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Kids Health: Sibling Rivalry

For Students 3rd - 5th
"Sibling rivalry is totally normal. Rivalry means competition, and you probably know that siblings are your brothers and sisters. So put themtogether and sibling rivalry is competition between brothers and sisters! Read about rivalry and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Sibling Face Off

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay about the complicated relationship between siblings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ReachOut USA

Reach Out Usa: Fighting With Your Sibling

For Students 9th - 10th
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page discusses why siblings may not get along and offers suggestions for handling conflict with a sibling.
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Kids Health: Welcoming a New Baby Into Your Family

For Students 3rd - 5th
Having a new brother or sister can create many opportunities and challenges for you. You can show how responsible you can be by helping as much as you can. You will have to deal with all the attention that the baby receives from your...
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BBC

Bbc Languages: Talk Age and Siblings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is focused on the context of talking about the family and includes a video and a worksheet. This video explores the vocabulary and structures of family, age, marriage and family celebrations. The grammar areas of focus are on...
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Read Works

Read Works: Siblings

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister whose relationship starts to change as they grow older. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "World's Greatest Robot" by w.m. Akers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Streetcar!" and "World's Greatest Robot" explore the nature of sibling relationships. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Kids Health: Things to Expect When Your Mom Is Pregnant

For Students 3rd - 5th
"Maybe you've always wanted a baby brother or sister and your parents just told you you're going to have one. Perhaps you've always liked being an "only" and now your parents have announced that you'll have a brother or sister soon....
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PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Family

For Students 3rd - 8th
A peek into the dynamics of family life provides useful tools to help with sibling rivalry, divorce, family vacations, and more. Listen to kids' testimonials, role play, express digital creativity, and take real-time surveys on current...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Hypnotized' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In Hypnotized by Canadian author Don Trembath, a sibling rivalry prompts Rufus to have his sister Alexa hypnotized by his friend. Her subsequent behavior causes both boys to feel confused about their feelings towards her. This teacher's...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: When You Are a Twin or Triplet

For Students 3rd - 8th
"Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a twin?" KidsHealth considers the types, troubles, and terrific things about twins and triplets.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this novel, Louise dreams of leaving her tiny island home in Chesapeake Bay, but first she must escape the shadow of her twin sister who seems to rob her of everything. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "Jacob...
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: White Rose a Lesson in Dissent

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an account of civil bravery, the German resistance group "Weisse Rose" with the the siblings Scholl as its most prominent members. They were murdered by the Nazis.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Picture Book Writing Lesson: Relative Report Narratives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After sharing Margie Palatini's charming "bad-situation-that-only-gets-worse tale", Tub-boo-boo, writers will plan a story about a humorous household accident that gets worse before it gets better. Borrowing Palatini's exciting idea from...
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Do You Feel Lonely? Lessons From Social Neuroscience

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever felt left out, isolated, rejected, and/or frustrated that your parents, your siblings or even your classmates do not seem to understand you? If so, you are not alone. In the 1980s, scientific reports indicated that 2 out of...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Tillena Lou and her siblings spend a lazy day imagining what it might be like if they were other types of animals. What would they need to survive? Synopsis: Tillena Lou explores her home and discovers interesting things about the...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

For Students 6th - 8th
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 6-8) to pair with the nonfiction book "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Esmeralda Santiago, also known as Negi, describes her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico and her eventual...
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: How to Trick Your Sister

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a literary text about a brother who ends up on the wrong side of a trick with his sister and answer questions on comprehension, resolution, text evidence, main idea, and more. Links to a...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: A Kid's Guide to Adoption

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have any questions about why some people choose to adopt children, or how they go about adopting a child, this is the place to find out.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Family: Big Sister

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A story about what it is like to have a big sister. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Autism

For Students Pre-K - K
Share the amazing by celebrating and supporting the uniqueness of every child, including those on the autism spectrum. All children experience the world differently, and those differences are even greater for children with autism. As a...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Themes: Family

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of links to help students see how Shakespeare used the theme of family relationships that are still relevant today.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

For Students 3rd - 6th
Jacqueline Woodson describes her experiences growing up as an African American girl in South Carolina and New York in the 1960s. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 3-6) to pair with "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson. [Free...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Extra Support for Adolescent El Ls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Before- and after-school programs can play an important role in ELLs' success by providing a place and time for homework, extra academic support, and enrichment activities. These programs are particularly helpful for older students who...

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