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Informational text Common Core RI.4.4 videos
Chuck Close Artist Study & Portrait Project
Chuck Close was a fantastic post-contemporary artist whose style morphed and evolved over his lifetime. This artist study includes a slide presentation, a packet with informational text and ELA activities, a full portrait demo tutorial video, and a planning worksheet. Student and teacher examples are included as well.Included is:slide presentation on realism and abstraction with famous examples for each genre, as well as a look at Chuck Close's works (PDF and PPT formats)four-page packet on the
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4th - 8th
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Grades 3- 5: Compare/ Contrast: Gandhi, Obama, Superman for Traditional Student
Modified for traditional students: Predictable language with: tactile, visual and auditory prompts for students. Students can compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction characters by reading short 10 - 20 sentences. These short stories describe the fictional characters; Superman, Santa Claus and Peter Pan. The non-fictional characters who are described include; President Obama, Martin Luther King and Gandhi. They are given four short quotes from each paragraph to either write into or cut and
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Grade 3: Bundle for Traditional Students
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Context Clues - Means
Context clues are one of the most important skills a reader can learn. We always tell our students to use context to figure something out, but we never teach them exactly how to use direct context clues to do it. Once I started teaching these clue words, my students made fantastic progress with their comprehension. These clues need to be specifically taught and repeatedly practiced until they become automatic. This video introduces the direct context clue word - "means" and how it works.
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3rd - 5th
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"I Was Born for This!" Black History Rap Song for Frederick Douglass Activities
This Black history song about Frederick Douglass covers important events during the early years of Douglass life from birth up to his escape from slavery at age twenty. This song also has reading activities based on its lyrics.Get the reading activities for this song here!This activity includes:- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage- multiple-choice, comprehension questions with the answer key- a context clues activity: students will define content vocabulary words using context clues in
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Black History Month Reading Comprehension Activities Middle School Bundle
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