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Today I Feel Silly Activity Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
A big part of learning how to be emotionally healthy is learning how to identify and express your emotions. The book Today I Feel Silly is the inspiration for a wonderful activity plan that is intended to teach young children how to be...
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Learning With Paint And Literature: "Today I Feel Silly"

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students draw a picture related to the book "Today I Feel Silly" using a computer drawing program. They listen to the story and answer discussion questions, view drawings on the teacher's Paint website, and create an illustration of...
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Don't Be Silly–Expression is Fun!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
As children observe the teacher reading Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, they take note of the role punctuation plays in the emotion or expression used. They then take turns reading a book with a partner so they can...
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Go Ahead--Say What You Feel!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read sentences with and without expression and discuss the type of punctuation that is needed. Students then listen...
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Marvelous Moods

For Teachers K - 1st
It isn't always easy to tell another person how we feel; and little ones have an even more difficult time identifying and expressing their emotions. They get a chance to discuss and explore how they can express how they feel in different...
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete various activities based on books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to a number of books written by Curtis and Cornell, then complete worksheets by finding...
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete various activities based on books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study instructional activity, students are introduced to a number of books written by Curtis and Cornell, then complete worksheets...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson plan, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms,...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study instructional activity, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find...
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete various activities based on books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to a number of books written by Curtis and Cornell, then complete worksheets by finding...
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We Are All Different in Many Ways!

For Teachers K
Students discuss differences such as skin color, eye color, hair color, emotions, families, etc., to reinforce that it is okay to be different.
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Silly Sally Sings Upside Down!!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners use phonics to recognize the /s/ sound. As a group, students recite tongue twisters to recognize the /s/ sound. Learners search through magazines to find objects that contain the /s/ phoneme.
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Watch Out Books! I'm Reading with Expression!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners discover how to read with expression. By reading and rereading decodable words in connected texts, students study the importance of expressions and how it can make a book more enjoyable.
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Language Arts: Sound Recognition

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the short i sound by repeating tongue twisters. Later they write the letter i by using the analogy of drawing a straight line from the "fence" down to the "sidewalk" and putting a "basketball" above it. Other...
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We Are All Different in Many Ways!

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture with only one color crayon. As a class, they discuss how the world would be different if there were only one color crayon to use. After being read a book, they discuss how each person is important even though...
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Using Inference

For Students 5th - 7th
In this using inference worksheet, students select implied conclusion responses, for 4 multiple choice questions, based on the events presented in the short reading passages.
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Yikes! An Interjection!

For Students 5th - 7th
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about using interjections in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer 9 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cows Can't Fly

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to vocabulary words from the story Cows Can't Fly and identify words during the reading of the story. In this introduction to vocabulary words lesson, students recall vocabulary words from the story and then use...