grade students at the Genesee Valley Community Charter School in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on fossils and local geological history. The expedition consisted...
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EL Education

El Education: What Snake Am I?

For Students 2nd - 4th
An online book entitled What Snake Am I? by 2nd graders at The Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, Massachusetts. The book contains information about different snakes found around the world. Original writing and illustrations...
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EL Education

El Education: E Is for Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was written and illustrated by sixth grade students at High Tech High Middle School in San Diego, California. As part of a three-month study of Ancient Egypt, students researched topics to feature in this children's alphabet...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Children's London by Charlotte Thorpe

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Children's London by Charlotte Thorpe (1890), a nonfiction, illustrated book of places in London.
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EL Education

El Education: Give Bees a Chance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was created by 6th grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School as part of a learning expedition on bees and beekeeping. They investigated the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - a local and national threat to bees,...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Froissart's Chronicles by Jean Froissart

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Froissart's Chronicles by Jean Froissart (1890), a nonfiction account of adventures, battles, and customs in England, France, and Spain.
Unknown Type
EL Education

El Education: Access Portland: Resource for Immigrants & Refugees

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource guide was created by students in Portland, Maine, in an "attempt to make the resources of Portland, ME more easily accessible to new refugees and immigrants." Students met with representatives from local organizations and...
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EL Education

El Education: Geology for Kids

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
4th grade students from the Swift River Elementary School in New Salem, Massachusetts, created this field guide to local geology, featuring "Things to Know" and "Places to Visit", as part of a study of local geology and rocks and...
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EL Education

El Education: Guide to Energy Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This guide was created by 3rd and 4th grade students at the Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as part of a learning expedition on energy sources and alternative energy. Students studied all forms of...

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