Oral communication reading strategies thematic unit plans

Basic Operations, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Reading Strategies

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Also included in: Christmas MEGA Activities BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Writing Crafts

Decodable CVC Comprehension Sentences: Read and Match

Created by

Bonnie Kathryn Teaching

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

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Speech and Language Pop Up Craft Activity Units Bundle

Created by

Texas Speech Mom

This money-saving bundle includes all of the low-prep Pop-Up Speech and Language Therapy Crafts. These print and go crafts are perfect for mixed groups and require minimal prep! Some units cover a range of articulation and language goals, while other units focus on a specific goal. Note - the themed templates for each unit are interchangeable! To increase fine motor practice, instruct the child to cut, fold, and glue the circles on their own. Included Units:- Pop Up Bunnies (Artic & Lang)- P

Subjects:

Oral Communication, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

A Spotlight on Patricia Polacco: An Author Study

Created by

Hope King

Patricia Polacco is now one of my favorite authorÃƒÂ¢Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½s 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 PatriciaÃƒÂ¢Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½s stories and learning through these activities as much as we did! Included: -Author Introduction -Ch

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Kevin Henkes Author Study Back to School Reading Comprehension Activities

Created by

Creative Writing, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.K.10

, RL.1.1

...

Fairy Tale Activities Book Companion Activities Reading Comprehension

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

, RL.1.4

Reading Strategies, Special Education, Speech Therapy

...

Picture It Visualization

Created by

Speech Time Fun

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

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Gingerbread Boy Gingerbread Man Gingerbread Baby & Gingerbread Friends

Created by

Creative Writing, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.1.1

...

Also included in: Gingerbread Activities BUNDLE Boy Man Girl Baby Friends Cowboy Pirate

Laura Numeroff Guided Reading Cause and Effect Activities Book Companions

Created by

Math, Reading Strategies, Writing

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

Music, Reading Strategies, Writing

, W.1.1

...

Middle School Music Lessons | Complete General Music Curriculum for Entire Year

Created by

Jooya Teaching Resources

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

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

All about Reptiles Nonfiction Unit Reptile Research Reports

Created by

Creative Writing, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Centers

Also included in: Animal Group Bundle Insects Reptiles Amphibians Fish Birds and Mammals

Wemberly Worried and Chrysanthemum Back to School Activities First Day Beginning

Created by

Back to School, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip Bundle

Created by

The Literacy Party

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans

First Grade Interactive Read Aloud Lessons ENTIRE YEAR BUNDLE Digital + Print

Created by

Tiffany Gannon

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.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st

Types:

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Vocabulary

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.5

...

Hair Salon Dramatic Play

Created by

Little Lifelong Learners

Set up a fun hair salon dramatic play area for your kindergarten and preschool kids! They will love pretending to be hairdressers either with each other or using mannequins while developing oral language and social skills. This hairdresser and beauty salon set is the perfect compliment to your community helpers unit!Imaginative Play is a great way to develop oral language skills, cooperation, content vocabulary and social skills in your early childhood classroom! Inside this packet, you’ll fin

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle 3 - Prep and Foundation Imaginative Play Resources

Rainforest Close Reading

Created by

Lessons in Literacy

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

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

RI.1.1

, RI.2.1

, RI.3.1

Brown Bear Activities and Communication Boards

Created by

A Special Kind of Class

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.*******************************************************

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.1

, RF.K.1a

, RF.K.1c

, RF.K.3c

, RF.K.4

Also included in: Brown Bear and Polar Bear Communication Boards Bundle

Speech Therapy Articulation Connect Four

Created by

Speech Therapy

Articulation Connect FourDo your students love to play games to practice their articulation sounds?! Check out this fun connect four game to practice their articulation sounds.Included in this bundle:-Directions-Connect Four Chips-Articulation Boards-Articulation Data Tracking BoardsSounds Included:- /b, p, t, d, f, v, k, g, m, n, r, r-blends, l, l-blends, s, s-blends, z, sh, ch, th/*Don't forget to check out the preview!I hope you enjoy this product! Please check out my blog for more freebies @

Subjects:

Oral Communication, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Expanding Utterances Activities: Speech Therapy for Preschoolers

Created by

Texas Speech Mom

This mega unit addresses phrase and sentence expansion for your preschool to first graders while utilizing a fun color block. This is perfect for goals covering MLU expansion, noun phrase expansion, articulation and phonological processing at the phrase and sentence level, and early language learners. The large color block can be found in the Target dollar spot, however, I have included a printable version. Included: 3 interactive flipbooks: instructions included on how to use for MLU expansion

Subjects:

Oral Communication, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Decodable Readers: Short Vowel Words

Created by

Bonnie Kathryn Teaching

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

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.1a

, RF.K.1c

, RF.K.2

, RF.K.2d

, RF.K.3c

Also included in: Decodable Readers: Bundle

Tall Tales: Story Mapping & Literature Circles

Created by

Hope King

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

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Jan Brett The Mitten, The Hat, The Snowy Nap, Cozy, The Mitten Tresselt Bundle

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Winter

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

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

, RL.1.4