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Jumanji
Third graders read the book, Jumangi. Then they divide into groups of four or five and choose a habitat - desert, wetlands, Arctic/Antarctic, etc. Then each group can research the habitat to learn what kind of animals live there.
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Language Arts: Creative Reading, Predicting and Writing
For this predictions worksheet, 5th graders guess what Jumanji and will be about after reading only the first line. Students write and illustrate their own short story based on the first line of Jumanji .
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Every Day Edit - Chris Van Allsburg
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the author of The Polar Express and Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling,...
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Worksheet 6/7 on Nouns Wordsearch
In this recognizing and alphabetizing nouns worksheet, students find words in a word search and then write them in alphabetical order. Students write 68 answers.
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Preposition Openers
In this prepositions worksheet, students write a P for prepositions at the end of one of the 3 sentences. Students complete 7 sentences.
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Whale Is Stuck
Students engage in the process of problem solving with the help of children's literature story of how the whale was trapped and then freed. The story illustrates the power of teamwork and commitment. The students practice the skill of...
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Author Study (Chris Van Allsburg)
Third graders study a list of books written and illustrated by the author. They examine facts about the author's life. They take a survey of Allsburg's books read by the students using the Excel spreadsheet.