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LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Education,
finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers
and students of North Carolina — and the world.
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- Bubba: A Cinderella story
- This lesson focuses on the whimsical interpretation of the Cinderella story. Students explore the story Bubba, the Cowboy Prince, through rich text and interpretations of the story.
- Author: Jennifer Fessler and Karen Wright
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Cloudy with a chance of...what?
- Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.
- Author: BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe
- Format: lesson plan (grades 2–4)
- Connecting Folktales and Culture in North Carolina and Beyond
- Students will explore connections to North Carolina culture as they engage in reading and analyzing three folktales of North Carolina Literary Festival author, William Hooks. After comparing these stories to other versions of the traditional tales, students will become authors and storytellers themselves as they rewrite a tale from a new cultural point of view. Opportunities are also included to extend this study to world cultures and folktales.
- Author: Jeanne Munoz
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4, 8)
- The Five Themes of Me
- Students will demonstrate their understanding of the Five Themes of Geography through literature-based integrated activities to spotlight how they are represented in each. They will also work on language/writing skills and computer competencies while enjoying a little art along the way!
- Author: Catherine Hazelton
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Fraction Funnies
- Students complete a fraction exercise in which they are given clues to find the answer to a joke, and then make up their own "Fraction Funny" sheet using their own jokes (riddles) and clues.
- Author: Alisan Royster
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Introducing Simple Machines: A Machine Walk
- This is an integrated lesson exploring simple machines. The poetry response part of this lesson serves to spark the students' interest as well as allow the teacher to identify students' prior knowledge of machine concepts and vocabulary. The machine walk gives a baseline assessment of students' understanding. The majority of students originally focus on complex machines; this will be evident by the types of machines they identify on their list.
- Author: Terri Fannin
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- "Kid-Created" Biographies
- In this lesson plan, the students will create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! The students will use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.
- Author: Gregg Farr, Lynn Beatty and Tricia Freeze
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
- A Million Fish....Serving up Exaggeration
- Students will become familiar with the term "exaggeration" and how it can be used in stories to catch the reader's attention. Students will create narrative stories of their own using exaggeration.
- Author: Jennie McGuire
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
- North Carolina American Indian Stories
- In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.
- Author: Janice Gardner
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears
- In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.
- Author: Gina Golden
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)
- North Carolina Regional Travel Brochure
- The students will cooperatively design travel brochures that describe major physical and cultural characteristics of the regions in North Carolina.
- Author: Deborah Harrell
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Observing connections: Art, poetry and the environment
- Students will explore the poem of Pat Lowery Collins, “I Am An Artist” and create their own poem from what they see and experience. They will then illustrate their poems with a visual design. This is the first lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing Connections —Art, Poetry, and the Environment; Lesson 2 Observing Connections—Changing Landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing Connections—North Carolina Pottery and Face Jugs
- Author: Lisa Mitchell
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)
- Observing connections: Changing landscapes
- The students will learn about the changing environment through study and observation. They will reflect on these changes in the environment and create their own landscape and habitat. This is the second lesson in “Observing connections,” a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations.
- Author: Lisa Mitchell
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)
- Operation Beach Teach
- This lesson is the introduction to an integrated marine science unit which culminates in an early fall trip to Hammocks Beach State Park. (See attachment: Pre-Activity). The unit is designed to hook students into science and provide joyful learning experiences across the curriculum.
- Author: Math Science Education Network
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Slipsliding poetry
- Students will work with a partner to write an original piece of poetry to express information learned about the rain forest and an animal that lives in that habitat. Students will share their poems by creating a multimedia slide show.
- Author: Angela Hodges
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Storytellers in the Mountains of North Carolina
- Students will study five famous North Carolina storytellers: Jackie Torrence, Ray Hicks, Donald Davis, David Holt and Sheila Kay Adams. They will research how their stories were collected and how they developed their storytelling styles that distinguish them from other tellers.
- Author: Martha Hayes
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Storytelling with Cherokee Folktales
- This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee Folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.
- Author: Ricky Hamilton
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Strategy Lesson: KWL
- This lesson activates students' prior knowledge about famous North Carolinians and helps them organize thoughts and questions before they read biographies.
- Author: Alisa McAlister, Sherry French and Harnetha Hudgins
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Visualizations: Black poet, Langston Hughes
- Third grade or fourth grade students will have an opportunity to read and appreciate selected poetry of the African-American poet, Langston Hughes.
- Author: Floanna Long
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
- Author study: Improving reading comprehension using inference and comparison
- In this lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that author, and then check their inferences against the author's online biography.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)