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Self-Assessment: Habits of Effective Readers, Writers, Speakers, Listeners, and Viewers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study how to read fluently. In this reading lesson plan, 5th graders practice reading and recording any miscues. Students time each other and graph their progress each day.
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Pretest and Present Project

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build their own city. In this grammar lesson, students view ads for popular vacation spots. Students take note of the correct capitalization in the ads. Students then create their own city and make a travel brochure for that...
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All That's Fit To Print

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use an editor's checklist to help them proofread examples of other students writing, then edit a worksheet embedded in the plan. In this writing and editing lesson, students look for capitalization, spelling, and grammatical...
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Calendar

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design/format and create a specific calendar month (maybe the present one?) choosing and using one of the formats in the Scholastic Super Print program.
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What's Inside My Memory Bag?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners write sentences and illustrate pictures that relate to special mementos they bring to class.
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Growing Independence and Fluency Design: Express Yourself!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and excitement can enhance the text, 2nd graders listen as the teacher reads a story with and without emotion. Individual students practice...
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School-Home Links: Re-reading Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this read aloud writing worksheet, students write about a topic and then read the story aloud to family members. Students then receive revision tips from their family members. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Let's Just Dialogue

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen to the story, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish" and complete a cartoon drawing containing dialogue that shows an understanding of conventions used in dialogue by using the bubble form.
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Techniques for Quoting Material

For Students 10th - 11th
In this writing worksheet, learners read techniques for quoting material. Students read about how to correctly use quotations, textual references and footnotes, and a bibliography.
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PICTURE READING - PARAGRAPH WRITING

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the elements found in a media image. The image is used to compose a descriptive paragraph. They exchange papers to discuss the writing and make changes using constructive criticism. Students also make connections...
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Inventors

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars brainstorm a list of inventions that have affected their lives. In groups, they use the internet to research a specific inventor and their invention. They use the information to write two paragraphs and share their...
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Prefixes- re

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this "re" prefix worksheet, students complete a chart in which they copy words and underline the prefix "re". Then students add the prefix to make new words. Students also define "re" words, and cross out "re" words that are not real.
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Fable Writing

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students listen to and discuss various fables, and identify the moral and central themes. They write their own personal fables and create illustrations to go with them.
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Write A Description

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.
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Find the Error 4

For Students 5th - 7th
In this find the error worksheet, students will read a excerpt from a carnival brochure in which there is a mistake. Students must find the error.
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Family Cookbook

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, produce a Family Cookbook by bringing recipes from home.
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First Class Mail

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and write a friendly letter to Elizabeth George Speare, the author, discussing their points of interest in the novel with her.
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Up Close and Personal with Black Bayou Lake

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students get up close and personal with Black Bayou Lake. Visiting web sites and taking virtual tours, they write multi-paragraph essays using descriptive words and literary devices.
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Thank You, Grandparents!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students share important moments with their grandparents. Individually, they write one paragraph thanking them for being in their lives or for a specific event they have been involved in. They also identify ways they act like their...
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Making a Family Newsletter: Using a Word Template

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and...
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Common/Proper Nouns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students sort word card into two categories (common and proper nouns). They copy the class charts. Students create a table in Word including the headings, common noun and proper noun. They put the correct words onto their chart and add a...
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Zulu King, Zulu King

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students listen to story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, brainstorm everything they know about Mardi Gras, create pages relating to Mardi Gras for class book, type information on computer, play slide show, and take turns reading their books.
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Peer Editing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sudents read and critique three of their fellow classmates' science fiction short stories on three consecutive days for mechanics, short story elements, style, and informational elements.
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Cooking a Few of my Favorite Things

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders publish a class cookbook of their own recipes. They explore the nutritional value of foods, calculate the measurements, and prepare a healthy recipe for the class.

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