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Molly's Pilgrim Activity: Using the book by Barbara Cohen, students will respond to the social and historical significance of this portrayal of the Thanksgiving holiday. Students will also participate in constructing a Venn diagram and completing a cloze activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Susan Milholland, Kathy Vaden, and Rita Wilson.

Comparing and contrasting Little Red Riding Hood stories: This lesson will introduce the Venn diagram to students. They will read two versions of the story "Little Red Riding Hood" and list details from each in separate diagrams.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Amber Miller.

The Frog Prince: Compare and contrast: This lesson can be used with numerous pieces of literature, films, or sound material to develop viewing and listening skills and the students' ability to compare and contrast. One of the richest sources is in the area of fairy tales and folktales. This an especially good source if you can find a modernized version in recorded form to contrast with the more traditional written form. I have used the "Frog Prince" because of this factor and because it was part of the 4th grade language arts reading unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Barbara Waters.

Getting to know spiders: This lesson is useful for helping students understand the differences between spiders and insects. They will also learn about a spider's particular body parts. Live spiders will be observed over the course of a few days to see how sound, light, and movement affect the spiders.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science); By Bree Welmaker.

Going batty: In this lesson students will hear the story Stellaluna by Janell Cannon and then create a Venn Diagram comparing bats to birds.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills and Science); By DPI Integration Strategies.

An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles: Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science); By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.

Is it a duck? Is it a chick?: Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Debbie Beeson.

Pigs and wolf on a map!: The students will construct a Double Bubble Map to compare and contrast two versions of a familiar fairytale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts); By Cherry Randall.

Saving the environment through picture books: This lesson looks at environmental issues and man's relationship to the environment over time using main ideas and supporting details. The content comes from two picture books: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky and A River Ran Wild.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Libba Sager.

Solving problems using simple machines: This lesson uses the familiar story of the three pigs and the big bad wolf to explore how the wolf could have used simple machines to catch the three pigs. By reading, analyzing, and evaluating the wolf's use of simple machines in The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf by Mary Fetzer, the students will design and justify their own machine to help the wolf catch those pigs!; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science); By Allison Buckner and Maria Tanner.

Using different versions of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas": This lesson allows the teacher to read different versions of this classic in accents indigenous to certain cultures and then provides a writing lesson for students to write their own version of "'Twas the Night" for their school!; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); By Dirk Robertson.

Weaving picture books into narrative writing: Children's picture books are the perfect medium for mini-lessons in narrative writing. Teachers provide books which demonstrate the qualities the students need to develop in their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Jan Caldwell.

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