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Middle school english language arts thematic unit plan interactive whiteboards
Myths and Legends Short Story Unit - Updated!
Step into the Shoes of a Storyteller! This engaging, 6-week junior high short story unit is a great way to teach short story analysis and writing!This listing is for the COMPLETE unit, including:Unit Plan and Updated Resource ListLesson PlansAssessment PlanStudent PackageProject-Based AssessmentsActivity HandoutsUnit Exam with Answer KeyEDITABLE Smart Notebook filePDF version of Smart Notebook filesFill-in-the-Blank Student Notes (color and B&W)Texts Featured:- Aesop's Fables- King Arthur- F
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7th - 10th
Historical Fiction Writing Unit
Looking for a step-by-step way to teach a historical fiction writing unit with your students? This unit is one that I have used with my students for the past few years. It includes a list of historical fiction picture books, a "noticing chart" to help guide your students to read like writers, a SMART Board presentation or Power Point presentation) that you can use as a step-by-step guide through the learning/process, a ten day written lesson guide-for you the teacher, and a copy of the grade she
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4th - 8th
Cute Monsters: Synonyms and Antonyms SMARTboard Activity
This activity created by Speech Ace is a fun way to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Using the Smartboard, learn the definitions of synonym and antonym. Then, engage in matching activities for synonyms and antonyms. Finally, a "Monster Mash" game is included that allows students to be on 2 teams and identify synonyms and antonyms. An answer key is included. This activity is perfect for speech therapy, special education classes, and general education classes who are working on vocabulary b
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3rd - 7th
There's a Giraffe in My Soup: Themed Unit Power Point
Dive into the delightful world of "There's A Giraffe in My Soup" with this engaging Themed Unit PowerPoint, designed to captivate your students' imaginations and spark their love for learning! This digital resource is perfect for teachers seeking a unique and interactive way to explore this whimsical tale in their classrooms.Key Features:1. Comprehensive Content: This Themed Unit PowerPoint is jam-packed with carefully crafted slides that cover every aspect of the story, ensuring a comprehensive
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PreK - 8th
Christmas Ads Part 1
This resource is the first of a series of resources I've been wanting to create. I love looking at 'Media' and 'Persuasive Writing' in the month of December. This resource is interactive, can be used in a whole class setting or in groups or individually. Part One delves into the life of Aldi's 'Kevin the Carrot'. We track his journey from 2016 all the way to 2023. Kevin has become an integral part of Christmas and I thought he would make a lovely introduction to the world of Media and Advertisem
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4th - 8th
Seasonal Vocabulary Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE
This is a bundle of the SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER, and FALL Vocabulary Skill Builder Units. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving almost 20% off of the individual unit prices!Each NO-PRINT, INTERACTIVE unit addresses a student’s receptive and expressive vocabulary across a variety of skills with a seasonal theme.The skills addressed include:FunctionsCategoriesAttributesExclusionComparingSynonymsAntonymsMultiple Meaning WordsThis resource is leveled to provide multiple practice opportunities and t
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K - 6th
Christmas Conjunctions - Grammar Skill Builder - Digital Boom Cards
Use these Christmas themed activities to target using conjunctions both receptively and expressively, in a no-prep, digital format! This leveled resource is perfect for teaching conjunctions, and can also be used for easy homework or home practice.Build students’ independence with conjunctions through the 3 levels in this resource.Level 1 is a receptive task that asks students to identify the conjunction, great for introducing the skill and providing examples. Level 2 is a receptive language ta
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1st - 6th
Seasonal Grammar Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT*
This is a bundle of the SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER, and FALL Grammar Skill Builder Units. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving almost 20% off of the individual unit prices!Each NO-PRINT unit addresses a student’s receptive and expressive grammar across a variety of skills with a SEASONAL theme.The skills addressed include:NounsVerbsAdjectivesPronounsComplete sentencesParts of speechConjunctionsSentence correctionWith the exception of parts of speech and sentence correction, this resource is level
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K - 6th
Seasonal Language Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT*
This is a bundle of the SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER, and FALL Language Skill Builder Units. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving almost 20% off of the individual unit prices!Each NO-PRINT, INTERACTIVE unit addresses a student’s receptive and expressive language across a variety of skills with a SEASONAL theme.The skills addressed include:Yes/No questionsAnswering WH-questionsAsking WH-questionsProblem SolvingSequencingIdiomsOpinionsInferencingThis resource is leveled to provide multiple practice o
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K - 6th
Summer Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
This is a bundle of the four summer skill builder products: Vocabulary, Grammar, Language, and Basic Concepts. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving over 20% off the individual resource prices!These no-print, interactive resources can be downloaded onto an iPad or used on a computer/interactive whiteboard! Each skill builder covers a variety of skills, with 10 items at each level, so it's perfect for a quick warm-up or progress monitoring activity!The Vocabulary, Grammar, and Language Skill Bu
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PreK - 6th
Spring Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
This is a bundle of the four SPRING skill builder products: VocabularyGrammarLanguageBasic Concepts. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving almost 20% off the individual resource prices!These no-print, interactive resources can be downloaded onto an iPad or used on a computer/interactive whiteboard! Each skill builder covers a variety of skills, with 10 items at each level, so it's perfect for a quick warm-up or progress monitoring activity!The Vocabulary, Grammar, and Language Skill Builders a
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PreK - 6th
Back to School Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
This is a bundle of the four back to school skill builder products: VocabularyGrammarLanguageBasic Concepts. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving over 20% off the individual resource prices!These no-print, interactive resources can be downloaded onto an iPad or used on a computer/interactive whiteboard! Each skill builder covers a variety of skills, with 10 items at each level, so it's perfect for a quick warm-up or progress monitoring activity!The Vocabulary, Grammar, and Language Skill Buil
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PreK - 6th
Food Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
This is a bundle of the four FOOD skill builder products: VocabularyGrammarLanguageBasic Concepts. By purchasing the bundle, you're saving almost 20% off the individual resource prices!These no-print, interactive resources can be downloaded onto an iPad or used on a computer/interactive whiteboard! Each skill builder covers a variety of skills, with 10 items at each level, so it's perfect for a quick warm-up or progress monitoring activity!The Vocabulary, Grammar, and Language Skill Builders are
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PreK - 6th
Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Adventure (SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK Edition)
My request for Peter and the Wolf clip art finally came to fruition! Thanks to Educlips/Educasong for hearing my plea and coming through for me and several other music teachers!! We can't thank you enough!! Naturally, I couldn't wait to release a product with these adorable new pieces, SOOO, here it is!!! This SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION of the beloved classic story of Peter and the Wolf will be sure to jump out at your students from the beginning of the story! A short composer BIO, an instrument to
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K - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Peter & The Wolf Unit/Activities - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK EDITION
School Vocabulary Skill Builder *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
This NO-PRINT, INTERACTIVE unit addresses a student’s receptive and expressive vocabulary across a variety of skills with a back to school theme. The skills addressed include: FunctionsCategoriesAttributesExclusionComparingSynonymsAntonymsMultiple Meaning WordsDownload the preview for a free sample of the functions section!This resource is leveled to provide multiple practice opportunities and to each skill at different levels of complexity. Level 1 is a receptive task in a yes/no or true/false
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PreK - 6th
Also included in:Â Back to School Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
Spring Language Skill Builder *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
This NO-PRINT, INTERACTIVE unit addresses a student’s receptive and expressive language across a variety of skills with a SPRING theme. The skills addressed include: Yes/No questionsAnswering WH-questionsAsking WH-questionsProblem SolvingSequencingIdiomsOpinionsInferencingDownload the preview for a free sample of the Idioms section! This resource is leveled to provide multiple practice opportunities and to each skill at different levels of complexity. Level 1 is a receptive task in a yes/no or t
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PreK - 6th
Also included in:Â Spring Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE*
Fantasy Book Club Unit - Smartboard
This Smartboard presentation can be used to supplement and guide a fantasy book club unit in reading. The Smartboard introduces the genre of fantasy/science fiction and lays out the expectations for book clubs. Students will also be making a "strategy log" to track their progress as they read. The focus of this unit is on comprehension skills so there are lessons on making connections, visualizing, determining importance, quote analysis, synthesis, and questioning.
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5th - 8th
Community Helper Speech and Language Pack
Hi ho! Hi ho! It's off to work we go! Help your students learn about members of their community with this fun pack of activities. Colored and black/white versions are provided for your convenience. Skills addressed include the following: Parts of SpeechSubject/PredicateEditing FragmentsSynonyms (leveled K-2 and 3-5)Antonyms (leveled K-2 and 3-5)Multiple Meaning WordsMixed Past Tense (both regular and irregular) Irregular Past TenseWriting Using Past TenseIrregular PluralsSubject PronounsObject P
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PreK - 8th
Social Justice S.L.A.M. Reading Response Unit, Smartboard & PDF
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Recently updated to include BOTH SMARTboard presentation and PDF unit handouts.
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About the Unit:
As teachers we have many jobs! One is to teach and prepare our students, and the other is to inspire! Too often the second is put aside, as we get our students ready for standardized testing. I design
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5th - 6th
Winter Olympics Unit for Smartboard or Literacy Center
Wanting to get your students ready for the upcoming Winter Olympics and teach them about all of the events? Here is the activity/unit for you! This activity includes a Smartboard file to go over all of the events with descriptions and vocabulary necessary to understand all of the events. For those of you that do not have access to Smartboard software, the events are also given to you in a .pdf format. Your students can read these events or be taught what each of these events include. Also i
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K - 8th
Spring Conjunctions - Grammar Skill Builder - Digital Boom Cards
Use these spring themed activities to target using conjunctions both receptively and expressively, in a no-prep, digital format! This leveled resource is perfect for teaching conjunctions, and can also be used for easy homework or home practice.Build students’ independence with conjunctions through the 3 levels in this resource.Level 1 is a receptive task that asks students to identify the conjunction, great for introducing the skill and providing examples. Level 2 is a receptive language task i
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Also included in:Â Spring Grammar Skill Builder Bundle - Digital Boom Cards & Interactive PDF
Winter Conjunctions - Grammar Skill Builder - Digital Boom Cards
Use these winter themed activities to target using conjunctions both receptively and expressively, in a no-prep, digital format! This leveled resource is perfect for teaching conjunctions, and can also be used for easy homework or home practice.Build students’ independence with conjunctions through the 3 levels in this resource.Level 1 is a receptive task that asks students to identify the conjunction, great for introducing the skill and providing examples. Level 2 is a receptive language task i
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Also included in:Â Winter Grammar Skill Builder Bundle - Digital Boom Cards & Interactive PDF
6th Grade Literature Unit 3: Heroes
In this 6th grade thematic literature unit, the Big Idea is "Heroes". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is argument and the prompt is "In your opinion, what are the three most important qualities of a hero?" Students will be required to cite textual evidence to support the claim. I have included a link to a five-paragraph argument gr
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6th
Fall Vocabulary Skill Builder - Interactive PDF
This NO-PRINT, INTERACTIVE unit addresses a student’s receptive and expressive vocabulary across a variety of skills with a FALL theme. The skills addressed include: FunctionsCategoriesAttributesExclusionComparingSynonymsAntonymsMultiple Meaning WordsDownload the preview for a free sample of the functions section!This resource is leveled to provide multiple practice opportunities and to each skill at different levels of complexity. Level 1 is a receptive task in a yes/no or true/false format. Le
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Grades:
PreK - 6th
Also included in:Â Seasonal Vocabulary Skill Builder Bundle *NO PRINT & INTERACTIVE
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Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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