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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: I See a Circle

For Students K - 1st Standards
A book about circles in the world around us. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Literacy Circles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn what literacy circles are, how they work and some suggestions for planning. Included are reproducible worksheets that define the student roles of various jobs within the literary circle.
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Professional Doc
NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Reading Circles & Story Extenders [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ideas on running reading circles for family literacy events are given. The ideas can be used in the classroom as well.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Spot the Shapes

For Students K - 1st Standards
A book about the shapes around us. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Circular Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity featuring videos adapted from the Rutgers PAER Group, students will observe examples of circular motion. Students will then find a common reason why the objects and people presented move in a circle. Includes...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Geometry: Circles: Inscribed Angles

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Study inscribed angles in semicircles and quarter-circles. What conjectures can you make about the measure of an inscribed angle in semi- or quarter-circles?
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 3 Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable Venn Diagram with three circles to use when comparing and contrasting three things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In A.D. 793, eleven-year-old Jack leaves his family farm to become an apprentice to the Bard, a druid from Ireland, who is assigned to his Saxon village. At first, he is unsure of his duties, and is puzzled when the Bard experiences a...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Discussing "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Today we are picking apart this story and discussing it in great detail so that we can set the foundation for our comparing and contrasting activity on our Day 3 lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Discussing "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"

For Teachers 1st
In this lesson plan, 1st graders will work with "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" Jon Scieszkaby. They will describe the characters, setting, and key details in the story and help the teacher record the details on a circle map.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Let's Make Music!

For Students Pre-K - K
Explore music at home and in class with homemade instruments. In "Top of the Charts," Emily Elizabeth gets inspired to create the happiest song in the world. Emily Elizabeth, Jack, Pablo, Samantha, and Clifford pool their talents and...
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Website
Other

Literature Circles: Lesson Plans and More

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Graphs, Charts, and Tables: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this lesson about graphs, charts, and tables, students will be able to interpret and compare data from graphs (including circle, bar, and line graphs), charts, and tables.
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Predictable Story Books

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Several examples of predictable books are listed and organized according to type. In addition to providing titles of children's books, this resource lists related titles for young adult readers. The bibliography includes several...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Rings of Responsibility: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore what it means to take on responsibilities in both their offline and online communities as a way to learn how to be good digital citizens. Students sit in circles, which depict the "Rings of Responsibility," in order to...
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Give Me Five; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An exciting game to build students' understanding and accuracy of producing words that begin with the same letter. Students sit in a circle and the teacher says the sound of the letter. One student must pass a bean bag around the circle...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: The Ship Is Loaded With: A Game Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A fun classroom game that helps students come up with words that rhyme with a word given to them by the teacher. Students sit in a circle, the instructor gives them a sentence and asks what word rhymes with the last word. Students raise...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids: Super Why: Letter Sounds Worksheet [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An excellent resource for teaching beginning letter-sound correspondence. Student must identify the object in the picture and circle the letter that begins the word.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A quick alphabet game for the whole class. Students stand in a circle and throw a beanbag to each other. When they catch it, they must say a word that begins with the letter given. Continue this in alphabetical order.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life: Home Decorating

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit is designed to show students that geometry really does apply to the real world. By taking viewers through a home decoration project, students learn how to calculate area of a rectangle and circle.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions...
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Website
Other

Seattle University: Literature Circles Resource Center

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How can you get started with literature circles in your classroom? This site provides information on every aspect of developing your own literature circle instruction.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Literature Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan is for a character study that uses butcher paper, pens, pencils, and copies of assigned book. Students then complete a character study on at least two major characters.

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