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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…

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Reading

Literature

Language Arts and Writing

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"Two Travelers and the Bear": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.

Subjects

Literature

Ancient Civilizations

Reading and Literature

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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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Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance

Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or were written during the…

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Reading and Literature

Literature

African-American History

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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…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators

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Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan

Students learn about the concept of scale and other mapping skills by creating a floor plan of Hogwarts School.

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Literature

Teaching Harry Potter

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"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of Aesop's enjoyable fables.…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Write a Harry Potter Script

Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Further Expanding Questioning, Grandfather's Journey

Present this lesson plan for the strategy of asking questions before, during, and after reading using the book…

Subjects

Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators

Award and Prize Winners

Literature

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The Cam Jansen Series Curriculum Guide

Find everything you need to teach lessons on mysteries, character development, vocabulary and story writing with this…

Subjects:

Children's Book

Detective and Mysteries

Literature

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Gatsby Art

A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.

Subjects:

Teaching The Great Gatsby

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Visual Arts

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MAPS

State Scavenger Hunt

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

Subjects

Library Resources

Language Arts and Writing

U.S. States

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Predicting: Strega Nona

Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book Strega Nona to your class.

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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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.

Subjects:

Poetry

Animals (Zoology)

Reading

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WORKSHEETS

Picture Books in the Classroom: Common Core-Based Lesson Ideas

Use these fun activities for picture books and folktales in your Common Core classroom. This printable guide features…

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Children's Book

Folk Tales

Literature

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Inaugural Poetry

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

Subjects

Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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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.

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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Books to Use When Teaching Fables

Subjects:

Reading

Fables

Storytelling

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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…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literature

Poetry

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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

Books

Literature

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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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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Using a Double-Entry Journal with Shakespeare's Hamlet

Learn how to incorporate journaling in while teaching Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.…

Subjects

Literature

Shakespeare

Journaling Tips, Strategies & Topics

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