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Transition Word Hunter
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Transition Word Hunter
Fifth Grade
Writing
Help your students learn how to move smoothly between ideas and paragraphs using transition words and phrases. Young writers will use real texts as mentors as they study how authors use words to transition between ideas and support their claims. As a result, they will have a word bank to use in their own writing.
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Transition Word Hunter
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Transition Word Hunter
Help your students learn how to move smoothly between ideas and paragraphs using transition words and phrases. Young writers will use real texts as mentors as they study how authors use words to transition between ideas and support their claims. As a result, they will have a word bank to use in their own writing.
Fifth Grade
Writing
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Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Lesson Plan
Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Fifth Grade
Writing
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.
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Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Lesson Plan
Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Calling All Nonfiction Writers!
Lesson Plan
Calling All Nonfiction Writers!
Fourth Grade
Writing
The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practice crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running!
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Calling All Nonfiction Writers!
Lesson Plan
Calling All Nonfiction Writers!
The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practice crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running!
Fourth Grade
Writing
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Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Fourth Grade
Reading
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.
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Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Lesson Plan
Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Fourth Grade
Writing
Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal. In this lesson, students will will learn to craft vivid scenes by selecting powerful verbs and adjectives, as well as to critique descriptive writing using the same criteria.
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Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Lesson Plan
Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal. In this lesson, students will will learn to craft vivid scenes by selecting powerful verbs and adjectives, as well as to critique descriptive writing using the same criteria.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Power Reading
Lesson Plan
Power Reading
Fifth Grade
Writing
Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.
Lesson Plan
Power Reading
Lesson Plan
Power Reading
Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Argument Writing: Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
Lesson Plan
Argument Writing: Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
Fifth Grade
Writing
This lesson will help students map out their argument essay after they have identified a topic. Students will learn the three basic components of constructing an argument: stating a claim, listing reasons, and providing evidence.
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Argument Writing: Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
Lesson Plan
Argument Writing: Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
This lesson will help students map out their argument essay after they have identified a topic. Students will learn the three basic components of constructing an argument: stating a claim, listing reasons, and providing evidence.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation
Lesson Plan
Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation
Fourth Grade
Writing
Students often understand the basic conventions of writing, but may need support in incorporating these skills into their work. In this lesson, students will review some of the more common capitalization and punctuation errors and apply their editing skills to real writing.
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Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation
Lesson Plan
Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation
Students often understand the basic conventions of writing, but may need support in incorporating these skills into their work. In this lesson, students will review some of the more common capitalization and punctuation errors and apply their editing skills to real writing.
Fourth Grade
Writing
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Crafting Your Persuasive Letter
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Crafting Your Persuasive Letter
Fifth Grade
Writing
Knowing how to write an effective persuasive letter is a powerful tool. Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.
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Crafting Your Persuasive Letter
Lesson Plan
Crafting Your Persuasive Letter
Knowing how to write an effective persuasive letter is a powerful tool. Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.
Fifth Grade
Writing
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E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue
Lesson Plan
E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue
Fifth Grade
Writing
Do your students need guidance in online peer conferences? If you need to teach your students how to collaborate in an online writing conference, then this lesson plan is for you!
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E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue
Lesson Plan
E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue
Do your students need guidance in online peer conferences? If you need to teach your students how to collaborate in an online writing conference, then this lesson plan is for you!
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
Fourth Grade
Writing
This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Explorer Letters
Lesson Plan
Explorer Letters
Fifth Grade
Writing
Step into the shoes of an explorer. Students will learn more about the lives and accomplishments of important explorers, and they'll demonstrate their knowledge through a creative writing assignment.
Lesson Plan
Explorer Letters
Lesson Plan
Explorer Letters
Step into the shoes of an explorer. Students will learn more about the lives and accomplishments of important explorers, and they'll demonstrate their knowledge through a creative writing assignment.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Fourth Grade
Writing
Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own.
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Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own.
Fourth Grade
Writing
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Determining the Theme of a Poem
Lesson Plan
Determining the Theme of a Poem
Fifth Grade
Reading
Give your class a deeper understanding of theme with this art and poetry-focused lesson plan about theme. By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.
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Determining the Theme of a Poem
Lesson Plan
Determining the Theme of a Poem
Give your class a deeper understanding of theme with this art and poetry-focused lesson plan about theme. By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Punctuating Dialogue
Lesson Plan
Punctuating Dialogue
Fifth Grade
Writing
Your students will surely exclaim, "This is fun!" in response to this writing lesson. It covers topics that range from dialogue punctuation to sentence types, and will definitely help improve reading comprehension skills.
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Punctuating Dialogue
Lesson Plan
Punctuating Dialogue
Your students will surely exclaim, "This is fun!" in response to this writing lesson. It covers topics that range from dialogue punctuation to sentence types, and will definitely help improve reading comprehension skills.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Fifth Grade
Reading
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Revising Your Persuasive Letter
Lesson Plan
Revising Your Persuasive Letter
Fifth Grade
Writing
Once your students have drafted a persuasive letter, use this lesson to help them polish their writing. Students will use a checklist to ensure that all of the most important parts of their letter are included and the argument is solid.
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Revising Your Persuasive Letter
Lesson Plan
Revising Your Persuasive Letter
Once your students have drafted a persuasive letter, use this lesson to help them polish their writing. Students will use a checklist to ensure that all of the most important parts of their letter are included and the argument is solid.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Mixed Up Fairy Tales
Lesson Plan
Mixed Up Fairy Tales
Fifth Grade
Reading
Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.
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Mixed Up Fairy Tales
Lesson Plan
Mixed Up Fairy Tales
Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Fourth Grade
Writing
Once students have selected a topic related to a piece of literature they have read and mapped out their argument, this lesson will help them turn their prewriting into an essay.
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Once students have selected a topic related to a piece of literature they have read and mapped out their argument, this lesson will help them turn their prewriting into an essay.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Super Survival Skills
Lesson Plan
Super Survival Skills
Fifth Grade
Writing
Hone your students' close reading skills by using this interesting and fun lesson that teaches your class survival skills in an informational text.
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Super Survival Skills
Lesson Plan
Super Survival Skills
Hone your students' close reading skills by using this interesting and fun lesson that teaches your class survival skills in an informational text.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Match Author's Point with Evidence
Lesson Plan
Match Author's Point with Evidence
Fifth Grade
Writing
Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.
Lesson Plan
Match Author's Point with Evidence
Lesson Plan
Match Author's Point with Evidence
Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts
Fifth Grade
Writing
Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts
Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Mash-Up Reading Reflections!
Lesson Plan
Mash-Up Reading Reflections!
Fifth Grade
Writing
Using this lesson plan, your students will synthesize literary information by reimagining storyline outcomes. Substituting characters from their favorite texts and reimagining the effects will excite and bring your class new insights!
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Mash-Up Reading Reflections!
Lesson Plan
Mash-Up Reading Reflections!
Using this lesson plan, your students will synthesize literary information by reimagining storyline outcomes. Substituting characters from their favorite texts and reimagining the effects will excite and bring your class new insights!
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Fourth Grade
Reading
Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.
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Poetry Themes
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Marvelous Metaphors
Lesson Plan
Marvelous Metaphors
Fifth Grade
Writing
Help your students become shining stars with this lesson about metaphors. Your class will hone art skills and practice comparison using figurative language.
Lesson Plan
Marvelous Metaphors
Lesson Plan
Marvelous Metaphors
Help your students become shining stars with this lesson about metaphors. Your class will hone art skills and practice comparison using figurative language.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3
Lesson Plan
Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3
Fifth Grade
Reading
Up, up, and away! It's Peter Pan vs. Wendy vs. John in this reading comprehension lesson. Using the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook, students will use text excerpts and comprehension questions to write an essay comparing main characters.
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Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3
Lesson Plan
Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3
Up, up, and away! It's Peter Pan vs. Wendy vs. John in this reading comprehension lesson. Using the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook, students will use text excerpts and comprehension questions to write an essay comparing main characters.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Area with Multiplying and Adding
Lesson Plan
Area with Multiplying and Adding
Fifth Grade
Multiplication
Start a dialogue around area models! In this lesson, encourage students to ask questions as they multiply using area models. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Area Models and Multiplication.
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Area with Multiplying and Adding
Lesson Plan
Area with Multiplying and Adding
Start a dialogue around area models! In this lesson, encourage students to ask questions as they multiply using area models. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Area Models and Multiplication.
Fifth Grade
Multiplication
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Fifth Grade
Writing
Help your ELs learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text by using nouns and pronouns as guide words. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Explorer Letters.
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Help your ELs learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text by using nouns and pronouns as guide words. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Explorer Letters.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Quotes with Introductory Phrases
Lesson Plan
Quotes with Introductory Phrases
Fifth Grade
Writing
Help your EL students find and record quotes as evidence in nonfiction texts with the help of introductory phrases and sentence frames. This can support the lesson Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts.
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Quotes with Introductory Phrases
Lesson Plan
Quotes with Introductory Phrases
Help your EL students find and record quotes as evidence in nonfiction texts with the help of introductory phrases and sentence frames. This can support the lesson Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts.
Fifth Grade
Writing
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What's in a Name?
Lesson Plan
What's in a Name?
Fourth Grade
Writing
Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.
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What's in a Name?
Lesson Plan
What's in a Name?
Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.
Fourth Grade
Writing
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