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K12 Reader: Shades of Meaning: How Many? [Pdf]
A activity on which student think of three synonyms for a word and then order them from weakest to strongest.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions
A lesson plan in which younger students draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Getting Started With Poetry
Great ideas for introducting poetry to first grade or kindergarden students! These real teachers share what they do in their classrooms.
Starfall
Starfall: If I Could Touch the Sky
Read and listen to this illustrated children's poem about what could happen if I could touch the sky.
Starfall
Starfall: Robert Louis Stevenson: My Shadow
An online storybook based on Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, My Shadow. The reading level is at about Grade 2.
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Katelyn Pointek: One Word Writing Prompts
This site offers a list of one word writing prompts perfect for free writing activities which can be used as quick write or developed into stories. With one word story prompts, you start with the word provided and use either one sentence...