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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
CCSS:
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
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
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
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
I Survived the Erruption of Mt. St. Helens -- Reading Response Questions
These questions for this I Survived book are printed on a "30 labels for per page template." They can be printed on labels, or just on paper and cut apart. There is one (and sometimes two) thought-provoking questions for each chapter that have students writing about the main idea of the chapter, evaluating the character's actions, making predictions, explaining why something happened, comparing characters, etc. Most questions are open-ended and require students to explain their thinking and/or f
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Types:
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
Listening to Reading: Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories QR Codes + Response Sheet
This is a Listening to Reading activity with Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories, which are read along with a video for students to watch while they listen. It is accompanied by a response sheet with questions related to dreamtime stories. This activity encourages listening skills, visual analysis and textual content analysis as well as being linked to the History and Humanities and Social Studies areas of the Australian Curriculum.In this resource I have included One QR code sheet with FOUR Aboriginal
Grades:
2nd - 4th
"Needs and Wants" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
Bookworms Curriculum: Grade 1 ELA Module 2- Unit 2: Making Good Decisions.These slides are for Lessons 33-35 of Unit 2, Module 2. They correlate with the book "Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?" by Jennifer Larson and students will create an informative writing piece to explain needs and wants.This resource is editable through Google Slides. These slides include background knowledge, modeling slides, timers when appropriate, mentor book photos, teacher notes, work session assignments, "I can" state
Grades:
1st
Types:
Also included in: "Grade 1 ELA- Module 2 BUNDLE" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
Class Discussion - Alternative Assignment - Template (For Absent Students)
How can you support students who missed the big class discussion day? It can be a hard grade to find ways for students to make up, but this template will guide you through quickly setting up a rigorous alternative assignment. No matter what discussion format you used—Socratic Seminar, Paideia Seminar, Class Debate, or Literature Circle—download this resource to help all of your students have ways to earn credit! PLEASE NOTE: This resource is intended for text-based class discussions only. The t
Grades:
4th - 8th
Community Helpers
Community Helpers ~ Community Helpers Vocabulary Cards
Community helpers pictures and text with 4 cards to each page.
Use the community helpers cards as a word wall, flash card introductory lesson or when writing about community workers.
Have you seen all of other vocab/flash cards and word walls in our TpT store?
Designed by Clever Classroom.
Grades:
PreK - 4th
Gaza Diary: Shadow of Hope - Realistic Fiction
This story is also available as part of an eight story ebook, "Young Voices: Eight Short Stories of Courage & Resilience."Aisha, a 13-year-old girl living in Gaza city, chronicles her experiences through a diary during a period of intense conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. As bombings, power outages, water shortages, and infrastructure damage disrupt daily life, Aisha describes her fears for her family's safety and her disrupted education. She finds resilience throu
Grades:
4th - 8th
communities fluency and comprehension leveled passages
These are nonfiction reading passages about communities. There is a first grade level passage, second grade level passage and a third grade level passage. There is also a version of the passage that focuses on vocabulary and learning new words.
I've also included fluency trackers to record words per minute read each week. There are various levels and also a blank one in case a child reads above or below the rates given.
This can be used as homework. Directions are at the top of each page.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Flat Stanley Worldwide Adventures 3: The Japanese Ninja Surprise
Includes chapter-by-chapter vocabulary, questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy, extension activities, and bonus culminating activities to accompany the novel.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Academic Discourse Posters
These 16 posters are color coded for stems that can be used to agree/disagree with, add-on to, or clarify a previous comment.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
The Girl Who Owned A City - Book Questions
Students answer questions while reading the book "A Girl Who Owned A City" by O.T. Nelson. This is for the book not the graphic novel. The questions are a range of types of questions to get students thinking about what is happening in the book as well as what they would do if they were in the same situation as Lisa and the other children in the book. It is a great companion for a book study or a study guide.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"Save Me a Seat" by Sarah Weeks Discussion Guide
These are discussion questions I have used with my group of Special Education and Dyslexia therapy classes. The questions are grouped by day of the week as in the novel. I hope these questions open avenues of discussion for the themes in Sarah Weeks' book.
Grades:
9th - 12th
GROUPS Behavior Rubric
When we do group work in class, each student fills out one of these half-sheets on a 4 point scale (1 being low, 4 being high) about themselves. I also occasionally have them rate their group as a whole on these standards.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
I Survived: The Shark Attacks of 1916 - Novel Unit
This is a novel study unit featuring:
-a pacing guide for the teacher
-suggested concepts for pre-teaching
-discussion points
-a response question for each chapter
-graphic organizers to help students think more deeply about the setting, characters, and plot
-exemplars to guide teachers in the completion of graphic organizers
This unit uses a high-interest narrative to develop students' understanding of a variety of topics including setting, characterization, key ideas & details, mood, figu
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Blank H Comparison Chart
This blank H Chart is used to compare to topics or things and tell how they are different in the long sections and how they are the same in the middle. Another version of a VENN DIAGRAM. Ideas for use: Compare two literary characters, two historical figures, two events in history, two topics in science, etc. This is a multi use product that could be used in groups or independently. Hope you enjoy!Growing Giggles
Grades:
1st - 12th
Types:
Copper Sun (Sharon Draper) - Lit Circle Discussion Starters, Ch. 1-7
These Literature Circle discussion starter questions range from simple to complex. Use them for discussions and/or journal entries.
Questions are in three sets, chapters 1-3, 4-5, and 6-7, and all three sets are printed twice on one page, to save paper.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Types:
My Name is Sangoel Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for a read aloud or for a guided reading, literature circle or novel study for My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadia Mohammed and illustrated by Catherine Stock. The book's illustrations greatly add to the text in describing Sangoel's feelings and challenges. This is a great resource to help students in classrooms/schools have compassion for their classmates who are refugees and/or adjusting to a new culture. Other themes are identity and belonging, m
Grades:
1st - 4th
'ONE WORLD' (Grades K-7) ~Curriculum-Aligned Poem/Lyrics PDF l Distance Learning
This is the lyric sheet from our curriculum-aligned song about multiculturalism, 'One World' (Grades K-6). The content-rich song discusses cultural similarities and differences (food, clothing, shelter, customs, language, leisure and music…), helping students to understand, celebrate, and embrace diversity. NB:All of our resources are Covid-friendly. If your school is not allowed to sing at the moment because of restrictions, our song lyrics stand alone as poetry. FYI: If you would like to purch
Grades:
K - 6th
U.S. Symbols QR Pebble Go Cards
QR codes make task cards more engaging! Simply cut out and laminate the cards and place in a center with a device that can read QR codes (iPod Touch, iPad, tablet, or laptop/desktop with a camera). Students get immediate feedback when they scan the QR codes.
Use these QR Codes to enhance reading time, literacy/social studies stations, and reading/social studies centers. Each QR Code is a direct link to a read aloud about the topic on Pebble Go. There are twelve different informative paragraphs
Grades:
K - 5th
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