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Black History Month centers for Easel
Black History Month: Close Reading Text Coding Common Core PDFs & Google Slides™
Celebrate Black History Month with this set of nine passages. Each passage is written at four different levels. • • • Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading! • • • Take a look at the thumbnails for the passage Lexile levels. :) Contents included in this thought provoking packet are:--- Nine texts written at four levels. • Ruby Bridges • Frederick Douglass • Sojourner Truth • Jesse Owens • George Washington Carver • Rosa Parks • Mary McLeod Bethune • Harri
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1st - 4th
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Kobe Bryant: Order of Operations Math Activity (Perfect for Black History Month)
Kobe Bryant: Order of Operations Math Activity (Perfect for Black History Month)Honor Kobe Bryant and Black History Month with this math activity. February is Black History Month. Simplify numerical expressions to complete the passage about Kobe Bryant. Students will read about his life, his accomplishments, and his success. Students must complete 12 problems to complete the passage and learn fun facts about Bryant. Each expression is aligned with the 6th grade grade common core standards abou
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Black History Month: FOUR Math Activities Bundle!
Counting on Katherine Johnson Hidden Figures READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Includes Easel Activities Version for Google Classroom Distance Learning!Engage Students with a Hidden Figures STEM Challenge!Katherine Johnson STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Black History Month and Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be a scientist regardless of race or gender. Works as a great companion to the read aloud Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker.Students begin the activity by reading about Katherine Johnson and answering q
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Mae Among the Stars Build a Rocket READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Launch the Space Shuttle Endeavor to help get Mae Jemison to Space!Students love learning about Mae Jemison by completing this STEM challenge! This works well for both Black History Month and Women's History Month. Reading passages teach students about how Mae Jemison was the first African American Woman in space. Designing and building a rocket to launch into space helps solidify the lesson in a hands-on way!Perfect companion activity to Mae Among the Stars by Roda Amhed.This activity helps stu
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Hidden Figures Black History Month Coding Activity
Integrate coding in your classroom with an Unplugged Hidden Figures Coding STEM Activity!Hidden Figures Coding Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Black History Month and Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be a scientist regardless of race or gender. Students begin the activity by reading about the Hidden Figures. We included our own reading passage, and you can also use Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margo
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K - 4th
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Lonnie Johnson Whoosh! READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Engage Students with a Lonnie Johnson Invention STEM Challenge!Whoosh STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Black History Month. In this STEM Activity, students are challenged to create their own invention to solve a real world problem.Students begin the activity by reading about inventor Lonnie Johnson and answering questions. We included our own reading passage, and you can also use Whoosh! by Chris BartonAfter learning about Lonnie Johnson, students design, bui
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Bio Poem Template for Famous Person Alternative Biography Project Black History
A biography alternative research project to the traditional research project for students to learn about historical figures and make inferences about them. Your students will create bio poems using the bio poem templates and step-by-step directions using the digital or printable templates to share key facts about their famous person.Use this bio poem project as a biography project after studying about a famous person or historical figure. In just a few easy steps, your students will have a fanta
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4th - 5th
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Martins Big Words Activity READ ALOUD STEAM™ Activity
Teach your students about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with STEAM!Integrate STEAM in your classroom with this engaging Read Aloud Companion Activity to Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport. Integrate literacy, writing, and math with STEAM. Students choose one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s big words, write it out on graph paper, and measure it's area and perimeter. After they have completed the math portion, students write about how the word they selected
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2nd - 5th
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Walter McAfee: Black History Month Math Activity (Ratios and Proportions)
Walter McAfee: Black History Month Math Activity (Ratios & Proportions)This is a math activity celebrating Black History Month. The activity gives a brief description of Walter McAfee. McAfee has been credited for calculating the distance from the earth to the moon using radar technology.Students will then answer 13 questions about outer space including the moon, and the planets in our solar system. Each question is aligned with the 6th grade common core standards about rates, ratios, ratio
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6th - 7th
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Also included in: Black History Month: Math Activities Bundle!
February Reading Comprehension Passages Super Bowl 2024 Groundhog Day+
February is a tiny month that packs a lot of seasonal / holiday events onto your schedule. These February Reading Comprehension / Informational Text Passages with questions are perfect for covering every seasonal event! This set has everything from Super Bowl to Groundhog Day and beyond! ❤️ These nonfiction close reading passages provide the right balance of seasonal learning with all the other things you need to teach for this month.⭐️Key Features of these close reading passages:Printable + Goo
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Informational Texts
FREEBIE Black History Month Jesse Owen Passage Written at 4 Levels Close Reading
Celebrate Black History Month with this Jesse Owens Passage to use for Close Reading or Leveled Homework! Differentiated w/ 4 levels of passages + 2 activities. Use the poster to dig into RI.3 connections and historical figures personality motivations. Connect writing with text evidence! Click HERE for my Black History Month MEGA Bundle. Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading! •Celebrate Black History Month with this set of nine passages. Each passage is written at four differ
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1st - 4th
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Black History Context Clues Task Cards
Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 24 Context Clues Task Cards while learning about important and influential African Americans. Students read a sentence with an underlined word and then choose the correct meaning (3 choices are given), using the context clues.Task Cards are perfect for partner work, center/station work, SCOOT game, Quiz Quiz Trade, Inside Outside Circle, or whole group activity.I like to print these on card-stock, cut, and laminate so they can be used again and a
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3rd - 6th
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Black History Month - African-American Inventors
22 investigations of African-American inventors and entrepreneurs. Students search online for information about each inventor's year of birth and death, gender, schools or college attended, jobs, inventions, and other interesting things from their life:Gladys West, George Washington Carver, Henry Sampson, Lewis Howard Latimer, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Morgan, Madame C. J. Walker, Benjamin Banneker, Otis Boykin, Frederick McKinley Jones, Granville Woods, Thomas L. Jennings, Marie Van Brittan Brown,
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Black History Month BUNDLE - High School
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Hopkinson Lesson
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson LessonTopics: Underground Railroad, Slavery, African American History; American History;This lesson plan includes: Lesson objectivesReading comprehension questionsKWL Chart Cause and Effect Chart4 quilt tiles (have each student create a quilt tile for the class quilt for Clara) Character analysisMain Idea and Details ActivityNew Vocabulary (activities) Word Search Extension ActivitiesNearpod Teacher Access info is included on the last pageIf
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2nd - 5th
Black History Barack Obama Fact Booklet | Nonfiction | Comprehension | Craft
Who could be more inspiring than the first black American president - Barack Obama. Students will be encouraged to express their thoughts and ideas when you use this Black History resource. This non-fiction book on Barack Obama is a great resource to use for doing a research project on historical people with your class. Included in this product is a black and white informational book about Barack Obama worksheet for note-taking and two choices of research forms to be filled out by the child. A
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K - 1st
Also included in: Black History Month Bundle | Crafts | Comprehension | Writing
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters CCG
COMPACT COMPREHENSION GUIDES (CCGs)1. Can be used for a variety of instructional purposes, such as Guided Reading, Literacy Centers, and Take-home programs2. Assesses Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Writing skills in a compact, easy-to-use, uniform format3. Uses Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which, and How questions that cover both literal and interpretive thinking4. Includes hundreds of titles of the best in authentic children’s literature, both popular picture books and leveled readersBUNDLE and
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1st - 5th
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Black History Oprah Winfrey Fact Booklet | Nonfiction | Comprehension | Craft
Explore the life of one of the most well-known media personalities. This Black History resource help students reflect on the interesting journey of Oprah Winfrey.This non-fiction book on Oprah Winfrey is a great resource to use for doing a research project on Black History month with your PreK/kindergarten class. Included in this product is a black and white informational book about Oprah Winfrey worksheet for note-taking and two choices of research forms to be filled out by the child. A craft
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K - 1st
Also included in: Black History Month Bundle | Crafts | Comprehension | Writing
Black History Frederick Douglass Fact Booklet | Comprehension | Craft
Looking for an eye-opening resource for Black History Month? This fact booklet provides students with the opportunity to discover and explore the life of Frederick Douglass. It comes with an information booklet about the African American abolitionist and former slave. The included craft activity is a great accompaniment to the project. The finished craft and report make a decorative as well as educational Black Month display.This non-fiction book on Frederick Douglass is a great resource to use
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Black History Month Bundle | Crafts | Comprehension | Writing
Harriet Tubman Activities Underground Railroad Reading Comprehension Passages
Teach your students about Harriet Tubman with this interactive book. It's a great way to integrate an important social studies topic into your reading instruction. Students will practice essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features while learning about all Harriet Tubman's life and important contributions.TOPICS INCLUDE:Harriet Tubman's childhoodEscaping from slaveryThe Underground RailroadTubman's work during the civil warHarriet's lif
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2nd - 3rd
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Mildred Taylor Author Study, Biography, Reading Response, Activities, More
NO PREP! Thorough author study on Mildred Taylor! Great for encouraging young writers. A complete biography, follow-up reading response and vocabulary questions and essays, a book report, enrichment projects and an "Author of the Month" ready to go bulletin board. Excellent thought provoking follow-up reading activities about this amazing author, plus a no-prep Mildred Taylor project menu full of creative enrichment projects to extend what the students have learned about the author's biography
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5th - 8th
Brothers In Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan CCG
COMPACT COMPREHENSION GUIDES (CCGs)1. Can be used for a variety of instructional purposes, such as Guided Reading, Literacy Centers, and Take-home programs2. Assesses Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Writing skills in a compact, easy-to-use, uniform format3. Uses Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which, and How questions that cover both literal and interpretive thinking4. Includes hundreds of titles of the best in authentic children’s literature, both popular picture books and leveled readersBUNDLE and
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1st - 5th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Reading Activity. Informational reading passages and questions. Reading comprehension text on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the creation of the Martin Luther King Day holiday. Use as a supplemental resource to your unit for enrichment or fluency. One page reading passage sheet about Dr. King and his belief in nonviolence, one page with open ended reading comprehension questions, one page reading passage about the creation of the holiday, a timeline of the events that
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4th - 7th
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop: Cause and Effect
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell tells the story of a loving uncle's generosity during the time of segregation and the great depression. This activity focuses on cause and effect relationships in the story by asking students to supply both elements from the story in a chart format.
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3rd - 5th
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Informative Writing and Reading Comprehension
Looking for a no-prep informative writing prompt and reading comprehension passage about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK Jr.) to use during your reading and writing instruction? This resource can be used for whole group instruction about Dr. King, small groups, Martin Luther King Day, assessment, early finishers, substitute teacher days, and ELA rotations or centers. Printable and digital versions are both included, plus it's ready to use in Easel!What's Included in the Printable Version:Teachi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Biography Unit Bundle with Informative Writing and Reading Comprehension
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