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4th grade social studies Common Core RL.8.1 resources
End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about l
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3rd - 6th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Gods & Myths Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learn
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.Students will adore these
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4th - 10th
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Arthurian Legends Unit - King Arthur Projects - Knights and Chivalry Activities
A fully integrated English, Social Studies, and Art unit on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This King Arthur unit or Arthurian Legend unit includes reading passages, questions, and activities on Lancelot, King Arthur, the Sword in the Stone, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the code of chivalry, and more! These make great additions to an Arthurian Legend Interactive Notebook. This unit can be done on its own as an English unit on Legends, but also makes an excellent complement to
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School ELA Emergency Sub Plans - No Prep English Sub Plans - March
The Odyssey Unit Activities - Character Analysis - Epic Hero Odysseus
The Odyssey by Homer - Qualities of an Epic Hero ! These Odyssey activities are an engaging way for students to look closely at key characters from Homer's Odyssey. A must for your Odyssey unit, this activity asks students to review the qualities of the epic hero, and use those qualities to closely examine the character of Odysseus. This is a great activity to increase comprehension and understanding.✅To complete this assignment, students first review the qualities of an epic hero. Students illu
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4th - 8th
End of the Year Break Activities Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year break?! These mystery games are great for team building. Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students e
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4th - 9th
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End of the Year Activities - Mystery Game - Digital Resource - Team Building
Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket with this end of the year activity?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.Keeping students enga
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4th - 9th
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End of the Year Break Activities Digital Resources COLONIES Mystery - Team Build
Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.Do your students enjoy
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4th - 9th
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Introduction to Geography / Think like a Geographer - Geography PPT Lesson
Think like a Geographer lesson plan includes a power point presentation, sample foldable activity or students, as well as a note-taking worksheet. Topics include:1. Geography2. The five themes of geography3. Types of geographers4. Geographer's tools5. Geography CareersThe presentation includes a quick pop quiz at the end to review main points throughout the lesson as well as a think pair share wrap-up activity. Students can complete the note-taking worksheet or the foldable or complete bot
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4th - 12th
Salt Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Helen Frost's award-winning novel, Salt, effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Everything you nee
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4th - 8th
Reading Response Graphic Organizers Fiction & Nonfiction Print & Digital Bundle
Are you looking for Reading Response Graphic Organizers for the entire year? You'll love the reading response resource with both digital and print graphic organizers that can be used for distance learning or in the physical classroom. The versatile organizers are better than a reading response worksheet and great for independent work packets, daily reading reviews, guided reading with story elements, fiction & nonfiction summary, and a variety of other classroom uses. The best part? With the
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4th - 7th
The Book of BOY by Catherine Gilbert Murdock: A PDF Literature Guide
This is a custom-made, ready-to-use PDF resource for grades 4-7 who are reading the 2019 Newbery Honor Book, The Book of BOY. Included are 32 student pages that can be used to create student workbooks (or worksheets) or can be exported as an Easel digital product for assigning and collecting digitally. The student work is designed to promote close reading and understanding. This packet also includes an answer key, student bookmarks, optional culminating activities, and a listing of the Common
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4th - 7th
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Novel Study Questions Google Slidesâ„¢ Compatible
This product includes 212 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel Ground Zero written by Alan Gratz. This book is a highly engaging and suspenseful historical fiction novel with many timely themes. This story opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Survival, 9/11, War, Resilience, Afghanistan, U.S. History, Multiple P
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4th - 7th
Poetry Unit: Science and Social Studies-Based Poems + STAAR 2.0 Items (Gr. 4-8)
Welcome to an engaging and comprehensive Poetry Unit: Science and Social Studies-Based Poems + STAAR 2.0 Items (Gr. 4-8)! Available in print or digital format. DIGITAL VERSION REQUIRES ACCESS TO GOOGLE SLIDES!!Uncover the World of Poetry: Dive into an exciting journey through five captivating poems, each carefully selected to ignite students' imagination and critical thinking skills.Various Question Formats: This unit offers an array of question types – from multiple-choice to hot text, multipar
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4th - 8th
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Iceberg Nielsen Titanic Cross-Curricular Book Companion Novel Study
A Titanic Story - This interdisciplinary book companion and novel study includes comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts for studying the outstanding historical fiction novel, Iceberg, by award-winning author, Jennifer Nielsen. This book is an inspiring narrative account of the fateful maiden journey of the RMS Titanic. This interdisciplinary novel study opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within t
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4th - 8th
Someplace to Call Home Novel Study Questions Google Slidesâ„¢ Compatible
This product includes 112 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel Someplace to Call Home written by Sandra Dallas. This book is an engaging historical fiction novel with many important themes. This story opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Great Depression, Bullying, Self-Awareness, Empathy, Dust BowlThis book is
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3rd - 6th
Platypus PowerPoint with Activity and Study Guide
Get ready to explore the world of the Duck-billed platypus, one of the most bizarre and mysterious mammals in the world from eastern Australia and Tasmania. Platypus facts include that they sport a tail like a beaver, bill and feet like a duck, and lay eggs like a bird! Platypuses give birth to furless babies called puggles. What's Included:One Quick Start GuideOne 23-slide animated PowerPoint (both PPTX and PDF file types)One 20-page fillable student activity and study guideOne 26-page EDITABLE
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3rd - 8th
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4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
Editable Graphic Organizers Templates, Note-Taking Journal
These editable graphic organizer template worksheets can be used over and over. You have the flexibility to change the title and customize the directions to fit the content the students are reading.Graphic organizer templates can be used with a variety of text. Simply, change the title and directions and use again.There are 9 digital editable templates and 9 printable editable templates.The templates are 11 x 8.5. (horizontal) The digital templates work well in Google Classroom. Below is a li
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Editable Note-Taking Templates, Graphic Organizers, Journal
Red Berries White Clouds Blue Sky Lit Log (Novel Study)
This is a lit log for Red Berries White Clouds Blue Sky, a historical fiction by Sandra Dalla. This book is about a 2nd generation 12-year-old Japanese American girl whose family is sent to an internment camp during World War II. The themes of the book are World War II, tolerance, family, and friendship. * This lit log was revised to edit end of book activities, change font in the standards and answer guide, and put outdated, inappropriate language quoted from the text in bold print in t
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4th - 7th
Anne Frank WebQuest
This internet hunt gives your students background information as they read and answer questions about the circumstances and events that surround the story of Anne Frank and her family. During the search they use a variety of strategies and skills that will prepare them to do research using the internet. I've included two optional writing assignments and a word search.This is a great way to increase your students' ability to use technology as part of their whole learning experience.Answer Key inc
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Biography Webquest Bundle -Famous Historical Characters - Research
War Horse by Micheal Morpurgo Novel Study
War HorseBy Micheal Morpurgo29 page Novel Study including:-Vocabulary-Critical Thinking questions-Geography-Map work-Letter Template-Ven Diagram-Newspaper Article Template-Word Search-Answer KeyThis novel study contains everything you need for your students to have a deep understanding of the book. It includes two critical thinking questions per chapter with a teachers answer key. The questions can be short answer or full paragraphs. There is an activity for every three chapters, totaling si
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3rd - 12th
Native American Heritage Month Thematic Unit Study
NatureGlo's eScience Native American Studies is a unit study plan ideally for grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. In NatureGlo's Native American Unit Study Lesson Plan, students can get great Native American school project ideas covering multiple subjects. What's included: 1 page of detailed teacher instructions.1 page streamlined unit study lesson plan1 blank fillable unit study plannerLinks to teacher/author, Gloria Brooks aka NatureGlo's original Native American YouTube videosCarefully researched free
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4th - 8th
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The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman Questions- Common Core- 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Overview: 11 comprehension questions to go along with the nonfiction book The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman. The questions focus on the causes, details of the event, and effects. Great for the start of an American Revolution unit.
Answer key is provided.
Grades: 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade
Common Core: ELA RI.4.1, RI.5.1, RI.6.1, RI.7.1, RI.8.1
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4th - 8th
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The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver Google Slidesâ„¢ Compatible
This product includes 48 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts as well as 8 extension activities for studying the biography The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver written by Gene Barretta and illustrated by Frank Morrison. This book is beautifully illustrated and does an excellent job of introducing readers to an important man from history. Students of all ages will enjoy reading and discussing this biography. This book is
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2nd - 5th
Act by Kayla Miller Graphic Novel Discussion Question Cards
This product includes 80 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the graphic novel Act by Kayla Miller. This book is an engaging and enjoyable graphic novel that explores important themes and opens the door to many significant discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Friendship, Student Government, Voting & Elections, Realistic Fiction, Family, SchoolThis book is a
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3rd - 6th
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