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Back to School Common Core CCRA.R.3 resources
Kevin Henkes Back to School Author Study | Chrysanthemum, Wemberly Worried
This author study is perfect for the first weeks of school and is designed to introduce the importance of “making meaning” while reading. Throughout this unit students will begin to ask the question, “What do good readers do?” as they learn to apply reading skills to aid in making meaning from the text. Each story includes a lesson plan, focus skill/strategy worksheets, comprehension questions, activities, and a craft. Included books and focus skills:Chrysanthemum (staying focused)Wemberly Worri
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE
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: Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
Kindergarten Reading Homework Calendars | Monthly Reading Logs for the Year
Are you looking for a fun way to encourage your students to read every day? Ditch those boring reading logs and grab these fun, seasonal monthly reading logs that your students will love coloring in. I like to introduce them to my students as a monthly reading challenge, and they definitely rise to the occasion. These kindergarten reading homework calendars encourage students to read each day in a fun, new way. The monthly calendar is filled with 20 suggestions on places to read, how to read
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PreK - 1st
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First Grade I Can Statements - Common Core - Math - Reading
These adorable I Can Statements will make posting your objectives and standards simple and easy each day! This download includes cards for reading, writing, language, speaking & listening, math, science and social studies.-----------------------------------TEXAS ALIGNED-----------------------------------211 adorable cards are included that cover:★ FIRST GRADE MATH★ FIRST GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS★ FIRST GRADE SCIENCE★ FIRST GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES----------------------------------------COMMO
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1st
Our Class is a Family Lesson Plan | Book Companion | Craft
Updated for Back to School 2023 with a CRAFT and new activities! Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen reminds us that a class isn’t just a class…it’s a family! Hours and hours are spent at school every day, so why not make it like a home? After all, family doesn’t have to be made up only of people you are related to. It can be made of a special group who love and care for one another. Students will love this heartwarming story that will bring everyone closer together when they find out just ho
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Shannon Olsen Read Aloud Lesson Plan BUNDLE
FAMILY ACTIVITIES FOR PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN | THEMATIC LESSONS AND CENTER
Help celebrate families in your classroom with these family activities! This resource includes easy to follow lesson plans, book recommendations for read alouds, whole group activities as well as literacy and math centers for small group instruction. This resource includes over 100 pages of activities to help your students celebrate their family. Engaging mini lessons focus on things that families like to do, the job of a family and how to work together as a family.Math and literacy centers are
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PreK - K
Also included in: THEMATIC UNIT ACTIVITIES FOR LITTLE LEARNERS | GROWING BUNDLE
Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
Beyond the Text All Year: The Growing Bundle If you LOVE my Beyond the Text Reading Packs then, you’ll love this year-long growing bundle! Close reading in the 2nd and 3rd grade classroom can be challenging. From what stories to pull, to what skills to teach week after week, creating a reading routine that is engaging and full of learning can be difficult. Streamline your planning process with this YEAR LONG GROWING BUNDLE! Save 35% off when you purchase this bundle! ____________________________
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1st - 3rd
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The Bad Seed Good Egg Cool Bean The Food Group Series DIGITAL BUNDLE SEL
The Food Group Series by Jory John and Pete Oswald includes amazing books each teaching a different lesson. Perfect for back to school and social-emotional learning (SEL)! This is a digital book companion resource, made from Google Slides™. Perfect for distance learning , reading centers, and independent work!Here's what is included:-The Bad Seed digital unit-The Good Egg digital unit-The Cool Bean digital unit-The Couch Potato digital unit-The Great Eggscape digital unit-The Smart Cookie digit
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1st - 3rd
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4th Grade Reading Comprehension Tests
4th Grade Reading Comprehension Assessments-Looking for 4th grade reading assessments to be used as reading comprehension test formatives or reading summative assessments in your fourth grade classroom? This fourth grade reading test pack is designed to progress monitor fourth graders' reading comprehension throughout the year. It includes three comprehension tests per nine weeks for a total of 12 tests! _________________________________________________________________Other Grade Levels Availabl
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4th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Tests Multi-Grade Bundle
The Keeping Quilt Beginning of the Year Lesson and Reading Response Activity
This is an easy-to-implement reading response activity that I've done with great success year after year with students in any grade ranging from kindergarten up to fifth grade. Includes higher-level thinking comprehension questions to use with the whole group, small groups, or individual students.
I used this lesson and activity on Grandparents and Special Friends day as a way to involve students and their families in a rich read-aloud experience, followed by an engaging discussion about famil
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K - 5th
Socratic Seminar: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Standards Aligned
This Socratic seminar contains a great message for the beginning of the school year! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. Introduce your students to Socratic seminar with this easy-to-implement, step-by-step resource. This 32-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar to include pre and post activities featuring the poem “A Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This resource includes a well-organized protocol fo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Back to School Reading Logic Puzzles | Activities for Enrichment
Enrich and extend your reading lessons and student reading comprehension with these Back to School-themed reading logic puzzles that help students solve a fun first day of school reading mystery. They are the perfect way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun and perfect for the back to school seasonThis reading mystery has an engaging 'first day of school' theme that is just perfect for the back to
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | BUNDLE
All Are Welcome Book Companion Activities and Craft
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman is the perfect read aloud for back to school. It is a great introduction to social-emotional learning about kindness, inclusion, diversity and confidence. During the beginning of the school year, it's so important to set up a strong classroom community and start building relationships. This helps with behavior management and student learning. This book does a beautiful job celebrating diversity and helping students feel safe in our classr
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PreK - 3rd
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Growth Mindset Activity The Day the Crayons Quit Activities Growth vs Fixed
Are you searching for a growth mindset activity using The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt? These The Day the Crayons Quit activities have students working on growth vs fixed mindset lessons are so versatile you can use them for social skills, perspective taking, growth mindset, and social emotion learning. Add this The Day the Crayons Quit book companion to your growth minset activities.The Day the Crayons Quit is wonderful for teaching growth mindset when establishing classroom community
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1st - 3rd
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I Walk with Vanessa Lesson Plan and Book Companion
I Walk with Vanessa by Kerascoët is a thought provoking and relatable wordless picture book to incorporate within reading instruction, building classroom community and character education! This comprehensive lesson plan is packed full of engaging opportunities to discuss Vanessa and the other characters' actions, thus inferring the theme. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your class. A wide variety of book companion activities can be done at a time
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Back to School Read Aloud BUNDLE
Writing a Friendly Letter to My Future Self Time Capsule CCSS Grades 3-6
Transform the tradition of a time capsule with this engaging lesson plan. This letter writing activity leads students through the process of composing heartfelt and reflective friendly letters from their present selves to their future selves.What's Inside This Resource:Letter Writing Guide: Explains the key components of a friendly letter, making each part easy to understand.Five-Paragraph Letter Framework: A step-by-step structure to help students write personal letters to themselves.Paragraphi
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Fourteen Holiday Lessons BUNDLE Minimal Prep CCSS Grades 3-6
The Bad Seed New Years Growth Mindset Activity
Are you looking for fun growth mindset activities to accompany The Bad Seed? This resource is the perfect way to begin the school year together or for a New Years fresh start after winter break. Students will love reflecting on their choices and setting new goals for themselves. They will also love learning about having a growth mindset and why it's important. The best part is the fun writing craft students will complete! Want to learn more about how to celebrate? Click HERE to learn more!Grab T
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Back from Break Lesson Plans and Activities MEGA Bundle
Summer Reading Activity Pack: Challenge Cards, BINGO, One-Pagers, Rubrics
Every school faces a summer reading struggle, so why not try a new approach? Gameifying reading and honoring multiple forms of literacy is an important step toward creating a vibrant reading culture at your school and this activity pack is aimed at helping all secondary ELA students stop the summer slide.Research shows us that the "summer slide" is very real - especially for communities that are underfunded. Instead of making summer reading a chore or a punishable assignment, encourage kids to
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8th - 11th
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A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School Book Companion | Craft
Updated for Back to School 2023 with a CRAFT and new activities! A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen illustrates the love and care that teachers use to create special relationships with students. This is a perfect addition to your back-to-school read alouds!Looking for a book companion for Shannon Olsen's Our Class is a Family?Designed for primary students, this comprehensive lesson plan is packed full of engaging opportunities for students to describe how the
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Shannon Olsen Read Aloud Lesson Plan BUNDLE
Monthly Homework Choice Boards - FULL YEAR
Are you . . .- Tired of giving a homework packet only to have students toss it as soon as you get out the door? - Required by your school or district to give homework, but don't really like the practice? - Looking for something beyond the traditional reading log? - Don't assign homework, but then get countless parent requests for "more homework please!!" ?If any of these sound familiar, then the monthly homework choice boards were created for you. I am not a fan of assigning homework to my stude
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3rd - 5th
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ish by Peter Reynolds Lesson Plan and Book Companion
Celebrate your students' creativity with ish by Peter Reynolds! This heartwarming and relatable story is perfect to incorporate within reading instruction any time of year! Students will love finding out what happens when Ramon finally feels free to draw and create again. This comprehensive lesson plan is packed full of engaging opportunities to discuss Ramon's changes, thus inferring the theme. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your class. A wide v
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1st - 3rd
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Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Short Story Reading Comprehension Questions Writing
In this short story workshop, students will read (and/or listen to) Seventh Grade by Gary Soto and analyze plot, character, and conflict; answer text dependent questions, diagram the story plot, and write a plot summary. INCLUDED:PRINTABLE VERSION- Designed specifically for 8.5x11 paperDIGITAL VERSION- Designed specifically for interactivity on Google SlidesLink to full text embeddedLink to full audio embedded8 text-dependent, rigorous CCSS questionsAnswer KeyPlot diagramPlot summary teach sheet
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6th - 8th
First Day for High School English: Back to School Activity Bundle
Ready to refresh your back to school plans? These resources will help you get to know your students, set your students up with an engaging collaborative activity, and move into a series of activities for introducing a year-long essential question that can work with just about any ELA curriculum. In this bundle, you'll get:Enneagram Personality Test: Use this to get to know your students and set them up for literary character analysis for summer reading or later in the year"Ordeal by Cheque" Firs
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8th - 12th
Our Class is a Family Bracelet Gift Back to School Book & Bracelet Bundle
❀ Back to School is right around the corner and my students LOVE LOVE LOVE these. This bundle comes with the *gift tags* you are using for your students’ bracelets (the one for the label and the one for inside the bag). This bundle also includes a special magical twist for your bracelet and a label with a poem to go with it. An activity for your students to create bracelets for each other and a cooperative classroom activity to create a Classroom Family Book is also included. The book has some S
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PreK - 9th, Adult Education
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