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Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

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Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practice crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running!

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practice crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running!

Immigration: Ellis Island

Immigration: Ellis Island

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Immigration: Ellis Island

This is a lesson about the immigration procedures at Ellis Island. Students will learn about the process and creatively write about what it was like for immigrants to pass through Ellis Island.

Immigration: Ellis Island

Immigration: Ellis Island

Immigration: Ellis Island

This is a lesson about the immigration procedures at Ellis Island. Students will learn about the process and creatively write about what it was like for immigrants to pass through Ellis Island.

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

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Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Students often understand the basic conventions of writing, but may need support in incorporating these skills into their work. In this lesson, students will review some of the more common capitalization and punctuation errors and apply their editing skills to real writing.

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Students often understand the basic conventions of writing, but may need support in incorporating these skills into their work. In this lesson, students will review some of the more common capitalization and punctuation errors and apply their editing skills to real writing.

Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3

Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3

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Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3

Up, up, and away! It's Peter Pan vs. Wendy vs. John in this reading comprehension lesson. Using the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook, students will use text excerpts and comprehension questions to write an essay comparing main characters.

Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3

Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3

Peter Pan and Neverland 4: The Flight Part 3

Up, up, and away! It's Peter Pan vs. Wendy vs. John in this reading comprehension lesson. Using the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook, students will use text excerpts and comprehension questions to write an essay comparing main characters.

Peter Pan and Neverland 5: Understanding Peter

Peter Pan and Neverland 5: Understanding Peter

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Peter Pan and Neverland 5: Understanding Peter

Goodbye London, hello Neverland. In this lesson, students will complete the final pages of their Peter Pan and Neverland workbooks by taking a more in-depth look at Peter's full character and what possibilities Neverland might hold.

Peter Pan and Neverland 5: Understanding Peter

Peter Pan and Neverland 5: Understanding Peter

Peter Pan and Neverland 5: Understanding Peter

Goodbye London, hello Neverland. In this lesson, students will complete the final pages of their Peter Pan and Neverland workbooks by taking a more in-depth look at Peter's full character and what possibilities Neverland might hold.

Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

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Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

Challenge students with a discussion about prepositions and conjunctions in this lesson. Your class will write a journal entry to explain the function of the prepositions and conjunctions in a specific sentence.

Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

Challenge students with a discussion about prepositions and conjunctions in this lesson. Your class will write a journal entry to explain the function of the prepositions and conjunctions in a specific sentence.

Area with Multiplying and Adding

Area with Multiplying and Adding

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Area with Multiplying and Adding

Start a dialogue around area models! In this lesson, encourage students to ask questions as they multiply using area models. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Area Models and Multiplication.

Area with Multiplying and Adding

Area with Multiplying and Adding

Area with Multiplying and Adding

Start a dialogue around area models! In this lesson, encourage students to ask questions as they multiply using area models. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Area Models and Multiplication.

What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

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What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

Quoting is a valuable skill in today's education. Lead your students on the right path with explicit instruction that will stick. Then, back it up with hands on practice on and experience in their own leveled chapter books.

What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

Quoting is a valuable skill in today's education. Lead your students on the right path with explicit instruction that will stick. Then, back it up with hands on practice on and experience in their own leveled chapter books.

Mythological Creature: Vampire

Mythological Creature: Vampire

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Mythological Creature: Vampire

Bram Stoker's Dracula has inspired feelings of fear and morbid curiosity for over a century. With this lesson plan, your students will get a taste of the literary work while learning about the myth behind vampires.

Mythological Creature: Vampire

Mythological Creature: Vampire

Mythological Creature: Vampire

Bram Stoker's Dracula has inspired feelings of fear and morbid curiosity for over a century. With this lesson plan, your students will get a taste of the literary work while learning about the myth behind vampires.

Determining the Theme of a Poem

Determining the Theme of a Poem

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Determining the Theme of a Poem

Give your class a deeper understanding of theme with this art and poetry-focused lesson plan about theme. By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.

Determining the Theme of a Poem

Determining the Theme of a Poem

Determining the Theme of a Poem

Give your class a deeper understanding of theme with this art and poetry-focused lesson plan about theme. By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.

What's in a Name?

What's in a Name?

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What's in a Name?

Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.

What's in a Name?

What's in a Name?

What's in a Name?

Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.

Pop Rocks Matter

Pop Rocks Matter

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Pop Rocks Matter

This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.

Pop Rocks Matter

Pop Rocks Matter

Pop Rocks Matter

This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.

Everybunny’s Easter Puns

Everybunny’s Easter Puns

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Everybunny’s Easter Puns

The energizer bunny went to jail. He was charged with battery. Get it? Your students will understand after this lesson! Use this lesson to give your students tools to understand and create Easter puns.

Everybunny’s Easter Puns

Everybunny’s Easter Puns

Everybunny’s Easter Puns

The energizer bunny went to jail. He was charged with battery. Get it? Your students will understand after this lesson! Use this lesson to give your students tools to understand and create Easter puns.

Punctuating Dialogue

Punctuating Dialogue

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Punctuating Dialogue

Your students will surely exclaim, "This is fun!" in response to this writing lesson. It covers topics that range from dialogue punctuation to sentence types, and will definitely help improve reading comprehension skills.

Punctuating Dialogue

Punctuating Dialogue

Punctuating Dialogue

Your students will surely exclaim, "This is fun!" in response to this writing lesson. It covers topics that range from dialogue punctuation to sentence types, and will definitely help improve reading comprehension skills.

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

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E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

Do your students need guidance in online peer conferences? If you need to teach your students how to collaborate in an online writing conference, then this lesson plan is for you!

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

Do your students need guidance in online peer conferences? If you need to teach your students how to collaborate in an online writing conference, then this lesson plan is for you!

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

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Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Knowing how to write an effective persuasive letter is a powerful tool. Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Knowing how to write an effective persuasive letter is a powerful tool. Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.

Transition Word Hunter

Transition Word Hunter

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Transition Word Hunter

Help your students learn how to move smoothly between ideas and paragraphs using transition words and phrases. Young writers will use real texts as mentors as they study how authors use words to transition between ideas and support their claims. As a result, they will have a word bank to use in their own writing.

Transition Word Hunter

Transition Word Hunter

Transition Word Hunter

Help your students learn how to move smoothly between ideas and paragraphs using transition words and phrases. Young writers will use real texts as mentors as they study how authors use words to transition between ideas and support their claims. As a result, they will have a word bank to use in their own writing.

Super Survival Skills

Super Survival Skills

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Super Survival Skills

Hone your students' close reading skills by using this interesting and fun lesson that teaches your class survival skills in an informational text.

Super Survival Skills

Super Survival Skills

Super Survival Skills

Hone your students' close reading skills by using this interesting and fun lesson that teaches your class survival skills in an informational text.

Whose Point Is It Anyway?

Whose Point Is It Anyway?

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Whose Point Is It Anyway?

What if Cinderella’s stepsisters weren’t really evil? In this engaging lesson, you will introduce your students to multiple points of view and discuss how these different perspectives can change a reader’s experience.

Whose Point Is It Anyway?

Whose Point Is It Anyway?

Whose Point Is It Anyway?

What if Cinderella’s stepsisters weren’t really evil? In this engaging lesson, you will introduce your students to multiple points of view and discuss how these different perspectives can change a reader’s experience.

Mash-Up Reading Reflections!

Mash-Up Reading Reflections!

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Mash-Up Reading Reflections!

Using this lesson plan, your students will synthesize literary information by reimagining storyline outcomes. Substituting characters from their favorite texts and reimagining the effects will excite and bring your class new insights!

Mash-Up Reading Reflections!

Mash-Up Reading Reflections!

Mash-Up Reading Reflections!

Using this lesson plan, your students will synthesize literary information by reimagining storyline outcomes. Substituting characters from their favorite texts and reimagining the effects will excite and bring your class new insights!

Citing Inferences

Citing Inferences

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Citing Inferences

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand how to cite their answers based on inferences they make about a text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Colorful Coding.

Citing Inferences

Citing Inferences

Citing Inferences

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand how to cite their answers based on inferences they make about a text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Colorful Coding.

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

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Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

The flying, crowing, strutting figure of Peter Pan is known to kids of all ages, but how much do we really know? In this lesson, your class will use the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook to take a closer look at Peter and his world.

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

The flying, crowing, strutting figure of Peter Pan is known to kids of all ages, but how much do we really know? In this lesson, your class will use the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook to take a closer look at Peter and his world.

Marvelous Metaphors

Marvelous Metaphors

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Marvelous Metaphors

Help your students become shining stars with this lesson about metaphors. Your class will hone art skills and practice comparison using figurative language.

Marvelous Metaphors

Marvelous Metaphors

Marvelous Metaphors

Help your students become shining stars with this lesson about metaphors. Your class will hone art skills and practice comparison using figurative language.

Poetry Themes

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Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.

Poetry Themes

Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.

Whose Side of the Story?

Whose Side of the Story?

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Whose Side of the Story?

Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.

Whose Side of the Story?

Whose Side of the Story?

Whose Side of the Story?

Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.

Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

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Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own.

Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own.

Match Author's Point with Evidence

Match Author's Point with Evidence

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Match Author's Point with Evidence

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.

Match Author's Point with Evidence

Match Author's Point with Evidence

Match Author's Point with Evidence

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

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Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.

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Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.

Power Reading

Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.

Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Mixed Up Fairy Tales

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Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.

Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.

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