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English language arts Common Core SL.K.1 cultural activities
Just Ask! Lesson Plan About Diversity
Just Ask! Is a beautiful story about diversity written by Sonia Sotomayor. I created a product that will help teach your students about diversity. This product includes a lesson plan with everything that you will need to teach this story to your students.Included in This Product:1 diversity lesson plan complete with before, during, and after reading questionsSpecific and easy-to-follow procedures making planning a breeze4 different picture cards for the introduction, or "hook," portion of this l
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K - 2nd
Morning Meeting BUNDLE: Greetings, Sharing Questions, and Activities
If you already do morning meetings or are interested in getting started, this bundle is perfect for you! Morning meetings are an effective way to build classroom community and trust. This bundle includes everything you would need to have an effective morning meeting for every day of the school year.This product is for elementary students and teachers (K-6) that want to build classroom community, trust, and relationships during their school year. Morning meetings consist of 4 components:Greeting:
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K - 5th
Winter Solstice Celebration Pack Bundle- Culture Diversity Holiday Traditions
Looking to bring some culture and diveristy into your classroom this holiday season? Look no further than this complete Winter Solstice resource bundle! Travel the world experiencing Winter Solstice celebrations around the globe. Easily adaptable activities for grades K-5. With a detailed teacher's guide included, your lesson plans and activities will be ready to go!Resource Includes:4 Holiday Celebrations- Dongzhi (China), St. Lucia's Day (Sweden), Soyal (Hopi Tribe, Arizona USA), Shab-e Yalda
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1st - 5th
Japan-A Kindergarten Adventure
Let's learn about Japan and its rich culture and celebrations. You will learn a great deal about Japan with many hands on activities. There are several engaging activities your kiddos will love including, exploring the country, it's location and other facts. Your kiddos will develop an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the Japanese culture. The resource includes...Passport_- Get ready for an adventure in JapanKWL-What I know –What I Want to Know. & what I have LearnedTeacher Fact a
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in:Â Summer Games Bundle-Kindergarten
Hair Love Comprehension Questions
Comprehension questions to pose while watching the Academy Award winner, Hair Love, a 7 minute animated short film. The Hair Love Picture book hit stores on 5/14/19 and made the New York Times best seller list.I personally fell in love with this short film, and I wanted to bring it to the students at my school. I created a list of questions that cover many standards: making inferences, personification, text evidence, theme, and conclusion.
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K - 6th
Fun With Flags A Scavenger Hunt for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Graders
The Fun with Flags Scavenger Hunt for use with students in Kindergarten, First and or Second Grade is an awesome way to integrate Social Studies, Geography, Math, and English Language Arts in a highly engaging activity that will have your students collaborating and make connections to the world beyond the walls of your school and or classroom. It is ready to print and go!This scavenger comes with 40 flags, 40 country labels, a scavenger hunt with 10 questions preset, and an answer key, plus a b
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K - 2nd
ASL and English Cards for Learning Sign Language
Learn American Sign Language (ASL) along with your children in your home or students in your class. ASL is a great tool for teaching your child basic requests and will improve children's language development. Using sign language with your baby starting at 6 to 8 months will help their communication and reduce frustrations and tantrums. When signs are paired with the verbally spoken word this improves acquisition of the new word. In addition, sign language will help decrease any delays or confusi
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PreK - 1st
Who is Cesar Chavez? Let's Discuss!
Looking for a no-prep way to incorporate discussion with your cultural studies? Look no further than my Cesar Chavez Discussion Pack! The Common Core standards expect students in all grade levels to analyze and connect to text and concepts through collaborative discussion. This product encourages students to make connections between Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr. and how they influenced the Civil Rights Movement. This product also contains blank graphic organizers that can be used for a
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K - 3rd
English Language Development (Constructive Conversation Game)
This is a virtual Constructive conversation game tool for FUN brain-based learning that promotes English Language Development among young learners. It includes moveable pieces for students active engagement in conversations with their peers.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Interactive Geography Worksheet for Labeling & Coloring the World
Embark on a cartographic adventure with "Global Explorer," an interactive geography worksheet designed to navigate the wonders of our world. This comprehensive PDF is the perfect tool for students to master the names of continents, countries, and oceans, and engage in an array of activities that bring the map to life.Dynamic Learning Activities:Label the continents and add a splash of color to each one.Identify and match countries to their respective continents.Explore the vast oceans by numberi
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PreK - 5th
Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebration Activities!
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with your students using this resource full of engaging activities! Perfect for students in grades K-5, you will find activities for ALL of your students! Happy Hispanic Heritage Month from English Awaits! Included: - Teacher's Guide for implementation (with objectives and standards) - Vocabulary and Discussion Guide (Lead students in powerful discussions!) - What Is Hispanic Heritage Month? (reading passages and activities for grades K-1/beginner; grades 2-3/i
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K - 5th
Also included in:Â ELL/ESL/ELD Fall Celebrations Bundle
Social Rights Flashcards
Embark on a Journey of Social Justice with 'Voices of Change' Flashcards! - These thought-provoking flashcards are an ideal resource for educators to introduce students to the pivotal concepts of social rights and the inspiring legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.Educational and Inspirational Content - This unique set includes a diverse range of flashcards, each featuring key terms, influential figures, and significant concepts related to social rights, along with Martin Luther King's profound cont
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PreK - 12th
Hispanic Heritage Art Project Bundle Three Lesson Plans with Art History
These lessons are a good resource for Hispanic Heritage and multicultural education. This bundle of three art lessons offer the students an opportunity to discuss culture and create a beautiful piece of art in the style discussed. Inside This Lesson Bundle: Amate Bark Paintings, Arpilleras Fabric Art Project and Aztec Sun Drawings Art Outcomes: Amate Bark Paintings Outcomes: texture, color, pattern, outline Arpilleras Fabric ArtOutcomes: color, balance, pattern, texture Aztec Sun Drawings Outc
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2nd - 5th
Family BBQ Summer Fun Lesson Plan and Activities
This engaging and educational resource introduces BBQ-themed vocabulary, promotes reading comprehension through a short story, and includes fun drawing and writing activities. Perfect for language arts and social studies lessons, this resource helps students understand family gatherings while developing their reading and writing skills. Includes worksheets for tracing and writing vocabulary words, a creative drawing activity,
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PreK - 2nd
Honesty - Community Building SEL
"Elevate your classroom with our dynamic lesson on honesty and superheroes! Perfect for community building, it includes engaging activities and speaker notes for seamless delivery. Inspire integrity in young minds while exploring the heroic virtue of honesty. Transform learning with this comprehensive resource!"
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K - 1st
BUNDLE Weeks 2-6 - Distance Learning Morning Meeting Plans
These virtual morning meeting plans are part of a BUNDLE that includes weeks 2-6.This product includes a one page plan for the week as well as a detailed plan for each day. Each day's morning meeting include a greeting, a sharing question, an activity, and a morning message.The sharing questions and activities include opportunities for students to engage with speaking and listening activities that reference Teaching Tolerance's K-2 Social Justice Standards.You can download Week 1 for FREE here.
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PreK - 2nd
Day of the Dead Class Fun Activities | English
This Day of the Dead Story creator is in English and is designed to be used to teach students about the Dia de Muertos celebration in context. This Day of the Dead story creator can be used by the teacher as the class makes choices (works well for elementary!) or by individual students independently (works well for middle & high school!). This Story builder includes a few key words in Spanish that simply don't translate well into English. There is a Day of the Dead vocabulary list included f
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1st - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â DÃa de los Muertos Spanish Activities | Day of the Dead BUNDLE
Mixed, A Colorful Story Activity
Pencils down! This activity gets your students engaged through active listening, thoughtful discussion and movement in the classroom. Not only will students have the chance to learn about diversity and acceptance at a basic level, they will be prompted to think deeply about how they would feel in these given situations to help shape their minds for the future. Sometimes the best learning happens when pencils are put away, and creativity gets to spill out! This resource includes detailed instruct
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PreK - 1st
We Are Grateful Otsaliheliga Classroom & Activity Guide
Download this free guide to use in your classroom, library or home to accompany the reading of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, a 2018 Junior Library Guild selected picture book that I wrote and Frane Lessac illustrated, published by Charlesbridge. This classroom and activity guide created by Debbie Gonzales and reviewed by Tonia Hogner-Weavel, Education Director of the Cherokee Heritage Center, aligns with Common Core standards. The book has received starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library J
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PreK - 2nd
Summer Games Bundle-Kindergarten
Are you as excited about the Summer Games as I am? Here is a resource you don't want to pass up for your kindergartners and 1st grade.The Summer Games Bundle includes a resource about Japan and its culture. It's packed with information about beautiful Japan and its traditions, food, animals, sports and arts. It also has several math and literacy activities. The Summer Games -Tokyo 2020 is a great resource to teach your kiddos about the many Summer Games. There is a teacher book and studen
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PreK - 1st
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PreK Art Curriculum: The Black Apple
Welcome to the second unit of our PreK curriculum. We will be creating and exploring art.According to a 2014 study by the BFAMFAPhD, only 8% of working artists in the United States were Black. Most art curriculums start their art lessons with a Eurocentric perspective, covering Picasso, Matisse, or other white European artists. We deliberately decided to start with Black artists to combat the systemic oppression of Black art, starting in PreK. Black people have had their art forms colonized fo
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PreK
Mo Willems' Can I Play Too
This lesson plan begins with directions for a 3-phase reading lesson. It includes book-specific questions to guide discussion as well as an extension activity designed to get kids moving while working together to solve problems.
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PreK - 1st
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Republic of the Philippines
Want to introduce your students to the country of the Philippines? This resource is for you. This resource includes informational slides about the country including a variety of topics such as geography, history, politics, climate & wildlife, and culture. The language is simple enough for younger learners to understand, but still complex to engage upper elementary students. Throughout the slideshow there are images of landmarks all over the Philippines. Included is a page of sample discussio
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PreK - 3rd
Also included in:Â Little Learners Travel Bundle Elementary Geography Lessons
PreK Farming Curriculum
Welcome to the first Unit of our Black Apple PreK Curriculum. We are a pro-Black, pro-Neurodivergent, and pro-Queer curriculum company. We created this preK unit out of frustration when trying to teach farming to kids. Very few farming resources were diverse and centered around Blackness. We know that Black farmers exist and represent a large part of Black culture, especially in rural communities. Many Black farmers bought their land during the Reconstruction era and just a generation after slav
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PreK
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your English Language Arts lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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