Common Core RL.4.7 cultural activities

Coco Movie Guide | Day of the Dead Activities | Questions | Differentiated

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This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Coco (2017)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great to watch to learn more about Mexican culture and Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Steeped in Mexican culture and folklore, the movie follows young Miguel whose dreams of becoming a musician are hampered by his family's ban on music. Magically entering the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks on an ex

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, SL.2.2

, SL.3.2

, SL.4.2

, CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 2 Pack Day of the Dead Movie Guide Bundle | Questions | Activities

Coco Movie Guide in English and Spanish + Activities | 2 Pack Bundle

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Mr Hull's Movie Guides

Come get this discounted offer of 2 movie guides to accompany the film "Coco (2017)". One is in English and the other is a duplicate with the questions and activities entirely in Spanish. ★★ Check out the full previews! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Steeped in Mexican culture and folklore, the movie follows young Miguel whose dreams of becoming a musician are hampered by his family's ban on music. Magically entering the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Spanish

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, SL.3.2

, SL.4.2

, CCRA.SL.2

Film Study / Ponyo - Storytelling Around the World: The Little Mermaid

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Teaching Middle School in Verse

Topics: Film Study, Venn Diagram, Compare & Contrast, Culture, Discussion This film study includes materials for the film Ponyo, a Japanese animated film based on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid. Perfect for extra instructional days or for a more complex unit on how own cultural lens impacts storytelling! Lesson Components: 1) Interactive PowerPoint introduces the film and its source material, The Little Mermaid 2) Show students how to use a three-way Venn diagram to develop t

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.9

, RL.3.2

, RL.4.7

, RL.4.9

, RL.5.7

...

Hair Love Comprehension Questions

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K M

Comprehension questions to pose while watching the Academy Award winner, Hair Love, a 7 minute animated short film. The Hair Love Picture book hit stores on 5/14/19 and made the New York Times best seller list.I personally fell in love with this short film, and I wanted to bring it to the students at my school. I created a list of questions that cover many standards: making inferences, personification, text evidence, theme, and conclusion.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.K.7

, RL.K.10

...

The Gift of Ramadan Activities | Plot, Illustrations, Main Topic and Key Details

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bookool

This product contains activities based on The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard. The first activity has students identify the plot of the story (characters, setting, and events). The second activity has students analyze the illustrations to understand the text. Finally, students will read an informational article about Ramadan and identify the main topic with key details. A great book and activity for Ramadan or any day with an easy to follow guide to make sub plans easy.The students will h

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.3

...

Earth Day Fiction Reading Passages with Assessment

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Real Native Learning Resources

Celebrate Earth Day with this no-prep resource! Four fun, quick stories that center around Earth Day! Your students will read engaging stories about contemporary Native American life and how to celebrate, respect, and protect Mother Earth!FEATURES• Four short reading passages to celebrate Earth Day! Learn about pipelines, buffalo reserves, eagle homes, and respecting Mother Earth! • Students will read about important issues in Native American society today via a fictionalized story! Learn about

Subjects:

Earth Day, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.3.9

...

Amira's Picture Day | Eid Literacy Activities | Plot Elements, Illustrations

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bookool

This product contains activities based on Amira's Picture Day by Reem Faruqi. The first activity has students identify the plot elements in the story, including characters, setting, and events. The second activity has students analyze illustrations to gain information. Finally, students will illustrate how it feels to miss an event they were looking forward to.A great book and activity for Eid, Picture Day, or any day with an easy to follow guide to make sub plans easy.The students will have to:

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.7

, RL.3.3

...

Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back Poetry Packet

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Elementary Enthusiast

This poetry packet was created to go along with Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac. Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back is a recommended text for Module 1A, Grade 4 ELA on EngageNY.org. Students will be able to meet many of the CCSS while learning more about the history of Native Americans and poetry. This can be printed out as a poetry packet for each student or handed out daily, as you study each of the thirteen moon poems in the book. After studying each poem, students are asked

Subjects:

Astronomy, Native Americans, Poetry

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.5

...

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg Lesson Plan and Activities

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Picture Book Brain

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the mystery mentor text book The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg. This book can also be found in Spanish under the title El jardin de Abdul Gasazi. Activities are in English and Spanish! Lessons and activities focus on:close reading for key details to describe character traitsanalyzing point of viewthemeauthor's purpose The lesson plans include:teacher script with strategic stopping points and questions for students to dis

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Spanish

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.6

...

Sweet Tea & Cookies: A Multicultural Family Celebration of the American South

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Heritage Mom

Sweet Tea & Cookies is a multicultural family celebration of the American South. But it’s not about state flags, birds, flowers, and capital cities. Rather, this guide digs deeply into the soul of the South.You’ll hear from all kinds of people because the story of the American South is wrapped up and intermingled with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. There are contributions that have been made by Indigenous peoples, Black folks, white folks, and others who have come together to

Subjects:

Black History Month, Geography, Social Studies - History

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Homeschool Curricula, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.7

...

Manjhi Moves A Mountain- Reading and Social Studies Connection/Jamboard

Created by

Mr Duncans Mathematicians

Using the Mentor Text, "Manjhi Moves a Mountian" students will touch on many ELAR standards, as well as social studies standards. The document includes...Direct Links to videos and information about IndiaWhat "Stuck" with you- sticky note recording sheetImportant Information sheet/poster about Dashrath Manjhi Google Jamboard reading response activity featuring constructed response questions based on skills such as Story Elements, Theme, author's Purpose, Vocabulary, Context Clues, etc.

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Reading, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.3.5

...

The Pullman Porters - Teaching Critical Thinking with Multiple texts and genres

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Critical Thinkers Corner

A Common Core aligned unit that integrates multiple genres, requires students to integrate ideas across multiple texts and integrates writing into daily lessons. Have you been looking for a unit that isn’t activity based, but requires students to identify key ideas and synthesize those ideas when examining poetry, fiction, information, video and visual texts? If so, Pullman Porters was designed for you. Pullman Porters is a comprehensive five -week unit that examines the role of the porters in

Subjects:

Black History Month, Other (ELA), Reading

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.7

, RL.5.1

...

Hair Love: Book Study Activities

Created by

Urban Learning

This product includes *SEVEN* unique activities meant to serve as a supplemental resource for the children’s book, “Hair Love,” written by Matthew Cherry. Activities can be used in whole group setting as part of a book study, literature circles and small groups, or independently to assess understanding. Resources are available in both print and digital format for use in Google Classroom! Activities encourage students to draw upon the following skills: *Summarize (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Cultural Activities, Centers

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.1

, RL.2.2

...

The Harlem Renaissance

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Rheaunna Jones Digital Designs

Recommend to read Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinckney first. Quick presentation about the culture of the Harlem Renaissance. Music, art, writers, etc. Great for Black History Month.

Subjects:

Black History Month, Social Studies - History

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, RI.4.10

NGSS:

5-ESS3-1

Hair Love: Compare & Contrast

Created by

Urban Learning

This *FREEBIE* is a Compare & Contrast Venn Diagram to be used as a supplemental resource for the children’s book, “Hair Love,” written by Matthew Cherry. This is a sample page from the book study unit soon to be featured in my TPT store! All pages in the pack are copyrighted. This product is for a single user license. With this product you cannot post my paid product on your website or blog as a freebie, claim them as your own, make copies for your entire teams or district without addition

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities, Centers

CCSS:

RL.1.9

, RL.2.9

, RL.3.9

, RL.4.5

, RL.4.7