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- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Reading Informational Text
- Material Type:
- Reading
- Date Added:
- 06/16/2021
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V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Adapting the song "A-Hunting We Will Go," students put a "whale" in a "pail" and even "take a little "bear" and hug it if we "dare"."
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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This lesson is an introduction to the research process using the Ask. Act. Achieve. process
- Subject:
- Critical Thinking
- History
- Information and Communications Technology
- Information, Media and Technological Literacy
- Reading Informational Text
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Author:
- Janie Kantner
- Date Added:
- 07/24/2019
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Students increase their understanding of alphabet books by participating in a variety of reading and writing activities.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Interactive
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Students create acrostic poems using their names and the names of things that are important to them.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Creating an illustrated alphabet book of action words, from "attack" to "zap", reinforces the definition of verbs as it stretches and expands students' vocabulary.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Students must "become" a character in a novel in order to describe themselves and other characters using powerful adjectives.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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This recurring lesson encourages students to comprehend their reading through inquiry and collaboration. They choose important quotations from the text and work in groups to formulate "quiz" questions that their peers will answer.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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CC BY-SA
This article discusses the four forms of identifying similarities and differences: comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies and how these strategies can be used in an elementary classroom.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Reading Informational Text
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
- Provider Set:
- Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
- Author:
- Jessica Fries-Gaither
- Date Added:
- 03/01/2008
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Students are guided through an informal exploration of nonfiction texts and child-oriented Websites, learning browsing and skimming techniques for the purpose of gathering interesting information.
- Subject:
- Arts
- English Language Arts
- Reading Informational Text
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Tradition and technology come together in this lesson in which students learn about Alaskan animals through Native American tales and their own online research.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Students explore their towns' landmarks, symbols, and people; look at brochures and other informational tools; practice writing for a specific audience and revising; and work collaboratively to create a brochure.
- Subject:
- Arts
- English Language Arts
- Reading Informational Text
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Students learn about alliteration, and then practice using alliteration in acrostic poems, tongue twisters, alphabet books, and number books.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Students compare attending a performance at The Globe Theater with attending a modern theater production or movie. They then create a commercial for an Elizabethan audience promoting a modern product.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Students write original stories using alphabetical order, beginning each page with a new letter, and then illustrate their texts in class or at home with their families.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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The traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies - recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Through a close reading of "Amelia Bedelia", students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020
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Groups of students read and discuss American folklore stories, each group reading a different story. Using a jigsaw strategy, the groups compare character traits and main plot points of the stories. A diverse selection of American folk tales is used for this lesson, which is adaptable to any text set.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
- Reading Foundation Skills
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- ReadWriteThink
- Provider Set:
- ReadWriteThink
- Date Added:
- 11/18/2020