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Teacher's Corner

Dr. Seuss Book Report - Character

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Bring the imaginative spark in every Dr. Seuss book to your reading lesson with a book report worksheet. After they read the story, learners write a short summary of the tale and include an illustration of their favorite character.
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Scholastic

Hillary Conquers Everest

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
If a field trip to the summit of Mount Everest isn't in your school budget, make the trek virtually! An interactive lesson allows class members to follow Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's trail up the mountain, and provides...
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K12 Reader

Inference in Literature: The Wizard of Oz

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
We're off to see the wizard! Practice making inferences in literature with two sample paragraphs from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Each passage provides questions about the pleasantness of the place it describes, and kids...
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Assessment
Science Matters

Formative Assessment #3

For Students 3rd - 5th
Thirteen short-answer questions follow a brief food web activity in a formative assessment designed to test knowledge of ecosystems and the energy that flows through them.
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Flush: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Standing up for beliefs sometimes leads to trouble! The father in Flush takes knows this all too well when he sinks a boat in protest to its illegal dumping. With his dad behind bars, the son, Noah, takes matters into his hands by...
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Prestwick House

Heart of Darkness

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
There may be plenty of horror in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, but studying the details of the plot doesn't need to be horrific. High schoolers complete a short crossword puzzle to review the names, events, and relationships...
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Valhalla Free Union School District

End of the Year Writing Portfolio Project

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Ask class members to reflect on their year-long writing experience by creating a portfolio of their work. Here's a resource that details what should be included in such a portfolio, and provides a rubric that can be used to assess the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Local Color in the Late 19th Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Kate Chopin's The Awakening introduces readers not only to the lush Louisiana setting of Grand isle but also to the nuances of Creole culture. the second lesson in a three-part series examines how Chopin's use of literary realism and...
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Unit Plan
Columbus City Schools

Speed Racers

For Teachers 6th Standards
Who wants to go fast? The answer? Your sixth-grade science superstars! The complete resource offers the ultimate, all-inclusive playbook for mastering the important concepts of speed versus time; distance versus time; and how to graph...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Curated OER

Family Vacation at the Beach

For Students 3rd - 5th
While a simple story, this reading comprehension and vocabulary activity could be used with younger learners to cement important skills. By answering the 10 questions in this activity, students could practice reading a passage and...
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Curated OER

Intermediate Short Stories:--"A Happy Visitor"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the basic or advanced versions of a story about finding a stray dog. Students then answer 7 essay questions about the story.
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Curated OER

Story Pyramid and Summary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read a short selection of a story individually or as a class. On their own, they create a story pyramid for the selection and write a one page summary. They use text from the story for their supporting details. To end...
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Curated OER

Finding the Story Setting

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss important things to know when reading stories, identify setting in variety of stories, create story map to record information as they are reading, state setting in their own words, discuss whether they thought...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personal Adventure Stories

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the characteristics of an adventure story. Students write an adventure story of their own based on a true personal experience. After drafting their story, students use a word processor to write, edit, and revise their work.
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Curated OER

Story Quilts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create story quilts. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read a book and create a paper quilt square to display illustrations and events from the text.
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Curated OER

Free Reading Project

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students participate in a free reading project to improve their reading skills. In this reading project instructional activity, students spend 30 minutes reading each day and complete journal entries for the instructional activity....
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Curated OER

Short O and Digraph SH

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the short o and sh sound. In this phonics lesson, 1st graders listen to the stories Hot Pot: The Sound of Short O by Alice K. Flanagan and Shoes: The Sound of SH by Peg Ballard. They create word webs with examples...
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Curated OER

Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, and Trolls Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls cloze activity activity, students read a 4 paragraph selection and fill in the blanks in the piece with words from the provided word bank.
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Curated OER

Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read two books  In this compare and contrast lesson, 4th graders read a science fiction or fantasy story and compare it to the story, "Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library." Students also have the option to listen to the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading for information instructional activity, learners read a text about Jamaica and its bobsledding team. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Reading Time- Very Hard Times

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about hard times, answer true or false questions, answer short answer questions, write infinitive forms of verbs, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: The New Pool

For Teachers 2nd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 2nd graders read a short selection entitled, "The New Pool." They answer 5 multiple choice questions, 2 short answer questions, complete a fill in the blank paragraph, and place 5 sentences in the...
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Curated OER

Lesson 2: Using Setting to Make Predictions about Characters

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders look at the importance of setting in a story. In this setting lesson, 4th graders see how the setting of a story affects the actions of the characters and how you can predict these actions based on the setting. They read...