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Common Core SL.3.1d centers
Literature Circles - Book Clubs | Roles & Reflection Pages | Print and Digital
Literature Circles Adapted for Lower Elementary Grades: Literature Circles make the perfect Book Clubs and are an effective and engaging way to get students invested in reading and they align perfectly with the standards for speaking and listening!I like to think of Literature Circles as a structured book group. After explicit modeling, these groups can become independent. Each student takes on a role that rotates with each meeting. These roles include discussion director, illustrator, word
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1st - 4th
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Halloween Reading Activity-Make Inferences to Solve the Mystery!
Trick or treat your students into learning during the Halloween season this year with a fun and engaging mystery! Students will think deeply, make inferences and have a blast! This product includes guiding questions, conversation roles, and a conversation guide to promote authentic discussion. Story Synopsis: It's Halloween, and that means costumes and candy and tricks! But at this year's Halloween party a costume goes missing along with the candy, leaving Tommy to sort out the tricks.This produ
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Idioms I Have Who Has Game, Matching Task Cards Activity, Worksheet Study Pages
This Idioms I Have Who Has Game has been a popular resource for many years and has been proven in classrooms to keep students engaged. New for 2023, we've added matching task cards for each idiom included in the game. You can use these task cards as well as the study sheets as a classroom center. Students can practice on their own and then later the game can be played as a class to work on speaking and listening skills and classroom bonding and learning.Idioms include cat got your tongue, bit
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2nd - 5th
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Book Club Activities | Reading Discussion Cards | Literature Circles | Questions
Encourage speaking and listening during book clubs or literature circles with these Reading Discussion Cards. This resource includes everything you need to facilitate book discussions in your classroom. There are 40 discussion prompts for fiction and nonfiction texts, which will make it easy for students to engage effectively in collaborative discussions. What’s included:20 Discussion Cards for fiction texts20 Discussion Cards for nonfiction texts2 "Come Prepared" Cards (fiction and nonfiction)
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3rd - 5th
The Gruffalo Speech, Language, & Literacy Book Companion
ATTENTION WONDERFUL TPT BUYERS OF THE GRUFFALO BOOK COMPANION: Please re-download our resource if you previously purchased it before May 19, 2019. We made several edits to this book companion and we would highly recommend that you use the new and improved version. Thanks so much! :) Dear TpT friends,We have used the wonderful book, "The Gruffalo", by Julia Donaldson to make a very comprehensive book companion document that has enough activities to keep your students busy for several weeks! We
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PreK - 11th
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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
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K - 5th
Arthur's Halloween Literacy BUNDLE, Story Elements, Reading Comprehension
Arthur's Halloween Literacy BUNDLE is designed to supplement Marc Brown's picture book, Arthur's Halloween. Your students are going to LOVE the literacy activities and creative student handouts.This product has just been updated! New fonts, graphics, and ten new pages added!!Using the Arthur's Halloween Literacy Kit in your classroom will give your students an opportunity to:Develop an in-depth understanding of story elementsEncourage students to actively engage in deep thinking and metacogniti
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1st - 4th
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Build a Shelter STEM Project | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days, but need a safe place to sleep. How can you build a shelter that will withstand different types of weather? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different weather patterns, shelter building tips, building a design and testing it under various conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration while using the Engineering Design Process. Click here to re
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Character and Plot-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension-MEGA BUNDLE
Deepen your students' reading comprehension with TEN different stories featuring ten skills in Garlok the Terrible's fun fantasy world! There's nothing like good characters and interesting plot lines to generate authentic interest and conversation! Help your students practice describing characters and setting, comparing and contrasting characters, analyzing characters, making predictions, expanding vocabulary, exploring plot twist, elements of plot, character motivation, character traits, and le
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3rd - 5th
Robot Sleds | Dog Sled Race | STEM Activities for Winter
Robot Sleds where students go through the Engineering Design Process. A lesson where students create a sled for their robot and code to pull it through the Iditarod Dog Sled Race!______________________________STEM projects are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids. ______________________________A Engineering Design Proc
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Technology & STEM Activities for Winter | Bundle
ONE CRAZY SUMMER Rita Williams-Garcia - Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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3rd - 5th
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WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech - Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the text and take their
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3rd - 5th
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Miss Nelson Is Missing Activities - NO PREP Center Activities and Sub Plans
Do you use “Miss Nelson Is Missing” as a read aloud with your upper elementary students? Do you need easy to implement, low to no prep activities to help reinforce all reading standards for third, fourth, or fifth grade? Look no further! This mini unit contains 13 review activities plus five days of print and go sub plans so it’s easy to use for both you and your sub when you need to be out.⭐️ This resource is included in my Read Aloud Activity BUNDLE. Purchasing the bundle saves you 20% or more
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3rd - 5th
Deltora Quest THE FORESTS OF SILENCE Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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3rd - 5th
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Weathering and Erosion Science Experiments | Water Erosion Solutions STEM
Erosion happens naturally in our world by wind, ice, water and more. How can you create a solution that helps reduce the impact of water erosion? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore the difference between weathering and erosion, water erosion invention inspiration, building a design and testing it using soil and water. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Challenges are a great way to enco
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2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 2-ESS2-1
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
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
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K - 3rd
A BOY CALLED BAT Elana K. Arnold * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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3rd - 5th
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Chronicles of Narnia THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW Discussion Cards (Answers Included)
This resource addresses this novel as an allegory, as C.S. Lewis intended. Students will be asked to compare/contrast events in the book to events in the Bible.Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level stu
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3rd - 5th
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Percy Jackson THE SEA OF MONSTERS * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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3rd - 5th
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Kingdom Keepers DISNEY AFTER DARK - Discussion Cards PRINTABLE & SHAREABLE
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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3rd - 5th
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I Survived THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1776 Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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2nd - 4th
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I Survived HURRICANE KATRINA, 2005 - Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the text and take their
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2nd - 4th
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LOSER by Jerry Spinelli - Discussion Cards PRINTABLE & SHAREABLE
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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3rd - 5th
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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
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PreK - 4th
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