7th grade balanced literacy resources for SMART Notebook

Grades:

2nd - 7th

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Social Issues Reading Unit Smartboard

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This product is a series of eight reading minilessons which focus on social issues in books. The Smartboard presentation follows the Reader's Workshop model and each lesson includes a connection, a teaching point, a teaching component, active engagement, and link (as well as other supplemental activities and slides). The lessons included in this product are: 1) What are Social Issues 2) Readers Evaluate How Characters are Treated 3) Issues Hide Within the Pages of Books That You Know Well 4) R

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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Building a Reading Life Unit Smartboard

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This is a unit you can use with your students to help them build their reading life at the beginning of the year. The minilessons in this unit include: 1) How to Pick a "Just Right" Book 2) What Good Readers Do 3) Rituals and Routines 4) Goal Setting 5) Logging Your Reading 6) Marking Your Spot 7) Parts Go Together 8) Reading Faster, Stronger, and Longer 9) Establishing Partnerships 10) Reading in the Company of Partners 11) Reflecting on Your Reading Life 12) Book Recommendations 13) Stepping

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Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

Main Idea and Details Smartboard Lesson

Created by

Catherine Devins

This is a Smartboard lesson that focuses on the skill of recognizing Main Ideas and Details. The lesson contains readings and graphic organizers to introduce & practice the concept. There are also multiple choice questions relating to the reading and the main idea and details, There is also links to You Tube video about the Main idea which is a very fun video/song about the difference between the main idea and details in a paragraph. I also include links to additional online practice for m

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Grades:

2nd - 8th, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Character Analysis Unit for Reader's Workshop - Smartboard

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This product is a series of eighteen reading lessons which focus on analyzing characters. The Smartboard presentation follows the Reader's Workshop model and each lesson includes a connection, a teaching point, a teaching component, active engagement, and link (as well as other supplemental activities and slides). The lessons included in this product are: Lesson 1 - Thinking Over Stories with Partners Lesson 2 - Retelling Stories By Starting at the Beginning Lesson 3 - Learning to Listen Int

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Realistic Fiction Writing Unit Smartboard

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

This is an outstanding unit you can use with your students to help them write well developed and interesting realistic fiction stories! The minilessons in this unit include: 1) Goal Setting and Generating Ideas 2) Imagine Stories from Ordinary Moments 3) Imagining Stories We Wish Existed in the World 4) Drafting My Writing 5) Story Mountains 6) Feeling and Drafting the Heart of Our Story 7) Developing Believable Characters 8) Giving Characters Struggles and Motivation 9) Show, Dont Tell 10) Gr

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Reading Strategies Smartboard Bundle

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This product includes all of my reading strategy lessons. It includes lessons on: 1) Metacognition 2) Schema 3) Making Connections 4) Questioning/Making Predictions 5) Visualization 6) Inferring (Garbage Bag Inferences) 7) Synthesizing 8) Determining Importance 9) 7 Keys to Comprehension posters (Inferring, Evaluating, Making Connections, Visualizing, Fixing Up, Questioning, Synthesizing) The lessons include fun activities that help you better explain what the strategy means and explains how y

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Grades:

3rd - 8th

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Our Classroom Back To School Literacy Unit, Agreements, Goals, Autobiography

Created by

Launching Learning

You MUST PREVIEW this unit!! A BEST Seller! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your first month of Literacy is all here in this unit and ready to use! This is the perfect way to greet your students back to school, while creating a caring classroom community. What's Included: Smartboard file (76 Pages) PDF Handouts (files linked in Smartboard file, 60 pages) - All links to videos, copies of song lyrics - Most readings included, you will

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Back to School, Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Handouts

CCSS:

W.4.3

, W.4.4

, W.4.7

, W.4.8

, W.5.3

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Determining Importance Minilesson - Smartboard

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This minilesson helps students understand why it is important to determine importance while reading. Students go through a variety of activities that help them ask themselves, "What is going on and what is the most important thing I should take away from this?" Students go through a variety of activities that require them to determine importance when looking at a CNN website, when going through a purse, when listening to a song, when looking at a piece of artwork, and much more! It is a creat

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Memoir Writing Unit - Smartboard

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Writing

This product is a series of fourteen writing lessons which focus on writing a memoir. The Smartboard presentation follows the Reader's Workshop model and each lesson includes a connection, a teaching point, a teaching component, active engagement, and link (as well as other supplemental activities and slides). The lessons included in this product are: 1)What is a Memoir 2) Diving Deep 3) Writing Small About Big Topics 4) Internal and External Timeline of Stories 5) Reflection and Incorpora

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Personal Essay Writing Unit Smartboard

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Balanced Literacy, Writing, Writing-Essays

This Smartboard writing unit takes students through a step by step process to help them successfully write a personal essay. Here are the steps students are taken through: 1) Students begin by brainstorming themes and issues in their life 2) Students fill out a people/issues/moments chart 3) Students learn how to write a thesis 4) Students write an idea/claim/argument 5) Students learn how to "grow" ideas and "push their thinking" 6) Students organize their essay 7) Students look at examples

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Grades:

4th - 7th

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Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas Guided Reading Weekly Plan - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc. Each purpose is also identified being a particular hat from th

Subjects:

Interactive Whiteboard, Guided Reading Books

Grades:

K - 10th

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Third Person Point of View Notebook Presentation

Created by

Ms Duffield

This Notebook presentation for the smart board introduces students to the three types of third person narration: Limited, Objective & Omniscient. This Notebook presentation can be used as a part of a Point of View unit, and is designed for use with the Danielson & Common Core Aligned Point of View Lesson Plan (available FREE through my TpT account). This presentation matches up exactly with the differentiated guided notes (available for purchase). Do now, independent practice and exit

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

Mystery Reading Unit - Smartboard

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This Smartboard presentation is based on the Reader's Workshop model. Each minilesson includes a cover page, connection, teaching point, teaching component, active engagement, and link. The following minilessons are included: 1) Beginning a Mystery Story 2) Paying Close Attention to the Details 3) Using Predictions to Think About Text in New Ways 4) Reflect and Sythesize on Mystery Text 5) Asking Questions and Tracking Our Musings 6) Collecting Thick Questions to Lead to Deeper Understanding 7)

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Literature

Story Characters - Using Body Biographies to Help With Character Analysis

Created by

MyPaths

This Smart Board Activity uses an INTERACTIVE character to go through the instructions!! Your students are sure to love participating with the character!!! Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. A body biography is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a body biography, students practice character analysis, understanding liter

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Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Story Characters - Using "Fakebook" to create a character analysis (Smartboard)

Created by

MyPaths

Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. This engaging activity allows students to combine the authentic experience of reading social media text with the fun of creating a new “Fakebook” page that is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a “Fakebook” page, students practice character analysis, understanding literary devices, and d

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Lesson, Centers

The Gruffalo - Four Block Literacy Guided Reading - Including 6 Thinking Hats

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. It also has links to various other lesson ideas about The Gruffalo. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teach

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Grades:

K - 12th

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Hairy Nose Itchy Butt Guided Reading Lessons - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Hairy Nose Itchy Butt. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc. This file also features the 6 Hats Thinking Model.

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Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard

Grades:

1st - 10th

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Utopia and Dystopia: Smartboard Presentation

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Mila Digs Worksheets

This is to help teachers introduce the Utopian and Dystopian Genre to Students. This is a Smartboard Presentation. Please download the student worksheet and teachers guide (sold separately for 4$). Together, the presentation and Work together will take about 2 class periods. The work can also be assigned as homework - its pretty much a review of what was discussed in class. Smartboard Presentation: A lecture and interactive activity that has the class define utopia/dystopia and come up with

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading

Grades:

7th - 11th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Interactive Notebooks

Memoir Introduction - Smartboard

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

This Smartboard presentation gives students an introduction to what a memoir is. It lays out the expectations for a typical memoir writing unit. It includes the following: 1) Brainstorming page about what a memoir is and why people write memoirs 2) A reading activity where you read a excerpt from Lois Lowry's memoir "Looking Back" 3) A brainstorming page to help students come up with "seed story" ideas for their collection of memoirs 4) The expectations for the memoir writing unit 5) A memoir

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Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Informational Text

EDITABLE SmartBoard lesson for John Muir and Camping with the President

Created by

MariposaJayla

I created this SmartBoard file for my own personal use with a read aloud of Camping With the President by Ginger Wadsworth in conjunction with the NYC Grade 4 John Muir Common Core Task Bundle. Common Core Standards RI.4.1 and RI. 4.10. Slide 1: Discuss who John Muir was and his conservation efforts. Read aloud Camping With the President by Ginger Wadsworth. Slide 2: Review vocabulary and what it means to be a conservationist. Slide 3: Describe the setting of the story Slide 4: Ide

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Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.4.1

, RI.4.10

Editable Literacy Station Rotation Board

Created by

Alex Pfeifer

This literacy station rotation board is fully editable to customize for your kiddos! Stations included: Poetry Station ABC Station Sight Word Notebook Station Writing Station Colorful Writing Station (my kiddos can use colorful pens at this one) Blocks Station Sand Table Station Ipad Station Computer Station Listen and Learn Station Arts & Crafts Station Retelling Station Puppet Station Puzzle Station Listening Station Read the Room Station Write the Room Station Game Station Stamp Station L

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Classroom Management, English Language Arts

Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

Hairy Maclary Guided Reading Weekly Lesson Plan - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Hairy Maclary. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc.

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