Download or read book Sarah Plain Tall eBook written by Janice K. Rugg-Davis and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This teaching unit helps introduce fine literature to students with a wide range of reading abilities. Each teaching unit promotes oral and written language proficiency through discussion questions and writing assignments that develop comprehension, application, synthesis, and evaluation skills. Reproducible pages contain classroom-tested activities that reinforce thinking skills while introducing the concept of analysis through class discussion. Extensive background information is provided for the teacher; students are presented with the elements of fiction, including setting, characterization, plot, point of view, and theme.
Download or read book Sarah Plain and Tall written by Patricia MacLachlan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1987-09-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?
Download or read book Sarah Plain and Tall Literature Kit Gr 3 4 written by Nat Reed and published by Classroom Complete Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique view on a survival story helps students to value the need for companionship. The comprehension quiz works great as a study guide for a final exam. Students begin by imagining the hardships with living as a pioneer on the American prairies. Answer true or false questions about Sarah's letter to Anna and Caleb. Complete sentences from the story with their missing vocabulary words. Do some investigation to learn about mica, something that Sarah says her dune sparkled with. Use events from the story to inspire a tercet poem. Students imagine interviewing Sarah about her experiences. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: A story filled with wisdom, gentle humor and the practical concerns necessary for a satisfying life. This Newbery Medal-winning story is based on the true adventures of a family living on the vast prairie in the early years of the 20th century. The story begins when Anna and Caleb—missing their mother who died—wish for another woman to make their father laugh again. Sarah responds to an ad, stating she will come by train, wearing a yellow bonnet and that she is plain and tall. And into their lives comes Sarah—with her own needful loneliness and searching—to help them create a whole family. But life on the endless prairie can be hard and unforgiving, taking all a person's strength and courage just to survive.
Download or read book Skylark written by Patricia MacLachlan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew first. Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah took Anna and Caleb back east, where they would be safe. Papa stayed behind. He would not leave his land. Maine was beautiful, but Anna missed home, and Papa. And as the weeks went by, she began to wonder what would happen if the rains never came. Would she and Caleb and Sarah and Papa ever be a family again?
Download or read book Sarah Plain and Tall written by Linda Beech and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, assessment strategies, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles"--Cover.
Download or read book Book Reports eBook written by Patricia Lewis and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milliken's "Book Reports" workbook is a compilation of book report forms on twelve book categories from Adventure to Sports and Hobbies. Each book report form includes questions at three levels of comprehension: literal, interpretive, and creative. A book list, forms to keep track of silent and oral reading, and tips for choosing a book and giving an oral book report are also included.
Download or read book Sarah Plain Tall Lit Link Gr 4 6 written by and published by On The Mark Press. This book was released on with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 61 Cooperative Learning Activities in ESL written by Charles Hirsch and published by Walch Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your ESL students function comfortably in the classroom, around school, and in their communities with these conversation-based activities! The collaborative lessons encourage second-language students to interact with each other and with English-speaking classmates. Discussion, reading, and writing activities give you opportunities for authentic assessment of students' strengths. Topics cover language, literature, social studies, math, science, technology, health, and safety. The book provides teaching notes, objectives, and a student page for each activity.
Download or read book A Guide for Using Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing in the Classroom written by Deborah Shepherd-Hayes and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1994 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching literature unit based on the popular children's story, Tales of a fourth grade nothing. Includes the following features: sample lesson plans, pre-reading activities, biographical sketch and picture of the author, book summary, vocabulary lists and vocabulary activity ideas, quizzes, hands-on projects, cooperattive learning activities, cross-curricular activities, post-reading activities, book report ideas, research ideas, culminating activities, unit test options, and answer keys.
Download or read book A Guide for Using The Courage of Sarah Noble in the Classroom written by Debra J. Housel and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 2000 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching literature unit based on the popular children's story, The courage of Sarah Noble.
Download or read book The Hundred Penny Box Literature Kit Gr 3 4 written by Eleanor Summers and published by Classroom Complete Press. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students gain a new sense of respect for age and the treasures that accumulate with it. Helpful outlines of activities makes this resource easy to implement into any classroom. Find facts about the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Draw and color a picture of what the penny box may look like. Students explain the sentence "you worry me to death to play" in their own words. Complete a chart by matching vocabulary words to their meanings. Predict what like will be like for Michael with Aunt Dew for the next few months. Write a story describing Aunt Dew's move to Michael's home in her own point of view. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The Hundred Penny Box is the Newbery Honor-winning story of a boy and his great-great aunt. Michael has a 100-year-old great-great aunt who keeps an old wooden box full of 100 pennies, one for each year she's been alive. Attached to each penny is a memory of what happened in Michael's aunt's life the year each coin was minted. Born in 1874, her first coin represents the Reconstruction. The 1930 penny represents the death of her husband. Michael enjoys to hear the stories attached to each penny, but soon finds that his great-great aunt is as old and feeble as the box that carries them.
Download or read book Little House on the Prairie Literature Kit Gr 3 4 written by Lily Erlic and published by Classroom Complete Press. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out what life on the prairie was really like with this retelling of actual events. The thorough and comprehensive questions are great for small group work. Students put themselves in Laura's shoes as she experiences the hardships of living on the prairie. Test student comprehension of key vocabulary words found in the novel. Students explore what they learn about life on the prairie, particularly with how Pa builds the log cabin. Challenge students to describe Laura's surroundings while living on the prairie. Reenact your favorite scene from the novel in small groups. Complete a story map graphic organizer, following the events that take place during Laura's time on the prairie. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: Little House on the Prairie follows one family's journey to a new home and new beginnings. Laura lives in a house in the Big Woods. But the area is becoming too crowded. Her father decides to uproot and move out to the prairies, where the land is vast and plentiful. On their journey, the family must cross two great rivers before the ice melts. They camp out alone with very little between them and their harsh environment. Soon they arrive on the prairie and choose a place to settle. But their hardships don't end there. While they build their new log cabin and get used to their surroundings, the family must survive illness, fires, wolves, and an increasing native population. As they finally settle in and prepare to plant their first crop, the family's year living on the prairie comes to an end. Little House on the Prairie is an educational story about what life was like in the American Midwest during the 19th century.
Download or read book Instructor written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide for Using Stone Fox in the Classroom written by Pat Angell and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes sample lesson plans, pre- and post-reading activities, a biographical sketch of the author, book summary, vocabulary list and suggested vocabulary activities, book report ideas, research ideas, a culminating activity, options for unit tests, bibliography, and answer key.
Download or read book 50 Fun Filled Crosswords and Word Searches written by Steve Herrmann and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this great resource, you'll find a time-saving, kid-pleasing crossword and word search puzzle for 25 of your students' favorite books such as Matilda, Harriet the Spy, How to Eat Fried Worms, Dear Mr. Henshaw, and My Side of the Mountain. The puzzles are perfect for focusing on key vocabulary and asseeeing reading comprehension. Also includes classroom-tested prompts for each book that invite students to think, discuss, and write. For use with Grades 4-8.
Download or read book A Wrinkle in Time written by Tara McCarthy and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to facilitating the discussion of the novel by Madeline L'Engle by students in grades four through eight offers suggestions for identifying themes, analyzing vocabulary, and responding to the text.
Download or read book A Guide for Using The Secret Garden in the Classroom Based on the Novel Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett written by Concetta Doti Ryan and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1992 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching literature unit based on the popular children's story, The secret garden.
