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Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
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.
Grades 1 – 6 | Calendar Activity
Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series, was born on this day.
Students write their own "Junie B." stories, based on the Junie B. Jones series, after brainstorming issues they've experienced during the school year.
Lesson Plans
Teaching Short-Vowel Discrimination Using Dr. Seuss Rhymes
Through the contrast of short-vowel patterns and use of Dr. Seuss rhymes, students apply their knowledge of vowel sounds in reading and spelling new words.
A Journal for Corduroy: Responding to Literature
Connect home and school, literature and life, as students take a storybook character home with them and take turns writing stories about his visit.
Picture Match is a matching game that reinforces the concept of beginning-letter and short- and long-vowel sounds.
Choosing One Word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein’s “Sick”
Students select what they believe to be the most important word in a text that they have read and justify their choice using examples from the text.
ABC Match is a game that has students practice letter-recognition fluency while honing their memories. Students match initial letters with pictures, playing either with a timer or without.
Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity
Students use themed graphic organizers to compose cinquain poems on topics common in the early elementary classroom.
Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary students with an online model for finding facts in nonfiction text, then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.
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This strategy guide series identifies, defines, and provides examples of effective writing strategies and offers a list of resources related to each strategy.
Family Message Journals: Teaching Writing through Family Involvement
This book follows the development of emergent and beginning writers as they explore the power and joy of written communication.
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