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Core Book Guide for The Upstairs Room

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners read "The Upstairs Room" and participate in literature analysis regarding justice. In this Holocaust Literature lesson, students read a short story and discuss critical thinking questions. Learners write journal entries and...
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Organizing Information into an Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore outlines. In this nonfiction comprehension and study skills lesson, students complete a traditional outline for the book Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire following guided instruction as the teacher models gathering...
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Reading Lesson: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - Excerpt

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners read an excerpt from H.B. Wells' The Time Machine, and use it as the basis for a reading comprehension activity. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide them through the comprehension activity.
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What Did I Just Read?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a chapter from the book, "Sarah Plain and Tall. After reviewing the the formation of a topic sentence, they independently read a chapter from the book. Students write a summary paragraph using the checklist outlined by...
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Study Guide for "The Open Window"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 6 vocabulary words, define 6 literary terms, and respond to 14 short answer questions pertaining to "The Open Window" by Saki.
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Study Guide for "Harrison Bergeron"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 9 vocabulary words, define 6 literary terms, and respond to 14 short answer questions pertaining to "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Read, Recognize & Graph Integers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore negative and positive integers on a number line. They review a newspaper to determine careers that use positive and negative integers. In groups, they read and answer questions on "Lifestyles of the Rich and...
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What Are We Reading for Again?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students work to develop comprehension strategies. Through modeling and guided practice they develop a series of questions as they read Where the Wild Things Are. They apply these questions to find answers about the text and make...
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Here Ye! Here Ye! Read All About It!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the internet to find articles to read. In this reading comprehension lesson, 4th graders take notes on articles found on the internet. Students use the writing process to summarize the selected articles. 
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Understanding to Read and Describe It

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, with hearing disability, practice vocabulary building strategies. In this vocabulary strategy lesson, a student practices sight words using word cards. The student verbalizes a sentence with the new words while the...
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Is that a Fact? Reading the Newspaper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are given a newspaper article. They predict the content based on the title, read and chart fact and opinion statements, and conclude by summarizing the article. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide their...
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Begin Reading Seedfolks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to the book Seedfolks and the concept of community. In this Seedfolks literature study lesson, the first in a unit, the teacher reads the first half of the book and students answer comprehension questions and...
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Guide Me "Home"

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students find how freedom quilts helped free slaves.  In this American History lesson, students read the story Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt and discuss the Underground Railroad.  They use their map skills to locate places that...
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Core Book Guide for The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils read and discuss The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss.
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The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work to develop comprehension strategies. They focus on the five 'w' questions for summarizing: who, what, when, where, and why? Through modeling and guided practice, they apply these questions to summarize several passages.
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Guided Readers

For Teachers 1st
First graders read their Dr. Cupp Readers and guided reading books with an accuracy of 90%. They apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
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Circle of Gold Guided Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a variety of Guided Reading activities including comprehension questions, discussion, prediction, characterization and inferring meaning while they read Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd.
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Study Guide For Semester Exam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils complete a study guide covering the basic materials for the final exam. They read through the study guide answering questions. Students read upcoming biotechnology section. They are asked if there any questions about the study...
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Comprehension Game for Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play reading comprehension games. In this guided reading lesson plan, students play a comprehension game made by the teacher. Students may play the game before or after reading the story. 
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Read To Feed

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read to accumulate pledge money to purchase a heifer for a needy family. In this reading for the needy lesson, students solicit pledges from family and friends for each book they read. They use the money from the pledges to...
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#1 Fluent Reading: What Does it Sound Like?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners work on recognizing fluent reading and distinguishing between word recognition and fluency.
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Sight Reading Rhythm Patterns

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate ability to sight read rhythms containing half, quarter and eighth notes and quarter rests; by clapping and chanting rhythms written on chart 1.
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Society for Science & the Public

Easter Islanders Made Tools, Not War

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When studying artifacts, especially tools, how do archaeologists determine what the devices were used for? In what ways might researchers' previous experiences influence their perception of an artifact? An article about researchers'...
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Teach With Movies

Title: "The Yearling" - Topics: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1865-1913 & Florida

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Life in the Florida swamps after the Civil War comes alive in the 1946 film adaptation of Majorie Kinnan Rawlings’s The Yearling. The film of this powerful coming-of-age story, filled with love and loss, can be used with or without a...

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