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Common Core W.4.3 resources for Easel under $5
Teaching Theme with Poetry Finding Theme in Poems Worksheets Identifying Theme
Do your students struggle to identify the theme of a poem? In this resource, students will be required to analyze poems by answering questions about the poem's theme, topic, setting, character's actions, and how the speaker in a poem reflects on a topic. In the end, they will be directed to summarize the poem. These theme activities were created to be used as practice or assessments for finding the themes in poetry. Themes found in poetry are not always black and white. Some answers will vary th
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Tall Tales Story Pattern Graphic Organizer Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Tall Tales Story Pattern. How to write tall tales! A simple story pattern that will help students write their own tall tale. Fill in the blanks to create a story sketch, then elaborate and expand on to create a personal tall tale. Includes a handout on "What is a Tall Tale?" to use as a reference or put in an interactive notebook, a graphic organizer to help create the main character, and writing paper for a final draft. Also includes a Tall Tale suggested reading list for students to take to
Grades:
4th - 6th
Teaching Theme with Short Stories Finding Theme Worksheets Identifying Theme
Do your students struggle to identify the theme of a story? Teaching common themes and topics in literature can be a hard skill to grasp. Focusing on the setting, characters, and plot helps students find the overarching message. In this resource, students will be required to analyze short stories by answering questions relating to each story's theme, topic, setting, character's actions, and plot. In the end, they will be directed to summarize the text. These theme activities were created to be u
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Timeline Templates - Print and Digital Graphic Organizers
Here you will find 20 diverse timeline templates that can be used in any subject area! With the wide variety of timelines included, you can easily provide differentiation for your students. Timelines are perfect for any activity involving sequencing or chronological order. Your students could use these graphic organizers to create timelines about history, their lives, science inventions, events in a story, and much more!This PDF file includes 10 horizontal timelines and 10 vertical timelines. Th
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
If I Built a School Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering and architecture work. Students imagine what it would be like to design and build their own school!The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM activity, students receive instructions to imagine how they would build their own school. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Connect to a Read Alou
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Creepy Carrots Halloween READ ALOUD STEM Activity
Can you contain the creepy carrots?Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM activity in which students engineer a fence to contain the Creepy Carrots! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds.The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM Challenge, students design and build a fence as tall as they can around a patch of creepy carrots using popsicle sticks and clothespins. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan,
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Halloween Monster READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE
Everything You Need for a Treehouse READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your 1st Grade through 5th Grade classroom, makerspace, STEM Club, and library!Learn everything you need to build a treehouse! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own treehouse!Connect to a Read Aloud: Everything You Need for a TreehouseThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Everything You Need for a Treehouse by Carter Higgins. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing treehouse!Take stu
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Olive The Other Reindeer Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM in your classroom this Christmas Season with Olive the Other Reindeer Christmas STEM Challenge!Students discover how to make Olive fly and increase problem solving and engineering skills through this engaging Christmas STEM challenge. An excellent companion activity to the book Olive, The Other Reindeer by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and wh
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Build an Ugly Christmas Sweater Craft, December Writing Activities, & Template
My build an ugly sweater craft and writing prompts are the perfect, no prep Christmas activity for elementary. 3 templates ensure that every ugly sweater activity on your December bulletin board is unique! Post your ulgy sweater crafts and prompts in the hallway to make an engaging display for National Ugly Sweater Day on December 17th.If you’re racing to figure out what cute project to quickly put up in the hallway for winter, look no further. Students can complete the craft in one class period
Grades:
1st - 5th
Polar Express READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Includes both PDF and TpT Digital Versions for Google Classroom remote learning and in-person STEM lessons.Take your students on a Polar Adventure!Students design and build a Jingle Bell Maze to the North Pole! After they have completed their STEM project, students write about what they would do on a Polar Express Train Adventure!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.While this win
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Thanksgiving Writing Activities Prompts Worksheets Narrative Informative Opinion
This Thanksgiving writing prompts resource is packed full of fun, holiday themed writing tasks that students will LOVE! There are prompts, writing papers, and vocabulary cards - all to support them while writing about fun and interesting topics.Includes:Writing Prompt CardsWriting WorksheetsThanksgiving Word WallGraphic OrganizersDigital Paperless PromptsWRITING PROMPT TASK CARDSIncludes 18 cards, each with a different Thanksgiving themed prompt. Includes narrative, descriptive, persuasive, info
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Holiday Writing Prompts BUNDLE Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas
Sports Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages 4th and 5th Grade PDF Version
Benefit from using these stimulating and fun sports fiction reading comprehension passages today! Each question has been written for Grade 4 and 5, lessons have an effective structure and style. Practical and colorful, practicing reading comprehension has never been easier. Topics include tennis, basketball and baseball. Contents - Set 5/5 (Sports):Reading Passage 1: Olympics - Lauren and her class get excited when talking about the Olympics.Reading Passage 2: Tryouts - Max is getting himself re
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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The Biggest Snowman Ever Fake Snow Maker Winter READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Can your students build the biggest snowman ever?Integrate STEM in your classroom with this engaging Winter Companion Activity to The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll. Students make their own artificial snow and design, build and test their biggest snowman!The Biggest Snowman Ever Winter STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during the long winter months. Amazing winter resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educa
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Winter READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges
Spookley the Square Pumpkin Halloween STEAM Activity
Integrate pumpkin math and pumpkin writing with this engaging Pumpkin STEAM activity! This STEAM activity works as a companion to the book Spookley The Square Pumpkin by Joe Toriano. Students learn about 3D shapes and build their very own unique pumpkin to make a class pumpkin patch!Students color and design their own pumpkin using one of the included 5 pumpkin shape templates. For more of a challenge students can design their own shape template. Each student writes details about that shape, and
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Pumpkin Day STEAM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
End of the Year Writing Prompts Choice Board Journal Summer School Activities
It's the end of the year! Are you looking for summer writing activities and journal topics to engage your writers this June, July and August or to send home with students to complete over the summer? These high-interest and engaging writing prompts are seasonal and relate to what students are experiencing this season and will surely keep motivation high.This set includes BOTH a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™.This set is perfect to: welcome summer into your classroom
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Monthly Writing Prompts Narrative Opinion Expository Summer June
Spring Reading Comprehension Passages Writing Math After Spring Break Activities
Before or after spring break made simple! This is the perfect spring break packet to use before or after your time off from school. If you are looking for engaging spring activities to have on hand this season, this pack is for you! Keep your students engaged this season with these high-interest and meaningful tasks to celebrate the new season. Since activities are NOT holiday specific, they are perfect to use during March, April, and May!Spring-themed close reading activities, nonfiction and fi
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Leaf Man Autumn READ ALOUD STEAM™ Activity
Collect leaves and build a Leaf Animal! In the Fall Leaf Man STEAM challenge, students design their very own Leaf Animal! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Leaf Man by Lois Elhert.The Leaf Man STEAM Project:Journey outside this fall and collect some leaves! Students can identify the types of leaves using our leaf identification worksheet. After the leaves are collected, your students get to build their very own Leaf Animal!Students plan, design, and execute their own id
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Iggy Peck Architect Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering and architecture work. Students design, build, and test their own bridge using Legos or Duplos (depending on grade).The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Connect to a Read Aloud: Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea BeatyThis STEM Project is
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Turkey Trouble Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEAM™ Activity
Create a Turkey in Disguise with this Thanksgiving STEAM Activity and Thanksgiving Writing Activity! Students draw a turkey and create a Turkey disguise for it! After they have completed their turkey, students write a Thanksgiving Narrative about their turkey in disguise.An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book Turkey Trouble by Wendi J. Silvano.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection o
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
STAAR Practice Daily Editing & Revising Warm Up 2 Week Review for Differentiated
Are your students in need of repeat practice on STAAR editing and revising questions? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students can be challenging.This STAAR Revising & Editing, 2 Week Review of daily warm-ups, has short and engaging texts. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need. This reviews all the tested editing and revising standards students will be tested on at the EOY Standardized testing. The use o
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Interactive Notebook Graphic Organizers - Reading Strategies Notebook Projects
This reading response graphic organizer resource contains a variety of reading comprehension activities designed for Upper Elementary and Middle School. These reading graphic organizers are perfect for interactive notebooks and contain a variety of reading strategy based activities, including worksheets, foldable activities, and reader response prompts.These resources are perfect for interactive reading notebooks, guided reading practice, read alouds, language centers, or for comprehension check
Grades:
4th - 7th
Groundhog Gets a Say READ ALOUD STEM Activity
Create a Groundhog Burrow in this amazing Groundhog Day READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge for Groundhog Gets a Say by Pamela Swallow! In this STEM Lesson, students design a Groundhog Burrow. They learn about how magnets work and use them to help their groundhog navigate the burrow!The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engineering De
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: February READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
The Gingerbread Man READ ALOUD STEAM Activity
Draw and Disguise a Gingerbread Man with this super fun and engaging Gingerbread Directed Drawing Activity! Take students through the design process as they learn to draw and disguise a Gingerbread Man. Students use growth mindset to improve with each iteration. Students integrate technology by using the Chatterpix App to animate their Gingerbread Man.STEM and Literacy Connection:After the disguise is made, a writing activity allows students to create a new ending to The Gingerbread Man. Perfect
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
The Invisible String READ ALOUD STEM™ Valentines Day Activity
Create a Magnetic Maze in this amazing Valentine's Day READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge for The Invisible String by Patrice Karst! In this STEM Lesson, students design a Maze to connect 2 people using an invisible force, magnetism. They learn about how magnets work and use them to help their heart connect through the maze like an invisible string!The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: February READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
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