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Cook-A-Doodle Doo! Lesson Plan
Pupils enjoy the excitement in the short story, Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!  In this Cook-A-Doodle Doo! lesson plan, students work to tell the difference between fact and fiction, learn vocabulary, and compare and contrast different stories.
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Christmas Trolls Lesson Plan
Young scholars love the illustrations in Jan Brett books and the story in the border of each page.  In this Christmas Trolls lesson plan, students read a variety of texts, both print and non-print sources, to help give them a better...
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Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride Lesson Plan
Students study Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt.  For this biographical lesson, students read Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride. Students write their own biography, create a timeline of events from the book, and write a story based on...
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Cause and Effect with the Treasure of Green Lake
Students, after reading the book, "Holes," answer questions about the story's plot, make decisions about game play that involve cause and effect relationships and utilize problem-solving skills and hand-eye coordination to navigate a...
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Connection Stems
Students connect their lives to a story or nonfiction text.  In this reading connections lesson, students make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they complete connections stems based on a story.
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Parasite Development and Life Cycle
If you are new to teaching agriculture classes, this outline may be helpful when you are preparing a lecture on parasites in livestock. In addition to lecturing on this topic, the lesson plan suggests that learners research the life...
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Reading Partners
Learners participate in several activities using a reading partner.  They plan and organize reading meetings with their partner, and then review story elements by retelling the stories orally.  The partners question each other and make...
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Picture the Process!
Students read "Chasing Vermeer," and then study the author's writing process.  They make connections between the book and the author's real life experiences.  They then write an original mystery story, following the writing process.
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Immigration For Grades K-2
Students engage in a instructional activity about the concept of immigration. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create context for class discussion or a class presentation topic. They...
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Let's Learn About Weather!
Students read several weather-related stories.  They brainstorm weather words and use them as they make a weather booklet that includes pictures, a story of their own, and observations they make about the weather outside on that day.
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Organizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Students read given information and identify the main ideas and specific detail of the story.  In groups, they read a historical title and create a "book talk" for each one, summarizing the story.  In addition, students create a...
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Foot Book Lesson Plan
Students measure items using non-standard units of measure. In this measurement lesson, students listen to Dr. Seuss', The Foot Book, before using oak tag feet to measure items. They use a large foot and a smaller one to measure...
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Writing an Autobiography
Students identify life goals as they write an autobiography. They write a strong introduction for their autobiography. Students write a sequences of events using their Life Map as a graphic organizer. They write facts accurately...
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Letter Recognition: Confusable Letter Pairs
Students distinguish between easily-confused letter pairs such as b and d, p and b, m and w, and n and m.  They read and listen to a story that highlights words containing the letter pairs.  They use picture clues to aid reading...
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Celebrate La Posada in Mexico!
Students locate and identify Mexico on a world map. They develop an understanding of celebrating La Posada in Mexico as they listen to a story about the tradition of La Posada. They create a representation of a pointsettia. They act out...
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Technology that Makes Phonics Fun
Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities.  For this educational technology lesson, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of phonics....
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Dragonwings
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the literature study of Dragonwings. They write about the story from the perspective of a reader that is well informed towards the last chapters. Students also find target vocabulary and...
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Bank On It! Worm, fiction
In this language arts worksheet, students read an article about Worm. Worm is personified, and the story written from his point of view. Students select words from an 8 word word bank to complete the sentences.
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Sportsmanship and Spectator Behavior
Sixth graders listen to the story BEING A BAD SPORT as teacher reads to the class. They identify good and bad sportsmanship by reading and writing activities. They then go to the gym and simulate a game situation recording examples of...
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Let's Draw
Students listen to the story "Art Lesson" by Tomie dePaola, and discuss the importance of reaching for their dreams. They then use an "I Can Draw" book to help aid their drawing. Finally, they use Kidspiration to list what they learned...
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Pumpkin Eye Lesson Plan
Young scholars listen to the story Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming to enjoy the colorful illustrations and to learn about an important ingredient in a pumpkin squares recipe the class will be using. In this cooking lesson plan, students...
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Teaching Lewis and Clark: Challenge to Communicate
Young scholars note instances in the journals of Lewis and Clark where they relied on non-verbal communication (sign language.)  They discover some basic sign language and play a game in which they must use their new sign language skills...
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From Object To Story
Pupils engage in a study that focuses upon the study of artifacts for the purpose of defining the heritage of family. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a personal family...
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The Story of the Transistor
Learners brainstorm on how certain items have become smaller as technology advances. They watch a video about the history of the transistor.