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Phonics lesson for -ar

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words associated with the -ar sound. They read sentences and compose a story that include words with the -ar sound. The assessment portion of lesson involves students in spelling words with the -ar pattern.
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Phonics lesson for "sh"

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words with the "sh" pattern. They participate in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation exercises. As the assessment portion of the instructional activity, they may write a story...
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Writing Business Letters of Request

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders model proper format and elements of business letters. They review effective writing styles and write a request letter. Students also read a short story that includes conflict irony and symbolism They create a chart...
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Zulu King, Zulu King

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners listen to story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, brainstorm everything they know about Mardi Gras, create pages relating to Mardi Gras for class book, type information on computer, play slide show, and take turns reading their books.
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The Great Kapok Tree Debate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a read aloud of the story, "The Great Kapok Tree" in which a logger decides not to cut down a tree. In small groups, they discuss and write about their opinion on the logger's decision. Each group then...
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Dragonwings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the literature study of Dragonwings. They write about the story from the perspective of a reader that is well informed towards the last chapters. Students also find target vocabulary and...
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I Know What You Did this Summer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the characteristics of a quality relationship and determine how such a relationship is maintained. After reading a scenario of a relationship, students take one character at a time and place themselves in the character's...
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The Sparrow

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a detailed one page story which gives facts about sparrows. Students answer 4 questions.
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Innovations That Stand the Test of Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a class presentation that explains the value of an innovation to society. In this design innovation lesson, students discuss relationships among math, science, technology, and engineering, read a story about design...
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Sworn to Serve

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the structure of the feudal system. In this world history instructional activity, 7th graders examine medieval history as they collaborate to prepare for a small group presentations regarding the feudal system.
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Parts of Speech: Active Verbs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use White Fang to help them study active verbs. In this grammar instructional activity, students define active verbs and find examples in the the novel White Fang. Students then use ProQuest to research a place they'd like to...
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Haiku

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study Haiku. In this Haiku lesson, 6th graders explore the history of the poetry form. Students also examine the structure the Japanese poetry as they read examples. Students write their one Haiku.
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Winter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of hibernation. In this winter activity, students read Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming and discuss the content of the story. Students participate in classroom activities that require them to develop their...
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Renaissance Realities

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze passages by Niccolo Machiavelli and Francis Bacon as an analysis of Renaissance ideas in contemporary situations. In this Renaissance writings lesson, students read excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince and multiple...
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Solar System: Let's Take a Trip

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders consider outer space. In this introductory solar system lesson plan, 3rd graders complete a KWL chart and listen to the story The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. They will...
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The Powhatan Indians' English Boy

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a historical fiction narrative. For this interdisciplinary lesson, 6th graders read the historical fiction Henry Spelman: The Powhatan Indians' English Boy. Students write a piece from the point of view of the main...
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Vocabulary Test for The Perilous Road

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students match words to their definitions from the story The Perilous Road. Students complete 28 problems total.
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Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom/ Chicka Challenge (Elementary, Literature)

For Teachers K Standards
Is your Kindergarten class about to read the book, Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom? If they are, and you want a few wonderful activity ideas to reinforce phonemic awareness and letter identification skills, look no further. Here you'll find over...
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Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Images of Faulkner and the South

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners research one aspect of the life of Faulkner and the culture of the South.  In this As I Lay Dying instructional activity, learners explore a webpage on Faulkner and write a summary.  Learners analyze the images...
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Run-on Sentences

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite a paragraph, finishing each unfinished sentence by joining it to a finished sentence next to it with a conjunction.
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Identifying Adverbs IV

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What a mess! Read about Lilly-Ann's birthday cupcake surprise and work on grammar skills at the same time. Four lengthy paragraphs provide kids with many opportunities to find and circle adverbs. They note the ways that adverbs come in...
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Drawing with Carl

For Students Pre-K - 6th
Who is Carl? Carl is a little monster that will help your learners draw and create in any way imaginable. Get those kids to activate creative and imaginative thinking skills with a really fun app. There are endless options that can...
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Gift of the Magi LP3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read the story of "The Gift of the Magi" and identify the theme and elements in the story. They discuss allusions, situational irony, simile, metaphor, allusion, irony and plot structure. Students share about sacrifices they...
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Science Fiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore writing science fiction books. In this creative writing lesson, students become familiar with science fiction and write their own science fiction story. Students use correct sentences and paragraph structure to write...

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