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Middle school Black History Month close reading homeschool curricula
Superhero Close Reading & Writing Theme Unit {Bundle}
Unleash your student's close reading powers with this superhero themed bundle. Inside you will find SIX passages for close reading, homework, assessments, and guided reading instruction. I have designed this unit to meet common core complexity ranges for grades 2-5.
It can also be used to encourage close reading and citing textual evidence in secondary grades.
Each passage has 5 activities (1 Graphic Organizers, 3 pages w/ dependent questions, snd an extended writing response).
Grades:
2nd - 8th
The Pony Express and the Telegraph - Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions
3 Reading passages covering Communication in the 1800s, the Pony Express, and the Introduction of the Telegraph. Includes 3 reading comprehension worksheets. Comprehension questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions. Use for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension). This product is great for substitute teachers or for a quick charter school sample, independent reading, homework, or as a supplemental
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Wild, Wild West - Reading Passages & Comprehension - MEGA BUNDLE
One Crazy Summer Novel Study (One Crazy Summer Chapter Questions)
Looking for a way to get your students referring to the text as they answer questions about the book One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia? This novel study is just what you need! All activities are text based and page numbers are included!
What's included:
* Comprehension quiz for every chapter
* Compare and Contrast activity for every 2 chapters
* Skill sheets for Common Core Literature Standards grade 4-6:
- Theme
- Plot Line
- Character Studies
- Point of View
- Questioning
- Compare a
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Complete Novel Study Grades 5, 6, 7
This is a literature guide to Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. This novel unit would be great for use in a literature circle or novel study group. Activities contain higher level thinking reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, as well as extension activities. A complete answer key is included in page format, so pages with answers could be printed for students with IEPs.To see a complete list of activities, please open the preview.Summary of Artemis FowlArtemis Fowl is a terrific science fict
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Plot Review Pack with 4 Fairy Tales
Distance Learning Compatible! Review all Plot Elements from Exposition to Resolution with these familiar Fairy Tales! This 40-page Fairy Tale Plot review can be used in a variety of ways! Great for: Sub Plans Independent Packet work Group/Interactive Work Homeschool/Distance Learning (Can be differentiated for Elementary & Middle School students.) Includes: Teacher Directions 4 Fairy Tales: Hansel & Gretel Jack & the Beanstalk Sleeping Beauty Goldilocks & the
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Close Reads Chocolate & Vanilla Non-Fiction with Text Dependent Questions
This close read has two non-fiction selections with activities; a great way to incorporate compare/contrast of two selections as well as cross-curricular subject matter for back to school or anytime you need students to do paired reading assignments. Each paragraph is numbered. These are core-aligned with text dependent questions, vocabulary work, comparisons, and writing. It's a great supplement to online district resources that might not have this kind of context. This resource would be suita
Grades:
3rd - 6th
U.S. Geography & ELA Integrated Bundle: Reading, Writing & Social Studies
This United States Geography and ELA Resource Bundle has everything you need to integrate the two subjects! It includes 5 separate resources, including a U.S. geography nonfiction/informational text unit, a paired passages set, a research project, a set of pre-written exit tickets, and a map skills activity. Teachers can use these resources for:primary instruction of U.S. geographyclose readinginformational text reading comprehensiontext-based informative writing practice (test prep)research ski
Grades:
4th - 6th
Mood & Tone Poems
Mood and tone are literary/poetic devices that can be confusing concepts. That's why it's helpful to have lots of mentor poems to really show students, rather than simply tell them what mood and tone is all about. Mood is the overall feeling the poem creates for the reader. Tone is more a reflection of the writer of the poem and their attitude toward the audience.This collection of mentor poems is organized by subject. This allows you to show students that poems written about the same subject
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
This bundle contains: Foundational Writing, Narrative Writing, Text-Based Informational Writing, Text-Based Opinion Writing. Over 250 pages of prompts and instruction for a complete year-long curriculum for grades 4 & 5 (also appropriate for strong 3rd graders and struggling 6th graders). All Common Core writing standards are covered in these units. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based informational and opinion writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The prompts
Grades:
3rd - 6th
God's Smuggler Literary Guide
I was unable to find a literature guide when I taught this novel, so I wrote my own. These lessons went beautifully with great discussion and all of us appreciating the power of God as shown through Brother Andrew's story. This file contains a 6 week study with reading guides for each segment, which include vocabulary, comprehension questions, literary analysis questions, and personal application and thinking. It's set up as a Close Reading. The zip folder includes all the reading guides, comp
Grades:
6th - 9th
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The Jungle Book Novel Study
Using the Classic Starts edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, this novel study was created to help my 8 year old son work his way through the book. The questions created where to help him understand what was happening in the book as well as develop new vocabulary and recall of events.
This novel study is broken down by each chapter with vocabulary building, reading response questions, and multiple choice questions. All of these were designed to help the reader understand the events of
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Classic Starts Novel Studies
Bitmoji Classroom Black History Month Music Legends (Blues to Pop) w/activities
Celebrate Black History Month on stage with some of the most iconic and important musicians in the history of modern music. But you can also celebrate these legends anytime and throughout the year! This resource can be used for both in-person instruction and remote learning!Legends of Blues, Jazz, Rock, and Pop music come together in these two Bitmoji Rooms. Add in your Bitmoji to lead the lesson and join with the legends! The rooms can be edited to meet your needs if you would like to move, ad
Grades:
3rd - 11th, Staff
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Also included in: Legends of Music! Bitmoji classroom/morning agenda slides w/activities!
Dream Catcher History Lesson Art Project Self Esteem Lesson Plan
This lesson is about the history of Dream Catchers. This lesson plan offers a fun way to explores self confidence and self esteem themes. You can incorporate goal setting and dream building through conversations with the students building self awareness and bonus! A beautiful poster to remind them of the experience. The lesson is perfect for 3rd through 6th grade with some variations. Students will have the opportunity to explore line drawing and math skills by incorporating rulers and measureme
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Who Broke My Record - Inferencing Mystery (Digital or Print)
Oh no! Someone has broken Steven's Saylor Twift vinyl record and we need your help to figure out who it was!This inferencing mystery is easy prep and fun to solve - Upload digitally or print!This product includes:Step-by-step instructionsPolice reportEye witness report4 suspicious suspectsInference notes (digital and print)Culprit reveal!Use this resource in:Small GroupsWhole GlassLiteracy Center/StationsSkills covered: Making predictions, referencing and cross-referencing data, drawing conclusi
Grades:
5th - 12th
1968 Olympic Protest & The Black Power Movement | VIDEO & ACTIVITY
All these resources go with this video lesson on the Black Power Movement & The 1968 Olympic ProtestCut the lecture, support diverse learners, and engage your students with the power of story! Like all History for Humans lessons, it starts with a youtube video-lecture and comes with a follow-along interactive note sheet that could be completed digitally or with pen and paper. The video is not just engaging but also teaches in a way to help struggling learners, unlike many youtube educational
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Civil Rights Movement BUNDLE | VIDEOS, LESSONS, ACTIVITIES!
Harriet Tubman/Black History/ Bitmoj Virtual Classroom w/activities
Moses is coming! Here is a bitmoji classroom celebrating the life of one of the most famous Americans who helped lead slaves to freedom, Harriet Tubman. This is a perfect lesson for studying your history curriculum or for Black History Month.In this classroom, you will find links to videos, web quests, and readings on Tubman's life and the Underground Railroad. Questions to discuss students' prior knowledge, exit ticket slide, and writing prompt slides are also included.This slide can be edited
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4th - 11th, Staff
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963 Unit Bundle
This is a unit based upon the novel "The Watsons Go To Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis. It has been aligned to the new common core standards. You will be receiving everything you need to teach this unit! You are receiving 3 1/2 weeks of lesson plans that are ready to print out and paste into your plan book. You will also be receiving a list of vocabulary words for each of the 3 weeks you are teaching the novel as well as vocabulary organizers, power points to teach the words, Vocabulary c
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Digital Ontario Grade 5 Non-Fiction Reading Articles
Struggling to find something quick and easy to assess online learning? These non-fiction articles will help engage your kids and immerse them in learning. These articles are geared towards grade 6 reading level and include a page of questions for every day they are used. These five articles will easily get you started in building an online classroom. You can easily drop these lessons into Google Drive and then add them to your Google Classroom. Not using Google Classroom? No problem! A PDF of ea
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Ontario Grades 2 to 6 language
Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, & The Civil Rights Movement | VIDEO & ACTIVITY
All these resources go with this History For Humans episode on Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and the Fight For Civil Rights in America.This is a complete, everything you need, learning activity for distance learning and distance teaching! It starts with a youtube video-lecture from History for Humans (this is free on youtube) and comes with a follow-along interactive note sheet that could be completed digitally or with pen and paper. The video is not just engaging but also teaches in a way to h
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: Civil Rights Movement BUNDLE | VIDEOS, LESSONS, ACTIVITIES!
The Alchemist Novel Study, Unit Plan, Bundle Discussion Questions, Comprehension
Are you seeking a fun and engaging novel study to teach Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist? This novel study was created to increase student engagement and excitement about the author, Paulo Coelho as well as Santiago's quest toward his Personal Legend. This bundle provides students with a variety of exciting activities such as creative projects, discussion-based activities that get them moving around the room and talking to their peers, structured literary analysis paragraphs, discussion questions (c
Grades:
6th - 12th
Middle School ELA Independent Learning Bundle for Teachers - Build Skill Mastery
This Bundle features many of my independent learning products that will allow your middle school students to master English Language Arts Skills. The content is designed to be approachable and easy to understand for middle schoolers so that they can complete it on their own or with the guidance of a parent or tutor. The writing practices utilize the R.A.C.E. writing strategy.Many of the texts feature interesting and exciting topics that middle school students will enjoy. Includes practice with S
Grades:
6th - 8th
Power point: Underground Railroad and Abolitionists
This 23 slide power point can be used to introduce or review the underground railroad and key abolitionists. One slide will ask the question and the following slide provide the answer. All slides contain graphics including notable people, both slave and free and code words used on the Underground Railroad. Links to internet resources and interactive games and activities are included.
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Mystery of the Underground Railroad Conductor (role play activ
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Ontario Grades 7/8 Fiction Reading Stories Part D (NEW 2023 CURRICULUM)
This matches the new (2023) curriculum expectations. Expectations are listed on every activityStruggling to find something quick and easy to match the new language curriculum? These fiction texts will help engage your kids and immerse them in learning. These stories are geared towards grade 7 and 8 reading level and include a page of questions for every day they are used. These five articles will easily get you started in building an online classroom or are printable in pdf format for in-person
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Grades:
7th - 8th
Also included in: Comprehensive Ontario Grade 7 and 8 Year Long Language Unit
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes: Poem, Questions, & Key
Common Core, Smarter BalancedThis unit is on Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” and it is Common Core aligned and written as a Smarter Balanced assessment.If you need an emergency lesson for a substitute this unit would help you quickly in a pinch. This unit is broken down into 4 sections:"Harlem":1. The poem (1 page)2. Selected Response: 2 multiple-choice questions (1 page)3. Constructive Response: 2 short-answer questions (1 page)4. Answer key (1 page)All 4 pages come in Word and in PDF, making fo
Grades:
8th - 11th
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