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Free Common Core SL.1.1 lessons
Kindness is a Kite String Book Companion Lesson - Read Aloud Activities
Want to encourage more kindness in your classroom? This book companion resource for Kindness is a Kite String by Michelle Schaub can help! Teach kids how to be kind and promote acts of kindness in your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classroom with this engaging read aloud lesson and social-emotional learning activities.⭐Kindness is a Kite String book companion lesson helps us understand that kindness is something we can pass on. Kids will think of simple ways to spread kindness to
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PreK - 2nd
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Bear Says Thanks: Thanksgiving Read Aloud Activity & Lesson Plans Freebie
Interactive Read Alouds are an integral part of any classroom. This book companion for Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson makes them easy and fun! It includes print and go lesson plans, easy to follow directions and activities for kindergarten, first and second grades. Perfect for Thanksgiving time.SAVE BIG WITH THE READ ALOUD BUNDLE: Interactive Read Aloud BundleThis Resource Includes:Interactive Read Aloud planner for 1 complete interactive read aloud.Sticky note printables. Sticky note templa
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K - 2nd
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FREE Room on the Broom Interactive Read Aloud and Writing Activity
This Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson interactive read aloud and writing activity pack has everything you need to dive in deep and build rigor for your students with text-dependent questions, targeted skills, and writing practice. This pack includes:-3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day Lesson Plan Options-Detailed Standards-Standards Overview-Story Preview-Pre-Reading Discussion Questions-Lesson 1 (with Answer Key)-Activity 1-Lesson 2 (with Answer Key)-Activity 2-Writing Activity (with Rubrics)-Post-R
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1st - 2nd
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Integrated Unit Plan - Tops and Bottoms FREEBIE
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I love teaching by through themes, and this is my first of many thematic unit plan based on a children’s story.
There are 28 different lesson ideas included in this bundle that are aligned with common core standards. Some of these ideas are open to your modifications, and I have included TEN activity print to start out!
Including:
Reading (2)
Writing (3)
Social studies
Science
Math
Cut & Paste
Differentiation tool
There will be many more of these integrated unit plans comi
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K - 3rd
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Intentional Interactive Read Aloud- Sticky Stories- The Recess Queen FREEBIE
Print-Stick-Teach! Make every instructional minute count. Intentional interactive read aloud lesson plans on printed sticky notes all done for you. You simply print, stick, and teach! The purpose of an intentional interactive read aloud is to review and apply comprehension skills and strategies, to enhance language and vocabulary development, to provide opportunities and structure for collaborative conversations, to develop listening comprehension, and to build content knowledge in a highly m
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PreK - 1st
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1st NGSS Life Science Animals Body Parts Help Them Survive ( 1-LS1-1 )
How do animals use their body parts to survive? This fun inquiry-based lesson includes step-by-step instructions, structured students questions, vocabulary, and a graphic organizer! Students will be making observations of various organisms and how they use their body parts to survive. Next they will use the structure & function graphic organizer to record their observations and then communicate those observations with their class! An animal body parts PPT is included with a fun animal part
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1st
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1-LS1-1
Henri Matisse Art lesson The Snail Pre-k to 3rd Grade History Project Biography
This lesson plan introduces your students to Artist Henri Matisse. The lesson is perfect for Pre-K through 3rd grade. Students will have the opportunity to practice scissor skills and design techniques using paper in a collage format. The lesson will invite the child to create a beautiful unique art piece based on the techniques used by Mr. Matisse and create an art piece that is based on the example of Matisse's art work "The Snail." You can use this lesson in the following ways:a unit on t
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PreK - 2nd
Affirmations for Kids FULL SEL Lesson │Just Print and Go!
Need a last-minute activity or a freebie for a sub? Look no further! This activity includes a complete lesson plan, the follow-up printable, and a ready-made example. Prep is done! Just print and go :)As educators, we know how important it is to build strong, confident kids. Develop your students' positive self-talk to improve their skills for learning with this FREE SEL resource!Teachers can use this activity with ANY SEL text that helps us recognize our greatness. I've linked three texts on th
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PreK - 6th
Digital Literacy Warm-Ups FREEBIE
Lesson Warm-ups- Lesson Kick Starters for First Grade FREEBIE** This download is a one week freebie of the literacy warm-ups file**This description below is for the full product Digital Literacy Warm-Ups Literacy Warm-Ups provide a year (over 200 warm-ups!) of engaging and meaningfullesson starting explorations for spiral review every day of the schoolyear. The warm-ups provide high-interest engaging prompts to promote standards-based exploration.This is a PowerPoint file that can be projected
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1st
Read Aloud FREEBIE: Night of the Veggie Monster, Interactive Lesson Plans
Interactive Read Alouds are an integral part of any classroom. This book companion for The Night of the Veggie Monster makes them easy and fun! It includes print-and-go lesson plans, easy-to-follow directions, and activities for kindergarten, first and second grades. This product is a SAMPLE of this resource: Interactive Read Aloud: Night of the Veggie MonsterSAVE BIG WITH THE BUNDLE: Interactive Read Aloud BundleThis Resource Includes:Information about interactive read aloudsInteractive read al
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K - 2nd
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School Garden Lesson Packet
These one-page lessons have great ideas for hands-on, garden-based learning that can be used within or outside the classroom walls.Seed Match (related handout): Understanding How Plants Begin as SeedsMy Life as a Fruit or Vegetable: Following Food From Farm to ForkEat Your Plants: Eating Garden Produce for a Healthy BodyFrozen, Canned or Fresh?: Tasting and Testing the HarvestSix of One, Half Dozen of the Other: Gathering, Grouping and Guessing Garden ObjectsLet's Make Compost Cake: Nourishing a
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K - 6th
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, MS-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, K-LS1-1
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Outdoor Shadows: A 1st Grade NGSS & Common Core Aligned Lesson! (1-PS4-3)
These NGSS integrated science and ELA activities are great to use during your 1st grade physical science unit on LIGHT! Getting kids engaged in their learning is essential and having the students explore and record outdoor shadows will do just that! With a step-by-step lesson plan, graphic organizers, student sheets and integrated ELA components you'll be able to provide a fun, inquiry-based learning experience for your students, that will build their understanding of NGSS science concepts while
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1st
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1-PS4-3
Poppies Art Lesson Rachel Ann Austin 1st-5th Writing Activity Included
This lesson plan introduces your students to Contemporary Artist Rachel Ann Austin. The lesson is perfect for 1st through 5th grade with some variations. Students will have the opportunity to explore line drawing and color mixing. The lesson will invite the child to create a beautiful unique art piece based on the techniques used by Ms. Austin or create an art piece that is based on the example of art work "A Study of Poppies." You can use this lesson in the following ways:a unit on the art of C
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1st - 5th
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Culturally Responsive Valentine's Day Empathy and Kindness Social Emotional FREE
Want to celebrate Valentine's Day WHILE being culturally inclusive? Capture the spirit of the holiday by focusing on building empathy and kindness with your students. This activity can be done during any time of the year but is especially relevant for a holiday focused on love and friendship. Check out the full-length resource for even more!This Free Resource Includes:Anchor Chart- What is Empathy?Read Aloud showcasing Empathy with corresponding activityWhat is Empathy? Exit Ticket/Assessment
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K - 5th
The Honest-to-Goodness Truth | Interactive Read Aloud
Welcome to The Mindful Readers! We create engaging interactive read aloud lessons that promote critical thinking and discussions with little-to-no prep. This week’s FREEBIE lesson is for the book called The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patrick McKissack. It is about a girl, Libby Louise, who decides to only tell the truth, the problems this causes, and her eventual understanding about the need for empathy and kindness in some situationsWHAT’S INSIDE: o Before and After Reading Promptso Vocabular
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K - 3rd, Staff
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Roger Hilton Art Lesson Orange Caterpillar PreK K-3rd Grade Art History
This lesson plan introduces your students to Artist Roger Hilton. The lesson is perfect for Pre-K through 3rd grade. Students will have the opportunity to practice using their imagination to create in the style of the artist and incorporating problem solving and design techniques. The students have the opportunity to engage the artwork in a simple question answer format inspired by Mr. Hilton's work and learn some basic art historical facts to get to know the artist.You can use this lesson in th
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PreK - 2nd
Dinosaur Lady Educator Guide
Dinosaur Lady is a beautiful and brilliant picture book that will enlighten children about the discovery of the dinosaurs and the importance of female scientists. It also includes a timeline of Mary Anning's life and lots of fantastic fossil facts!A Common Core State Standards Aligned Activity Guide for Grades 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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1st - 4th
Serving Up MyPlate - A Yummy Curriculum: Level 1 (Grades 1 & 2)
Serving Up MyPlate is a collection of classroom materials that helps elementary school teachers integrate nutrition education into Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Health. This yummy curriculum introduces the importance of eating from all five food groups using the MyPlate icon and a variety of hands–on activities. Students also learn the importance of physical activity to staying healthy.
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1st - 2nd
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What's the Matter: Teaching Science to First Graders
This lesson is the first science lesson about matter. Vocabulary include: matter, classification, properties, and the five senses. There is a solo activity and group activity. After the activity is complete, students write in their journals.
It is intended to be used with first graders, but could probably be used with kindergarten to second grade, also.
This lesson is part of a 10 Unit Progressive Bundle that is being created. You can find the document here:
Common Core 1st Grade Science 10 U
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K - 2nd
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Digital Daily Morning Messages Google Slides August Freebie Morning Meeting
These August Kindergarten and First Grade morning meeting slides are a fun way to start your day with your students. You will receive 20 days of pre-made slides for January. January slides include a joke of the day, word of the day, getting to know you, and a question of the day. These sides come in both portrait and landscape mode. The portrait version comes with a black and white printable version as well. In addition, the landscape slides come with several customizable bonus slides on Google
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K - 1st
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*FREE* Three Blind Mice: Analysis from Multiple Perspectives
What if the same critical thinking strategies taught in law school could be used with students in K-2? thinkLaw uses law school exercises with our youngest students using folk tales, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.Three Blind Mice: Analysis from Multiple Perspectives guides students through the process of analyzing the situation from the perspective of all the characters. This FREE download includes a 15 page PDF and PowerPoint Presentation. It is one lesson that is featured in the full thinkL
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K - 2nd
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Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD Unit
The Monarch Butterfly LifecycleInteractive Read-Aloud Unit Overview I Am a Butterfly, Children's BookI Am a Butterfly features a monarch butterfly who takes young readers through each stage of her life cycle with detailed, close-up photos. A penny, used as a comparison, helps readers visualize the relative size of the tiny butterfly egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult monarch. Once out of the chrysalis, the monarch finds her way into the world to drink flower nectar and meet other butterflies
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
The Name Jar - Discussion Lesson (Pre-K - 5th)
Build classroom community through engaging read-alouds and thoughtful dialogue!This FREE lesson focuses on The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi and includes:A lesson plan and slides for Littles: Pre-K to 2nd GradeA lesson plan and slides for Older: 3rd to 5th GradeEngaging discussion questions and tips on how to build trust and connectionSuggestions on how to reach non-traditional learning stylesA list of Common Core State Standards that students can meetA list of Stock Photography sites with diverse,
Morning Meeting Plan - First Week of School Distance Learning
Download these FREE virtual morning meeting plans for the first week of school.This product includes a one page plan for the week as well as a detailed plan for each day. Each day's morning meeting include a greeting, a sharing question, an activity, and a morning message.The sharing questions and activities include opportunities for students to engage with speaking and listening activities that reference Teaching Tolerance's K-2 Social Justice Standards.A resource page includes links to videos
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PreK - 2nd
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