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- 3
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The students will be able to identify different types of figurative language in a story and explain how the author uses figurative language to shape the meaning and style of the story.
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Grades
- 3
- 4
The students will be able to explain the difference between first and third person point of view.
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Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
Students will review what a summary is and complete a worksheet for practice. They will then write their own informational text and a peer will summarize.
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Grades
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
The students will learn how to break words into two syllables.
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Grades
- 9
- 10
Students will be creating a home makeover by using house floor plans and other design aspects to create a house that is both aesthetically pleasing and cost-efficient. Students will use geometric and...
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Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
As Cricket, the main character in Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, searches for her mother, she is reminded of one of her mother’s favorite poems by Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers”...
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Grades
- 3
- 4
3rd or 4th grade students will understand why authors use persuasive writing. They will analyze examples of persuasive pieces, then write their own piece.
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Grades
- Pre K
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
Students will explore the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series and watch sequences of events unfold naturally. They will use this style of writing to create their own class book that models the If You...
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Grades
- 3
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New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander was the speaker at the 2018 Young Minds Dreaming Contest. Winners received a signed copy of his book, Out of Wonder. He is the author of 28 books...
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Grades
- 3
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- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
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New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander was the speaker at the 2018 Young Minds Dreaming Contest. Winners received a signed copy of his book, Out of Wonder. He is the author of 28 books...