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     Lesson Plans
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.

Graph It!  K-23-5, 6-8
Practicing researching and graphing information is fun when activities are based on Sports Illustrated for Kids: 2005 Year in Sports.

I Spy Activity Archive  Early ChildhoodK-2
Find a variety of activities based on I Spy to enjoy and build all sorts of skills.

Unit Plan: Writing Autobiographies  6-8
Show children that they are the experts when it comes to the genre of autobiographical writing.

Who Was It?  K-23-5, 6-8
Match the historical event with the president who was in office at the time. Based on Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times.

     Online Activities Teacher Guides
Scholastic News Teacher's Guide 
Lesson planning suggestions for using Scholastic News in the classroom.

Writing With Writers Teacher's Guide 
Teacher's guide for the Writing with Writers workshops.

     Reproducibles
"A Not-So-Glorious Victory"  3-5
A story of basketball history teaches cause and effect relationships.

Assessing Reading Growth with Running Records  K-23-5
This plan will help you to use Running Records to track students' levels of reading competence. (PDF) Source: Taking Running Records: A Step-By-Step Guide

Dr. Seuss Crossword Puzzle  K-23-5
Theodore Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, wrote lots of books -- how many do you know?

Harriet Quimby, Flying Ace  K-2
Read about the first licensed woman pilot in the United States.

The Development of the Modern Alphabet  6-8
Use reading and writing skills while learning about the history of the alphabet.