Grade(s): 3
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2023
Lesson
The lesson highlights Thomas Preston Jr., the November nominee of the 2024 SC African American History calendar. It also discusses the importance of reading.
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By reading picture book biographies, students will become familiar with the challenges that early African-Americans faced, but also how they triumphed in spite of these challenges. Also, other stories...
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Students will brainstorm, write, and publish their own children's book depicting a theme of their choice. Students will use ladybugs as the main characters or other important pieces of the story.
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Written and Illustrated By: David Ezra Stein Read by: Jessica Easterbrook It’s homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant...
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The students will learn how to read informational texts by asking themselves, 'What is this part saying? What kind of feeling is occurring, and how should I voice it?' Students should demonstrate...
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The students will be able to retell a text; beginning, middle and end, while using key details to determine the theme in a text heard or read.
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Students will have the opportunity to read three different versions of the story Cinderella. Over the course of a week, students will compare and contrast the three stories.
Video
Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of Mexican migrant farmers, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California. As a child, he attended school in a variety of small towns from San Francisco to San...
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Carmen Agra Deedy has been writing for children for over two decades. Born in Havana, Cuba, she came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1964. She grew up in Decatur, Georgia, where she lives today. Learn...
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Red discovers something is wrong with grandma. The Gullah voiceover for this folktale was recorded by Gullah artist Anita Singleton-Prather.