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Love That Dog Novel Study and Poetry Unit
This literature resource for Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is a low prep novel study and includes both reading comprehension activities as well as creative poetry writing activities related to the figures of speech used in the story. The other great feature of this book is the famous poems that are integrated throughout the story. This is the perfect supplement to a poetry unit of study and really gets kids motivated to write poems and use figures of speech-- just like Jack (the main character
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Poetry and Figures of Speech Bundle
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien is a standards based low prep novel study. Along with reading comprehension and writing activities, the literature guide promotes interesting discussion topics about society and what makes a person (animal) civilized.This is a zipped file with two secure PDF files. The download includes a student PDF with all activity pages that teachers can print as a novel study packet for independent work, reading groups, or book clubs. The second PDF has
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4th - 6th
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The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear: Book Study
Are you looking for a sweet story? The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear is one of my favorites. Your kiddos will love this fun tale and totally get a kick out of wondering where the bear is. With this file, your students will work on before, during, and after reading response activities and will disguise their own strawberry from The Big Hungry Bear!You will also find ELA & Science extensions to hit lots of skills. Be sure to check out the photographs of my da
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K - 1st
Monsters I Need my Monster Where the Wild Things Are Book Companion Activities
Included in this packet you will find fun activities to go with There was an Old Monster, Big Scary Monster, Where the Wild Things Are, I Need my Monster, and Laura Numeroff's 10 Step Guide to Living with your Monster. There are comprehension strategies, loads of writing ideas, and some fun word work activities. This unit can be used for distance learning and google classroom with the new TpT digital tool.There was an Old Monster by Rebecca, Adrian, Camp; Ed EmberleyComprehensionRhymingAlphabeti
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K - 2nd
How to Write a Play Writing Unit | Create Your Own Reader's Theater!
Teach your students how to write a play from start to finish. The slides include vocabulary, examples, and a step-by-step breakdown of creating characters, a storyboard, script, practice and performance. Students follow along and create their own play with the included worksheets. This bundle also includes narrative and informational reading passages with comprehension questions about the life and work of a playwright. I have also included a How to Write a Play wordsearch for fast finishers! Thi
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2nd - 8th
Giggle Giggle Quack Activities Book Companion Pig Nonfiction Informational Text
Duck is back with the pigs, hens, and and cows and they are full of tricks in this fun story, Giggle, Giggle, Quack. Farmer Brown is on vacation and they are taking full advantage of the situation. This unit includes loads of multi-level reading comprehension strategies to go along with the story. It has writing extensions, some word work activities, a few math games, and three different pig crafts to go along with the story. This has been recently updated and I did include the old resource as
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Doreen Cronin Book Companion Activities Reading Comprehension Bundle
Gooseberry Park Guided Reading Packet, CC-Aligned!
This is a fun, Common Core-aligned, guided reading packet to go with the novel Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant. This packet stretches the entire novel. Each chapter is represented with questions and responses. This packet addresses: comprehension questions, text dependent questions, analysis of brief passages, literary terms including simile and onomatopoeia, inferencing questions, predictions, parts of speech and even a concluding writing assignment prompt. Fun illustrations and graphics,
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3rd - 6th
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If I Built A School Writing
Easy and fun first writing assignment for your students! I read the book If I Built A School and use it as a mentor text for students to think like an engineer and write about what their dream school would look like.Product includes:+ Brainstorm Google Jamboard slides+ Brainstorm thinking map+ 2 different final copies.+ Page to draw dream school*Created on a google slide so you can either assign on google classroom and delete the text box of lines, or print to have them write a paper final copy.
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3rd - 8th
Click Clack Peep Activities Book Companion & Sheep Nonfiction Informational Text
Click, Clack, Peep is a perfect springtime story about chick who gets delivered to Farmer Brown's farm. All the same characters are back and they are trying to get the chick to sleep. Duck comes to the rescue in this adorable story. This unit includes loads of multi-level reading comprehension strategies to go along with the story. It also has writing extensions, some word work activities, a few math games, a chick in a an egg craft and two sheep crafts to go along with the story. This has been
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K - 2nd
Also included in: All Things Chicks & Chickens Spring Activities Bundle
Thundercake: A Book Study!
Bring some literature to your weather unit by reading Thundercake by Particia Polacco. It is a wonderful memoir that recaps how a child learns to overcome her fear of storms by making thundercake.
Included in this file you will find the following:
An About the Author Page
A compare sheet for you and the author
4 mini posters for the definitions of memoir, theme, plot, and character traits
A 5 day plan for using the book in reading.
6 labels for an anchor chart for the book
10 retelling cards
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
American Revolution | Timeline Close Reading & Writing Bundle | 3rd & 4th Grade
Three great activities that would span six lessons and a great classroom display about the American Revolutionary War. Perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade studying the American War of Independence and U.S. History.NO PREP needed!⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻Firstly, there is a great classroom display and sorting activity that is perfect for introducing students to some of the key events from the American Revolutionary War. There are 29 posters or task
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3rd - 4th
Fairy Tales I Can Read and Write About for the Common Core
These Once Upon a Time tales have withstood the test of time!
Your students will be ENGAGED, challenged and supported by reading fairy tales filled with magic and rags to riches themes.
Check out our preview to see the ENCHANTING ACTIVITIES and PROJECTS BASED ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS specific to grades 2 and 3.
Close Reading of Four Favorite Fairy Tales:
Rumpelstiltskin
Cinderella
Jack and the Beanstalk
Hansel and Gretel
*LEXILE ranges from 600 to 900 are provided for each text.
We have crea
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2nd - 4th
Loser : Novel Study
Loser by Jerry Spinelli is an awesome story with a great anti bullying message for students. This is a great book to use for reading groups especially in the upper elementary grades as they get ready to transition to middle school. This reading comprehension packet is full of chapter by chapter analysis questions and vocabulary words to encourage students to dig deep and have in depth discussions about the text. There is also an answer key for all of the questions in case you don’t have a chance
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3rd - 5th
Folk Tales For 2nd Grade-Printable Books/Reader's Theater-Literacy Activities
The Little Red Hen—Complete Story
The Little Red Hen Reader’s Theater
You Write the Captions
The Little Red Hen Puppets
The Little Red Hen Story Maps
Sentence Scramble-Cards with Recording Sheet
Verb Sort-Past/Present Tense-Cards with Recording Sheet
Verb Endings Practice Sheet
Sentence Strips—Sequencing
Author’s Purpose—Writing
Chicken Little—Complete Story
Chicken Little Reader’s Theater
You Write the Captions
Rhyme Practice Sheet
Ending Marks Practice Sheet
Making Connections—Writing
Cause/Ef
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1st - 2nd
Reindeer Unit
Are you looking to keep your students engaged during the holiday season? I LOVE using the books Remarkable Reindeer by Jeff Bauer and The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett to hit my fiction and nonfiction standards while also keeping my students engaged!Included in this file you will find the following:KWL for Reindeer2 pages of nonfiction vocabulary words for Remarkable ReindeerAnticipation Guide for Remarkable ReindeerBuddy Reading recording sheet5 Chapter Response Sheets Can, Have, Are g
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1st - 2nd
Morning Meeting: Classroom Community Books & Activities
This book study was created using much loved Helen Lester books to teach character ed and classroom community activities. It is perfect for back to school in grades first and second but can be easily adapted for Kindergarten.Skills:This file is a 31 page download that walks you through each the following books, Me First, Hurty Feelings, Listen Buddy, Something Might Happen and The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing. Included you will find: Response activitiesCrafts Venn diagramsBook recommendation sh
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook Novel Study
Here is a novel study for Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook by author Mary Amato. This is a wonderful book about friendship and perseverance. The students at Wordsworth Elementary School race to find out who has been stealing classroom items and leaving a poem in its place. This is a novel that is a favorite of boys and girls The comprehension skills that are covered in this novel study are predicting, visualization, cause and effect, sequencing, questioning, main idea, key d
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Novel Study Growing Bundle
Dental Health Month Book Companion Activities Reading Comprehension
This unit was created to help your students understand the importance of dental health while using reading strategies, writing, and completing work work. You can’t forget our creative side too so there are two cute crafts included as well. There are several literacy connections, writing activities, word work, and a fun tooth fairy craft. This unit can be used for distance learning and google classroom with the new TpT digital tool. Included you will receive:Text Connections:• I Know Why I Brus
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1st - 3rd
Wolf Hollow Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk.ABOUT THE NOVEL: Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becom
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Lauren Wolk BUNDLE
Hate That Cat Novel Study and Poetry Unit
Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech has so many poetic possibilities. This low prep novel unit for Hate That Cat includes a variety of standard reading comprehension skills as well as creative writing activities related to the figures of speech and poetry used in the story. The other great feature of this book is the famous poems that are integrated throughout the story.
This is a great supplement to a poetry unit of study and really gets kids motivated to write poems and use figures of speech-- ju
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Poetry and Figures of Speech Bundle
Unleash Creativity with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Literacy Unit
Dive into a world where it rains soup and snows mashed potatoes with our comprehensive Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Literacy Unit. Catering to an array of literacy skills, the unit comprises a set of thought-provoking and fun activities. From lesson plans to worksheets, we have it all covered for you. Kids can re-enact the intriguing tale with our 'Retelling the Story' worksheet, or fabricate their own delicacy with 'Create Your Own Recipe'. The 'Venn-Diagram' allows a captivating compare a
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Fantasy Writing Workshop – Secondary ELA – Full Genre Unit w/ CCSS Rubrics
Your students will love this no-prep creative fantasy writing unit! “Fantasy Writing Workshop“ is a step-by-step complete narrative writing unit that facilitates the analysis, development, and creation of creative narratives in the allegorical genre of fantasy. Everything you need to teach fantasy writing is here!This 24-page and 18-slide unit includes the following activities and assignments (See PREVIEW):A "Fantasy Writing Workshop" presentation file that addresses the definition and structure
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7th - 10th
Kinderbykim's Ocean Fun Thematic Lesson Plans
Looking for a more exciting way to teach the standards? Immerse your students in imaginative, innovative activities as you incorporate balanced literacy and academic subjects into an Ocean theme. Each 64-page book includes: Language arts, math, science, & social studies standards information; More than 30 creative activities; Easy-to-use reproducibles; PLUS a full-color overhead transparency you can use to create an instant learning environment in your classroom.* To see some of the ideas in
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K - 1st
Dooby, Dooby Moo Activities Book Companion & Duck Nonfiction Informational Text
Duck is back with the pigs, sheep, and cows and they are rehearsing for their performance at the county fair talent show. They are eager to win a trampoline and Farmer Brown is on to their shenanigans. This unit includes loads of multi-level reading comprehension strategies to go along with the story. It has writing extensions, some word work activities, a few math games, and two different duck crafts to go along with the story. This has been recently updated and I did include the old resource
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Doreen Cronin Book Companion Activities Reading Comprehension Bundle
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