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Language Arts: Guided Reading with Fancy Dance

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students participate in a guided reading of Leslie Johnson's, Fancy Dance and discover how to sequence events. This lesson stresses word recognition, suffixes and prefixes, and sentence structure. Cross-curricular activities involve art,...
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Apples

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete many cross categorical activities about apples. In this apples lesson plan, 2nd graders cook with apples, make a mobile, finger-paint, write a story about apples, and more. Students read poetry and complete math...
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My Secret War: Lesson 12

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore how the war affected American children. In this social studies lesson, 5th graders discuss how quotes made people feel about the war effort. Students write reflections on their reading.
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Bath Time

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils strengthen reading comprehension skills with the guided reading of Bath Time. They practice literacy skills like reading a patterned sentence with the help of the teacher for scaffolding. Students also recognize the sequencing of...
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Sadako

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students engage in a literature study in order to comprehend the times of the Japanese during World War II. Specifically they look at the life of a little girl named Sadako in Hiroshima and how she overcomes her deadly disease of Leukemia.
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Guided Reading: My Horse

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read patterned sentences. In this guided reading lesson, students use one to one matching and picture clues to aid comprehension. Cross-curricular activities are provided.
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At The Park

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a study of literature with the guided reading of "At The Park". They practice the skills of beginning sounds with the use of phonics and concept of print by matching illustrations with intended meanings.
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Bedtime Fun

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use picture clues to sound out the beginning of words. They apply this story to them actually going to bed. At the end, students should be able to follow a story line to a conclusion. To engage students, the teacher asks...
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Guided Reading with Here Comes the Bus

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read independently to find out what happens when the bus moves on its route. Students are given strategies to help with words they aren't sure how to read. Students whisper read with a partner on the second reading. As an...
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A Special Day

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the guided reading of, A Special Day while performing correct fluency with the help of picture/ text matching. They read using the patterned sentence repetition, and this helps students to...
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Story Retellings

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete story maps in order to retell stories to the class.
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JIP: His Story

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are provided with a three-column chart about a fictional character named Jip: looks, personality, and situation. After chapter 1 and chapter 2, students make notes on the charts and share that information with one other. They...
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Reduce and Respect!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how to reduce trash to help the environment. In this environment lesson, students listen to the story, The Wartville Wizard, before thinking about how they can reduce trash. They decide why it is important to reduce...
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Incredible Edible Bridges

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create a bridge using engineering and geometric concepts. In this geometry lesson plan, students identify the missing measures of polygons sides and angles. They work together to solve real life situation using problem solving...
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Comprehension Skills: Picture, Question and Summarize Using Fiction Stories

For Teachers K
Students build a variety of comprehension skills through the nine lessons of this unit. Picturing events, monitoring understanding during reading, forming questions, and summarizing stories form the core of the lessons being taught in...
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Under The Sea

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study how a tsunami is formed by underwater events such as earthquakes, volcanoes or landslides. They discuss what they knew about living and non-living things in the ocean.
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Combining and Breaking Apart Numbers

For Teachers 1st
First graders read Imogene's Antlers by David Small the create pipe cleaner antlers. Using these as a tool students combine and create number sentences. They continue to work through the framework of a software program.
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Rebus Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write rebus stories using technology. They share the rebus stories with younger students
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Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate sound and recognize the importance of hearing. They listen to and identify sounds in the environment, classroom, and on a pre-recorded tape. The students classify each type of sound and participate in a Sound...
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Flow Charts

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students explore the use of flow charts and cyclical diagrams. They discuss how to read the charts. Students produce a simple flow chart or diagram to explain a process. They investigate various methods used to present text.
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Red Legs: A Drummer Boy of the Civil War

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify and interpret the life of a drummer boy during the Civil War as well as about a reenactment. Students listen to a fictionalized story or a Civil War reenactor and compare ot with the life of the drummer boy the story...
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100 Stamps for 100 Days

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders count by 2's to get to 100. In this counting lesson plan, 2nd graders use the program Kid Pix to create stamps two at a time until they get to 100.
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King Phillip's War: A Primary Source, Exploring Options, and Sachem's Speech Writing Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the causes and effects of King Philip's War. In this Native American history lesson plan, students examine the options that the Native Americans had in 1676 New England. Learners weigh the pros and cons of the situation...
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Applemania

For Teachers 1st
First graders read "Ten Apples Up On Top!" and view real apples in a basket. They taste different kinds of apples and describe the tastes: sour, sweet, etc. They graph everyone's favorite apple. They interpret the graph and draw their...