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I Grow

For Teachers K
Students describe factors that influence relationships with family and friends. They write a book about themselves using personal knowledge.
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Number Sense Sampler

For Teachers 1st
First graders illustrate a math problem with counters while reading story books, such as Margie Burton's "Add the Animals". They demonstrate a positive learning attitude toward mathematics and communicate clearly in oral, artistic,...
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Staying Healthy Year Round

For Teachers K
Students are read a variety of books and observe the weather in the different seasons. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of activities people are doing. They also discuss how they adapt to the changes in seasons by the...
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Animal Growth Journal

For Teachers K
Students observe and describe animals in the local environment. They recall information about different animals they have seen. They read and discuss their favorite animal books.
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Health and Physical Education

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story, Just a Minute. They create books with physical activities listed. They predict how many times they can perform that activity in one minute.
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Decision Making

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars describe the decision-making process by listening to books being read aloud and completing worksheets. They write journal entries, complete motivating activities, and participate in a 5 Square Activity. As an assessment,...
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Geology: Rock Hounds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read Byrd Baylor's book, Everybody Needs a Rock. In small groups, they examine rocks and list their characteristics. After writing down the descriptions on cards, the rocks are pooled together. Students then use the...
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Why Walk?

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book Yummers. They use the food pyramid to evaluate what Emily Pig ate during her walk and find out why her walk made her sick. They participate in a walking game.
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Charlotte's Web Vocabulary Sheets

For Students 2nd Standards
That's some worksheet! A 10-page packet includes vocabulary words from each chapter in Charlotte's Web. 
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Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about Poison Dart Frogs: Eggs and Tadpoles

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Poison Dart Frog babies are the focus of a lesson that challenges scholars to compare and contrast two informational texts. Beginning with a read-aloud, followed by a discussion, readers complete a practice page that examines the main...
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Using Evidence to Support Analysis: “Frederick Douglass”

For Teachers 7th Standards
Show what you know! Scholars complete a mid-unit assessment using text evidence from Frederick Douglass. The teacher then presents expectations for independent reading assignment. Leaving the class, pupils turn in an exit ticket...
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The Chalk Box Kid: Lesson 5, A Party

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students will preview words from pages 29-34 of the book The Chalk Box Kid. Seven phonograms that the students will see on those pages are listed at the top of the worksheet.
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Freckle Juice- Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and respond to a chapter in a book.  In this vocabulary and reading comprehension lesson, students preview and predict chapter 3 of Freckle Juice, define new vocabulary words, read chapter 3 and complete a vocabulary...
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Journey Home: The Active Learner

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss focus questions prior to reading and preview the book, "Journey Home." In this language arts activity, small groups present vocabulary words. Students complete after-reading discussion questions and choose writing...
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A Fish in Water

For Teachers 1st
First graders, with a goldfish as a class pet, practice the proper way to care for a pet and have responsibilities when it comes to taking care of the fish. As a class, the teacher reads the book "Fish Out of Water".
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As the World Turns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read books and participate in class discussions about the motion of the stars and planets and moons in relation to the Earth. In small groups, 3rd graders act out these movements to music.
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SWOOP Reading

For Teachers 1st
First graders read fluently. For this phonics lesson students practice reading strategies for fluency. They write a response in their journal about the book read in class.
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No Title

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and practice a variety of prereading strategies to assess how to ask questions that a new reader might ask about the book, "One Day in the Woods." They skim the book, brainstorm the topic of the book and preview...
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Splash!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the book, Splash in the Ocean. Then they use fish counters, fish stickers, numbers and symbols to solve addition story problems.
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Batty Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete a chart which includes what they know about bats, what they want to know, and after conducting research on the Internet and in books, what they learned about bats.
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students compare the differences in insects and spiders and design a worksheet that teaches the differences. Students record on chart organizing the information about the pet, its food, habitat, exercise, and other ways to care for...
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Wild Things Are Here

For Teachers K
Students engage in a literature study for the book Where The Wild Things Are. The skill of prediction is practiced as they preview the story as a whole class. The teacher models reading fluency, pronunciation, and phonetic skills while...
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the decision-making process. For this citizenship lesson, students read the book, A Hill Too High to Climb and discuss the decisions the characters had to make in the story. Students discuss how the characters' actions...
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Trouble with Trolls

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read Trouble with Trolls. In this author/illustrator lesson, 2nd graders read a story and discuss their favorite parts. Students make predictions and connections to the book.