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Earth Day STEM Choice Board for Elementary Grades
These Earth Day activities for the classroom focus on STEM learning for a great way to celebrate Earth Day with your ele...
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Spring Plants Choice Board for Elementary Grades
These spring activities for elementary students, all about spring plants and flowers, will help your students review and...
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National Poetry Month Themed Packet for Elementary
April is National Poetry Month! This themed packet was designed for elementary students, and includes a variety of activ...
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African Storytellers
ObjectivesStudents will use both print and Internet sources to research griots and the tradition of storytelling in Afri...
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Famous Storytellers
Long ago, in primitive times, stories were passed on by word of mouth.
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An Interview with Brian Jacques
The Writer and His Editor SpeakPatricia Lee Gauch is the Editorial Director of Philomel Books, and has been working wi...
ACTIVITIES
Fiestas: A Year of Latin American Songs of Celebration
Fiestas: A Year of Latin American Songs of CelebrationSelected, Arranged, and Translated by José-Luis Orozco For Grade...
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African-American Heroes
ObjectivesStudents will use vocabulary related to important African Americans.
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African American Writers
In the last two hundred years, black writers have contributed some of the most spirited and important works to American ...
