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Farm Animal Nonfiction Unit, Reading and Writing Activities, Crafts & More!
Are you looking for a comprehensive unit for teaching farm animals? Check out this farm unit for kindergarten or first grade packed full of standards based activities. This non-fiction unit will teach your students all about life on the farm!Learn all about the farm with the following activities: Directed Drawings for cow, pig, duck, chicken, goat, horse, sheep, barn and Mrs. Wishy-WashyMrs. Wishy-Washy inferencing activityFOUR farm animal informational texts with real pictures for: cows, pigs
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K - 1st
All About Reindeer Unit - Reindeer Crafts, Writing, Nonfiction Texts & More
Are you looking for a kindergarten or first grade unit all about reindeer? Check out this set of reindeer nonfiction texts, crafts, writing templates & more! These activities are perfect for engaging students during the month of December.Learn all about reindeer with the following activities:Reindeer full-color informational text with real picturesReindeer full-color vocabulary cardsLinks to four videos with reindeer facts and real video footage or reindeerChit Chat messages in color and in
Grades:
K - 2nd
Christmas Around the World Lapbook and Close Reading Passages
45+ pages of activities for the following countries listed below. Pack includes a file folder lapbook, Lexile leveled close reading passages for each country with accompanying comprehension questions, writing activities, graphic organizers, mentor text suggestions and crafts. Enjoy! FranceItalyRussiaMexicoBrazilGermanyAmerica
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Little Red Hen Unit
This Little Red Hen Unit is packed with hands-on and interactive activities that will give students a deeper understanding of the different story elements while having tons of fun learning about them! There are literacy and math activities, anchor charts, crafts, games, and MORE!! Each activity comes with step-by-step details, pictures, and instructions on how to prep, complete, and teach the activity. This unit goes along with these books:‘The Little Red Hen’ by Lucinda McQueen OR ‘The Little R
Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in: Fairy Tales Bundle - 3 Fairy Tale Units
Penguin Writing Activities and Close Reading Passages - Penguin Research for K-1
Are you looking for penguin writing activities for kindergarten or first grade?This resource is perfect to use for nonfiction reading, research and interactive writing in a K & 1 classroom. There are EIGHT close reading passages included in this set.This Penguin Chit Chat Set Includes:8 penguin passagesFill the blank Chit Chat MessagesVocabulary cardsPostersFlip flaps and response pagesTeacher directionsYou might also like:Penguin Nonfiction UnitTacky the Penguin Engaging Readers UnitPolar B
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Grades:
K - 1st
Holidays Around the World Research Fact Sheets & Questions | with Diwali
Teach your students about how other countries celebrate the Christmas season through these Christmas Around the World Research Fact Sheets. Digital and printable fact sheets and question pages are included.IMPORTANT: These fact sheets were designed to accompany a Holidays Around the World Lapbook which is available as a bundle at a discount price.Click here for the Holidays Around the World BundleThe countries/celebrations included in this bundle:-USA-Hanukkah-Kwanzaa-Englad-France-Germany-Rus
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Flag Day Reading Comprehension, American Symbols Close Reading Passages
Are you looking for Flag Day reading comprehension activities or American Symbols lessons and close reading? This set is perfect for Flag Day, President's Day or any patriotic holiday! Use for Shared Reading and Interactive Writing in a K & 1 classroom.BUY THE BUNDLE AND SAVEIncluded Symbols:STATUE OF LIBERTYLIBERTY BELLBALD EAGLEAMERICAN FLAGWhat's Included for Each Symbol:Informational TextsVocabulary cardsClose Reading MessagesFlip FlapsWriting templatesJournal Prompts70 pages of PRINT
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K - 1st
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip Bundle
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip BundleBuckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today! This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior kn
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K - 5th
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Fables, Folktales, and Myths Mega Pack
This 100+ page collection is chock-full of standards based resources aligned to CCSS RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.6, and L.3.4. At your fingertips, you’ll have tools for helping students identify morals, recount stories by exploring their elements, understand characters, distinguish points of view, and work with new vocabulary.
The 16 fables, folktales and myths are from diverse cultures and are broken into sections for close reading. Each has text dependent question sets including text markin
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Grades:
3rd
All About Bees and Pollinators- A Nonfiction Unit
This is a comprehensive nonfiction unit about bees and pollinators. The pack mainly focuses on bees, but has some information about butterflies, bats and hummingbirds as pollinators. This pack includes reading passages, graphic organizers, writing resources and many other goodies for your insect studies. Check out the preview for some samples.Here is what is included:*Reading passages on: -What is a Pollinator? -All About Bees -Here Comes the Queen -Worker Bees -Drone Bees -All in
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Nonfiction Bundle
Thanksgiving Day Activities - Writing - Close Reading Comprehension Passages
DIGITAL & PRINTABLE OPTION - Thanksgiving Unit integrated with the ELA skills of text based informational writing, close reading, summarizing and inferring. The activities are rigorous, but yet engaging. The teacher will love the Thanksgiving reading comprehension tasks used and the students will enjoy the fun activities. It is a win-win unit.Unit that includes the following skills:• Close reading with annotation codes and comments along with a rubric• Predicting• Inferring• Summarizing•
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4th - 6th
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Myth Study and Writing Unit - A Spiral Studies Mini-Unit
Myth Writing Unit
Greek Myth Study
Integrated Unit (Optional)
In this 4-part Myth Study and Writing Unit, students will build background knowledge on the critical components of myths, Greek mythology, and constellations before they read and analyze 5 Greek myths about constellations. Then, students will design their own constellation and write a myth to explain its origin in the night sky. Students will progress through every step of the writing process while writing their myths.
Skills Deve
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5th - 8th
Emergency Sub Plans for 5 Days!
Emergency Sub Plans! Have you ever had an emergency and had to be out for a few days with no sub plans made!? The panic in that situation is too much to handle. I created this emergency sub plan packet to lay out a weeks worth of work for my students. I also included important pages that give information to the substitute that could be prepped at the beginning of the year. This packet has been an absolute life saver to me and I no longer feel stressed when I have to take an emergency sub day!
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Ocean Life /Sea Unit | Distance Learning
Ocean Life Unit:Ocean lIfe is such a fun topic!! If you are teaching a Ocean Life theme this month you are going to LOVE this ocean life unit!As an Early Years teacher myself, I have created activities and lessons that can be differentiated to suit the various abilities in your class. I have taken the hard work out of altering lessons to suit your support and extension groups!**Please note, this product is included in my THEMATIC UNITS BUNDLE**CHECK OUT WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PACK IN MORE DETAI
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Thematic Units Bundle {Early Years Integrated Units} | Distance Learning
The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Rainforest Animals Nonfiction Close Reading Unit for Kindergarten & First Grade
This HUGE nonfiction unit is truly the only resource you need to teach your primary students about the rainforest and rainforest animals!This unit is organized into 6 topics: the rainforest, sloths, spider monkeys,giant anteaters, harpy eagles and toucans.There are 3 informational text articles provided for each topic (18 articles total). These articles can be used as individual close reading texts or can be put together to make a complete book. High quality photographs engage students and en
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Close Reading | Kindergarten & First Grade | HUGE Bundle
Arctic Antarctic Polar Animals Nonfiction Reading
Polar animals of the Arctic and Antarctic: I created this mini-unit to use in my classroom as a supplement to the many books and activities I already had. The unit is a great resource when you're looking for something smaller than a full unit.
This resource contains a set of full-color informational pages about
8 different polar animals: polar bear, seal, penguin, lemming, puffin, musk ox, walrus and humpback whale. There is a fact sheet to fill in and a question sheet for each animal.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Nonfiction Text Structure Bundle: 20 Full-Page Passages
The Living Creatures Nonfiction Text Structure 4 in 1 Bundle include 20 FULL-PAGE passages and accompanying graphic organizers/activities! **You'll be saving 30% purchasing this bundle versus buying each product individually**All of these products are also available in my Nonfiction Text Structure Growing Bundle, which includes ALL of my nonfiction text structure products! --Breakdown by product-- Animals of Africa: Passage A: "Apes of Africa" (Compare and Contrast)Passage B: "Cheetah Chasers" (
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4th - 7th
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American Symbols & Citizenship BUNDLE for Kindergarten & First Grade
This 128 page bundle includes both my: American Symbols and Citizenship units at a great value!
American Symbols- Close Reading, Posters & More
This product was designed to give primary students an understanding of the following American Symbols: the American flag, the bald eagle, Mount Rushmore, the White House, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Great Seal of the United States.
This unit will give your students exposure to in
Grades:
K - 1st
Black History Month Differentiated Close Reading Unit
This Black History Month biography unit will introduce your students to 12 influential African Americans throughout different times in American history. This unit is designed to maximize student success since every article is offered in three levels of text and vocabulary complexity. The differentiation is done for you!
This is the perfect way to introduce your students to the contributions that African Americans have made in the areas of science, literature, politics, art, entertainment, educ
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Black History Month Biography BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension Classroom Transformation | Super Mario
Have you ever wanted to engage your students by transforming your room into a one-of-a-kind learning experience, but didn't know where to start? Well, look no further! This kit has everything you need to complete a successful room transformation with ease.What's Included:4 levels that students will need to complete focusing on: main idea & details, vocabulary & context clues, and text structureSet up and direction sheets for every level Bonus enrichment math activityParent supply donatio
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Baseball Classroom Transformation and Theme Day
This is the perfect way to work on reading and math content while having FUN in the classroom. Have you been wanting to try a room transformation, but didn't know where to start? This is perfect for GYTO's Rock Your School!Included in this resource are:a reading graphic organizer that can be used with any booka close read article (4 pages) with comprehension activity2 options of fact & opinionaddition (making ten) activityWord problems (w/ answer key and self-checking system)Real-life thinki
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Oceans of Fun: 2nd - 3rd Grade Nonfiction Reading Passages and Comprehension
These ocean-themed nonfiction reading passages will pair perfectly with your thematic ocean unit! This packet includes 11 interesting and current ocean topics that students can read on a 2nd-3rd grade level. They have real photographs to support comprehension, they include read and respond follow up sheets, fun fact boxes, and graphic organizers. Your students will love learning facts about the vast and mysterious ocean, ocean animals, ocean habitats, and current events that involve the ocean.
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Valentine's Day Close Reading Passages & Text Dependent Questions
Happy Valentine's Day!This Close Read packet includes 5 close reading passages, each with text dependent questions. Students will use specific colors to show where they found the text evidence in the passage to answer the questions. Great way to assess not only comprehension, but students' ability to go back in the passage and find evidence! After answering the short answer questions, each passage has a writing response for students to practice responding to texts in a paragraph or essay form. P
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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