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Problem solving other (social studies) literature circles
The Eleventh Hour Booklet
**2021 UPDATED VERSION**This booklet is to accompany the book "The Eleventh Hour" by Graeme Base.Read the book with your class, and use this booklet to help students try to solve the mystery. This booklet includes: Pages to keep track of the suspectsPages to keep track of the timePages to record notes and clues from the illustrationsPages to decode the "Note for Detectives" at the end of the bookEncourage critical thinking and close reading with this book that your students will LOVE!!The downl
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Thin Wood Walls Literature Unit
Thin Wood Walls is a great book written by David Patneaude about the internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II. This book is great for reading during your ELA or History lessons. Included in this unit:List of resources/videosVocabularyComprehension questions for each chapterHaiku mini lessonCompare and Contrast
Grades:
6th - 12th
I CAN be a Kind and Loving Friend (Social Story)
This social story is on what it means to be a Kind and Loving Friend.
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Solve the mystery case files | Problem solving | Group activity for preschool
This Secret Spy Detective mystery case file game is a fun and educational game that challenges students' reasoning skills and builds teamwork. As they work as a team to solve the case, players will develop their critical thinking skills, understand logical reasoning, increase memory recall and improve their reading comprehension. Each of the cases comes with materials for 10 case files, making this ideal for an extended 2 week lesson. Solve a new case every day, or solve them all at once!⭐️This
Grades:
PreK - K
NC State Symbols Reading Passage
This an introductory reading passage to the North Carolina State Symbols. Students will learn about some of the most popular state symbols that shape North Carolina. There is a sequencing worksheet to follow after the passage, in which students are to list and describe the four symbols discussed in the passage in chronological order from when they were adopted as a state symbol.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Capture the Flag by Kate Messner Novel Study and American History Study
This product is a novel study for the book Capture the Flag by Kate Messner. Social Studies is easily integrated into this unit due to the content of the novel. The story is a mystery about the flag that inspired the song "The Star-Spangled Banner" being stolen. Three kids go on an adventurous search for the stolen flag. Throughout the text there are historical references to Revolutionary Americans, American Symbols, American History, and American Government.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
The Color Monster Feelings Activity
This is a great activity to do with kids Preschool to Kindergarten. Help identify feelings, colors and story retelling after reading the book The Color Monster. Has Printout cards, coloring pages sample questions.
Grades:
PreK - K
The Boys in the Boat: A Novel Study Using Socratic Seminar
Hello! My name is Shelly Smith, and I am a National Board Certified Teacher in Elementary Literacy. My students get results that are much higher than our district/state average! I believe much of it is due to the way in which literacy is taught in my classroom. Welcome to my Literacy Studio!
I believe you will be extremely pleased with this unique and rigorous approach to literacy that hooks students from the very beginning. This study is based on the novel The Boys in the Boat. All of the CCS
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Kobi Yamada BUNDLE: What Do You Do with a..., Trying, Maybe, The Candy Dish
Easily integrate growth mindset concepts in your instruction using these best-selling books by Kobi Yamada! This Growth Mindset Literature Unit BUNDLE includes the following titles by Kobi Yamada:What Do You Do With an Idea?What Do You Do With a Problem?What Do You Do With a Chance?TryingMaybeThe Candy DishWhat Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi YamadaWhat Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada is an Independent Publisher's Book Award-winning picture book. This literature unit is appropriate for 1s
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes: A Book Test and Key by Jean Martin
This is a comprehension test plus answer key for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. There are thirteen multiple choice questions and two short response questions. There are fifteen questions in all. Created by Jean MartinNOTE: I also have a novel study for this book which you might want to take a look at (just click on the bold words). The novel study includes this book test, so if you purchase it you will also receive this comprehension test at no extra cost.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Staying Calm and Cool when I’m Upset (Social Story)
This social story is being angry or upset and ways we can help calm ourselves down. I have also included mini calm down strategies as a bonus and created a pocket in the back of my book to insert them in. Just print, bind and they are ready to go!
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Classroom Management Back to School Bundle
EXTRA CREDIT, by Andrew Clements: A PDF/EASEL Book Club Packet
This is an independent-work, custom-designed packet created to support CCSS for students in grades 4-7 as they read EXTRA CREDIT by Andrew Clements. The packet may be printed and/or used digitally by uploading to Easel. If you are not familiar with Easel digital products, here are a few links you can follow to better understand: What is Easel by TpT? Getting Started Guide FAQ for Buyers Included are 18 student pages which divide the text into four reading assignments with questions and
Grades:
4th - 7th
WE ARE ALL BORN FREE Book Companion about Universal Declaration of Human Rights
We Are All Born Free is a picture book of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can find a copy online, or at your local library to accompany this book companion This story is perfect for learning about human rights in a kid-friendly way. Product Details✦ Human Rights Lesson Plan✦ Discussion Questions✦ Writing Prompts about the Declaration of Human Rights✦ Inference Activity✦ Craft a Human Right ✦ Contrast Laws vs. Human Rights✦ Create a Declaration of Students' Rights ✦ We Are All Born
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Character Education Word Search: Honesty
Teaching Character Education/Citizenship/Conflict Resolution/Honesty through fun activities. Students will have a great time searching for the 40 hidden words. Great worksheet for classroom community building for a new school year, back to school or any time of the year. Grade K-12. Prep free! Independent!Components: - 1 Word Search in ink- 1 Word Search in color- 1 Word Search Solution in ink- 1 Word Search Solution1 in color“Character Education Word Search: Honesty" Word List:ADMIT, AFRAID
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Character Education Word Search: Character Education 7 in 1 Bundle
Cockroach Cooties by Laurence Yep: A PDF Book Club Guide
This is a ready-to-use, custom-designed, independent-work packet to guide students who are reading Laurence Yep's book, Cockroach Cooties. Included is a 23-page student "booklet" (or worksheets), an answer key, and a vocabulary bookmark. The student booklet is designed to reinforce essential reading and writing skills for students in grades 3-5. Skills addressed include expanding vocabulary, demonstrating comprehension, visualizing, sequence-of-events, understanding figurative language & sim
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Texas Writing Project, Biography on Texas Heroes: Step-By-Step Guide
No-prep, Texas "Hero" Biography Interactive Notebook Guide! With this interactive notebook, students will complete a step-by-step guide to writing a biography on a Texas hero of their choice. This is an excellent product to guide your students through writing a detailed, organized and informative biography. Students will research, take notes and even learn how to integrate their own personal thoughts about the hero into the biography. This is perfect for distance learning as well!Students will
Grades:
4th - 6th
The Only Road Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for The Only Road, a realistic fiction by Alexandra Diaz, about a boy and his cousin who flee their Guatemalan village to live with a brother in the United States. Even though this story is fictional, it is like the millions of real immigrants whose "only road" is to travel illegally into the United States. Themes are: immigration, undocumented immigrates, gangs and violence, bravery and fear, family and friendship. This lit log could be used as a guide for direc
Grades:
6th - 9th
Self Esteem Activity Art project Discussion 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Move Mountains
This is a lesson on self confidence and self esteem. In this lesson you will have three discussion topics, a goal setting worksheet, and an art lesson where you will create a 9" x 12" mountain collage art project. This lesson is perfect for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grade students. I have also included a coloring page for fast finishers.What teachers are saying:- My students loved creating the move mountains art work at the beginning of the school year. We displayed their creations in the hall
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Literacy Circles for Novel/Book Study High School (Remote/Distance & In-Person)
This 5-week unit is everything you need to complete a rigorous novel study. Students are grouped by novel or other larger text and complete roles that rotate on a weekly basis. The unit is designed to encourage a deep dive into any larger body of work and then create a product that shows an outgrowth of learning. Students will collaborate and create with this unit. It works well in conjunction with other lessons and is a great way to break up the week so students are consistently reading indepen
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Symbolism Tiny House Project: A Body Biography Alternative
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Intro Symbolism activities and pointers for getting students startedA link to a digitally editable planning page House plan and furniture printable blueprintsProject grading rubricExemplar images for a completed Tiny House projectOption for extension activity with a video tutorialThis is a wonderful project to use after or in place of a body biography!Students will create a tiny home for a character. They must use symbolism to identify an aesthetic and design a place where
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Unit 3 Bundle: Argumentative Texts
35 Discussion Task Cards for Literature Circles
Spark engaging conversations with Literature Circle Discussion Task Cards!Are your students struggling to keep conversation going during book club meetings? Do they love their novels, but don't know how to engage in discussion? These task cards offer 35 creative, critical thinking questions to prompt engaging, in depth discussion around literature circle or choice reading novels. Each card has one prompting question that addresses the novel's character, theme, setting, mood, and plot. Simply cut
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
The Radium Girls (Young Reader Edition) Chapter Questions & Answer Key
80+ PAGES OF QUESTIONS and ANSWERS! This great resource provides a building foundation for young readers utilizing Kate Moore's book, The Radium Girls. In total, nearly 200 chapter context questions/critical thinking questions and teacher answer key will help guide discussion as you read this inspiring tale of standing up to corporations for what is right. Let us save you valuable time so you can focus on the important things in your unit! Discussion will be a breeze with our chapter by chapter
Grades:
7th - 10th
Helping Everyday Heroes Make Positive Choices
A social/emotional teaching resource to be used with or without Shelly Becker's Book "Even Superheroes Have Bad Days". This product includes: No-Prep Weekly Lesson Plan at a Glance6 Levels of Essential Questions/Activities Aligned with Bloom's Learning Domains3 Differentiated Writing Tasks12 Page Emergent Reader 3 Differentiated SWBST ChartsNegative & Positive Behavior Matching Exercise Reader's Theater Play 7 Character Headbands to Color and PersonalizeTeach your students about making posi
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Rowan's Special Christmas
The Count Me In Food Allergy book series takes us into the daily life of a girl named Rowan who encounters situations where her food allergies are put to the test.Book four Rowan's Special Christmas takes us along with Rowan for a very Special Christmas. See what special treat Rowan's mom makes for her and someone unexpected.
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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