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- Lesson Plans
- Autumn Scene
K-2, 3-5
Ask students to describe and draw what autumn means to them. (PDF)
- Books Are Wild
K-2, 3-5
This fun reproducible based on Wild About Books will have students deciding the sequence of events in the book.
- Clifford's Good Deeds
Early Childhood, K-2,
From scenes of Clifford's story, students use a film strip activity to reinforce valuable comprehension skills, such as sequence of events and retelling a story. Source: Teaching with Favorite Clifford® Books
- Everyday Study Skills
3-5, 6-8
Help students learn how to set goals, prioritize, and stay organized.
- Grade-Perfect Theme Club: Let's Find Out, Grades K-1
K-2
The activities and reproducibles in this cross-curricular unit will help your students build research skills and handle information.
- Grade-Perfect Theme Club: Serious Fun With Research, Grades 4-8
3-5, 6-8
The activities and reproducibles in this cross-curricular unit will help your students build research skills and handle information.
- Introducing the Internet
6-8
This classroom-based initiative enlists Net-savvy high school students to teach senior citizens how to use the Internet.
- Make a Family Graph
Early Childhood
Chart the way for math learning with this graphing activity.
- Measuring Marvels
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Test knowledge of both standard and metric measuring systems with this activity based on Millions to Measure by David Schwartz.
- Puzzled Over Paragraphs?
3-5
A+ activities to help kids master the building blocks of great writing.
- Reporting the News
3-5
Become a “reporter” for the World-Wide Gazette and learn about the Titanic. Based on White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp.
- The Answer to Better Writing? Better Questions!
K-2, 3-5
Support children by looking for questions as they work -- questions that encourage more thinking and, ultimately, writing.
- The Writing Edge! Research Reports
6-8
Motivate and inspire your students to become better writers as they learn lifelong research skills.
- Unit Plan: Blast from the Past Travel Guides
6-8
Become an expert on Ancient Roman civilization by creating travel brochures.
- Unit Plan: Creating a Newspaper Article using Greek Mythology
6-8
Make up newspaper articles about mythical characters and what happens when they invade the modern-day city of Los Angeles.
- Unit Plan: Discovering the Deep
3-5
Discover the answers to big questions about the ocean and its ecosystems through an active, hands-on approach.
- Unit Plan: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
6-8
Learn to identify writing as fiction or nonfiction with these activities.
- Unit Plan: Geography Research Report!
6-8
Research such topics as a famous place, an historical event, or an invention, then take this information and turn it into a PowerPoint™ presentation.
- Unit Plan: Impromptu and Extemporaneous Speeches
6-8
Develop children's confidence by teaching them to formulate their thoughts quickly and to research and deliver a well-organized, engaging speech.
- Unit Plan: Letter Writing
6-8
Compose letters to book authors, officials of organizations, and other people.
- Unit Plan: Outlining and Delivering an Oral Presentation
6-8
Learn how to outline a piece of expository reading material, such as an article, and use it to deliver a speech.
- Unit Plan: The Road to Success
6-8
Provide children with a fun, creative way to introduce who they are and the accomplishments of which they are proud.
- Unit Plan: Water Water Everywhere
3-5
Explore how the same water has been reused for millions of years and learn how the roles precipitation, evaporation, and condensation play in the water cycle.
- Unit Plan: Wrapping Up the School Year
3-5
Students write letters to future students and teachers and create a personal classroom yearbook of their favorite events.
- What is a Family?
Early Childhood
Children create a movie strip about their family to share.
- Word Splash
3-5
Dive in to learning with these fun, dynamic and easy-to-use lessons that build vocabulary and writing skills.
- Writing and Scholarship Planning for College-Bound Students
6-8
Use expository and persuasive writing skills and master basic principles of financial management.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Challenging the Space Frontier: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the Space Frontier online activity in the classroom.
- Immigration: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the "Immigration" online activity in the classroom.
- World War II Remembered: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the "World War II Remembered" online activity in the classroom.
- Writing With Writers Teacher's Guide
Teacher's guide for the Writing with Writers workshops.
- Reproducibles
- At the Scene of the Fire
3-5
Use this fiery story to give students practice determining the order of events.
- Get Ready to Write
K-2
Work with a partner to retell a rhyme or poem in a new way.
- Who Am I?
3-5, 6-8
Encourage children to make lists of influences that have shaped them for use in memoir writing. (PDF) Source: Teaching Memoir Writing
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