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Presidents' Day short stories lesson pdfs
Teaching Story Elements
This packet is designed to offer a fun and engaging way to practice story elements; characters, setting, problem/solution, and sequence of events. You will be able to use these activities as a supplement to your guided reading lesson and/or your whole-group reading instruction. You can choose to print the selected pages you would like students to practice, display them on the interactive whiteboard for the class to complete, or place them in dry erase pouches and offer as an option during lit
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K - 1st
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Main Idea Reading Comprehension Passages Fall Worksheets
Use main idea reading passages to help your students grasp the concept of main idea and supporting details. These no prep short reading comprehension worksheets help students gain confidence in identifying main topic and supporting details. Each passage includes short answer and multiple choice questions. Fiction and non-fictions texts are included. There are 20 fall-themed no prep main idea passages included. Each passage includes a short, simple text. Reading comprehension questions are includ
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1st - 2nd
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Reading Comprehension and Fluency Pack
This BEST SELLING 114 page reading comprehension and fluency pack has three differentiated comprehensions for each phonics sound. Each passage has a shape next to it which shows the different level. To help improve fluency and aid comprehension, each passage has the numbers 1-3 at the top. Students are encouraged to read the passage three times. Each time they read the passage, they color in a number.Each sound has an original comprehension story with comprehension questions that cover who, what
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K - 3rd
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"Examination Day" Short Story Escape Room Activity: Practice Plot & Theme
Practice comprehension, plot structure, textual evidence, theme, and more with this engaging escape room for the short story "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar. If you've never read or heard of this dystopian/sci-fi story, check it out - it's the PERFECT accessible, high-interest, twist-ending story for middle schoolers. This activity can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will answer questions, identify elem
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6th - 9th
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Aesop's Fables Reader's Theater Scripts and Activities for Grades 4-7
Looking for a fun way to teach fables to your middle grade to middle school students? These Aesop's Fables reader's theater scripts are easy to implement, and students will love them! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating fables into your language arts instruction.These four, one-page, three-character scripts with corresponding reader response questions will give your students the chance to: work on fluency, reading comprehension while learning about the fables genre in a fun and en
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Washington & Lincoln Timelines President's Day for Kindergarten & First
Teaching your kindergarten & first graders about the presidents in our history? Grab these presidential timelines specific for George Washington & Abe Lincoln! You are getting both! Each timeline has four events; just enough for young children in kindergarten & first grade to sequence/order. It's a great activity after reading any age appropriate presidential biography on either Washington and/or Lincoln. The Washington Timeline:He measured land.He got married.He was an Army General.
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K - 1st
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Level A-M Guided Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Bundle | Fiction
This bundle of Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade leveled fiction Guided Reading passages with comprehension questions is a great resource to use throughout the year to help your students who are reading at Levels A-M. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons
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K - 2nd
The Masque of the Red Death - Poe - ESCAPE ROOM - Engaging Activity
Engage your students and practice literary analysis with this engaging, elaborate ESCAPE ROOM for Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death. This escape room activity can be facilitated virtually, traditionally, or with a blended/hybrid approach. Get ready to creep your students out even more as they attempt to escape the Red Death at Prince Prospero's masquerade!This sequential escape room takes students through 7 "rooms" (like the story) or challenges. The challenges start simple, with reading
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle: Engaging Activities
Plot: Story Structure Activity
NEW PRODUCT: Determining the Plot
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You can use this plot activity in many different ways! This would be a great way to introduce plot, use as guided practice, small group, centers, or even independent practice!
This is a great tool to use instead of boring workbook pages! There are four stories the students must read and identify the specific part of the plot. The students have a story map to place the cards to check their answers. There is an answer sheet included.
All yo
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2nd - 5th
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The Monkey's Paw Close Reading & Literary Analysis Assignment - PRINT & DIGITAL
Engage your students in close reading and literary analysis with this The Monkey's Paw Close Reading Literary Analysis Unit! This digital and traditional print close reading activity for "The Monkey's Paw" requires students to go back to carefully-selected passages from the text to read and closely analyze specific literary elements: figurative language, foreshadowing, and mood.With an emphasis placed on close reading and literary analysis, students will gain a better understanding of W. W. Jaco
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Stories Close Reading Literary Analysis Bundle - PRINT + DIGITAL
Level M Guided Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions 2nd Grade Fiction
These Level M Fiction Guided Reading passages, with comprehension questions, are a great resource to use in your guided reading groups to help your students focus on reading at their instructional level. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons.Students wil
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2nd
1st Grade Guided Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions | Level J
These Level J Fiction Guided Reading passages, with comprehension questions, are a great resource to use in your guided reading groups to help your students focus on reading at their instructional level. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons.Students wil
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1st
Elements of Fiction Unit - Short Story Unit for Middle School ELA
Help your students master the elements of fiction in short stories and have fun at the same time with the Elements of Fiction Unit Bundle! This complete unit includes 18 low-prep FUN lessons that will engage your students in the world of fiction! Each lesson builds upon the next until students have a solid foundation of knowledge of the elements of fiction and how they interact and influence one another (i.e. how the setting impacts characters, etc.)!! This unit includes everything you need t
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6th - 9th
Mount Rushmore Presidents Day STEM Activity Engineering US History
Engage Students in Learning About Famous Presidents and Mount Rushmore with STEM!Students love learning about Mount Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln by completing this STEM challenge! Video links are included to teach students about the history of Mount Rushmore as well as mini biographies of each of the presidents. Designing and building a model of Mount Rushmore helps solidify the lesson in a hands-on way!This activity helps students develo
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: February STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Level C Guided Reading Passages | Fiction | Kindergarten Lesson Plans Activities
These Level C Fiction Guided Reading passages, with comprehension questions, are a great resource to use in your guided reading groups to help your students focus on reading at their instructional level. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons.Students wil
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K
Level D Guided Reading Passages | Fiction | Kindergarten Lesson Plans Activities
These Level D Fiction Guided Reading passages, with comprehension questions, are a great resource to use in your guided reading groups to help your students focus on reading at their instructional level. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons.Students wil
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K
Mystery Writing Mini Unit for Upper Graders
Get your students writing mysteries, learning the structure, and digging into the elements of mystery writing with this mini unit. Included in this resource:-full size and student size mystery anchor chart-multiple planning pages -draft and published piece templates-connection to literature-rubricThe picture book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, is not required but a great addition to this unit!Looking for writing projects each month? Grab the entire bundle and cover the genres with engaging
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Bundle: Monthly Writing Projects for Upper Elementary
U.S. Symbols USA Sorting Activity for Kindergarten & First Social Studies
Teaching your students about symbols of the United Staes of America? Need a sort page for practice or assessment? Grab this sorting page where students will decided which of the following are (and are not) symbols:a shipthe White Housethe State of Libertya log cabinan American flaga bald eagleWashington MonumentLincoln MemorialStudents will sort, glue and color to complete.If you need other US Symbols resources check my TPT store:Lincoln, Washington and US Symbols Necklace BundleThanks for stopp
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K - 1st
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Level B Guided Reading Passages | Fiction | Kindergarten Lesson Plans Activities
These Level B Fiction Guided Reading passages, with comprehension questions, are a great resource to use in your guided reading groups to help your students focus on reading at their instructional level. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons.Students wil
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K
Click Clack Moo Cows That Type--Response Journal and Craftivity for K-2
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin is a book LOVED by kids!
This response journal will help make this unit easy for you and worthwhile for the kids. It is a book that is well known to most kids, which makes it a great journal to utilize in your K-1 classroom. To use, simply copy the pages you would like for your class to work on (I choose about 4-5) and copy with the cover on top! Included are:
*One biographical page about Doreen Cronin
*Journal Cover Page
*Characters and Setting
*Beginning
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K - 2nd
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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Interactive Flip Book, 10 Activities
This interactive resource contains everything you need to engage students with Edgar Allan Poe's creepy classic, "The Tell Tale Heart." Perfect in October (or any time of year!) this resource can be used alone, with Interactive Notebooks, or with Interactive File Folders.THIS "TELL-TALE HEART" RESOURCE INCLUDES:full text of “The Tell-Tale Heart” in easy-to-read font, with especially difficult vocabulary terms definedlesson plananticipation guidetext-dependent questions10 activities9 writing prom
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7th - 9th
1st Grade Guided Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions | Level E
These Level E Fiction Guided Reading passages, with comprehension questions, are a great resource to use in your guided reading groups to help your students focus on reading at their instructional level. Students will practice reading passages at their instructional level and complete comprehension questions to show their understanding of the texts. The lesson plans, leveled reading passages, and comprehension questions are perfect for 15-20 minute small guided reading group lessons.Students wil
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1st
The Cask of Amontillado Close Reading & Analysis Assignment - PRINT & DIGITAL
Engage your students in close reading and literary analysis with this The Cask of Amontillado Close Reading Literary Analysis Unit! This digital and traditional print close reading activity for "The Cask of Amontillado" requires students to go back to carefully-selected passages from the text to read and closely analyze specific literary elements: conflict and mood.With an emphasis placed on close reading and literary analysis, students will gain a better understanding of Edgar Allan Poe's short
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Stories Close Reading Literary Analysis Bundle - PRINT + DIGITAL
US Symbols Photo Posters of Statue of Liberty, Flag, Eagle Kindergarten & First
Getting ready to teach US Symbols? Looking for a poster set that includes a photo of the symbols? Grab this poster set that gives you a picture, plus simple facts for each of the following:US FLAGLINCOLN MEMORIALWASHINGTON MEMORIALBALD EAGLESTATUE OF LIBERTYWHITE HOUSE LIBERTY BELLAfter using them in your lessons, add them to a bulletin board! They'd look great with those directed drawings that are so fun & popular to do with students. Need more kindergarten and first grade resources for soc
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K - 2nd
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