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Instructional Lessons and Units
  • Kindergarten - Fiction and Nonfiction 
  • 1st Grade - Seasons Project
  • 3rd Grade - Help me, Librarian, You're My Only Hope!
  • 6th Grade: Is it alive?
  • 6th Grade: Know Your War Planes
  • 7th Grade (Special Education) - Harriet the Spy vs. Real Spies
  • 7th Grade: Preparing for a Debate
  • 7th Grade: Controversial Issues - Argument Essay
  • 7th Grade: Murder mystery! 
  • 7th Grade: Mission: US
  • 8th Grade: Zombie Historical Fiction
  • 8th Grade (Special Education) - Interpreting Poetry
  • 8th Grade - What's Your Origin Story?
  • 8th Grade: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
  • 8th Grade: History through Primary Sources


1st Grade: Seasons Project

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I collaborated with a science teacher on this lengthy project for students in first grade. Students learned about the seasons and expressed their knowledge through illustration, diagrams and poetry. Lessons took place both in the library and in the science classroom.

Explanation and overview:
seasons_project_overview.pdf
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Sample Project: 
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Sample lesson from the unit:
sample_seasons_project_lesson.pdf
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A game students played to test comprehension: A positive sound played if students selected the correct answer; a frog croaked if students selected the incorrect answer.
seasons_project_trees_game.pdf
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Student Work: Class notes from the sample lesson
seasons_project_trees_notes.pdf
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