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So You Want to Be an Inventor? |
Make a Movie Machine |
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Make Your Own Phenakistoscope from PBS Zoom - Printable |
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Zoom Inventors - Quick information on dozens of inventors and inventions |
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Internet Scavenger Hunt Over Inventors and Inventions - You will need to print the sheet |
Teacher Note: Several Animated DVD's from Disney do have bonus features demonstrating the process of animation. Check your personal library to see if any of these might be appropriate. | ||
Teacher Note: There are 4 different Animated Hero Films in your district content (Bell, Edison, Franklin, and the Wright Brothers). There is also a film teaching students how to be inventors. |
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Just Like Me |
I Am an Artist |
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Printable - How to draw Portraits - Draw a self-portrait and write about yourself |
Emotion Poem - Use this tempalte to write about the word "creative" as your emotion |
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Classroom Idea from Crayola - Create Your Own Self-Portrait with Eyes that Talk |
Another Crayola Idea - Create a repetitive portrait in the design of Andy Warhol Goes along with writing activity on page 455 |
Write Your Own "I Am an Artist" Poem - Publisher Document Encourage students to change font colors and images that support their writing |
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| Teacher Link: Complete Teacher Guide for the book - scroll to the bottom to see links for cross-curricular, reading and more. | Teacher Link: Lesson Plan for "I Am an Artist" - includes a PowerPoint and more |
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| Teacher Note: "Fact vs Opinion" is in your district content. | |||
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life |
The Little Fly and the Great Moose |
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Printable Art and Digital Photography Activty Imagine how small you would be in the Anderson house. |
Writing with Writers Workshop - Writing your own Folktale Step by Step guidance from Scholastic |
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| Jack and the Beanstalk Mural with Story online - What similarities are there to Jack's story and Hewitt's Story? | Teacher Link: Article about teaching Pourquoi tales | ||
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Teacher Note: "Themes in the Wizard of Oz" is in your district content. It's a short video discussing how to find themes within a story. Be sure to also look for the Blackline Masters on the "Related Materials" section. There are some great worksheets to practice identifying theme. |
Teacher Note: "Native American Folk Tales" is in your district content. It features four different stories. |
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Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie |
Hard Cheese |
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Describe Your Apples - Imagine eating apples from the tree el manzano real. Use this worksheet to describe them. |
Teacher Link: Helen Ward Unit on Fables - Scroll to page 9 |
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Teacher Note: We have access to several Mexican dance videos through YouTube, which could support the celebration at the end of the story. You will need to request them from the Tech Department. |
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The Case of the Too-Hot Apple Cider |
Reading a Biography: Sequoyah's Talking Leaves |
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Image of the Cherokee Syllable Alphabet - Click on the image to zoom in |
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MysteryNet's Kids Online Short Mysteries - Can you figure them out? |
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Teacher Link: Mystery Writing Lesson Plan for Cooperative Groups |
Teacher Note: "Native Americans" is in your district content. It features the story of Sequoyah and how the Cherokee lived. |
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