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The Purple Cow

For Teachers K - 2nd
  Students read and discuss the poem, The Purple Cow.  In this poetry activity, students discuss the rhyming words in the poem and why this piece of literature is silly or unusual.     
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Examining Persuasive Literature

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Examine persuasive literature and writing. In this persuasive literature lesson, pupils work through a variety of activities over the course of three weeks (each week is planned by day). The unit's purpose is to examine examples of...
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Dictionary Skills

For Students 3rd - 5th
An online, interactive learning exercise provides plenty of practice with using the dictionary. Learners look up and complete or correct 22 compound nouns and adjectives. They connect definitions of words that have affixes to the...
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Using Our Five Senses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore human anatomy by creating an oral report in class. For this five senses lesson, students read several real life situations and identify which of the five senses help in certain situations. Young scholars create an...
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Business and Advertising

For Teachers Higher Ed
Historical and humorous examples pepper this through presentation, which addresses logical infelicities and humor in business, advertising, and even politics. Though designed for a business and advertising class, this lecture could also...
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95 Nouns

For Students 2nd - 3rd
A list of 95 nouns provides a great example to define nouns for your class. They can keep this at their desks for reference. Also, you can cut the list into strips to keep in a "noun jar," or have kids circle their favorite ones! This...
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Speech/Language Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A good idea. To build both speech and social skills special ed students go on a scavenger hunt. They locate people around the school and say a series of words, when they say the words correctly they receive a prize. They also ask for...
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Living Together as One

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The ultra-glamorous Muppet, Miss Piggy, launches a study of discrimination and ways to develop a more inclusive community.  A series of videos and activities raise awareness of discrimination and journal prompts asks participants to...
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Compound Sentences

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Here’s a quick review of compound sentences and how to create them. Your middle schoolers might not see the humor in the sample sentences, but older viewers certainly will.
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Strategies for Organization and Elaboration of Personal Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Personal narrative writing is usually a favorite form of writing for youngsters because they get to write about a personal experience. The lesson here asks pupils to take a piece of narrative writing and improve it by following...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Activity Worksheets

For Students 9th - 12th
Designed to accompany a reading of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this packet includes before, during, and after reading activities. Individuals respond to questions about events in the story, match characters with quotes, and draft...
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss cause...
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The Big, Bad Wolf

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze the stereotyping of wolves in children's literature. They compare stereotypes and facts about wolves. They rewrite a fairy tale from the wolf's point of view.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a play to work on seeing events from a different perspective. Some of them are reporters, some cameramen and women, and others are interviewed. They put themselves in the shoes of the people in the book...
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I Want It All!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders understand the economics of choices in buying. In this goods and services lesson, 3rd graders participate in activities to make choices about purchases. Students write stories, answer questions, and complete worksheets to...
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Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text

For Teachers K
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of phonemic decoding. They practice along as you sound out simple cvc words in the context of a sentence. 
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What is a Tangram?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify a tangram. In this geometry lesson, students read Grandfather Tang's Story and retell each story using the tangrams on a flannel board. Students use tangrams to complete an included worksheet.
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Real and Fictional Wolves

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate understanding of the difference between real and fictional wolves through critical reading and comparisons while using a Venn Diagram.
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Barnyard Bingo

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this fact and myth worksheet about farm animals, students read 25 statements about common farm animals. Students shade only the boxes that contain true statements. If students get them all right, they will have 12 shaded boxes and 3...
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The Great Kapok Tree- Teaching About Conflict in Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners identify the plot of a text. For this literature lesson, students listen to the book The Great Kapok Tree and identify the problem and solution. A graphic organizer is used to help reinforce the concept.
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Little Red Hen

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students thresh wheat. In this comprehension and comparison activity, students read the Little Red Hen and retell the story based on the beginning, middle and end. Students get a wheat stem, predict the number of seeds in their seed...
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All About Farm Animals

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this animal science interactive activity, students read a paragraph about farm animals and select the correct name of the animal from the drop-down menu to match the illustration. There are 15 matching questions and a word search to...
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Animals

For Students K - 3rd
In this online interactive animals worksheet, students choose which multiple choice word best names 21 different animals. Students click on each arrow and choose their answer for each animal.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Stimulating Symbolism

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about symbolism and respond to 3 talking point questions.

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