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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core RL.4.3 lessons
Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
Christmas Tapestry Mini-Unit with Mentor Sentence, Figurative Language, & Theme
This mini-unit is provides students an opportunity to explore grammar, author's craft and story elements with Patricia Polacco's heartwarming story of a Christmas Eve miracle. This mini-unit is a perfect addition to your holiday lesson plans. There's plenty to keep your students engaged in meaningful learning activities such as:Mentor Sentence with a focus on prepositionsFigurative language activitiesSummarizingIdentify ThemeAnalyze a character and create a Cinquain Poem about the characterExte
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Christmas Activities - Reading Passages - Story Elements - Narrative Writing
DIGITAL & PRINTABLE - Upper Elementary December Christmas Passages that are CCSS aligned with the ELA literature and narrative writing standards. We've added a Google Classroom Option to our popular product. The unit focuses on the reading skill of story elements of inferring character traits, Plot Development, and Theme. This unit is great to use for teacher observation because of the included lesson plans and rigorous activities. You will keep your students engaged during this challengi
Grades:
4th - 6th
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The Legend of the Poinsettia FULL Day of Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom has been looking for! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a hallway display!).Update November 2020: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesâ„¢! You must have a Google Classroomâ„¢ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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How to Catch an Elf Christmas STEM Project - Reading + STEAM Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging Christmas or holiday STEM activity for your students? How to Catch an Elf is just what you need! This Christmas STEM project connects STEM and reading to make one engaging, literacy based activity. In this activity, we are linking STEAM projects to a read aloud. This activity is introduced with the book "How to Catch an Elf," by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton. After being drawn in by the amazing book, students will then set off to build an elf trap of their own. T
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â STEAM Into Reading Bundle | 10 Book Based STEM Challenges | Grades 3-5
The Gingerbread Pirates Reader's Theater Toolkit for Grades 3-6
Are you looking for fun ELA activities for the winter holiday season? Based on the book The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, this reader's theater script includes several comprehension activities to keep your students engaged and learning while also enjoying some holiday fun.This Gingerbread Pirates Reader's Theater Toolkit resource includes:• 3-page 8-character reader's theater script• context clue word work• reader response questions• post-reading writing prompt• synonym match• summa
Grades:
3rd - 6th, Staff
Types:
Also included in:Â Text-Based Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Activities Bundle
Christmas Tree STEM Challenge | The Tree That's Meant To Be STEAM Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging Christmas or holiday STEM activity for your students? This Christmas tree STEM challenge connects STEM and reading to make one engaging, literacy based activity. In this activity, we are linking STEAM projects to a read aloud. This activity is introduced with the book "The Tree That's Meant To Be," by Yuval Zommer. After being drawn in by the amazing book, students will then set off to build their own tree. But it's not just any tree. After being introduced to p
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â STEAM Into Reading Bundle | 10 Book Based STEM Challenges | Grades 3-5
Oskar and the Eight Blessings Mentor Text Unit - Grades 3-5
Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Richard & Tanya Simon is a heartwarming seasonal book to show how small acts of kindness can make such a difference. If you don't own a copy of the book, check your local library or you might even find an online read-aloud of the text with a simple Google search!Using mentor texts is one of the best ways to maximize your teaching time. You are able to teach multiple skills, subjects, and topics with just one book!WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?a week of plans
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â MENTOR TEXT CLUB by Jivey 1ST EDITION for Grades 3-5
4th Grade December Reading Lessons ELA Christmas Read Aloud Activities
Fourth grade ELA and Reading lesson plans and activities for the entire month of December! This product can be used as a supplemental 4th grade reading curriculum. Bring some Christmas magic to your classroom through picture books, without taking away from the rigorous 4th grade standards! This product includes lesson plans that are both CCSS and TEKS aligned. These daily 4th grade reading lessons for December include the use of mentor texts and interactive read alouds to teach grammar, vocabula
Grades:
4th
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Red and Lulu FULL Day of Christmas Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom needs! You'll receive a FULL day of Christmas themed lesson plans based on Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, and social studies!).How does this work?Your download will come with 4 files: student activity sheets, teacher lesson plans, and a PowerPoint, and a PDF with Google Slideâ„¢ links. Simply print, gather your materials, and GO! No need to look for extra activities, or write out your lesson plans.Lessons In
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Deep Questioning with "The Carpenter's Gift"
This word document contains six higher-level questions to promote close reading and deep thinking with the book The Carpenter's Gift by David Rubel. The Carpenter's Gift is a Christmas story about the history of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree tradition. It is a heart-warming tale of how the simple kindness of strangers can change a life.
There is also a Blooms Level 6 reading response log question to expand comprehension of the text.
Guiding students to think deeply by answering higher lev
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1st - 4th
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Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction mentor text picture book Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Great for studying biographies, on snowy days or for winter! 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)identifying main idea and detailsclose reading for describing character traitsa
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in:Â Third Grade Christmas Read Alouds and Google Activities Bundle
The Trees of the Dancing Goats No-Prep Mentor Text Mini-Unit with Lesson Ideas
This mini-unit provides students an opportunity to explore grammar, author's craft, story elements, and narrative writing with Patricia Polacco's story of a holiday season almost ruined by a scarlet fever epidemic. This is a perfect addition to your holiday lesson plans. There's plenty to keep your students engaged in meaningful learning activities such as:Included in this Mini-Unit:Story Vocabulary for interactive notebooksMentor Sentence (Focus on Punctuating Dialogue and Using Vivid Verbs) wi
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Welcome Comfort Mini-Unit with Mentor Sentence and Narrative Writing
This mini-unit provides students an opportunity to explore characters, story structure, and vocabulary in Welcome Comfort by Patricia Polacco. This is a must-read book for the holiday season! Welcome is a foster child who is befriended by the school janitor, Quintin. Great things await Welcome because of his unlikely friendship with Quintin. In upper elementary grades, students learn to explore the impact of events on characters and compare the differing viewpoints of characters. This mini-uni
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Welcome Comfort Christmas Literature Unit
Do you love Patricia Polacco's Christmas books as much as I do? Welcome Comfort is one of my favorites, and I've created a cross-curricular unit for Grades 3 to 5 for this tale. The story tells revolves around a young boy, Welcome, who is in foster care and is the target of bullies at his school. Welcome is befriended by the school custodian, Mr. Hamp, who along with his wife become proxy parents for him. I won't give away the surprise ending here!Included in this resource are:frontloading a
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Patricia Polacco Christmas Bundle
Shooting at the Stars by John Hendrix Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Shooting at the Stars The Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Hendrix. This is an excellent holiday story for focusing on World War I / the Great War WWI, war and relationships. 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)analyzing cen
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the holiday mentor text book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. The book is also available in Spanish titled El Expreso Polar. Activities are in English and Spanish! Great for bringing some Christmas cheer to your classroom! Lessons and activities focus on:analyzing key details with text evidenceclose reading to analyze descriptive languageauthor's message / lessoncomparing and contrasting the book and movieThe lesson plans incl
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in:Â 4th Grade Christmas Read Alouds and Activities Bundle
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski. Â Great for Christmas, winter, and relationships! 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 character traits/characteristicsMain idea and d
Grades:
K - 4th
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Also included in:Â 3rd Grade Christmas Read Alouds and Google Activities Bundle
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the holiday mentor text book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. Great for bringing some Christmas cheer to your classroom! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:analyzing key details with text evidenceclose reading to analyze descriptive languageauthor's message / lessoncomparing and contrasting the book and movieThe lesson plans include:teacher script with strategic sto
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in:Â 4th Grade Christmas Read Alouds and Google Activities Bundle
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Novel Study and Google Activities
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser. Â A great book for studying community, loss, family, Christmas and New Years and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text evidence.If your students struggle to respond thoughtfully to discussion questions, this resource i
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the Christmas / winter mentor text picture book Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo. A great holiday read for spreading kindness! Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing illustrationsauthor's message / lessonMain idea and detailsComparing and contrasting but can easily be modified for other usesThe lesson plans
Grades:
K - 4th
Ornament Shaped Reading Response for Any Book Grades 4-5
Designed for upper elementary grades, these ornament-shaped reading response sheets can be used with any book and make a fun Christmas or holiday-themed interactive bulletin board! Fiction and nonfiction reading response sheets are included, and there are several options for each.The reading response sheets in this product address these CCSS 4th and 5th grade standards:RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.7, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, W.4.9.A, W.4.9.B,RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RI.5.1, RI.5.2,
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Also included in:Â Reading Response for Any Book Grades 4-5 Mega Bundle
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the Christmas / winter mentor text picture book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr. This is a great read for word choice! 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 descriptive language: similes, metaphors, personificationauthor's message / le
Grades:
1st - 4th
Shooting at the Stars by John Hendrix Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Shooting at the Stars The Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Hendrix. This is an excellent holiday story for focusing on WWI, war and relationships. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)analyzing central themedescribing author's purposeusing text evidence to close readMain idea and detailsComp
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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