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Book Clubs for 1st and 2nd Grade
Book club activities for first and second grade classrooms!★Can you run successful book clubs in the primary grades?★It may seem like a stretch, but the spring is such a great time to get your students ready and used to reading, thinking about, and discussing books with their peers instead of me, the teacher!I created this unit as a guide to running book clubs in your primary classroom and provided some tools that your kids can successfully use! In this unit:IntroductionWhat book clubs look like
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K - 2nd
Partner Pairing Cards | BUNDLE | 1 Small Group of 6 and 1 Partner Pair Sets
Looking for that extra bit of engagement in your guided reading block? Want your students to look forward to collaborating with new friends during math centers? Looking for a way to create random classroom groups in 2 minutes? You're going to LOVE this. This BUNDLE includes my best-selling Peanut Butter and Jelly Partner Pairing cards AND my Small Group of 6 Fruit and Veggie Group cards. With this BUNDLE, you'll be able to create student pairs of 2 as well as small groups of 6. These cards are a
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Not Grade Specific
Basketball Paired Texts: LeBron James and Michael Jordan (Grades 5-6)
This resource includes high-interest paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.Contents:→ 6 Nonfiction Articles→ 3 Quizzes → 1 Writing Prompt→ 1 Answer Key***Topics Covered:→ The Childhood Years:1 nonfiction text about LeBron's childhood1 nonfiction text about Michael's childhood1 quiz to cover these texts→ Pro Basketball Ca
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5th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Paired Texts: Basketball Stars Bundle
Alphabet Word Wall Letters and Word Cards - ABC Letter Sound Wall Words Template
Are you looking for a simple alphabet word wall with letter headers and word cards or a sound wall for your kindergarten, preschool, or pre-k classroom? This simple word wall template includes letters and words and even gives you the flexibility to customize your classroom word wall with your own word cards, name cards, etc.will help you teach alphabet letters and sounds. Teachers love that the simplicity of the printable word cards and letter headers let kids focus on the important information
Grades:
PreK - K
Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
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PreK - 1st
Alphabet Activities Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Identification & Sounds BUNDLE
Find a variety of hands-on letter identification and sounds activities for your kids in this money-saving bundle. Whether you use a letter of the week or a no letter of the week method to introduce uppercase and lowercase letters and sounds to your students, this set will give everything that you need to provide repeated exposure and a variety of ways to practice letters throughout the school year. This set of printable alphabet activities is perfect for early literacy activities, alphabet rev
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PreK - K
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Back to School Activities
We Don't Eat Our Classmates is my favorite back to school activity. It is a Read Aloud about a dinosaur's first day of school. She feels nervous that she won't make any friends. When she gets to school, she eats her classmates! This book is perfect for back to school and reviewing classroom expectations and in rules in the spring. I have included several activities so that you can use the book in the fall and spring, if you wanted to. It is great for building a positive classroom community. It c
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PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
THE GREAT GATSBY Complete Unit: EDITABLE Chapter Questions, Worksheets, Writing
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 240-page MEGA-BUNDLE on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading slideshow, daily quizzes, discussion questions, close-reading exercises, creative writing assignment, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights. The
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fiction Reading Response Graphic Organizers Story Map Story Elements Theme Plot
Graphic organizers are an excellent tool for helping your students think about their reading. This amazing set of fiction reading response graphic organizers is designed to support a wide range of readers. Filled with story elements, story maps, plot, setting, vocabulary, summary graphic organizers, and so much more!This resource is filled with over 100 unique and fun graphic organizers, that will engage students and get them thinking about their reading. Each one is created for a variety of ski
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
The Book Thief Novel Study
The Book Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials with over 100+ resources for teaching The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. With these Common-Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills. The suite includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. The Book Thief Novel Study Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:34 Literary Analysis Assignments34 Close Reading Assignments (literary skills-
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8th - 11th
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Fiction & Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers: Main Idea Theme
Help support reading comprehension and discover all the graphic organizers you need with 240 reading response graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction. You and your students will love these easy-prep and easy-to-use graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction filled with graphic organizers for story elements, main idea, theme, compare and contrast, and more.This resource is filled with a variety of graphic organizers that are designed to be used with any book or text. The unique designs a
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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Junie B. Jones Novel Study for ANY book PLUS Flip Books
For ANY Junie B. Jones book: This bundle includes a novel study BURSTING with pages you can use for any of Junie B.'s adventures AND an option filled flip book packet that can also be used for any book.
The vocabulary, comprehension and extension materials included apply to Junie's kindergarten as well as first grade adventures.
There is a bundle of all Junie B. Jones books listed here. Less than $1.00 per book unit!
This packet includes differentiated options for a variety of abilities a
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Poems for Kids: Over 600 poems for teaching poetry terms & poetic devices
If you're teaching a poetry unit in grades 3-6, you need poems...lots and lots of exemplar poems! Need poems for teaching similes? Metaphors? Personification? How about haiku or narrative poems? From rhyming poetry to free verse, this anthology collection has them all (with picture support) to make it completely painless to teach the elements of poetry to students of all abilities in grades 3-6. So if you're a teacher who likes to teach poetry lessons by example, there are more than 600 poems t
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3rd - 6th
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READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
Elephant & Piggie | Mo Willems | Book Companion Craft
Everyone loves Elephant & Piggie!These adorable and fun book characters are a great resource for your book study of Mo Willems. His fun characters Gerald and Piggie are loved by kids and teachers alike. These two crafts would make a great end of author study activity.They look adorable when paired together and would look great on a classroom bulletin board.Included with this craft:Picture of Craft.Instructions pageMaterials needed pageAll Pattern pieces for elephantAll Pattern pieces for P
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PreK - 2nd
Reading Comprehension Kindergarten Bilingual English and Spanish
Reading Comprehension Kindergarten Bilingual English and Spanish is a great packet for early elementary students to practice reading fluency and answering questions with visual clues. Depending on the reading level of the student(s), the stories and questions can be read by the teacher or read independently by the students. This packet includes a variety of themes (listed below) in both English and Spanish with the passage and question on the same page to support students finding evidence in th
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Bilingual English Spanish for Early Elementary Bundle
Read-Its® Paired Passages - Yearlong MEGA Bundle | Distance Learning
Reading Comprehension ~ Close ReadingGet Ready to READ and RESPOND with my brand newREAD-ITS® Paired Passages TRIFOLDS! Check out Read-Its® WINTER EDITION here...Read-Its®- WINTER EditionCheck out Read-Its® SPRING EDITION here...Read-Its®- SPRING EditionCheck out Read-Its® SUMMER/ANYTIME EDITION here...Read-Its®- SUMMER/ANYTIME EditionCheck out Read-Its® Fall EDITION here...Read-Its®- Fall Edition*************************************************************************FREEBIE ALERT: Download th
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2nd - 4th
2nd 3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions, Nonfiction Close
Are you looking for high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This set of reading passages comes with 30 weeks of close reading sets. New to close reading? There is a how-to introduction within the product that breaks down each day's tasks for the week. This is an introduction to each day's tasks plus three general graphic organizers in case you want to supplement Asking Questions, Main Idea and Detail, and Fact-Finding
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in:Â Nonfiction Close Reading Strategies - Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
Dog and Donuts Craft | Back to School | Class Book and Writing Activity
Back to School Craft!This craft can be used at the beginning of the School year for back to school or can be used at anytime during the school year.Everyone loves the story "If You Give A Dog A Donut" by Laura Numeroff. I created this dog and donut craft as a follow up craft after reading the story. He is cute, whimsical and looks great on a bulletin board or in school hallway. Included with the craft:I have included all pieces for the dog and donut, they can be traced or pattern can be used o
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PreK - 2nd
If You Take A Mouse To School
Book companions make great speech therapy tools and this book by Laura Numeroff is a great book for your back to school lesson plans. Your students are sure to enjoy listening to all the fun things this little mouse does at school.
This packet was developed for preschool to 1st grade to utilize in speech therapy. It is 72 pages and targets sequencing, comprehension questions, vocabulary, basic concepts, and much more.
This packet is a companion to the book. You will need to purchase the book s
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Kindergarten CVC Word Practice Activities Low Prep Centers Full Year Bundle
This mega set of CVC word centers will keep your literacy center stocked all year with fun, hands on ways to practice cvc words! This includes 15 centers, plus teacher and student instructions for each center. Check out the preview for a detailed look at each center!Includes-Teacher instructions for each center-Student instructions for each center-40 Word Puzzles (students will put the 3 letters in the proper order to spell the word and make a picture)-32 Word Family Sorts (space for 3 pictures
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K - 1st
Also included in:Â CVC Word Activities Games and Centers
Non-Fiction Informational Cereal Box Book Report- 6 Templates to Choose From!
This is a very fun activity for my class. I've made 6 different templates that you can choose from to have students use for their book report. This product includes topics covering the following:1. Animals: Use any animal book (Nat Geo's are great!)2. Who Would Win?: Any WWW book (Animal 1 vs. Animal 2)3. Biography: You could potentially use this for a writing autobiography activity as well4. Sports: Use any book that explains a sport5. Country/State: There are 2 different side covers to use d
Grades:
1st - 6th
The Good Egg Craft Read Aloud and Activities
Enrich your favorite read aloud with The Good Egg by Jory John Interactive Read Aloud! Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities, crafts, and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of worry and helping others.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! More Jory John Interactive Read Alouds + Crafts:The Bad Seed Craft + Interactive Read AloudThe Good Egg Craft + Intera
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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