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Predictions, Questions, Problems
Predictions, Questions, Problems
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Predictions, Questions, Problems
Second Grade
Reading
This open-ended worksheet helps second graders form predictions about books before they read them.
Worksheet
Predictions, Questions, Problems
Predictions, Questions, Problems
Worksheet
Predictions, Questions, Problems
This open-ended worksheet helps second graders form predictions about books before they read them.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Discovering Details
Discovering Details
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Discovering Details
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.
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Discovering Details
Discovering Details
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Discovering Details
Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Sundae Summarizing
Sundae Summarizing
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Sundae Summarizing
Second Grade
Reading
Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.
Worksheet
Sundae Summarizing
Sundae Summarizing
Worksheet
Sundae Summarizing
Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
Lesson Plan
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Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
Third Grade
Reading
Let your students find out that the sentences they speak so easily are formed of many different parts. Have them break down sentences to learn the various parts that form a sentence!
Lesson Plan
Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
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Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
Let your students find out that the sentences they speak so easily are formed of many different parts. Have them break down sentences to learn the various parts that form a sentence!
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Activity
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Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Kindergarten
Reading
Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f
Activity
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Activity
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f
Kindergarten
Reading
Activity
Researching the Past Using Primary Sources
Researching the Past Using Primary Sources
Lesson Plan
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Researching the Past Using Primary Sources
Fourth Grade
Reading
Knock, knock! It’s the U.S. Census Bureau! In this lesson plan, students analyze primary sources in the form of census data to do research that helps them answer questions about famous people and the time period during which they lived.
Lesson Plan
Researching the Past Using Primary Sources
Researching the Past Using Primary Sources
Lesson Plan
Researching the Past Using Primary Sources
Knock, knock! It’s the U.S. Census Bureau! In this lesson plan, students analyze primary sources in the form of census data to do research that helps them answer questions about famous people and the time period during which they lived.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
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Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will learn about three nonfiction text features: charts, graphs, and diagrams. They will analyze and interpret the information represented in these visual forms and discover how they aid in the comprehension of nonfiction texts.
Lesson Plan
Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Students will learn about three nonfiction text features: charts, graphs, and diagrams. They will analyze and interpret the information represented in these visual forms and discover how they aid in the comprehension of nonfiction texts.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida
African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida
Worksheet
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African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida
Third Grade
Reading
Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.
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African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida
African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida
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African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida
Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
What is Soil?
What is Soil?
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What is Soil?
Second Grade
Reading
Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.
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What is Soil?
What is Soil?
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What is Soil?
Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
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Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Analyzing Story Illustrations
Analyzing Story Illustrations
Worksheet
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Analyzing Story Illustrations
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.
Worksheet
Analyzing Story Illustrations
Analyzing Story Illustrations
Worksheet
Analyzing Story Illustrations
Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Papier-Mâché Characters
Papier-Mâché Characters
Activity
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Papier-Mâché Characters
Second Grade
Reading
Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.
Activity
Papier-Mâché Characters
Papier-Mâché Characters
Activity
Papier-Mâché Characters
Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Shakespeare Biography
Shakespeare Biography
Worksheet
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Shakespeare Biography
Third Grade
Reading
This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.
Worksheet
Shakespeare Biography
Shakespeare Biography
Worksheet
Shakespeare Biography
This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
History of Jazz
History of Jazz
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History of Jazz
Fourth Grade
Reading
Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.
Worksheet
History of Jazz
History of Jazz
Worksheet
History of Jazz
Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Count the Limerick Syllables
Count the Limerick Syllables
Interactive Worksheet
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Count the Limerick Syllables
Second Grade
Reading
Count the syllables in the limericks in this poetry worksheet!
Interactive Worksheet
Count the Limerick Syllables
Count the Limerick Syllables
Interactive Worksheet
Count the Limerick Syllables
Count the syllables in the limericks in this poetry worksheet!
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Practicing Point of View
Practicing Point of View
Worksheet
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Practicing Point of View
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.
Worksheet
Practicing Point of View
Practicing Point of View
Worksheet
Practicing Point of View
Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Rhyme Schemes
Rhyme Schemes
Interactive Worksheet
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Rhyme Schemes
Fourth Grade
Reading

This poetry worksheet is an engaging way for upper elementary students to master the music of verse! Students will first review clear examples that break down how to identify and assign letters to rhyming lines. Then, they’ll put their<

Interactive Worksheet
Rhyme Schemes
Rhyme Schemes
Interactive Worksheet
Rhyme Schemes

This poetry worksheet is an engaging way for upper elementary students to master the music of verse! Students will first review clear examples that break down how to identify and assign letters to rhyming lines. Then, they’ll put their<

Fourth Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
EL
Building Fluency with Punctuation
Building Fluency with Punctuation
Lesson Plan
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Building Fluency with Punctuation
Second Grade
Reading
This lesson focuses on how punctuation affects reading fluency and comprehension using graphic organizers and sentence stems. Use this lesson as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Punctuation and Prosody lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
EL
Building Fluency with Punctuation
Building Fluency with Punctuation
Lesson Plan
Building Fluency with Punctuation
This lesson focuses on how punctuation affects reading fluency and comprehension using graphic organizers and sentence stems. Use this lesson as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Punctuation and Prosody lesson plan.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Unknown Words
Unknown Words
Lesson Plan
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Unknown Words
Second Grade
Reading
Increase student comprehension by teaching your students strategies to figure out the meaning of unknown words. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson for the Be a Nonfiction Detective lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Unknown Words
Unknown Words
Lesson Plan
Unknown Words
Increase student comprehension by teaching your students strategies to figure out the meaning of unknown words. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson for the Be a Nonfiction Detective lesson.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Story Mapping Group Work
Story Mapping Group Work
Lesson Plan
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Story Mapping Group Work
Second Grade
Reading
Use this story map and your choice of short fiction passages to develop your students’ reading comprehension skills with this group reading lesson.
Lesson Plan
Story Mapping Group Work
Story Mapping Group Work
Lesson Plan
Story Mapping Group Work
Use this story map and your choice of short fiction passages to develop your students’ reading comprehension skills with this group reading lesson.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Map a Story
Map a Story
Lesson Plan
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Map a Story
Second Grade
Reading
This lesson will help your students summarize short stories and describe how characters respond to challenges using a story map. Use this lesson as a stand-alone activity or a support lesson for the Story Mapping Group Work lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
EL
Map a Story
Map a Story
Lesson Plan
Map a Story
This lesson will help your students summarize short stories and describe how characters respond to challenges using a story map. Use this lesson as a stand-alone activity or a support lesson for the Story Mapping Group Work lesson plan.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Fourth Grade
Reading
Your students may know about Rosa Parks, but do they know about the Montgomery Bus Boycott that her famous action inspired? Enhance students' knowledge of this important part of the Civil Rights movement while teaching cause and effect.
Lesson Plan
Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Lesson Plan
Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Your students may know about Rosa Parks, but do they know about the Montgomery Bus Boycott that her famous action inspired? Enhance students' knowledge of this important part of the Civil Rights movement while teaching cause and effect.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Learn to Compare and Contrast
Learn to Compare and Contrast
Lesson Plan
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Learn to Compare and Contrast
Second Grade
Reading
Your students will learn academic vocabulary and use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two short stories. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as an introduction to the Comparing and Contrasting Short Stories lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
EL
Learn to Compare and Contrast
Learn to Compare and Contrast
Lesson Plan
Learn to Compare and Contrast
Your students will learn academic vocabulary and use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two short stories. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as an introduction to the Comparing and Contrasting Short Stories lesson plan.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
State Memories
State Memories
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State Memories
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!
Lesson Plan
State Memories
State Memories
Lesson Plan
State Memories
In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Introduction to Charts and Diagrams
Introduction to Charts and Diagrams
Lesson Plan
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Introduction to Charts and Diagrams
Fourth Grade
Reading
Charts, graphs, and diagrams are complex text features for students to decipher. Use this lesson to familiarize students with these features. It can be taught on its own or before the lesson Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
EL
Introduction to Charts and Diagrams
Introduction to Charts and Diagrams
Lesson Plan
Introduction to Charts and Diagrams
Charts, graphs, and diagrams are complex text features for students to decipher. Use this lesson to familiarize students with these features. It can be taught on its own or before the lesson Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Reading Closely
Reading Closely
Lesson Plan
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Reading Closely
Fourth Grade
Reading
Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.
Lesson Plan
Reading Closely
Reading Closely
Lesson Plan
Reading Closely
Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
What Happened?
What Happened?
Lesson Plan
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What Happened?
First Grade
Reading
Help your students' story telling abilities grow with this lesson that helps them recount what happened in a story and has them point out key details.
Lesson Plan
What Happened?
What Happened?
Lesson Plan
What Happened?
Help your students' story telling abilities grow with this lesson that helps them recount what happened in a story and has them point out key details.
First Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Venn Diagram Collage
Venn Diagram Collage
Lesson Plan
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Venn Diagram Collage
Fourth Grade
Handwriting
Arts and crafts, Venn diagrams, and literature all come together as students compare and contrast stories. Opportunities for student creativity are endless!
Lesson Plan
Venn Diagram Collage
Venn Diagram Collage
Lesson Plan
Venn Diagram Collage
Arts and crafts, Venn diagrams, and literature all come together as students compare and contrast stories. Opportunities for student creativity are endless!
Fourth Grade
Handwriting
Lesson Plan
EL
Understand Text Features
Understand Text Features
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Understand Text Features
Fourth Grade
Reading
Let's practice reading nonfiction texts! In this lesson, teach your ELs about identifying and describing text features. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Formatting Text Features.
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EL
Understand Text Features
Understand Text Features
Lesson Plan
Understand Text Features
Let's practice reading nonfiction texts! In this lesson, teach your ELs about identifying and describing text features. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Formatting Text Features.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
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What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Fourth Grade
Reading
Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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