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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa other (ELA) literature circles
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel Study Unit
This novel study for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis, contains 122 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by chapter, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include theme, plot, character analysis, setting, and more!No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with yo
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3rd - 6th
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Prove It Christmas and Holidays Around the World Reading Comprehension Passages
These nonfiction reading passages are perfect for the month of December and the Holiday season. Each passage is engaging and includes informational facts about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year, reindeers, the poinsettia, Christmas in Mexico, and so much more! The goal of these close reading passages is to move students beyond a literal understanding and to a deeper and more critical evaluation of the text. These passages and comprehension questions require students to PROVE IT! They must g
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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
Who Stole Santa's List? Christmas Activities- MYSTERY Readers Theater
This fun and engaging "Whodunnit" read aloud is the perfect Christmas activity for your students! In this activity, students will learn to become detectives, and then use their sleuthing skills to figure out who stole Santa's List! With lots of suspects and circumstantial evidence, the students will have to take good notes, make lots of inferences, and think like a real detective in order to solve the mystery! This product was created with 4th, 5th, and 6th graders in mind, but it can definitely
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4th - 6th
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Christmas Activities | Olive the Other Reindeer Christmas Book Companion
This Olive, the Other Reindeer literature guide provides opportunities for your students in grades K-2 to think critically and creatively through a variety of lessons. This product includes both a print and digital version (Google™ Slides) of this book study. Be sure to check out the preview to see everything included in this unit! THIS OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER BOOK STUDY INCLUDES:A pre-reading wondering about the book activityMaking predictions activity using the cover of the bookComprehensio
Grades:
K - 3rd
A Christmas Carol Novel Study Unit - Comprehension | Activities | Tests
This novel study for A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, contains 82 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by stave, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include figurative language, theme, character analysis, plot, and setting.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with your
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: A Christmas Carol and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Study Bundle
Independent Reading Program: Accountability, Engagement, and Organization Bundle
Wanting to create or enhance an independent reading program? Literature circles, intervention lessons, book club, choice reading arrangements? Creating the materials can be overwhelming, but reading choice is crucial to students' growth as readers, perceptions of their abilities, engagement in class, and success in life. These year-long teaching materials are intended to provide natural and enjoyable layers of accountability to your independent reading program, to motivate students to want to re
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7th - 10th
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Study Unit | Comprehension & Activities
This novel study for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson, contains 98 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by section, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include figurative language, setting, character analysis, theme, and plot.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are in
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Christmas Reader's Theater based on Elf the Movie
READER’S THEATER based on ELF (the movie)!
15 characters
Kid-friendly script
Super engaging
Great for all ability levels- some roles are harder than others
Great for teaching figurative language, plot, predictions, bold print, and many other comprehension strategies and skills.
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3rd - 6th
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Gingerbread {Gingerbread Man Sequencing Card Craft}
Gingerbread* Create a gingerbread craft this Christmas or winter with this gingerbread man sequencing card craft. There are three versions of the gingerbread man sequencing cards. One version includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old man and old woman; the gingerbread man running from the farm animals including the pig, cow, and sheep; and the gingerbread man and the fox. Version two includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old wom
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PreK - 3rd
Christmas Read Aloud Activities | Holiday Dog Crat
This is a read aloud companion resource that provides you with targeted mini lessons, crafts, and literacy activities that can span up to 5 days in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. You will need a copy of the book Pig the Elf by Aaron Blabey to successfully complete the compression based activities. No Book or scanned portion of the book is included within the resource.- - - - - - -This Kit is included in a SAVE big December Bundle (40% off) click here to check it out and Save some $$ -
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K - 1st
Also included in: READ ALOUD Crafts and Activities 9 Book BUNDLE
Fahrenheit 451 Quiz Part Two ("The Sieve and the Sand")
I searched high and low for a basic, close reading test that would simply show me whether students did their outside-of-class reading of FAHRENHEIT 451, and I found that none existed that met my needs (detailed + easy to grade). I was not striving for higher order thinking...just a basic, Accelerated-Reader-type quiz that would demonstrate completion of the assigned reading. The higher order thinking questions come out after my students have completed the reading--through Socratic Seminar. Thus,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Turkey Trouble Turkey Claus Turkey in Disguise BUNDLE
Turkey Trouble is the perfect Thanksgiving or November read aloud. it is about a turkey who doesn't want to get eaten for Thanksgiving so he dresses up as different farm animals. It is a great story for discussing story plot, retell, characters, setting, problem, and solution. It has the added bonus of disguise a turkey. You can send a turkey home for kids to decorate to "hide" from the farmer. I also included a simple version that students can disguise at home. In December, you can follow up wi
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PreK - 1st
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HOW TO CATCH AN ELF Read Aloud Activities
Give your students a festive and educational activity experience with How to Catch an Elf - the book it! It's a K-1 Literacy Companion that will support the reading and writing partnership by offering a week's work of story sheets that pair directly with the context of this fun read aloud! Post reading, your students will engage in varied literacy activities that pair directly to the text: rhyming, procedural writing, character traits and sequence. Goal of the Book Kit Resource(s):Tying reading
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Christmas Book Companion Craft BUNDLE
Classroom Book Tasting Activity
Transform your classroom into The Book Bistro and get your students excited about sampling new books! A book tasting gets your kids excited about learning about different books and genres that they can add to their future reading lists! This book tasting activity can be used multiple times during the year to expose your students to various genres and types of literature. Sometimes, students just need the extra push to find a book that makes them a lifelong reader! With this activity, you can do
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Year-Long First Chapter Friday Book Talk Guide VOLUME I
Confidently book talk and recommend quality sports novels to your middle grade students using book talk guides. Book talk guides put every important detail about novels at your fingertips.You'll never be at a loss for offering reading recommendations to your students again. You will easily integrate book talks into your weekly lesson plans because book talk guides require ZERO prep to use.When you purchase a book talk guide bundle, you receive each guide at a discounted rate, and you're able to
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Fahrenheit 451 Quiz Part Three ("Burning Bright")
I searched high and low for a basic, close reading test that would simply show me whether students did their outside-of-class reading of FAHRENHEIT 451, and I found that none existed that met my needs (detailed + easy to grade). I was not striving for higher order thinking...just a basic, Accelerated-Reader-type quiz that would demonstrate completion of the assigned reading. The higher order thinking questions come out after my students have completed the reading--through Socratic Seminar. Thus,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fish in a Tree Novel Study and "After You Read" Companion Bundled Set
Want a low-prep, standards-based novel study to help you teach the amazing book, Fish in a Tree? Check out this TWO PART bundle to help you get the most out of this book AS you read it and as you help your students reflect on it. What do you get?Part 1: A full novel study complete with teaching points, comprehension questions, and so much more!Part 2: An "After you read" companion to provide even more opportunities for comprehension, discussion, writing, and more. --------------------------
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Grades:
4th - 6th
A to Z Letter Poems
Alphabet Poems or Letter of the Week Poems. These poems are perfect for journals, poetry journals. and shared reading for students who are learning their letters. Kids will love reading these and highlighting the letter they are looking for. This pack includes*A poem for each letter of the alphabet*Poems in color and black and white*I will add in 2 poems per page for printingPlease let me know if you have any questions, I am always here to help. Thank you for your support and I would love it if
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PreK - 1st
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell: Print & Digital Speech Therapy
Our favorite Christmas book, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell: Speech and Language Activities in both print and digital format! This 35 page activity pack is perfect for speech or language. The activities included are also appropriate for literacy centers and whole class activities. The regular PDF can be printed for hands-on speech therapy. The Interactive PDF can be used on an iPad or computer for digital interactive therapy. Included activities: Retelling: Cut out the old lady’s head.
Grades:
K - 4th
Also included in: Christmas MEGA Bundle: Elementary Materials for Speech Therapy
No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
This no-prep complete package is perfect to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). Components include:*Comprehension & Vocabulary Packet:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheets*Project Choice Board:15 different activities for students to choose from*End of Book Assessment:10 multiple choice questions2 "select all t
Grades:
6th - 9th
Fable & Fairy Tales Retelling Sequencing Crafts *Gingerbread Red Hen Three Pigs
Create a fable retelling craft with these sequencing crafts that allow the retelling of fairy tales and folk tales. The sequencing crafts include The Gingerbread Man, The Little Red Hen, and The Gingerbread Man.
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PreK - 3rd
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed some Snow: Print & Digital Speech Therapy
Let's read about the snowman parts! I Know a Cold Lady Who Swallowed some Snow: Speech and Language Activities in both print and digital format! This 35 page activity pack is perfect for speech or language. The activities included are also appropriate for literacy centers and whole class activities. The regular PDF can be printed for hands-on speech therapy. The Interactive PDF can be used on an iPad or computer for digital interactive therapy.Included:Retelling: Cut out the old lady’s head. (p
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K - 4th
Bear Stays Up For Christmas: Speech and Language Book Companion
Book Companion for Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
You will need to purchase the book separately.
This 54 page activity pack is perfect for language therapy. The activities included are perfect for speech and language intervention, literacy circles and whole group activities.
Included in this pack:
Character Cards: (pages 4-6) Use while telling the story.
Links to the Story: (page 7) Have your students cut out the strips and place them into sequential order
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Book Club: Christmas Bundle One
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