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Lesson: Taking Risks & Making Comparisons

For Teachers K - 5th
Kids are asked how an Indian mandala was made. They devise a hypothesis and then use colored sand to test if their guesses were correct. They document the experience, examine a mandala, and write a comparative piece about the differences...
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Lesson: That Long Jakes

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Cross-media analysis takes time and attention to detail. The class analyzes the painting Long Jakes and the poem "Backward Bill." They pay attention to the similarities and differences in each piece, looking for details that describe the...
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Lesson: While on My Vacation

For Teachers K - 5th
Drawing, writing, and analyzing, that is what's on the menu. Young artists draw a corner of the classroom, analyze the painting, Poppies by Andrew Dasburg, and then write a postcard describing their vacation to an imaginary hotel that...
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Editing Marks, Part 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Dander from the show Twisted Whiskers and characters from My Little Pony are featured in this three part lesson plan that explores using story pyramids to scaffold ideas, adding sensory details to enrich writing, and editing using common...
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Poems

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Thud! Squiff! Create sound effects with words. Introduce your youngsters to onomatopoeia with these fun, rainy-day poems. They write down sound words, discussing rhythm and rhyme. You can also incorporate the author's use of capital...
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Build Mastery: Visualization

For Teachers K - 3rd
What do you see? Young reader tap into the visualization process as they listen to or read a fiction story and fill out a graphic organizer. Model this first with a think-aloud, showing scholars how you visualize a familiar story. For...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Froggy Goes to School (London)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Just like your budding readers may have felt, Froggy is nervous on his first day of school. Use Johnathan London's book Froggy Goes to School to practice vocabulary in context. Prior to reading the story aloud, pre-teach the new words...
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Harper Collins

The Giving Tree Anniversary Teaching Guide

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Celebrate poetry month all of April with a guide that uses six of Shel Silverstein's most famous books as a basis for the lessons. Discussion questions and writing activities are provided for each of Silverstein's books.
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K12 Reader

Alliteration: Change the Adjectives

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Work on a wonderful worksheet this Wednesday! Elementary scholars read ten pairs of adjective and noun pairs, and choose a synonym for each adjective to create an alliteration.
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California Education Partners

Covers by Nikki Giovanni

For Students 1st Standards
Over three days, scholars listen to and read the poem, "Covers" by Nikki Giovanni. Learners complete a graphic organizer by sketching their visualizations from each stanza then discuss their pictures with a peer. Pupils answer...
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Little Cloud

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars create "little clouds" after reading the story "The Little Cloud" by Eric Carle in this cross-curricular Art and Language Arts lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The author suggests using this with a "Raindrop...
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Interactive
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Handwriting: Sign Language K

For Students 1st
In this handwriting and sign language K worksheet, 1st graders trace the upper and lower case letter K and write the letters one time on their own. Then they can color the sign language hand sign for the letter K.
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First Grade Language Practice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
For this grade 1 language worksheet, students answer a total of 25 multiple choice questions covering a wide range of 1st grade language concepts. Answers are included.
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A is for A: British Sign Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this early childhood letter "Aa" worksheet, students practice tracing the uppercase "A" and lowercase "a" lines before they form the same letters independently on the lines provided. A picture of the symbol for "A" in British Sign...
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C is for C: American Sign Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood letter Cc worksheet, students practice tracing the uppercase C and lowercase c lines before they form the same letters independently on the lines provided. A picture of the symbol C in American Sign Language is...
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Letter Dd: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Dd worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the uppercase and lowercase letter Dd. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students also learn the sign language sign for the letter D.
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Letter Ee: Sign Language Letter E

For Students K - 1st
For this letter Ee worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the uppercase and lowercase letter Ee. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students then learn the sign language sign for the capital letter E.
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Letter Ss: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Ss worksheet, students review the stroke pattern for the capital and lowercase letter Ss. Students practice both letters by first tracing and then printing the letters several times. Students then learn the sign language...
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Letter Tt: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Tt worksheet, students review the stroke pattern for the capital and lowercase letter Tt. Kids practice both letters by first tracing and then printing the letters several times. Students then learn the sign language sign...
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Letter Vv: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Vv instructional activity, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Vv. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by learning the sign language sign for the...
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Letter Zz: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Zz worksheet, learners study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Zz. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Learners finish by learning the sign language sign for the letter Z.
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Sign Language A

For Students K - 2nd
For this sign language a worksheet, students color the picture of a hand making the sign language a, and trace and write the upper and lower case a. Students color, trace, and write one time each.
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Letter Rr: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Rr worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Rr. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by learning the sign language sign for the letter R.
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Language Exercises

For Students K - 2nd
For this language worksheet, learners write words that start with the beginning letter given and complete the clue, and look at the picture and tick the sentences that are true. Students complete 2 activities.

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