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If I Ran the Zoo
Here's a fresh take on a writing prompt. After a reading of Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo, primary graders imagine a creature for Dr. Seuss's zoo, write a description of their animal, give it a name, explain what it eats, how it...
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Dr. Seuss Activity: My Zoo
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet base on If I Ran The Zoo, students draw a picture of an animal they would have at the zoo and give it a name. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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The Fantastic Kindergarten Zoo
First graders create their own zoo to share with other classes and parents. Groups create displays for the animals. Have each group brainstorm how they create a display for their animal.
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Where Am I? (15)
Guess the setting in a series of reading passages that allow learners to make inferences. Five short descriptions prompt kids to match one of four settings, based on context clues.
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Halloween Candy Sort
Students use their Halloween candy to practice sorting and classifying. They compete a Venn diagram comparing their candy wrappers. They develop ways as a class to catorgize the candy in different ways.
K5 Learning
Mouse Madness
Reinforce reading comprehension skills with a practice page that challenges scholars to read a passage called, Mouse Madness, then prove their comprehension by way of five short answer questions.
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Review: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms and Homographs
In this grammar activity, learners read the 20 sentences and identify the pair of underlined words as synonyms, antonyms, homonyms or homographs.
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8 Comma Rules
In this comma rules worksheet, students add commas to the sentences according to the 8 comma rules. Students complete 40 sentences.
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Irregular Past Tense Verbs
In this verb worksheet, students fill in blanks with a past tense irregular verb to correctly complete sentences. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Word and Letter Practice #6
In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice saying the beginning sound of words that name pictures.
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Growling Tiger Rrrrr
First graders recognize the phoneme /r/. Through listening and matching activities, 1st graders discriminate the phoneme /r/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /r/ with its letter representation and...
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about 'The Colossal Circus Caper.' Students create a table to help organize the time and measurement elements from the story. Students must determine how tall Ella...
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Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express
Students complete activity sheets that coordinate with the story, "Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express." In this post-reading activity, students complete reproducibles including a maze, a naming activity, and a story prompt.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: If I Ran the Zoo Economics and Literature
Welcome to the Zoo! In this two-day lesson you will use Dr. Seuss' If I Ran The Zoo book to introduce the economic concepts to your students. You will also get the chance to use actual zoo criteria to help a zoo "choose" new animals.
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Writing Fix: Action Packed Zoo Sentences
In this lesson, If I Ran the Zoo, written by Dr. Seuss, is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Circus Theme
In this lesson, Dr. Seuss' book, If I Ran the Zoo, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After reading the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When", and "Where" until...
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Dr. Seuss
This "Featured Author," selection speaks more about how and why Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) wrote his children's books than about his life. Hurst also suggests the Dr. Seuss books can be used to teach older students some literary...