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Literature thematic unit plans for Easel Activities
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs & The Three Little Pigs - Print & Easel
Reading The True Story of the Three Little Pigs? This compare and contrast folktale unit was created for use with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and a traditional retelling of The Three Little Pigs. In my classroom, I use James Marshall’s version of The Three Little Pigs for these activities, but any traditional retelling will pair well. Here’s what you’ll find inside:• vocabulary reference sheet with visuals• story maps• summary writing graphic organizer• character des
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Folktales and Fractured Folktales - Compare and Contrast Folktales
Icarus Comic with Activities Included
Icarus: A Comic Myth Activities IncludedStudents need to know the ancient myths because the great wisdom of humanity is contained in those stories. Myth Comics: Icarus gives teachers three days' worth of activities to do with the myth. Included in this bundle:Pre-reading activitiesA comic of the myth (fun!)A modern retelling of the mythActivities and questions with two poems based on the myth (perfect for teaching allusion)An activity with a piece of artwork based on the mythPost reading activit
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Cinderella Around the World | Comparing Cinderella Stories | Print & TPT Easel
Teach students to compare and contrast and hone reading comprehension skills with Cinderella fairy tales! I’ve included activities for the Cinderella stories Cinderella, Cendrillon, The Irish Cinderlad, The Egyptian Cinderella, The Korean Cinderella, and The Rough-Face Girl in order to expose students to fairy tales from a variety of continents. Blank pages are included for many of the activities, so you are free to add in or substitute your own favorite versions as well. To start off the unit,
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po - Compare and Contrast Folktales - Print & Easel
Working on comparing and recounting folktales from diverse cultures? This book study resource was created for use with Lon Po Po a Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young and Red Riding Hood. Here’s what you’ll find inside:• vocabulary reference sheet for Lon Po Po with visual supports• comprehension strip sets for Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po with differentiated recording sheet options (12 questions per story)• story map graphic organizers• summary writing graphic organizers• character an
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Dark Romanticism & American Gothic Unit; Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson, The Village
In this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these concepts to short stories (The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum, Rappaccini’s Daughter), poems (The Raven, A Bird Came Down The
Grades:
8th - 12th
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
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: November STEM Activities Bundle
Chrysanthemum | A Storybook Companion | Names | Bullying | Story Elements
This resource is packed with a range of activities to promote bullying awareness. Explore different names using the mini-unit and use the book "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henke to create the perfect back to school lesson! Chrysanthemum, written by Kevin Henkes is a favorite back to school story or to be used in the month of October for anti-bullying awareness month. This is a story about a little mouse who believes her long name is perfect for her until she starts school. She begins to dou
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Be Yourself, Dandelion | A Storybook Companion | Story Elements | Craft
Read the classic story Dandelion by Don Freeman and encourage your students to make text connections. This engaging resource contains a wide variety of literacy and math activities but also activities to promote self-awareness.Using the classic story, Dandelion by Don Freeman, this product focuses on facts about the lion and the child. It allows the child to make text connections. Included in the product are: Creating a selfie, samples of finished projects, lion visor that can be modified to c
Grades:
K - 1st
The Enormous Turnip Unit Resources
Read The Enormous Turnip and add this resource, or use it to compliment studies of cooperation, teamwork, plants, sequencing, folk tales, and more. As you read The Enormous Turnip and other texts about giant food, these printable pages should make your work and planning easier. Please take a look at the preview. I've included:
Lesson Suggestions
Story booklet for reading practice
Measuring Fruits & Vegetables (math) page
"World’s Largest" Fruit & Vegetable Fact Cards
Story Sequenci
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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,
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Headless Horseman (simplified The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) (Print + DIGITAL)
A spooky favorite Halloween story adapted by My Reading Resources for young readers! It’s a shortened and simplified version of the famous “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. Your students will have fun reading this adaptation of a classic ghost story for Halloween – or anytime!Lexile 610 Flesch-Kincaid 3.6 - perfect for grades 2-4!This is a 33-page Common Core aligned complete short story unit. The text is adapted from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. This sho
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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
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
Alice Walker Mini Unit w/ Student Guide for Everyday Use
Read and analyze Everyday Use by Alice Walking with this easy to implement guide! Students will examine the life and writings of Alice Walker, read and examine Everyday Use by Alice Walker, and apply their understanding of the story through introspective writing. This is a 3 (or more) day mini unit for Alice Walker's Everyday Use. It begins with an internet activity for students to evaluate her work and the short story. The importance of African quilting and a webquest activity is also includ
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Old Mallory Place: Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Unit
Suspense is a great way to engage your students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills! That is why I wrote The Old Mallory Place, a high interest tale of a mysterious past that haunts the present. The cliffhanger ending gives your students an opportunity to write their own ending- they get to tell what they think happened!This resource is the perfect combination of fact and fiction. The 39 page resource contains a complete short story, 2 informational text passages, and numer
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Four Suspenseful Tales of Fiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
Thanksgiving Poetry Activity with Questions and Answer Key
This is a beautifully-formatted resource featuring classic Thanksgiving poems, each with questions and tasks. Engaging graphics and questions are suitable for a poetry introduction or a review. If you're looking for an engaging activity to celebrate Thanksgiving with your upper middle or high school students, check this out. Includes answer key.Printable PDF or TPT Digital Easel Activity This Thanksgiving Poetry activity features the following poems: "Over the River and Through the Woods" by L
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Weather Unit Elementary Level Lesson Plans
This weather unit contains 33 pages of ideas, songs, poems, crafts, links, book suggestions and blackline masters to assist you in your teaching. These lessons use different modalities to reach all youngsters - music, cooking, crafting, writing,videos and weblinks.
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Katy No-Pocket | A Storybook Companion | Story Elements | Craft |Center Activity
Do you need a storybook companion for your Kangaroo project? The adorable story Katy No-Pocket, by Emmy Payne, will capture your students' attention. The story about a kangaroo who searches for alternative ways to carry her babies provide students with engaging material to explore character traits, setting, and sequencing of events. Purchase this fictional storybook companion today and use the materials for teaching comprehension strategies and spark a joy of reading and learning about the natur
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Jacob's Rescue Literature Unit
This unit is for the book Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story. This unit is a great resource to add to your History unit on the Holocaust or just used in a literature circle.Included in this unit:* List of Resources Holocaust Museum informationArticlesVideos* Vocabulary lists by chapter and definitions* Character Traits and Map*Chapter Comprehension pages w/answer key* Summary Poster Activity*Problem-Solution Mini-Poster and worksheet
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Spooky Stories & Printables to Reinforce Reading Skills
Seven spooky short stories to thrill your students while improving reading comprehension. Great for the days leading up to Halloween! Suspenses vary for each day! Each story has one to two pages of printables to review important reading skills. Gone is the battle to reinforce and instruct during the crazy, candy days of Halloween. Students will be so thrilled that they won't stand a ghost of a chance, and you will have (sneakily) succeeded in improving their skills. Answers are included. **
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Grades:
4th - 6th
BOOK ACTIVITIES & EXTENSIONS Hanging Out with Stellaluna Activities
BOOK ACTIVITIES & EXTENSIONS: Hanging Out with Stellaluna Extending the learning for J. Cannon's book, Stellaluna, has never been more fun! This thematic unit includes activities for literacy centers, math centers, writing, poetry, & word work. Also provided are math journal prompts, lots of printable worksheets, and more!CONTENTSBEFORE reading the bookAttitude graphKWL chartWHILE reading the bookPredictionsIllustrations + point of viewAFTER reading the bookStory map printablePoint of v
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: BATS BUNDLE to Accompany STELLALUNA
Character Traits in Literature (Mentor Texts)
This resource supports the Common Core Literacy Standards for Character Traits.RL 2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challengesRL 3.3 Describe characters in a story (their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of eventsRL 4.3 Describe in depth a character, drawing on specific details in the text (a character's thoughts, words, or actions)Picture books (mentor texts) are great ways to teach reading! In this produ
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Deserted Lighthouse: Fiction story w/ nonfiction passages, printables,& lessons
This unsolved mystery will make a great story to read in October, just as the days get cooler and mystery seeps into the night. Use the multi-user license to create a Halloween unit for your middle school department. The Deserted Lighthouse is the tale of 5 friends who decide to spend the week-end in a deserted lighthouse, only to discover that it isn't so deserted. Mysterious characters they meet on their way add to the suspect list. Set in Ireland with authentic names. Students can write their
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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