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Free balanced literacy cultural activities
Black History Month Freebie!
Happy Black History Month! I love this month because it's cause for such a celebration... Students deserve and love to hear about the famous and not-so-famous African Americans of history, so why not shout it on the mountains!
I'd love for you to share these printables with your students to celebrate Black History Month! Each is a printable from the following products, should you wish to view them further:
Kindergarten No Prep Printables
ABCs of Black History
Black History Month Comprehen
Grades:
K - 2nd
FREEBIE: "Thankful" Cards, Posters, Writing Activity, End of Year, Thanksgiving
Why not have your students show gratitude through writing cards, or display the water color posters in your classroom? The positive affirmations can help your students be more grateful and show thankfulness. Perfect for End of Year, Beginning of Year Decor, November and Thanksgiving time. Why not develop and build your classroom community through kindness using these "thankful" posters, cards and activities? RESOURCE INCLUDES:Teaching Ideas7 Color Posters in landscape, square & portrait siz
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PreK - 6th, Staff
FREE Hispanic Heritage Month Book Activities
Wanting to incorporate some Latino culture into your literature? Whether you're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month or not, these books are great literature and the free book activity links make creating meaningful lesson plans easy.
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PreK - 3rd
Thanksgiving Turkey Color by Sight Words Worksheet | Literacy Center Activity
Is your class ready to practice sight words in a fun way? Check out this adorable color by sight word turkey! This is a great activity to add for November, Fall, or Thanksgiving! This activity would work well in a pre-k or Kindergarten classroom!Sight words included:IcanthelikeweseeThis can be used for:Center ActivitiesHomeworkIndependent PracticeWhole groupExit TicketWhat's Included:Turkey Color by sight word sheetSight word read and write sheetBECOME A FOLLOWER on TPT! ✨Follow Me on Social
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Veterans Day Hat Craft Activity - Remembrance Day Hat/Crown | November Craft
FREE Veterans Day Crown Craft/ Remembrance Day Crown - Veterans Day Activities is great way to teach your class the importance of honoring the veterans, who serve our nation. This Veterans Day activity is the perfect to engage students and for them to express gratitude towards these great men and women. Kids would love to make this Remembrance Day craft and writing thank you or their name on the strap. They also get to practice fine motor, cutting and gluing skills. This Veterans Day activity is
Grades:
PreK - 5th
FREEBIE: Patriotic Literacy Songs, Readers Theater, Writing Activities
Elementary and Music Teachers love this Patriotic songs, readers theater or music program script for any PATRIOTIC holiday. Easy to use and flexible script choices. Comes with Lyrics for 7 songs (sung to familiar tunes), 2 writing activities and various script options. An essential resource for grades 3-6.Product DescriptionPower Point and Pdf files for easy printing and projecting. Please open the READ ME file first for more details upon purchase.SCRIPT with 19 parts. Choose 1 student for each
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3rd - 6th
TEXAS STATE SYMBOLS MATCHING CARDS
Add some fun to your science, social studies, or Texas-themed learning centers with these colorful Texas State Symbols Matching Cards. The set includes fifteen pairs of cards—one with a photo of the symbol and one with the name of the symbol. State Symbols Included:armadillo, bluebonnet, chili, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, horned lizard, jalapeno, longhorn, mockingbird, Monarch butterfly, pecan, prickly pear cactus, rodeo, ruby red grapefruit, tortilla chips and salsa Targeted Skills:Identifying of
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K - 5th
The King of Kindergarten! First Day Activity
This is a great first day of school activity to go along with The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes! You can purchase the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556838/the-king-of-kindergarten-by-derrick-barnes-illustrated-by-vanessa-brantley-newton/In this activity, students can get a ROYAL introduction and make their own king and queen faces. Talk about their uniqueness and be sure to make skin tone crayon colors available. Students can choose from multiple different hair sty
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K
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FLAGS AROUND THE WORLD Rhyming Reader
Enrich your multicultural studies with Flags Around the World, an engaging book that uses a rhyming text to highlight the flags of fifteen nations. Flags Around the World also includes a crossword comprehension review. National Flags Included:Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, France, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Mexico, Russia, United States Vocabulary Words and Phrases:Andean condor, constellation, geometric, Hinomaru, horizontal, Maasai, maple, Old Glory, rhombus, spok
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K - 3rd
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Freebie: Presidents Day Literacy and Coin Facts
February President's Day activities for your literacy centers and daily 5 activities. Students will love figuring out which coin matches the President. Best for grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade. RESOURCE INCLUDES:10 ACTIVITIES:Blank Circle MapBlank Double Bubble MapColor the PennyColor the QuarterColor the PresidentsAbraham Lincoln Facts and coloring sheet.George Washington Facts and coloring sheet.Abraham Lincoln and George Washington Coin & Fact sheet.2 Blank paragraph writing sheets
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PreK - 4th
Literature Circle Questions for The Watsons go to Birmingham
Thoughtful, higher-order thinking discussion questions for literature circles or book clubs! The book is broken into eight segments, based upon chapter length and difficulty level. Questions target reading skills, as well as social studies ideas. This is appropriate for fifth grade and above.
Grades:
5th - 12th
IRELAND: Snapshots of Ireland
Introduce your students to the land of shamrocks, leprechauns, and the Blarney Stone with Snapshots of Ireland. Like all books in the Snapshots of the World series, Snapshots of Ireland includes a world map showing the country’s location, the national flag, cultural symbols and landmarks, common phrases in the national language, a crossword puzzle comprehension review, and original illustrations suitable for coloring. Irish Gaelic Words and Phrases: (includes phonetic pronunciations)Cad is ainm
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: DISCOVERING COUNTRIES AND CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD GROWING BUNDLE
Teaching a Truer Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a wonderful, warm holiday to teach about and celebrate with our little ones. So often, the story that is passed on to our children is one that has some myths and stereotypes involved. This FREE packet gives suggestions and resources for eliminating stereotypes in teaching our littles about the first Thanksgiving, as well as some fun activities associated with being inclusive of our students who don't celebrate Thanksgiving in a traditional way (or at all).
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K - 2nd
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EASTER EGG SIGHT WORDS Literacy Spelling Reading Spring Activity Free Printable
This printable makes setting up an Easter themed literacy and/or sensory activity easy and fast! Simply cut out each sight word, and hide them inside plastic Easter eggs, along with the letters needed to build each word. You can use letter tiles (from games such as Scrabble or Bananagrams), letter stickers, magnetic letters, or simply printed letters on paper. Hide the eggs in a sensory bin, or around a room, and encourage children to find them and build the words. Please NOTE: This activity cur
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Tier 2 Vocabulary: The Name Jar
There are two pages of this no prep Tier 2 Vocabulary Text Companion. Speech-language pathologists or teachers should use the activity pages with children and adolescents to practice their vocabulary skills. This text companion contains easy to use and no prep activity pages. All you have to do is print and you’re ready to use with students. After reading aloud the fiction book, The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi, have the students complete the activity pages. Watch them learn and grow in their voca
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2nd - 6th
Compound Words Winter Holiday: CHRISTMAS and HANUKKAH
Teacher Review: Elendria: 5 STARSThis was a great resource for my students to use to learn more about compound words. Writing and drawing about them was great for my ELL students. Break it Down... Compound Words Practice Worksheets Winter Holiday (Christmas and Hanukkah/Chanukah Themed WordsGreat way to learn about this two holidays- would be great to accompany a read aloud or other classroom activity. Teachers tell me this activity is great for a mini-lesson, review, homework, and for substitut
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Your Name is a Song Activities FREE Version Google Slides and PDF
This is a FREE supplemental resource for the book, "Your Name is a Song" by Jamiliah Thompkins-Bigelow. This story is for all of your readers who may either need help pronouncing one another's names or to build more confidence in those students who want others to pronounce their names correctly. In this resource you will have access to both GOOGLE SLIDES and PDF.Name CrownAll about My Name PosterStory Map for Beginning, Middle and EndClick on the link to view the complete version for, "Your Name
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Grandparents Day Acrostic Poem
Grandparents day poem about what makes their grandparent grand. Please check my listing for a Special Friend page for those students that do not have a grandparent attending. They are able to write about what makes their friend special.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
BIRTHDAYS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AROUND THE WORLD Multicultural Activity Book
Celebrate multicultural learning—while you build content-area literacy and respect for cultural differences—with the HAPPY BIRTHDAY AROUND THE WORLD, a multicultural activity book from the Holiday Traditions Around the World series. Your students will love reading about the unique Birthday customs of eleven countries—from buttering noses in Canada to ear-pulling in Hungary—and the activities included on every page are sure to keep them engaged. Featured Countries:Australia, Canada, China, Denmar
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1st - 4th
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FUN WITH FLAGS Activity Pack
Explore national flags around the world with the six cross-curricular activities in the Fun with Flags Activity Pack. The pack contains a variety of formats that can be used to enrich your multicultural studies. Cross-Curricular Activities Included:Flags and Countries Matching Cards targets geography skills as children match colorful photos of national flags with country locations on a world map.My Family Flag challenges students to create a flag that represents their family.Name that Country i
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K - 3rd
Too Many Tamales: Make a Connection
This is a quick and easy activity to reinforce making connections to a text after reading Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. Also makes a great tie-in to a unit on traditions and culture, or holidays around the world.
Grades:
K - 2nd
Read Across America Diverse Book Bracket!
A slideshow featuring 8 beautiful books that affirm students, include all people, and celebrate diversity. Students can vote for their favorites each week during Read Across America Month.
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Grades:
K - 5th
Student Talent Worksheet!
At the beginning of the school year, my students and I read a story about a classroom sharing their talents. We then complete this worksheet so that every student in my classroom can share their talent too! This is a great opportunity to learn more about your students and their interests at the beginning of the year. After completing the sentence stems, students draw a picture of themselves doing that talent in the box!
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Black History Month Google Slides Presentation
If you are teaching your students about Black history, this is the perfect culminating activity. What's included: 7 slidesSuccess criteriaInstructionsRubricEasy, no prep. Just download and go!
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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