Earth Day close reading resources for SMART Notebook

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Making Thinking Visible with Patricia Polacco Mini Unit

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Toolkit For Teachers

This Mini Unit introduces 7 Making Thinking Visible thinking routines with 7 reading strategies using a variety of books by award winning author, Patricia Polacco. This is the perfect unit to introduce or review these MTV thinking strategies! Making Thinking Visible Routines Covered: Zoom In, Chalk Talk, Step Inside, The Explanation Game, I Used to Think...Now I Think..., Headlines, 3-2-1 Bridge Reading Strategies Covered: Visualizing, Making Connections, Questioning, Determining Importance,

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

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Lesson

Thankful for Predictions, Inferences, Drawing Conclusions SMARTBOARD

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Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Thanksgiving

This interactive Smartboard lesson is played like a jeopardy game. The board has 20 slides complete with short passages and answer choices. This activity is a Thanksgiving theme and all passages and questions are about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag Indian tribe, or Thanksgiving trivia. Skills addressed in this activity are Predicting, Inferring, Drawing Conclusions, and then some fun riddles and trivia. All slides are linked to a scoreboard and all slides are self checking. This can easily be

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Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

HMH Into Reading SMART Board Lesson Module 10, Week 1 First (1st) Grade

Created by

Chalkboard Chatter

Looking for a fun and interactive way to teach HMH? These easy to navigate SMART Board slides are all you need for all of HMH Into Reading First Grade MODULE 10 WEEK 1 lessons! Slides are sorted by the day in which that skill is to be covered. Each slide provides an engaging and easily relatable way to cover the curriculum. You can use this product whole group to help guide your daily lesson as your students interact with both the SMART Board lesson and their MyBook. Slides can be rearranged o

Subjects:

Close Reading, Grammar, Phonics

Grades:

1st

Types:

Activboard Activities

Also included in: MEGA BUNDLE -HMH Into Reading SMART board Lessons Modules 1-12 - 1st Grade

Expository Practice Passage NonFiction Text PUFFINS SMARTBOARD

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Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

This interactive SMARTboard lesson provides a nonfiction passage for your expository unit on puffins and 14 slides with questions about the nonfiction text. It also includes a printable version of the passage so your students can have a hard copy in front of them while working their way through the questions. 16 questions about the selection include: main idea, author's purpose, author's point of view, fact and opinion, context clues, and more. All questions are self checking so this lesson ma

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Literature Circles, Lesson

Grade 3 Common Core Engage NY ELA Module 2a Unit 2 Lessons 1-6

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Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Everything you Need to Know About Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures! This is everything you will need to teach the first 6 lessons of Unit 2 in Module 2a. The lessons and other supporting materials are attached to the Smart Board file. These lessons are designed to walk you step by step through each one. There will be no need to print and hold the lengthy, wordy, lesson plans as everything you need to say and do is laid out on the slides. However, the lesson plans are attached if you feel the n

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Grades:

3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks

Spring/Earth Day SMART Board Attendance Activity Bundle (3 Activities)

Created by

Debra Painter

This bundle has three Spring and Earth Day themed SMART Board Attendance Activities. SOUNDS are included for all three activities. Each attendance activity comes with a direction page specific to the activity. There are two options for each attendance activity--a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Check out my individual listings for additional pictures for each activity! "Birds in a Birdhouse" What better way to start your day than

Subjects:

Earth Day, Environment, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Distinguiendo entre ficción y no ficción (grados inferiores)NotebookSlides

Created by

Enfoque Bilingue

¿Es ficción o no ficción? ¿Cómo puedes saberlo? Les aclara a los estudiantes lo que deben esperar ver en un texto de ficción y no ficción. Úselo antes de hacer una lectura en voz alta o de introducir cualquier texto. Eche un vistazo a tu libro y obtenga del alumno el género del texto. Presentenlos con la primera diapositiva. Pregunte, ¿Este texto se parece más a ... un texto de ficción ó más a ... un texto de no ficción? Haga que los estudiantes comparen. Dependiendo del género del texto que es

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

For Parents, Interactive Notebooks

Also included in: Distinguishing Between Fiction/Nonfiction + Fiction and Nonfiction Retell Bundle

Grade 3 ELA Module 2A Unit 1 Lessons 1-5

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Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing

This everything you need to teach the first 5 lessons of Module 2a. Frogs!. These lessons introduce students to bullfrogs through the book Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle. The lessons plans, rubric, worksheets, and photographs of frogs are all attached to the notebook file. Each lessons begins with the learning targets and gives explicit step by step instruction. There are 47 Smart Board slides for teaching the 1st 5 lessons. I will upload the next set as soon as I have them done. Enjoy!

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Grades:

3rd

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

Rainforest SMART Board Thematic Unit

Created by

Miss Locher

This is a Schoolwide Enrichment Unit for grades K-2. This SMART Board presentation will amaze students in that it includes lessons, interactive slides, videos, and information on each layer of the rainforest. At the end of each lesson there are also websites for teachers to visit for crafts and other ideas that align with the unit.

Subjects:

Earth Day, Earth Sciences, Vocabulary

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Bulletin Board Ideas

Making Inferences SMARTBOARD PLUS PRINTABLE Inferencing Card Set

Created by

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

This lesson is both a smartboard lesson providing practice in inferencing skills AND PRINTABLE activity cards that can be used as either teacher directed mini lesson or in an independent center or station. Level of difficulty varies to meet the needs of a differentiated classroom. Solving the mystery is fun for the students as they use their schema and clues from the passage. Three famous pictures are included in which answers will vary, and they make a great discussion piece for the class to

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Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Task Cards, Centers

Earth Day Recycling SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

Created by

Debra Painter

Celebrate Earth Day and encourage recycling through the use of this fun and engaging SMART Board attendance activity. Students move their recyclable item to the recycling bin. Students then click the bin to hear the recycling truck back up and do its job! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the high

Subjects:

Earth Day, Environment, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Gumball Goodies - Infer and Draw Conclusions SMARTBOARD

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Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

This interactive SMARTboard lesson combines a mini-lesson and some fun practice slides in inferring and drawing conclusions. Begin learning what it means to infer and how this is different from drawing a conclusion. Move on through the lesson with a few different ways to make a conclusion using clues you can infer information from. Bright, fun graphics makes the lesson enjoyable. The lesson ends with 5 fun slides of mystery pictures. As students click on gumballs, more information about the pic

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Sorting for Earth Day Smart Board™ Activity

Created by

Little Library of Learning

Ah, Earth Day! This is an Earth Day sorting activity for the Smart Board™. It is suitable for primary grades (Pre-K, Kindergarten and First Grade, mostly). Sorting items into categories is a basic math skill. Students use the interactive whiteboard to sort Earth Day items into two labeled trash cans or recycling bins.A gentle “ping” sounds if they are correct. Incorrect items bounce back out. It could also be useful for children with autism, as it does not have any distracting bells and whistles

Subjects:

Earth Day, Special Education, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Close Reading, Reading, Writing

Also included in: Holiday Sorting Bundle for the SMART Board™

Visualizing Verbalizing - Spirit Rover Unit - Comprehension, Smartboard

Created by

Mermy

This Smartboard Unit was created by me for classroom instruction. It is presented Sentence x Sentence, with vocabulary and comprehension, higher order thinking questions. This unit is READY TO GO! This lesson is uploaded for .Notebook for Smartboard. The PDF version can be found on my store. This unit is adapted from concepts learned from the Visualizing/Verbalizing Program by Lindamood-Bell for classroom Instruction, that helps students improve reading comprehension, language comprehension, an

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Grades:

1st - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

Context Clues An American Historical Lesson SMARTBOOK

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Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary

This interactive smartboard lesson is both a minilesson and practice that introduces what context clues are and gives students a chance to practice using context clues to determine meaning. The theme is An Hysterical - Historical American Lesson. Funny, engaging pictures help give clues as well using the context surrounding unfamiliar words to determine meaning. 20 different slides are provided to practice using context clues. Answer slides with explanation follow each question. This can easily

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Guess the Covered Word

Created by

Fourth and Fantabulous

I have created a smart notebook file using passages from some of the Elementary Battle of the Books titles for 2015-2016 school year. Using this rich literature and strategy aids in not only word decoding but also comprehension and it does so on third through fifth grade students reading levels. I have also included instructions on how to create your own Guess the Covered word passage. This is especially great for science and social studies teachers. It can also be used in math.

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, English Language Arts

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

CCSS:

RF.3.3

, RF.3.4c

, RF.4.3

, RF.4.4c

, RF.5.3

...

ELA Module 3a Peter Pan Unit 1 Lessons 4-6

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Close Reading, Literature, Reading

Everything you need to teach lessons 4-6 of Unit 1 for Peter Pan is here. I have attached my version of some of the worksheets to the Smart Board file as well as the lesson plans themselves. These interactive, colorful slides are a great way to engage your students with the book. *If you have an RCSD Brain Honey account you will need to log in to access the audio book for the read aloud. However, you can always read the story aloud to your class for this part of the lessons yourself. It is so mu

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Grades:

3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Spring Themed Flowers and Raindrops SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

Created by

Debra Painter

April flowers bring May flowers! In this fun and engaging attendance activity, students "water" their flowers by dragging a raindrop to their flower and clicking on it to hear the "plop" of the raindrop! What a fun way to start the day and welcome spring! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Earth Day, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

Friends Adapted Book By Eric Carle

Created by

Irene King

This is another classic book by Eric Carle, Friends. It has been adapted with the book being able to read for you as you cllick on each of these colorful pages as it teaches about social skills in its own way. You can interactively take turns up at the smartboard through this Smartnotebook application. It summarizes as you read to allow for easier comprehension. Have fun learning and teaching.

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Special Education

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Interactive Notebooks

Which does'n belong to the group? Recycling

Created by

Captain Lina

These flashcards help develop critical thinking and analysing skills. It also helps develop argumentative skills and how to defend a position, when they support the reason for their choice. Answer key is included, but the teacher is free to accept any reasons of why the child chose an item as the one that doesn’t belong.Do you want to earn TPT credits?Leave a comment, follow me and rate my activity.TPT will give you credits if you do it.captainlina76@yahoo.com

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Earth Day, Math

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Centers

Peter Pan ELA Grade 3 Module 3a Unit 1 Lessons 7-9

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Close Reading, Literature, Writing

This is everything you will need to teach lessons 7-9 of Peter pan. There are interactive Smart Board Features. The learning targets are included in the introduction of each lesson. This Smart Board file makes it easy to teach the module with step by step slides for each activity and discussion point. I have also included worksheets and images that I have found useful while teaching these lessons as attachments. Enjoy!

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Grades:

3rd

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Engage Module 3a Unit 2 Lessons 1-4

Created by

Close Reading, Creative Writing, Literature

Everything you need to teach lessons 1-4 of Unit 2 for Peter Pan is here. I have attached my version of some of the worksheets to the Smart Board file as well as the lesson plans themselves. These interactive, colorful slides are a great way to engage your students with the book. *If you have an RCSD Brain Honey account you will need to log in to access the audio book for the read aloud. However, you can always read the story aloud to your class for this part of the lessons yourself. It is so mu

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Grades:

3rd

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