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NURSERY RHYMES WITH A TWIST
Submitted by: Pam Morgan, a teacher at Poe Middle School in Annandale, Virginia.
Grade/Subject Area:
GR. 4-6 - Language Arts/Grammar
Objectives:
Students will use a thesaurus as a tool to locate synonyms.
Materials:
- Books with nursery rhymes
- Thesaurus
- 12" x 18" drawing paper
Lesson Plan:
- Students choose a nursery rhyme that they like
- Students locate key words from the rhyme in a thesaurus
- Students rewrite the rhyme using new words which they found in the thesaurus.
- Students write the rhyme and illustrate on the 12" x 18" sheet of paper.
- Hang as a display for all to see!
Lesson © Pam Morgan
