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Curated OER

A Happy Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to stories about feelings, identify their own feelings at specific times in their lives, and express their feelings in words and through writing.
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Curated OER

Holiday and Seasonal Word Search

For Teachers K - 6th
Students practice vocabulary and spelling. In this holiday lesson, students complete word searches focused on different holidays. 10 word searches are included.
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Curated OER

The Silent E

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize silent "E" words and learn they should not pronounce the "E" when reading these words. In this Silent "E" Phonics activity, students learn a song that encompasses the right and wrong way to read a silent "E" word. They...
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Curated OER

Forming Contractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the function of contractions and learn how to form them on their own. In this contractions lesson, 2nd graders first discuss why we use contractions, and then review the rules for forming contractions. They learn...
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Curated OER

Retelling the Main Event in Sequence

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice retelling the main ideas of a story in sequential order. In this story retelling activity, students listen attentively to a story. They learn a song as they listen that helps them review the main ideas of the story as...
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Curated OER

The Process of Writing a Paragraph

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders generate a written paragraph by following the 5-step writing process. In this paragraph writing activity, 3rd graders practice brainstorming, prewriting, revising, creating final drafts, and publishing an original paragraph.
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Curated OER

Online Project Center

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write two haiku poems in appropriate form. Writing haiku allows students to practice in the skills of dividing words into syllables, counting syllables, and searching for words to fit a structure.
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Curated OER

Two Haiku

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in pairs, discuss what they already know about Haiku poetry. They try to remember the rules, history, and focus of traditional Japanese Haiku. they read more examples of Haiku and then write and illustrate their own...
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Curated OER

Animal Word Scramble

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this word scramble worksheet, students unscramble a set of 5 words that name animals. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Unscrambling Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word scramble worksheet, students unscramble a set of words beside pictures, writing each. 
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Curated OER

The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and discuss the story "The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding" in the Scott Foresman series. They summarize the story. They understand the influence of Latin American Folktales. They complete a quiz on the story.
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Curated OER

Color

For Teachers K - 1st
Students locate something in the classroom that is the same color that is written on the card they were given and go stand by it. They share what they found and place their card on a color posted next to the correct color. Finally,...
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Curated OER

5 Senses Poem

For Teachers K
Students discuss what characteristics they learned about each season through the story read aloud. They identify each season and come up with objects for each season, such as clothing, activities one can do, and describe the scenery....
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Curated OER

The True Story of Abbie Burgess

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story from their textbooks about women in the 1850's. They discuss what it was like to be a woman living in American during this time period. They brainstorm heroines of American history and then discuss woman...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: English Language Arts Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great lesson plans spanning a wide-range of language arts-related subjects.
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Other

Kodak: Language Arts Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Kodak is overflowing with lesson plans to use in your language arts classroom. Teachers from every grade level have submitted activities integrating photography into their lessons.
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PBS

Pbs: Language Arts: Lesson Plans: Language Arts: Shakespeare's Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this lesson is to help learners cope with unfamiliar language in Shakespeare's sonnets and to help them understand and appreciate both what he says and how he says it.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Browse Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The following database allows teachers to search for lessons for all age groups covering a wide range of subjects. Simply click on the age group and the following content: arts, foreign language, literature and language arts,...
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Website
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
One of the finest sites of its kind on the Internet, ArtsEdge is dedicated to supporting arts education through such initiatives as curriculum development, cross-curricular teaching, and technology integration. Find arts-related...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lesson: Author's Purpose: Cause and Effect Signal Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade: Using Compare and Contrast Keywords: Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, teachers can help students increase their understanding of what they read through the use of key words that compare and contrast.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Irregular Word Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Classroom Resources: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Literacy lesson plans, mini-lessons, or units searchable by grade level, objective, or theme.
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Primary
Other

The Secret Origin of Good Readers [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This downloadable .pdf explains the research on graphic novels (comic books) as well as offering practical suggestions for classroom lessons and other resources. This is a large file, so it may take a few moments for this to load.

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