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EL Education

El Education: Insect Cards

For Teachers 1st - 5th
These local insect note cards were created by 2nd graders from the Alice B. Beal Elementary Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The project included field observation and collection, classroom experimentation and research,...
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Unit Plan
NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: 'Raising Ourselves' by Velma Wallis (Study Guide) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The book 'Raising Ourselves' by Velma Wallis is a nonfiction look at what it means to grow up as a native person in Alaska. This is a study guide of the book, used for teaching literacy skills to adult learners, particularly aboriginal...
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Website
Other

Pat Mora: Personal Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything a person wants to know about Pat Mora. This is her own personal page. It has links to her nonfiction, her poetry, her children's books and interviews with her. There are some great resources for teachers at this site. Students...
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Website
Other

Repeat After Us

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is a collection of copyright-free literature ranging from nursery rhymes to philosophy to literature from many time periods and cultures. There are more than 6,000 texts, and over 1,100 of them are accompanied by audio...
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Activity
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Reader of the Rocks

For Teachers K - 1st
A nonfiction article where students read about Julie Codispoti, assistant curator at the United States Polar Rock Repository, located at Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center. The article provides an overview of Antarctic...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vocabulary Magic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using the book Farmer Duck, this instructional activity will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Prose. Toad Rage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features related activities connected to Morris Geitzman's book, Toad Rage. Students will read a fable, nonfiction reading, prose reading, and connected writing activities.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: An Excerpt From the Story of Cain and Abel From Genesis 4

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "An Excerpt from The Story of Cain and Abel from Genesis 4" by The National Archives, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Play the Dewey Decimal System Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
This lesson introduces the 10 main categories used in the Dewey Decimal Classification System for non-fiction bookshelf arrangement. A slideshow will be presented to young scholars to help them learn details about the Dewey Decimal...
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: H. P. Newquist

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about award-winning author and H. P. Newquist who has written nonfiction books, magazine articles and even film documentaries. Links to his website and a list of his books are provided.
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Activity
University of Calgary

The Children's Literature Web Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Things That Can Go

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an online story for early readers about things that can go into motion, and things that can't. It offers help for readers as they can click on a words and it will say the word aloud. It also provides a list of words used in the...
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Jim Murphy

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about nonfiction Newbery Honor author Jim Murphy. Links to a list of books and additional information are provided.