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Develop Reading Fluency Using Poetry
Develop Reading Fluency Using Poetry
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Use poetry to motivate students and reinforce comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary. The activities in this book are easy to implement and can be used to supplement any reading program.

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

ACTIVITIES

Movement Activities for Elementary Students

Break up the day and get your students moving with these movement activities for elementary students.

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

This menu features a selection of simple and engaging student-choice indoor recess activities.

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

Bring Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into the classroom with these fun, cross-curricular projects for ele...

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LESSON PLANS

Woodpecker Poetry Pack

Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.

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I Dreamed I Was a Snowman Poetry Pack

Use this poem to teach students about interpreting metaphor and fantasy in poetry.

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The Snow-Bird Poetry Pack: Main Idea Identification

In this poetry activity, students attempt to determine the main idea the author wishes to present.

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The Hairy Dog Poetry Pack

Read this poem about a hairy dog, then have students compare and contrast the dog in the poem with other dogs they know.

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Little Turtle Poetry Pack

After reading a poem and a non-fiction book, students will identify whether a series of statements are true or false.

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BOOK GUIDES

Literature Guide for Little Downy: The Story of a Field Mouse

Develop ' reading comprehension and critical thinking skills with the questions in this printable teacher's guide for Li...

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