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3rd grade short stories cultural activities
Christmas Around the World Pack with Reader's Theater
NEW in 2023- Editable docs included. This Christmas around the World pack includes 8 nonfiction selections about winter holidays around the world. HanukkahKwanzaaSt. Lucia DayChristmas and Three Kings Day in ArgentinaAustralian ChristmasDiwaliJapanese New YearSoyal-Hopi Winter SolsticeThese selections are written at a high fourth grade reading level but can be used in grades 3-5. Students can be divided into groups. Each group should be given a winter holiday to research. Then they are requ
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Research All Year Bundle
Mulan -Woman Warrior (Close Reading) Taste of China! Lantern Riddles!
"The Legend of Mulan" is a story of a woman warrior from Ancient China. Hua Mulan lived during China's Southern and Northern Dynasties (589-420 B.C.) This is a beautiful story about a woman who was brave enough to do what she felt was right for her family and country. This legend was passed down through many generations. (Updated 5/16/19)The trademark of a legend is that it is passed down by word of mouth or through some written records and this is one fine example. This packet gives an account
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3rd - 5th
India! Diwali Bundle Packet—Lesson, Story of Prince Rama, Worksheets, 3 Crafts
This is an all-encompassing BUNDLE that teaches young students how Indians authentically celebrate their country’s biggest festival of the year, Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Includes lessons, worksheets, and three crafts!INDIA! Diwali, Bundle Packet includes the following, all as Adobe files:Lesson - introduction to Diwali, history, background, and celebrations; provided in a slideshow format to show images to students (no need to print)Story of Prince Rama - abridged version of one of Hindu
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K - 6th
Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series Lesson BUNDLE - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students This learning resource BUNDLE is based on the Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series books and help organize and document student learning and understanding of the Coast Salish Culture. This bundle is perfect for: class discussions, individual learning or independent group learning stations.This product is featured in my blog: Strong Stories: my greatest discovery this year!Units included in this BUNDLE support th
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2nd - 5th
Character Traits: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features one character trait.• Students must match each character trait from the word bank to a passage.• Student will also underline se
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Theme: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features one theme.• Students must match each theme from the word bank to a passage.• Student will also underline sentences that helped
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Pourquoi Activity * Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (W/Answer Key)
Pourquoi tales are so much fun to teach! They are folktales that tell how or why an animal or object in nature came to be the way that it is. Kids are naturally curious so they love these type stories. Includes activity to write and publish student written pourquoi tales online, as well as writing planning sheet.This resource includes the following formats:· Printable PDF· Answer boxes for students to complete the activity on a device
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2nd - 4th
Awasis and the World Famous Bannock Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Primary Elementary School Students This learning resource based on the enduring story, Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock, uses the reading strategies: problem and solution, connection, summary, and theme. Also included are:a coding on paper activitya mapping/retell activityanimal and ingredient English/Cree vocabulary mini-books English/Cree procedural recipe writing activity This unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy
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K - 4th
On the Trapline Lessons - Indigenous Resource - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning in Elementary SchoolsTEN different comprehension activities support the story, On the Trapline, written by David A. Robertson and illustrated by Julie Flett.Reading Response activities include:Summary, Meaning, Connection, Question, Visualization, Sequential and Sensory Writing, and Swampy Cree Word Focus and Extension CrosswordThis unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy. There is zero prep needed (other than photocopying.)***
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1st - 7th
Also included in: Julie Flett Lesson BUNDLE - Inclusive Learning for Primary Students
Bowwow Powwow Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Primary Elementary School Students This learning resource has SEVEN different activities to support the charming story, Bowwow Powwow, written by Brenda J. Child. It uses comprehension strategies: Connection, Recall, Summary, Opinion, Sensory Writing Activity, Word Search for Early FinishersPLUS... an informational mini-book that describes: Powwows, the Arena, the Emcee, the Arena Director, the Grand Entry, the Drumming, the dances and i
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K - 4th
Also included in: Powwow Lesson BUNDLE Indigenous Inclusive Learning
Spanish Christmas Story: FELIPE Y LA NOCHE DE LAS VELITAS
Navidad/ ChristmasThis short and repetitive story is based on a Colombian tradition called "La Noche de las Velitas." Felipe is looking for candles for this celebration. He visits three different markets. Will he be able to find them?This story is a way to teach some culture and high frequency vocabulary. The packet includes:1. Teaching tips2. Story3. Storyboards for different grades and levels4. Readers version5. Ideas for a play******************************************************************
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2nd - 4th
We Are Grateful Lessons - Indigenous Perspectives - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning in Elementary Classrooms This Indigenous resource supports primary elementary students using reading strategies: connection, main idea, visualization, and theme PLUS a sensory writing extension.This unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy and has 8 different activities to support the story.There are multi-leveled lessons to accommodate differentiated learning levels and templates to use in a bulletin board display.We are Grate
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K - 4th
Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this COMPLETE ELA BUNDLE with a Native American flair!FEATURES• Twenty-four different worksheets aligned to Common Core Standards. Three worksheets per skill. Each worksheet has four short stories on it. A total of 96 leveled short stories to help students understand setting, theme, author's purpose, and more!• Student will also underline sentences that helped him or her find the answer. This will allow
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3rd - 6th
Narrator: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? COMMON-CORE ALIGNED assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features a different narrator. • Students must match each narrator from the word bank to a passage.• St
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Mini-Book For Primary Learners
This mini-book delivers information in a respectful and age-appropriate manner to help primary learners understand the significance of this important Canadian date. The simple text and colourful pictures will maintain the attention of young students. This resource will ignite discussions about National Day of Truth And Reconciliation in a respectful way.Click on the link for a mini-book about Thanksgiving In Canada Mini-BookFollow the link for social stories Social Stories Growing BundleFor mor
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Canadian Dates of Significance
Paul Bunyan Tall Tale in Spanish
Teachers like you are saying that…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you for your wonderful resources! My students loved working with the activities included. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Great resource to differentiate for above grade level reading groups! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This a high quality material!!!! "Paul Bunyan“ is the story of a Giant Lumberjack. His adventures revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in the oral tradition of North Ame
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2nd - 3rd
Iroquois Folk Tales
Native Americans are great story tellers and each of these 33 Iroquois folk tales is an ideal 2-3 pages in length...perfect to use as a class read-aloud or as authentic text in guided reading groups. Additionally, these Iroquois folk tales are rich in figurative language such as similes, metaphors and personification. Several are origin stories (or pourquois tales) which tell how or why things came to be. These Iroquois folk tales were originally published in 1917 by a white woman named Mabe
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3rd - 5th
Powwow Day Lesson Plans - Indigenous Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Primary Elementary School StudentsSEVEN different activities support the charming story, Powwow Daywritten Traci Sorell.Comprehension strategies used in this unit include: Meaning, Infer, Connection, Question, and Prediction PLUS... also included is an informational mini-book that describes: Powwows, the Arena, the Emcee, the Arena Director, the Grand Entry, the Drumming, the dances and in particular, the Jingle Dress Dance This unit is
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Powwow Lesson BUNDLE Indigenous Inclusive Learning
Gugaa - Wiradjuri Totem - Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Story
This book was written by Aunty Joycelan Williams, a Wiradjuri Elder, from Wagga Wagga Australia.
This is one of the Dreaming stories that tells of the Wiradjuri totem - the Gugaa (Goanna).
All of the illustrations have been painted by Aunty Joycelan Williams and are original and authentic works of art.
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PreK - 7th
The Cedar Tree Lessons - Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students This learning resource can be used as a stand alone lesson or to support the book The Cedar Tree, Heart of Our People, by extending comprehension through organizing and documenting learning and understanding. This unit, complimented by the other Coast Salish Series Units are perfect for: class discussions, individual learning or independent group learning stations.This unit is also included in the Strong Stori
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series Lesson BUNDLE - Inclusive Learning
Chinese Reader: Dragon Boat Festival with AUDIO support (Simplified Ch)
Bilingual story book in English-Simplified Chinese-Pinyin with audio. ((English-Traditional Chinese-Pinyin) edition is also available. I would appreciate your kind and positive feedback upon download and review. The two beautiful dragon boat and dragon artworks are created by artist, Matt Cox for Miss Panda Chinese. Hundreds of children have enjoyed his dragon boat festival coloring pages at my school and I know that your students will enjoy it as well.Print out the story book, listen to the
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PreK - 8th
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Dia de los Muertos Reading Comprehension | Dia de los Muertos Fact Sheet Eng/Spa
This is a great activity for Dia de los Muertos Reading Comprehension! Teach your students about this amazing tradition with this Independent Reading Booklet- available in color and black and white for coloring- and comprehension activities. These Dia de los Muertos Activities for Elementary are ideal for students in 1st and 2nd grade who can read independently and answer questions about a text. Students will create their Dia de los Muertos reading booklet and answer a Dia de los Muertos Fact sh
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: The Day of the Dead Activities | Dia de los Muertos Activities
Readers' Theater: "Iktomi and the Muskrat" Classic Lakota Story
This Reader's Theater Script features a classic Lakota story featuring the goofy trickster Iktomi! Perfect for first, second, and third grade readers! Each character is tiered to a different DRA/Lexile Level so all learners can read!FEATURES• Five page script featuring six different characters. • Classic Lakota Story, written by Lakota teacher. • Common Core aligned multiple choice assessment. • Differentiated reading levels for each character. Products for all students!************************
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Readers' Theater: Classic Iktomi Stories Bundle
Point of View: Identify + Show the Evidence Reading Passages
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this set of three worksheets with a Native American flair!Get this set of worksheets and all others in the ELA series as part of this bundle and save big! ELA Identify Complete BundleFEATURES• Three worksheets with four short (and leveled) passages on each. Each passage features one point of view.• Students must match each point of view from the word bank to a passage.• Student will also underline senten
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
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