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Elementary close reading projects for ESL-EFL-ELL
Holidays Around the World Christmas Research Project - with Digital Resources
❄️ Explore Holidays Around the World with this comprehensive bundle, featuring a lapbook, stunning slides with real photos, and informative research fact sheets. Discover the diverse celebrations and traditions in 20+ countries, including Christmas in the USA, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, England, France, Germany, and many more. ❄️The Holidays Around the World Lapbook Bundle offers: 5 informative slides for each of the 20 countries, featuring real photos Engaging flip books to delve into each country's ho
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Colonial Days: A Social Studies Unit for Upper Graders
This resource contains everything you need to explore life in the American colonies. It is a great mini-unit or supplement to add in critical thinking and rigor! Fifteen activities cover reading comprehension, collaborative activities, and higher level thinking.Included in this resource:-Close read passage with comprehension questions-Colonial chore list for children with narrative writing activity-Dodecahedron group project and template-4 map-making activities-18 vocabulary cards with definit
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: The Bundle: Colonial America and the Revolution
The Lion King - Food Chains & Webs, Relationships, & Biomes
**UPDATED TO INCLUDE BOTH DIGITAL (formatting updated as of 4/2024) AND PRINT VERSIONS and you can download the clips file if you don't want students to watch the entire movie** In this activity, students will be expected to watch either the entire Lion King movie or clips to complete the movie guide, which asks ecology related questions. Students will show their understanding of food chains, food webs, symbiotic relationships, and biomes as they watch a favorite movie through a science lens. Af
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3rd - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-8
September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 4th, 5th, 6th grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about Sept.11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 1-3. Click here to view.This resource includes lesson plans for students to:Pose inquiry based questions based on 9/11 photograph
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4th - 6th
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National Parks Reading Research Project End of Year Summer School Fun Activities
End of the year project made simple! Save time planning about National Parks and the beauty of the United States with these high-interest nonfiction reading and writing activities!This set includes 7 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing research pieces to help you scaffold and differentiate to meet your students' needs. This writing pack will help your students complete a National Park research project. Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts
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3rd - 5th
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Tiny House Design for ANY Character: Reading project for inferences, symbolism
Tap into the popularity of the growing Tiny House Movement by assigning a literary analysis that students will LOVE. This is a hands-on assignment that brings STEM into the English classroom! This Tiny House lesson can be used with ANY character, author, historical figure, or student! You will get: ⭐1 Exemplar tiny house design for Harry Potter's tiny house⭐1 Student planning guide for evidence-based answers ⭐1 set of instructions for using the free website Floorplanner.com ⭐1 Youtube video with
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Context Clues Practice: Four Worksheets or Craftivity
Keep your students engaged as they use context clues to define underlined words within a sentence. The resource consists of four worksheets and an optional craftivity. Students also identify the five types of context clues, which include synonyms, antonyms, definition, inference, and examples.FOUR TRADITIONAL WORKSHEETS:This resource features two sets of worksheets! One set of two worksheets contains simpler words, and it is designed for middle elementary students or students who have limited la
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2nd - 5th
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Animal Habitat Research Project Reports - Differentiated Reading Passages
Animal research for beginners is made easy with these scaffolded animal habitat projects that are just right for beginning readers! Use differentiated reading passages to give students loads of comprehension practice, and flipbook animal reports to practice informational writing.**This bundle gives you a 30% discount on ALL 5 of my Animal Habitat Research Packs plus an "Any Animal" Report Pack!**Click the preview to see it up close! ^^^Help students develop these critical reading skills:Re-readi
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1st - 2nd
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Holidays Around the World Research Fact Sheets & Questions | with Diwali
Teach your students about how other countries celebrate the Christmas season through these Christmas Around the World Research Fact Sheets. Digital and printable fact sheets and question pages are included.IMPORTANT: These fact sheets were designed to accompany a Holidays Around the World Lapbook which is available as a bundle at a discount price.Click here for the Holidays Around the World BundleThe countries/celebrations included in this bundle:-USA-Hanukkah-Kwanzaa-Englad-France-Germany-Rus
Grades:
2nd - 4th
September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about September 11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 4-6. Click here to view. This resource includes:Detailed step-by-step lesson plans (easy to implement) Visual inquiry antic
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1st - 3rd
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The Three Little Pigs vs. Mr. A. Wolf (Three-Week Opinion Writing Unit)
In this three-week writing unit, students will read both sides of the Three Little Pigs tale and analyze the different points of view. They will form their own opinion of who is innocent and defend their argument with evidence from the text. This experience gives them the opportunity to practice these important opinion-writing skills using familiar and entertaining texts.This unit includes detailed lesson plans to guide your teaching, graphic organizers to walk students through the opinion-writi
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Antarctic Animal Research Nonfiction Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report
Do your students love learning about animals? Do they get excited when they hear about new and interesting animals? If so, they'll love these Antarctic Animal Research Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report Activities.Animals in this Antarctic Reading Passages include:AlbatrossBlue WhaleElephant sealEmperor PenguinLeopard SealOrcaThese six informational animal articles are perfect for students who want to learn about animals that live in the Antarctic. The articles are full of interesting
Grades:
2nd - 4th
3D paper town project with 20 places in town
Build a mini town in your classroom using these printables 3D buildings.Students can use the town to practice everyday vocabulary, to give directions or to describe their town using prepositions of place. These are also great for community units and creating a model town. Just print, cut and glue and your town will be ready to explore! Included in this pdf:-20 color places in town-20 black and white places in town (students can color their town, their way!)-1 blank template for students to draw
Grades:
PreK - 6th
ESL Hero Research Project Paragraph Writing and Oral Presentation
In this week-long project, Beginner to Intermediate ESL students write about and present their heroes. Their hero can be someone in their personal lives, like a family member, someone who is from their country, or someone who is well-known internationally. First, students read a text about Jesse Owens and identify the topic sentence, details, examples and concluding sentence. Students deconstruct the Jesse Owens paragraph in order to help them in writing their own paragraphs. Then, they conduct
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Grades:
3rd - 11th
Informational Text Structure Activity
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach text structures in upper elementary? THIS is the activity that you need! Engage your students in practicing the five text structures with a brochure activity that is fun and rigorous for them and SO easy to prep for you! The Activity: Your students will become the newest “employees” of the coolest brochure designer in town. After reading informational text passages (two per location) about one of five locations, they will create a new brochure
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Informational Text Structures Activity Bundle
Benchmark Advance 2nd Grade Project Bundle (incl Unit 5 & 6) California Edition
Spice up your basic 2nd Grade Benchmark Advance worksheets with this project bundle! They are fun way to wrap up your units. Students will use their texts for close reading to complete each project. Unit 1, 2, 3 and 4 has now been added!*Aligned to the California Edition* although many of these projects may fit the other editions, please refer to your own text and individual product listings to see if they will work for you. This product currently includes:Unit 1 Smoke Jumper ProjectUnit 2 Char
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2nd
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Wishtree by Katherine Applegate - Wishtree Novel Study Questions - Activities
This Wishtree Novel Study unit contains a complete unit for Wishtree by Newberry Award winner Katherine Applegate. These Wishtree activities are perfect for an interactive notebook and contain graphic organizers, Wishtree questions, and printable assignments. These Wishtree questions focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. All activities include lots of opportunities for differentiated instruction and reading strategy practice - creative
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Novel Study Bundle | Freak the Mighty | Maniac Magee | Wishtree | Units
End of Year ESL Activity: ELL Lap Book for After State Testing Activities Fun
End of Year ESL ELL Lapbook Activity - Digital Reflections Lap Book:End of Year ESL Reflections Lap Book: Do you teach ESL ELL classes? Do you have ELA kids in your class that have received English instruction during the year? I spent time searching for an end-of-year project that my ESL students could do to reflect on their year acquiring English and couldn't find anything that seemed suitable. That's where the birth of this ESL Reflections Lap Book comes in! It is perfect for elementary-ag
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1st - 6th
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4 World Human Rights Leaders Biographical Articles with Activities for ESL
In this ready-to-go biographical article, activity, and research project mini-unit bundle about world human rights leaders - Malala, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Gandhi - beginner to intermediate ESL students practice reading and responding to informational texts. These texts can be used for an in-class activity, homework, or an emergency sub plan. As a final, project-based assessment students conduct internet research and present on a hero of their choice (see details below). I d
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3rd - 11th
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The Create-a-Country Geography Skills Project
This is the create-a-country project which requires students -- upper elementary, middle, or high school -- to demonstrate fundamental geography skills.
I mention it is a scalable assignment. Simply, there are different versions of this two-part assignment here: an upper elementary school assignment, a middle school assignment, and a high school assignment. Of course, you can mix-and-match to fit the needs of your classes.
Both parts of this assignment require students to think critically t
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Fun with Geography Bundle of Top-Rated Social Studies Assignments
Novel Reflection *One Pager*
If you are looking for a nontraditional way to assess your students on a recent class or independent novel, try a “one-pager”. A ”one pager” is a nontraditional way to assess your students on traditional learning standards such as theme, character, etc. I recently gave this activity as an assessment instead of the traditional test. My students were SO creative and didn’t even realize they were being assessed – my favorite kind of assessment. In this Powerpoint file you will find the exact rubric
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4th - 6th
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One-Pager Text Analysis Project with Rubric - Creative Literary Study Lesson
Use this project to conclude the study of any text. I have had students do this assignment for short stories, but it could be used with literally ANY text! If you would like to make changes to the rubric or assignment, you can edit your copy of this resource!This resource includes:1. A teacher's guide2. Directions3. Student Examples4. A rubric If you are looking for a project for non-fiction texts, check out my other resource by following the link below!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Prod
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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4th Grade Math Review Activity Geometry and Measurement Project Based Learning
Students will love designing their own amusement park with this 4th grade math review packet. This is a fun and engaging math review project that will allow your students to review geometry, measurement and data and fraction skills. In this project based learning activity, students will read a comprehension passage, design an amusement park and complete math review activities. This is the perfect unit to use before end-of-year testing, since it is a great way to review all of the fourth grade
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4th - 6th
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Independent Book Project Bloom Ball Editable Template - Choice Reading Activity
Say goodbye to traditional boring old reading logs that most students fake anyway - have students create a Bloom ball instead!Each panel has a different element for students to consider - and the headings are completely editable!Here are the included panels:✅ Title and Author Information✅ Plot Elements✅ Setting✅ Important Characters✅ Theme✅ Conflict✅ Meaningful Quote #1✅ Meaningful Quote #2✅ Meaningful Quote #3✅ Figurative Language #1✅ Figurative Language #2✅ RecommendationSee Preview for more!T
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4th - 12th
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