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Close reading cultural activities under $5
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THE WATER PRINCESS VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP [DIGITAL LINK]
GOOGLE SLIDES LINK INCLUDED IN POWERPOINT!The Water Princess by Susan Verde is a great picture book story that focuses on the water shortage crisis specifically in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Beautifully illustrated, it follows young Gie Gie who has to walk every day to get water by waking up early and walking to the nearest water source. This book is a great way to connect multiples subjects (ELA, Social Studies, and Science) and make real world connections to the students' lives and the world.
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2nd - 5th
Mayan and Aztec Empire Passages and Comprehension Activities
This product includes everything you need to teach your students about the Mayan and Aztec Empires! Engage your students in reading skills review while learning about this amazing culture. When you buy this unit you will get the following items for both the Mayan and Aztec Empires:A three page non-fiction passageComprehension questionsReading Skills questionsWriting promptsKWL chartsVenn DiagramMake your own Glossary sheetChoice board with higher order thinking activities for your higher learner
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3rd - 5th
4 Tools for Teaching "The Danger of a Single Story" Google Slides and Form
This is my best selling resource! Add it to your classroom today!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" Ted talk is an incredible speech to watch with students 6-12. I watch the talk and read the transcript with my tenth graders, and the discussion and reflection after each view are consistently impressive. To help my students discuss the talk meaningfully, I developed these four printable tools: two listening guides, a text-connection tool, and a SOAPSTone analysis. The liste
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6th - 12th
Chinese New Year 2024 Lunar New Year Activities Print + Google Slides
Everything you need to celebrate Chinese New Year with your students!The Lunar New Year date changes yearly. This year the holiday begins on Saturday, February 10th, 2024 and it's the Year of the Dragon. However, this resource contains every animal on the Chinese Zodiac so you can use it every year in your classroom, no matter the year!This resource is filled with authentic cultural activities, that you and your students will absolutely love! Every year my students say this is one of their favor
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holidays Through the Year Mega Bundle
Easter Reading Comprehension Passages - Leveled Pack
Students will learn how Easter symbols such as the Easter bunny, Easter baskets, and Easter eggs came about. Students will learn about Easter traditions from around the world, and all about their favorite Easter candies.This article contains 10 text dependent questions. Some questions require students to select more than one answer.Skills covered in this article include idioms, personification, making inferences, main idea and details, capitalization, and text structure. This pack contains the p
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4th - 8th
Character Traits: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features one character trait.• Students must match each character trait from the word bank to a passage.• Student will also underline se
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Kobe Bryant: Reading Passages and Questions (5 differentiated levels)
Honor the legendary basketball player, Kobe Bryant through a look at his basketball career and philanthropy work. This resource contains 5 differentiated reading passages with questions pertaining to the text. This resource is geared toward 3rd-5th grade. An annotate the text reading strategies sheet is also included. This set is great for small group work and allows the teacher to cover similar content while meeting diverse reading needs. Questions are also tailored to the text.Please note that
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3rd - 5th
Juneteenth: Reading Passage & Primary Source Analysis Activity
In this two-page close reading passage, your students will come away with an understanding of the significance and history behind Juneteenth, as well as compare and contrast this celebration of independence with the Fourth of July. In addition, your students will have the opportunity to analyze primary source images using the step-by-step analysis sheet included. This resource is perfect for a Civil War or Reconstruction unit, or for the end of the year.What's Included:- Teacher Lesson Plan - An
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5th - 7th
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Christmas in Mexico | Reading passage & Activities | Google Classroom & Print
Feliz Navidad ! Students will enjoy learning how to say "Merry Christmas" like this in Spanish as they read the fact filled reading passage on Christmas in Mexico. They will learn about some of the traditions that we enjoy here that are similar to those in Mexico, as well as about their gift giver, traditional Christmas foods/meals and much more! What's included in the set:Reading passage and comprehension sheetChristmas in Mexico word searchChristmas in Mexico graphic organizer mat/ fact r
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3rd - 6th
Langston Hughes "I, Too" + Walt Whitman "I Hear America Singing" Poetry Analysis
This purchase includes an individual poetry analysis of the two poems, "I, Too" by Langston Hughes and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman. Between these two poems, students will address: tone, repetition, rhythm, theme, allusion, symbolism, alliteration, and irony.Students will then answer a constructed response question that requires them to reflect on both poems as well as their own personal experiences. An editable copy (word document) is included in this resource as well in case you wo
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Black History Month ELA Activities
New Year's Eve, New Year's Day Interactive Notebook, New Year's Activities
Need an activity for those first days back from winter break? Have students learn about how other cultures celebrate New Year's! You can use this with students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade. Celebrating New Year's Around the World- included are the traditions of 8 countries: Scotland, Japan, Denmark, Finland, South Africa, Spain, Philippines, and Bolivia. The included activities can be completed whole group or during center time.
Geo Journeys is a line of interactive notebook products that fo
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3rd - 6th
MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Analysis
This graphic organizer helps students close read an Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech (NOT full speech - excerpt of speech, can see from preview). Student annotate the text then answer questions for understanding and comprehension.Now includes an "answer key" with possible answers!
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4th - 8th
Close Reading Unit: An Intro to Native Americans Comprehension Passages
This unit gives students a standards-based first-look at understanding American Indian culture, heritage, and history! I've included a variety of common-core aligned activities and texts that will certainly be a wonderful addition to any Social Studies curriculum!FEATURES• Six short reading passages perfect for understanding Native American culture. • Each passage comes with a short, fun assessment. Students will inference, recall information, and find evidence in the texts! • Who are Native Ame
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K - 2nd
The Butterfly, a Holocaust Poem - Close Read and Short Answer Response
Looking for a meaningful way to honor Holocaust victims? With respect and dignity, Pavel Friedmann's poem, The Butterfly, guides students through a close reading of the text, a paired short answer response, and the option to create their own butterfly in honor of Holocaust victims. The teachers in my middle school found this activity to be a meaningful closure to a Holocaust unit. If you’re looking to sample poetry close reading, CLICK HERE to sign up and download my free poetry sub plans. Downl
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5th - 9th
Ruby Bridges Biography Reading Comprehension
Celebrate Black History Month or add to your biography unit with this nonfiction close reading passage. Students will read background information on segregation in the United States, a basic overview of the Brown vs Board of Education case, details about Ruby Bridges' first day of school, and the impacts of her bravery.This passage contains ten text dependent questions. Some questions require more than one answer.Skills covered with this passage include author's purpose, prefixes, verb tense, ma
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Biography Bundle: Passages, Comprehension, Research Project
The Anasazi Indians
A Unit Study about the Anasazi Indians or the Ancient Ones.
In this unit your students will engage in reading about the Anasazi Indians and complete activities.
This unit of study goes well with the learning of the Desert Biome.
It is 13 pages long and provides large print and bright colored pictures.
It can be used in a group or even alone work. It can be printed in 80% and used as an interactive notebook as it has mini books for the kids cut and glue to the reading material.
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1st - 5th
Comparing Types of Accounts Close Reading Passages - Native American Themed
The perfect product for looking at secondhand and firsthand accounts!This Common-Core aligned, standards-based product contains ten worksheets containing twenty short reading passages on various aspects of Native American culture and society. Each worksheet contains two passages on the same topic - one firsthand account and one secondhand account. Students will practice identifying each. The product contains historical readings as well as contemporary readings about Native American life today. T
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3rd - 6th
Liturgical Calendar Wheel Roman Catholic Church
Teach your students about the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The new church year begins in November, on the feast of Christ the King. This calendar/wheel can be reused every year. Feast days that have set dates are included with their set dates here (for example, Christmas). Feast days that change from year to year are included, but do not have an associated day (for example, Easter). Several arrows are included. Students can attach the arrows with a metal craft brad, and move
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4th - 9th
Fish Cheeks Holiday Short Story and Mini-Research Activity
Looking for a way to tie a powerful short story and a Thanksgiving activity into one short but challenging project? Look no further. This three-day plan will help you incorporate Amy Tan's personal narrative, "Fish Cheeks," with a meaningful dive into cultural customs around the dining table. Students will complete a compare + contrast activity and a mini-research project. A perfect way to combine close reading, research, and writing in a unique, cross-curricular way!Check out the PREVIEW to see
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6th - 7th
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Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Comparison
This side-by-side chart is great for comparing Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story. Viewing West Side Story allows students to understand the themes of Shakespeare's play with a more understandable interpretation.
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7th - 12th
Informational Unit: Crazy Horse Close Reading Passage and Toolkit
This unit gives students a deeper, standards-based understanding of the famous American Indian warrior Crazy Horse! I've included a variety of common-core aligned activities and texts that will certainly assess your students' comprehension! A wonderful addition to any Social Studies/ELA curriculum!FEATURES• Two page reading passage (Lexile Level: 840) on Crazy Horse's life and role in the Indian Wars. • Passage Assessment- Students will find evidence from the text and practice skills like cause
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3rd - 6th
Mulan -Woman Warrior (Close Reading) Taste of China! Lantern Riddles!
"The Legend of Mulan" is a story of a woman warrior from Ancient China. Hua Mulan lived during China's Southern and Northern Dynasties (589-420 B.C.) This is a beautiful story about a woman who was brave enough to do what she felt was right for her family and country. This legend was passed down through many generations. (Updated 5/16/19)The trademark of a legend is that it is passed down by word of mouth or through some written records and this is one fine example. This packet gives an account
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3rd - 5th
Theme: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features one theme.• Students must match each theme from the word bank to a passage.• Student will also underline sentences that helped
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Dia de los Muertos Reading Passage
This non-fiction reading passage teaches students about the history of Dia de los Muertos, also known as, the Day of the Dead. This informational reading passage includes 1 page of multiple choice questions, 1 page of short answer questions, and 2 separate writing prompts.Standards such as compare/contrast, summarizing, main idea, and others are shown in this reading passage. This passaged is designed for 4th - 5th grade students. It still could be used in a 3rd grade classroom as a lesson to te
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3rd - 5th
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