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Reading - Compare & Contrast:
Reading - Comprehension:
- This lesson is on the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How, uses Goldilocks
- This one focuses on Comprehension and uses the story Big Bird Dont Cry
- A lesson on Comprehension using the story Yo Yes
- This one is called Sketch To Stretch for Language Arts and Art
- Topic is Main Events, title is Little Bunny Follows His Nose
- This lesson uses the book "Prince Cinders" to teach Predicting and Comprehension
- A lesson on Comprehension and Inferences that uses a book called "The Snowy Day"
- Another lesson on Comprehension and Recognition of Detail, using "The Very Quiet Cricket"
- This Reading lesson is on Predicting, Understanding, and Fluency
- Here's an idea to increase Reading Comprehension through Visualization
- Here's an interesting lesson - a Pre-Read "Tea Party" for Island of the "Blue Dolphins" - Comprehension
- This Reading / Predicting lesson uses the textbook "A Soft Pillow for an Armadillo
- This idea focuses on the "SPREADS" Reading Comprehension Skills
- Increasing Comprehension Skills is the goal of this lesson on Coal Mining and "Danger At The Breaker"
- Kinesthetic Learning is used in this lesson to build Reading Comprehension through Kickball
- In this sequence comprehension lesson, students make a 6-square story quilt
- Students study Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak here and create new monsters
- This is a well-developed introduction to using context clues
- Students use the strategy of visualization here to better comprehend text
- In this reading comprehension lesson, students make inferences from "artifact bags"
- Here students employ inferential thinking while reading "Peter's Chair"
- Readers build comprehension skills here by retelling the beginning, middle and end of "Caps For Sale"
- Comprehension skills are also practiced here by retelling Rylant's "The Relatives Came"
- This small-group lesson teaches spatial concepts, making inferences, sequencing/retelling a story and more
- Chipo's Gift is a thematic cross-curriculum book unit which includes a reading comprehension component
(See a new Chipo's Gift lesson in the Compare/Contrast sectioon above)
- Comic strips and Photo Story 3 are used here to teach story sequencing
- Students demonstrate their understanding of cause and effect in this photo story lesson
- This is a reading comprehension lesson for Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree"
- This is a "Charlie Needs a Cloak" guided reading lesson about sequencing
 Here students summarized the sibling tale of "7 Silly Eaters" and make personal and social connections to the text
Reading - Literature:
Reading - Story Elements:
Reading - Other:
Research:
Sentences & Paragraphs:
Spelling:
Vocabulary:
Writing - Letters:
Writing - Persuasive:
Writing - Stories / Creative:
Writing - Technical:
Writing - Other:
- A Writing and Art activity about "When I Grow Up..."
- This is a collection of Christmas Journal Ideas
- This 3 part lesson idea is on Writing Narratives:
- Here's a Writing idea for what students do for Christmas (Holidays) and allows for the exploring of different cultures' traditions
- Here's an Idea to get students started in Writing about Themselves
- Here's an idea to make a "Sandwich Book"
- In this Writing activity idea, students Write about a Pictures
- This idea is on the Revision Triangle - Affirmation, Clarification, and Elaboration
- Writing a Character Description is the subject of this lesson
- Here's a good Writing idea for Valentine's Day called "Luv Notes"
- This Writing Assignment idea involves Writing Sensory Details and is called "Hershey Kiss Paragraph"
- Here's a lesson on Writing an Autobiography that involves using Digital Cameras
- Let your students draw AND write, "All About Me"
- Students use their initials to tell their own biographies in this lesson
- Here is a Christmas paragraph storybook idea
- Here's an idea -- Have student's compare and contrast their St. Patrick's Day traditions
- Here is an end-of-year bulletin board autograph idea
- Writing Greeting Card Quotes for fun or profit is a motivating creative writing activity
- This idea starts out as a bulletin board and ends as a memory book compilation of student writing assignments
- Writing every related word that comes to mind is what this activity is all about
- In this Valentine's idea, students write their own conversation hearts
- This lesson shows the importance of writing in sequential (first, next, then and last) order
- Here students create a booklet about their vacation or summer event
- This beginning-of-the-year "ME Box" idea helps students focus their writing
- "The AND Game" is a good Valentine's language arts activity
- This is a plan for making a Valentine Person and poem
- In this lesson. students will use word referents to enhance word choice and enrich vocabulary
- Students write a biography about a famous Texan here
- Here students add a sentence to the character development paragraph in front of them, and then switch chairs
- Can you guess who is in the Kapok Tree? This descriptive paragraph lesson answers this question
- In this sequence of events idea, the transitional words "first, second, and third" are used
- When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant is used here to model descriptive writing
- "Keypals" is a well-developed electronic penpal unit
- Students add sensory details to selected paragraphs here to create vivid imagery
- Here students write and tie on paper coupons gifts of their time to a "Giving Tree"
- This is a program for writing and illustrating a hardbound class book
Other / Multiple Topics:
- A collection of some fun Christmas Activity ideas
- This lesson on Quilts uses the book "The Patchwork Quilt" by Valerie Flournoy
- This one, called Class Bank, is to help develop Good Habits, Learner Awareness, and Spelling
- This lesson idea is on Notices and Signs
- An idea for Interviewing the "Mystery Visitor"
- This lesson on Translation of Ideas and Outlining uses the book "Paper Bag Princess"
- Here's a good collection of Bulletin Board Ideas
- Here are some good ideas to get Students involved in getting Parents to Parent's Night
- This English lesson covers Speech, Writing, and Reading
- Here's a lesson on Jack Be Nimble and Candles
- This is a great idea for a beginning and end of school lesson - using a Time Capsule to demonstrate students' learning
- This big, multidisciplinary lesson called "Night Before Christmas" is on Writing and Much More
- Here's a Class Memories Christmas Ornament idea
- This game idea is on Rhyming Words but could be used for other topics like Synonyms
- Here's an idea for making Christmas Ornaments from Dough
- A lesson on Characterization and Writing - students "Finish The Story" on an Internet Site
- Students Interview each other in this First Day of School idea
- Here's a fun collection of Mother's Day activity ideas (which may be adapted for Father's Day)
- This Self Esteem Discussion idea uses the book "I Like Me"
- Here's a good time filler where students Collaboratively Write a "Creative Book"
- This Fable was written to help children Cope with Terrorism and may be helpful in your class
- Here's an idea on using Strategies to Solve Problems
- A "Daily Quotes" idea that can be used as a filler before class
- This is another beginning / end of the year activity called "Memory Book"
- This is an outstanding multidiscipline integrated unit on Patricia Polacco: A Crafty Author
- "Idioms for Dummies" teaches us that when it's raining cats and dogs - we don't have to beware of poodles
- Here are some great New Year's resolution lesson ideas
- "Summer in a Can" is a vacation show-and-tell activity
- Here students interview an adult at their school
- This is a great literature-based lesson on feelings
- This is an "All About Me" memories and goals book idea
- This is a tongue twister lesson
- This multidisciplinary "Rainbow Fish" activity idea is perfect for the first day of school
- In "Poppin' Corn," students use descriptive language, inventive spelling and their five senses
- This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity
- The concepts of general vs. specific are taught in this listening skills game
- This is an idea for creating a funny "Classroom Do's and Don'ts" book
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Social Studies Connections:
- This activity involves creating Travel Brochures
- A Social Studies/Language Arts lesson plan on the news and its themes
- This one is on Native American Legends
- This lesson on Cacti is called Cactus Hotel
- The unit below on Native Americans ties in with another unit on this site - Charlotte's Web and Spiders (Some parts are for 4th or 5th grade)
- This lesson plan is on Cesar Chavez and the difference that a single person can make
- Here is a lesson plan on Navajo Pottery and Culture
- This Reading and Writing lesson idea on Rain Forests involves Comparing Cultures
- Here's a four part thematic unit on Aviation:
- Below are three lessons for a brief unit on Communities:
- This lesson on Oil Spills focuses on Writing a Letter to a Senator
- The unit below is on Simple Machines and includes 10 lesson ideas:
- Here's a lesson on Decoding Braille
- The Importance of Voting is the topic of this lesson using "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs"
- Here's a lesson on the book, "Johnny Appleseed," and the man, John Chapman
- Here's an idea for students to make Flags for different Countries
- This lesson looks at the U.S. and New Zealand in terms of Location, Transportation, and Apples!
- This lesson on Anger uses the book "When Sophia Gets Angry
- Here are 5 ideas for a unit on Alaska:
- This lesson compares Map Legends to Story Legends
- In this lesson on Cesar Chavez students make a (paper) Quilt to express their knowledge
- This lesson looks at Black History in Western Expansion in America
- Here's a big Economics Unit that is standards-based and titled "Classroom Business"
- Here's a great Community Thematic Unit:
- Teach about different countries and cultures with this must-have compilation of creative ideas
- After being read a book about banana production, students write a sequential timeline using keywords
- Here students write about what they want to be, after reading Carpenter, Carpenter, What Do You See
- This multidisciplinary vacation lesson exercises math problem solving, art, literary, and map skills
- Students share family traditions with their class in this activity
- In this project, students research, write, and use media to help a local environmental issue
- This is an excellent lesson on national symbols that are unique to our country
- This web hunt shows students why and how we celebrate Independence Day
- This lesson teaches students the value of getting along with people they do not know
- Here an alphabet book of student-created postcards is made for each state, especially Idaho
- "Cowboys at Christmas" is a unique multi-activity lesson teaching us appreciation for the "big gifts" we often take for granted
- Here students draw maps of their rooms using the book Mapping Penny's World as a model
- In "Community Helpers," students draw and write about their future occupation and how they will help the community
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