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Literature Common Core RI.4.1 literature circles
“Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” Complete Novel Study Guide | 3rd-5th
The perfect novel study for the book “Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes”! Activities contain higher level thinking comprehension questions. Complete answer key is included. About Sadako & the Thousand Paper CranesThis is the biography of Sadako Sasaki, who developed leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima. The crane was believed to bring good luck. If a sick person folded 1000 paper cranes, then the Gods would grant him or her a wish. Sadly, Sadako died from leukemia when she was 12. Th
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3rd - 5th
Dear Levi Novel Study on Westward Expansion
Incorporating novels with your social studies units is easy with this all inclusive print and go packet. I've included everything you need to work your way through this novel with ease. Integrating novel units into your social studies block can transform history for your students. "Dear Levi" is a story of a young boy moving west to work the land his Pa claimed for their family. The hardships of moving west in a wagon train are beyond what we can imagine, but this novel brings so many of those
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4th - 5th
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Christmas ELA - Legend of the Poinsettia Foldable Book and Activities
This mini Christmas unit is based around the Mexican legend of the poinsettia plant. In this holiday legend, a poor young girl finds herself with no money to buy a gift to take to her church’s Christmas Eve service, to leave by the Baby Jesus’s manger, as is tradition. She picks some pretty weeds to take in place of a bouquet of flowers. When others begin to whisper and laugh, the weeds transform into the beautiful red flowers that we are familiar with today. The story is printed here in the
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Christmas ELA Writing and Short Story Bundle
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
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K - 4th
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Reading Response Worksheets to use with any text "Pausing Points" BUNDLE
The Common Core and other rigorous standards require students to read, think deeply, and write about their reading. This collection of response to reading prompts is perfect to use all year long. They are low ink, ready to print, and can be used with any text. I hope you find them as useful as I do...to help students prepare for book clubs, to show their understanding about texts (read aloud, independent reading, book clubs, and more), or even to use to collect data and assess student underst
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3rd - 5th
The One and Only Ruby Novel Study Book Unit
The One and Only Ruby Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard-aligned book study to be used with The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate. This download contains both a printable, as well as a Google Drive™, format.This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes Google Drive™ format files, additional writing activities, teacher plans, and CCSS alignment that you cannot find in the indivi
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4th - 6th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan, Bob, and Ruby Novel Study Bundle
Reading Genre Passport: A Reading Response Project
If your reading textbook is anything like mine, it jumps back and forth from one genre to another each week and sometimes I just don't feel like students have had enough time to interact with a single genre in order to really know it. ***This unit is also available in my MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP! The ROOTED membership gives you access to my ENTIRE Teachers Pay Teachers elementary curriculum library - no more buying resources individually!Each genre study lasts between 2 and 3 weeks, depending on the l
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2nd - 12th
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Novel Study Unit
This Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Edwards novel study is a low prep resource with lots of student options. The novel unit is a fabulous fantasy book for students. Readers design their own Whangdoodleland animal using the animals in the story as a model (referring to the text). The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles is a creative fantasy story, but it lends itself to deeper discussion topics about science and our ability to believe.Packet Includes:Common Core Standards (4th g
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3rd - 5th
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Book Clubs & Literature Circles Activities - Roles Jobs Posters & Sheets BND
Are you interested in starting Book Clubs in your elementary classroom, but don’t know where to start? This resource contains everything you need to start Book Clubs or Literature Circles in your third, fourth, or fifth grade classroom. Whether you’re looking for traditional Literature Circles materials or a way to launch Book Clubs (as used in Reading Workshop), these materials will work for you. They allow you to start Book Clubs using a traditional Literature Circles approach with structured
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3rd - 5th
THE SECRET SOLDIER Story of Deborah Sampson - Comprehension (Answers Included)
I also have this product available in a Discussion Card format.Rationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply abou
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3rd - 5th
Book Clubs & Literature Circles Roles & Response Sheets Superhero Theme
Are you interested in starting Book Clubs in your elementary classroom, but don’t know where to start? This resource contains everything you need to start Book Clubs or Literature Circles in your third, fourth, or fifth grade classroom. Whether you’re looking for traditional Literature Circles materials or a way to launch Book Clubs (as used in Reading Workshop), these materials will work for you. They allow you to start Book Clubs using a traditional Literature Circles approach with structured
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3rd - 5th
Reading Comprehension Cards Based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
Comp. Quest Cards 2 are based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Cards are color coordinated based on various levels of thinking. They are a great tool for teachers, teacher assistants and parents to engage children during a read aloud, and reading groups. I have used these cards as a third grade teacher, a resource room teacher and as a reading specialist.⭐ These are based on more recent changes from Anderson & Krathwohl (2001).➀ Light red: Remembering➁ Light orange: Understanding➂ Light yellow:
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K - 5th, Staff
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle
Reading Partners Book Clubs
You’ve always wanted to try doing Reading Partnership Book Clubs in your classroom, but you don’t know where to start, or maybe you’ve tried having students read together and realized very quickly that you didn’t know what you were doing or even worse you didn't know what to have the students do! We have all been there! We are here to help you!We have done Reading Partnership Book Clubs in our classroom for many years and we have made reading partnerships a bit magical and extremely successful b
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3rd - 5th
Dear Austin Novel Study
Incorporating novels with your social studies units is easy with this all inclusive print and go packet. I've included everything you need to work your way through this novel with ease.
This novel unit is designed to go along with your Social Studies lessons on the Underground Railroad and Westward Expansion (early 1850’s). This unit does not give you lessons on the Underground Railroad, but rather reading lessons on the novel, Dear Austin, a book of letters from Levi to his brother Austin, w
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4th - 6th
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Literature Stations - Inference, Text Evidence, Main Idea, Poetry & More!
Literature Stations to keep your students soaring!
These interactive 'kite' themed stations were designed to give your students an engaging way to review different types of literary and informational texts while sharpening their skills for inference, sequencing, text evidence, cause/effect, main idea, poetry elements and much more!
This activity may also be used with literacy groups, small group review, enrichment, or for early finishers.
Aligned with Common Core & Texas TEKS
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3rd - 5th
Tall Tales Reading and Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Journey through the exciting genre of Tall Tales with this amazing bundle that allows students to investigate three different tall tales and discover whether the people behind the tale are real, or made up. This text series is set apart from others because students receive an engaging tall tale, paired with an interesting nonfiction text that gives further insight into the background of each character. In addition to text with comprehension questions, the bundle includes a highly engaging vi
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3rd - 6th
Poppy by Avi Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This is a zipped file with two secure PDF files for Poppy by Avi, book two of the Poppy Stories. The resource is a low prep novel unit and includes a student PDF with all student activity pages that teachers can print as a novel study packet for reading groups or print individual pages as needed. The second PDF has teacher notes, answer keys, and student samples. The Poppy story follows a timid deer mouse on a quest for a better life for her family. The novel provides many opportunities to talk
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3rd - 5th
THE SECRET SOLDIER The Story of Deborah Sampson -Discussion Cards (W/Answer Key)
Scholastic BiographyRationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the
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3rd - 5th
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Honus and Me Literature Study
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Honus and Me was written by Dan Gutman. This Literature Study contains:
>Question and Vocabulary Sections
Ch. 1 - 6
Ch. 7 - 9
Ch. 10 - 12
Ch. 13 - 16
Answer Keys
>Quizzes
#1 for Ch. 1 - 9 (Questions, Vocabulary, and Character Profile)
#2 for Ch. 10 - 16 (Questions, Vocabulary, and Setting)
Answer Keys
>Extension Pages
Character Analysis
Honus Character Traits
What Would You Do?
Word Search
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2nd - 5th
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The Bread Winner by Arvella Whitmore Novel Study Unit
This is a zipped file with two secure PDF files for The Bread Winner by Arvella Whitmore. The resource is a low prep novel unit and includes a student PDF with all student activity pages that teachers can print as a novel study packet for reading groups. The second PDF has all student pages with teacher notes, answer keys, and student samples.The Bread Winner is a high interest novel study for upper elementary students. After gathering background information about the Depression, students identi
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Depression Era Novel Study Literature Bundle
SHH! WE'RE WRITING THE CONSTITUTION - Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
35 Discussion Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provide
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3rd - 5th
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Bud, Not Buddy and Sounder Novel Study Bundle
Save 10% by purchasing this bundle of novel studies for Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, and Sounder by William H. Armstrong. Combined, they contain nearly 250 pages of Common Core aligned resources. Both studies contain comprehension and analysis by chapter, along with everything else you need to teach Common Core reading skills through two unforgettable stories. Focus standards include Setting, Figurative Language, and Character Analysis, Theme, Point of View, and Plot. Students wi
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3rd - 6th
CAN'T YOU MAKE THEM BEHAVE, KING GEORGE? Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
33 Discussion Questions and Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides
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3rd - 5th
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Woods Runner: A Literature Study with Informational Text
This comprehensive literature study combines Gary Paulsen's Woods Runner with informational texts designed to help students better comprehend the novel's setting and the events of the Revolutionary War. The unit is designed for practice of a majority of standards in both Common Core literature and informational text strands. Through the integration of both types of texts, students will develop a deeper understanding of the novel and the time period. They will also critique Paulsen's ability t
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4th - 7th
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