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5th grade literature thematic unit plans under $5
Aca-Scuse Me? Teaching Theme vs. Main Idea With Music and Lyrics
This assignment is PITCH PERFECT for teaching theme to students grades 4 through 8!***UPDATED 9/8/18 TO INCLUDE:***PRE/POST TEST ANSWER KEYSCONCEPT HANDOUT FOR STUDENTSANSWER SHEETS FOR EACH OF THE 5 SONGSIf you are like me back during my first year of teaching 5th, I struggled to teach main idea and theme. This assignment makes the task more fun. Resource is designed to help your students analyze 5 popular songs for themes. Included in this 21 page bundle:-5 hugely popular song lyric pages for
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Unit: Digital and Printable
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Unit - Keep your students engaged and motivated in December with this digital and printable novel unit based on The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The unit is aligned to the Common Core Standards and is full of engaging activities that are perfect for the weeks leading up to Christmas break! The unit contains a digital and printable version of the following The Best Christmas Pageant Ever novel unit activities:Herdman Character Trait activityChristmas Pageant
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: 3rd Grade Christmas: Reading, Writing, & Math Activities Bundle
Teaching Theme: Identifying the the Author's Message to Me
Teach your students the strategy for how to find the plot in literary texts and identify the theme as the author's message to the reader. Students will use a Theme Think Map to walk through the process of finding the theme by using the plot and text evidence. Modeling Example, Anchor Charts, Think Map, Common Theme Charts, and Practice sheet are included. Once your students learn the strategy, they can use the Theme Think Map with any literary text. There is also a flap book as an additional opt
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Last Day Blues - Complete Literature Unit
This unit complements Last Day Blues by Julie Dannenberg and includes the following activities suitable for 2nd for 4th graders:
-Storybook Scrapbook graphic organizer
-Innovation writing activity template
-Multiple meaning words activity
-Cut, paste & illustrate sequencing activity
-6 Writing Center Task Cards with response sheet
-Calendar activity
-3 pages of language arts word work activities
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Everybody Cooks Rice: A Book Companion
This product includes several activities for the book Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley. This book is great for the culturally responsive classroom! It takes a journey through a very diverse neighborhood and takes a look at culture through food. It incorporates lots of thinking maps and integrates several social studies skills.
Included:
- Before Reading Questions: Activating prior knowledge and setting purpose for reading
- Bubble Map: Character traits of Carrie
- Vocabulary: 6 vocabula
Grades:
K - 5th
Twas the Night Before Christmas Poetry Activity Pack
'Twas the day before Christmas break and you need something else to do.... There are several activities included in this packet that you can use in your study of the famous poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas, also known as A Visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement C. Moore. Included are 2 versions of the poem. The first is written using numbered lines. This could be used for partner reading, fluency, or as a way of directing students to particular lines while choral reading or discussing the po
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Christmas ELA Writing and Short Story Bundle
Pages and Co. The Bookwanderers, Chapter Book Projects, Novel Study
Looking for a fun adventure for the class while reading? The Bookwanderers is an enchanting story about the power of books and imagination. Follow Tilly Page as she solves a mystery while meeting her favorite characters from her favorite books. A great book for everyone to read!WHAT'S INCLUDED:VocabularyChapter SummariesReading ComprehensionCharacter ProfilesWriting Assignments and Journal Entries including Persuasive and Opinion Writing TopicsNovel Study Flip BookArt ProjectsBOOK CLUBCharlo
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Frog 3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Activities
Reading Comprehension FROGS resource aligned with the common core standards! Download Preview FilePlease view the preview file prior to purchasing so there are no surprises. Ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Related Products & BundlesReading Comprehension BUNDLE - 3rd GradeSquirrel Reading Comprehension Unit - 3rd GradeQuaker Parrots Reading Comprehension Unit - 3rd GradeSea Turtles Reading Comprehension Unit - 3rd GradePacket RationaleAuthors write to g
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Storm Runners by Roland Smith - Novel Unit
Storm Runners by Roland Smith is a high interest novel for students, including reluctant readers. (Once they are hooked, they can continue reading books 2 and 3!) It is an excellent companion to a science unit on hurricanes or other natural disasters.
This unit includes 29 pages of resources including vocabulary cards, multiple choice comprehension questions, and discussion questions.
Enjoy!
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Balloons Over Broadway : A STEM Activity Packet
Need a picture book with integrated STEM Activities for Autumn?Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, is a fabulous picture book for integrating literature, a beloved cultural tradition, and STEM activities. Our series includes activities to support reading, science, engineering, technology, and math. Teachers are saying :"We have tackled this challenge two falls now, and both groups found it completely engaging. They discovered various interesting engineering solutions for creating articula
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: November STEM Activities Bundle
Fairy Tales/Fractured Fairy Tales Unit - The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
This unit of study focuses on fairy tales and fractured fairy tales, and includes versatile resources that can be used with any fairy tale or fractured fairy tale. The unit covers nine different reading comprehension skills, and has BONUS activities and projects! Included in the unit:
*12+ chart toppers that correspond with activity sheets to create anchor charts to display in the classroom;
*Activity sheet to activate prior knowledge of fairy tales;
*Activity sheets for nine different reading
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th
A Bear Named Trouble Chapter Quiz, Study Guide, & Test Pack
There is one quiz per chapter (Chapters 1-12). Chapters 13, 14, and Epilogue is together as one quiz. A whole novel test is also included with a study guide to give ahead of time. 52 pages of great questions:
-multiple choice
-compare/contrast
-context clues
-vocabulary
-inferencing
-true/false
-fill in the blank
-opinionated questions
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Introduction to Greek Myths and Greek Gods
This product is a great way to introduce Greek myths, gods, goddesses, monsters and heroes to
your class. These can be a stand alone unit or be the intro for a study of Greek myths, any books in the Rick Riordan series, or other books based on Greek mythology.
There are activities to focus on the Greek idea of the creation of the world, the 14 major gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon, and popular Greek creatures, monsters, and heroes.
The product can be done in its entirety or
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
A Bad Case of Stripes Basal Break
Basal Breaks are short literature based units, perfect any time you
would like to take a little break from the basal and do something
different but still maintain a strong academic focus. They can be
used for one entire day of instruction or spread out over a few
days of a holiday or short week. Try them for easy to leave
substitute plans that will keep your students actively engaged.
This Basal Break complements A Bad Case of Stripes by David
Shannon and includes the following activities suitab
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Daniel's Story: Pictures of the Holocaust
Use this Powerpoint to accompany Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. I usually do this story as a read aloud during our studies of the Holocaust and the students enjoy viewing the images I've collected that illustrate various aspects of the novel. The novel is broken into parts and so is the slideshow, so you and your class and follow along. Photos collected include the Hilter Youth, appropriate images from concentration camps (no nudity or extreme violence), passports, badges, and transports to hel
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Grades:
5th - 12th
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - ELA Review Book Study
This packet includes graphic organizers to help students review 4 ELA standards using the book "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" by William Joyce. Students will view both the movie and read the book to understand this story.
Standards covered:
RL.1 - Inferences
RL.3 - Character Analysis
RL.4 - Vocabulary
RL.7 - Multimedia
This packet works great at the end of the year to review these standards with an incredible children's book! Perfect for grades 3-5!
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Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Up in the Garden & Down in the Dirt STEM Book Companion - Plants & Ecosystems
This package includes seven printables that complement the science picture book Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by: Kate Messner. A STEM story that explores a garden ecosystem, the diversity of plants and creatures, that live above and below ground, and their roles in the environment. These ready-to-use activities cover objectives in sequencing, analyzing, planning, making connections and synthesizing. Please Leave Feedback:As a new TpT seller, it would be so appreciated and helpful! Thank
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Theme and Central Message in Literature (Mentor Texts)
This resource meets the Common Core Literacy Standards for Theme and Central Message.Grade 1 RL 1.2 Retell stories and tell about their central messageGrade 2 RL 2.2 Recount stories and determine their central messageGrade 3-RL 3.9 Compare and contrast themes of storiesGrade 4-RL 4.2 Determine the theme of a storyGrade 5-RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story using details from the textGrade 6-RL 6.2 Determine a theme in the text and how it is conveyed through particular detailsPicture books (mento
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Fables Folktale Myth Unit
This unit is designed to be used with any folktale,
fable, or myth. It contains ELA common core aligned
activities to follow up each type of story. This unit also
contains a tall tale writing activity. This unit has been updated to include an extension activity to go along with comparing fables.
CC.3.RL # 1 -Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CC.3. RL # 2-Recount stories, including fables, folktales,
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Cause and Effect in Literature and Informational Text (Mentor Texts)
This resource meets the Common Core Standards for Literacy and Informational Text for Cause and Effect.RI. 2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.RI. 3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.RI. 4.5 Describe the overall structure (e
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg - Earth Day Unit
This unit is perfect to celebrate Earth Day (or any other day!).
Just a Dream is about a boy named Walter who doesn’t care about taking care of his environment. He litters, doesn’t recycle, and doesn’t think twice about the consequences of his actions, that is until he goes to sleep and dreams about his future. Walter visits many different places in his community and in the world only to find that others didn’t care about the earth either, and now it is being polluted and its resources wast
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Point of View Mentor Texts (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Person Point of View)
Picture books (mentor texts) are great ways to teach reading! In this product you will be able to read authentic engaging texts to your students to teach the concept of point of view in literature. Kids of all ages love picture books. It is a great way to keep students engaged while you teach point of view. I have picked 16 of my favorite picture books that showcase point of view.With each story that you read aloud to your class, there is a point of view and evidence page for the students to fil
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Tall Tale Lesson: John Henry +10 Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice Questions
In this mini-lesson students read a selection to see why a folk song was written about the tall tale hero, John Henry. Then they answer ten multiple choice questions by putting a circle around each correct answer. Along with two colorful drawings of John Henry being a steel driving man, you get two pages of informational text and three stanzas of the John Henry folk song. Multiple choice questions make up two pages and then the fifth page is the answer key. The reading skills the ten questions
Grades:
5th - 7th
4th Grade Integrated Social Studies and Language Arts Curriculum Map
This resource provides you with a comprehensive outline, month by month, of how I have set up my integrated social studies and language arts 4th grade curriculum! It includes the topics pulled from Ohio’s new standards in 4th grade Social Studies, the new learning standards for 4th grade Language Arts, and provides lists of rich literature, mentor texts, reader’s theaters, and novels used to drive instruction in a connected, meaningful manner for each integrated unit. In addition, suggested re
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: 4th Grade Ohio Social Studies ESSENTIAL RESOURCE bundle!
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