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  • LESSON PLANS

    Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 11

    Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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    Anagrams

    Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character portrayal.

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    Recycled Poetry

    Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…

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    Poetry
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  • Listening to Poems While Reading Along

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    Listening to Poems While Reading Along

    Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…

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    Poetry
    Authors
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    Can You Hear a Story?

    Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical composition that reflects and…

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    Reading and Literature
    Language Arts and Writing
    Music
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    Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web

    Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is different from reading…

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    Reading Instruction
    Reading Comprehension
    Reading
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    State Scavenger Hunt

    Students use reference materials to gather information about the United States.

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    Library Resources
    Language Arts and Writing
    U.S. States
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  • Achieving a Goal

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    Achieving a Goal

    Learn how to identify goals, and list steps necessary to achieve them.

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    Reading
    Reading and Literature
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    Inaugural Poetry

    Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…

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    Reading Comprehension
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  • BOOK GUIDES

    Sign of the Beaver

    Sign of the Beaver, written by Elizabeth George, is a timeless story about a boy in eighteenth-century Maine helped to…

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    Fiction
    Native-American History (American Indians)
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  • GAMES AND APPS

    Make a Harry Potter Board Game

    Students improve their reading comprehension by making and creating a board game based upon the Harry Potter books.

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    Reading and Literature
    Reading
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    Readers Theater Sample Script

    This sample script can be used as a basis for a Readers Theater production.

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    Reading and Literature
    Literary Drama
    Theater
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  • Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem!

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    Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem!

    Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.

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  • Poems, Poems, and More Poems

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    Poems, Poems, and More Poems

    In this printable computer activity, students learn about different types of poetry. They practice their word processing…

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  • Educator's Guide to Al Capone Does My Shirts

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    Educator's Guide to Al Capone Does My Shirts

    The discussion topics, lessons and activities in this educator's guide for Al Capone Does My Shirts will help you…

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    Reading and Literature
    Novels
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Savvy Common Core Lesson Plans

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    Savvy Common Core Lesson Plans

    Use Ingrid Law's Savvy with this comprehensive educator's guide to meet Common Core State Standards. This six-week…

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    Children's Book
    Fantasy Fiction
    Literature
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  • Acrostic Poems

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    Acrostic Poems

    In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they…

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    Literature
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    Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day

    In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The often-repeated "fact" that…

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    Reading and Literature
    Nonfiction Literature
    Discovery and Exploration
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    Birthday Buddies

    Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.

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    Teaching Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
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    Fall Similes

    Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. This is a fun arts & crafts activity to…

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    Well Versed: A Guide to Teaching Poetry

    Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers tried and true techniques for bringing poetry into the lives of…

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    Literature
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    Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom: Fluency and Study Skills (Gr. 4-6)

    Fluency activities include playing a punctuation card game, performing a Reader's Theater, and engaging in a challenging…

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    Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary (Gr. 4-6)

    Reading comprehension activities challenge students to complete a Mad Libs© selection as a Cloze exercise, extract a…

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  • Prose and Poetry Connection

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    Prose and Poetry Connection

    Teach your students how to write a narrative poem based on a prose realistic fiction selection using this detailed…

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