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Seasonal close reading literature circles
Mystery Readers Theater End of Year Reading Activities Holiday Theatre Scripts
This fun and engaging end of the year activity is a perfect reading mystery activity for your students! Who Freed the Fish is a super fun reader's theater script! In this whodunnit mystery reader's theater activity, students will learn to become detectives and then use their sleuthing skills to figure out what happened to the Field Day goldfish! With lots of suspects and circumstantial evidence, the students will have to take good notes, make lots of inferences, and think like a real detectives
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4th - 6th
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Book Clubs for 1st and 2nd Grade
Book club activities for first and second grade classrooms!★Can you run successful book clubs in the primary grades?★It may seem like a stretch, but the spring is such a great time to get your students ready and used to reading, thinking about, and discussing books with their peers instead of me, the teacher!I created this unit as a guide to running book clubs in your primary classroom and provided some tools that your kids can successfully use! In this unit:IntroductionWhat book clubs look like
Grades:
K - 2nd
Solar Eclipse 2024 Kindergarten Activities, Craft Headbands Worksheets & Writing
Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this updated, easy-to-use, and high-interest unit! This engaging unit includes exciting activities, writing prompts, adorable crafts, viewer instructions, party ideas, and so much more! You will even receive a bonus file with directed drawing and a foldable!This resource is jam-packed with everything you need to celebrate a solar eclipse near you or conduct an in-depth study about them. Due to the scientific nature of this product, the activities will work f
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Partner Pairing Cards | BUNDLE | 1 Small Group of 6 and 1 Partner Pair Sets
Looking for that extra bit of engagement in your guided reading block? Want your students to look forward to collaborating with new friends during math centers? Looking for a way to create random classroom groups in 2 minutes? You're going to LOVE this. This BUNDLE includes my best-selling Peanut Butter and Jelly Partner Pairing cards AND my Small Group of 6 Fruit and Veggie Group cards. With this BUNDLE, you'll be able to create student pairs of 2 as well as small groups of 6. These cards are a
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Book Clubs Discussion Cards Literature Circles 2nd 3rd 4th Grade Activities F/NF
Enjoy Book Clubs MADE EASY with Book Club discussion cards for any text, fiction or nonfiction, and Book Club activities that kids love! Like Literature Circles, your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students (5th grade, too!) engage in powerful reading conversations around articles, passages, picture books, chapter books, and more!❤️❤️❤️ What are Book Clubs?Like Literature Circles, Book Clubs are simply small groups of students meeting to discuss a shared text. Perfect for building reading comprehension
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Alphabet Word Wall Letters and Word Cards - ABC Letter Sound Wall Words Template
Are you looking for a simple alphabet word wall with letter headers and word cards or a sound wall for your kindergarten, preschool, or pre-k classroom? This simple word wall template includes letters and words and even gives you the flexibility to customize your classroom word wall with your own word cards, name cards, etc.will help you teach alphabet letters and sounds. Teachers love that the simplicity of the printable word cards and letter headers let kids focus on the important information
Grades:
PreK - K
Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Alphabet Activities Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Identification & Sounds BUNDLE
Find a variety of hands-on letter identification and sounds activities for your kids in this money-saving bundle. Whether you use a letter of the week or a no letter of the week method to introduce uppercase and lowercase letters and sounds to your students, this set will give everything that you need to provide repeated exposure and a variety of ways to practice letters throughout the school year. This set of printable alphabet activities is perfect for early literacy activities, alphabet rev
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Grades:
PreK - K
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Back to School Activities
We Don't Eat Our Classmates is my favorite back to school activity. It is a Read Aloud about a dinosaur's first day of school. She feels nervous that she won't make any friends. When she gets to school, she eats her classmates! This book is perfect for back to school and reviewing classroom expectations and in rules in the spring. I have included several activities so that you can use the book in the fall and spring, if you wanted to. It is great for building a positive classroom community. It c
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
THE GREAT GATSBY Complete Unit: EDITABLE Chapter Questions, Worksheets, Writing
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 240-page MEGA-BUNDLE on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading slideshow, daily quizzes, discussion questions, close-reading exercises, creative writing assignment, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights. The
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fiction Reading Response Graphic Organizers Story Map Story Elements Theme Plot
Graphic organizers are an excellent tool for helping your students think about their reading. This amazing set of fiction reading response graphic organizers is designed to support a wide range of readers. Filled with story elements, story maps, plot, setting, vocabulary, summary graphic organizers, and so much more!This resource is filled with over 100 unique and fun graphic organizers, that will engage students and get them thinking about their reading. Each one is created for a variety of ski
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
The Book Thief Novel Study
The Book Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials with over 100+ resources for teaching The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. With these Common-Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills. The suite includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. The Book Thief Novel Study Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:34 Literary Analysis Assignments34 Close Reading Assignments (literary skills-
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Reading Comprehension Response Printables & Graphic Organizers for Any Book
This unit contains 30 reading response activities that your students can use during guided reading, whole class activities, or for independent work. Each reading response sheet is 1/2 page to save paper AND so your students can make a little "My Reading Booklet"Here's the reading response activities/graphic organizers included:1. Title Page for student booklet2. Describe a Character3. Cause and Effect4. Compare Two Characters (Venn Diagram)5. Letter to the Author6. What's the Main Idea7.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Fiction & Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers: Main Idea Theme
Help support reading comprehension and discover all the graphic organizers you need with 240 reading response graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction. You and your students will love these easy-prep and easy-to-use graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction filled with graphic organizers for story elements, main idea, theme, compare and contrast, and more.This resource is filled with a variety of graphic organizers that are designed to be used with any book or text. The unique designs a
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Apple Trouble | Hedgehog and Apple | Fall Craft
Hedgehog is having Apple Trouble!!This craft would be a great addition to all your apple studies during an apple theme unit!This craft was inspired by the book, Apple Trouble, by Ragnhild Scamell. Your students will enjoy making the hedgehog and adding all the things that get stuck to him. The craft is simple and easy to prep and I have included all of the objects that get stuck to him in several different formats.Also included with this craft:All pattern pieces with several options for the pie
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Sneezy the Snowman Book Companion: Winter Book Companion
This book buddy provides a variety of activities, targeting multiple skills to accompany, Sneezy the Snowman. Skills Addressed:Comprehension Questions Cause and EffectDescribing SortingMaking Inferences- anchor chart and independent activity pageSequencingStory RetellFollowing Directions- interactive cookbook Just for fun: "Melted Sneezy" water bottle labels Download the preview to view all of the activities included! Customer Tips:How can I earn TPT credits to use on future purchases?• Please g
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Reader's Theater Scripts, Spring Reading Comprehension Fluency 1st and 2nd Grade
Looking for fun reading activities for spring? This set includes 13 readers theater scripts and partner plays to practice reading comprehension and fluency in the spring! This is a great way for students to practice fluency and expression.Readers Theater is always a great team building activity for partners or groups of three or four! The script themes range from rain to St. Patrick's Day to frog-themed fiction.There are 13 spring-themed reader’s theater scripts within this unit. They range betw
Grades:
1st - 2nd
READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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Bear Snores On | Book Companion | Story Retelling Craft
Bear Snores on Story Retelling CraftBear Snores on by Karma Wilson is a great book to read this Winter.Read the story to your students and use this craft as a story retelling follow up. This craft can be used during your study of Winter or hibernation. Two Craft Options are included:One can be copied on brown for the bear and any color for the blanket. The other one can be copied and colored by your students.I have added one set in color for use in a literacy center.
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Junie B. Jones Novel Study for ANY book PLUS Flip Books
For ANY Junie B. Jones book: This bundle includes a novel study BURSTING with pages you can use for any of Junie B.'s adventures AND an option filled flip book packet that can also be used for any book.
The vocabulary, comprehension and extension materials included apply to Junie's kindergarten as well as first grade adventures.
There is a bundle of all Junie B. Jones books listed here. Less than $1.00 per book unit!
This packet includes differentiated options for a variety of abilities a
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Poems for Kids: Over 600 poems for teaching poetry terms & poetic devices
If you're teaching a poetry unit in grades 3-6, you need poems...lots and lots of exemplar poems! Need poems for teaching similes? Metaphors? Personification? How about haiku or narrative poems? From rhyming poetry to free verse, this anthology collection has them all (with picture support) to make it completely painless to teach the elements of poetry to students of all abilities in grades 3-6. So if you're a teacher who likes to teach poetry lessons by example, there are more than 600 poems t
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Fall Reader's Theater Scripts and Partner Plays - Autumn Fall Reading Activities
Looking for fun reading activities for fall? This fall set includes 12 readers theater scripts and partner plays. This is a great way for students to practice fluency and expression.Reader's Theater is always a great team-building activity for partners or groups of three! The script themes range from apples to football to trick-or-treating. There are 12 fall-themed reader’s theater scripts within this unit. They range between two or three characters. Each script comes with a cover page, headband
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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