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Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan

Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom

Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan

Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction Using Read-Alouds

Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.

 

Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan

Using Writing and Role-Play to Engage the Reluctant Writer

What does the world look like through a javelina’s eyes? Students become javelinas in this lesson when they analyze a character and write from his or her perspective.

 

Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan

Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Minilesson

Clang, clash, or tinkle? Students explore the use of onomatopoeia in Edgar Allan Poe's “The Bells” before choosing their own sound words in response to specific sounds.

 

Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan

More than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs

This lesson teaches students how to use old verbs in a new way, thus creating new and fresh descriptive phrases.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan

Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-based Research

Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.