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Find Somebody in This Class Who....

For Students 2nd - 8th
Here is a fun and simple ice breaker in which your young learners will interview their classmates to discover which ones have had similar interests and experiences.
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Make a Book Into a Movie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Turn your high schoolers into casting directors with this lesson, which focuses on turning a class novel into a movie. Choosing the cast for a movie based on a class reading, as well as designing a poster for the movie, helps young...
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Scholastic

The First Thanksgiving Feast for Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars examine the first Thanksgiving through books and interviews while they complete a KWL chart. Pretending they are part of the feast, learners craft a scrapbook page that features images related to their experience. Pupils reflect...
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Christmas Around the World Part 1

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
A creative lesson shines a spotlight on Christmas celebrations throughout six different countries. Scholars read an informative text and share their new-found knowledge with their peers. After hearing about each country, pupils choose...
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Midland Independent School District

Celebrating National Holidays

For Teachers K
There's more to holidays than just days off! Young historians explore the meaning behind national holidays in a five-part lesson plan. They focus on what holidays are and why they are celebrated, as well as learn the meaning of music in...
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Making Books to Inspire a Love of Reading

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Making books with children can be a hands-on literature experience.
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Shared Reading: Wishy-Washy Day

For Teachers K
Students experience two pieces of literature that discuss the importance of taking a bath.
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Discussion Director

For Students 6th - 9th
In this discussion activity worksheet, students read the descriptions of several individual roles for book discussion groups. Students then complete specific activities based on the role they take.
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Holidays: Ramadan and Eid

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study ways some holidays are celebrated in this country, and share their experiences, the lesson focuses on Bangla students' celebration of Eid, an important holiday in Bangladesh for the Muslim People. Students make a class...
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Sharing Our Knowledge

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars evaluate their participation in an animal welfare service project. In this animal welfare lesson, students reflect upon their experience by using their feelings and descriptions in their writing. Young scholars share their...
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Saving Money

For Teachers 1st
After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome lesson about coins and the value of saving money. The lesson is done in a classic style - everything is beautifully organized, and...
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Promoting Disability Awareness and Acceptance in Childhood

For Teachers K - 12th
Create a safe and respectful school environment with the help of this special education teaching guide. Offering dozens of instructional ideas and activities for raising awareness and acceptance of children with disabilities, this is a...
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Children's Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use their personal experiences to create students's books for younger middle schoolers on topics to which they can relate. Students observe a guest speaker who talks about different formats of middle schoolers's books...
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HyperStudio Book Reports

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a HyperStudio book report after reading a novel. They work in pairs or small groups to design a HyperStudio stack about a previously-read novel. They use a variety of graphic organizers to have Students gather...
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My Caring and Sharing Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They consider when they have shared with someone or expressed caring. They write, illustrate and compile a fish book that tells of their caring and sharing experiences.
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Reflecting/Writing after a field trip or other experience

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners reflect on field trips in writing. In this journal writing activity, students write about a recent experience by using 4 of their senses to tell what they remember. They turn these into poetry. 
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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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Clever Cooking Book Review Directions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this literature and literacy worksheet, students select a recipe from a cookbook to review. They investigate the type of food it entails, the ingredients and tools need to make the food, and the safety concerns. They cook the recipe...
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Find a Book

For Teachers 5th
Student receives one book description card and in less than 2 minutes, they walk through the Media Center to find a book matching that description. After a matching book is found, each student evaluates the book.
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Moby Dick Puppetry

For Teachers 3rd
Such an ambitious lesson! Third graders with special needs listen to an audio recording of the novel, Moby Dick. They stop often to discuss each of the main characters and analyze their actions in the story. They then make puppets of one...
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Starfish: The Stars of the Sea Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover many characteristics of the starfish. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify characteristics of starfish. Students develop a language experience chart and record their new-found information, and...
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Should Populations in an Ecosystem be Restricted?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment to determine how overpopulation effects ecosystems specifically plants. In this ecosystem activity, 4th graders conduct an ecosystems experiment after listening to Claire Daniel's, Ecosystems. They watch a...
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Taking in Water and Minerals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students conduct an experiment. In this plants instructional activity, students conduct an experiment in order to understand how liquid passes through a plant. They use balloons suspended from the classroom ceiling.
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Story-Hour Kit

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore four picture books. For this early childhood lesson, students are read the books, discuss them, and then complete extension activities. These include writing and illustrating their own experiences, practice with...