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Critical thinking Common Core RL.3.3 lessons
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Emergency Sub Plans Grades 2nd 3rd and 4th
Have you ever woke for school feeling like death is tapping you on the shoulder? You push Mr. Death aside to haul yourself into school. Substitute plans HAVE to be done! With the help of this emergency sub plan kit, and just a little preparation on your part, you will know all is well at school. You can concentrate on getting better!Using only the traditional substitute pages makes this kit perfect for your regular sub folder too.==================================================================
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2nd - 4th
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Boris and Bella characters, lessons learned, Halloween activities
Boris and Bella is a BOOtiful story which can teach young readers how to watch the character for theme changes. It's an awesome read aloud for our Halloween activities. This resource is now ready for distance learning too! Bella Legrossi (the messiest monster in Booville) and Boris Kleanitoff (the tidiest monster in Booville) were neighbors who rubbed each other the wrong way. Kids will have fun listening to this Halloween story to find out if these two could ever be friends. By using the sig
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1st - 4th
Also included in:Â A Book Companion Bundle
Mr. Peabody's Apples Character Changes, Lessons Learned
Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna is a beautiful story which can teach young readers how to watch the character for theme changes. By using the signpost strategy (Notice and Note Strategies for Close Reading by K. Beers and N. Probst), students can gain a better understanding of key elements in fictional text. When looking at the characters and major events, you can lead the class to see how these changes can affect the character over time. (This is the beginning of awareness for: character mot
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2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â A Book Companion Bundle
Metacognition Real Reading Salad Comprehension Strategy Activity ~ RTI
Metacognition and Real Reading Comprehension Strategy - Are your kids REALLY READING? ~ Real vs. Fake Reading Comprehension Kit. If your kids are struggling with comprehension, metacognition or just "pretending" to read, this just may be the resource for you! :)**Metacognition Real Reading Salad can also be found in a bundled set.**Metacognition MEGA BUNDLE!You may use these lessons and activities with any text or chapter, multiple books, a specific genre, poetry, etc. The strategies and activ
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1st - 4th
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Also included in:Â Metacognition, Reading Comprehension MEGA BUNDLE
Claims and Evidence Information Text Mystery Short Fiction Story Activity
Mystery stories are perfect for getting to grips with claims, evidence and reasoning. Get students engaged in reading, following ideas, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, and predicting outcomes. In a mystery, the reader has to employ inference skills to understand the story and identify clues. This fun, mystery story activity pack will improve students’ comprehension and inference as they employ detective skills to find the guilty suspects. With loads of fun activities to turn your r
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5th - 9th
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CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
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K - 4th
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Weslandia character changes, lessons learned
WESLANDIA by Paul Fleischman is a beautiful story which can teach young readers how to watch the character for theme changes. By using the signpost strategy (Notice and Note Strategies for Close Reading by K. Beers and N. Probst), students can gain a better understanding of key elements in fictional text. When looking at the characters and major events, you can lead the class to see how these changes can affect the character over time. (This is the beginning of awareness for: character motivat
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2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â A Book Companion Bundle
Christmas Activities: Close Reading Bundle for Read Aloud and Comprehension
Christmas Close Reading Bundle contains 3 weeks of reading lesson plans that take a closer look at three special Christmas Stories, The Polar Express written by Chris Van Allsburg, Christmas Trolls by Jan Brett , and Yes Virginia by Chris Pleha. Save with this Christmas Close Reading BUNDLE. All three packets will have you teaching till the end. Each packet focuses on reading standards. Character analysis is done through Christmas Trolls. The Polar Express focuses on illustrations and point-o
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
STEAM/STEM unit plan - Create your Ultimate Animal & Ultimate Country pack
Welcome to the "Building Your Ultimate Animal" and "Creating Your Ultimate Country" STEAM project, an immersive educational experience that ignites creativity, critical thinking, and scientific exploration among students. This dynamic initiative combines elements of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics to inspire learners.The primary goal of this project is to empower students to conduct comprehensive research on diverse animal species, analyzing their unique adaptations, beha
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, 5-LS2-1
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UDL lesson plan: THE MAGIC FISH
The story for this lesson came from a Scholastic Publishing resource book, which featured a Brothers Grimm tale....Feel free to start singing the song in class, to bring the students to attention. The explanation of the Brothers Grimm was provided by Wikipedia.
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Reading Comprehension Fiction and Non-Fiction
This packet contains reading stories, fiction and non-fiction with comprehension questions to answer after reading. The reading stories can be used in grades K-4th.
They can be used as reading stations, as partner work, small groups, whole group, early finisher work, assessments, individual work, or as a needs based lesson for students that are struggling with the skill of comprehension. This is especially useful for the ESOL population as comprehension seems to be a skill that some may struggle
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K - 3rd
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Teach CCSS with How Far I'll Go Song from Moana | Reading Literature
Teach CCSS with How Far I'll Go from Moana! Use this short 3 minute song to teach a ton of CCSS standards. Compare how Moana sees her future and how her people see their future. Discuss the meaning of the words horizon, role and roll. Explore the concept of motivation and also students are as adventurous as Moana. Finally, identify visuals in the music video to help improve understanding of the lyrics.This song by Auli'i Cravalho, along with the lyrics on screen, can be found on YouTube here.(No
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1st - 5th
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The One and Only Ivan Character Traits and Setting
Are you looking for standards based lessons to accompany your study of The One and Only Ivan? This lesson explores the characters and setting from Katherine Applegate's novel. Plus, lesson includes a fun activity for the final project.Click HERE to save about 30% of the price of individual resources with the bundle.Inside you'll find:I can statementListing of Core StandardsQuestions about Character3-2-1 Bridge ActivityRepetition of ObjectiveInference QuestionsGroup ActivityStudents Find Textual
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in:Â The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Activities
Teaching Visualizing Using Picture Books
Want a fun and easy to remember way to have your students conquer the difficult task of comprehending what they read? This is one of my many strategies that help students dive into higher level thinking without the frustration, without the vagueness of correlation to everyday reading, without the "once its over it forgotten" type of lessons.
It's time to teach our young readers how to find the joy and ease of comprehending. It's time for an easy to use tool that requires little to no extra cr
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K - 5th
Freckle Juice Novel Study
Freckle Juice is such a great way to introduce chapter books to your students. This unit will prepare them for reading and understanding this challenging text type with thorough lessons and engaging, common core aligned activities. It's perfect to use with guided reading groups, and it's packed with activities designed to boost academic rigor as well as student enjoyment. Here are the key components:Five in-depth lesson plans that include vocabulary to pre-teach, tricky words that could inter
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2nd - 4th
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Using Picture Books to Teach Text Interaction
Teaching children to comprehend can be an overwhelming task. I've put together a system that uses quality picture books to introduce and reinforce comprehension strategies! There are 7 all together! Each anchor text was chosen not only for its style and quality, but for how its characters and plot can be tied with one of the core reading strategies. Hopefully by tying the characters and their experiences to a reading strategy this strategy can develop a deep meaning and understanding of the s
Grades:
PreK - 5th
A Book Companion Bundle
This book companion bundle uses stories that can teach young readers how to watch the character for theme changes. By using the signpost strategy (Notice and Note Strategies for Close Reading by K. Beers and N. Probst), students can gain a better understanding of key elements in fictional text.When looking at the characters and major events, you can lead the class to see how these changes can affect the character over time. (This is the beginning of awareness for: character motivation, plot, con
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Create a Character in Writing PowerPoint
Your kids will have fun using creativity to create characters and better understand character traits! This colorful PowerPoint guides students through poetry writing about a specific character from a book or novel study of your choice. It uses the gradual release method to model and help kids practice before producing their final product.Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the purchase of a bundle.This quick set up is easy to use as you project it on a board for who
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in:Â Writing Lessons PowerPoint Bundle
The Indian in The Cupboard Novel Study Character & Setting
If your class is reading The Indian in the Cupboard and you are looking for lessons, read on. This lesson explores the characters and setting from Lynn Reid Bank's novel, The Indian in the Cupboard. Click HERE to save 30% with the bundle.Students will:Show knowledge of Little Bear and Omri Discuss story settingBe engaged through thought provoking questions. Work in groups and individually. Create an advertisement as a culminating project**Please follow me for notifications of sales and promotion
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4th
Also included in:Â The Indian in the Cupboard Worksheets, Novel Study, and PowerPoint Bundle
The Lemonade Crime: Questions for Class Discussion, Essays, or Quizzes
It would be a crime not to use this list of class discussion questions/essay prompts/short answer inquiries to review this popular book. This handout provides 20 interesting, relevant, and essential statements or questions about pertinent aspects of this bestseller. Choices are varied and encourage positive student engagement.
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2nd - 6th
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The Lemonade War: Questions for Class Discussions, Essays, or Short Answer Tests
You've come to the right place to obtain the perfect list of class discussion questions/essay prompts/short answer inquiries for The Lemonade War. This handout provides 20 interesting, relevant, and essential statements or questions about pertinent aspects of this popular book, including its theme, conflicts, cause and effect, tone, characters, and much more. Choices are varied and encourage positive student engagement.
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2nd - 6th
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Lesson Plan/TC Format/Pandora's Box Shared Reading
This lesson involves a motivating puppet skit that introduces the students to the thinking they will be doing during and after the lesson. You can create your own puppets using popsicle sticks and tag board , as well as a puppet theater using a project board and cutting a large hole in the center. You can decorate it and stand it up. I have a wooden theater and puppets I invested in through amazon.com. The lesson can be done over the course of two sessions depending on your schedule. There i
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2nd - 4th
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Immigration: Through New Lenses {{Critical Literacy Mini-Unit}}
Overview:This 4 day mini-unit was designed to focus on the 4 components of literacy. "Reading from a critical perspective involves thinking beyond the text to understand issues such as why the author wrote about a particular topic, wrote from a particular perspective, or chose to include some ideas about the topic and exclude others. It requires both the ability and the deliberate inclination to think critically- to analyze and evaluate all types of texts, meaningfully question their origin and
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Character Traits for PROMETHEAN Board
Your kids will have fun using creativity to create characters and better understand character traits! This colorful Promethean board flipchart guides students through poetry writing about a specific character from a book or novel study of your choice. It uses the gradual release method to model and help kids practice before producing their final product.ATTENTION: Please be sure you have ActivInspire Software before downloading this product. If you do not, an identical product may be purchased i
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in:Â Writing Lessons ActivInspire Bundle for Promethean Board Primary Students
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