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Balanced literacy cultural activities for Gifted and Talented
Art Detectives: Mystery of the Stolen Mona Lisa
Follow the clues of the stolen Mona Lisa and see if you can determine who the real culprit was. Students will examine the top suspects in the greatest art theft in history and write about who they think took the painting.This lesson has been carefully researched for historical accuracy. The facts, suspects, and evidence are true and have been simplified so students can learn about a real crime as well as art history. Photos of the real suspects, criminal, and crime scene will bring this historic
Grades:
5th - 12th
Holiday Traditions Around The World
Holiday Traditions Around The World is a unit based on learning different holiday traditions from different areas around the world. The holidays covered are: Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Diwali, St. Lucia, Chinese New Year, Las Posadas, and Christmas in Australia. This product includes:
1 page of instructions for making and using the Holiday Passports
2 choices for Holiday Passports
6 pages of lesson plans - over 2 weeks worth of lessons
20 pages of emergent readers with touch points and trace
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K - 3rd
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Thanksgiving Play or Readers Theater and Songs with Literacy Activities
Make your November and Thanksgiving literacy activities memorable this year with integrated Reading, Writing and Drama and Music activities. These are the most excellent ways to include all students and offer diverse learning activities, while developing reading, writing, speaking and creativity skills. Use the Readers Theater or Play about the Native Americans and the Pilgrims to help children learn how to become friends and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Integrate READING, WRITING, MUSIC and DRAM
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K - 3rd
Also included in:Â Songs, Poems, Reader's Theater, Writing, Literacy Through the Year Bundle
Native American Project Based Choice Board for 4th and 5th grades!
NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECT BASED LEARNING CHOICE BOARD! Students will differentiate on their own and demonstrate active learning when they utilize this engaging choice board to compliment any Native American unit of study! Each project is given a point value and students will select activities that will help them reach this goal while at the same time showcasing their knowledge on this social studies topic in a variety of creative ways. All 9 activities are high interest, multi-modality projects
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Passport To Family Heritage Project
Focusing on cultural awareness? Studying immigration? Looking for a research project that connects to students' lives? Well, then this Passport to Family Heritage Project has exactly what you need. This project will help students discover their family's journey to America, research facts about their family's native country, and explore their family's heritage.
This 15 page product includes the following items:
1. Project Cover Page
2. Student "Passport" Information Page
3. My Family Portrait Pa
Grades:
1st - 5th
5th Grade Math Project | Math Around the World | 5th Grade Decimals & Fractions
5th Grade Math Project! Project based learning! Differentiated math enrichment project! Learn about geography and countries around the world while solving math problems aligned to the standards! Great for distance learning! Digital version included compatible with Google Drive!Math Around the World is a great way to keep your students engaged as they practice and apply their fifth-grade math skills and strategies! This project is a great end-of-the-year cumulative project! It also works well as
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Holidays Around the World BUNDLE for K-1
Christmas, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, DiwaliMULTICULTURAL PRINTABLES and CRAFTS!Are you looking for multicultural printables, activities, and crafts to teach your students about the different holidays represented in your class? If the answer is YES, then, this bundle is for you! This material includes the following holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Eid, and Diwali. You will receive a parent letter, directions/suggestions, informational booklets about each of the holidays listed above, pri
Grades:
K - 1st
Hieroglyphic Printable Worksheet Set of Three
Use these three Pun-tastic joke pages to engage students in the decoding of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Pages each consist of a full Hieroglyphic alphabet guide, the lead of a joke written in English, and then the punchline written in well spaced, easy to read Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Above each Hieroglyphic character involved in the punchline is a line for writing the English character represented.
These sheets are great if students need a filler activity/extra credit sheet to complete a
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Holidays around the World: Day of the Dead / DĂa de los Muertos ~ CC Aligned
As an alternative or an addition to Halloween activities, teachers can celebrate Day of the Dead with their students. This holiday also occurs at the end of October/beginning of November. Through a range of multicultural activities, crafts, and Common Core-aligned math and reading exercises, students can learn about a holiday celebrated by millions of people in Mexico, in other countries of Latin America, in the Philippines, in some countries Europe, and even in the US: Day of the Dead, or DĂa
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1st - 3rd
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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord/CCSS Novel Study
This is a close reading guide to the book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. In Bette Bao Lord's beautiful story of immigration and assimilation, Shirley Temple Wong must learn to make friends and find her way in a country that, at first, does not make much sense to her. Once she finds the perfect role model, life gets a little easier.As close reading is such an important part of the Common Core, students need to be taught to be analytic as they read texts. This unit includes close rea
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Heidelberg House Collage Art Lesson
Young students will be fascinated by seeing some of the brightly decorated Heidelberg Houses in inner-city Detroit created by artist, Tyree Guyton. Students will make their own house collage using wood shapes, paint, and other easy-to-find materials. Step-by-step instructions make this lesson simple for students to understand and easy for the teacher to prepare for. This is also a great lesson for Black History Month!Additional elementary art lessons geared for kindergarten through second grade
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PreK - 2nd
Dia de Los Muertos Crafts and Activities | counting cards | culture | writing
Many countries around the world celebrate a holiday called, Dia de Los Muertos also known as, the Day of the Dead. This holiday has been celebrated for over 2500 years and focuses on the souls of loved ones visiting the living and celebrating the life they lived with food, music, flowers, pictures and wonderful stories of those that have passed. Dia de Muertos turns the outlook of death into a celebratory event full of laughter, thanksgiving and even joyous events like parades! Not only will you
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PreK - 1st
Compassion in Action Water Conservation a Community Service Project
Teach your students about compassion and community service. Show them that they can make a difference. This unit focuses on water conservation and how your students can make an impact in their local and global community.This unit includes:❤️ Shared reading activities for "The Water Princess" and "Why Should I Save Water?"❤️ Science and art extensions❤️ Fundraising ideas and materialsYou might also like...• Compassion in Action Clothing Charity a Community Service Project• Compassion in Action Fo
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1st - 3rd
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Read Aloud Digital Library
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month with these beautiful read alouds. Slide comes with safe links to read alouds read by, in most cases, the author and/or the illustrator. The perfect way to bring new titles to your students!
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PreK - 8th
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Mother Teresa Women's History Month
Mother Teresa "I Am" Mini-Unit
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This Product Includes:
1. Page 1- Cover
2. Page 2- All about Mother Teresa
3. Page 3- Mother Teresa About Me Worksheet
4. Page 4- Mother Teresa Adjectives
5. Page 5- Mother Teresa Word Search
6. Page 6-9- Two 100 Chart Hidden Pictures with answer keys (
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Social Studies for the Entire Year Bundle
Depth and Complexity Frames for Every Month of the Year | Print-and-Go
This set of Depth and Complexity frames offers one frame for each month of the year. If you are looking for a quality print and go activity for your students, this is the perfect resource for you. There are twelve Depth & Complexity frames tied to holidays and month themes (such as Black History Month). They've got great graphics and strong, high-level thinking questions. There's even a rubric you can use to evaluate your students' completed frames.No need to be a Depth and Complexity expert
Grades:
4th - 10th
Black Poet Poem Cards • Black History Month • Digital Montessori
A collection of 12 poems by black poets. Each card features one poem and a photo of the poet corresponding with the poem. For younger children, these cards are meant to be printed on cardstock, laminated and displayed in the environment for the children to enjoy. For older children/teens, the poems can be printed and distributed to engage in discussion and further research.Poets included:• Alice Walker• Gwendolyn Brooks• Jean Toomer• June Jordan• Kwame Dawes• Langston Hughes• Maya Angelou• Nikki
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Interactive Read Aloud - Miguel's Book Dilemma
Do you love to read aloud to your class? It's one of my favorite things to do as a teacher!!This resource is SUPER special because it includes EVERYTHING you need to have a successful Interactive Read Aloud experience with your class!!Included in this Resource:1. An Engaging TextAn original book, "Miguel's Book Dilemma"Custom illustrations in color and black and whiteTeacher versions with language for a quick, no prep, interactive read-aloud experienceStudent versions with just the text and ill
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1st - 6th
5 Diverse Social Emotional Playdough Face Mats - FineMotor Australian Curriculum
5 Diverse Social Emotional Playdough Face Mats What's included?5 diverse skin tonesDigital Watercolour head illustrationsEducational Font1 Cards per A4 pagePerfect resource for playbased/inquiry/discovery learningSocial Emotional SEL ResourceReggio, Montessori, Waldorf, Steiner. Charlotte Mason compatible ResourceInstagram: @holisticplayapporachWebsite:www.readingbughq.comAuthor of "The Reading Bug"These face/emotion mats are a great hands-on tool for identifying and recognizing emotions as well
Grades:
PreK - 1st
SEVEN WONDERS of the Modern World
Take a tour of the world’s most famous structures with Seven Wonders of the Modern World, a Cut-and-Glue Cultures book that includes two maps, two follow-up activities, and a colorful photo poster.Featured Wonders:El Castillo (Chichen Itza, Mexico) Christ the Redeemer Statue (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Colosseum (Rome, Italy) The Great Wall (China)Machu Picchu (Peru)Petra (Jordan)Taj Mahal (Agra, India) Resources Included:Seven Wonders of the Modern World uses an interactive cut-and-glue format to
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2nd - 5th
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Black History Month Freebie!
Happy Black History Month! I love this month because it's cause for such a celebration... Students deserve and love to hear about the famous and not-so-famous African Americans of history, so why not shout it on the mountains!
I'd love for you to share these printables with your students to celebrate Black History Month! Each is a printable from the following products, should you wish to view them further:
Kindergarten No Prep Printables
ABCs of Black History
Black History Month Comprehen
Grades:
K - 2nd
FREEBIE: "Thankful" Cards, Posters, Writing Activity, End of Year, Thanksgiving
Why not have your students show gratitude through writing cards, or display the water color posters in your classroom? The positive affirmations can help your students be more grateful and show thankfulness. Perfect for End of Year, Beginning of Year Decor, November and Thanksgiving time. Why not develop and build your classroom community through kindness using these "thankful" posters, cards and activities? RESOURCE INCLUDES:Teaching Ideas7 Color Posters in landscape, square & portrait siz
Grades:
PreK - 6th, Staff
I See Christmas Sight Word Emergent Reader Mini Book | Literacy Center | NO PREP
Looking to keep your students engaged while practicing sight words this Christmas? This Christmas sight word differentiated emergent reader mini book is the perfect addition to the lower elementary classroom during this holiday season!It would be great to use for independent reading, guided reading groups, homework, or read to self time. I also usually have students highlight the sight word of the week on each page in the story to reinforce!WHAT'S INCLUDED: Two 12 page differentiated readers w
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
"Happiest" Country Social Studies Research and Math Project for Middle School
Math and Social Studies Project Using Critical Thinking and Higher Order Thinking SkillsEnrichment Social Studies and Math ProjectDuring this project, students read and discuss a New York Times Articles that discuss the results of a Quality of Life Survey from around the world.Then students brainstorm and research quality of life indicators in 10 countries of their choice and then rank those 10 countries from happiest to least happy. Students will think critically about factors that would impact
Grades:
5th - 8th
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