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Free middle school oral communication informational text thematic unit plans
Solar System Activity: Planets Sorts (3) *Freebie*
These planet sorts are a unique way for students to show what they have learned about the planets! All of the information in this free planets activity can also be found in the Solar System Differentiated Reading Passages with Common-Core aligned Comprehension & Vocabulary activities. Hope your students enjoy!
3 Sorts Included:
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• All Planets
Answer Keys
Check out the FULL product here: Differentiated Planets Reading Passages, Comprehension and Vocabulary C
Grades:
3rd - 6th
FREE Biomes Activity: Biomes Reading Passage, Vocabulary & Comprehension
This free biomes reading passage is a perfect way to introduce the 5 major biomes during your biomes unit. It can also be used for a nonfiction reading activity during guided reading, practice finding text evidence, or when working on understanding academic vocabulary in context.WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS FREEBIE:Introductory Reading Passage: "All About Biomes" Vocabulary Preview Charts: Included are 2 options with vocabulary terms only or a chart with the image & definition filled-in.Finding
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Free Sample Life Cycle Units - Butterfly, Chicken, Plant, Frog, & Insect
This is a free sample of the compare and contrast reading passages with Venn Diagrams from my life cycle units. The complete units include a KWL, reading passages for all life cycle stages with REAL pictures and an opportunity to engage students with a turn and talk, interactive notebook foldables for vocabulary and life cycle, labeling the parts of each item, coloring, sequencing, unit assessment, and more!Find the individual units or for in a discounted bundle here:Frog Life Cycle Unit and In
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Gabby Douglas: Free Differentiated Biography Passages and Reading Comprehension
Your big kids will love reading about Olympic gymnastics champion, Gabby Douglas! It's a great way to integrate social studies and literacy with a high-interest topic. The entire file is a print and go, so that you have more time to teach and need less to time prep.
The biography passage comes in three different reading levels, allowing you to easily differentiate for your students. Passages are leveled at 3-3.5, 4-5, and 6-7.
The following are included with the set of passages:
• short
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
12 Days of Articulation: {FREEBIE Christmas Craftivity}
Merry Christmas! This season I've been inspired by my location. You see, in 2/3 of my buildings my speech office is located directly next to the music room. Let's skip the Bah Humbug comments about recorders and hearing 'Dreidel, Dreidel' 12 times a day, plus those poor ADHD/ASD kids with short attention spans. I decided if I can't beat them, join them! My articulation students have been re-composing the 12 Days of Christmas song to include their target sounds.
Give each student one blank ‘12
Grades:
K - 8th
MULTISYLLABLE FREEBIE: Getting Sporty WITH 3, and 4 MULTISYLLABLE WORDS
Hello football fans! We have a fun and FREE activity for you! It is for working on the verbal production or reading of 3 and 4 syllable words. We hope you enjoy using it during Super Bowl week, but of course it would be fabulous fun all year long for your sports fans too! This packet is part of a comprehensive unit targeting the production of 3, 4 and five syllable words. Here is a link if you would like to continue the sports themed fun with your students: Getting Sporty WITH 3, 4 and 5 MULTIS
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
World Adventures Kids introduces the first program in our Newest Series!
Ancient Civilizations - Mesopotamia
We are offering this amazing product for FREE! If you enjoy it, please consider purchasing the rest of the series as titles are released.
Other titles in the series include:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient China
Ancient Aztec
Stay tuned for updates on their release!
Ancient Mesopotamia contains over 40 pages of information and activities! Suitable for the clas
Grades:
1st - 8th
Back to Basics- Social Emotional Learning Series: Respect
As educators we recognize that what we do in our classrooms plays an essential role in preparing our students to become respectful, compassionate, knowledgeable, responsible, and caring adults. To support the social emotional learning of students, Creativity That Works suggests The Back to Basics: Social Emotional Learning series as a perfect learning tool for use as an introduction to building a strong learning environment. This series will help with setting the tone/classroom management in t
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Spring Idiom Task Cards for Speech Therapy
This Speech Therapy free resource contains 45 bright and colorful idiom task cards about nature, the outdoors, and gardening. Sample Idioms include:Knock on WoodNip it in the BudLate BloomerThe grass is greener on the other sideWhy Teach Idioms? Understanding and using idioms is an essential social language skill that enhances communication and conversational skills. Without a firm grasp of idioms, students will miss out on social opportunities as well as their own ability to clearly express th
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Grades:
2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Unit Plan Template
This template is meant to be a tangible resource in which you can organize your year. It works best with middle school and high school unit planning because it is organized in terms (9 weeks). Most of the organization comes from my background in both Reader's Workshop and LDC modules, which are student centered curriculum integration models. There is a place to write down texts, as well as planning each week briefly in order to create a comprehensive unit. I've used this model I created for 3
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Biography Unit Grade 5
This purchase includes the unit plan, mini-lessons, handouts, rubrics, and exit tickets. The unit address the characteristics that make a biography and the types of biographies. This unit supports independence and aligns with the reader's workshop model of instruction. This unit drives students to think within, beyond, and about the text.Note: Although intended for 5th grade, it can easily be adjusted to meet the needs of 4th or 6th grade classes.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Hard Work Pays Off: Ancient Egyptians, The Pyramid Builders
Students will explore how the Ancient Egyptians built the great pyramids.Aligns to CCSS RI 4.1 and RI 4.2 RI 5.1 and RI 5.2 RI 6.1 and RI 6.2 RI 7.1 and RI 7.2 RI 8.1 and RI 8.2This product includes:• Teaching notes with pre-reading and extension activities• Informational text passage on how the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids• Text dependent question
Grades:
4th - 7th
Supersize Me as Literary and Informational Nonfiction
Students will love this lesson !! Teaching nonfiction and struggling to capture your students’ interest? This uses the much-loved documentary, Supersize Me, as the vehicle to teach the pros and cons of the fast food technology, as well as the link between literary and informational nonfiction. Supersize Me is a wonderful combination of both story and facts. It reaches the balance students need to provide important information that will impact their health today and in the future, as well as
Grades:
6th - 12th
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PROGRESSIVE ERA & GILDED AGE HISTORICAL VOCABULARY with PRIMARY SOURCES
This HIGH QUALITY FREEBIE is part of my FEEDBACK CHALLENGE!
This includes a succinct informational text and primary source pictures to introduce the Progressive Era and Gilded Age with style!!! I would love to see if I could get at least 200 people to leave feedback on this listing!
GREAT PAIRED WITH A NOVEL! Combines primary source pictures and secondary source informational text to introduce students to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era time period. This is an interactive way to allow st
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Conversation Starters with Minecraft Character Pictures - Pragmatic Language
Are you looking for WH- questions or conversation starters to target pragmatic language? Do your students love Minecraft? This PDF includes 60 printable cards with 1 question and 1 character on each. Set up includes: print, cut-out, and optional lamination (Preferred method so that cards can last awhile!)**note: Questions are not Minecraft related. Characters are on each card to increase student's participation and interest in therapy so that everyone can utilize.
Grades:
K - 12th
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Reading List and Website Sources for Texts About Diversity
If you like this freebie, click the green star to follow Bespoke ELA and receive product alerts, more freebies, and exclusive giveaways. Given all of the tragic events that have happened in our world and continue to happen in our world, I have compiled a reading list of 75 texts for grades 6-12 about DIVERSITY, RACISM, INCLUSION, TOLERANCE, and MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS. I truly believe that it is crucial to our world that we diversify our students' reading experiences beyond the standard cannon
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Halloween Articulation Speech Therapy Lesson Plan- FREE-EASY DIY Instructions
FREE Articulation Speech Therapy Lesson Plan- Engage your students with a fun Halloween Theme (perfect for October). Learn how to make EASY DIY activities and game strategies to incorporate for more sound/word productions."Speechoween" the featured item for this theme set - it is an artic card game with Halloween theme action cards the student must act out. Links are down below"Spider Stack" free Sparkly Speechie download"Monster SMASH" Sparkly Speechie TPT productDIY "Collect the Candy"DIY "Can
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Grades:
K - 6th
No Time, No Money, Halloween Planning Guide for the Classroom-Align w/122 links
Halloween is coming are you Ready?? What, No time in your busy schedule? No extra Money? I totally understand that is why I developed the Ultimate Halloween Packet for you in Mind. This packet is a Collection of ideas that will show you how to integrate the Common Core State Standards and Halloween into your rigorous schedule while bringing a little fun into your student's day. Content included in this packet are ideas for: do it yourself costumes both children and adults, crafts, how to video
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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Flint, Michigan Water Crisis (2014-2016) Interactive Close Read
Looking for an engaging, topical informational text for your middle/early high school students?
This is an interactive close read for a mini-unit on the Flint water crisis. The overall objective of this mini-unit is: By the end of this mini-unit, students will be able to use textual evidence to discuss the short and long-term environmental and social impacts of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
This item is the bulk of the mini-unit. It is an interactive close read (with various student pro
Grades:
6th - 9th
Debate Planner
Running a debate in your classroom? This planner will allow students to collaborate with each other, prepare arguments, and develop a thorough document to present their debate information from. This google doc format also allows teachers to check student progress and evaluate individual work.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Native American Tribal Research Project
The American Tribal Research Project is a full unit project where students are encouraged to discover for themselves the many different aspect of a given tribe. This project can be used for individuals or group research. It can also be used for students to show what they know after a whole class tribal unit or for students to do their own research to find answers. Great for Upper Elementary or Lower Middles. If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave feedback or message me.
Grades:
4th - 7th
I'm Going to Camp Informational Text
I Wonder... I'm Going to Camp Informational Text Level 3. This is part of a differentiated resource. I Wonder books are supported text to be used for students who struggle with citing text by referring back to the text/graphic/illustration/map. It can be printed, stapled and used as is, or laminated and bound for durability. The student will read each passage, looking at the corresponding, color coded pictures. To assess comprehension and mastery of referring back to text, the student will co
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Grades:
K - 9th
Weekly Themes - FREEBIE!
If thematic therapy is your thing (or maybe you want it to be), then this calendar can help get you started! There are 30 weekly themes listed in order of the year, as well as 9 additional themes for fillers or replacements as needed. Keep in mind that school calendars vary based on start/end dates and breaks throughout the year, so this may need to be tweaked based on your needs :)Follow along on my Instagram account (@ThumbBunnySpeech) to see examples of activities I pair with each theme!Ple
Grades:
PreK - 6th
AUSTRALIA - A CROSS CURRICULAR LITERACY THEME
AUSTRALIA is a Cross Curricular theme involving English Language, vocabulary building, spelling (using the AU sound) geography mapwork, grammar such as opposites, similes, alphabetical order and so on. There are 40 worksheets. Burt Books has several other cross curricular themes.
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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