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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Elephant's Child [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Rudyard Kipling's children's book, The Elephant's Child, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Qa Rs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that explain how to use the question-answer relationship (QAR) strategy to make word problems easier to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! Class Book of Picturesque Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons about haiku using "One Leaf Rides the Wind" by Celeste Davidson Mannis as an introduction and model. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Contextual Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four 40-minute lessons that teach persuasive writing to elementary students. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Government and Citizens

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on state government. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn how an elementary class was responsible for...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Call for Change

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on the women's suffrage movement in New York State that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include voting...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Industrialization

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on the Industrial Revolution in America that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how manufacturing...
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Dogs Copy Each Other's Emotions

For Students 2nd - 5th
Read about the ways in which dogs express basic empathy and engage in social bonding.
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Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Fashion & Design Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life in a Native Kentucky Village

For Students 3rd - 8th
The scenes in this rollover interactive depict typical village life of Native American Indians of the Mississippian culture. The village was occupied from 1100 AD until about 1350 AD.
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Handout
McGill University

Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Boreal Shield

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Boreal Shield runs from Alberta to Newfoundland. This is a brief, concise description of the location, climate, geology and flora and fauna. It includes a collection of images of the landscape as well as those of animals and birds...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Catastrophes of Apostrophic Proportions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive exercise where students practice apostrophe use with plural nouns, singular and plural possessives, possessive pronouns, and irregular plural nouns. In each of the six sentences, students choose the correct apostrophe...
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Prepositional Phrases Exercise 1

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise over Prepositional Phrases.
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Towson University

Towson University: Comma Use With Introductory Elements Exercise 1

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas with Introductory Elements.
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Towson University

Towson University: Comma Use With Introductory Elements Exercise 2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas with Introductory Elements.
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Towson University

Towson University: Comma Use With Introductory Elements Exercise 3

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas with Introductory Elements.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The Fifteenth Amendment

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief description of the 15th Amendment.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Little Minister

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Little Minister by James Matthew Barrie, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Mr. Van Vere of China (Barry)

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Little Mr. Van Vere of China by Harriet A. Cheever, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Mr. Van Vere of China

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Little Mr. Van Vere of China by Harriet A. Cheever, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Wild Animals I Have Known

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Wild Animals I Have Known, a nonfiction book for children.