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Farm Frolics

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn about farms through literature and center activities. In this farming lesson plan, students read about farming, sing songs about it, sort materials, and do more activities related to farming.
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Ray Charles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read the book Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis. For this biography lesson, students read about the life of Ray Charles. Learners answer pre-reading questions about senses, strengths, and weaknesses they have. The lesson...
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Zora Hurston Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore American culture by reading classic literature in class. For this African-American history lesson, students read the story Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree while identifying the work and contributions of the real...
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I Went Walking Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils study writing structure and patterns in repetitive texts. In this writing structure instructional activity, students read portions of a story and predict what will come next based on the repetitive text. Pupils create their own...
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Journey Home: The Active Learner

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss focus questions prior to reading and preview the book, "Journey Home." In this language arts lesson, small groups present vocabulary words. Students complete after-reading discussion questions and choose writing...
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The Active Learner: "Dia's Story Cloth" Literature Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discuss pre-reading focus questions and complete a KWL chart. In this language arts lesson, students mark passages or words they are unsure of with post-it notes to discuss later and answer comprehension questions after...
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!: Manners Discussion

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students have a class discussion about appropriate behaviors and manners.  In this manner lesson, students read the book entitled Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and discuss the events within the book.  Students recognize the manners...
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The Care and Feeding of a Gingerbread Man

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read about the gingerbread man and have community members come to their class saying where they have seen him. In this community lesson plan, students listen to different community members about how the gingerbread man has been...
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Classroom Guide for Coming to America

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars discuss the pre-reading focus questions. In this reading activity, students discuss and explore the book cover and title. Young scholars predict what they will learn from this book. Additionally, students read to find out...
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Interrupting Chicken

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book Interrupting Chicken about someone who keeps interrupting. In this reading lesson plan, students discuss how they should not interrupt in class.
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Comparing Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read and review common fairy tales and come up with a list of characteristics from them. The Teacher models filling out either a compare & contrast graphic organizer comparing two fairy tales.
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Berenstain Bears: Grow It

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read several books and complete an activity that coincides with each book. i.e. They read 'Berenstain Bears: Grow It' by Stan and Jan Berenstain and then decorate a flower pot, plant flower seeds in it and record their...
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Bookmark Strategy: Building Comprehension and Keeping Track of Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of comprehension.  In this comprehension lesson, students use a bookmark to mark a place in a story they want to "stop and think" about what they are reading.  Students practice this skill with a partner...
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Tutors & Readers Theater

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students complete literacy service learning projects. In this literacy lesson plan, older students work with younger students to tutor them in reading and writing. They help prepare a Readers Theater for the younger students.  
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Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read the book Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge and discuss how we can help others. In this Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge lesson plan, students read about helping elderly people, discuss it, and then interview their...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 8: Can You Please Give Me Directions?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a guided reading experience by following directions to cut out tangrams. They listen to the directions and cut as the reading progresses.
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Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students engage in reading comprehension activities for the story "Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet". For this reading comprehension lesson, students make prediction drawings before reading the story, create new illustrations for...
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Sheep

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice their reading comprehension by reading about sheep. They describe the characteristics of the animal and discover what type of clothing comes from them.
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The Battle to Save Bats

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate the disease that is causing the global decline of bats.  In this animal health lesson, students read an article which discusses white-nose syndrome, the number one killer of bats.  Students discuss ways to keep bats...
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Are Chickens Really "Chicken"?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about chickens. They state the characteristics of chickens and examine how growing up on a farm and being in the wild is different for the chickens.
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The New Kite

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about Sue Ellen and her new kite. They answer questions on a worksheet to test for comprehension.
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Frog Principal Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students read the fractured fairy tale, The Frog Principal by Stephanie Calmenson and compare it to the original version in order to gain deeper understanding of the fairy tale genre. In this fairy tale lesson, students identify and...
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"The Royal Raven" Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete two activities related to their reading of The Royal Raven by Hans Wilhelm. In this interdisciplinary literacy activity, students explore their own talents, interests and the external differences found in others based...
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"All Day Nightmare"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read an "All Day Nightmare" by R.L. Stine. They use the interactive book to choose the plot at the end of each chapter. They also complete an open-ended story.

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