What is it like to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? Students find out in this lesson in which they "become" the characters in Judith Viorst's book.
Exploring the Subtext Strategy: Thinking Beyond the Text
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Phonics In Context
K - 2
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| Minilesson
Use an engaging, authentic text to build students' knowledge of phonic elements and give them a taste of Japanese culture.
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Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Students learn about sentences by listing verbs, nouns, and adjectives. They use word cards to create descriptive sentences and work in groups to create the longest sentences they can.
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Show What You Know: Read, Write and Solve Math Problems
2 - 3
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| Minilesson
Informational texts, iPads, and interactive games, oh, my! Help students journey through multimodal texts to identify and solve real-world mathematics problems using writing and apps.
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Blogging in the Primary Grades? Yes, Indeed!
2 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Give students an authentic reason to read and write by researching blogs written by their peers around the world and then writing their own.
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Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story
1 - 2
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| Standard Lesson
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.
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Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
2 - 5
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| Minilesson
Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
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Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts
K - 2
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| Minilesson
This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.
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Picture Understanding! Building Comprehension in the Primary Grades With Picture Books
1 - 3
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Students move from modeled to independent comprehension of fiction stories by using texts by Jan Brett and interactive tools that demonstrate their comprehension.
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Digital Word Detectives: Building Vocabulary With e-Book Readers
2 - 6
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| Minilesson
Students in grades 2-6 use digital dictionaries and other e-book tools to learn new vocabulary as they read e-books on digital reading devices.
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Engaging With Cause-and-Effect Relationships Through Creating Comic Strips
2 - 4
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Students demonstrate their knowledge of cause-and-effect relationships by creating original comic strips and sharing their completed work in an oral presentation format.
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Jazz Up Writing Workshop: Writing Biographies of African American Jazz Musicians
2 - 3
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During writing workshop, students research, write, revise, and share their own comprehensive biographies of African American jazz musicians.
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Going Digital: Using e-Book Readers to Enhance the Reading Experience
2 - 4
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| Standard Lesson
Students use various tools and features of digital readers to develop vocabulary, support comprehension, respond to text, improve fluency, and enhance the reading experience.
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Using American Sign Language to Improve Comprehension and Vocabulary
1 - 3
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| Standard Lesson
American Sign Language is combined with the hilarious poetry and pictures of Sam's Sandwich, a lift-the-flap book, to engage all types of learners in acquiring key vocabulary.
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Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle
K - 2
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Water is always moving in a continuous cycle from liquid to solid to gas and back again. Students study this never-ending cycle through shared readings, center activities, and experiments.
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Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction Using Read-Alouds
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
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Descriptive Writing and the 100th Day of School
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Students write descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home, write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book.
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Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
The rhyme and reason behind this lesson is that students will need to develop important reading skills to increase their reading fluency.
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Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
From "once upon a time" to "happily ever after," students learn to recognize story structure in fairy tales and create a logical sequence of events when writing original stories.
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I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations With Students
K - 2
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Students choose a question to explore, research it using a variety of resources, organize their information on a TCF chart, and then collaboratively write a class scientific explanation.