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International Reading Association

Children’s Choices 2014

For Teachers K - 6th
Books for kids, chosen by kids! What could be better? This packet is made up of book lists, each with approximately 30 books included, organized by age group. Kids will enjoy the summer reading materials they choose from this...
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Automattic

365 Days of Writing Prompts

For Students 5th - 12th
"If you could un-invent something what would it be?" "What are you more comfortable with—routine or spontaneity?" Here's a packet of one-a-day writing prompts. Although designed for fifth graders, the topics are appropriate for any grade...
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Palomar College

Making Yes/No Questions in the Present Tense

For Students 7th - 12th
Does your class need some practice with writing yes or no questions in the present tense? This worksheet offers learners some choice as they pair activities with subjects to form questions. Pupils also write a quick response to each...
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Smoky Night (Bunting)

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Experience the Los Angeles Riots through the eyes of a child in Even Bunting's poignant story Smoky Night. Use this text as you teach vocabulary in context, using comprehension questions to help scholars make connections to outside...
Worksheet
Curated OER

D-Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this D-Day instructional activity, students complete activities such as complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences,...
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ESL Kid Stuff

Daily Routines & Times of the Day

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
What time do you eat breakfast? Or go to school? Language learners practice crafting and answering questions about their daily routines.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Frankenstein

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Share a classic novel with your class using this resource. After reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, learners answer questions involving the narrator's point of view, make and confirm predictions, and sequence events in the story.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Night Sky Observation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore space science by completing an observational worksheet. In this astronomy lesson, students view several worksheets in which students identify minor changes between separate images in preparation for real star...
Activity
PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: The Snowy Day

For Parents K Standards
Scholars listen to a read-aloud of fiction and nonfiction books, The Snowy Day, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, and Snow Is Falling, written by Franklyn Branley and illustrated by Holly Keller, then take part in four creative...
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California Department of Education

My Best Resume

For Teachers 11th Standards
For employers and recruiters, the first step in their quest to find good candidates is the paper screening process. They look at a candidate's application and resume and push forward the files of those who meet their requirements. Thus...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Bonfire Night-- Guy Fawkes November 5

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading and history worksheet, students learn about the tradition of "Bonfire Night" in England every November 5th in celebration of Guy Fawkes. Students read the informative paragraph and complete 20 questions.
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Smoky Night

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students assess the meaning of vocabulary words found while reading Smoky Night. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or discovery chart.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Opposite Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Opposite Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Singles Awareness Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Singles Awareness Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled...
Worksheet
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How to Say “I Ruff You”

For Students 7th Standards
Who says you need a human to be your valentine on Valentine's Day? Give your dog-loving readers an inspiring perspective on how a sister givdes her brother a valentine from the family dog. They then answer 10 questions thatd involve...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Night Sounds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen and discuss the sounds they heard at night. They write a class poem about those sounds at night. They keep a chart on their desk for ideas. The poem is read aloud to the class when it is finished.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twelfth Night: Thrusting Greatness Upon the Television 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create skits based on pairs of words. In this Twelfth Night lesson, students create a cluster map in which they brainstorm a dialogue/scene based on their word pair. Students perform and record their scenes and discuss...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Character Found Poems: Investigating Language in Twelfth Night

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create found poems to represent characters in Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss how to compose found poems and select characters from the play to write their poems about. 
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Curated OER

Twelfth Night

For Students 8th - 9th
For this Twelfth Night worksheet, students fill in phrases which have been left out from Act One, Scene One of Twelfth Night. Instead of filling in Shakespeare's words, students fill in the given translations for the words in order to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

A Midsummer Night's Dream Acts 1-2

For Students 9th - 12th
Blank verse, stichomythia, soliloquy, allusion, oxymoron, malaprop? Readers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will need to know these terms to successfully complete a study guide designed for the first two acts of Shakespeare’s comedy. The...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sound Blending Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Mr. Snowman wants to help emerging readers understand compound words, so he segments some familiar words to help them see that they are made of two distinct words. Learners repeat the words, both segmented and blended, and observe them...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments,...
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Be My Valentine

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
If you're looking for a last-minute resource to help your class celebrate Valentine's Day in an educational way, browse through this selection of reading comprehension worksheets, which cover such topics as why the holiday is celebrated...
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Curated OER

The Twelve Fates of Twelfth Night

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders are to discuss the subject of fate in The Twelfth Night and try to predict the fate of the other characters in the play.