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The Ox Cart Man Farming Through the Seasons

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this 4 seasons coloring page worksheet, students respond to the book The Ox Cart Man by drawing a picture of farming through the 4 seasons.
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Folktale Unit: Paul Bunyan and the Big Blue Ox

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in a shared reading of Steven Kellogg's, Paul Bunyan while learning the associated vocabulary. They write a journal entry expressing which of the folktales they have read is their favorite and why.
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"Knot" the Whole Truth: Writing a Modern-Day Story with a Tall Tale's Voice

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Beyond Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, tall tales can be a great way to teach young writers about word choice and voice in their writing. Using Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee  and the Six-Trait Writing process, they begin to write their own...
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Xx is in Six

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing activity, learners form the upper and lowercase letter Xx. Students also color in a picture of an ox pulling a wagon.
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The Doctor Sound

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to the teacher read "The Ox Book," identify the words in the story...
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THE HUMBLE Beginnings of the Hamburger

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to numerous claims concerning the hamburger's origins and then compose an original tall tale on the subject. Students name some tall tales they have heard or read about. Students make books that feature tall tales...
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Chinese Zodiac Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this Chinese zodiac animals activity, students search 12 different animals in a word search. First, they identify the various types of Chinese zodiac animals. Then, students locate and circle each word in the word search puzzle.
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Anglo-Saxon Clothes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a research project.  In this Anglo-Saxon instructional activity, 5th graders use the Internet to look at Anglo-Saxon clothes and discuss objects used by many Anglo-Saxons.  Students work in groups to research...
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Figurative Language

For Students 6th - 7th
Have your kids read twelve sentences and underline figurative language in each sentence. They will better grasp connotative and denotative language by rewriting the sentences with the same meaning omitting the figurative language.
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Onset-Rime Segmenting Accuracy

For Teachers K - 1st
Use a puppet (in this case named Mico) to make onset and rime more fun. Mico presents 12 picture cards to kindergartners, all depicting single-syllable words. He pronounces them with segmenting onset and rime, encouraging kids to say the...
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The Donner Party

For Teachers 3rd
Who is the Donner Party? Find out why this group of pioneers lives in infamy. A lot of information is provided in this resource, but you will have to copy and paste the text to acquire the handouts. Learners will look at primary sources,...
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Rules of Punctuation: Plurals

For Teachers 2nd
Take your class through a step-by-step exploration of changing words from singular to plural. Learners begin by answering a series of questions about a word, such as whether it ends in y. Then, they add the correct ending. There are tips...
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Drop and Say

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This neat idea gets kids to use phonics and puzzle-solving skills. Pairs take turns picking picture cards from a pile, say the name of the object on the card, drop a letter to turn that word into a new word, then look for the new word on...
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Chinese New Year – Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Traditions surrounding the celebration of the Chinese New Year are the focus of a reading comprehension worksheet designed for intermediate level language learners.
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Anglo-Saxon Place Names

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geography and language arts worksheets, learners examine the meaning of Anglo-Saxon words in the names of places. They read about the fact that Anglo-Saxon place names include people's names before creating original Anglo-Saxon...
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Anglo-Saxon Web Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this web-based scavenger hunt, student search an Anglo-Saxon web site to find 12 items. They look for examples of cloth patterns, gold, glass, pottery, and wearing apparel.
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Movie Cloze

For Students 5th - 7th
For this movie worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with movie vocabulary. Students fill in the blanks for 24 sentences about movies.
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Anglo-Saxons Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Anglo Saxon worksheet, students read about the clothing of Anglo-Saxons, then draw the items listed on a picture of a boy and girl, using a given website. Students then complete a word match and read about daily life.
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A Tall Tale

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Seven quick slides give your class the "facts" on Paul Bunyan. This tall tale was made up to entertain lumberjacks and many interesting points are detailed here. As you study various folk tales, show this presentation to portray one of...
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Introduce Onset-Rime Blending

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Mico (or your favorite puppet) helps emergent readers recognize words from segmented phonemes. Explain to learners that he struggles with pronouncing words and needs their help. Model how Mico segments sounds in single-syllable words....
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Animal Adjectives

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this reading and writing worksheet, students read 3 stories about farm animals that have acted intelligently or even heroically. Students think of 2 adjectives that describe the animal in the story and write them on the lines.
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Fearless Fables

For Students 1st - 4th
This literature-based worksheet presents pupils with the fable "The Lion and the Elephant Retold" by Ellen Baumwoll. No lesson is attached but the handout could be used as a resource to create Reader's Theater.
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Paul Bunyan Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Paul Bunyan vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 words and names listed to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.
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Guided Reading: Flora's Box

For Teachers K - 1st
Young readers consider text-to-self connections. Learners discover the text-to-self connection as they read Flora's Box by Tina Althaide. They practice high frequency words, prepositions, and 1:1 correspondence.

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