Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers
Students improve their reading fluency by selecting a poem online to perform in class.
Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
Whether you sing or recite familiar nursery rhymes in this standard lesson, students will learn how to create and categorize words that have similar endings.
WorldReadAloudDay
Grades
4 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Literacy-Related Event
Today is World Read Aloud Day.

Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.

Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.
Grades
9 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.
Students study how regional dialect is written phonetically by reading a segment of Harris' story, as well as two others, and compare them using the Interactive Venn Diagram.
In 1940, musician and peace activist John Lennon was born.
Grades
9 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
In 1940, musician and peace activist John Lennon was born.
After listening to "Imagine," students reflect on the lyrics and answer questions. Then, they have a chance to write a stanza for their own song.
Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.
Grades
K - 2
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Rhyme Time With Madeline

Children love books that rhyme and to create their own rhymes. It's a fun way to learn how words sound similar to one another!

Grades
K - 2
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Add Seasons to Rhyming Poems and Songs

Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.

Grades
K - 2
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Practice Letters and Sounds Using Online Games

Find three fun online games that are designed to help children learn to recognize letters and how they sound.

Grades
7 - 12
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It's Raining Cats and Dogs! Make a Children's Book about the Weather

Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.

Grades
K - 8
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Let's Go On A Poetry Walk!

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and you're surrounded by brilliant shades of green! Observe and collect sensory images from nature and use the sights, sounds, smells, and textures to create original nature poetry.