Balanced literacy resources for SMART Notebook and for homeschool

The Grouchy Ladybug: A Smart Board Interactive Story Retell

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Balanced Literacy, Math, Reading Strategies

This is an interactive Smart Board lesson that can be used as either a Common Core Aligned math or literacy activity. This lesson retells Eric Carle's story: "The Grouchy Ladybug" in sequential order. It has an interactive clock that students can manipulate to tell the correct time in the story. There is also an analog clock that may be tapped on every page to reveal the correct time in the story. The characters in the story are animated and there is also a sound component for many of the cha

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PreK - 3rd, Adult Education, Staff

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Story Retell

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Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Spring

This is an interactive story retell for the Smart Board. After reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” students will retell the story on the Smart Board. The images of what the caterpillar ate will fade into the screen when the weekday is tapped. This allows students to retell the story in the correct chronological order of events and check their responses on the Smart Board. Students and teachers will love this engaging, interactive lesson.

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Phonics 2 Sounds of Double O SmartBoard Lesson Primary Grades

Created by

Lisa Rombach

This SmartBoard lesson will introduce your students to the 2 sounds of double O. The notebook file includes teacher's notes, interactive pages, links to websites and printable materials (pdf) in the attachment tab (write the room cards and differentiated recording sheets, practice worksheet, spelling test master). Each activity will help your students become familiar with and learn to read words with the 2 sounds of double O. Open the preview to see all the pages in this notebook file.Lisa Romb

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Spelling

Grades:

1st - 2nd

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

5 weeks of SMARTboard Spelling ow,ou,oi,oy,oo,ue,au,aw,ui,ew,oe,oo,ou Diphthongs

Created by

Tiny Toes

FIVE weeks of spelling activities for your SMARTboard (.notebook) interactive whiteboard. These activities include the following lessons: diphthongs - ow, ou diphthongs - oi, oy variant vowels - oo, ue, ui, ew, oe variant vowels, diphthongs - oo, ou variant vowels - au, aw Have fun sorting words, using spelling tiles to complete words according to the weekly theme, using spelling tiles to spell the given word, using spelling tiles to fill in the missing letters, using spelling tiles to make up

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Spelling

Grades:

1st - 3rd

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Interactive Whiteboard, Games, Centers

Arctic Animal Wonderland w Penguins, Seals, Walrus', Polar Bears SMARTboard

Created by

Tiny Toes

Welcome to our Arctic Animal Wonderland for SMARTboard (.notebook) This Smartboard file includes 13 delightfully created activities: Label the Polar Bear Fun Facts about the Polar Bear with word bank Label the Walrus Fun Facts about the Walrus with word bank Label the Seal Fun Facts about the Seal with word bank Label the Penguin Fun Facts about the Penguin with word bank 1, 2, and 3 syllable word sort Circle the Initial Sound Sort the Arctic Animals from smallest to largest Arrange the words i

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Balanced Literacy, General Science, Winter

Grades:

K - 3rd

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Interactive Whiteboard, Games, Lesson

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Smart Board Interactive Letter Match

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Back to School, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Directions for the Smart Board Activity: Students tap the die on the Smart Board. They are to name the letter on the die. After naming the letter revealed on the die, students are to write the matching capital or lower-case in the box provided. Students are to tap the moon on the Smart Board and the correct answer will appearThere are 26 slides for every letter in the alphabet in random order. This interactive activity provides alphabet recognition skills. It is a common core aligned activit

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PreK - 1st, Staff

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Main Idea and Details Smartboard Lesson

Created by

Catherine Devins

This is a Smartboard lesson that focuses on the skill of recognizing Main Ideas and Details. The lesson contains readings and graphic organizers to introduce & practice the concept. There are also multiple choice questions relating to the reading and the main idea and details, There is also links to You Tube video about the Main idea which is a very fun video/song about the difference between the main idea and details in a paragraph. I also include links to additional online practice for m

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

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2nd - 8th, Adult Education

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Grammar

A SmartBoard Intro to Dialogue: An Interactive Presentation for 2nd - 5th Grade

Created by

Dot Cates

Including dialogue in writing can be a wonderful way to add supporting detail, help your reader get to know characters better, or move the plot forward. However, learning how to punctuate and format dialogue correctly can be tricky! In this presentation, students will learn about: * Quotation marks * Additional punctuation before the end quotation * When to use a period and when to use a comma when ending dialogue * The importance of attributing who is speaking * Paragraph format when using di

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2nd - 5th

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Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Literature

Smart board Activity The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Created by

lisa Lee

An interactive smart board activity to use in the classroom after reading your favorite non-fiction book or books about polar bears and Jan Brett's "The Three Snow Bears." Compare and contrast the original story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears to "The Three Snow Bears," using a venn diagram. Interactive write an informative piece about polar bears, using can, have and are. Includes links to facts about polar bears and a link to Teacher tube for a video.

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K - 2nd

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"Five Little Pumpkins" Smart Board Literacy & Math Common Core Activities

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Balanced Literacy, Basic Operations, Halloween

•10 pages of an interactive Halloween poetry. There are scary (fun) speaker icons that students and teachers will love. The pumpkins have custom animations!• 10 pages of interactive pumpkin counting. • 10 pages of interactive subtraction. An interactive scarecrow will fade to reveal the correct number sentence and answer. • 10 pages of interactive pumpkin counting into ten-frames. • 2 pages of counting infinitely cloned pumpkins by 5’s and 10’s • • An interactive acrostic poetry prompt that m

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Phonics

Letter Identification Activities for SmartBoard

Created by

Kristin Bertie

Use this engaging SmartBoard file to introduce or practice letters of the alphabet with your little ones! Each letter has it's own interactive page that will hold the interest of children and provide them with loads of foundational practice! *Use for Whole Class or a Literacy Center * Pages should be viewed in full screen for optimal effect. *When finished with the file, do NOT save. The original file that I created will then automatically open the next time you use the activities. Enjoy! Kri

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PreK - 1st

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CCSS:

RF.K.1d

The Very Busy Spider Interactive Story Retell for the Smart Board

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Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

This is an interactive story retell for Eric Carle's story; "The Very Busy Spider." This retell is a common core aligned activity that includes a sound component for the characters in the story. This activity has engaging clipart that retells the story in sequential order on the Smart Board. The characters on the page will fade into the screen as the page is entered. This engaging activity will promote and enhance reading and comprehension skills. Clipart and fonts by:Doodle Frames, Ralph an

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas Guided Reading Weekly Plan - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc. Each purpose is also identified being a particular hat from th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Guided Reading Books

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K - 10th

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Second Grade Sight Word Games and Activities for the Smart Board

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Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Spelling

Directions and Contents of Product: This Smart Board activity set contains 20 Smart Board activities to enhance sight word recognition and spelling skills for the second grade. These activities use the second grade Dolch sight word list. It is a common core aligned activity unit for the Smart Board. These activities may be used during whole-group word work skills or independently in a literacy center. The activities include: Two pages that have random word chooser which randomly choses a word

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1st - 3rd, Staff

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Colors & Numbers Smart Board Activities and Centers

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Balanced Literacy, Basic Operations, Spelling

This is an 28 page interactive Smart Board product which could be used in mini lessons or in math centers. The students are asked to spell color and number words on individual pages. They are able to self-correct their own work by tapping a box to reveal the answer. As the numbers progress into the teens, the students are asked to drag the correct amount of chips into ten-frames. This Notebook file may exported into a printable file to accompany the activities.

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Lesson, Centers

Daily 5 Rotation for SMARTBoard - Sky Theme

Created by

Wish Upon a Starkey

Enjoy this easily customized Daily 5 Rotation. You can use just the first page and have students move their names to the Daily 5 station of their choice or you can use all five slides and have the students look to see which station they are assigned to. You can change the names easily by unlocking them and typing the new name. Additional names can be added by copying and pasting one of the other names and then editing it to display a new name. Feel free to contact me with any troubleshooting que

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Balanced Literacy, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Graphic Organizers, Centers

The Gruffalo - Four Block Literacy Guided Reading - Including 6 Thinking Hats

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. It also has links to various other lesson ideas about The Gruffalo. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teach

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K - 12th

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The Kissing Hand Literacy & Math Centers and Activities for the Smart Board

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Back to School, Balanced Literacy, Basic Operations

This is a 60 page interactive Smart Board product for the familiar story: "The Kissing Hand." This product may be used during whole-group literacy or math instruction or during independent centers. Each page has self-revealing answers that students will love and allows them to work independently in a center. The file may be printed to accompany the product.The product contains:~an interactive emergent reader~9 pages of interactive counting hearts/kisses in a ten-frame- Chester can be tapped to r

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PreK - 1st, Staff

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Handa's Surprise Guided Reading Weekly Lessons - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 5 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Handa's Surprise. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc. If you do not have SMARTnotebook you can still view and use this lesson, as long as y

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K - 6th

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Three Little Pigs Literacy & Math Centers and Activites for the Smart Board

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Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Word Problems

This is Common Core Aligned Smart Board unit for The Three Little Pigs. This product is 57 pages of interactive literacy and math that may be used during whole-group instruction or in literacy and math centers. Each page contains self-revealing answers so that students may self-correct their own work in a center. This product may be printed to accompany each lesson or center. The product contains the following:-10 pages of Three Little Pig interactive sentences to be unscrambled -2 pages of inte

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Word Family Literacy Centers

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Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Spelling

This is an interactive literacy center or the product may used in mini-lessons. It has 26 individual slides for the Smart Board. This product is a common core aligned activity that has self-revealing answers so that children may work independently in a literacy center. It has a slide for each of the following word families: "at", "an", "ap" ,"ag", "ed", "en", "et", "ell", "it", "in"," ip", "ill", "og", "ot", "ock", "op", "ug", "up", "un" and "ud."The students are asked to look at the image, pull

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Math & Literacy Activities and Centers

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Applied Math, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

This is an interactive Smart Board product for the Eric Carle/Bill Martin Jr. story:“Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?” This product contains 55 pages of interactive literacy and math activities, which may be used during whole-group instruction or in math or literacy centers. The product contains an audio component for each character in the story. It has self-revealing answers, which allow students to self-correct their own work in their centers.The product contains the following:• An i

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PreK - 2nd, Staff

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Hairy Maclary Guided Reading Weekly Lesson Plan - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Hairy Maclary. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc.

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