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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa arts & music Common Core RL.4.5 resources
Elements of Drama UNIT Interactive Notebook Video Lessons & Comprehension
Teaching drama doesn’t have to be stressful with this PRINT & DIGITAL unit! Step 1) Students watch an introductory video lesson while completing a handout. Step 2) Students watch a video lesson walking them through the interactive notebook activity. Step 3) Students complete an Elements of Drama vocabulary matching activity. Step 4) Students will be so familiar with these terms that they will ace the drama comprehension quiz. Step 5) You keep your sanity!This DRAMA UNIT includes:20-Slide Ani
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2nd - 5th
'Twas the Night Before Christmas Reading and Language Activities
Need some high-interest Christmas activities with meaningful practice of core standards? Want to take advantage of the holiday energy in your classroom?These ten activities based on the classic poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, are the answer! These activities can be used together in a unit, or each can be used independently of the others. Pick and choose the activities that fit your needs! Contents include: background information about the poem, a vocabulary activity using the dictio
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3rd - 6th
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Elements of Drama Unit Grades 3-5 CCSS Aligned
Bestseller! Great back to school unit! Perfect for distance and remote learning. Aligned with both Common Core and TEKS Standards for grades 3 - 5, this resource provides everything you need to teach the drama genre to your students in the classroom, library, homeschool, drama club, or beyond! Here's just an idea of how other teachers feel about this unit..."This was SUCH a great resource!! Saved me hours of prep and was easy to adapt to my needs! Thank you!""Lesson plans for my drama unit...do
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: ELA Elements Bundle - Drama, Poetry, and Mystery Genres
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Readers Theater Script Point of View
Students of all ages enjoy “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” and will love performing this clever Readers’ Theater play which takes place after the story ends. This script lets your students practice fluency in a fun, engaging way. All you have to do is print and get started! It's perfect for small groups, short weeks in between units, or for sub plans.Play features the wolf, 1 pig, and 3 news reporters. Your students will laugh at the banter between the characters as the wolf tries, y
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3rd - 6th
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Study: Digital + Printable Book Unit
Are you looking for a fun and easy book activity to do this Christmas season? Look no further. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson Novel Study contains activities in print-and-go and digital formats. Lessons include vocabulary, comprehension questions, constructed response questions, skills, and fun activities.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to the digital components of this unit. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank qu
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4th - 6th
Elements of Drama Bundle: PowerPoint and Worksheets
This bundle contains a 39-slide PowerPoint and a packet of two practice assessments that focuses on drama elements and script comprehension. Dramas have their own set of unique terms, and are written in a specific, exclusive format. Therefore, students often benefit from explicit instruction that focuses on this literary genre. Students are given multiple opportunities to make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and to provide evidence from the text to suppo
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4th - 6th
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Aesop's Fables Readers Theater Scripts or Plays for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades
Seven plays present Aesop’s fables in dramatic form. Scripts may be used for short skits, readers theater, or full-blown plays – for up to 40 students! Additionally, kids learn and label elements of drama.Open the preview to take a closer look at the activities.First, kids learn about structural elements of drama. Two reference guides offer definitions, as well as an annotated example.Cast of characters – list of characters in a playDialogue – words that tell the actors what to sayCharacter tag
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Aesop’s Fables Unit & Lesson Plans – Genre Study for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
Twas the Night Before Christmas Poetry Activities Unit for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade
Unwrap the gift of poetry! A lively slideshow uses “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to teach structural elements and similes. Then third, fourth, or fifth grade students identify verses, stanzas, rhythm, rhyme, and figurative language in three additional poems in this fun unit.Open the preview to take a closer look at the introductory slideshow and printable/digital worksheets.First, display “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and read it aloud.Second, introduce structural elements of poetry.Vers
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3rd - 5th
Elements of Drama Reindeer Games Christmas Reader's Theater Common Core 4th 5th
I created "Reindeer Games" to teach my students about the elements of drama in a FUN way around the Christmas holiday! The script incorporates the fun of talking reindeer with teaching about inclusion and standing up to bullies. Think of it as an updated take on the classic "Rudolph" story. This resource provides everything you need to teach/review the drama genre to your students in the classroom, library, homeschool, drama club, or beyond!This BEST-SELLING product includes:Vocabulary Cards:
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4th - 5th
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Christmas Writing: 12 Days of Poetry Booklet with Google & Print Version
These mini-lessons are designed to be a fun, easy way to integrate poetry during the busy holiday season. Six lessons are skill lessons, which means they are on a specific part of the poetry, or a pre-writing exercise. The other six are designed for actually writing a poem. There is also a review and evaluation piece at the end of the booklet. Now includes a Google Slides version, perfect for distance learning! Students will have a chance to learn about imageryrhymingcoupletsconcrete poemssyllab
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Poetry Mini Lesson Bundle
Elements of Drama Activities and Worksheets - Types of Writing - Plays & Theater
Practice identifying unique elements of drama with this mini lesson activity! Perfect for reading centers, this mini lesson leads students through identifying acts, scenes, stage directions, and more in a play. Students then color code elements of drama in a separate play, then match terms to their definitions.Both printable and Google Slides versions are included! Students must identify elements of drama specified in the Common Core Literature Standard 4.5. This Resource Includes:↠ Digital and
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3rd - 6th
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Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Are you looking for a creative way to have your students graders explore myths, legends, and traditional tales for 4th and 5th grade Language Arts? Let this collection of classic American literature Reader’s Theaters engage students in fluency & expression while at the same time meeting a key Common Core reading benchmark! This bundle includes my 7 best selling sets of DIFFERENTIATED scripts on Native American tribes, Greek Myths, Aesops' Fables, Classic Fairy Tales, American Tall Tales, Tra
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Activities ELA 3rd & 4th Grade Standards - Reading, Writing, Grammar
This Christmas activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 3rd and 4th graders. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the Christmas theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The domains are Reading Lite
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3rd - 4th
December ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School
This collection of December and Christmas ELA activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students during this festive month. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of December and the holidays!Included in this ELA Activities Bundle:• Christmas Close Reads for Big Kids• Digital North Pole Job Application• The Show Must Go
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4th - 7th
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Cyclops: The Monster in the Cave--Readers Theater from The Odyssey
Includes comprehension activity, key, and teacher notes! Liven up your reading curriculum and satisfy the Common Core with this kid-friendly classroom play based on the 9th book of Homer's The Odyssey. Originally published in the September 2012 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, "Cyclops" is suitable for reader's theater or stage performance. Use it to introduce the original text, build fluency, and improve comprehension. Pair it with a Percy Jackson novel as part of a literature circle! Or j
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5th - 9th
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Writing a Play -- A Step by Step Approach to Writing a One Act Play
Help your students write a full one act play script with this easy to use set of lessons, graphic organizers, and rubric! This file contains everything you will need to help you to teach play script writing to your students. This set of three lessons was designed with students in mind. They flow through a logical progression of introducing the elements of a play to the prewriting phase where students will plan their entire play storyline to the drafting phase where the students will write the
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3rd - 5th
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Aesop’s Fables Unit & Lesson Plans – Genre Study for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
This fables unit offers a complete reading, writing, speaking, and listening experience! It includes lesson plans, 10 stories with comprehension questions, 7 plays, writing, and compare-contrast activities. You’ll have everything you need to teach your third, fourth, or fifth grade students. Open the preview to take a closer look at the components. Lesson PlansThree weeks of ELA lesson plans are ready to go! You may use them to guide your study of fables. (Open the bonus preview to see the plans
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3rd - 5th
Christmas Reading and ELA Digital Activities | Twas the Night Before Christmas
Do you need a fun, interactive Google Slides comprehension activity that will engage your upper elementary or middle school students and save you time? Your students will love this digital activity that goes along with one of the most famous Christmas Poems of all time- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas! This activity can be assigned in Google Classroom for students to complete. A teacher guide and answer key are included to ensure this is a no prep, stress free activity for you!Skills Covered:⭐T
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5th - 8th
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Christmas Acrostic Poems | Christmas Writing Activity
Are you looking for a fun Christmas activity during the crazy days leading up to Christmas break? These 22 Christmas Acrostic Poems are the perfect Christmas Writing activity for students to practice their poetry skills in an exciting way. These Christmas poetry worksheets are great for fast finishers, independent work, interactive notebooks, group work, literacy stations, write the room, and partner work. They also make a great bulletin board display. The students love having all the options to
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2nd - 4th
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Read-Aloud Plays: Tale of Peter Rabbit Readers Theater
The last time my 5th graders performed this for our primary students, well, in 20 years of having kids produce plays, I've never seen a funnier play or a more engaged audience! This original read-aloud play uses Beatrix Potter's classic story to focus on peer pressure and character traits. It comes with the original text and three worksheets: vocabulary and grammar development, fact and opinion maze, and a compare and contrast exercise. The play is for from 7 to 11 students, depending on your ne
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3rd - 6th
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Fractured Fairy Tales Readers Bundle Point of View
If you're looking for an engaging way to work on FLUENCY with your upper elementary students, this Fractured Fairy Tale Readers' Theater bundle is PERFECT! Explore three well-known fairy tales from the perspective/Point of View of different characters. These scripts and reading comprehension activities are perfect for small groups and can be used throughout the year with no prep for you. These also make great SUB PLANS! Scripts included in this Bundle:The True Story of the Three Little PigsHumpt
Elements of Drama Field Day Play Reader's Theater Common Core 4th 5th Grade
I created this "Field Day" resource to review the elements of drama with students AND teach them about good sportsmanship and friendship in the midst of competition! It's perfect for an end-of-the-year activity before summer break. Your students will ask to perform it again and again! This resource provides everything you need to teach/review the drama genre to your students in the classroom, library, homeschool, drama club, or beyond! This BEST-SELLING product includes:Vocabulary Cards: Thes
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4th - 5th
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Snow Day Poem | Figurative language poem
This fun, rhyming snow day poem is full of figurative language including similes, metaphors, personification, and alliteration. A worksheet about the figurative language in the poem is included.Please see the preview before purchasing.Check out these winter resources:Winter Logic PuzzlesWinter Partner PoemsWinter Reading Passages and Comprehension QuestionsYou may be interested in my other figurative language resources:Simile and Metaphor PracticeFigurative Language Anchor ChartsFigurative Langu
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Bundle
Teaching Reading with Animated Short Films Christmas | Digital + Printable
If you are looking to add some high interest activities to your lessons this Christmas season, try using animated shorts to teach reading skills. The unit includes 43 activities to use with 43 Christmas themed videos. All short films will be added to a webpage on Book Units Teacher for easy access. The link to this webpage will be included in the purchased product. This product includes both digital activities for Google Slides plus printables.Free Samples are found in the preview.This resource
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Teaching Reading with Animated Short Films Digital + Printable Bundle
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