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Black History Month Common Core RL.5.10 centers
POETRY UNIT Black History Month Activities Poetry Form Poetry Elements Writing
POETRY POSSIBILITES for BLACK HISTORY MONTH is a collection of poems about notable African Americans and the history of Blacks in America. Each poem has a custom designed teaching point about poetic elements and forms. Also supplied are tailor-made skill lessons, activities, and poetry writing prompts; the poetry possibilities. CONTENTS12 copy ready poemsMartin Luther King, Jr.Harriet TubmanEscaped SlaveGarrett A. MorganGranville T. WoodsShirley A. JacksonMatthew HensonJackie RobinsonLeontyne P
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â POETRY UNITS MEGA BUNDLE Poems Teaching Points Writing Differentiation
"Heart and Soul" by Kadir Nelson Book Study Unit
This unit perfectly coordinates with Kadir Nelson's beautiful work "Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans." Each chapter contains multiple choice and text-based open-ended responses as well as a graphic organizer thinking map. COMPREHENSIVE ELA PRACTICE! Multiple skills are covered throughout the unit, including narrator's voice, figurative language, theme, context clues, main idea and details, summarizing, informative writing, and critical thinking. END OF UNIT WRITING ASSE
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4th - 8th
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The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction poem mentor text book The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Great for Black History Month and poetry studies! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)analyzing key detailscomparing and contrastingidentifying main idea and detailsintegrating knowledge from multiple sourcesclose reading for text structure
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â 3rd Grade Black History Month Read Alouds and Activities Bundle
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book All Because You Matter by Tami Charles and Bryan Collier. Great for poetry studies, Black History Month, BIPOC studies, Black Lives Matter, etc.! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key detailsanalyzing figurative language / descriptive languagecomparing and contrasting with a Venn diagramThemesanalyzing the author'
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3rd - 6th
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James. Great for poetry studies, Black History Month, BIPOC studies, Black Lives Matter, etc.! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key detailsanalyzing figurative language / descriptive languagecomparing and contrasting with a Venn diagramThemesanalyzing the author's message / lessonauthor's purposemain idea and details but can
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3rd - 6th
Jackie Robinson - The Man Who Opened the Door Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater written for 4 students. They can be either boys or girls or both. It discusses Jackie Robinson and his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The focus is on team support. It is part of my classes Black History Month focus. A lot of my students like baseball and this is one of my favorite baseball players. I have included a list of suggested vocabulary words but a teacher should always look at the script and select their own. This script can be used with 3rd graders but the
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3rd - 8th
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Follow The Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text picture book Follow The Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter. A great text for Black History Month or a study of the Underground Railroad. Great for Black History Month or a study of the Underground Railroad. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:communitySummarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Some
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2nd - 5th
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James. Great for poetry studies, Black History Month, BIPOC studies, Black Lives Matter, etc.! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key detailsanalyzing figurative language / descriptive languagecomparing and contrasting with a Venn diagramThemesanalyzing the auth
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3rd - 6th
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction poem mentor text book The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Great for Black History Month and poetry studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)analyzing key detailscomparing and contrastingidentifying main idea and detailsintegrat
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â 3rd Grade Black History Month Read Alouds and Google Activities Bundle
Pies From Nowhere by Dee Romito Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Pies From Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito and Laura Freeman. This is a great book for teaching about Black History Month, Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, biographies, or for Women's History Month! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrati
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3rd - 5th
Freedom Train: The story of Harriet Tubman
This is a novel study based on the book, "Freedom Train: The story of Harriet Tubman" by Dorothy Sterling. Each chapter in the book has 5 vocabulary questions and a comprehension question. This is great for whole group lessons, group work, centers, or for independent reading.
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3rd - 6th
Game Changers by Lesa Cline Ransome Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Game Changers The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome. This is a great book for teaching about Black History Month, tennis, Women's History Month or sports! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wante
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3rd - 5th
Thurgood Marshall, a Thoroughly Good Lawyer - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for four students. It ties in Social Studies with Language Arts. It is about Thurgood Marshall. Brad has made a report about Thurgood Marshall for the class for Career Day. Pete and Cindy have never heard of him and wonder why Brad would choose a lawyer to talk about. When Brad tells them that Thurgood Marshall changed America they want to know how a lawyer could do that. Kate and Brad tell them all about Thurgood’s journey as a lawyer and how he fought against
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Follow The Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text picture book Follow The Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter. A great text for Black History Month or a study of the Underground Railroad. Great for Black History Month or a study of the Underground Railroad. Lessons and activities focus on:communitySummarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for analyzing illustration an
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2nd - 5th
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book All Because You Matter by Tami Charles and Bryan Collier. Great for poetry studies, Black History Month, BIPOC studies, Black Lives Matter, etc.! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key detailsanalyzing figurative language / descriptive languagecomparing and contrasting with a Venn diagramThemesanalyzing the author's message / lessonauthor's purposemain idea and details but can eas
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3rd - 6th
Jackie Robinson and the Bus - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for four students. It is based on an incident that happened 11 years prior to Rosa Parks. Mr. Robinson was asked to move from his seat on a desegregated army bus and, when he refused, it led to a court marshal. Jackie Robinson was given an honorable discharge just a few months later. I use reader's theater as a way to encourage my reluctant readers to raise their fluency. It motivate everyone! My name is Melanie Whitesides and I wrote this reader's theater for B
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction poem mentor text book Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford & R. Gregory Christie. Great for Black History Month and poetry studies! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)comparing and contrastingmain idea and detailsintegrating knowledge from multiple sourcesclose reading for character feelings
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â 5th Grade Black History Month Read Alouds and Activities Bundle
Fifth Grade Black History Month Read Alouds and Activities Mega Bundle
Save BIG with this guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan and activities bundle for February's Black History Month. Great titles to teach your fifth grade students that are about famous African Americans throughout history and more! Titles chosen specifically for your students to celebrate and learn about Black History!5 mentor text picture book lessons and activities included:Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston WeatherfordOverground Railroad by Lesa Cline-RansomeSo Tall With
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5th
Box Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford. This is a great book for teaching about author's word choice with poetry. Great for Black History Month, biography studies, and Civil War / Underground Railroad studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, t
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3rd - 5th
I Want To Read! - How Fredrick Douglas First Began to Read - Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for four students. I Want To Read is the story of how Fredrick Douglas first began reading. It was written to use for students during Black History Month but can be used any time. I write them for small groups to help with fluency. When the group is small, they don't waste time sitting around waiting for their turn and get more time actually practicing. Reader's Theater actually encourages students who are reluctant to read. It is a fun way to get people to practice. M
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Above the Rim by Jen Bryant Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text book Above the Rim How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison. Great for biography studies, Black History Month and sports! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)describing character traits / characteristicscompa
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2nd - 5th
Above the Rim by Jen Bryant Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text book Above the Rim How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison. Great for biography studies, Black History Month and sports! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)describing character traits / characteristicscomparing and contrastingmain idea and detailsintegrating knowledge from
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2nd - 5th
Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison. This is a great book for teaching about Black History Month, Rosa Parks, biographies, music studies or for Women's History Month! Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)analyzing character trai
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2nd - 5th
Fifth Grade Black History Month Read Alouds and Google Activities Mega Bundle
Save BIG with this guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan and activities bundle for February's Black History Month. Great titles to teach your fifth grade students that are about famous African Americans throughout history and more! Titles chosen specifically for your students to celebrate and learn about Black History! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs.5 mentor text picture book lessons and activities included:Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Bost
Grades:
5th
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