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Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola Christmas Book Study Activities
Engage your learners with this exciting holiday book activity. The Legend of the Poinsettia, as retold by Tomie dePaola, is a delightful book. In this activity, students will learn about legends and the rich Mexican culture. Included in this resource are comprehension questions and skills-based graphic organizers for the book study.IN THIS ACTIVITY...Legend PosterMap of Mexico and Facts (Students list the facts from the Google Site provided)Poinsettia Facts (Information resources from the Google
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2nd - 4th
Also included in:Â December Bundle - Project Based Learning - Christmas and December Activities
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Story of 9/11 Novel Guide
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Novel Guide. Ideal realistic fiction resource that masterfully tells the story of September 11th, the fallen towers and their legacy, which lives on in all of us. History is alive.This pack includes:Chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questions and answers. Character(s) analysis New VocabularyCause & Effect ChartKLW ChartThemes ActivityEssay TopicExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for: Teaching about American HistoryTeaching about September
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4th - 7th
Reader's Theater: Aztec, Incan, & Mayan Civilization Myths (intermediate)
Review key elements of the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec ancient civilizations while focusing on differentiation in reading fluency! This reader’s theater set features 3 popular myths/legends from history written on 3 separate reading levels (each with a lexiled reading level) for a total of 9 plays. Each script contains 6-8 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups with over 20 different characters provided! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Ohio 5th Grade Social Studies Reader's Theater Bundle
Spanish Reader's Theater--Caperucita Roja (Little Red Riding Hood)
Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes.
Little Red Riding Hood is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students who are
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K - 12th
Spanish Reader's Theater-Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos (The Three Bears)
Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students
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K - 12th, Adult Education
Games Around the World
Connect children to their peers around the world through versions of traditional games like tag, hopscotch, tic-tac-toe, and dominoes. This fun and engaging product includes 35 games from 23 different countries* for students to explore and compare all year long. Each game card includes clear instructions to prepare and play the game, its country of origin, and printables when necessary.Also included...a world map for locating the country of the game they will be playinga summary list for the ma
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1st - 4th
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Everybody Cooks Rice: A Book Companion
This product includes several activities for the book Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley. This book is great for the culturally responsive classroom! It takes a journey through a very diverse neighborhood and takes a look at culture through food. It incorporates lots of thinking maps and integrates several social studies skills.
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- Before Reading Questions: Activating prior knowledge and setting purpose for reading
- Bubble Map: Character traits of Carrie
- Vocabulary: 6 vocabula
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K - 5th
Perspective Taking Comic Strip Distance Learning Growing Bundle!!
This Growing Bundle has my best selling comic strip conversations interactive activities. They are designed for distance learning and engaging children. Interactive comic strips are great for perspective taking, inferencing, and story analysis. Guided questions included!It works similarly to a wordless picture book, but a wordless video! Watch together, then have the child retell. Type their words onto the comic strip and watch the magic happen.Share your screen with your student and view the cu
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1st - 12th
Global Awareness STEM Challenges | STEM Activities
Expose your students to the world around them through these STEM challenges These STEM activities will teach students about diverse people doing every day jobs such as artists and architects from around the world. These STEM activities are perfect preschool centers or Kindergarten centers. The art center resource is great way to add rigor to your art projects. Students will be challenged to build famous landmarks and homes around the world. We will also teach them about different cultures and
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PreK - 6th
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Character Traits: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features one character trait.• Students must match each character trait from the word bank to a passage.• Student will also underline se
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Malala's Magic Pencil 16 Book Extension Activities PLUS Mini Book
This book provides an opportunity to discuss the wider world with your elementary aged students. It is Malala's first picture book. The message of the book inspires hope.As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never
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1st - 4th
Also included in:Â Fourth & Fifth Grade Story Time 10 Book Bundle
Amal Unbound: Exploring Social Activism
If everyone decided nothing could change, nothing ever would.Amal Unbound is a wonderful opportunity for your students to experience what it is like living in a place where learning to read is a luxury and owing money could cost you your freedom!Through Amal’s journey, they will learn that standing up to what one knows is right and the risk taking involved in that brave act is what leads to change. This resource includes EVERYTHING that you need for your students to be engaged, active, thoughtf
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4th - 8th
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Cinco de Mayo Activities - May Digital Escape Room - Mexico Celebration
Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5, commemorating the anniversary of Mexico's victory in a battle with France. This fun digital escape room is a great way to learn more about Mexican culture. Students learn Spanish vocabulary, facts about Mexico, and more.While attending a Cinco de Mayo celebration, you've lost your piñata. You purchased the piñata to break open with your friends. To get your piñata returned, you have to solve puzzles and problems to break open the locks. Digit
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2nd - 5th
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Native American Art Project: Horse Nations- Art & Literature Lesson
This Native American project is inspired by the book The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses and Tashunka. Basic art supplies are all you will need. These lessons were a favorite in my classroom and teach how illustration artists use repetition to create unity in art. Included in the bundle:Literature and art Q & A2 art project lesson directionsart exampleshow to draw handout2 assessments I can Statements K-8National Core Standards list. **Books not includedCheck out my store for more engaging Nat
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3rd - 8th
Tall Tales Lap Book
Tall Tale Lap Book
{editable version}
*Make sure to download the preview to get a better look!
As you learn about the tales of America, use this interactive lap book as an accompaniment to any tall tale unit. This lap book comes complete with:
Foldable Story
Have students create their own tall tale
Character Flap
Students can research characters from different tall tales. Customize your own characters with the editable version.
United States Map
Pinpoint the different locations of the
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Iroquois Constitution & U. S. Constitution: An Analysis
This product addresses the comparison of the Iroquois Constitution and the U. S. Constitution. Debates have addressed whether the Founding Fathers were influenced by their interaction with the Iroquois. Students will consider their stance on the issue. Interest in further research is an option. However, dialogue will be stimulated. I have always encouraged students to generate their own questions in order to move them to a higher level of critical thinking. This product is a resource for all gra
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Pretty Salma Lesson Plan and Foldable Book
Travel to Ghana and meet the delightful Pretty Salma in this African version of Little Red Riding Hood! This set includes everything that you need to dive deep into this charming fairy tale with your students and create a fun foldable book that they can take home with them and retell.
Whether you are studying fairy tales around the world, decision making, or looking to inject diversity and multiculturalism into your classroom - this Pretty Salma kit is one that you can not miss.
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1st - 4th
One Crazy Summer Novel Unit for all 33 Chapters (inc. answers)
This novel unit uses proven strategies that hold students accountable for high levels of engagement in rigorous, high-interest, complex text. One Crazy Summer is a highly acclaimed historical fiction novel that is based in 1960's Oakland, CA. It is rapidly becoming a must-read novel for any 4-9th grader especially in studies of civil rights. This unit helps to scaffold reading comprehension for many types of readers in numerous formats. It can be used for intervention groups, book groups, an
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4th - 9th
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Read Aloud Digital Library
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month with these beautiful read alouds. Slide comes with safe links to read alouds read by, in most cases, the author and/or the illustrator. The perfect way to bring new titles to your students!
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PreK - 8th
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Back to School Read Aloud Books & Activities BUNDLE Multicultural Theme
Are you searching for an interactive read aloud bundle for Back to School that includes Multicultural Literature? This resource focuses on classroom community building activities, theme graphic organizers, lesson plans, unique writing prompts, read aloud discussion cards and other engaging activities that are perfect for back to school or any time of the year! This Back to School Read Aloud Books & Activities Bundle include the following read alouds: The Day You Begin, Dreamers, Each Kindne
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3rd - 6th
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Funny Bones Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras 22 Extension Activities
Look back at the life of Jose Guadalupe Posada. Learn about his childhood and what inspired him to create art. Follow him as grows and learns to be an independent artist and create his world famous Calaveras. Beautifully written and illustrated book created by Duncan Tonatiuh. I have created 22 book extension activities for this title. Activities Include:Cover PageCover Story Pre-Reading ActivityMaking Connections Before ReadingLet’s Take a Picture WalkI Wonder… Formulating QuestionsComprehensio
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2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â Celebrate Art and Artists 15 Book Companion Bundle NO PREP
We Are Grateful Lessons - Indigenous Perspectives - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning in Elementary Classrooms This Indigenous resource supports primary elementary students using reading strategies: connection, main idea, visualization, and theme PLUS a sensory writing extension.This unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy and has 8 different activities to support the story.There are multi-leveled lessons to accommodate differentiated learning levels and templates to use in a bulletin board display.We are Grate
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K - 4th
Nanberry Black Brother White by Jackie French - Chapter Comprehension Questions
Here we have chapter questions for the novel 'Nanberry Black Brother White' by Jackie French. The questions are presented in three different formats - the size 25 font for screen projection, the size 14 font for printing, and a digital copy as well so your students can complete the questions on a device. The three sizes are shown in the thumbnails.There are questions on every chapter to check understanding of the text through a range of comprehension questions. Perfect to check your students' un
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3rd - 8th
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Around the World in 80 Days Classic Starts Unit for Grades 3-4
This literature unit adapts the original Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne for younger children. It provides an excellent platform to introduce students to their own heritage while exploring various lands and cultures in this wonderful story. Students can have opportunities to develop map skills, increase vocabulary knowledge, build writing skills, and conduct project based learning activities such as choosing a heritage country to research and present as a culmination to the unit. The
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3rd - 4th
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