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Sequencing Lesson Plan for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Present this Common Core-aligned lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students practice story…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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What Am I? Icebreaker

Explore an activity that helps students to get to know one another using animal sounds.

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Listening

Animals (Zoology)

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Prior Knowledge: The Three Little Pigs

Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on The Three Little Pigs.

Subjects

Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Sequencing the Events: Teaching Strategies (Grades 1-5)

Sequencing the events of a text refers to the identification of the beginning, middle, and end. Learn how to teach this…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

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Remembering Names

Use these fun games to help pupils remember each other's names.

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Listening

Social Skills

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Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book Cloudy With a Chance of…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Sequencing: The Hare and the Tortoise

Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the text The Hare and the…

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Main Idea: Chrysanthemum

Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.

Subjects

Reading

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Reading and Literature

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Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading comprehension with a strategy.…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Summer Reading (Grades K-2)

Classic kids' books for summer reading - with activities for family learning! Pick any book from this list of the best…

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Reading and Literature

Social Studies and History

Science

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Prior Knowledge: A House is a House for Me

Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on A House is a House for Me.

Subjects

Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Prior Knowledge: The Popcorn Book

Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on The Popcorn Book.

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Main Idea: The Great Kapok Tree

Finalize your lessons on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book The Great Kapok Tree with your class.

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Questioning, Frog and Toad Together

In this lesson, you will teach students how to use Question-Answer Relationships by reading from Frog and Toad Together,…

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Introducing Questioning, The Mitten

Use a lesson that is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and…

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Story Elements: Danny and the Dinosaur

Use a lesson that introduces primary students to the elements of a story that is read aloud. Students begin by…

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Tap Your Feet

Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in music. They will be…

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Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

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How Do You Say Hello?

Children explore an online resource and learn to say hello in Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Foreign Languages

Culture and Diversity

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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Music and Children's Literature

Use children's literature to help teach music. Explore nursery rhymes with your students and make musical connections to…

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Literature

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 1

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Malala Yousafzai Character Traits Language Arts Mini-Lesson

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Character Traits Mini-Lesson: Spotlight on Malala Yousafzai

This ELA-based lesson features a read-aloud of Lina Maslo's "Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala" picture book. The…

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Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Women's Rights

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Predicting: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry…

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Reading

Reading and Literature

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Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The lesson uses the book, Why…

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators

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Primary Question-Answer Relationships

Use a lesson that introduces the Question-Answer Relationship strategy to primary students. Students should be able to…

Subjects

Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Counting Syllables in Words

Students will count the number of syllables in words with this hands-on activity.

Subjects

Phonics

Reading

Reading and Literature

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