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2nd grade Black History Month science literature circles
Little Red Hen {Little Red Hen Sequencing Card Craft}
Little Red Hen* Create a little red hen craft with this little red hen sequencing card craft and combine a reading activity and a science lesson with plants. The little red hen sequencing cards include sprouting plant, harvesting wheat, milling, and a baked bread image. Students can use the craft to retell the little red hen story and work on their sequencing skills. This craft makes a great little red red hen craft for a great class display too. Add this craft to your little red hen activities
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PreK - 3rd
Stephen Curry | LeBron James | Reading Passages Black History Month| Basketball
Students practice reading the assignment for the day and then complete a quick close reading activity to help strengthen reading comprehension skills. This activity can be used for whole group, guided reading, close reading, homework, etc.....What's Inside? 2020 Updated1 Passage Stephen Curry (Includes Text Features) 1 Questionnaire1 Passage LeBron James (Includes Text Features) 1 Questionnaire1 Vocabulary Page (Blank)1 Context Clues Graphic Organizer1 Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram2 Writing
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2nd - 8th
2nd 3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions, Nonfiction Close
Are you looking for high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This set of reading passages comes with 30 weeks of close reading sets. New to close reading? There is a how-to introduction within the product that breaks down each day's tasks for the week. This is an introduction to each day's tasks plus three general graphic organizers in case you want to supplement Asking Questions, Main Idea and Detail, and Fact-Finding
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1st - 2nd
Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
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K - 3rd
Mae Among the Stars Read Aloud Black History Month Activities Mae Jemison
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of perseverance.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! The Mae Among the Stars Interactive Read Aloud and Writing Activity is a lesson plan for an interactive read aloud and writ
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K - 2nd
DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK: Magic Tree House #1 Book Companion
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This product is a book companion to be used with the Magic Tree House Book (#1) DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK by Mary Pope Osborne. In the book, Jack and Annie travel back to Prehistoric Times where they learn about dinosaurs! This book would be perfect for use with a Dinosaur Unit!!
These books are a HIT and offer themselves to tons of
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Magic Tree House Book Companion BUNDLE Books 1-4
All About Earthworms Booklet
Do you have kids who love worms? I do! I created this little booklet for my science-loving little people! This booklet answers the basic questions I was getting about worms, such as where they live, what they eat, if they have babies and can we keep them as a pet?Purchase Includes 1 All About Earthworms Booklet:6 booklet pages about earthworms2 booklet pages of drawing/writing prompts about earthworms1 page Teacher Use Tips*Check out the preview for a closer look at some of the pages.*Other teac
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: All About Animals Booklets GROWING Bundle
February Interactive Read Alouds Black History Month Activities Valentine's Day
Engage your students in rigorous interactive read alouds throughout the month of February with the books Groundhug Day, Love Monster, Mother Bruce, Ruby's Chinese New Year, and Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug. Students will love the interactive format of the read alouds and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around each book's unique theme. February Interactive Read Alouds Bundle is a bundle of lesson plans for eight interactive read a
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K - 2nd
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson by Barton 12 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Inspirational biographical story of inventor, Lonnie Johnson. Lonnie's most popular invention is the super-soaker water gun. From School Library Journal:As a child, Lonnie Johnson was a "tinkerer," or an avid collector of pieces and parts--all things that were considered scrap but that to Johnson were perfectly ripe for new applications. Early projects included rockets, a robot, and a powerful sound system for parties. Johnson's engineering degree took him to NASA, where he worked on the Galileo
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Fourth & Fifth Grade Story Time 10 Book Bundle
Bessie Coleman Biography Informational Text and Activities Black History Month
This ready-to-use biography of Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot will spark your kiddos' curiosity. This unit contains a biography with 12 engaging activities to explore the life of this adventurous aviator. Plus it's available in both print and digital versions.WHY YOU NEED THIS BESSIE COLEMAN BIOGRAPHY:Meets needs of all levels of students grades 2-5Engaging activitiesAddresses Critical & Creative ThinkingComprehending Informational TextTHIS CAPTIVATING READY TO USE
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2nd - 5th
Earth Day NO PREP Speech and Language Activities for Engaging Therapy Sessions
This NO PREP download includes 42 pages of fun activities to use in your therapy room for Earth Day...OR MAKE EVERYDAY Earth Day! Use this download to teach about being green/recycling AND to work on articulation and phonological awareness etc. throughout the year! WHAT DO I GET? ♻️ 3 coloring/art pages that coordinate with the teaching materials/lessons.♻️ 2 pages of teaching materials to use for teaching about the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) containing child-friendly language and practic
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K - 6th
The Two Bobbies A True Story of Hurricane Katrina Common Core Literacy Unit
This unit is based on the story Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery. It can be used with a unit on weather, hurricanes, friendship, or perseverance. The unit includes vocabulary, Blooms questions, story sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, story scoot and questions based on individual learning styles.
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K - 3rd
Give Bees a Chance by Barton 20 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe you shouldn't high-five them, but you definitely don't have to run away from them. Give Bees a Chance is for anyone who doesn't quite appreciate how extra special and important bees are to the world, and even to humankind! Besides making yummy honey, they help plants grow fruits and vegetables. And most bees wouldn't hurt a fly (unless it was in self-defense!). Bethany Barton's interactive cartoon-style illustrations and hilar
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Second Grade Story Time 10 Book Bundle
African Folktales Read Aloud Activities with A Story A Story Anansi the Spider
Are you looking for the perfect February folktale lesson? This popular folktale from West Africa explains where all of the other Anansi folktales come from. This story retold by author Gail E. Haley makes a great introduction during African American History Month. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT.This product is also part of several BUNDLES that can be found here:20% savings Fables and Folktales BUNDLE30% savings Book Extension Activities #1 BUNDLE35% savings Book Extens
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K - 3rd
I Survived THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI, 2011 - Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
February Reading Passages | Close Reading Text Evidence | Reading Comprehension
The passage and the questions are all on one page for easy reference.Topics include:Comprehension Question types: key details, main idea or topic, word meaning, text structure, authors purpose, and genre.These reading comprehension passages can be found inside the February Math and Literacy (1st grade) Valentines Day Craft (Early Finishers)The questions for each passage varies. These passage cover a variety of nonfiction standards.What's Inside: 1 Fiction 8 Nonfiction PassagesGroundhog DayAbr
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1st - 3rd
I Survived THE JOPLIN TORNADO, 2011 Tarshis - Comprehension (Answers Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
The 5 O'Clock Band by Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews 25 Extension Activities
Follow Shorty as he makes his way through New Orleans looking for his 5 O'Clock Band. He learns much about his hometown and himself as he talks to characters along the way. This is a companion book to Trombone Shorty, the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner. I have created 25 book extension activities to go along with this title.Activities Include:Cover PageCover Story Pre-Reading ActivityMaking Connections Before ReadingLet’s Take a Picture Walk (2 Activities)I Wonder… Formulati
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1st - 4th
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Ruby Bridges Biography Study
This book study resource was created to accompany the Ruby Bridges biography The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. All the activities are designed to help students read for understanding, think, and write critically about the text and its historical time period. This unit is perfect for Black History Month!---The following activities are included:• Vocabulary List (Words and Definitions for Pre-teaching)• Comprehension Strips (12 Questions and Recording Sheets)• Problem and Solution Text
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1st - 3rd
Black History Hidden Figures Read Aloud and Activities Women's History Month
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of perseverance.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future IRAs will be added for F R E E ! The Hidden Figures
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K - 3rd
Martin Luther King Jr. Songs, Poems and Readers Theater- Writing Activities K-5
Martin Luther King Jr. Literacy Songs, Poems, Readers Theater and writing templates and activities to help your students learn about Kindness, Respect and Martin Luther King Jr.Sing the songs using the googles slides presentation and the activities in your literacy centers/stations.Learn through these songs, poems, readers theater and writing activities in your literacy circles, centers and circle time activities.Two Versions for K-2 and 3-5 easily adaptable. Resource Includes:Google Slides Pres
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K - 5th
Inquiring Minds Want To Know- A Guided Reading Resource
Students are naturally inquisitive and want to know about our natural world. This packet is designed to capitalize on this desire. The topics will definitely keep your students engaged and eager to read more and more about these topics.
This packet includes magazines,informative write ups, and
recording pages about topics students are eager to learn about.
These articles will help keep guided reading fun, exciting, and productive.
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Freshwater Habitats and Animals
*The
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1st - 2nd
Counting on Katherine by Becker 25 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
This picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician. This is a perfect book to share in your elementary classroom or school library. This resource includes 25 no prep activities that allow for customizing exactly what your students need and meeting all of your students at their levels. Katherine Johnson was a pioneer of her time. Her work for NASA in the Mercury and Apollo missions was instrumental in the safe flights and returns of our astronaut
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2nd - 5th
Counting on Katherine Read Aloud Black History Women's History Month Activities
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of perseverance.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future IRAs will be added for F R E E ! The Counting on Katherine Interactive Read Aloud and Writing Prompts is
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K - 2nd
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