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Eight Stars in the Night Sky

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the day and night sky. They complete a number 8 page for their counting books.
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Three Bears and Three Goats in the Morning Sun

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story Three Bears from the book, Three Tales of Three, focusing on the one-to-one correspondence while counting various items in the story. They create pages for the number 3 for their counting books.
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Two Owl Eyes

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story, Olivia Counts, and demonstrate counting to ten. They make predictions, and recognize the day and night sky. They add page number 2 to their counting books.
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The Night Before Christmas

For Students 2nd
In this reading worksheet, 2nd graders read the story The Night Before Christmas and illustrate a concept from the story. Students read 5 pages total on this worksheet.
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The Blind Men and the Elephant

For Students 2nd
In this reading worksheet, 2nd graders read the story The Blind Men and the Elephant and illustrate a concept from the story. Students read 1 page total on this worksheet.
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this butterfly book learning exercise, students illustrate the descriptions of the life cycle of a butterfly to create a book about the life of a butterfly.
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It is OK to be OK!

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this The OK Book activity activity, students consider things they are okay at and write 1 of them down and draw a picture of themselves doing it.
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Which Way is Up? The Tree of Life in Africa

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read a book titled This is the Tree about a baobab tree and draw a picture and label the tree. In this tree lesson plan, students also write a paragraph explaining why they drew that tree. 
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New York State Testing Program-English Language Arts Test Book 1

For Students 3rd
In this New York State Language Arts Testing Program instructional activity, 3rd graders answer twenty multiple choice questions and one short answer question based on the third grade language arts curriculum.
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Creating a Caring Culture: Appreciating the Diversity of Your School

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore community diversity. In this character education lesson, students read the book Is There Really a Human Race? discussing it with their classmates and teachers. Young scholars design paper dolls to represent...
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Analyzing Short Biographies to Discover Characteristics of Biographical Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read short biographies on Abraham Lincoln from various artists. Using the texts, they identify the subject of the biography and discuss whether or not illustrations contribute to a biography. They research specific information...
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Amelia the Pigeon: Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils listen to the story, Amelia the Pigeon, predicting Amelia's story and creating their own stories of Amelia's flight using pictures of New York City. They build views of their neighborhood by pulling together drawings from the class.
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An Author Study of Jan Brett

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Jan Brett, the author of many beloved children's books, is well worth a study. Try out this winter-themed unit, which covers areas of language arts as well as art, math, science, and social studies.
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My Daily Routine

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Foreign language learners work in pairs to translate the daily routine of celebrities or everyday people, presented in daily planner format, into English. They then illustrate and record their own daily routines in storyboard (film...
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ABC Book

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create a class alphabet book. They correctly illustrate a letter with a picture using the corresponding sound. Students also read and discuss various alphabet books and decide on what theme their book will have, for example,...
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Insect Book

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders select an insect and create a page for an Insect ABC book to display their research. They choose an insect from a given letter of the alphabet and use KidPix to illustrate. They write 2-3 sentences describing their insect...
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Illustrating and Writing a Short Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use their art materials to go outside and draw a picture of a scene. They can also write down specific notes in a small spiral notebook about the scene they want to remember so they can write their stories. They complete...
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Dream Book Collage

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct and illustrate a three-page book of their dream(s). Students write a sentence to describe each page.
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Imaginative Picture Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a book about clouds after the teacher reads the book, "It Looked Like Split Milk".
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Do You Judge a Book by Its Cover?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students cut pictures out of magazines that relate to their lives, glue them on bags, and share with classmates.
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Author, Author!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, select and research a favorite studenT author or illustrator. They answer questions about the author, conduct research and prepare a PowerPoint presentation with their findings.
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Bad Case of Stripes Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 5th
Students think about why we worry about what others think, bullying, and learning to respect and accept differences in others.In this Bad Case of Stripes lesson plan, students examine cause-and-effect relationships in a story as they...
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Exploring Eric Carle’s Painted Collage

For Teachers 8th
Where does inspiration come from? Where do writers get their ideas? What about visual artists? A PowerPoint and a video introduce middle schoolers to children's author and illustrator Eric Carle and how he found inspiration in the work...
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Four Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Celebrate the changing of the seasons with this collection of arts and crafts activities.