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2nd grade social studies literature circles for early intervention
Native American Readers' Myths and Legends Theater Scripts
Do you need an engaging way to study folktales, legends or Native Americans? Need a way to integrate literacy and social studies? Looking for more interesting texts for guided reading? These readers' theaters will help you with all the above. I have used these readers' theater scripts for the many years in my classroom as part of our Native American unit and guided reading groups. I have performed these scripts in the classroom for other classes and as plays at parent events. Why you will love t
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2nd - 5th
Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of family and cultural traditions.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the November Interactive Read Aloud Bundle!
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K - 2nd
Social Story Making Green & Red Choices (Editable) Book Special Education PCS
Our Making Green and Red Choices social story is designed to help children learn about making positive choices in a simple, engaging, and visual way that makes the information easier to understand.With this social story, children will learn how to identify positive and negative choices through the use of the colors green and red. Green choices are positive and helpful, while red choices are negative and potentially harmful. This distinction is easy for children to understand and remember, making
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Decodable Readers w/ Reading Comprehension Questions - Level 1 Orton
32 decodable readers with READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS in one-page format AND book form. Follow the science of reading to help your students master reading fluency and reading comprehension with these decodable books and readers. Decodable Readers:1. 32 colorful and engaging decodable books for emergent and early readers. Each 8-page book builds upon the previous book to include all skills in Level 1 of the Orton Gillingham approach. **See all skills included below.2. 32 corresponding one-p
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Phonics Worksheets - A Reading & Spelling Starter BUNDLE
Thank You Sarah Hale November Activities Sarah Saves Thanksgiving Book Companion
Add a little history to your Thanksgiving activities this year. Your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students will love learning about the life and legacy of Sarah Hale, the single mother of five, composer of Mary Had a Little Lamb and first female magazine editor. Sarah singlehandedly took on the task of having Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. She is a real-life example of perseverance.This unit can stand alone with the accompanying story Sarah Saves Thanksgiving (written by me) o
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Thanksgiving ELA Enrichment Activities Bundle
I Survived Hurricane Katrina Mega-Pack
Step into the storm of century with this Mega-Pack for "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis. This historical fiction is a leveled for 4th grade but could easily be used in 3rd-5th.
This product pack was created to correlate with Common Core Standards and includes:
Lesson Plans (10 Days)
Reading Comprehension Questions (ALL CHAPTERS)
Answer Keys
Chapters Quizzes w/Answer Key (ALL CHAPTERS)
Extensions:
Hurricane KWL
Character Analysis
Hurricane Research & Writing
Character
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2nd - 5th
SPEEDY SPEECH ARTICULATION THERAPY
Do you have multiple schools or a high caseload? Use these SPEEDY SPEECH ALL-IN-ONE cards to taget articulation goals. Includes speech ladder, isolation, syllables, words, phrases, and sentences. Perfect for busy SLPs working on articulation, phonology, or apraxia goals. Speedy Speech ~ The Ticket to Good Speech & Language!*****CONTENTS:Includes: initial, medial, final /p, b, m, n, t, d,k, g, f, v, s, z, l, r, sh, ch,j, th/ and initial /sp, sm, sn, st, sk, sw/ , /l/ blends, /r/ blends and
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K - 3rd
Prove It Thanksgiving Reading Passages | Native Americans, Pilgrims, November
These nonfiction reading passages are perfect for the month of November and the Thanksgiving season. Each passage is engaging and includes informational facts about Native Americans, The Lakota of the Great Plains, The Wampanoag Tribe, and Pilgrims.These passages and comprehension questions require students to PROVE IT! They must go back to the text to support their answers with EVIDENCE.These passages can be used for many purposes: close reading, a quick assessment, targeted small groups, whole
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1st - 3rd
Goldilocks & the 3 Bears: Preschoool-K speech/language companion
This is a speech and language companion pack for the book: Goldilocks & the 3 Bears. The packet is appropriate for preschool and Kindergarten students, although it may also be used for students older than those given ages. The book is not included in this set.
Content include:
Pages 3-5: What Doesn’t Belong?: Scan the pictures and determine which picture does not belong.
Pages 6-7: Following Directions: Follow the one-step directions from the story.
Pages 8-11: Story Sequencing: Sequence
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PreK - 2nd
Three Little Pigs: Preschoool-K speech/language book companion
The Three Little Pigs is my next set in the Fairy Tales Preschool Book Companions. It is 46 pages in length and can be used for preschool to first grade students.
Reinforcer Game: Students must match all the pictures on their mat to win the game. Use with any learning target.
Dear Mama Pig: Have your students draw or write a letter to their mama pig, pretending to be one of the pigs. Explain what happened to the 3 little pigs and their houses.
Following Directions: Follow the one-step d
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PreK - 2nd
Mouse Inspired Calendar & Labels
Are you looking for a Disney or Mickey Mouse inspired calendar pack? This pack will look fabulous is any mouse inspired classroom, making calendar time just a bit more magical for your students. I am a Disney lover and have decided to do my little classroom in a Disney theme this year. I can't wait to use these calendar and labels. I know my little crew will love them! Includes are 12 month labels, calendar dates 1-31, some holidays, special dates, blank ones ( for you to make your own special d
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Mouse Inspired Calendar Bundle
DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK: Magic Tree House #1 Book Companion
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This product is a book companion to be used with the Magic Tree House Book (#1) DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK by Mary Pope Osborne. In the book, Jack and Annie travel back to Prehistoric Times where they learn about dinosaurs! This book would be perfect for use with a Dinosaur Unit!!
These books are a HIT and offer themselves to tons of
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Magic Tree House Book Companion BUNDLE Books 1-4
IEP and RTI Reading Progress Monitoring for Decoding Skills BUNDLE!
Over 170 pages of progress monitoring! This Bundle holds all of my decodable words progress monitoring sets. Progress monitor your students with ease in the following areas:-CVC Words-Digraphs-Initial Blends-Final Blends-Initial and Final Blends-R-Controlled Words-Silent E Words-Long Vowels-Diphthongs-Compound Words-Two Syllable Words-Multi-Syllabic WordsYou will also get teacher recording sheets to track their progress over the entire program. Put it all in a binder and you are ready for the ea
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K - 8th
The Water Princess by Verde 19 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Beautiful book based on the true story of African model, Georgie Badiel. Gie Gie must walk with her mother everyday to get water from the well. Gie Gie wants to find a way to bring the water closer to her village. Wonderful opportunity for discussion. From Amazon:With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clear
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K - 3rd
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 Mega Pack
Dive into "I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916" Mega Pack! This 42 page novel study is the perfect companion to the high-interest historical fiction and includes ALL the components of the individual chapter packs. I have also added a couple of additional bonus extensions! These text are fantastic to use for literature circles, whole group novel studies, or as enrichment projects.
This product download includes:
Higher-Level Reading Comprehension Short Answer Questions for ALL chapters
Chapter
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2nd - 5th
Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm: A Literacy, Language & Listening Book Companion
Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley features everyone’s favorite wash woman along with fun characters, sequencing and humor! This literature unit targets literacy, language and listening skills in conjunction with the book. The book companion is filled with six different follow-up activities and games to target listening, language and literacy! Following reading, engage your students in activities targeting:
1. Sequencing with Pictures (which is also a great retelling tool!)
2. Comprehension
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PreK - 2nd
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Mega-Pack
Set your reading block on fire with this novel study for "I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871" by Lauren Tarshis! This high-interest book series is always a winner with my students. In my classroom, we use the "I Survived" series for book clubs. They can also be used as a whole class or independent novel study.
This 62 page novel study is aligned with ELA Common Core standards and includes the following:
*Lesson Plans (10 days)
*Reading Comprehension Questions and Answer Keys
*Chapt
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2nd - 6th
Orton Gillingham Lesson Plans, Templates & Decodable Stories LEVEL 2 BUNDLE
Orton Gillingham lesson plans & DECODABLE PASSAGES aligned with the science of reading! This reading intervention bundle includes completed Orton Gillingham lesson plans and 23 decodable passages for each phonics skill in the Orton Gillingham scope and sequence Level 2. Your students can read straight from the Orton Gillingham lesson plans and decodable readers. No assembly required!Great for extra word lists, sentences, decodable readers, sub plans, added review, and MORE!NEW! Editable less
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2nd - 4th
I Survived THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, 1912 - Comprehension (W/Answer Key)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
Tennessee Symbols
This unit includes everything you need to put together an informational book on Tennessee's state symbols. This coorelates with the new TN Social Studies standards that are being adopted and implemented for the 2014-2015 school year. Included are 4 different versions of the book to meet the needs and differentiate instruction for all of your learners.
-A craft version with patterns for all of the symbols (hands on activities)
-A writing version for your higher level learners. This will help to
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PreK - 2nd
FEED THE ANIMALS Santa MOUTH Early Reader Pre-K Speech Therapy SENSORY BIN
This SUPER FUN INTERACTIVE FEEDING ANIMALS SING-ALONG BOOK & ACTIVITY PACKET will give you and your students lots of opportunities to work on following directions, vocabulary, receptive and expressive language skills, answering WH and YES/NO questions, describing, and TONS MORE! PLUS SANTA & FRIENDS TOO! Great for sensory bin activities too!PRODUCT CONTAINS 90 PAGES OF FUN! SANTA PRODUCT CONTAINS 30 PAGES OF FUN! **************************************************If you have any question
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PreK - 5th
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 Mega-Pack
Experience the Japanese tsunami of 2011 with your class as you follow Ben on his miraculous story of survival in "I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011" novel study (book by Lauren Tarshis). This novel is written for a fourth grade reading level but could easily be used in grades 3-5, and with advanced 2nd grade readers.
This product download includes:
Reading Comprehension Chapters 1-4
Quiz Chapters 1-4
Reading Comprehension Chapters 5-8
Quiz Chapters 5-8
Reading Comprehension Chapters
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2nd - 5th
I Survived THE NAZI INVASION, 1944 Comp & Text Evidence (Answer Key Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
Dinosaurs Before Dark | Magic Tree House #1 | Lesson Plan, Quizzes, Activities
Need an engaging book companion for Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)? Look no further than this 100+ page 5-day NO PREP novel study!Perfect for elementary teachers and homeschoolers alike, this resource covers pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading through cross-curricular activities. Each day's lesson plan appeals to different types of learners: curated videos (visual and auditory), chapter reading (reading), comprehension quizzes and vocabulary (writing), interactive notebook
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1st - 3rd
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