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7th grade close reading resources for SMART Notebook
Making Thinking Visible with Patricia Polacco Mini Unit
This Mini Unit introduces 7 Making Thinking Visible thinking routines with 7 reading strategies using a variety of books by award winning author, Patricia Polacco. This is the perfect unit to introduce or review these MTV thinking strategies!
Making Thinking Visible Routines Covered:
Zoom In, Chalk Talk, Step Inside, The Explanation Game, I Used to Think...Now I Think..., Headlines, 3-2-1 Bridge
Reading Strategies Covered:
Visualizing, Making Connections, Questioning, Determining Importance,
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Visualizing Verbalizing - Spirit Rover Unit - Comprehension, Smartboard
This Smartboard Unit was created by me for classroom instruction. It is presented Sentence x Sentence, with vocabulary and comprehension, higher order thinking questions. This unit is READY TO GO! This lesson is uploaded for .Notebook for Smartboard. The PDF version can be found on my store.
This unit is adapted from concepts learned from the Visualizing/Verbalizing Program by Lindamood-Bell for classroom Instruction, that helps students improve reading comprehension, language comprehension, an
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Context Clues An American Historical Lesson SMARTBOOK
This interactive smartboard lesson is both a minilesson and practice that introduces what context clues are and gives students a chance to practice using context clues to determine meaning. The theme is An Hysterical - Historical American Lesson. Funny, engaging pictures help give clues as well using the context surrounding unfamiliar words to determine meaning. 20 different slides are provided to practice using context clues. Answer slides with explanation follow each question. This can easily
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
BEE A WORD DETECTIVE Context Clues SMARTBOARD
This interactive SMARTboard lesson provides practice using context clues to determine the meaning of words. Students have 18 slides with unfamiliar words used in sentences. Each slide has 4 answer choices and the correct answers can be found with a quick click of the mouse. This is a great lesson to use as a multiple minilessons so the teacher can discuss with the students exactly what words within the text gave the students a hint or necessary information to determine the meaning of the wor
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Miss Spitfire Thematic Unit
I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers!
Included in the thematic unit:
- Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe)
- Literature Circle directions
- Daily Journal Writing
- Daily Literature
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Visualizing Verbalizing - First Man In Space Unit - Comprehension, Smartboard
This Smartboard Unit was created by me for classroom instruction. It is presented Sentence x Sentence, with vocabulary and comprehension, higher order thinking questions. This unit is READY TO GO! This lesson is uploaded for .Notebook for Smartboard. The PDF version can be found on my store.
This unit is adapted from concepts learned from the Visualizing/Verbalizing Program by Lindamood-Bell for classroom Instruction, that helps students improve reading comprehension, language comprehension, an
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 12th
Wonder Thematic Unit
I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers!
Included in the thematic unit:
- Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe)
- Literature Circle directions
- Daily Journal Writing
- Daily Literature
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Character Study using "Each Little Bird that Sings" - Smart Notebook Slides
A Character Study using the mentor text "Each Little Bird that Sings" by Deborah Wiles - 5-6 week Interactive Notebook unit!
Getting students to understand characters in fiction texts can be challenging. This unit helps students navigate the core components of character analysis using "Each Little Bird that Sings" by Deborah Wiles.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Smartboard Slides to Accompany Read Aloud of: Pictures of Hollis Woods
Need to give your Read Alouds more structure and a bigger impact on students? Check out these Smartboard slides to accompany a Read Aloud of Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff.
Slides include 16 lessons to accompany the book. Each lesson focuses on one of the seven reading strategies:
*Predicting
*Connecting
*Synthesizing
*Inferring
*Creating a visual / Noticing author’s craft
*Questioning/Critiquing
*Determining Importance
Daily prompts for student discussion or written response
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Reciprocal Teaching
Reciprocal Teaching is an instructional strategy where students share in the role of the teacher using four strategies that guide instruction.
5 interactive smartboard mini lessons including
Questioning (Thin and Thick)
Summarizing
Predicting
Clarifying
Each lesson involves a graphic organizer for a work time
Grades:
5th - 8th
Literary Devices Introduction SmartBoard
A way to make literary devices fun! This SmartBoard presentation helps students understand key literary/ dramatic devices. Students are first given the term and examples, then guess to figure out what the device might be. Following, the teacher pulls in the definition (hidden with arrows) and additional (more literary) examples. Links are provided to show examples for several of the devices. (A "link" image appears next to the object linked.)
Grades:
7th - 12th
Cell Theory Close Read and Timeline SmartBoard Presentation
This is a presentation to be used to close read about the cell theory. It gives two different options for the close read. My store has a bundle that includes the article, student graphic organizer, questions, etc.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Smartboard Guide to Close Reading and mastering annotation
This Smartboard presentation is a must have for any grade level and can be used for all texts nonfiction, fiction, short stories articles DBQs etc... Slides have vibrant colors and graphics to help students annotate easily. With the slide at the front of the board students mark their texts and follow along. Have them write the question posed at the bottom of the text to insure they find evidence to support their response. Slides can be edited easily to include your text title and questions yo
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Seedfolks Thematic Unit
I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers!
Included in the thematic unit:
- Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe)
- Literature Circle directions
- Daily Journal Writing
- Daily Literature
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Daily 5 Rotation Chart
Daily 5 Rotation Chart templates. Editable so you can write your students names and have them move it to their appropriate station for each rotation. Slides include owl, super hero, and bee themed pages along with two colorful slides.
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Grades:
K - 7th
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Personal Narrative Intro using "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen (Smartboard Slideshow)
I do not own rights to any clip art, photos used. I also do not own rights to any youtube video links or the story "owl moon" by jane yolen.
included:
intro slide
class notes slide (adapt it to meet your needs)
link to personal narrative song (youtube)
owl moon by jane yolen slide (link to read aloud video youtube)
two graphic organizer slides for "owl moon" by jane yolen, identifying the pieces of a personal narrative (character details, setting details, descriptive words, topic, 1st person p
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Grades:
4th - 7th
The Impact of Setting on Characters
This lesson is from the Literary Analysis unit. The lesson revisits the topic of setting, then moves into how the setting affect the characters of the text. Students and teacher are involved in close reading, peer discussion, and whole class share. Strategies used include: peer share, think aloud, questioning, and I Do, We Do, You Do!
Grades:
7th - 9th
CCSS:
Summarizing
Mini- Lesson that reviews what a summary is, what should be included in one, and how to gather that information.
Grades:
4th - 8th
"Annabel Lee" - Stop and Think (Notebook 11 & Nearpod)
With this simple editable lesson , you will be able to help your students analyze "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe. This lesson includes the learning objectives, a do now, a stop-and-think exercise, and a closing. Students should have been introduced to the poem, literary devices, and vocabulary, before completing this stop-and-think exercise. This lesson was designed for transitioning/expanding English language learners. The lesson is provided in two different formats, Notebook 11 and Nearpod.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Stages of Plot Activity Slideshow for "The Dinner Party" by Gardner (smartboard)
Stages of plot activity
for the smartboard, using smartboard program
I use it with "the dinner party" by Mona Gardner
I found the story here: https://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_103.pdf
I do not know if that's a legally uploaded copy of the story.
Please obtain your own legal copy of the story or use a different story for the last portion of this activity.
covers:
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
includes graphic organizers
includes a plot mountain y
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Grades:
6th - 8th
"Annabel Lee" - Stop and Think (Notebook 11 file)
With this simple editable lesson, you will be able to help your students analyze "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe. This lesson includes the learning objectives, do now, stop-and-think exercise, and a closing. Students should have been introduced to the poem, literary devices, and vocabulary before completing this "Stop and Think" exercise. This lesson was designed for transitioning/expanding English language learners. (Answer key is included.)
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
PARCC-Like Smart Board Activity for "The All-American Slurp"
After reading "The All-American Slurp, students will create a summary with important events in the order they happened. This activity is done on the Smart Board and is very similar to the drag and drop questions they will see on PARCC.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Freak the Mighty Smart Notebook Whole Book resource/ Visual display/ by chapter.
Questions, pictures, summaries, and vocabulary for each chapter of freak the mighty.
For smart notebook
Able to be edited
Whole Book!!
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Author's Voice SmartBoard Gary Soto Reading Street the Gymnast
*This goes with my lesson plan, graphic organizers, and three texts, for author's voice titled "Reading Street - Author's Voice - The Gymnast"
I suggest you purchase both. But if you have to do a lesson on Author's Voice, you need the lesson plan, this is complimentary, but well worth it. It displays a learning target, look fors, a graphic organizer, and the texts, as well as an exit ticket.
Reading Street - Author's Voice - The Gymnast
Enhance reading comprehension by teaching author's voi
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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