510 results
Arts & music Common Core RL.4.2 resources
Reader's Theater: Aesop's Fables and teaching THEME (intermediate)
Directly aligned to the common core standards for traditional literature, students will actively engage in character dialogue to help identify common themes pulled from the morals in these 8 classic Aesop fables written in these entertaining Reader’s Theater scripts! By providing more than 24 individualized parts on varying reading levels, ALL students will have a chance to practice fluency, utilize expression, and increase their basic knowledge of the common themes found in these classic stori
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Cyclops: The Monster in the Cave--Readers Theater from The Odyssey
Includes comprehension activity, key, and teacher notes! Liven up your reading curriculum and satisfy the Common Core with this kid-friendly classroom play based on the 9th book of Homer's The Odyssey. Originally published in the September 2012 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, "Cyclops" is suitable for reader's theater or stage performance. Use it to introduce the original text, build fluency, and improve comprehension. Pair it with a Percy Jackson novel as part of a literature circle! Or j
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
The One and Only Bob Novel Study Unit - Questions - Activities - Vocabulary
This huge 120 page The One and Only Bob Novel Study is perfect for your upcoming One and Only Bob unit ! It contains One and Only Bob activities, including graphic organizers and The One and Only Bob questions that focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. Detailed answer keys are also included.✅Be sure to check out the thumbnails and preview for detailed images and information about the activities included in this resource. This creative an
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Aca-Scuse Me? Teaching Theme vs. Main Idea With Music and Lyrics
This assignment is PITCH PERFECT for teaching theme to students grades 4 through 8!***UPDATED 9/8/18 TO INCLUDE:***PRE/POST TEST ANSWER KEYSCONCEPT HANDOUT FOR STUDENTSANSWER SHEETS FOR EACH OF THE 5 SONGSIf you are like me back during my first year of teaching 5th, I struggled to teach main idea and theme. This assignment makes the task more fun. Resource is designed to help your students analyze 5 popular songs for themes. Included in this 21 page bundle:-5 hugely popular song lyric pages for
Grades:
4th - 8th
Teach Theme/Moral/Lesson with Songs & Lyrics {Digital Interactive Google Slides}
Hi teacher friends! Are you looking for a fun way to introduce and practice the skill of finding theme? This is the only resource you will need for teaching theme/ moral/ lesson with songs! I found myself struggling with how to introduce theme to my students, but then I came up with the idea of using songs and their lyrics. I created this product for use in my own classroom, and when I used it, my students were hooked! They were engaged and motivated - singing along in the classroom, listening c
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Aesop’s Fables Unit & Lesson Plans – Genre Study for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
This fables unit offers a complete reading, writing, speaking, and listening experience! It includes lesson plans, 10 stories with comprehension questions, 7 plays, writing, and compare-contrast activities. You’ll have everything you need to teach your third, fourth, or fifth grade students. Open the preview to take a closer look at the components. Lesson PlansThree weeks of ELA lesson plans are ready to go! You may use them to guide your study of fables. (Open the bonus preview to see the plans
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Greek Mythology Unit Stations - Greek Mythology Projects - Greece Myth Unit
Perfect for an Ancient Greece Mythology Unit or Greece Interactive Notebook, this resource contains 7 different full text Greek myths with corresponding Greek Mythology comprehension questions and summary activities. These mythology questions and summary activities ask students to read through the text and pull out key facts and important details. Students cycle through each station, completing the activities as they go.Each station contains a full text myth, comprehension question page, and sum
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Are you looking for a creative way to have your students graders explore myths, legends, and traditional tales for 4th and 5th grade Language Arts? Let this collection of classic American literature Reader’s Theaters engage students in fluency & expression while at the same time meeting a key Common Core reading benchmark! This bundle includes my 7 best selling sets of DIFFERENTIATED scripts on Native American tribes, Greek Myths, Aesops' Fables, Classic Fairy Tales, American Tall Tales, Tra
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Black History Art Lesson Alma Thomas Grade K-5 Painting Lesson Common Core
Alma Thomas was a renowned African American artist known for her vibrant and abstract paintings. Her work is a great subject for an art history lesson and art project that can be used to teach your students about her unique style and the role of African American artists in art history.Here are some ways you can incorporate Alma Thomas into your curriculum:Introduce Alma Thomas: Start by introducing your students to Alma Thomas and her work. You can show them examples of her paintings, share info
Grades:
K - 5th
Christmas Carol Reader's Theater Script & Activities RL3.1, RL3.2, RL4.1, RL5.1
~ Literature ~ Fluency ~ Common Core Aligned~~~ A Christmas Carol - Scrooge - Charles Dickens~~~This is a CCSS aligned readers’ theater or play for grades 3-5. This resource will assist your students with fluency/expression reading practice, comparing & contrasting characters, and sequencing story events.Included in this set is the following items:✔ age appropriate readers’ theater script/ can also be used for a play✔ character cards that can be made into puppets✔ a sequencing of events pri
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Christmas Carol Nutcracker Readers Theater Comprehension Bundle
Read Aloud Play: Stolen Childhoods--Lewis Hine's Crusade to End Child Labor
At the height of the Great Depression, the pioneering photography of Lewis Hine freed generations of children from having to slave away for pennies an hour in coal mines, canneries, and textile mills. Hine often risked physical harm to photograph children in deplorable working conditions, but his work eventually led to the establishment of America’s child labor laws. Originally published in the Oct. 31, 2011, issue of Scope Magazine and republished in the Feb. 27, 2012, issue of Junior Scholasti
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Read Aloud Plays: Hawthorne's The Birthmark Gothic Reader's Theater
A classic "mad scientist" short story comes to life! Build fluency and meet Common Core Standards with this adaption of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic masterpiece, The Birthmark. It includes comprehension and vocabulary activities and keys. This compelling classroom play was originally published in the Jan. 2013 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, so you can trust it meets a high standard. Whether for reader's theater or stage performance, this six page play has parts for seven actors and is bes
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
Fractured Fairy Tales Readers Bundle Point of View
If you're looking for an engaging way to work on FLUENCY with your upper elementary students, this Fractured Fairy Tale Readers' Theater bundle is PERFECT! Explore three well-known fairy tales from the perspective/Point of View of different characters. These scripts and reading comprehension activities are perfect for small groups and can be used throughout the year with no prep for you. These also make great SUB PLANS! Scripts included in this Bundle:The True Story of the Three Little PigsHumpt
Read-Aloud Plays: Tale of Peter Rabbit Readers Theater
The last time my 5th graders performed this for our primary students, well, in 20 years of having kids produce plays, I've never seen a funnier play or a more engaged audience! This original read-aloud play uses Beatrix Potter's classic story to focus on peer pressure and character traits. It comes with the original text and three worksheets: vocabulary and grammar development, fact and opinion maze, and a compare and contrast exercise. The play is for from 7 to 11 students, depending on your ne
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Elements of Drama Field Day Play Reader's Theater Common Core 4th 5th Grade
I created this "Field Day" resource to review the elements of drama with students AND teach them about good sportsmanship and friendship in the midst of competition! It's perfect for an end-of-the-year activity before summer break. Your students will ask to perform it again and again! This resource provides everything you need to teach/review the drama genre to your students in the classroom, library, homeschool, drama club, or beyond! This BEST-SELLING product includes:Vocabulary Cards: Thes
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
Georgia O'Keefe Art Lesson Flowers K-4th grade Art History
This lesson plan introduces your students to Artist Georgia O’Keefe. The lesson is perfect for Pre-K through 4thd grade. Students will have the opportunity to create with watercolor paint. The lesson will invite the child to create a beautiful unique art piece inspired by Georgia O'Keefe's wonderful flowers and her body of work. You can use this lesson in the following ways:a unit on the art of Georgia O’Keefea 30 minute sub plan a unit on watercolor painta introduction to the many ways artists
Grades:
K - 3rd
Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Novel Study: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Highly engaging Common Core aligned notebook activity pages designed specifically for Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. This novel study includes a variety of activities for all learners.• Comprehension• Drawing on Specific Details in the Text • Citing Text Evidence• Summarizing• Vocabulary• Text Connections• Fact/Opinion• Parts of Speech• Quotations• Critical Thinking• Poetry Study• Character Traits• Theme• Setting• Character Analysis• Compare/Contrast (characters/events/text)• Point of Vi
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Elements of Poetry, Drama, and Proses BOOM Cards - Distance Learning
Click here for a free preview!Test your students' knowledge of the elements of poems, dramas, and plays. Students identify the elements of each, label the elements on a poem/play, identify types of proses, and more. There are 15 task cards in this deck. It is a great way to quickly assess your students' understanding!Check out my other BOOM Card decks here!Check out my other Distance Learning activities in my Digital Classroom by clicking here!
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
30 Art Lessons Famous Artists Art History Pre-K -4th grade 6 week lessons
This art curriculum teaches about 30 famous artists and encourages students to create art inspired by them. This product is a wonderful way to engage your students in the creative process while also teaching them about important art movements and techniques.Here are some ideas for incorporating an art curriculum that features 30 famous artists into your classroom:Introduce the artists: Start by introducing your students to each of the 30 famous artists in the curriculum. Provide them with infor
Grades:
PreK - 4th
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett Novel Study
Comments from buyers: “Loved the creative questions and the ability for the students to have discussions.” “This is such a fantastic way to get students thinking in a mindset that they will be called upon to use in standardized testing. By asking great creative questions this unit was able to bring forth some of the best comprehension and analysis skills I have seen all year. Thank you!” This is a 90+ page Common Core aligned no prep novel study for The Wright 3, by Blue Balliett. This novel stu
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
Ada's Violin Book Companion Unit | Hispanic Heritage Music Lesson and Activities
Teaching Ada's Violin by Susan Hood? This no-prep complete book companion unit bundle will help your students learn about the Recycled Orchestra! Perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month, Earth Day, or throughout the school year, this unit bundle has everything you need for an engaging lesson your students will love!What's Included?Resource ObjectivesStory SummaryLesson Ideas and SuggestionsFollow-up Activities & ExtensionsStory Theme CardsStory Questions & Answer KeysWrite a Letter HandoutMu
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month Music Value Bundle | Activities Lessons Posters
The Crayon Man Picture Book Companion and Activities
Save yourself time with this Print and Go Book Companion for The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow. This story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of Crayola crayons, teaches children in second through fourth grades about the history of one of the most beloved art supplies. ⭐This picture book illustrates that necessity is the mother of invention as it relates that crayons were originally made because children and teachers needed affordable and reliable art supplies. ⭐The Crayon Man encourages children to
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: National Crayon Day: Crayon Fiction and Nonfiction Book Companion Bundle
Long Live by Taylor Swift Poetry Analysis
During a poetry unit, it’s pretty easy for students to get lost. That’s why I created this resource. Students will complete a poetry analysis of the song “Long Live” by Taylor Swift. Students will analyze the following components of a poem: theme, speaker, word choice, imagery, figurative language, and tone. Once students complete the poetry analysis, it may be helpful to have them conduct their own poetry analysis reviewing figurative language. In the product, I have also included a figurative
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 510 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands