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Holidays/seasonal Common Core RI.7.1 lessons
Women's History Month Bulletin Board - Interactive Posters & Biographies - Decor
These 2 interactive bulletin boards are the PERFECT Women's History Month activities for middle school and high school students to learn about an influential and diverse group of women during March. Create an engaging bulletin board with these 86 eye-catching posters that contain thought-provoking quotes to pique student curiosity and get them thinking critically!Each poster focuses on a person from early Abolitionists through modern days and includes a H.O.T question. Question types include ana
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5th - 9th
Halloween Reading Comprehension - Superstitions Nonfiction Articles & Questions
Halloween Reading Comprehension - Superstitions Nonfiction Articles & Questions is a ready-to-use Halloween resource that will engage even your most reluctant readers. Students will read four high-interest nonfiction texts about widely-held superstitions including the number 13, black cats crossing your path, walking under ladders, and breaking a mirror. Students will show their comprehension with these Halloween reading comprehension texts through the included assignments with questions abo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle
Martin Luther King Day I Have a Dream Close Read and Rhetorical Analysis
Engage your students in close reading and rhetorical analysis skills with this Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" close reading and analysis activity. This is a perfect activity for students on Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
"I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a speech packed with rhetorical devices. This activity packet provides secondary teachers with multiple resources to help students conduct a close read of this famous speech.
This resource includes:
A teacher introductio
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Martin Luther King Day Activity Bundle for Secondary Students
Black History Month Bulletin Board - Interactive Posters & Biographies - Decor
This Black History Month interactive bulletin board resource comes with TWO Black History Month bulletin boards and is filled with Black History Month activities for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals. Create an engaging bulletin board with these 60 eye-catching posters that contain thought-provoking quotes to pique students' curiosity and get them thinking critically!You will receive two separate bulletin board kits: Set #1 contains 30
Grades:
6th - 9th
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides: Use this bundle of high-interest Christmas activities to engage your ELA students in reading and writing in December leading up to the break. With ready-to-use activities, assignments, slideshows, and more, you will be totally prepared to improve your students' ELA skills with a holiday twist! What Teachers Are Saying About These Christmas Reading and Writing Activities: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was the BEST Christmas resource
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6th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Passages & Close Reading Passages for Middle School Work
The Reading Comprehension Passages with test prep-type questions include high-interest topics that help sneak in ELA test prep for middle school & 5th grade. The 4 engaging informational reading passages are the perfect close reading passages for your upper elementary or middle school classroom during the first month of school, the weeks leading up to Halloween, for state test practice, or any time of the year.Great to use as back to school reading passages with comprehension questions becau
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5th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol: Non-Fiction Reading Activity
Need to add non-fiction into a Christmas Carol or holiday-themed unit? Want to add some controversy to your class before winter break?Use this 2-day lesson connecting literature and modern articles to assess CCSS RI.1 and W.9 in your ELA classroom. Themed around the question “Have we REALLY learned anything from Scrooge?”, the articles and corresponding questions ask students to think critically about the theme of the novella and whether or not society is carrying out Scrooge’s lesson. (Though t
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol: Unit Bundle with Random Acts of Kindness
Women's History Month Bell Ringers - 30 BellRingers - Reading Comprehension
This month-long bellringers resource is the PERFECT Women's History Month activity to introduce your middle school and high school students to a diverse group of women. Each bell ringer is designed to introduce students to an influential woman and contains a text-dependent question for students to answer. Question types include analysis, making connections, making inferences, comparisons, and more.This Women's History Month resource requires NO PREP-just PRINT and let your students do the thinki
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6th - 9th
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ESL Lesson Plans| ESL Halloween | ESL Curriculum
Are you looking for an engaging ESL lesson? This ESL lesson includes vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening activities for ESL students. Also included in this ESL lesson is a Digital Version! This ESL lesson is perfect for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced ESL students. In this ESL lesson students will have access to speaking and vocabulary activities. Also, ESL students will access the four domains of language. Join the Close Read of the Month Club today! Every month you will have less
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3rd - 12th
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Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Activities for Reading and Writing, Grades 4-8Forget your old Thanksgiving lesson plans! Your students do NOT want to hear about the first Thanksgiving, and they DEFINITELY do NOT want to write dull paragraphs about the things they are thankful for.Seriously. They DON’T!Spice up your lesson plans with this DIFFERENT differentiated unit for Thanksgiving!Your students will:• View and analyze a video clip about innovative humane practices at turkey farms and processing plants.• View a
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4th - 9th
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Science of Gratitude | November & Thanksgiving | Nonfiction Mini Lessons
Perfect resource for Middle and High School students for Thanksgiving or any time of the year! Cross-curricular literacy reading selections on the scientific benefits of gratitude. Don't just tell your students they should be grateful - demonstrate the scientific reasons behind why they will benefit by developing the habit of gratitude. These mini-lessons are fully editable and include differentiated writing responses and activities. Use portions throughout the school year, as you need. You can
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: English Language Arts - Bundle of MY Favorite Products in My Shop
Article of the Week Holidays Around The World Non-Fiction Articles
Help bring more diversity into your classroom with this holidays around the world non-fiction articles bundle. This resource contains 14 high-interest non-fiction articles and post-reading activities to assist with reading comprehension, standardized test prep, and cross-curricular learning.Article Topics:Chinese New YearLunar New YearGroundhog DayValentine's DayDaylight SavingSt. Patrick's DayApril Fools' DayEarth DayRamadanHalloweenDiwaliHanukkahChristmasKwanzaaResource Includes:14 high-intere
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6th - 8th
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Holiday History Common Core Reading Bundle
This money-saving bundle includes 6 Common Core aligned holiday readings! Each tells the history behind our modern holidays with a reading and set of questions and activity.All of the following resources are included:History of Halloween Reading and WorksheetThanksgiving's History Reading and WorksheetHistory of Santa Claus and Christmas in America Common Core ReadingThe History of Valentine's Day Common Core Reading WorksheetThe Story of St. Patrick's Day Reading, Worksheet, and Celtic Cross Ac
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6th - 10th
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Arab American Heritage Month Bulletin Board - Interactive Arab American Posters
This interactive bulletin board is the PERFECT Arab American Heritage Month activity for middle school and high school students to learn about influential Arab Americans during April. Create an engaging bulletin board with these 42 eye-catching posters that contain thought-provoking quotes to pique student curiosity and get them thinking critically!Each poster focuses on an influential Arab American individual and includes a H.O.T question. Question types include analysis, making connections, ma
Grades:
6th - 9th
Christmas & Winter Holiday Differentiated Passages Bundle
Christmas & Winter Holiday Differentiated Passages BundlePrintable + Digital Paperless Versions IncludedWith this resource, students will learn about Christmas and winter holiday celebrations around the world by reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. There are 10 original reading passages included on 5 reading levels covering grades 3-8, totaling 50 passages. Questions (as well as answer keys) aligned to Common Core State Standards are included for each passage. Students
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Martin Luther King Day Activity Bundle for Secondary Students
Martin Luther King Jr. activities and writing for secondary students. This bundle contains three different MLK Jr. assignments that are ideal for high school and middle school students.
This resource contains:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Group Research Project
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Close Read and Rhetorical Analysis
Martin Luther King, Jr. Informational Essay - Grades 6-10 - CCSS Aligned
Begin your unit with a group research project. This collaborative, hands-on activity is a gr
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6th - 12th
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Hispanic Heritage Month Bulletin Board - 30 Posters, Biographies, & Questions
The Hispanic Heritage Month bulletin board is PERFECT to introduce middle school and high school students to 30 influential Hispanic and Latinx individuals during Hispanic Heritage Month. This interactive bulletin board can be used for a variety of Hispanic Heritage Month activities that will promote student collaboration, discussions and critical thinking.Each Hispanic Heritage Month poster is accompanied by a short biography and higher order thinking question that students will respond to. Que
Grades:
5th - 9th
High-Interest Science Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
High-Interest Science Differentiated Passages for the Year BundlePrintable + Digital Paperless Versions IncludedWith this resource, students will learn fascinating and random science facts about every month of the year by reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. These high-interest passages are engaging, surprising, and fact-filled passages about real science topics! This bundle includes one passage set for each month of the year (11 total because June and July are combined).
Langston Hughes Harlem Renaissance Poetry Analysis Unit Bundle
Engage your middle school students in American poems of the Harlem Renaissance that resonate with current events. This poetry unit is based on the TPCASTT poetry analysis model: Title, Paraphrase, Connotations, Attitude (tone), Shift, Title revisited, and Theme. The lessons use guided close reading of Langston Hughes’s poems "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Dreams," "Mother to Son," and "Harlem" (Dream Deferred). Product FeaturesEngaging slideshow for each poem with critical thinking questionsInte
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7th - 8th
Valentine's Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension - Articles & Assignments
Valentine's Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension - Articles and Assignments: Engage your students with these 5 Valentine’s Day nonfiction articles on topics ranging from the history of chocolate to learning about Cupid! Students will then complete reading comprehension assignments that require text evidence to check their comprehension. These activities are not only perfect for around Valentine’s Day, but they will also help develop your students’ reading comprehension skills. Included in This V
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7th - 10th
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
What kid hasn't wished Christmas, their birthday, Hanuka, or the Fourth of July could come around more than once a year? This wonderful, classic short story reminds us that too much of a sweet thing can quickly turn sour!
The story is paired with an article about the waste generated during the holiday season and a video about holiday recycling. This rigorous unit includes guided practice on how to closely read a complex text, as well as how to answer multiple choice, sh
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6th - 8th
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New Year's Activities Escape Room | 2024 Resolutions & Goal Reaching
Exciting adventures and thoughtful challenges await your students with this break out based lesson! With this fun-filled, action-packed lesson, your students will learn the benefits of goal-setting, ways to avoid pitfalls, and learn how to stay the course with their New Year’s resolutions. This resource is included in a bundle! Creativity Bundle of Language Arts Lessons for Middle and High School.Contents IncludeOverview of Mission TasksTo-Do with Students BeforehandEscape Room Expectations – Go
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7th - 10th
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Women's History Month Activities - Bulletin Board - Bell Ringers - Projects
This month-long Women's History Month bundle includes SIX activities that are PERFECT to introduce your middle school or high school students to important women during Women's History Month. This LOW PREP bundle includes engaging Women's History Month activities, posters, decor, and more that will help your students practice research skills, writing skills, and critical thinking skills while learning new information. Each Women's History Month project in this bundle includes everything that is n
Grades:
6th - 9th
STEM: Acts of Kindness Project
It's Back to School time - Plan ahead for a great school year!
Critical Thinking and Service Learning are Common Core! Great for the beginning of the year, Open House, or use it anytime throughout the year.
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing. Teach them to Pay it Forward!
This service learning project incorporates critical thinking, research, and problem solving.
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Teacher U
Grades:
4th - 12th, Staff
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