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Lesson 2: Draw a Fire-Safety Picture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners illustrate fire safety practices. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify fire hazards within the home, and discuss fire safety. Learners read mini-books based on fire safety, and then illustrate fire safety...
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Kindness Feels Good/Reading Kindness Books

For Teachers K - 6th
Students complete acts of kindness. In this kindness and compassion lesson, students read books about acts of kindness and complete various activities each month to show kindness.
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Use Your Imagination: Reading to Learn

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the process of visualization as a means of comprehending what happens in a story. They read a chapter in a novel, visualize what happened in their mind and then draw a picture of what they visualized. They write two...
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Reading Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. For this reading comprehension lesson, students answer questions and define vocabulary words before, during, and after reading the book Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie.
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Emotions with Corduroy

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after reading Corduroy, relate Corduroy's emotions to their own emotions in a 'feelings chart'. They relate feelings of friendship, acceptance and belonging.
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I Can Be An Archaeologist Book Share

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read and discuss the book, I Can Be An Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering, and become archaeologists, themselves, as they examine, sort, and record items in a paper bag and trash from their classroom, as well as 2 others.
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Reading Buddies Book Tour

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students organize a story. In this language arts lesson, students pair with younger students and lead them through the steps of writing their own illustrated stories.
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Piggin' out with Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders manage money. In this money math lesson, 3rd graders read Pigs Will be Pigs. Students then use manipulatives to practice adding monetary amounts and making change. Students also practice working with money on selected...
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Teaching Imagery with Gary Paulsen

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read excerpts from memoirs written by Gary Paulsen as examples of how to write a narrative piece. They identify figurative language used and then they write a memoir of their own that contains imagery and figurative language.
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Multiplication Books

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create multiplication books. Inside, students create addition and multiplication sentences, and write the math equation to represent the sentence.
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It Looked Like Spilt Milk Lesson Plan

For Teachers K
Students create their own art resembling clouds. In this early childhood lesson plan, students experience using glue to create art. Students' finished creations are assembled into a class book.
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Family Pictures

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after reading the story, "Family Pictures," discuss the format of the story and then recall a favorite family experience of their own. They then write a paragraph as modeled by the author describing that experience with...
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Color Picture/Word Match

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students match colors to the color words that they represent and complete a matching puzzle to go with it. In this colors lesson plan, students put the puzzle together to match up the colors.
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Arthur's New Puppy Directed Reading Lesson (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students listen and take part as teacher and classmates give a definition and examples of responsibility, then brainstorm what Arthur needs to do to prepare for his puppy's arrival. The story be read as a total group and then talked about.
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Fun With Imogene: Let's Use Our Imagination!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research animal characteristics and use their imaginations to tell about what it would be like to wake up one morning and find that they have some animal characteristic. They read Imogene's Antlers by David Small.
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History of France: Big Picture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this French history study guide worksheet, pupils read a brief overview pertaining to the history of France from the Reformation to the present and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. Students also respond to 25 short...
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History of France: Big Picture

For Teachers 7th - 11th
In this French history study guide worksheet, young scholars read a brief overview pertaining to major events in history of France from circa 1500 to the present.
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Initial Blends with L as the Second Letter

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to and read the poem "Cat's Eyes" and discuss the repetition of words and the blends in the poem.
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Re-Read The Mitten

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students utilize their reading comprehension by analyzing a book with their class. For this children's literature lesson, students read the story The Mitten by Jan Brett and discuss the imagery and characters in the story. Students...
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Picture This: People Getting Along Together

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars analyze various mosaic murals by the artist Charles Alston. They view and discuss ways to show a family of people, how art expresses relationships between people, and create a painting that demonstrates how people get...
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Alphabet Books

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...
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A Coloring Book From My Friends

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a coloring book based on pictures they pick out. They use Microsoft Paint to create their illustrations. They write sentences at the bottom of each picture.
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What Firemen Read

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners work in groups of three to five to conduct interview on members of the community. Once groups are formed, they draw an occupation from a hat and find a professional to interview from that occupation in their community. They...
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Frederick Law Olmsted

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore life in New York and the creation of Central Park. After reading a picture book about Frederick Law Olmstead, they discuss the expectations and evolution of New York's Central Park. Next, students describe a park near...