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Free 7th grade balanced literacy cultural activities
Literature Circle Questions for The Watsons go to Birmingham
Thoughtful, higher-order thinking discussion questions for literature circles or book clubs! The book is broken into eight segments, based upon chapter length and difficulty level. Questions target reading skills, as well as social studies ideas. This is appropriate for fifth grade and above.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Grandparents Day Acrostic Poem
Grandparents day poem about what makes their grandparent grand. Please check my listing for a Special Friend page for those students that do not have a grandparent attending. They are able to write about what makes their friend special.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Black History Month Google Slides Presentation
If you are teaching your students about Black history, this is the perfect culminating activity. What's included: 7 slidesSuccess criteriaInstructionsRubricEasy, no prep. Just download and go!
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
United States Regions Research Project
This resources includes an entire 5 day unit on the 5 U.S regions. It has a complete packet that I created with information about the climate/major landforms/culture/history/food of each of the 5 regions. Overview of materials in this bundle:• Characteristics of the USA Regions reading• United States regions travel guideI created these two resources to complement each other. The reading contains a lot of useful information on each of the regions. While students read about the 5 regions, they
Grades:
5th - 8th
Folklore Infographic Example
An example of an infographic on a folklore creature. Very useful if you need a demonstrate of an infographic, but don't have time to make one. Bonus, it likely won't take away any 'easy' topic for students who need it. And you'll get to learn about the scary Gloson!
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Anticipation Guide
Anticipation Guide and general discussion questions for the novel. There are 12 pre-reading questions, and 12 post-reading questions, as well as a teacher guide for an inner/outer circle discussion.
Grades:
7th - 12th
A Holocaust/World War II Play Comprehension Questions
“Diary of Anne Frank”- Play - Act I, Scene 4, Lines 1-66 Guided Reading/Comprehension Questions . I created these questions for my 8th grade students to use with their My Perspectives ELA workbook.
Grades:
7th - 9th
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I Am Card
This is an active project that promotes creativity, as well as speaking and listening skills. More importantly, it helps create a welcoming and inclusive classroom.
1. Students are asked to create a visual representation of themselves on a 2X3” card.
2. Sitting in pairs, students share their impressions, and possibly report out to the class.
3. The I Am Card opens opportunities for a wide array of student created, and shared work.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Black History Month Project
Students will research an influential African American and create a presentation on this person. The document includes: requirements, graphic organizer, and a "project swap" document. Students should share their presentations with other classmates and complete the project swap graphic organizer.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Hearing Our Way magazine Reading Comprehension Questions Vol. 1 No. 3
These reading comprehension questions are to be used in combination with Hearing Our Way magazine. This set is for volume 1 number 3. It includes questions for most articles. Questions follow the order of articles as presented in the magazine. Many questions require students to make connections. Extra credit options encourage students to conduct additional research or apply the content to their own self-advocacy skills/knowledge.
The magazine is available for free to teachers, parents and stud
Grades:
4th - 10th
Biographie: post-its à distribuer
Des post-its à imprimer et à distribuer aux élèves pour coller dans leurs cahiers/ agendas afin d'avoir toujours en tête les critères d'une fiche biographique.
Astuce: Imprimer la feuille une fois Coller les post-its sur les cadres et réimprimer avec précaution une seconde fois.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Beyond Summer Reading: Extended Literacy Projects
We all know students can regress in the summer making the beginning of the next school year a time or repetition of material already taught. We also know that literacy forms the foundation of a sound education and students can often benefit from literacy project during breaks from school.While this document is organized for summer reading, a modification of it could be used during any breaks. I have left this document in Word format in case teachers need to adjust any of the literacy project po
Grades:
5th - 11th
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ESL Culture Studies Project Template
ESL Culture Studies Project Template. This is a resource you can use to liven up sessions with your English Learners. Project based learning has been proven to increase retention. Enjoy!
Grades:
1st - 8th
Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Hasn't Anyone
Four handouts to facilitate in planning and teaching students, age 8-14 on the sensitivities of immigration from the perspective of a brown girl. Set in motion by the reckoning of racial tensions across the globe, two pertain to the pedagogy, while two, although there are more, pertain to actual activities for the student learner. To maximize optimal use, the purchase of the illustrated book, "Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Hasn't Anyone," by Michele Jeanmarie, is available via your favorite bookstore
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Crescent Street Crew: Where Middle School and Diversity Meet.
This is a multi-cultural, diverse novel which showcases a series of six vignettes. The characters are relevant, relatable and real.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Summer Literacy Bingo
Looking for something a little different for your students to do over the summer? Try thins Summer Literacy Bingo card! Follow the instructions included, create your own, or assign the whole board.
Grades:
7th - 11th
An anti-prejudice/World War II - Reading Guide/Comprehension Questions Chapter 2
I created this "Reading Guide" for my 8th graders when we read the novel The Cay by Theodore Taylor, as part of our study on World War II.
Grades:
7th - 9th
US in Progress-Peacemaker Short Story Activity Sheets
These activities are based on a culturally relevant short story. The story is great for a read aloud.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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