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  • LESSON PLANS

    Write a Letter to the President

    Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met during his/her…

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  • Letter to My Favorite Author

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    Letter to My Favorite Author

    After reading a realistic fiction story, the student will write a letter to the author. Use this activity to celebrate…

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  • A Real Santa Claus Poetry Pack

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    A Real Santa Claus Poetry Pack

    After reading the Christmas poem A Real Santa Claus by Frank Dempster Sherman, students will complete a cloze activity…

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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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    Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 9-12)

    Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…

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    Counting Syllables in Words

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

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    Exploring Comic Strips

    Comic strips are a great way to encourage reading and writing and reinforce key story elements.

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  • The "I Remember" Poem

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    The "I Remember" Poem

    Students use personal experience to write creatively in this poetry lesson plan. They'll think back and choose a dozen…

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    Metaphor Unit Poems

    Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.

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    Readers Theatre

    Readers Theatre is an oral reading activity that invites children to become the characters in favorite books and…

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    Intermediate Question-Answer Relationships

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

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    Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 3-5)

    Poetry is an ideal way to help students with fluency and to appreciate the beauty of words. Use these activities to help…

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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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    Visualizing: Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story Follow the…

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  • KWL Chart (Version 2)

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    KWL Chart (Version 2)

    This KWL Chart will help students organize what they know, want to know, and will learn by following a lesson. This…

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  • Sad Shoes Poetry Activity for Main Idea and Supporting Details

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    The Sad Shoes Poetry Activity: Main Idea and Supporting Details

    A great way to reinforce or supplement a poetry lesson or unit! In this activity, students are asked to analyze a poem…

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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…

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    Readers Theater Script: Little House on the Prairie

    Students dramatize a section of Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. They reenact the part about Native…

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    Sequencing: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

    Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the text Lyle, Lyle,…

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    Summarizing: Nate the Great

    Use a lesson that is designed to establish primary students' skills in summarizing a story using the book, Nate the…

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    The Mayan Empire

    Students learn about the architectural and cultural wonders of the Mayan Empire as they explore ancient Mayan cities and…

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  • BOOK GUIDES

    Charlotte's Web Extension Activities

    Charlotte's Web has been loved by generations of children! This is the tale of Charlotte the spider, and her efforts to…

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    Asking Questions When Reading

    In this lesson, the teacher will read The Wall by Eve Bunting with the purpose of focusing on asking important…

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    Phonics Lesson

    Phonics teaches students the systematic and predictable relationships between the letters (graphemes) of written…

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