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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library: Story Place

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A bilingual virtual and interactive library for children with stories and activities in English and Spanish.
Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Birds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Come and check out this resource featuring printable materials on birds. This site includes poems, shape books, questions for reading comprehension and more.
Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: By Chivalries as Tiny

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "By Chivalries as Tiny", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: National Poetry Month

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this puzzle is poetry.
Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literary Library: "Canterbury Tales" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive, printable study guide for Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" from the Glencoe Literary Library. Includes biography, background information, and Before, During, and After Reading Activities using graphic organizers, literature...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting With "Then and Now"

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This instructional activity is a great small group reading instructional activity that has a social studies connection. In this instructional activity, students will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Weird Animal Adventures: Tuesday

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
After reading the picture book Tuesday by David Weisner, students write stories about strange animals and their nighttime adventures. Teacher and student instructions are provided along with student samples, an interactive idea...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who's to Blame Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students read the book Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! By Rosetta Stone (aka Dr. Seuss) to learn how a little thing can turn into a big story. Then students practice by writing stories of their own where a little cause has a big...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Power Point Life Span Diaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners research an animal or other living creature and create a life-span diary similar to the one they read about in the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. PowerPoint presentations are made for students to use while sharing their...