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Close reading projects under $5
September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 4th, 5th, 6th grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about Sept.11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 1-3. Click here to view.This resource includes lesson plans for students to:Pose inquiry based questions based on 9/11 photograph
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4th - 6th
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Tiny House Design for ANY Character: Reading project for inferences, symbolism
Tap into the popularity of the growing Tiny House Movement by assigning a literary analysis that students will LOVE. This is a hands-on assignment that brings STEM into the English classroom! This Tiny House lesson can be used with ANY character, author, historical figure, or student! You will get: ⭐1 Exemplar tiny house design for Harry Potter's tiny house⭐1 Student planning guide for evidence-based answers ⭐1 set of instructions for using the free website Floorplanner.com ⭐1 Youtube video with
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about September 11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 4-6. Click here to view. This resource includes:Detailed step-by-step lesson plans (easy to implement) Visual inquiry antic
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1st - 3rd
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Informational Text Structure Activity
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach text structures in upper elementary? THIS is the activity that you need! Engage your students in practicing the five text structures with a brochure activity that is fun and rigorous for them and SO easy to prep for you! The Activity: Your students will become the newest “employees” of the coolest brochure designer in town. After reading informational text passages (two per location) about one of five locations, they will create a new brochure
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Informational Text Structures Activity Bundle
One-Pager Text Analysis Project with Rubric - Creative Literary Study Lesson
Use this project to conclude the study of any text. I have had students do this assignment for short stories, but it could be used with literally ANY text! If you would like to make changes to the rubric or assignment, you can edit your copy of this resource!This resource includes:1. A teacher's guide2. Directions3. Student Examples4. A rubric If you are looking for a project for non-fiction texts, check out my other resource by following the link below!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Prod
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Novel Reflection *One Pager*
If you are looking for a nontraditional way to assess your students on a recent class or independent novel, try a “one-pager”. A ”one pager” is a nontraditional way to assess your students on traditional learning standards such as theme, character, etc. I recently gave this activity as an assessment instead of the traditional test. My students were SO creative and didn’t even realize they were being assessed – my favorite kind of assessment. In this Powerpoint file you will find the exact rubric
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4th - 6th
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Grand Canyon Project Benchmark Advance 2nd Grade Unit 8 | National Park
This Grand Canyon lap book is a fun project to wrap up Benchmark Advance Unit 8 in your second grade class. This flipbook can also be used with any unit on the Grand Canyon. **Aligned to the California Edition of Benchmark Advance**Students will write a postcard as if they visited the Grand Canyon, write about wind and water erosion, as well as interesting facts they learned after reading about the natural landmark. They will also right quick facts about the location, animals, and plants.You wi
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1st - 4th
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Independent Book Project Bloom Ball Editable Template - Choice Reading Activity
Say goodbye to traditional boring old reading logs that most students fake anyway - have students create a Bloom ball instead!Each panel has a different element for students to consider - and the headings are completely editable!Here are the included panels:✅ Title and Author Information✅ Plot Elements✅ Setting✅ Important Characters✅ Theme✅ Conflict✅ Meaningful Quote #1✅ Meaningful Quote #2✅ Meaningful Quote #3✅ Figurative Language #1✅ Figurative Language #2✅ RecommendationSee Preview for more!T
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4th - 12th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - What is Your Life's Blueprint? - 8th Grade Graduation
Are you looking for an engaging and inspirational activity to study Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy or Black History Month? These reading comprehension and journal activities focus on Dr. King’s “Street Sweeper” speech, “What is Your Life’s Blueprint?”This resource is perfect for:✅ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (MLK Day)✅ Black History Month✅ 8th grade graduation✅ Back-to-school This inspirational speech was delivered at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, six mont
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6th - 9th
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Bloom Ball Book Report, Full Size - Editable
Here is a full size Bloom Ball completely editable.
You can delete and add questions that best fit the needs of your students.
This activity can be done in class, as an individual project and or homework.
I will be posting other Bloom Balls at a later date with questions you can chose at different levels to make it easier to differentiate according to your students' needs.
* The template you are purchasing is for the large Bloom Ball.
Don't forget to give feedback and come back soon. :-)
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3rd - 6th
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Julius Caesar and Mean Girls Comparison Analysis Activity Answers Keys Rubric
There are some clear parallels between Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and 2004's hit Mean Girls. Though Mean Girls is not an adaptation of Julius Caesar, it is an excellent way to engage students and get them thinking critically by connecting themes, characters and motives. This lesson for Julius Caesar and Mean Girls requires students to think creatively and outside of the box in order to identify the commonalities of the two mediums. This lesson plan is a ZIP file with two PDFs and includes the
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Author's Purpose Activity Paper Bag Book Interactive Notebook
Are you looking for an exciting new way to teach author's purpose? This author's purpose activity offers a new hands-on way to learn and practice. Author's purpose is not as easy as it seems. With this resource, you can explain it, help students identify the look-fors, practice with multiple texts, sort examples, and apply learning with real life examples. When the project is complete, students can refer to it with new reading. HOW IS THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE ACTIVITY ORGANIZED?This paper bag book
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Comprehension Projects Bundle, Paper Bag Books, Test Prep, Intervention
GENERIC NOVEL STUDY Book Report for Any Book | Reading Comprehension Activity
This tri-fold is a great place to jot down those notes while reading. It's a fantastic way to get a quick glimpse at your students' progress to make sure they are connecting with their books. The two sides provide lots of space for note-taking. In a pinch, this can stand-in for a book report. It's so straightforward, you can feel confident in leaving this with your emergency sub plans. CLICK HERE to save 20% on this resource in the Generic Novel, Movie, Character Analysis, and Documentary Brochu
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4th - 12th
Literary Charts: Engaging ELA Analysis Activities and ELA Test Prep for ANY TEXT
Take close reading to the next level with these literary chart templates! If you and your students are bored with the same old reading strategies then these ELA activities will have your students analyzing ANY text in a whole new way!Building off of one of my most popular strategies (rhetorical bar graphs), I created a whole set of literary chart prompts that form an unlikely yet fun union between Math and ELA. The best part? You can use these templates over and over again with ANY text and get
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7th - 12th
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Character Study One Pager- Use with any story or novel! Secondary English
This assignment uses the one pager concept, but it focuses on a character from the reading instead of the whole piece. Great for assessing indirect and direct characterization.You might also like my Novel Study Materials Bundle that includes an illustrated timeline, chapter overview, vocabulary study, character dossier, and a book tasting menu.Need more assessment ideas?Check out my ELAmazon Literary Analysis Assessment, Character Selfie, Character, Thematic Art Project, or Literary Postcard A
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Novel Study Materials Bundle- Secondary ELA- Use with any novel
Book Report Poster Template: Works with any Fiction or Non-Fiction Book
Book Poster: This Book Report Poster template can be used with any fiction or non-fiction book and can be completed with illustrations, sentences, or a combination of both. That makes this book report poster a perfect leveled activity for all learners.Print out the 2 pages and staple together, or copy onto 11 x 17 paper for a book report poster that looks great displayed in the classroom! Set printer to landscape setting for best results. Choose the lined or unlined version depending on your stu
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2nd - 5th
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Brown Bear Retelling Craftivity: Sequencing Activity
WHAT IS THIS RESOURCE?Brown Bear, Brown Bear is a children's book written by Bill Martin Jr and illustrated by Eric Carle. This book companion activity is meant to be used with the book. Please note that you must obtain your own copy of this book. There are many wonderful video's on Youtube that you can display to your students if you are unable to obtain a copy. It’s one of my favorite stories and perfect for practicing “sequencing and retelling". I designed this quick and easy Brown Bear, Br
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PreK - 1st
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Solar Eclipse Activities | Student Packet and Teacher Slides
Are you looking to teach your students about solar eclipses? This resource includes a student packet and editable teacher slides to teach your students about what solar eclipses are, why and how they happen, and safety tips for when looking at one. Students will complete a bell ringer, reading, writing, math, and art activities to learn about solar eclipses.-Bell ringer/early finisher: solar eclipse word search-Reading: nonfiction passage about solar eclipses along with 6 comprehension questions
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3rd - 6th
Comprehension Crafts: Fiction & Nonfiction Close Reading Strategies Activities
Teaching students to close read is crucial to their reading comprehension of both nonfiction and fiction texts. These reading comprehension crafts are a fresh, hands on and unique way students can visually see the close reading strategy broken down for them. It is an alternative to reading response that will help you to reach all learners in your classroom. These reading crafts require little to no prep, and the only materials needed are scissors and glue. WHAT’S INCLUDED:3 Close Reading Crafts
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Strategies Megabundle, Posters, Graphic Organizers
Benchmark Advance 2nd Grade Unit 1 Project Smoke Jumpers Unit 3
This Smoke Jumper Flipbook is a fun project to wrap up Benchmark Advance Unit 1 in your second grade class. Students reflect on the essential question as they write facts about smoke jumpers in this activity. You can use this to assess what students AND it makes a cute bulletin board too! The project is based on the Unit 1 texts for close reading. *Unit 1 of California Edition or Unit 3 of Florida Edition*Are you looking for Unit 1 on Habitats? Click Here!This product includes:2 Flipbooks (one
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2nd
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Character Change Craftvity
Here is a hands-on, creative way for students to practice finding how the main character changes throughtout the passage. This craftivity is great for centers, intervention, guided reading groups, or reinforcing what you have already taught. We absolutely love this craftivity and students will always remember Cookin' Up Character Change!
They will read a passage on the recipe card. Then they will identify and write how the character behaved at the beginning of the passage in the bowl, write th
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3rd - 5th
STEM Story Station: Ricky the Rock That Couldn't Roll | Read Aloud and Challenge
Makerspace with STEM Moments in early elementary is filled with projects, designs, and ideas that inspire, motivate and challenge children in the classroom or library. This makerspace moment in literature takes an adorable book about a rock that cannot roll and allows students to analyze the characteristics of rocks and create a solution for helping rocks roll. Your kids will use critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies to determine solutions. Ricky the Rock that Could Not Roll is
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1st - 2nd
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GENERIC NONFICTION Activity for Any Book Report | Reading Comprehension Project
This tri-fold is a great place to jot down those notes while reading. It's a fantastic way to get a quick glimpse at your students' progress to make sure they are connecting with their books. The two sides provide lots of space for note-taking. In a pinch, this can stand-in for a book report. It's so straightforward, you can feel confident in leaving this with your emergency sub plans.CLICK HERE to save 20% on this resource in the Generic Novel, Movie, Character Analysis, and Documentary Brochur
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Grades:
4th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Characterization Poster Activity - Ready to print!
Help your students make sense of the characters in the first chapter of The Great Gatsby with this fun characterization poster project. Each of the five characters introduced in the novel's first chapter are included and prints on a four-page poster. All you have to do is print!Each poster features black and white clipart for your students to decorate and design based on the characters' descriptions. Prompt questions are included around the poster for students to complete.This activity could be
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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