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    Minilesson

    Using Perspective Shifting to Understand Others

    Help students improve empathy.

    illustration of girl and boy working together

    Minilesson

    Choosing the Right Coordinating Conjunction

    Learn how to choose precise connecting words. 

    Traffic Light

    Minilesson

    Elaborating Ideas with Compound Sentences

    Learn how to add new details to sentences. 

    Street Art

    Minilesson

    Punctuating Dialogue

    Teach quotation marks with end punctuation.
     

    Minilesson

    If I Were a President's Pet

    Imagine being a president's pet.

    FDR quote

    Minilesson

    Making Rhetorical Appeals

    Appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos.
     

    Aristotle Statue

    Minilesson

    Evaluating Sources of Information

    Evaluate sources with a checklist.
     

    Evaluating Sources of Information

    Minilesson

    Using Time-Order Transitions

    Teach about chronological transitions.

    illustration of a clock character holding a pencil

    Minilesson

    If I Were President

    Think about being president.

    If I Were President

    Minilesson

    Comparing Myself to a President

    Compare yourself to a president.

    Abraham Lincoln

    Minilesson

    Drawing a Life Map

    Help students gather ideas for narratives.

    Life Map

    Minilesson

    Creating Command Sentences

    Help students build command sentences.

    Minilesson

    Forming Pronouns: Possessives and Contractions

    Teach possessives and contractions.

    Minilesson

    Recognizing Bullying

    Help students recognize bullying.

    image of a boy being bullied at school

    Minilesson

    Taking Action Against Bullying

    Teach students strategies for staying safe.

    group of diverse young students standing together in classroom

    Minilesson

    Expressing Emotions Through Drawing

    Help students draw their feelings.

    child crayon drawing of beautiful day and princess girl

    Minilesson

    Checking the Emotion Thermometer

    Help students express intensity of emotion.

    illustration of thermometers with different levels

    Minilesson

    Learning to Say No

    Help students learn refusal skills.

    showing hand signaling to stop

    Minilesson

    Expressing Emotions Through Movement

    Connect movement to emotion.

    girls dancing and jumping in mid-air

    Minilesson

    Correcting End Punctuation

    Insert end punctuation in the paragraph.

    California landscape

    Minilesson

    Correcting Capitalization 1

    Correct capitalization.

    Image of the underground railroad

    Minilesson

    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement 1

    Make subjects and verbs agree in number.

    A tornado in a field

    Minilesson

    Using Commas in a Series

    Use commas in series.

    Anteater

    Minilesson

    Using Commas in Dates and Addresses

    Use commas in dates and addresses.

    Fireworks

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