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Time to Sleep

For Teachers K
Students develop vocabulary and retell a story that they have just listened to.
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Multicultural Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the elements of a story using fairy tales from all over the world. They compare and contrast story elements, key ideas and concepts found in a variety of texts from around the world.
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The Mysterious Tadpole

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine books written by Steven Kellogg, looking for similarities in his illustrations. They also look at images found on the Internet. They listen to a read aloud of The Mysterious Tadpole up to the point where the eggs...
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Reading Quilt/Main Idea

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study main events in a story. In this reading comprehension lesson, 6th graders illustrate each event on a piece of paper with a quotation from the book and a summary of the event to represent the caption of the picture....
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A Photo Essay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a photo essay and present it to the class. The students bring photos to use for their essay and develop a story using the photos. The students write captions including characters, setting, and plot for each photo. They...
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The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine what it means to be clumsy before listening to Eric Carle's, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle. They examine the part where the click beetle does flips before drawing three frames that show the beetle flipping. For...
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Maisy's Nature Walks

For Teachers K
Students participate in an interactive story lesson. They listen to a reading of Lucy Cousins, Maisy's Nature Walk, before completing post-reading activities. They examine the illustrations, discuss nature walks, and complete associated...
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Polar Express Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students write and illustrate a wish for the first gift of Christmas. In this Christmas lesson plan, students read the book The Polar Express and then write what they wish could be the first gift of Christmas.
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Dandelion Seed Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners create a map using the story The Dandelion Seed by Joseph Anthony. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop map skills as they illustrate the path of the seed in The Dandelion Seed.
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Positive Guidance Techniques

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students study different guidance techniques for Students. They apply their knowledge by creating a roller-box story to share with the class.
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Transportation Through Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write a short story illustrating the past and imaging the future in transportation. In this transportation lesson plan, students explore artifacts that have to do with transportation in the past in Chicago.
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The Three Little Pigs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze storytelling by reading a classic children's tale.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read The Three Little Pigs, discuss their predictions and practice using the vocabulary from the story....
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The Littlest Matryoshka

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to the story The Littlest Matryoshka and sequence the story. In this sequencing lesson plan, students sequence the story and also make little dolls based on the story and write stories about them.
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Cinderella Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to two versions of the Cinderella story, and compare and contrast them. They demonstrate the similarities and differences in the two stories on a Venn diagram.
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Flawed Democracies, Human Rights

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils create drawing that tell a story about a young girl's life in an internment camp. In this internment camp lesson plan, students hear stories and analyze photographs of internment camps and then create their own drawings.
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Point of View Practice

For Students 5th - 8th
In this point of view worksheet, students write titles of stories, the point of view it is told in, and a sentence illustrating that point of view. Students do this for 8 stories.
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Teaching Guide: Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the book Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?. In this language arts lesson, students focus on a variety of aspects within the book. Students study the illustrations, listen for rhymes, and attempt the tongue twisters in the text.
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Apples

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete many cross categorical activities about apples. In this apples lesson plan, 2nd graders cook with apples, make a mobile, finger-paint, write a story about apples, and more. Students read poetry and complete math...
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What's in it and Who Eats it?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore farming by illustrating images. In this livestock activity, 1st graders discuss what types of plants are used to feed livestock animals and how pets and humans eat the livestock animals. Students draw images of what...
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Desert

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore desert landscapes and the animals that inhabit the desert. They discuss deserts and the animals that live there. Students compose a story using the correct sequence and illustrate the story with items they would find in...
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Writing
Starfall

The No-Tail Cat

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing worksheet, learners write a story about what makes them special. Students illustrate their story in the space provided.
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At Dawn Dipthongs (au) and (aw)

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this diphthongs au and aw worksheet, learners read a story and fill in the 7 spaces with words from the word bank. All missing words have the aw or au diphthong. Students then illustrate the story.
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Phonics: All Day (Word Endings -all and -al)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word endings "-all" and "-al" instructional activity, students read a story and fill in the missing words from a word bank of 7 words. Students then illustrate the story.
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Create a Storybook in KidPix

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Students illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.