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Reading simulations for homeschool
Edgar Allan Poe Biography Digital Escape Room
In this exciting digital escape room game, students must hunt through the Poe Museum to find clues that will unlock a hidden artifact. Students will be captivated as they play immersed in a digital 360 degree view room. When students get into the escape room, they will be greeted by creepy music and fun interactive puzzles. Volume is a must for this game! Students will start at the "Start Here" button on the front door and work their way through the numbered locks.A pleasant surprise awaits as s
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Halloween Stories & Activities -Virtual Field Trip -Interactive Story Adventure
Let's take a Halloween STORYventure... with our favorite classic Halloween books: Room on the Broom, Creepy Underwear, The Big Pumpkin, and the Little Old Lady That Was Not Afraid!!This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some HALLOWEEN FUN with an interactive story as Halloween gets near that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Halloween STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Halloween S
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2nd - 4th
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Summer Camp In The Classroom: Cross Curricular Lesson Plans
Summer Camp in the Classroom is a simulation in which you transform your classroom into a campground. It has many computer related and non-computer related activities.
Students will work with team mates to select a campsite and map a route. They will participate as a team in learning about:local wildlife; fishing regulations; constellations; campfire cooking; plant, insect, weather, and water safety; using an obstacle course.
Campers will keep logs and scrapbooks while engaging in reading, writ
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2nd - 8th
Pride and Prejudice Printable Escape Room
This is a PDF file. There is no physical product sent to you.The difficulty of this puzzle is ranked 4/5.1 being easy, 5 being difficult.Plot:A letter has been sent to the Bennet Home, but the girls do not know who it is from nor to whom it is addressed. You must help the girls find out to whom the letter was meant and who wrote it so the recipient may know how to respond. Propriety demands the response to the letter be sent within the hour. You have until then to solve the puzzle and choose a c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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STEM Story Adventures - Growth Mindset Lessons -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite book characters: The Good Egg, The Bad Seed, The Cool Bean, and The Couch Potato!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce books in a new way to students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE Stories by Jory John:The Good EggThe Bad SeedThe Cool BeanThe Cou
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2nd - 4th
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The Hunger Games - Reaping Activity
Looking for a pre-reading activity to help your students dive head first into the world of Panem and The Hunger Games? This reaping activity gives students the opportunity to put themselves into the shoes of District 12 citizens. Either using the students' own family situations or using the provided character scenario cards, students can work in groups or individually to figure out how many times their names will be entered into the reaping. Great activity for pre-reading.
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7th - 10th
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STEM Story Adventures - Meet the Questioneers -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite STEM story friends: Ada Twist, Rosie Revere, Iggy Peck, and Sofia Valdez!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce STEM careers to your students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE STEM Stories:Ada Twist, ScientistIggy Peck, ArchitectRosie Revere, Enginee
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3rd - 5th
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Earth Day Story Adventures -Reading Comprehension -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take an Earth Day Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip through our FAVORITE Earth Day Stories!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, celebrate Earth Day, and become more proficient in SAVING OUR PLANET!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 3 of our FAVORITE Earth Day Stories:I Can Save the EarthWe are the Water ProtectorsWhy Should I Recycle?You will hear the story or what the st
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3rd - 5th
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Dav Pilkey Virtual Field Trip - Encourage Summer Reading - Creative Writing
Let's take a Virtual Field Trip to Meet Dav Pilkey!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, learn about comic writing, your super powers, making reading fun, and more!!Who is Dav Pilkey? He is the author of our favorite books, Captain Underpants and Dogman!On this trip, you will start by meeting up with Dav, the Captain, and Dogman. Decide who you want to explore with first... both characters are fighting battles!You will get to study how to create images
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3rd - 5th
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Rituals & Routines- Back to School - Interactive Story -Contractions - Story Map
Let's take a Back to School STORY Venture.. Don't Do This with our favorite classic books: Don't Take an Alligator to School, Pigeon Goes to School, and If You Take a Mouse to School!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage rituals and routines!On this Back to School STORY Venture, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School STORY Venture jumpi
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1st - 2nd
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Macbeth Holiday/Christmas Interactive 3D Simulation Theme/Act Writing Activity
Shakespeare's Macbeth's Dagger Soliloquy: Act 2, Scene 1- Holiday/Christmas Interactive 3D Simulation- Appearance Versus Reality Thematic Writing Workshop Activity: This common core aligned resource is a fun and immersive lesson that is a unique and memorable way to get your High School British Literature Classes excited about reading Macbeth and writing their own soliloquies! This beautifully designed resource will excite all of your students as they experience a real-life simulation that bring
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6th - 12th
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Fable Story #26 Bottoms Up
Story about being addicted to alcoholism and that there is hope for someone who wants to quit.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
Life in Ayn Rand's Anthem - A Class Role Play Activity Lesson
Use this SUPER FUN lesson in your classroom to allow students to step into the shoes of someone living in the setting of Anthem by Ayn Rand. This lesson will encourage students to decide on a name, be assigned a vocation, and allow them to visualize what their day would be like as one living in the dystopian society. Additionally, students will interview their peers to discuss life in Anthem.
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8th - 12th
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March Virtual Field Trip - Leprechaun Story Adventures - Distance Learning
Let's take a Virtual Field Trip in March through our FAVORITE Leprechaun Story Adventures!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and ready our FAVORITE Leprechaun Books!On this trip, you will start by with a story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE Leprechaun Stories:Jamie O'Rourke and the Big PotatoSilly McGillyLeprechaun on the LooseHOW TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN!!You will hear the story
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2nd - 4th
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Alphabet 3D Digital Models for Smartboards or Whiteboards
Alphabet ( A - Z ) 3D graphics. This is a 3D digital model pdf file, where you can manipulate the letters to move and rotate in 3 dimensions with the touch of a mouse or a finger if you have a touch screen! Completely interactive! Great to put up on a Smartboard, Promethean Board, or touch screen computer.Fun way to learn to the alphabet. Kids will have so much fun moving the letters around. You can open and use the model tree to hide and show the letters. You can also print out the graphics to
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PreK - 2nd
Interactive Story - Virtual Field Trip - Back to School - Story Map - Reading
Let's take a Back to School STORYventure... Old School Party with our favorite classic books: Where the Wild Things Are, Amelia Bedelia, Miss Nelson is Missing, and Chrysanthemum!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Back to School STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School S
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2nd - 4th
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"The Veldt" Short Story - Mock Trial Activity
This activity is for use after reading the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury.Using this preparation form, students will analyze debate questions and collect evidence in preparation of a Mock Trial to determine who is truly at fault in the story. This task includes a link to a PDF version of the story as well.This task includes 6 high-interest debate questions, as well as 3 research tables for students to look at 3 different character perspectives in the story.
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8th - 11th
The Cay by Theodore Taylor CHARACTER SIMULATION & Writing Activity
Phillip's Eye is a character simulation and writing activity for the novel, The Cay by Theodore Taylor. Students become either Phillip (blind) or Timothy (Philip's eyes) and create a map of their cay. Students experience a small glimpse of what the characters feel like in the story. The Timothy student draws a map of the cay, following descriptions from the book. The Timothy student will then guide the Phillip (blindfolded) student to create the same map of the cay. After the simulation, studen
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5th - 8th
THE CHRYSALIDS -- John Wyndham
Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power. ~John WyndhamYou are in for a thought-provoker with John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids. It’s a classic and its message even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1955 with Cold War tensions and rumours and fears of nuclear war. Might sound familiar given the current nightly news.I have taught the novel numerous times and every time it caught the interest of the students with its three-
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8th - 11th
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The Case of the Principal's Safe - Inference, Writing - Distance Learning
This mystery can be presented in many ways over a period of several days. The sequence and answer keys provided are only a suggestion of how it could be used. You are certainly invited to change, add, or rework any of the materials provided. There are many inference skills required and students are asked to explain many of their ideas, giving them the opportunity to respond to short answer questions as well as developing an argumentative essay. One of the things that is built in is your abil
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3rd - 8th
Easter Story Adventures - Distance Learning - Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take an Easter Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip in through our FAVORITE Bunny Tales!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, celebrate Easter, and ready our FAVORITE Bunny Tales!On this trip, you will start by with a story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 5 of our FAVORITE Easter Stories:Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!Turkey's Eggcellent AdventureThe Old Lady Who Swallowed a ChickThe Easter Bunny's AssistantHOW TO CATCH THE EASTER
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2nd - 4th
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Seven Scenarios for Student Self-Exploration and Expression
A smart person learns from their own experience; the wise person learns from the experiences of others.Croaks from the Pad “Seven Scenarios for Student Self-Exploration and Expression” contains seven scenarios appropriate to middle school and high school students. The scenarios can be used within a unit, or as a short bridge to another unit, or on a day when things are just not working, or when you are away. They cover three strands: reading, writing, and oral. Each Scenario asks the student to
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Pink Series "o" Interactive Works | Montessori | CVC Phonics
***This work is for "o" words. There are separate products that I offer for "a", "e", "i", and "u" CVC interactive Pink Series words, too.****Are you wanting your students or children practicing their CVC words, but do not have the Montessori Pink Series works to do so?I have an interactive Pink Series work where your students (or children) can "drag and drop" their Pink Series cards to a "virtual" rug. For this work, the focus will be on the 'o' CVC words to practice with.Your students (or chil
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Montessori Pink Series, CVC Words Interactive Work Bundle, Phonics
American Pioneers, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford
Throughout history there have been people who are game changers. They saw a problem and created a solution, saw an opportunity and seized it, or dreamed of something and invented it. These people changed the way things were done. The moves they made set our world on a different path. The American Pioneers, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford are featured in this lesson. The lesson focuses on reading and extracting evidence from the text. This lesson is great practice for building vo
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4th - 7th
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
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Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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