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Puns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Nothing's better than the sound of children's laughter. This humorous presentation should have your young learners laughing. Jokes and puns are the focus. Classics such as, "Why did the turkey cross the road?  To prove he wasn't...
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Activity
Kids' Wings

Little Red Schoolhouse: "Honus and Me"

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a wide variety of enrichment activities, information and games to enhance the book "Honus and Me."
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life: Franklin's Wit and Wisdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Franklin's career as a writer and about his particular brand of humor in this five-part essay. Includes examples from his letters and from "Poor Richard's Almanack."
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Website
Other

Dan Gutman, Children's Book Author

For Students 3rd - 5th
The children's author Dan Gutman hosts this website devoted to his baseball stories. It even includes rejection letters, an original poem, and some book excerpts, and some puzzles and games.
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eBook
PBS

Pbs: Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life: First Silence Dogood Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the first letter Franklin wrote to the "New England Courant," in 1772, under the Silence Dogood pseudonym.