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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.
Worksheet
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
Malala: Interview
Malala: Interview
Worksheet
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Malala: Interview
Fifth Grade
Reading
Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.
Worksheet
Malala: Interview
Malala: Interview
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Malala: Interview
Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
Worksheet
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
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
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
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
EL
Text Features Evaluation
Text Features Evaluation
Lesson Plan
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Text Features Evaluation
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to help your ELs evaluate the purpose of text features and justify their answers. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing Nonfiction Text Features.
Lesson Plan
EL
Text Features Evaluation
Text Features Evaluation
Lesson Plan
Text Features Evaluation
Use this lesson to help your ELs evaluate the purpose of text features and justify their answers. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing Nonfiction Text Features.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Focus on Founding Fathers
Focus on Founding Fathers
Lesson Plan
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Focus on Founding Fathers
Fifth Grade
Reading
This lesson will allow students to explore the backgrounds and contributions of the Founding Fathers by completing an online scavenger hunt and writing a basic biography.
Lesson Plan
Focus on Founding Fathers
Focus on Founding Fathers
Lesson Plan
Focus on Founding Fathers
This lesson will allow students to explore the backgrounds and contributions of the Founding Fathers by completing an online scavenger hunt and writing a basic biography.
Fifth 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
A Living Timeline: The American Revolution
A Living Timeline: The American Revolution
Lesson Plan
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A Living Timeline: The American Revolution
Fifth Grade
Reading
Make history come alive with this interactive lesson! Students will have a blast presenting a "living timeline" to help their classmates understand the events of the Revolutionary War.
Lesson Plan
A Living Timeline: The American Revolution
A Living Timeline: The American Revolution
Lesson Plan
A Living Timeline: The American Revolution
Make history come alive with this interactive lesson! Students will have a blast presenting a "living timeline" to help their classmates understand the events of the Revolutionary War.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End
Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End
Lesson Plan
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Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End
Fifth Grade
Reading
Graphic novels, animated stories, and storytelling videos pop with enhanced meaning, tone and beauty. Use this lesson plan with a mentor text to teach your students to note how such features contribute to the reader’s experience.
Lesson Plan
Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End
Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End
Lesson Plan
Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End
Graphic novels, animated stories, and storytelling videos pop with enhanced meaning, tone and beauty. Use this lesson plan with a mentor text to teach your students to note how such features contribute to the reader’s experience.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
State Memories
State Memories
Lesson Plan
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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
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
Lesson Plan
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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
EL
Elections and Conditions
Elections and Conditions
Lesson Plan
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Elections and Conditions
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand details in a sentence by identifying conditional phrases. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources.
Lesson Plan
EL
Elections and Conditions
Elections and Conditions
Lesson Plan
Elections and Conditions
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand details in a sentence by identifying conditional phrases. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources.
Fifth 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
Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes
Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes
Lesson Plan
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Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson plan, students will discuss characteristics of a hero and how to get information from texts to understand why a person is considered a hero. Partner discussions will help students have a deeper understanding.
Lesson Plan
Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes
Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes
Lesson Plan
Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes
In this lesson plan, students will discuss characteristics of a hero and how to get information from texts to understand why a person is considered a hero. Partner discussions will help students have a deeper understanding.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Focus on the Similarities
Focus on the Similarities
Lesson Plan
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Focus on the Similarities
Third Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to teach your students to describe the similarities between stories with words that signal comparison. This lesson can stand-alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the The Same or Different? You Decide! lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Focus on the Similarities
Focus on the Similarities
Lesson Plan
Focus on the Similarities
Use this lesson to teach your students to describe the similarities between stories with words that signal comparison. This lesson can stand-alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the The Same or Different? You Decide! lesson.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Action! Students Create Reader's Theater
Action! Students Create Reader's Theater
Lesson Plan
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Action! Students Create Reader's Theater
Third Grade
Reading
Students will have a blast turning a reading passage into a Reader's Theater skit. This lesson teaches them to use dialogue to help readers understand the experiences of different characters.
Lesson Plan
Action! Students Create Reader's Theater
Action! Students Create Reader's Theater
Lesson Plan
Action! Students Create Reader's Theater
Students will have a blast turning a reading passage into a Reader's Theater skit. This lesson teaches them to use dialogue to help readers understand the experiences of different characters.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Summarizing Nonfiction
Summarizing Nonfiction
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Summarizing Nonfiction
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to help your ELs summarize information from a text and use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. This lesson can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the Day 4 section of the Star Unit lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Summarizing Nonfiction
Summarizing Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
Summarizing Nonfiction
Use this lesson to help your ELs summarize information from a text and use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. This lesson can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the Day 4 section of the Star Unit lesson.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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