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1st grade critical thinking literature lessons
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 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
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM
Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas
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K - 5th
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Retelling Passages, Graphic Organizers RL.1.2 1st Grade Reading Comprehension
This RL.1.2 Story Retell and Retelling Stories 1st grade reading unit is packed full of standards-based lessons, graphic organizer worksheets, Lexile passages, and activities to use while you are teaching the standard RL1.2. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching students how to retell a story and find the moral/central message/lesson of the text.Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the pack you will receive: 3 Mini Le
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1st
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Social-Emotional Learning Book Companion Lessons & Read Aloud Activities Bundle
This SEL Children's Book Companion Bundle includes 40 read-aloud lessons on popular picture books, fun SEL activities, reading comprehension discussion questions, writing prompts, and more that teach social-emotional learning and build reading skills. It's great for school counseling lessons, morning meetings, sub plans, and more!⭐Get ready to revolutionize your read aloud time with the mind+heart Social Emotional Learning Book Companion Bundle! Book companions provide lessons that dig deep into
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PreK - 3rd
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Interactive Read Alouds Notebook - Reading Response, Comprehension Strategies
Looking for an interactive read alouds notebook to teach reading comprehension strategies? Use ANY BOOK with these reading response activities. Perfect for kindergarten, first or second grade classrooms! The activities in this packet will enable your students to create reading response artifacts that they can refer to over and over. This resource includes journaling activities for EVERY Reading Literature Standard for Grades K-2.This interactive read aloud notebook will still be a wonderful a
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Tops and Bottoms Read Aloud - Spring Plant Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Tops and Bottoms read aloud activities will teach your students about plants with lesson plans and reading comprehension book activities.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and responding t
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Read Alouds Bundle - Reading Comprehension - A Year of Read Alouds
Story Elements Graphic Organizers, Anchor Charts, RL.1.3 1st Grade Reading RL1.3
This RL.1.3 Story Elements first grade reading unit is packed full of standards-based lesson plans, graphic organizers, anchor charts, Lexile passages, and other activities to use while you are teaching the standard RL1.3. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching students how to describe characters, setting, and events in the text.Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the pack you will receive: 4 Mini Lessons with Anchor
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1st
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Turkey Trouble! Literacy Activities
After reading the children's book Turkey Trouble, by Wendi Silvano your kiddos can do these fun worksheets to respond to the book. Activities included in this packet: -Sequencing and character cards in color to help teach your kiddos sequencing. These cards can be used in a pocket chart, to create an anchor chart, or can be put in a center. -Sequencing cut and paste-Character drawing-Character traits activity-Story Plot-Setting-Favorite part of the story!-Design a disguise for Turkey-Writing act
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Turkey Book Bundle- Wendi Silvano's Turkey Books {Turkey Trouble}
Creepy Carrots Read Aloud - Halloween STEM Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Creepy Carrots read aloud activities are perfect for teaching reading comprehension skills to young learners. These Creepy Carrots read aloud activities are print and go, FUN and cover tons of standards. Students love Jasper Rabbit's adventures and these fun book companion activities will keep them super engaged.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the cha
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Halloween Read Aloud Bundle - October Comprehension Activities
Last Day Blues Read Aloud - End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Last Day Blues" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Last Day Blues" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningf
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Read Alouds Bundle - Reading Comprehension - A Year of Read Alouds
End of the Year READ ALOUD STEM Activities BUNDLE Creativity, Science, Engineers
Integrate STEAM and STEM in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Make the last week of school and the last day of school amazing! Create a cereal box memory book to help students process the "last day blues." Engineer an amazing treehouse! Have students imagine, design, build, and write about their dream house using Geometry and 3D Shapes! Learn about the Chicago World's Fair and make a Ferris Wheel!Includes 4 STEM/STEAM Projects to go along with the following Read Aloud Books: Last Day
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
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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READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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Mo Willems Author Study
This Mo Willems author study is the perfect way for your K-2 students to read, study, and enjoy some of Mo Willems' popular books!This 75 page unit is packed with literacy and writing activities designed to get your primary students interacting with the text.Please download the preview to see some examples of the types of activities included!In this unit:Who is Mo Willems?Fact Sheet about the authorTimeline of popular books included in this unitSpecific activities for the following Pigeon books:
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K - 2nd
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Sneezy the Snowman Read Aloud Lessons - Snowman Craft - Reading Comprehension
These Sneezy the Snowman read aloud lesson plans and story comprehension activities will engage your students all week long and include a snowman craft!Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and res
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K - 1st
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Turkey Trouble Read Aloud Craft- Thanksgiving Activities
This "Turkey Trouble" interactive read-aloud lesson plan and craft pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Turkey Trouble" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningful ways. Th
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: November Read Alouds - Fall Activities - Reading Comprehension Bundle
Character Traits & Main Character Graphic Organizers Lesson Plans, Worksheets
This main character and character traits reading unit will help you teach your students about character traits, main character, character details, and supporting characters! It provides lesson plans, reading passages, whole group lesson sorting activities, small group work, graphic organizers, centers, and a craft to help you do so and will keep your students engaged the whole time! Both print and digital versions are included!What's Included:3 Lesson Planning Pages (use as you see fit... Teachi
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1st - 2nd
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Asking and Answering Questions RL.1.1 - 1st Grade Reading Comprehension - RL1.1
This RL.1.1 Asking and Answering Questions 1st grade reading unit is packed full of standards-based activities such as lesson plans, anchor charts, Lexile passages, and worksheets to use while you are teaching the standard RL1.1. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching students to answer questions using the text and to ask themselves questions while reading. Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the first grade reading p
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Grades:
1st
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Sub Station Kit *Grades K-2* | For the Substitute
Featured on TeachersPayTeachers and TargetTeachers! This Sub Station is the easiest way to organize for a Substitute! Teachers know how difficult it can be to miss a school day (or worse, plan for extended leave). This Sub Station will help you get the most important info together and displayed in a simple station! Perfect for teachers who are required to have their Substitute plans visible!This download has everything you need to organize for a Sub, minus the chocolate ;) *Check out my video o
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K - 2nd
Point of View Worksheets, 1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages, Unit RL.1.6
This RL.1.6 Point of View first grade reading unit is full of standards-based activities, anchor charts, worksheets, Lexile passages, and other activities to use while you are teaching the standard RL1.6. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching point of view and how to tell who is talking.Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the first grade RL1.6 pack you will receive: 3 Mini Lessons with Anchor Chart6 Graphic Organizer
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1st
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Henry and Mudge Activities
Do your students reading Henry and Mudge books? These graphic organizers, sequencing activities, anchor chart templates, and other Mudge activities will get your students excited about reading! Whether you are retelling a story with a Beginning, Middle, and End Mudge Bowl Booklet, drawing Mudge and labeling character traits, or Creating a Mudge Sequencing Collar, your students are sure to fall in love with learning!1. Bubble Maps: Describe the characters2. Venn Diagram Flapbooks- compare the
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1st - 2nd
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Main Idea Reading Comprehension Passages Fall Worksheets
Use main idea reading passages to help your students grasp the concept of main idea and supporting details. These no prep short reading comprehension worksheets help students gain confidence in identifying main topic and supporting details. Each passage includes short answer and multiple choice questions. Fiction and non-fictions texts are included. There are 20 fall-themed no prep main idea passages included. Each passage includes a short, simple text. Reading comprehension questions are includ
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1st - 2nd
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Poetry Unit Comprehension 1st Grade Feeling Words and Sensory Details RL.1.4
This RL.1.4 Feelings and Sensory Details in poetry 1st grade reading unit is packed full of standards-based lesson plans, Lexile passages, and activities to use while you are teaching the standard RL1.4. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching poetry, sensory words, feelings, and how the author uses words and phrases to help prove these.Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the pack you will receive: 4 Mini Lessons with
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1st
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The Most Magnificent Thing Read Aloud - Back to School STEM Activities
These Most Magnificent Thing read aloud activities will teach students about growth mindset and perseverance. These back to school lesson plans will last a week and include reading comprehension activities and a STEM activity with a fun challenge.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Back to School Read Alouds Reading Activities - September
Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizers, Passages, Anchor Chart RL.1.9 1st Grade
This RL.1.9 Compare and Contrast 1st grade fiction reading unit is full of standards-based lesson plans, anchor charts, professionally Lexiled passages, and graphic organizers to use while you are teaching the standard RL1.9. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching students to find similarities in differences in stories.Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the first grade RL1.9 pack you will receive: 3 Mini Lessons9 Gra
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Grades:
1st
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