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Common Core RL.2.7 resources for Microsoft Word
C.A.F.E Lesson Plans for all 4 Reading Strategies with Book Suggestions
This document contains detailed lesson plans that correlate to the Two Sisters program C.A.F.E. (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand Vocabulary). Each reading component's strategy lesson is written out including the Objective, Materials, Method, and Evaluation. All teacher prompts are bold faced and easy to read. This version also includes Suggested Reading Materials for many of the C.A.F.E. strategies.
It is as easy as copying and pasting into your lesson plan format.
All you need t
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PreK - 6th
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Little Island Primary Gifted and Talented Social-Emotional Values and Identity
We use this Caldecott Award Winning book to address social-emotional standards for primary gifted students. Not just a social-emotional unit, we answer critical thinking questions, explore literary theme and other ideas, and create a fun island adventure using a grid.
Great stuff for our youngest gifted learners: It’s hands-on, requires critical thinking, and good fun.
NAGC Learning and Development Standards
1.1 Self-Understanding. Students with gifts and talents demonstrate self-knowledge
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K - 3rd
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Grades PreK-5 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers. After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special educati
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PreK - 5th
Sarai And The Meaning of Awesome Lit Log (novel study)
This is a lit log by MrsDsEducationalTools for Sarai And The Meaning Of Awesome by Sarai Gonzalez and Monica Brown. This is a chapter book about Sarai, a Latina icon, and her multigenerational family. Family is the main theme of the book. The key focus skills of the lit log are:- use context for word recognition/understanding- use text to ask/answer questions- recount stories/central message- describe characters/events- explain how illustrations help words This lit log can be used
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2nd - 5th
Guided Reading Lesson Plans: Stink, The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Guided Reading or Book Club Lesson Plan
Who doesn't love the Judy Moody books? This book focuses on Judy's pesky little brother Stink. This book is an engaging book that my students seem to love to read. I decided to use this book while focusing on the characters and how they are feeling throughout the book as well as using context clues to determine meaning and identify feelings.
Each chapter is broken down to include an introduction, stopping places for discussion, and a journal reflection qu
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2nd - 3rd
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Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
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2nd - 4th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- Owl Moon Pop-up and Critical Thinking
Now with a more kid-friendly pop-up option:
Owl Moon is incredibly rich in critical thinking potential, rich in artwork, and rich in the feelings words evoke.
Come along for a challenging lesson and a fun extension activity with the poetic 1988 Caldecott Award winner Owl Moon. Critical thinking about poetry, participatory reading, and figurative language along with a project in which we create an owl to “pop up” and spread its wings poetically will energize your students.
Caldecott books a
Common Core Question Stems for 2nd grade Reading Literature ALL STANDARDS
Tired of looking everywhere to find questions aligned with the Common Core standards? Look no further! These are Common Core Question Stems for Second Grade!
This product includes question stems for ALL Reading Literature Standards for 2nd grade.
This can be used for activities, formal and informal assessments, questioning during small group, whole group, or guided reading. It can be used in SO many ways!
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2nd
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Grades PreK-2 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers. After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special educati
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PreK - 2nd
David Weisner's THE THREE PIGS - Primary GATE with Caldecott Books
Not sure if I had more fun with this or the kids did! Huh? This must be another Primary GATE with Caldecott lesson from Portable Gifted and Talented. Woo hoo!
• Students make a wolf that actually huffs, puffs, and blows down a straw house while they learn about physical science.
• Students create a cool, creative, and witty POP-up story extension which saves the life of one of the three pigs.
• Students learn to orient themselves to cardinal directions, about the position of the sun in the
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1st - 5th
Curious George Gets a Medal for Primary GATE and Advanced Groups
Another classic picture book lesson bundle from Portable Gifted and Talented:
Hands-on literacy, critical thinking, cross-curricular, creative and visual – best practices for your 21st Century primary advanced and gifted groups and Common Core State Standards referenced. This lesson bundle is great for kindergarten and 1st grade and would be a great extension activity for larger groups in 2nd grade.
Level: KG and 1st advanced or gifted; 2nd whole group
Time: four hours and more
Critical Th
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K - 2nd
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(EDITABLE) 7 Reading Comprehension Passages/Questions with Key
7 different reading comprehension passages with multiple choice and short answer questions attached. There is an answer key added as well. This package is EDITABLE, so you can totally add your own details. This set was originally created for third graders with a first grade understanding.
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1st - 4th
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The Great Kapok Tree Cause and Effect Notes with Rainforest Layer Activity
The Great Kapok Tree tells the story of some animals in the Amazon Rainforest who try to convince a man not to cut down a Kapok Tree. They tell him all of the ways he will alter the environment if he chooses to cut it down.
Use this product to teach cause and effect. Students will make a chart (either personally or as a class) to take notes on all of the speakers and what effect they say the man will have. Included is a create-your-own layers of the rainforest activity, as well as a vocabulary
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1st - 4th
Diary of a Spider Cause and Effect Activity
This skill sheet and game was made to be used with the Tennessee Journey’s 2nd Grade Series Lesson 4. They may be used for other states Journeys Series or with the book. The first part is a Cause and Effect matching game. Cut apart the cause and effect cards. Have the students match the causes to the effects from the story. Follow with the Cause and Effect page. This sheet and game can be used as a quick assessment for Cause and Effect and Comprehension. It could also be used for whole or
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2nd - 3rd
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Imagery / Figurative Language
This product teachers imagery, figurative language, compare/contrast and vocabulary development.Along with writing and artistic expression options and helpful information about emotions.
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2nd - 4th
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RL.3.7 My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Illustration Questions
Are you having trouble finding resources that ask students to identify a character's feelings from an illustration? Then, this resource is right for you! My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco is a delightful story to share with your students that has great illustrations to analyze! You will need the story to read to your students. It is available online for free at storylineonline.net if you have a way to project it!
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2nd - 5th
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Ezra Jack Keats Art Lesson The Snowy Day Pre-K to 3rd Grade
Are you looking for a fun and creative way to teach your students about the art of mixed media while exploring the classic children's book, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats? Look no further than our "The Snowy Day" mixed media project! This lesson offers a hands-on opportunity for your students to create a beautiful winter scene inspired by the book, using a variety of materials and techniques.Using easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step demonstrations, students will learn how to create
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PreK - 2nd
The Dog Who Lost His Bark Lit Log (novel study)
This lit log (novel study) by MrsDsEducationalTools is for The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer and illustrated by P.J. Lynch about a mistreated puppy and the boy who becomes his best friend. The themes in this novel include: * connections and trust * animal abuse and pet responsibility * family * divorce The key skills in the lit log are: * use text to answer questions, explain, draw inferences, cite textual evidence * determine theme, central idea, summarize * describe,
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2nd - 5th
Martha Speaks - Classic Picture Books for Primary GATE
In this bundle of lessons for Jane Meddaugh’s classic, students will actually have Martha speaking with their paper bag puppets. Like all the Primary GATE literacy units at Portable Gifted and Talented, this is fun, hands-on, participatory, and full of critical thinking challenges for your younger thinkers. Of course, you get the Common Core State Standards references, too. We’re not just barking into the wind here!
Critical Thinking Questions: more than you’ll ever need with a focus on exp
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1st - 3rd
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Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco with Common Core Activities
This product was created to be used with Mr. Lincoln’s Way. Through this EDITABLE activity, students can explore the changes that occur throughout the story in the main character, Eugene. Additionally, students will focus on story elements. The elements of focus that are included in this handout are character, setting, problem, solution, and theme. You may edit and change the product to make it work better with your reading of Mr. Lincoln's Way, or even change it to fit with another book! T
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2nd - 5th
Read Across America No-Prep Reading Slides
These slides can be used to teach and assist with whole group/ small group/ remote learning instruction. Skills Covered:- Phonics: Variant Vowels (ou, u_e, ue)- High Frequency Words- Vocabulary: Each day includes 10 vocabulary words from that day's story (The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who!, The Sneetches, Yertle the Turtle, and Oh, the Places You'll Go) this slide show includes 50 vocabulary words!! *Picture, definition, sentence, and motion gif)- Fiction- Engaging Videos to increase understanding s
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K - 2nd
"Dog Man: The Scarlet Shredder" by Dav Pilkey Unit
Chief and Nurse Lady are getting married!!! While they're on their honeymoon, Maude is put in charge...and she's not a fan of Dog Man. Also, Dr. Scum is up to no good, and Petey has a huge decision to make about whether he's going to be a good guy or a bad guy.This unit includes the following: vocabulary/spelling words and activities, discussion questions, vocabulary tests, modified vocabulary/spelling tests, writing prompts, activities/worksheets, reading comprehension test, and answer key.T
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2nd - 4th
Cinderella Stories from around the World Project
This is a whole unit that will take at least 10 days from start to finish. It was originally designed to go along with the second grade ELA common core, though it could work well for other grade levels, too.
The lesson plan you will download includes a description of the project for students, a rubric for scoring, detailed lesson plans (with hyperlinks and screencasts), QR Codes, sentence frames, and an essay assignment. The hyperlinks will take you to a Padlet.
Students will use the Padlet
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2nd - 5th
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Folktales, Fairytales & Fables
This unit includes 23 literacy lessons.In this unit you will find:- an essential question for the unit- "I can" learning target statements which are based on the common core state standards for 2nd grade- CCSS listed in each lesson- vocabulary words for each lesson- materials needed- motivation/ do now- step by step procedure- Higher Order Thinking questions- differentiated activities- sequence of events (differentiated graphic organizers) - NOT INCLUDED: venn diagram, t-chart, 3 column chart a
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K - 3rd
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