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Reading strategies thematic unit plans under $5
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
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
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
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
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
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension | Balloons Over Broadway | November
This Thanksgiving reading comprehension unit is great for November since it is all about Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Using authentic literature like Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet is the best way to teach reading comprehension and engage your students! As well as incorporate social studies with Then and Now comparison and a STEM Challenge too! Perfect for the short week before Thanksgiving Break or anytime in November!This set includes:Story Comprehension Beginning, Middle, End (2 v
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle Complete Set All Books
Read and Write About Folktales, Fables and Fairy Tales 2nd and 3rd Grade
Teach the similarities and differences in folktales: fairy tales, fables, tall tales and legends. Use for close reading or guided reading lessons with a focus on Retell Determine Moral Compare and Contrast Write Your own Folktale The unit can be taught as individual topics or taught as a whole. Activities supplement your classroom instruction while while students learn to compare and contrast two fairy tales from two different cultures. (RL2.9) Additional lessons focus on retelling folktales
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
The Very Hungry Bear by Nick Bland Story Retell Activities
This activity pack will assist your students to practice retelling and sequencing stories. It's jam-packed with fun activities such as story sliders, puppets, foldable images, worksheets, sequencing images, masks and cut-outs to help take students through The Very Hungry Bear.Save 30% by purchasing the Companion Literacy BundleAll activities come in colour and black and white.Inside this easy-to-use pack you will find:Characters and Setting Images Cut Outs (use on the board)Stick puppets (for re
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Companion Literacy Book Bundle
The Bad Seed and The Good Egg Interactive Read Aloud Lessons
Interactive read aloud lessons for the books The Bad Seed and The Good Egg. Just print and teach! This interactive read aloud is designed to cover five days, and includes the perfect back to school craft and directed drawing! This resource contains one week of lessons that are also included in the monthly bundle.Read alouds allow us to teach a broad range of standards. You will find that the read aloud lessons will cover many standards, but will focus more heavily on a specific one. Discussions
Grades:
2nd
BeeBot Mat Gingerbread Man Re-Tell
Gingerbread Fun! Help your students celebrate Christmas with gingerbread and BeeBots. This resource is designed to be used with a programmable BEE BOT robot. It's the perfect addition to your December centers. Expand your gingerbread man unit to include coding.Get your students excited about learning how to be computer scientists and code with their BeeBot. Coding and robotics are great ways to utilize cooperative learning in your classroom. The Hour of Code is in December. Join the fun with a
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: BeeBot Gingerbread Man BUNDLE
Paired Passages January Reading Comprehension No Prep Activities
These paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension and compare and contrast standards. There are 8 different passages that have paired themes for the month of January. These no prep activities would be great for whole group, small group, or independent practice for your fluent readers. The themes covered in January are snow, MLK Jr., penguins and mittens. After reading the passage, students work on answering the questions provided and illustrating a piece of the passage. They cou
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Froggy Goes To School- Back to School Fun with Froggy!
What happens when everyone’s favorite frog wakes up on his first day of school? He goes to school wearing JUST his underwear!
Your kiddos will get to make a cute Froggy “flip” puppet using the templates in this unit! You will also find:
-Froggy Goes to School “Think and Respond”
(CCSS RL.1.1/1.7)
-”Froggy and Me” comparison web
(CCSS RL.1.3)
-Story Map worksheet
(CCSS RL.1.3/1.7)
-”Dreaming About…” worksheet
(CCSS RL.1.9)
-”Graphing First Day Feelings” math graph
(CCSS 1.OA.6/1.MD.4)
I can’
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Balloons Over Broadway Interactive Read Aloud Lessons and Activities
Do you need engaging, standards-based interactive read aloud lessons that build your students' reading comprehension skills and strategies? These lessons and activities will teach comprehension, vocabulary, speaking and listening skills, and more in a meaningful and fun way.Interactive read aloud lessons for the book Balloons Over Broadway. Just print and teach! This interactive read aloud is designed to cover five days. This resource contains one week of lessons that are also included in the mo
Grades:
2nd
ABC ORDER for ALL YEAR -SPRING-SUMMER-FALL-WINTER PRINTABLES- ABC ORDER
This Bundle will have you set for all year with ABC order Practice. There are 4 different versions for each season each version has different words and extra celebrations included. ABC to 1st and 2nd Letter-A great way for your students to practice ABC order throughout the whole school year. Words are themed for the season and celebration. 4 versions -cut and paste, word search, list, and 2nd letter→ Back to School→ Fall→ Thanksgiving→ Halloween→ Christmas→ Winter→ Valentines→ St. Patrick's Day→
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Bad Case of Tattle Tongue Mini Unit
Reading the book A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue by Julia Cook is a great way to start the new school year or as a mid year review about the importance of not tattling but warning!
In this mini unit you will receive:
- A tattling vs. Warning Venn Diagram
- A tattling vs. warning story sort
- A Tattle Tongue Problem and Solution Graphic Organizer
- A Tattle Tongue Cause and Effect Sort
- A Tattle Tongue Summary Graphic Organizer Using Sombody...Wanted...But...So...Then... strategy
- A Tattle Tongu
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
PARCC Test Prep Literary Analysis Task Mermaids
This is a simulation of the Literary Analysis Section of the PARCC Test. Included are two passages, with a total of 7 (14 total) A/B type questions requiring evidence to support your answer.
2 Writing Prompts similar to practice test published by PARCC is included along with Rubrics for grades 4-6, published and available online from PARCC.
Writing Prompt 1- Address a common theme
Writing Prompt 2- Address/retell from different point of view
This is designed to be used to show students th
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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The Three Little Superpigs - ELA - Writing- Three Little Super Pigs
I bought the book The Three Little Superpigs, by Claire Evans, for my children at the Scholastic Book Fair last school year. We all loved it! I just knew I had to create a 2-week ELA unit for teachers to use in the classroom. Within the ELA unit, students will talk about the original Three Little Pigs folktale. After reading The Three Little Superpigs, students work with cause and effect, sequencing, brainstorm, and write opinion pieces. The following items are included within the
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Star Wars Reading Comprehension Passages
Star Wars themed reading passages are the perfect addition to Star Wars Day (May 4)! There are three passages that include comprehension questions. The passages included are:-All About Star Wars-The Millennium Falcon-All About LightsabersThese passages would be great comprehension review in either small group or independently at a center/seatwork.
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
Grades:
5th - 9th
The Polar Express Interactive Read Aloud Lessons, Activities, and Craft
Interactive read aloud lessons for The Polar Express! This series of read aloud lessons are geared towards describing characters, setting, and major events using key details and includes a Polar Express craft with detailed lessons plans and more!Read alouds allow us to teach a broad range of standards. You will find that the lessons will cover many standards, but will focus more heavily on a specific one. This will be the standard assessed at the end of the week to provide evidence of mastery fo
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Grumpy Monkey Book PDF for Reading / Sequencing / Story Map / Coloring Page
Included in your Grumpy Monkey Book PDF:Sequencing Activity: Beginning, Middle, EndStory Map: Characters, Setting, Problem, SolutionFun Colouring PageIf you love Grumpy Monkey as much as I do, you'll love this coordinating craft and writing that focuses on Social Emotional Learning:Grumpy Monkey Book ActivitiesYou might also like:Mindfulness coloring for students: Growth MindsetTREE BREATHING AND GROUNDINGFrog Craft ActivityButterfly Craft Activity____________________________LEAVING FEEDBACK IS
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Grades:
K - 3rd
"Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes" Speech Activities (NO PREP)
Help your students STOP saying "I wuv my bue soes" and start saying "I love my blue shoes" with this new Pete the Cat unit! With 9 different activities targeting articulation, receptive comprehension/sequencing/sorting/matching/following directions/object function, and expressive retelling/sentence structure/requesting goals, you'll be sure to meet all your students goals while having fun with NO PREP AT ALL! Activities include:1. Frontloading: Before the 1st reading, review these background kno
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Alphabet Puzzles
Alphabet puzzles are great for pre-school and kindergarten students as they work on recognizing different letters. These are perfect for centers or morning work in the classroom. Helping kindergarteners develop stronger fine motor skills is essential at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way for students to work on cutting skills. Puzzles benefit cognitive skills, fine motor skills, and problem-solving skills. This pack includes: upper and lower case letter puzzles for 26 letters
Grades:
PreK - K
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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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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