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Free literature projects
Rainbow Fish Freebie - Writing & Story Elements Worksheets
This is a FREEBIE containing worksheets to correlate with the book "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister.
Included worksheets are:
* Story Elements (half page) with main character, setting, problem and solution.
* One sentence writing prompt beginning "A good friend..." (half page)
* Full page (landscape) lined writing paper
I created these worksheets to use with THIS FREEBIE. I have students color that rainbow fish, then choose one scale to glitter. Glue on the top portion of a 9"x12" piece of con
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PreK - 3rd
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FREE STEM Activity Rosie Revere Engineer Flying Machine Challenge
FREE STEM Challenge! Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering works. Students design, build, and test their own flying machine to glide Rosie down a zip line.The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Connect to a Read Aloud: Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea BeatyThis STEM Project
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2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Google Slide Presentation Rubric
-Includes both Powerpoint Presentation and PDF Version
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6th - 12th
⭐ FREE ⭐ MINI UNIT: Miss Nelson Is Missing ~ Ideas, Activities, Printables
Free Mini Unit: Miss Nelson Is Missing
This nine page mini unit has ideas, discussion questions, games, activities, graphic organizers, projects and printables that correlate with the book "Miss Nelson Is Missing." This resource and activity mini unit includes:
~Class Discussion Questions and Ideas
~Character Map
~Writing/Drawing Activities: Creating Two Wanted Posters
~Double Match Game: Break The Ice Game for the first week of school.
~Vocabulary Practice
~Venn Diagram
~ I have many o
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1st - 4th
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Exploring Point of View Through Poetry: "One Inch Tall" by Shel Silverstein
Student read and discuss the poem "One Inch Tall" by Shel Silverstein, noting the rhyme scheme, paraphrasing each stanza, and analyzing the speaker, their perspective, and ideas conveyed.
Then, students will write an original poem from the perspective of someone who is 15 Ft tall. they will use the planning sheets, the structure of Silverstein's poem, and a teacher model to create an original poem.
Documents Included:
-"One Inch Tall" by Shel Silverstein
-Poem Planning Sheet
-Poem Shell
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4th - 7th
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Greek Mythology Research Assignment
In this research assignment students research different gods, goddesses, creatures and humans from Greek Mythology. I had my students work individually at home and I had them pick names from a hat. You can have them work in groups and do it in class using laptops if you wish. Some of my students prepared PowerPoint presentations, some made posters and others just made a speech.
I started teaching the epic poem The Odyssey to my high school students and I found out that most of them had very lit
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6th - 12th
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FREE STEM Activity Catalog and May Recommended Resources
FREE Read Aloud STEM CatalogDownload this free catalog of our two largest bundles of STEM read-alouds and challenges organized by month with clickable links to all of the books and resources. We hope it is a helpful resource for you as you implement Read Aloud STEM with your students!FREE Rosie Revere STEM ChallengeIntegrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real-world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering works. Students design, build, and test
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
FREE! Analyzing Theme: a common core essay for ANY novel
This essay is aligned with the common core standards and works as a final essay for any novel or fictional text. This essay asks students to analyze how the theme of the story emerges, how it is refined, and how it is fully developed by the end of the novel.
This download includes a student handout sheet with room for brainstorming, an essay outline, and a graphic organizer.
This essay is CCSS aligned and covers the below standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy W2a.b.c.d.e (grades 7-12)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy
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7th - 12th
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Literary Elements Review Activity for Any Text: Literary Theme Park (FREE)
This literary themed amusement park project is intended to be completed at the end of a text and has flexible usage. It can be completed independently, in partners, or small groups, and used with a whole class novel study, literature circles, book clubs, or even independent reading.Use this activity to review plot, setting. theme, conflict, characters, and symbolism in connection with any story, novel, or play. This fun activity makes for a great end of a unit or year project or summer reading a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Novel Study Unit For Any Text - Print & Digital (Growing Bundle)
Enemy Pie Craft & Writing Prompt FREEBIE
Do you love to teach the book Enemy Pie by Derek Munson? This freebie includes a writing prompt and craft to help your students reflect on the message of the story!
• First, read the book.
• Discuss how the main characters change throughout the story from friends to enemies
• Then, brainstorm ways your students are good friends to others
• Last, create the friendship pie craft and write out their ideas
This activity would be perfect for a whole class counseling session, learning about chara
Free- 8 Great Final Projects for Any Novel Study
8 great ideas that can be used with any novel study at any grade level. Better than book reports, these ideas will have your students think more complexly about the characters, themes, nuances, and connections of the books. These project ideas are also found in the novel study for Touching Spirit Bear. If you like these ideas, you'll love the novel study! See it at Touching Spirit Bear- Journal Style Novel Study.We also have a similar novel study for Bud, Not Buddy, A Day No Pigs Would Die,
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6th - 9th
FREEBIE! - Book Project Choice Board with Rubrics
3/17/20: Hello! I noticed that purchases for this have increased over the last several days, likely due to school closures! :-( So, I have changed it to a FREEBIE: Please download and freely share this item!Stay healthy!JulianeGive students a choice on how they retell their understanding of a novel or story by using this 4 x 4 (16 choices) choice board. A few examples of the choices:- Create an illustrated timeline; include 4-7 main events from the story.- Create an interview with one of the cha
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3rd - 8th
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Novel Study Tic-Tac-Toe Student Choice Board Freebie
This Tic-Tac-Toe Student Choice Board can be used for any novel. It can be assigned for a whole-class novel study, book clubs, or independent novel reading. Students complete any three tasks from the choice board to create a straight line. Tasks are strategically placed to ensure a mix of visual and written tasks are completed. Resource includes a Teacher's Guide, Tic-Tac-Toe student handout, and Grading Rubric. Make a copy of this Google Slides file to your own Google Drive. It can be uploaded
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6th - 12th
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Interactive Reading Literature and Informational Text Notebook FREEBIE
This is a freebie for your Reading Interactive notebooks! Enjoy great foldables to add to your Reading curriculum!
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2nd - 5th
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Creative Book Report or End-Of-Novel Project
Tired of grading endless book report essays? Need a break from those end-of-novel multiple choice exams and essay response?
This project allows student to choose their own projects that reflect not only their comprehension of the novel/play, but require them to think deeper on characters and writing choices of the author without them realizing it.
I love doing this activity with my students toward the end of the year, when we are burned out from testing and practice.
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8th - 12th
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*FREEBIE* Monthly Book Report Projects
*FREEBIE* These are Book Report Projects I have made to cover different genres: Historical Fiction, Informational Text, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Biography, Folktales, Poetry and Realistic Fiction.
Students create the following: puppet show, newspaper, puzzle, gift bag project, comic strip, living museum, cereal box project, a scrapbook, and a message in a bottle.
Each project is completely different and fun for the kids, as well as educational. The projects all align with the Commo
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4th - 7th
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Flat Stanley {A FREE Travel Journal Set}
This free resource can be used alongside your lesson(s) involving Flat Stanley! Students will decorate their journal covers in class. Then, they will take their journals home to send away to their chosen recipient(s). Recipients can then record, both with written explanations and visual details (drawings, postcards, and/or photographs), Flat Stanley's time in their care. When the due date arrives, student's can then share their journals with the class. This shared time is great for discussions o
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K - 1st
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End of the Year Interactive Book Report: FREE
This FREE End of the Year Book Report is just what you need to keep your students focused, on-task, and having fun in these last weeks of school! Students can read ANY novel, and then color, write, cut, paste, and design their own Interactive Book Report!Each student will need one file folder or a large (11x17 or larger) piece of construction paper, folded into thirds. Then, away they go - reading, writing, designing and publishing!I hope this freebie finds your students happily busy, and you wi
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2nd - 6th
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Symbolism Scrapbook! Novel Project for THE GIVER or ANY Class Novel
Symbolism Scrapbook! Novel Project for THE GIVER or ANY Class Novel
Symbolism Scrapbook includes the Think Sheet which guides students through planning their scrapbook and a rubric for grading. For information on how I used this in my classroom, view my blog post about it, which includes lots of student samples!
Feel free to take this and adapt it to any novel. I think The Giver is perfect because it's so rich in symbolism and a great mentor text for teaching this author's craft!
Other freebi
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5th - 12th
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Book Project Report Packet - Ideas, Prep Sheet, Rubric
Book Projects are a fun alternative to book reports! Included in this free download is a Book Project Ideas Booklet, a Student Prep Sheet, and a Teacher's Rubric. You can adjust all the files as you please because they come in Microsoft Word 2016 format.The booklet has 19 ideas and a brief description of each idea. The Prep Sheet lays out the expectations and guidelines for an excellent presentation. The Rubric is modeled after the expectations written on the student prep sheet.This packet was s
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2nd - 7th
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NOVEL STUDY FINAL PROJECT FOR ANY NOVEL
Use this week-long final project packet at the end of any novel study or unit. The easy to follow guide is perfect for a student-led project in middle or high school.ENJOY NO PREP NOVEL STUDIES: LESSON PLANS & HANDOUTSChildren of Blood and BoneShilohTo Kill a MockingbirdThe GiverHEART OF DARKNESSGreat GatsbyCatcher in the RyeA Wrinkle in TimeTheir Eyes Were Watching GodTupac & DfosterAmong the HiddenBluishRumble FishTears of a TigerRaisin in the SunDiscovering Wes MooreOf Mice and MenAut
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3rd - 10th
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Fun Book Reports - Paper Bag Book Report
This is a fun freebie! Students do the written portion of the book report on the outside of a large grocery bag, and then place five items inside the bag to symbolize main characters, setting or events from the book. Students love these!!
Enjoy,
Shari Bithell
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3rd - 9th
Cereal Box Book Report - Project Based Learning
This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of either a book you've read together as a class or a book they've read on their own. This resource includes printable pieces that students can fill out, cut, and glue directly to a used cereal box. There is structure, but also the opportunity for creativity. The following template pieces are included in this resource:-Front of box: Students create a cereal name and look for the cereal-Back of box: Students create a game/activity that re
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2nd - 8th
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