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Elementary close reading unit plans for Microsoft Word
Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland ) Novel Study
Here is a set of 33 worksheets with high level, short answer, comprehension questions for the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll. Many questions relate to the logically fallacious reasoning Carroll uses for entertainment and instruction within the book. These questions ask the students to figure out where the reasoning is flawed. Each chapter has a worksheet of 5 to 7 questions. In addition, there are a set of worksheets offering a side by
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5th - 8th
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Loser by Jerry Spinelli novel study questions
This novel guide includes vocabulary words, discussion questions, and journal prompts for the book Loser by Jerry Spinelli. Each chapter or group of chapters has a set of vocabulary words, 4-8 comprehension questions meant for discussion, and one journal prompt for written comprehension.
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4th - 6th
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson
Through this unit, students will learn that archaeologists, like detectives, work to piece together the past through investigation in the text, “If Stones Could Speak” by Marc Aronson. This common core aligned packet emphasizes specific skills that are targeted in each chapter. Through this packet, students are exposed to diverse perspectives and challenge them to analyze data and draw meaningful conclusions about history. Students will learn to analyze how claims support the main idea and h
Grades:
5th - 8th
Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
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2nd - 4th
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Thank You Ma'am By Langston Hughes
This product includes the short story Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes. It includes both short answer and multiple choice questions that assess every common core standard for literature in regards to stories. Topics covered include: characters and character traits, setting, plot, motive, dialect, theme, point of view, inferring, predicting, compare and contrast, and context clues. It would be great used as a unit assessment over short stories.
This product includes 2 exam versions. One
Grades:
4th - 6th
Death By Scrabble Close Reading Activities
Looking for an interesting short story?
Need a unit of activities to compliment a short story?
These activities require no prep! Just download the story and print the activities!
Charlie Fish's "Death By Scrabble" will have your students in deep discussions. The story lends itself to teaching many literary elements.
You will find yourself going in many directions with the text!
This unit of activities is enjoyable and promotes critical and creative thinking.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Lost and Found Cat (Kunkush) & Nubs: Paired Text Unit
Both stories both use age-appropriate, uplifting stories about the love of animals to teach kids about important issues of our time and the power of human kindness. They also show how people can use the internet to help others internationally. The stories also pair well together because each shows a different perspective of the conflict in Iraq- Nubs is about U.S. soldier deployed in Iraq; Lost & Found Cat is about a refugee family fleeing Iraq for safety.
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-Vocabulary for Lost an
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Under the Mesquite Tree Unit Plan
A month long unit plan for the novel Under the Mesquite Tree by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. It includes the following:
activities for interactive journals, figurative language, vocabulary, cultural connection activities, essay questions, quizzes with answer keys. All of the documentaries are hyperlinked along with the articles, all of which have worksheets that go with them. All of the questions were written to common core standards. I have used this product in my small reading groups and for whol
Grades:
5th - 8th
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code Teacher's Guide
Guide provides instructional steps/strategies and identifies vocabulary terms.ELA.4.R.2.3: Explain an author’s perspective toward a topic in an informational text.ELA.4.R.2.2: Explain how relevant details support the central idea, implied or explicit.ELA.4.R.2.1: Explain how text features contribute to the meaning and identify the text structures of problem/solution, sequence, and description in texts.
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4th - 5th
HMH Into Reading Module 4 Week 3 Lesson Plans for Kindergarten
HMH Into Reading Module 4 Week 3 Lesson Plans for KindergartenLesson plans include essential question, next generation learning standards, learning target for each lesson.**Please note the writing portion of the lessons are not included in the lesson plans**Procedures, materials needed, reading and vocabulary sectionsProduct is editable. Module 1 Week 1 Lesson plans can be downloaded for free and show how the lesson plans are formatted.
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K
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Also included in: HMH Into Reading Kindergarten Module 4 Weeks 1-4 Lesson Plans
Afternoon of the Elves GATE Unit for Independent Study or Whole Class
Haven’t read this book yet? It is masterfully written!
This is a full GATE unit for Janet Taylor Lisle’s Newbery Honor Book, Afternoon of the Elves. This unit is much more thorough and different from the “STAX” independent reading unit for the same novel available in my store.
This unit includes instructions for independent study, small group, and whole class instruction. The focus for all options is decidedly higher order thinking skills, creativity, extension of the novel’s ideas and them
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4th - 7th
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SIOP Story Plot Predictions
This is a SIOP lesson plan designed for ESL/ELL learners 1st grade about story plot/predictions.
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K - 1st
Lost & Found Cat (Kunkush) Mini-Unit
Lost & Found Cat is a true story about a refugee family fleeing Iraq for safety. It is an age-appropriate, uplifting story about the love of a pet that also teaches kids about important issues of our time and the power of human kindness.
Want to pair this text with another picture book? All these activities are also included in my paired text unit here. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lost-and-Found-Cat-Kunkush-Nubs-Paired-Text-Unit-3617695
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Vocabulary definitions,
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2nd - 4th
Expeditionary Learning Module 1 Unit 1 Modified Grade 4 Special Education
This unit plan includes the following:Lessons 3-8 Modified to include scaffolds, differentiation strategies, and questioning and discussion techniquesAll outside resources and links including graphic organizersModified End of Unit 1 Assessments ***Change layout to landscape for a better view
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4th - 5th
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Esperanza Rising Project - Novel Study - Choice Board
Awesome activities to choose from! Use this as a culminating activity when students have finished reading the novel. Students choose from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy to create their final product.
Students will write a paragraph about the book's theme. They will then choose from ten other activities, including a story map, journals, character analysis, news reports, poetry, and a collage.
This activity is great for gifted and talented students. It is an editable document.
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5th - 9th
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Common Core Kindergarten ELA Unit Plan -Nursery Rhymes and Fables (Unit 1)
This is a six week, common core aligned unit plan for kindergarten reading and writing. The unit plan includes standards, a text list, objective calendar, and six weeks of scripted lesson plans with text dependent questions and assessments. The reading and the writing units are aligned and connections are made between the blocks. The theme of this unit is nursery rhymes and fables. Students will learn about basic story elements using shorter text and will begin to discover that fables teach us a
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PreK - 1st
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Short Story - UNIT!
Here are three exciting short stories with author bios, quick writes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, quizzes and keys! Sit back and relax--the unit's all planned!
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4th - 9th
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Advertising & Logo Lesson
-This lesson helps students understand the meaning, purpose, and benefits of advertising.
- The lesson discusses brand names and logos.
- Students will be quizzed on their knowledge of popular logos.
- The lesson has a link to a YouTube video that exposes the students to the song, "My Adidas," written by Run DMC. The students must listen carefully to determine why the person likes this brand of shoes. The students must recite in plain language the kinds of activities the person does in his Ad
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3rd - 9th
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HMH Into Reading Kindergarten Module 2 Week 3 Lesson Plans
HMH Into Reading Module 2 Week 3 Lesson Plans for KindergartenLesson plans include essential question, next generation learning standards, learning target and language objective for each lesson.**Please note the writing portion of the lessons are not included in the lesson plans**Procedures, materials needed, reading and vocabulary and foundational skills sectionsProduct is editable. Module 1 Week 1 Lesson plans can be downloaded for free and show how the lesson plans are formatted.
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K
Also included in: HMH Into Reading Kindergarten Module 2 Weeks 1-4 Lesson Plans
Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti Paired-Text Set Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Back to School paired text set.Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti close reading poetry analysis. This analysis includes the poem and a comparative short story with similar elements and themes for the students to analyze and compare and contrast. DOK 2 level comprehensive questions and graphic organizer options are included. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding o
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5th - 8th, Higher Education
The Human Body-CKLA Knowledge Unit Plan
1st Grade-CKLA Knowledge CurriculumDomain 2: The Human Body Use this editable doc to shave some time off your lesson planning. Includes:StandardsVocabularySpace for differentiation groupingTeacher summary + so much more!
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K - 1st
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The Wednesday Wars (Gary D. Schmidt) Novel Guide
This packet divides the novel's chapters up into parts. Each set of chapters has vocabulary, comprehension questions, and activities. The packet also contains pre-reading activities and post-reading activities, activities for each set of chapter, and final essay.
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5th - 8th
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TC K Unit 6 Growing Expertise in Little Books Reading for Information
Teacher's College unit 6 reading lessons
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Grades:
K
Also included in: Complete TC Kindergarten Reading Units 1-7
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