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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: National Public Radio Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resource provides an activity/lesson for students in analyzing radio, in this instance, NPR. Provides lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From ReadWriteThink's annual calendar on May 3, 2007.
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Graphic
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Notations and Measures

For Students 9th - 10th
This chart is a guide to scientific notation, calendar notation, and other common measures.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Jane Yolen Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A classroom activity about the life and works of adolescent author Jane Yolen. Includes discussion of her books such as "Owl Moon," "The Bird of Time," and "Off We Go," and related activities.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Samuel Pepys Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity marking the birth of diarist Samuel Pepys. Provides nice ideas for teacher-student involvement, as well as links, lesson plans, and a bibliography.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Ezra Jack Keats Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity/lesson plan for students based on the life and works of Ezra Jack Keats, in commemoration of his March birthday. Includes lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From March 11, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Dr. Seuss Classroom Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A classroom activity to celebrate the life and works of Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day. Provides teacher ideas and suggestions for activities as well as links, lesson plans, and a bibliography.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Leslie Marmon Silko: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief step-by-step activity to commemorate the birthday of the Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko. Also provides lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Billie Holiday Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A short lesson/activity over the popular jazz artist Billie Holiday, in particular her song "Strange Fruit." Provides a link to the song's lyrics and a clip, as well as other lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From April 7, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Great Gatsby Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity/lesson plan for students who have completed reading Fitzgerald's classic novel. Provides discussion questions, lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From April 10, 2007.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Alice Walker Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity designed around the author Alice Walker and her novel "The Color Purple." Includes questions, discussion techniques, web links, and a bibliography.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Seamus Heaney Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief activity/lesson plan in honor of the birthday of Seamus Heaney, the British poet. Also provides additional lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography for additional student or teacher reading. From April 13, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief classroom activity for students from NCTE which commemorates the birthdate of Latin American author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Also provides lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From March 6, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Cinco De Mayo Classroom Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
A classroom activity which celebrates the holiday on the commemoration of the day itself. Published on May 5, 2007 from ReadWriteThink, site provides web links, lesson plans, and a bibliography.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Louisa May Alcott Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As part of a unit on Louisa May Alcott and her writings, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: John Steinbeck Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan/classroom activity about the life and influences of John Steinbeck, allowing for students to understand the relevance to their own lives. Also includes web links, other lesson plans, and a bibliography.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Scarlet Letter Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity/lesson plan for beginning the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Includes web links, a bibliography, and other lessons on the novel. From March 16, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Maya Angelou Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief activity for students in commemoration of the birthday of Maya Angelou. Provides a short lesson on the poem "On the Pulse of Morning," other lesson plans, web links, and an annotated bibliography. From April 4, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Avi Classroom Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As part of a unit on Avi and his works, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Walt Whitman Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan/activity designed for students to see and appreciate the work of a great poet on the birthday of Walt Whitman. Provides web links and a bibliography, as well as other lesson plans. From May 31, 2007.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Jonathan Swift Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As part of a unit on Jonathan Swift and his writings, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Calendar Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Calendar Game is a fun way for kids to practice scheduling while solving word problems. Kids will be asked to select ten activities and to schedule them on a 30 day calendar. To schedule an activity the clue or word problem must be...
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Lesson Plan
Harvard University

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Time and the Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson helps students discover the importance of time and the calendar, and how they each bring order to life. Each activity is designed for students understand the passage of time, how to keep time, international time zones,...
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Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Calendars in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they explore a variety of calendars to investigate when significant human events...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Calendar Communication

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The students will learn calendar skills by using a calendar log on a daily basis. Children will be responsible for filling in their calendars daily. This activity will also lead to great communication between home and school. This lesson...

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