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Elementary character education literature circle microsofts
The Wizard of Oz and the Perseverance Road - Whole Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It was designed to be read or used as a play - depending on the time you have. There are 18 speaking parts but opportunities to double up or expand them allow you to fit it to your class/group. It is based on the Wizard of Oz. In the script, Dorothy is the type of girl who always gives up when things get tough until a tornado comes and whisks her away to the Land of Oz She’s ready to give up there until the munchkins volunteer to take her to see t
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Fire-Making and Maintenance: Essential Skills for Survival
Equip your students with critical fire-making and maintenance skills essential for survival with our comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. This resource provides practical guidance on the principles of fire-making, the importance of using appropriate materials, and maintaining a safe and effective fire.What's Inside:Understanding the Fire Triangle: Learn about the fire triangle and its components, crucial for building and maintaining a fire.Tinder Materials: Identify suitable natural and artifi
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Survival Guide Essential Skills Course
Emergency Navigation: Essential Skills for Survival
Prepare your students with vital navigation skills essential for survival situations with our comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. This resource provides practical guidance on various navigation methods to ensure safety and orientation in emergency scenarios.What's Inside:Map Reading Skills: Learn how to use a map effectively to determine your location and navigate unfamiliar terrains.Shadow Stick Technique: Discover how to create and use a shadow stick for navigation, a crucial skill when tra
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Survival Guide Essential Skills Course
Building a Shelter: Survival Essentials
Equip your students with the crucial survival skill of shelter-building with our detailed resource on constructing shelters in various terrains. This PowerPoint presentation offers comprehensive guidance on the principles of building effective shelters to ensure safety and comfort in survival situations.What's Inside:Importance of Shelter: Understand why building a shelter is vital in survival scenarios and how it protects from environmental hazards.Types of Shelters: Learn about different types
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Survival Guide Essential Skills Course
Signaling for Help: Emergency Survival Visual Signaling Methods
Enhance your students' understanding of critical survival skills with our comprehensive resource on emergency visual signaling methods. This engaging PowerPoint presentation is designed to teach students the importance of signaling for rescue, using both natural and man-made resources effectively.What's Inside:Various Visual Signaling Methods: Learn about different visual signaling techniques, their construction, and effectiveness in rescue situations.Natural Resources for Signals: Discover how
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Survival Guide Essential Skills Course
First Day Activities with the Gingerbread Man
Looking for some first day of school activities that will allow your students to explore, build friendships and make memories? The First Day of School Activities with the Gingerbread Man will allow your students to explore the school during their hunt for the Gingerbread Man, build friendships as students search together, and get to know some of the staff while on their search. Students will go home after their first day of school eager to tell their parents all about the fun they had and excite
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Guided Reading Questions Angel Child, Dragon Child (cc aligned)
There are 13 vocab words the teacher can define with students. There are also 13 questions and one essay that will require students to go back to the text for evidence.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Wonder - Depth of Knowledge Questions
This unit includes higher level thinking questions, and a post-reading writing activity. Other ideas for post-reading activities include acting out a scene from the story, but changing an element. (Camp scene – but Auggie’s hearing aid actually saves the day.) There are other ideas on the websites listed below.
You may choose to have students read the book together as a class, and discuss the questions, use the questions as prompts in journals, or a combination of both. Another option is to us
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4th - 7th
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Social Story-Classroom Respect
This is a story that can be read with elementary or middle school students. It discusses students who talk in class and how that affects the teacher. There is a focus on learning empathy. Have students read the story and then lead a discussion or journaling. You can have them talk about similar personal experiences or brainstorm additional solutions/endings to the story.
Grades:
K - 8th
Six Folktales from around the world that teach peace and understanding
This is a 21-page document that includes six folktales from around the world. All the stories deal with morals in forgiveness, peace, understanding, and love. The entire document may be used for K-8 although some stories may be more geared toward older students than others. Each story has a link to a video that ties the concept together, as well as a list of questions that follow the story. The questions increase in rigor so you can adapt them to any grade level or learning style. Some suggested
Grades:
K - 8th
Interactive Social Skills Lesson: Do Unto Otters
When presented as a slide show, this PowerPoint presentation can be an interactive social skills lesson. This lesson focuses on the Golden Rule with an eight minute video/read aloud of the book Do Unto Otters, by Laurie Keller, followed by a review of some important life skills. Each slide suggests an brief question or direction for student participation. The presentation ends with a 3 minute music video. This interactive activity would be great for the beginning of school or anytime. Lesson cou
Grades:
K - 3rd
Social Story-Friendship/Making New Friends
This is a social story about friendship and making new friends, with a focus on empathy. Can be used with K-8. Have students read the story as a group, then follow with journaling or a discussion. Students can share similar personal experiences or talk about other possible endings to the story.
Grades:
K - 8th
The Turkey Prince Reader's Theatre Story-book -Self-Confidence
Included in the Turkey Prince Reader's Theatre story-book:30 page story with text, dialogue and pictures on each slide/page3 characters + the narratorThe Turkey Prince synopsis:There was once a prince who became frightened of his future as the new king, so he decides to become a turkey. He crouched under the royal table, and refused to eat anything but crumbs which had fallen to the ground. The king and queen were greatly upset. Many doctors and sages were called to the palace to examine the pri
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
The Wizard of Oz and the Perseverance Road - Bilingual Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It was designed to be read or used as a play - depending on the time you have. This is the BILINGUAL script intended for dual immersion Spanish and English classes. There are 18 speaking parts but opportunities to double up or expand them allow you to fit it to your class/group. It is based on the Wizard of Oz. In the script, Dorothy is the type of girl who always gives up when things get tough until a tornado comes and whisks her away to the Land
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Reader's Theater for Small Groups --- A Story About Peer Pressure
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. It is about Peer Pressure. One of the students has been using an eraser to cause a friction burn on their arm so they can join a club. His/Her friends see it and confront them. They discuss what a real friend is. use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on th
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Lessons for Little People: The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot/Honest vs. Dishonest
I like to use these storycards with the book, "The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot". After reading the story, these cards can be used on a storyboard, pictured in powerpoint, and make a great assessment of understanding honest vs. dishonest.
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Frindle Book Study Questions
There's finally a way to integrate Andrew Clements' humorous, mischievous, and heartwarming novel called Frindle! The prominent features of this document include:
-3-6 questions for Chapters 1-14 (complete set!)
-A wide range of open-ended language arts questions addressing skills such as:
a. Cause & Effect
b. Word Meaning
c. Inferencing
d. Character interactions & traits
e. Compare & Contrast
f. Making Predictions
g. Figurative Language
h. Character,
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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CaracterÃsticas del Personaje
Lista de adjetivos calificativos según su grado.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Lesson Plan for Autistic Population
Hi! Welcome to my page! My students strive to be great readers, they can conduct book reports that are differentiated based on their academic levels and answer story elements, despite their disabilities. My students are passionate about reading and exploring the outside world through books and electronic resources within the classroom.Remote learning lesson plan which is easily uploaded onto google classrooms and other platforms!The lesson plan is editable so you can completely customize it to f
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PreK - 2nd
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"Schooled" Novel Unit - Lesson Plans
This unit follows Gordon Korman's Schooled and guides readers into digging into and analyzing point of view in literature while also growing in their own character development. The novel is divided into 10 sections with corresponding lessons and activities. The unit culminates in a student led service project which encourages students to see and fill a need in the community around them. Pair with the "Schooled" Novel Unit - Student Pack for all you need to run this unit in your classroom!
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â "Schooled" Novel Unit Bundle
Two Guinea Pigs help with the Bully problem at school
Two funny Guinea Pigs get the help of the class gerbil and spider to help So Shy Sally with her bully problem. Comprehension questions included and vocabulary.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Character traits for lower grades
This is a 12-page Powerpoint that discusses character traits that lower grades can and should be made aware of. Each slide has a meaning to clarify the trait and an attached visual to help to understand. The last click on each slide asks the students to discuss a time when they felt that trairt.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Mr. Peabody's Apples
This story is a great way to start off the school year! It teaches a lesson about gossiping from an admired teacher in the story in a brilliant way! The story is also a great opportunity to discuss traits of characters, and how character traits can change as a story changes. You can use this for gossip, traits, or both! The activity at the end of this lesson brings the book to life by bringing the pillowcase of the story in to the classroom. Enjoy!
Grades:
1st - 5th
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