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Free middle school informational text thematic unit plans
Solar System Activity: Planets Sorts (3) *Freebie*
These planet sorts are a unique way for students to show what they have learned about the planets! All of the information in this free planets activity can also be found in the Solar System Differentiated Reading Passages with Common-Core aligned Comprehension & Vocabulary activities. Hope your students enjoy!
3 Sorts Included:
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• All Planets
Answer Keys
Check out the FULL product here: Differentiated Planets Reading Passages, Comprehension and Vocabulary C
Grades:
3rd - 6th
FREE Biomes Activity: Biomes Reading Passage, Vocabulary & Comprehension
This free biomes reading passage is a perfect way to introduce the 5 major biomes during your biomes unit. It can also be used for a nonfiction reading activity during guided reading, practice finding text evidence, or when working on understanding academic vocabulary in context.WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS FREEBIE:Introductory Reading Passage: "All About Biomes" Vocabulary Preview Charts: Included are 2 options with vocabulary terms only or a chart with the image & definition filled-in.Finding
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Free Sample Life Cycle Units - Butterfly, Chicken, Plant, Frog, & Insect
This is a free sample of the compare and contrast reading passages with Venn Diagrams from my life cycle units. The complete units include a KWL, reading passages for all life cycle stages with REAL pictures and an opportunity to engage students with a turn and talk, interactive notebook foldables for vocabulary and life cycle, labeling the parts of each item, coloring, sequencing, unit assessment, and more!Find the individual units or for in a discounted bundle here:Frog Life Cycle Unit and In
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Gabby Douglas: Free Differentiated Biography Passages and Reading Comprehension
Your big kids will love reading about Olympic gymnastics champion, Gabby Douglas! It's a great way to integrate social studies and literacy with a high-interest topic. The entire file is a print and go, so that you have more time to teach and need less to time prep.
The biography passage comes in three different reading levels, allowing you to easily differentiate for your students. Passages are leveled at 3-3.5, 4-5, and 6-7.
The following are included with the set of passages:
• short
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
World Adventures Kids introduces the first program in our Newest Series!
Ancient Civilizations - Mesopotamia
We are offering this amazing product for FREE! If you enjoy it, please consider purchasing the rest of the series as titles are released.
Other titles in the series include:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient China
Ancient Aztec
Stay tuned for updates on their release!
Ancient Mesopotamia contains over 40 pages of information and activities! Suitable for the clas
Grades:
1st - 8th
Back to Basics- Social Emotional Learning Series: Respect
As educators we recognize that what we do in our classrooms plays an essential role in preparing our students to become respectful, compassionate, knowledgeable, responsible, and caring adults. To support the social emotional learning of students, Creativity That Works suggests The Back to Basics: Social Emotional Learning series as a perfect learning tool for use as an introduction to building a strong learning environment. This series will help with setting the tone/classroom management in t
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Biography Unit Grade 5
This purchase includes the unit plan, mini-lessons, handouts, rubrics, and exit tickets. The unit address the characteristics that make a biography and the types of biographies. This unit supports independence and aligns with the reader's workshop model of instruction. This unit drives students to think within, beyond, and about the text.Note: Although intended for 5th grade, it can easily be adjusted to meet the needs of 4th or 6th grade classes.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Unit Plan Template
This template is meant to be a tangible resource in which you can organize your year. It works best with middle school and high school unit planning because it is organized in terms (9 weeks). Most of the organization comes from my background in both Reader's Workshop and LDC modules, which are student centered curriculum integration models. There is a place to write down texts, as well as planning each week briefly in order to create a comprehensive unit. I've used this model I created for 3
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hard Work Pays Off: Ancient Egyptians, The Pyramid Builders
Students will explore how the Ancient Egyptians built the great pyramids.Aligns to CCSS RI 4.1 and RI 4.2 RI 5.1 and RI 5.2 RI 6.1 and RI 6.2 RI 7.1 and RI 7.2 RI 8.1 and RI 8.2This product includes:• Teaching notes with pre-reading and extension activities• Informational text passage on how the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids• Text dependent question
Grades:
4th - 7th
Supersize Me as Literary and Informational Nonfiction
Students will love this lesson !! Teaching nonfiction and struggling to capture your students’ interest? This uses the much-loved documentary, Supersize Me, as the vehicle to teach the pros and cons of the fast food technology, as well as the link between literary and informational nonfiction. Supersize Me is a wonderful combination of both story and facts. It reaches the balance students need to provide important information that will impact their health today and in the future, as well as
Grades:
6th - 12th
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PROGRESSIVE ERA & GILDED AGE HISTORICAL VOCABULARY with PRIMARY SOURCES
This HIGH QUALITY FREEBIE is part of my FEEDBACK CHALLENGE!
This includes a succinct informational text and primary source pictures to introduce the Progressive Era and Gilded Age with style!!! I would love to see if I could get at least 200 people to leave feedback on this listing!
GREAT PAIRED WITH A NOVEL! Combines primary source pictures and secondary source informational text to introduce students to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era time period. This is an interactive way to allow st
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Reading List and Website Sources for Texts About Diversity
If you like this freebie, click the green star to follow Bespoke ELA and receive product alerts, more freebies, and exclusive giveaways. Given all of the tragic events that have happened in our world and continue to happen in our world, I have compiled a reading list of 75 texts for grades 6-12 about DIVERSITY, RACISM, INCLUSION, TOLERANCE, and MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS. I truly believe that it is crucial to our world that we diversify our students' reading experiences beyond the standard cannon
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
No Time, No Money, Halloween Planning Guide for the Classroom-Align w/122 links
Halloween is coming are you Ready?? What, No time in your busy schedule? No extra Money? I totally understand that is why I developed the Ultimate Halloween Packet for you in Mind. This packet is a Collection of ideas that will show you how to integrate the Common Core State Standards and Halloween into your rigorous schedule while bringing a little fun into your student's day. Content included in this packet are ideas for: do it yourself costumes both children and adults, crafts, how to video
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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Flint, Michigan Water Crisis (2014-2016) Interactive Close Read
Looking for an engaging, topical informational text for your middle/early high school students?
This is an interactive close read for a mini-unit on the Flint water crisis. The overall objective of this mini-unit is: By the end of this mini-unit, students will be able to use textual evidence to discuss the short and long-term environmental and social impacts of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
This item is the bulk of the mini-unit. It is an interactive close read (with various student pro
Grades:
6th - 9th
I'm Going to Camp Informational Text
I Wonder... I'm Going to Camp Informational Text Level 3. This is part of a differentiated resource. I Wonder books are supported text to be used for students who struggle with citing text by referring back to the text/graphic/illustration/map. It can be printed, stapled and used as is, or laminated and bound for durability. The student will read each passage, looking at the corresponding, color coded pictures. To assess comprehension and mastery of referring back to text, the student will co
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Grades:
K - 9th
Native American Tribal Research Project
The American Tribal Research Project is a full unit project where students are encouraged to discover for themselves the many different aspect of a given tribe. This project can be used for individuals or group research. It can also be used for students to show what they know after a whole class tribal unit or for students to do their own research to find answers. Great for Upper Elementary or Lower Middles. If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave feedback or message me.
Grades:
4th - 7th
AUSTRALIA - A CROSS CURRICULAR LITERACY THEME
AUSTRALIA is a Cross Curricular theme involving English Language, vocabulary building, spelling (using the AU sound) geography mapwork, grammar such as opposites, similes, alphabetical order and so on. There are 40 worksheets. Burt Books has several other cross curricular themes.
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Are We Getting Anywhere? Analyzing Civil Rights and Humanity
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room.
This thought provoking lesson guide takes students on a journey discussing historic civil rights documents, speeches, poetry, and music. This lesson guides students to think deeply, analyze and synthesize the material in a manner, which will encourage discussion and
Grades:
6th - 9th
Grade 6, 7 and 8 Non-Fiction Reading Unit Plan
Grade 6, 7 and 8 Non-Fiction Reading- incredibly detailed unit plan on reading skills that includes activities and resources for over 18 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, analytical paragraphs, comparing texts, text types, inference and implication and more.To work in conjunction with our Grade 6, 7 and 8 Non-Ficti
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Grade 6, 7, 8 Non-Fiction Reading Unit
Rita Moreno (ENG) - Great Contemporary Hispanic Women Series
Series: Great, Contemporary Hispanic WomenRita Moreno was the first Hispanic female to win an Oscar. She is one of the few people in history to have an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). She is known for her artistic flair!Document available in English and Spanish.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Hard Work Pays Off: Thematic Unit
This thematic unit takes students through seven nonfiction passages with text dependent questions and activities. Watch your students’ own hard work pay off when they complete a performance assignment where they set and track their own measurable goal! This unit includes:• Seven high interest nonfiction passages abouto Gabrielle Douglaso Walt Disneyo Calvin Coolidgeo Abraham Lincolno Ancient Egyptianso Michael Jacksono Usain Bolt• Performance Assignmento Instructions on how to set a measur
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Vietnam War Gallery Walk: Hawks vs Doves
This Gallery Walk is to accompany the slideshow (Vietnam War: Musical Resistance). Students view a variety of images to compare the Hawks and Doves - such as their style, protest posters, beliefs, and political cartoons. The images were provided as a free resource from a TeachRock conference.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
Ghandi, the Great Soul
Story of Ghandi's life with a comprehension and answer sheet.Interesting reading piece with interactive pictures.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
ANGLO-SAXON (OLD ENGLISH) WITH FUN LEARNING ACTIVITIES!
This, as uploaded today 1/6/2016, begins with basic information about Anglo-Saxon which is also called Old English.
There’s a handy page with language background and pronunciation tips; a phrases/dialog section with: Hello, What’s your name?, I don’t understand, Again please, Thanks, What is that?, How much?, I want one, No , two, Yes, good; Where is a/the toilet?; Here, There; Goodbye.
Then come some additional extra vocabulary: woman, already, go, speak, in, house; man, see, much, food,
Grades:
6th - 12th
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