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Robinson Crusoe: The Original "Survivor"!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read and analyze Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, and participate in problem solving activity similar to television show, Survivor. Eight lessons on one page.
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Problems and Their Solutions in Stories and Everyday Life

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify story elements.  In this stories instructional activity, students read a story and identify the chracter, character traits, plot, setting and theme.  Groups of students match problem and solution cards.
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Marvelous Mysteries

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore mystery stories.  In this reading and writing lesson, 5th graders complete a planning guide for an original mystery.  Students use the writing process to create a mystery story. 
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Medieval News

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a instructional activity constructed in order to dissect the parts of a story used by the news media in order to communicate to the public. They use the media in order to help obtain information. Students create...
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Animation Flip Books

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Learners investigate examples of animation made from a flipbook technique in order to learn how to create their own flipbook and to learn how this process looks like an animated cartoon. In this animation lesson, students will observe...
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Grab a Winning Book to Read on March 3

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify periods of history and read a news article about a librarian who wrote an award winning book. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a class challenge and a vocabulary...
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Reading with Bailey’s Book House

For Teachers K
Students decode words as they construct meaning. In this writing lesson plan, students create a story using the software program Bailey's Book House. They listen to their story on the computer, print it out, and read it aloud.    
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An Alphabet Book

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students produce sounds associated with given letters and identify pictures that begin with given letters using "Kid's Pix Deluxe 3".
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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What Begins With Bb?

For Teachers 1st
First graders match letter sounds to pictures they represent. In this matching letter sound lesson plan, 1st graders use the computer program Kidspiration to match the letter sounds to the corresponding pictures. This can be used for 1...
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I Am Me and Nobody Else!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore writing as a way to communicate. In this writing instructional activity, 4th graders articulate how they feel about an issue in their lives. Students share their works.
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Fictional Characters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fictional characters. In this fictional characters lesson, students hear information about a character then ask and answer questions. Students also answer true/false questions about the character and make a mini book...
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Child Literacy

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read information on the importance of literacy and complete a worksheet. In this community service lesson, students evaluate children's literature and practice reading fluency. Students spend two hours per week reading to...
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Welcome to Our Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a brochure for new students. In this writing process lesson, students brainstorm, create and edit ideas for making a brochure for new students. Students use a word processor to make the brochure and edit, copy, move, and...
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Navigating the Internet with Safe Sites for Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover ways to surf the Internet while being kept safe from other web dangers.  In this web surfing lesson, students utilize several different web programs such as imbee.com, Disney's Surfswell, and Netsmartz, which allow them...
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Playground Design

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students design recreational equipment for a community. In this architecture lesson, students work in pairs to design the equipment. Students select materials and begin designing. Students assess themselves with a pre-made rubric.
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fantastic Characters

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study stories. In this writing lesson plan, students discuss the three aspects of a story, read stories focusing on the characters, write a story as a class about a character made up by the class, and write a story with an...
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Firsts from Aboriginal Peoples to Pioneers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine Aboriginal people of the Americas. In this history instructional activity, students make connections between their own lives and those of Aboriginal people. Students engage in a 'talking circle' and use storytelling as a...
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We the People…in the News

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the newspaper to explore the world around us, our past and our government. In this civics unit, students complete 40 different lessons in civic education using that day's newspaper to reinforce the concept being taught.
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Jeffrey and the Sloth

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students listen to the story Jeffrey and the Sloth and relate the story to how it feels to have writer's block. For this Jeffrey and the Sloth lesson, students use this book to inspire their creative writing process. Students create...
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Rules and Responsibilities: Youth and the Process of Change

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze politics by participating in a class rules lesson plan. In this democracy lesson plan, 1st graders identify several class and school rules they dislike and conduct discussions to examine if they should be changed or...
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Writing a Letter to a Friend

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their letter writing skills by writing to a fictional character.  For this formal writing lesson, 1st graders read the books The Jolly Postman and Frog and Toad are Friends to examine the different parts of a...
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Sequencing The Three Billy Goats Gruff

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in sequencing activities. In this sequencing lesson, 1st graders read the book the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Students retell the story and act out the scenes in groups. Students create a mural of the story...
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The Museum Idea

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students evaluate and record the various types of museum careers. In this The Museum Idea instructional activity, students create a bicentennial time capsule, design a Museum of me, and make a classroom mini museum. In addition students...

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