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Reading strategies thematic unit plans
Landforms Close Reading
***For a Goggle Classroom version of this product, click here!Close Reading: Landforms- This 66 page product contains 12 landform-themed nonfiction close reading passages with evidence-based questioning sheets to go with each. Each landform has a cover page with a definition, close reading article in color + black/white, and comprehension sheet. Great to use as a whole group lesson or in small group reading. The articles are about the following topics:-plateau-plains-mountain-coast-canyon-valley
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Mooseltoe Activities Book Companion Reading Comprehension & Craft Holiday
This fun story written by Margie Palatini is perfect for the month of December. Many reading strategies, writing connections, math games and a fun moose craft are filled in this package. Your students will just love this classic story and enjoy all of the fun resources that are filled inside. There is much to choose from and differentiate for your learners. Newly updated with colorful posters and sorts. Included your will receive:Table of ContentsWriting:To Do ListDecorate a Tree ListDecorate
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Christmas MEGA Activities BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Writing Crafts
Decodable CVC Comprehension Sentences: Read and Match
Decodable CVC Comprehension Sentences
These velcro match up sentences are great for center work or guided reading small groups. Your students will love working together to use their phonics and sight word knowledge to read sentences and match it to a picture. Have students work in a group or individually to match the pictures to sentences and build those comprehension skills!
How do I make them?
*Print each vowel set on a different color of ASTROBRIGHTS paper.
*Hole punch each sentence by u
Grades:
PreK - K
A Spotlight on Patricia Polacco: An Author Study
Patricia Polacco is now one of my favorite author�s to study with my students. Her stories really challenge and inspire young thinkers and learners. This unit encourages students to make connections, think deeply about their characters, and explore the many themes that Patricia incorporates into her stories. I hope that you and your students enjoy reading Patricia�s stories and learning through these activities as much as we did!
Included:
-Author Introduction
-Ch
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Laura Numeroff Guided Reading Cause and Effect Activities Book Companions
This is a bundle of 7 different Laura Numeroff stories is part of my guided reading with a purpose series. The stories included are If you Give a Mouse a Brownie, If you Give a Dog a Donut, If you Give a Moose a Muffin, If you Give a Pig a Party, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie, If you Give a Cat a Cupcake, and If you Give a Pig a Pancake. The focus in this unit is cause and effect. Each story has posters to practice this concept as well as character analysis and characters and setting. In addition
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Picture It Visualization
Work on auditory comprehension using a visualization strategy. This pack includes 10 different practice sets using 10 different themes, and it can be used with a variety of ages and skill levels! You can do so much to reinforce this vital skill!***************************************************************************What awesome resources are included?★ Ten themes with eight stories per theme★ Worksheets for each story***************************************************************************W
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Kevin Henkes Author Study Back to School Activities
This author study was created using Chester's Way, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Lilly's Big Day, A Weekend with Wendell, Wemberly Worried, Sheila Rae the Brave, Julius Baby of the World, and Chrysanthemum. Students will work on the following skills: analyze/evaluate, beginning, middle, and end, text to self, text purposes, character comparison, character change, story sequencing, story mapping, main idea and details. opinion, and narrative writing, and much morel Loads of goodies from each bo
Grades:
K - 3rd
Gingerbread Boy Gingerbread Man Gingerbread Baby & Gingerbread Friends
This Gingerbread set includes activities to go along with The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Baby, and Gingerbread Friends. The primary focus in these stories is sequencing and comparing and contrasting. There are colorful cards, posters, sequencing activities, comprehension activities, writing, crafts and more. Please note that this is part of a larger GINGERBREAD BUNDLE which includes 12 different themed stories. The Gingerbread Boy by EgielskiColorful Anchor ChartsCol
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Gingerbread Activities BUNDLE Boy Man Girl Baby Friends Cowboy Pirate
Brown Bear Activities and Communication Boards
Do you have students with little or no verbal skills who love the book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"? This unit was designed for special education children who are working on using an alternate communication system to aid in their speech. There are five simple activities and communication boards to accompany the book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” by Bill Martin Jr. The activities work on sentence structure, fine motor skills and color recognition.*******************************************************
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: Brown Bear and Polar Bear Communication Boards Bundle
Fairy Tale Activities Book Companion Activities Reading Comprehension
This product is a bundle of 4 fairy tale units combined It is over 600+ pages and could be used over the course of an entire month. By purchasing this bundle you will receive a bonus packet to play "Guess that Fairy Tale" and display all the characteristics of a fairy tale. This unit is broken into 4 smaller units. One covers stories with the element three. The three main stories are The Three Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Another unit covers stories that
Grades:
K - 3rd
Middle School Music Lessons | Complete General Music Curriculum for Entire Year
The Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle 1 is a great collection of music lessons, worksheets and assignments that are suitable for the Middle School and General Music classroom. There are enough resources to teach for an entire year. Each resource is ready to teach, requires little to no-prep, you just choose a lesson or activity and go!For helpful information about this Bundle of Resources for Middle School Music, read this blog post hereThe Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle 1 includes:THREE
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music
With these Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music, you can help your students learn about the Elements of Music while listening to some of their favorite movie soundtracks. Each of the no prep lessons include a variety of activities for film in music history, reading comprehension and the Elements of Music listening activities.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesUPDATED RESOURCE DECEMBER 2023Included in the UPDATED Film in Music Lessons and
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Grades:
6th - 9th
All about Reptiles Nonfiction Unit Reptile Research Reports
This is the perfect bundle of goodies to teacher your primary students about reptiles. It is over a weeks worth of materials that is sure to engage your little learners and make them reptile experts. There are two paper mini books that are Included. One is all about reptiles and their characteristics and the other is about comparing crocodiles to alligators. There are 4 research projects included for snakes, turtles, chameleons, and crocodiles. I use this packet to integrate reading as well as
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Animal Group Bundle Insects Reptiles Amphibians Fish Birds and Mammals
Wemberly Worried and Chrysanthemum Back to School Activities First Day Beginning
Do you need a great story to read for back to school? You can’t go wrong with Chrysanthemum and Wemberly Worried. This bundle is perfect for back to school. It is filled with literature connections, writing, crafts, and more. Wemberly Worried:Reading Strategies:Predicting Retell Beginning, Middle, EndQuestion/Answer 2 pagesSetting 2 optionsCharacters 2 optionsCheck for UnderstandingText EvidenceCharacter Analysis 2 OptionsKey EventsFeatures of FictionSequencing 5 cards cut & paste 2 option
Grades:
K - 2nd
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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Grades:
K - 5th
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First Grade Interactive Read Aloud Lessons ENTIRE YEAR BUNDLE Digital + Print
Read aloud lessons for the ENTIRE YEAR of FIRST GRADE! Just print and teach! DIGITAL VERSIONS FOR GOOGLE SLIDES TM INCLUDED FOR EACH STORY! This BUNDLE includes 42 read aloud units geared towards first grade standards with assignable printable and digital lessons for each day. Each read aloud is designed to cover five days. Read alouds allow us to teach a broad range of standards. You will find that each week’s read aloud will cover many standards, but will focus more heavily on a specific one.
Grades:
1st
Rules & Routines Back to School Reading Comprehension Activities
This unit was created for one week of whole group guided reading and writing. I use this for my first week of instruction once we've gotten through the beginning of the year. The theme for the week is RULES and ROUTINES with the focus reading strategies CHARACTERS and SETTINGS. Each day a different story is read and will focus on character and setting activities. The stories used in this unit are David Goes to School, Chrysanthemum, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, The Recess Queen, & Miss Ne
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Guided Reading with a Purpose BUNDLE
Leo Lionni Author Study Book Companion Activities Reading Comprehension Bundle
Leo Lionni books are wonderful stories with great messages. This Author Study is filled with a ton of activities to go with his amazing literature. There are reading comprehension strategies, writing extensions, word work activities, math games and loads of crafts. This unit is currently being updated. I wanted all of you to get the updates as I work on them. The original file is added in the bonus so you have access to all the stories, while I complete them individually. Please not the price o
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Decodable Readers: Short Vowel Words
Decodable Readers
Decodable books and readers allow students to be able to read every word in a story. These decodable readers will help students build confidence as they use skills they have learned in the classroom to read a story. This is an important part of the learning process in K-2 classrooms. When students are able to decode what they read it will motivate them to become readers. These readers help reinforces short vowel sounds and build fluency.
You can find great CVC readers all o
Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in: Decodable Readers: Bundle
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins Story Retell Activities
This activity pack has been inspired by the wonderful Pat Hutchins story Rosie's Walk and will assist your students to practice retelling and sequencing stories. It's also a wonderful book to guide students through those prepositional words. Save 30% by purchasing the Companion Literacy BundleInside this easy-to-use pack you will find:Large cut-outs (to model with students on the board)Stick puppets (for retells)Foldable images (to create small world tables for retells)Masks (for story retells)P
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Companion Literacy Book Bundle
Tall Tales: Story Mapping & Literature Circles
If you are looking for some activities to put a little spin on your current tall tale study, this unit will be a perfect supplemental resource.This unit adds a little spice to the everyday literature study. During these activities, the students will use close reading strategies to identify a purpose for reading. Then, they will be given a task during literature circles to collect evidence and events from the tale to take back to a group. As the group members report, the students will create a st
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Jan Brett The Mitten, The Hat, The Snowy Nap, Cozy, The Mitten Tresselt Bundle
This Winter Unit features 5 books The Mitten by Jan Brett, The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt, The Hat by Jan Brett, The Snowy Nap by Jan Brett, and now recently added, Cozy by Jan Brett. There are also four passages included. Students will enjoy reading these stories while focusing on Jan Brett's borders and the foreshadowing she offers in her other story lines. There are comprehension activities, comparing and contrasting, and three different readers theater scripts. In addition, there are different
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Making Inferences Unit, Grades 3-5, Common Core Reading
This 60+ page Making Inferences unit focuses on identifying learning goals with students, teaching them how to develop strategies for becoming more effective readers, and then providing activities for them to practice these strategies in various ways. I've included fiction and nonfiction reading passages, anchor charts, graphic organizers, task cards, and other activities in this unit for inferring character traits, feelings, setting, author's viewpoint, and theme.*** Be sure to download the 20-
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Rainforest Close Reading
Close Reading: Rainforest- This 68 page product contains 10 rainforest-themed non-fiction close reading passages with evidence-based questioning sheets to go with each. Great to use as a whole group lesson or in small group reading. The articles are about the following topics:
-toucan
-sloth
-tree frog
-jaguar
-blue morpho butterfly
-anaconda
-monkey
-boa constrictor
-crocodile
-iguana
Anchor charts to better explain close reading are also included.
I introduce the product with examples of ho
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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