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Middle school informational text lesson interactive whiteboards
Author's Perspective Point of View Purpose Nonfiction Teach Analyze
This powerpoint is an awesome way to teach author’s purpose and perspective. With animated graphics and step-by-step instruction, concepts are taught in an easily understandable way while keeping your students’ undivided attention. Includes:36 slides that teach the three main author’s purposes (entertain, inform and persuade) and give step-by-step instruction on how to distinguish the author’s opinion, central idea or perspective on a topic. To liven it up and provide much needed examples, 5 k
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Informational Writing Interactive Lessons How to Write an Essay Bundle
Are your upper elementary students struggling to write an informational essay? Add digital interactive fun to your informative writing unit with this bundle which has no-prep activities that will save you time! This WRITING BUNDLE includes 9 digital interactive lessons designed to teach students how to write an essay based on the 5th grade Common Core Standards. Students will be guided through the writing process by learning the elements of informational writing, choosing a topic and subtopics,
Grades:
4th - 6th
21st Century OCTOBER DAILY COMPREHENSION: High Interest Reading Activities
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN OCTOBER!ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!For years you've loved our Daily Comprehension Series... Now we've created a whole new series emphasizing captivating events that have happened in the 21st Century!Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Textual Evidence Powerpoint using RACE Strategy
This 18 page powerpoint introduces the R.A.C.E. strategy (Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite Evidence and Expand). This lesson walks students through the steps in RACE using guided practice. At the end of the lesson, a question and text is provided to allow students to practice using R.A.C.E. on their own. This powerpoint contains the following:-Introduction-Common Core Standards (you can edit it to fit your grade level)-Discussion question-Textual evidence defined-Textual evidence
Grades:
4th - 7th
North Carolina History: Blackbeard and Bath
Ahoy, mateys! Cheryl Gourley has created nonfiction reading selections on Blackbeard and Bath, NC, where the famous pirate once lived. Each selection is written at an intermediate reading level. A reading response page or a multiple choice question sheet accompany each selection. Answers are provided for all worksheets. The pages can be used for individual assignments or projected to a SMART board. Fulfills the Common Core standard 4.10 for comprehending informational texts, including history.
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3rd - 6th
Argument, Claim, & Evidence Practice - Is Binge Watching TV Harmful or Harmless?
This presentation can be used as a pdf or Google Slides Presentation with Peardeck Add-On. This is great quick practice for 7th-8th grade students struggling with creating argument claims or writing argumentative paragraphs. The Peardeck Add-on makes this digitally interactive for your students. Simply find the Peardeck add-on in Tools and present using the Present button. Have students enter the code given into joinpd.com. This presentation works similar to Nearpod. There are two Youtube videos
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Grades:
7th - 8th
Summer Olympics 2024 Presentation
The Olympics provide a perfect opportunity to educate and inspire students to reach for their dreams and work hard like Olympians and Paralympians. This is an in-depth presentation for classroom or PE teachers that explains the Olympics and specific details about this year’s Olympics. It can be incorporated into any Olympic themed lesson/activities teachers may plan. The presentation incorporates many of SEL learning.The 119 slides include information about what the Olympics are, explain the sym
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Grades:
K - 6th
Immigration from 1820-1920 - SmartBoard & Student Sheet Activity Pack
America is a land of immigrants. Most Americans can trace their ancestry back to an immigrant, and 40% of Americans can directly trace their ancestry back to Ellis Island!
The second major wave of immigration to the United States took place between the years of 1820-1920. People came for a variety of reasons. Some were pull reasons - reasons that compelled them to move to the United States. Others were push reasons - their safety in their homeland was threatened. For most, America repre
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fact Vs. Opinion Powerpoint Lesson
Powerpoint includes a motivational start, definitions of both fact and opinion, vocabulary, several pages of "Adelina's Whales", and interactive example slides for student's to participate in!
Great start to end resource for teaching fact and opinion!
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Informational Text to analyze Engineering Design Process MS-ETS1-1 (Editable)
Looking for a way to implement READING and WRITING from the Common Core into NGSS Engineering? Here's your solution!
This lesson uses "Scientific Informational Text" to define and analyze the use of the Engineering Design Process in the creation of a device that turns salt water into drinking water using solar power. Students read article on how a group of students created and designed this device. The students are then asked to analyze the article and apply it to the Engineering Design Proc
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Analyzing Text Structure Lesson (plus a worksheet!)
This presentation works well with the interactive Pear Deck application, HOWEVER the animation does NOT work while using Pear Deck. It is not necessary to use Pear Deck while teaching this lesson, instead consider having students answer the questions on a sheet of paper, or having whole group or small group discussions about each question and answer choice.Both my Advanced and Regular students LOVED this presentation! The colors and animation made it fun. :-)*PLEASE NOTE* The Preview is NOT the
Grades:
7th - 8th
Taking Notes & Responding to Literature: Chad, Africa and Rain School
This Smartboard lesson is correlated to many Common Core standards (3 RL.1, 3.RL.2, 3.RI.2, 3.RI.7, 3.SL.1 , 3.SL.2). The lesson begins with the essential question. As an introduction to note taking, students take notes on Chad, Africa using scaffolded notes using Culturgrams or another available resource of your choice. Then students respond to Rain School and work on developing text-based answers. Lesson plan and Smartboard lesson are already done for you. Focuses students on studying educatio
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Annotate Informational Text about Malala Yousafzai
Students will learn about Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban because she fought for her education. This is a high interest topic engaging students immediately! This lesson may be done in a class when discussing slavery and literacy in the United States or literacy as a global issue. In this differentiated lesson, students will learn how to annotate informational texts using text symbols which will help them become more comfortable with informational text.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Expository Practice Passage NonFiction Text PUFFINS SMARTBOARD
This interactive SMARTboard lesson provides a nonfiction passage for your expository unit on puffins and 14 slides with questions about the nonfiction text. It also includes a printable version of the passage so your students can have a hard copy in front of them while working their way through the questions. 16 questions about the selection include: main idea, author's purpose, author's point of view, fact and opinion, context clues, and more. All questions are self checking so this lesson ma
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Social Issues Book Clubs - SUPPLEMENT - Google Slides, PowerPoint, SMART & PDF
Reviews of my other products:I can't wait to start using this tomorrow with my students. It is very thorough. Thanks!Shay L. - January 29, 2019A teacher-friendly, kid-engaging format! THANK YOU!Morning Lori (TpT Seller) - August 3, 2018This is by far the best resource a teacher can invest. Thank you you have no idea how I feel right now A++++++++chyna sha (TpT Seller) - May 15, 2018This visual aid is designed as an accommodation for students with a visual learning preference. While you teach fr
Grades:
4th - 6th
Immigration from 1600-1790 - SmartBoard & Student Sheet Activity Pack
America is a land of immigrants. Most Americans can trace their ancestry back to an immigrant, and 40% of Americans can directly trace their ancestry back to Ellis Island!
The first major wave of immigration to the United States took place between the years of 1600-1790. People came for a variety of reasons - some voluntarily, and some involuntarily.
This engaging activity pack includes:
* 18 page SmartBoard presentation (8 pages on the entire wave and 10 pages specifically focusing on
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Nonfiction UNIT -LUCY CALKINS-- SMARTBOARD EDITION- GRADE 3- ALL SESSIONS
READY TO TEACH - Just open it up and start to teach!
**This unit follows the “READING TO LEARN” Unit written by Lucy Calkins and the Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP).
***. These lessons give a visual representation of Lucy’s lessons detailed and amazing lessons. They are easy enough that a sub could teach it, and give my special education and ELL’s something to refer to.
**Each session has a full range of slides that follow the “ mini lesson” structure. They include
Grades:
1st - 6th
Frightful's Mountain CCSS Module 4 Slides Presentation
This presentation covers lessons 1-11 in Module 4 of Frightful's Mountain. When I taught the book and module, I did not teach lessons 12 and 13. In place of those 2 lessons in my presentation are my quiz questions, with writing prompts and discussion questions. The rest of the lessons 1-11 have vocabulary for each chapter, learning targets, guiding questions through each lesson, most activities from the module, quiz questions, maps, and visuals to enhance student understanding and align with the
Grades:
5th - 7th
Sons of Liberty - Power Point Full History Facts Information Pictures Sam Adams
Sons of Liberty - Power Point Full History Facts Information Pictures Sam Adams
Powerpoint on the full history of the Sons of Liberty the group of American colonists who started a revolution
Great information pictures - all the facts
Grades:
5th - 9th
Opinion Writing - Parts of a Paper Dog Autopsy Activity (WORD VERSION)
THE STUDENTS GET TO IMAGINE THAT THEIR DOG HAS JUST EATEN THEIR HOMEWORK. THEY TAKE IT TO A VETERINARIAN TO GET THE HOMEWORK OUT. THE VETERINARIAN ASKS THE STUDENT TO ASSIST THEM WITH GETTING THE PAPER OUT. STUDENTS THEN STICK THEIR HANDS INSIDE THE DOGS STOMACH (32 OUNCE YOGURT CONTAINERS, OR CONTAINERS OF EQUAL SIZE) AND PULL OUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PAPER, AND MUST PUT THEM TOGETHER. WHILE THEY PUT THE PAPER TOGETHER, STUDENTS NOTICE DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF A GOOD PAPER, AND MAKE NOTES
Grades:
5th - 7th
Paraphrasing versus Quoting
Citing Evidence is a major part of the Common Core State Standards. This three day lesson introduces the students to the difference between paraphrasing versus quoting. As well as the importance of using in-text citations and a works cited page. The lesson involves guided notes, practice activities, and a short research activity based upon the students individual names. It is scaffolded to allow for students to grasp this concept. It is high-interest and a good way to introduce this concept to y
Grades:
7th - 9th
Jane Goodall The Watcher and Me Jane Biography Activities Book Companions
Searching for creative activities for two Jane Goodall biographies? If you are studying The Watcher and Me, Jane, you will love these reading, science, writing, music, and technology lessons. Kids will love the integrated activities and fall in love with Jane Goodall and her chimpanzees along the way. The lessons are based on two acclaimed biographies: The Watcher and Me, Jane. Many lessons contain technology components, so make sure you have internet access. Perfect for Earth Day, Women's Histo
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Also included in: Jane Goodall Biography Bundle
Teacher's College- Research Clubs Unit Grade 3- Days 1-9 SMART EDITION!
Just Open and Teach!!
** This follows the Lucy Calkins Reader's Workshop, Research clubs unit. It is not intended to replace her work, rather it is intended to supplement. My students benefit from visuals, scaffolds, and differentiation. These Smartboard files will give your students the visual to go along with Lucy's Reading Workshop, nonfiction Unit.
* This follows the mini-lesson structure
** To teach these lessons students are put into "Research Clubs" The Mentor Texts are nonfiction
Grades:
1st - 6th
Reading Comprehension Strategies, tips, presentation
This is a slideshow with tips and strategies to use before reading, during reading and after reading. I use this with my whole group teaching, as well as with my small group and intervention reading group. It is nice to put it on Google Classroom for them to refer to weekly.
Grades:
4th - 9th
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