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Higglety, Pigglety, Pop

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is about the concept of reading comprehension while practicing the reading with the help of the teacher. They read the story focusing upon the rhyming words that could be used for vocabulary.
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Queen Anna Banana's Fruit Group

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in activities focusing on the fruit group and rhyming words.
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Tales From Around the World

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners read stories. In this culture lesson, students read stories from different regions around the world. Learners look for each region on the map and listen for interesting cultural details in the story. Students then discuss the...
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Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners are introduced to "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, they are told that the boy in the picture is named Tom. They are asked what Tom is doing. Students are asked if the pig Tom took belonged to him. They are then asked to speculate...
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GiggleUp Kids

Happy Little Farmer

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
Pre-readers and primaries can help farmer rabbit to plant some delicious fruits and vegetables. From soil preparation and pest control, all the way to the harvest, little ones participate in the entire process!
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Popcorn Book Report

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars retell story events on a lunch bag filled with popcorn. They illustrate the story events and enjoy the popcorn snack.
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An Apple Pie When It Looks Nice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the increasing of reading comprehension while practicing of rhyming words with the help of story cards. They also practice adding prefixes to vocabulary words and identify the new...
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Who Took the Cookies

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students find the missing cookies. In this language arts instructional activity, students solve the mystery of who is taking the cookies from the cookie jar. Students are read several books with the same mystery of cookies being taken...
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Curiouser and Curiouser!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners imagine that they are casting directors for a student story-turned-movie, and assess considerations for making the book's characters as accurate, interesting, and fun as they are in the original piece.
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Let's Make a Mural

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students social skills blossom as they work together on this mural-making activity. In this early childhood visual arts instructional activity, students develop creative-thinking, fine-motor, language, and social skills as they work...
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Creative Educator

Amazing Animal Alliterations

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Creatures can cause creativity! Alliteration can make writing more enjoyable and entertaining. Help your pupils grasp this concept by using animals as inspiration for alliterative sentences. Prepare your class for the activities by first...
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Hattie and the Fox

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Who is Hattie? Youngsters explore animal characteristics by reading poems and stories in class. They read the book Hattie and the Fox about a fictitious fox and his drama with the other farm animals. Then they reread the story over...
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Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the concept of reading while focusing upon using "Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home" for comprehension exercises. They read the story and use the rhyming with the drill and practice technique of teaching. Students...
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Looking at French Decorative Arts: The Quest for True Porcelain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the effects of production and consumption of goods on French society during the porcelain period.  In this history lesson students research the trade history of porcelain from Asia. 
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Being a Pedestrian

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study the Green Cross Code. They determine that there are specific traffic rules for pedestrians, just as there are for other road users. They think about the rules they would need to follow to obtain a 'pedestrian's license'...
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Biodiversity Bird Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the influence of biodiversity on human culture through the use of birds. They brainstorm words that come to mind when they think of human cultures. They describe ways that human culture and biodiversity are linked.
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Puzzles And Brain Teasers-- Rewriting a Poem

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students read a poem that seems absurd because the lines are not written with proper punctuation or verse spacing. Students rewrite the poem so it makes sense, changing only the punctuation and format on the page.
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University of Michigan

The Mother Goose Pages: Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An outstanding resource to get all your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Activities included are suggestions on reading and teaching nursery rhymes to children at varying ages. Has a list of recommended resources that go along with...
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The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An extensive list of links to Children's Nursery classics organized by page/chapter. Includes Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, Brothers Grimm tales and more!
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Crooked Man and Other Rhymes [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
Read ten favorite nursery rhymes in this little book.