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Balanced literacy homeschool curricula for Microsoft Word and for special education
Reading Comprehension Strategy Book - Visuals/Mnemonics
This is a reading strategy book that I created for my special needs students to use when reading passages and answering comprehension questions. Everything is either presented visually or in chart form or presented as a mnemonic. There is a page that describes what to look for before you read (flow chart type format); two pages for what to do as you read (a really great graphic of how to write the gist of a paragraph and a text coding box); one page of what to do after you read (this is a page
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Children's Poetry (for two voices) - Hiking to a Waterfall
Start your classroom's day with a humorous and surprising two-person poem perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. Whether read for pure fun or used to teach literary devices, vocabulary, and rhythm and rhyme, Mark Weakland's Hiking to a Waterfall is sure to entertain both students and teachers.
Children love poems for two or more people; reading is more fun with a friend! Children can read the poem with a buddy or with a group of friends, as a morning warm-ups or as part of a poetry unit. T
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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The Great Gatsby Novel Study
Novel Study for The Great GatsbyDescription:This resource offers an in-depth exploration of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" characters, themes, and literary elements, ensuring students gain a thorough understanding of this classic work.What's Included:Detailed Lesson Plans: Nine carefully crafted lesson plans guiding you through each chapter, highlighting key events, themes, and symbols.Reading Comprehension Questions: Chapter-by-chapter questions to assess students' understanding and s
Grades:
9th - 12th
Animals and their Babies Matching Cards
Included in this set are 18 Animal/Baby Pairs. There are many uses for these cards, including using them as 3 part montessori cards. Includes instruction page and images.
The images are public domain images from Pixabay.
Animal pairs include:
• Dog/puppy
• Cat/kitten
• Duck/duckling
• Pig/piglet
• Penguin/chick
• Elephant/calf
• Seal/pup
• Sheep/lamb
• Horse/foal
• Human/baby
• Cow/calf
• Chicken/chick
• Lion/cub
• Rabbit/bunny
• Gorilla/infant
• Tiger/cub
• Bear/cub
• Deer/fawn
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Alphabet Friends Letters A-J
The following activities allow children in PreK, K, and first grade to practice several skills while having fun. Letter Recognition, Fine Motor Cutting Practice, and Artistic Creativity are enjoyed in these activities.
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Common Core-friendly Biotechnology Scientific Literacy assignment
This four part assignment requires students to read and understand a series of articles and to view the film "Gattaca" starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law in order to gain a better understanding of the role of biotechnology in the past, present and future.
In addition to developing scientific literacy, language arts skills and critical thinking are called into action.
The assignment deals with the eugenics movement from the early 20th century, the issue of genetically modified organ
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Daily Edit - Daily Sentence Writing Assessment Tool
Need a quick check for spelling, sentence structure or handwriting? This tool does it all! Given a sentence requiring editing, the student writes the sentence correctly on the line provided. Lines are about 1" primary lines. Included on the document is an assessment box for quick scoring of student's use of capital letters, punctuation, proper handwriting strokes and spelling.
Grades:
K - 3rd
QAR - Question Answer Relationships - template and organizer
Great tool for increasing metacognition, even in younger readers! This QAR form fits perfectly in the "Before Reading" phase of your lesson. You type or write in 4 facts based on or around what the reader will encounter within the text. The reader decides prior to the read whether the information will come only from their head, or whether they will need to use text information to aid in answering the question. After the read, the reader revisits the form and reflects on how they can answer t
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Special Education: Can I Buy This? Using Money Life Skills {Autism}
*** You may edit this Word document as needed ***
This worksheet was originally created for a student with special needs. The first sheet contains 16 items of clothing and accessories with real-world prices. The second sheet contains multiple scanned bills of $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100.
In my lesson, the student chooses a bill and places it in the blank space after "What Can I Buy With" and we repeat the sentence along with the dollar amount. They look through the items and place a ma
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Children's Poetry - Complete Set of 12 Poems
Start your classroom's day with a humorous and surprising poem perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. Whether read for pure fun or used to teach first person perspective, vocabulary, and rhythm and rhyme, any or all of these 12 poems from Mark Weakland's collection The Delicious Chocolate Donut (and other off-kilter poems) is sure to entertain both students and teachers.
Poems include: I Sure Love Pancakes, A Serious Talk from My Parents, A Bug!, The Dinner Guest, The Delicious Chocolate Don
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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80+ Decodable Books for Intermediate Readers (2nd grade)
A comprehensive series of 86 sequential, skill-building, high-interest books for 2nd grade readers. These books include, vocabulary, spelling work, phonics work, and comprehension questions. Each book is only eight half pages long. These small kid-friendly books are designed to help your child master the art of decoding.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Yearlong Plan / Curriculum Map / Genre Studies
You need this resource!! This is a complete yearlong plan for 4th grade, integrating literacy, content areas, and technology, complete with projects, resources, and assessments.Reading units include genres with book studies (also available here) and read aloud suggestions, comprehension strategies, ideas for mini lessons, mentor texts, assessments, and more.Writing units include projects, craft lessons, assessments, and mentor texts and resources.Science and social studies units are integrated w
Grades:
4th - 5th
Ezra Jack Keats Art Lesson The Snowy Day Pre-K to 3rd Grade
Are you looking for a fun and creative way to teach your students about the art of mixed media while exploring the classic children's book, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats? Look no further than our "The Snowy Day" mixed media project! This lesson offers a hands-on opportunity for your students to create a beautiful winter scene inspired by the book, using a variety of materials and techniques.Using easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step demonstrations, students will learn how to create
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Independent Reading Program, Just Right Books, and Book Summaries
Selecting a Just Right Book, creating a collection of book summaries, book reports, reading lists and suggestions, interacting and making connections with independent reading novels, meeting daily reading expectations, reading for fun, making D.E.A.R. meaningful (Drop Everything and Read), rubric for grading independent reading practice, student rating system, silent sustained reading
Through this independent reading program, students are taught to select a "Just Right Book" using the 5 finger
Grades:
3rd - 12th
DRO board (escape function)
Token Board (5"x9") Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior (task refusal, bartering with adult, verbal protest, non-compliance, etc.) Protocol Included :)
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Visual Schedule
Visual Schedule 15 tasks (editable) Used for longer ABA sessions where several tasks are completed Just print, laminate and add velcro! :)
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay Student Packet
This is a packet designed to guide your students through the step by step process of writing a compare and contrast essay. It includes a sample essay. It also includes tasks to complete associated with the sample essay. These tasks help the students become aware of the phrases and structures associated with compare and contrast essays. The packet takes the students through all the steps in writing an essay. First, they choose a topic and organize their thoughts around it. Then, they learn how to
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Alphabet Friends Letters K-Z
Teaching and reinforcing letter recognition can be fun and creative with the folloiwng activities. Alphabet friends couples creative art with the fundamentals of reading aquisition.
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Alphabet Tracers Letter J-Z
Children will practice writing the letters and enhance their skills.
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Alphabet Tracer Pages Letters A-I
Children can use these worksheets to give added practice to their writing and literacy skills.
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Great Picture Dictionary for your classroom
I created this picture dictionary for an ELL student in my classroom. It could also be used in writing folders or as another spelling resource.
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Spalding Grade 1/Term 1 Program
If you are new to Spalding or if you just want it all done for you, this is a Grade 1/Term 1 Spalding program. It will save you around 40 hours of time putting it all together.I have used Mary North's book of weekly things to learn and written it up into an easy to follow daily program. It is a fully editable document so that you can write in your own state/country outcomes, core numbers etc... I have written it with the outcomes for Australia for the State of NSW where I live, but you can easi
Grades:
1st, Staff
Spalding Year 2/Term 1 Program/Lesson Plans
If you are new to Spalding or if you just want it all done for you, this is a Grade 2/Term 1 Spalding program. It will save you around 40 hours of time putting it all together.I have used Mary North's book of weekly things to learn and written it up into an easy to follow daily program.It is a fully editable document so that you can write in your own state/country outcomes, core numbers etc... I have written it with the outcomes for Australia for the State of NSW where I live, but you can easily
Grades:
2nd
10 Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
This is a collection of 10 one-page graphic organizers that support the teaching Vocabulary strategies. It can be used in all subject areas and across a broad age/grade-level range. Provides a variety of diagrams beyond the basic web illustration. Younger students are able to map their ideas on many of the organizers.
Grades:
1st - 12th
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