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U.S. History Common Core RL.2.7 resources
The Josefina Story Quilt ELA Unit (Ink Friendly)
Newly Updated with 41 additional pages! Complete lesson plans to teach reading and writing skills. Students learn about a family of the Westward Movement as Faith and her family make the move west. But what will she do with her beloved pet chicken, Josefina? How will they remember the trip? What other challenges will they encounter? Read the Josefina Story Quilt to find out.
This resource is full of actvities for a language arts unit based on the book, The Josefina Story Quilt. Pages are in
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2nd - 3rd
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Revolutionary War on Wednesday Novel Study
Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne is another wonderful book for students just starting chapter books. This comprehension focused guided reading unit is set up with before/during/after activities and vocabulary for each chapter. It works well with guided reading groups and if you enjoy running literature circles.Product ContentsEach chapter focuses on a different comprehension skill. Here is the table of contents:Prereading Activity: Schema builder and Quick Write to build ba
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2nd - 4th
2SL - The Long Way to a New Land Comprehensive Book Reading Unit - Novel Study
This 52-page, ELA book packet is aligned with common core reading standards at the second grade reading level. It covers a story about 1800s immigration and includes the following for The Long Way to a New Land. The Long Way to a New Land CurriculumAnswer keyStudy guide No. 1Word searchStudy guide No. 2Writing prompt Swedish-English WorksheetStudy guide no. 3Reading comprehension quizExplore the plot5W/H worksheetMatch gameStandardized test practiceMini-Game (projected on the front board and use
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
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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Book Activities for 14 Cows for America
Book study, book activities, novel study.
Can be used with small groups or whole class.
There are 38 pages and 13 activities in this book activity. The
individual activities include: an oral fluency activity, vocabulary
cut-apart matching game, a word search, a bingo game, word
shape activity, map of Kenya, understanding text (main idea
summarizing, writing a question), defining words in context),
identifying summary and theme, alphabetizing, word scramble,
story wheel, spelling act
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2nd - 5th
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2SL - George Washington and the General's Dog Comprehensive Book Reading Unit
This 54-page, ELA packet is aligned with common core reading standards and includes the following for the book George Washington and the General’s Dog:George Washington and the General’s Dog CurriculumAnswer keyStudy guideWriting prompts WorksheetsMatch GameStandardized Test PracticeMini-Game (projected on the front board and used by a class or used by individual students on a computer or iPad)Mini-Game TicketsGame TrackerWord SearchBONUS! Customized Graphic OrganizersDirections5W/H WorksheetExp
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing an
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2nd - 5th
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? | Reading, Writing, Text Evidence, and More!
Pair these activities with the eye opening book, Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors, which is based on a true story. In the text you read about all of the challenges that Elizabeth Blackwell had to face and how she was able to overcome these challenges. This is an amazing book that will motivate your students and will get them excited to read while looking back on America History.Within this activity resource your students will focus on:- Story elements/theme- Reading Comprehension- Finding Text Ev
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2nd - 5th
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Civil War Historical Figures Journal
Use this template to create a Historical Figures Journal from the Civil War. For your lower students, use the template that has a word bank and for your higher students, have them think of their own adjectives to describe each person. The people listed in the journal go along with NYS Common Core Standards for Knowledge 9/Grade 2.
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2nd
2SL - The Josefina Story Quilt Comprehensive Book Reading Unit - Novel Study
This 53-page ELA book packet is aligned with common core reading standards and includes printables, games, worksheets, lesson plans, comprehension questions, writing prompts, coloring sheet, dot-to-dot, and more for The Josefina Story Quilt.BONUS! Customized Graphic OrganizersDirections5W/H WorksheetExplore the PlotCompare Characters! Worksheet Venn DiagramBe a Detective ReportCharacter WorksheetWord & Parts of Speech Scavenger HuntsSequencing Practice - Make a BookLearning Cube - Reading A
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
2SL - Chang's Paper Pony Comprehensive Book Reading Unit - Novel Study Packet
This 53-page, ELA book packet is aligned with common core reading standards and includes the following for Chang’s Paper Pony.In this download, you will get: Answer keyStudy guidesWriting prompts 5W/H worksheetWord searchDrawing activityMatch GameStandardized Test PracticeMini-Game (projected on the front board and used by a class or used by individual students on a computer or iPad)BONUS! Customized Graphic OrganizersDirections5W/H WorksheetExplore the PlotCompare Characters! Worksheet Venn Dia
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
LOOKING AT LINCOLN BOOK STUDY PRINTABLE SEESAW GOOGLE SLIDES ABRAHAM
THIS IS FOR SEESAW/PDF DIGITAL FILES/TO PRINT!THESE ACTIVITIES WILL COVER MANY STANDARDS YOUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.THIS IS BASED OFF THE BOOK: LOOKING AT LINCOLN BY MAIRA KALMANSEE THE INTERACTIVE VERSION HEREHERE IS WHAT THIS FILE INCLUDES:1. FILL IN THE BLANK2. ASK/ANSWER QUESTIONS 3. ASK/ANSWER QUESTIONS 4. MAIN IDEA5. CAUSE/EFFECT6. PRACTICE READING7. COMPARE/CONTRAST YEARS8. CHARACTER ANALYSIS9. FACT/OPINION10. TIMELINE11. VOCABULARY12. CREATIVE DRAWING AND WRITING*FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK TO
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1st - 4th
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2SL - Abe Lincoln's Hat Comprehensive Book Reading Unit - Novel Study Packet
This 53-page ELA novel study packet is aligned with common core reading standards and includes the following for the book Abe Lincoln’s Hat, which is written at the second-grade reading level:Abe Lincoln’s Hat CurriculumAnswer keyStudy guideWriting prompt5W/H WorksheetExplore the Plot WorksheetColoring sheet Match GameStandardized Test PracticeMini-Game (projected on the front board and used by a class or used by individual students on a computer or iPad)Mini-Game TicketsGame TrackerWord SearchW
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing and contrasting storiesanalyzing the main idea and details The lesson
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2nd - 5th
Independence Day Resources: Reading Comprehensions, Stories #FSSparklers23
Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, is an important holiday in the United States that celebrates the country's freedom and independence. As teachers prepare for this holiday, they can create a variety of resources to engage students in learning about its history. These resources can include reading comprehension worksheets, stories, poems, and writing prompts that focus on different aspects of Independence Day.Reading comprehension worksheets can be designed to help students unde
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2nd - 6th
2SL - A Revolutionary War Hero - Black History & Literature Short Story & Lesson
This 49-page short-story study aligned with core reading standards includes worksheets, printables, games, comprehension questions, writing prompts, and more for “A Revolutionary War Hero,” Black History and Literature curriculum.This packet includes the following:”A Revolutionary War Hero” CurriculumAnswer key“A Revolutionary War Hero” Reading SheetStudy guide5W/H WorksheetWords and PicturesExplore the PlotWriting prompt: BullyingMatch GameStandardized Test PracticeMini-Game (projected on the f
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
Digital Right to Vote Distance Learning
RAISE AWARENESS AND INQUIRY! This product is intended to be used by teachers in order to raise awareness and inquiry behind the voting rights of Black people and women. Here are some suggested uses for the product. Build Background Knowledge- It is suggested, to begin with, a KWL about what your students know about voting-past and present. This will help you to see what the students know and things they need to unlearn. 1st Video-Students will have a 4-minute video about Black Americans gaining
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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5 The War of 1812- Engage NY
This is a SMART Board document that includes all of the images, guiding question and objective for each story/text in the NY Engage reading series for second grade. The first page is a table of contents that allows to the teacher to easily find the read alouds in the module. The interactive document allows for the teacher to manipulate the guiding question and objective, insert their own images or pictures as well as write down student connections during the read a loud to help hold students a
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2nd
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Lewis and Clark Character Traits
Lewis and Clark Expedition Character Traits resource is the perfect addition to your westward expansion unit or unit on Lewis and Clark. Students are asked: based on your knowledge of Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea: What character traits could you use to describe them? Brainstorm with your group and make a list of the kinds of skills you think Lewis and Clark were looking for in the men they recruited. What character traits do you think Lewis and Clark were looking for in the men they recruited? M
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2nd - 4th
California or Bust Reading Guide (Common Core Aligned)
This is a 11 page 37 questions reading guide. Below you will find 4 questions for each letter that Luke writes home. There are 4 different types of questions: factual, comprehension, inference and critical thinking. This is an excellent tool to see where your scholars are at with answering types of questions.
Scholars are also asked to write letters back in first person point of view.
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1st - 3rd
Buttons for George Washington by Peter and Connie Roop Comprehension Packet
Expand your study of George Washington with this comprehension packet. After reading Buttons for George Washington by Peter and Connie Roop have your students answer the comprehension questions. Included is an additional part 2 final project activity. This packet can be used to expand your study of our first president or to enhance your guided reading groups.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner Comprehension Packet
Use this comprehension packet to further your study of Abe Lincoln. Read the book as class or in small groups. Then have students answer the questions. There is an optional part 2 to create a final project.
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1st - 3rd
2SL Free - Crossing the Delaware Curriculum
This short-story lesson about George Washington and his men crossing the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War is geared at the second-grade reading level. It is a fictional story based on a historical event.
This download includes the following:
• Short story reading sheet
• Study guide
• Paper boat template - an activity to help students better understand the danger and cold of this historical event
• Answer key
Are you looking for more lesson plans and activities for books and short
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 2SL - What Should Second Graders Read? BUNDLE
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation (Pat Sherman/Floyd Cooper) Guide
Guide a classroom, library, book club, or other discussion of this moving story set during the Civil War. Including reading questions and activity ideas, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's themes.About Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation: Ben, a young boy enslaved in Charleston, uses every chance he gets to teach himself to read, practicing with the words he sees on street signs and in shop windows and even in cast-off newspapers he find
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2nd - 5th
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