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Worksheet
Curated OER

Making Shapely Elephants

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this making shapely elephants worksheet, learners read how to draw an elephant in a step by step explanation with pictures, and how to make an elephant out of clay, with directions for creating and baking it.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

An Elephant Never Forgets (Alphabet Letter Cards)

For Students Pre-K - K
In this elephant alphabet worksheet, students color and cut out 52 cards- each with one upper or lowercase alphabet letter. The cards may be matched or used for any purpose.
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Lesson Plan
Maine Content Literacy Project

Setting in "Hills Like White Elephants"

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Continue your study of the short story with the next lesson in this fourteen-lesson series. After wrapping up a study of "Hills Like White Elephants" through a quiz and discussion of the setting, learners are introduced to the final...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this African elephant worksheet, students discuss facts about the elephant, its lifespan, food it eats, its height and weight. Students then color a picture of the elephant. This one page color sheet contains one picture to color.
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Lesson Plan
Maine Content Literacy Project

Introduction to Ernest Hemingway

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What is a white elephant, and what does it have to do with Ernest Hemingway? Study "Hills Like White Elephants" in-depth by following the procedures outlined in this lesson, the fifth in a series of fourteen. Learners start the day with...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Shooting An Elephant": George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read an essay by George Orwell's life in Burma and place it in its cultural and historical context. They identify the main points of the essay and Orwell's use of symbolism in the essay. They explain how each persuasive tool...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Elmer the Elephant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "Elmer" by David McKee. They answer comprehension questions and discuss how Elmer looks and how he is different from the elephants they see in the zoo. They complete a project in which they celebrate their individual...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Blind Men and the Elephant

For Students 2nd
In this reading worksheet, 2nd graders read the story The Blind Men and the Elephant and illustrate a concept from the story. Students read 1 page total on this worksheet.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Alliteration: It’s a Zany Zoo!

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Elephants eat and cheetahs chase in this zany zoo! Kids survey a list of ten animals before adding in an adjective and verb for each to form an alliterative phrase or sentence.
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Printables
PreKinders

On Safari

For Teachers Pre-K - K
What kinds of animals would you see on safari? Hop in your jeep and watch this presentation, which is full of pictures of safari animals such as elephants, lions, and zebras. Each slide starts with the same line for kids to read, making...
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Lesson Plan
August House

Go to Sleep, Gecko!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A cute folktale from Bali tells the story of Gecko, Elephant, and Buffalo, and Gecko's struggle to sleep. After reading Go to Sleep, Gecko, learners focus on comprehension questions, singing and learning about geckos, building...
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Lesson Plan
Maine Content Literacy Project

Introduction to John Updike

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Expand your pupils' understanding of the short story genre with a study of John Updike and his story "A&P." This instructional activity, the fourth in a series of fourteen, invites learners to examine literary terms and read and...
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Lesson Plan
BW Walch

“Outsider” Poet Kay Ryan Goes from Poetry Club Reject to Poet Laureate

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
The cat might have got your tongue, but you can’t avoid the elephant in the room while you wait for the other shoe to drop. After all, the early bird gets the worm and the chickens are circling. After researching Poet Laureate Kay Ryan...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

E-Excellent Elephant

For Students K - 1st
In this letter e instructional activity, students color the e's in a picture the color blue, then color any other letters they see a different color. Students count the e's, then practice writing the letter at the bottom of the page.
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PPT
Curated OER

Vowel Game

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Play this fun game about initial vowels with your ELD class. Each slide shows a picture of an item that starts with a vowel (igloo, elephant, apple, etc.) and English learners choose the correct initial vowel. The presentation includes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analyzing Literature via Literature Circles

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Introduce literature circles with Roland Smith's novels. Your seventh graders will see the activity modeled as you read The Three Little Pigs together and apply the format to a Roland Smith novel of their choice. The instructional...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Connect-The-Dots

For Students Pre-K - K
In this math worksheet, learners complete an elephant-shaped connect-the-dots picture. The numbers range from one to thirty-eight. Students may also color in the illustration when they are finished.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Letter Ee

For Students K - 1st
In this letter E e worksheet, students follow the numbers and arrows, to form the capital and lower case letters E and e and identify the /e/ sound in elephant. The students trace and print the letters E and e and the word elephant to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Little Zoh's Submissive Trunk

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners listen to and discuss story, Little Zoh's Submissive Trunk, define submissiveness and explore how it could be applied to daily life, and complete comprehension worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Low and High with Ives

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the Poem "The Elephant" by Shel Silverstein and create a descriptive web in the shape of an animal. In this cross curricular music lesson, 1st graders recite a poem with rhythm, then listen to the song "The...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Noah's Ark: Cut and Paste

For Students Pre-K
A very simple Noah's Ark cut and paste activity, this worksheet requires young learners to use their fine motor skills to cut out four pieces that are used to assemble the picture of an elephant which is then pasted on the Noah's Ark...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Eddie the Excited Elephant"

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize each letter in the alphabet and the phoneme it makes. They recognize phonemes in spoken words and their corresponding letters or spelling maps and distinguish phonemes in their oral contexts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eddie the Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students need to practice sight words to become proficient readers. So it is very important for children to learn common correspondences. The phoneme for the letter "e" is practiced in this lesson.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circle the Biggest Thing

For Students K - 1st
In this worksheet on size, learners look at 2 sets of pictures; one picture of 3 different sized apples, one of 3 different sized elephants. Students circle the "biggest thing."