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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


Kindergarten: Fiction and Nonfiction

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This unit on Fiction and Nonfiction consisted of 3 lessons - one to introduce fiction, one to introduce nonfiction, and one to play a game tying the two together.  It was taught to classes with a high percentage of English Language Learners.

Lessons:
fiction_and_nonfiction_lessons.pdf
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Vocabulary slides to aid student comprehension of African Elephants by Shannon Knudsen:
fiction_and_nonfiction_elephant_vocabulary.pdf
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Sample slides from the Fiction or Nonfiction game: A positive sound plays if students select the correct answer; a frog croaks if they select the incorrect answer.
fiction_and_nonfiction_game.pdf
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