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Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles - ReadWriteThink
Grades
3 to 5
tag(s): figurative language (19), poetry (197)
In the Classroom
Use this lesson in conjunction with TeachersFirst Figurative Language lesson, which has a PowerPoint presentation and other activities pertaining to personification.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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The Tell-Tale Heart - A Directed Listening-Thinking Activity - ReadWriteThink
Grades
6 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Benjamin Franklin: An Extaordinary Life, An Electric Mind - PBS
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities hosted on this site! This would be a great resource for an early American history class, be sure to save it as a favorite on your computer!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Maps - Google
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (133), directions (9), maps (224)
In the Classroom
If you teach geography, this one's a must. It is also helpful for showing students WHERE a story or news event takes place. In lower grades, use it to show students the basics of their community. Teach map skills by showing students their own community. Zoom in on their street or on the school. This site and its more sophisticated cousin, Google Earth, are great on an interactive whiteboard. Set up a class Google account (or use student accounts if permitted). Have students create their own custom route plans to tour historic sites. Challenge math students to plan the most economical route to visit several vacation destinations, including gas mileage and gas prices. Have students create placemark files of the important places in the life of a famous person or the route traveled by a particular unit during the Civil War. Have student groups create placemarker files to show environmental sites, habitats, landforms, or anything you can place on a map. Embed projects in a class wiki using the handy embed code offered as a sharing option. Not comfortable with wikis? Check out TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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All About Me and my Favorite Things - ReadWriteThink
Grades
1 to 2tag(s): poetry (197)
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Activities: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): harry potter (9)
In the Classroom
Share the link on your teacher web page or in a parent newsletter, if you don't have time to do all the activities at school. Challenge students to design similar activities to accompany other Harry Potter (or other favorite) books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Activities: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): harry potter (9), reading strategies (85)
In the Classroom
Share the link on your teacher web page or in a parent newsletter, if you don't have time to do all the activities at school. Ask students to design similar activities to accompany other Harry Potter (or other favorite) books.Comments
Very good way of planning.kel, GA, Grades: 3 - 5
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We Need Cash! - McRel
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): civics (131)
In the Classroom
Save this site and take advantage of the free lesson plan offered on this site! This could easily be used in a civics classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Finding the Message: Grasping Themes in Literature - Scholastic
Grades
4 to 7In the Classroom
Select and choose material from this lesson to introduce your students to themes in literature. Some are better used with the entire class, others in small groups, pairs, or at stations. Have students create a digital bulletin board to post what they are learning and questions they have using a tool like Padlet, reviewed here. With Padlet you can create columns for categorizing information. Challenge students to create a word cloud about themes using Word Clouds for Kids, reviewed here. After using the Scholastic lesson, continue student learning about themes by using CommonLit, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Literary Parodies - NCTE and IRA
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): writing (310)
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Cooking Up Descriptive Languages - NCTE & IRA
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): descriptive writing (46), speech (64), vocabulary (262), word choice (12), writing (310)
In the Classroom
This is a great activity to use before a classroom party or celebration. Have students practice the descriptive writing in the lesson plan, and use it again to create a menu for their class party and the food they'll volunteer to bring. This would be a great way to make sure the party is academic in nature, and not a waste of time in administrator's eyes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Store Wars - Organic Trade Association
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
If you see a blank screen, download the Flash plugin from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Expository Escapades - Detective's Handbook - IRA & NCTE
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): process writing (35), reading comprehension (146), writing (310)
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A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words - IRA/NCTE
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): narrative (16), vocabulary (262), writing (310)
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The Making of Monsters - Kennedy Center
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): characterization (16), literature (214), stories and storytelling (82)
In the Classroom
Enhance student learning by having them use Genially, or Canva Comic Strips Template, to create and present their conceptual monster to classmates.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Absolute Shakespeare
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): elizabethan (12), plays (32), shakespeare (98)
In the Classroom
Students seem to be prepared to think reading Shakespeare is hard. Engage them by starting with the summary of the play you plan to read. Next employ Read Ahead, reviewed here, to develop a guided reading activity, Next, enhance student reading by allowing students to highlight parts of the text with the part of the summary as an interpretation. Finally, extend student learning by having student groups create a reader's theater play for Shakespeare you used. Need some help with reader's theater? Take a look at Literacy Connections, reviewed here, many guides for teachers and students about incorporating, writing, and performing a reader's theater play. Find information about reader's theater by scrolling down the main page and finding a menu list on the right.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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It's Fun to Read: Music - Starfall.com
Grades
1 to 2tag(s): numbers (117)
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Andersen Fairy Tales - EnTechneVision
Grades
K to 2tag(s): folktales (34)
In the Classroom
Share these books as a reading center after showing students how to operate the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Be sure to point out the advertisements to avoid! Parents would also appreciate this link for some at-home reading fun. Include a link to your class site for students and parents to explore it at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Poetry Month - Pearson Education
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): poetry (197)
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Word in a Word - Interactive Wordplays
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6 to 12tag(s): vocabulary (262)
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