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Common Core RL.5.10 cultural activities
Reader's Theater: Aztec, Incan, & Mayan Civilization Myths (intermediate)
Review key elements of the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec ancient civilizations while focusing on differentiation in reading fluency! This reader’s theater set features 3 popular myths/legends from history written on 3 separate reading levels (each with a lexiled reading level) for a total of 9 plays. Each script contains 6-8 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups with over 20 different characters provided! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Ohio 5th Grade Social Studies Reader's Theater Bundle
Drita My Homegirl by Lombard Immigration Bullying and Friendship Novel Guide
Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard Novel Guide This novel guide incorporates learning about immigration, racism, bullying, and friendship. This product includes: Pre, during and post reading activitiesLesson objectivesChapter by chapter questions & answersCharacter analysis Themes activityKLW ChartIf you have any questions about this product, please email me @ mrslenamed@gmail.com Here’s what teachers just like you are saying about this resource:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alexandra N. says, "I assign this
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4th - 6th
Identify and Show Evidence Reading Passages - ELA COMPLETE BUNDLE
Need UNIQUE short reading activities? NO-PREP comprehension assessment? Look no further than this COMPLETE ELA BUNDLE with a Native American flair!FEATURES• Twenty-four different worksheets aligned to Common Core Standards. Three worksheets per skill. Each worksheet has four short stories on it. A total of 96 leveled short stories to help students understand setting, theme, author's purpose, and more!• Student will also underline sentences that helped him or her find the answer. This will allow
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3rd - 6th
EXTRA CREDIT, by Andrew Clements: A PDF/EASEL Book Club Packet
This is an independent-work, custom-designed packet created to support CCSS for students in grades 4-7 as they read EXTRA CREDIT by Andrew Clements. The packet may be printed and/or used digitally by uploading to Easel. If you are not familiar with Easel digital products, here are a few links you can follow to better understand: What is Easel by TpT? Getting Started Guide FAQ for Buyers Included are 18 student pages which divide the text into four reading assignments with questions and
Grades:
4th - 7th
Sing Down the Moon
Looking for a way to get your students referring to the text as they answer questions? These text based comprehension questions and activities for Sing Down the Moon, by Scott O'Dell are just what you need!
What's included:
* 1 quiz for every chapter- four text based comprehension questions for each quiz
* Compare and Contrast Activities- focus on comparing characters and settings
* Skill sheets for Common Core Literature Standards grade 4-6:
- Theme
- Plot Line
- Character Study
- Questioning
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Esperanza Rising Reading Skills Chapters
Esperanza Rising Literature Reading SkillsAll chapters are included with each having a skill to focus on for those specific chapters.Teachers can assign this on Google Classroom, or even copy and paste specific chapters as assignments because I made it editable. Or print it as a hardcopy after saving it as a PDF. A total of 18 pages!Chapter-Reading SkillsPrologue-Skill: Figurative LanguageChapter 1 (Las Uvas)- Skills: Figurative Language and CharacterChapter 2 (Las Papayas)- Skill: Sequence Chap
Grades:
4th - 6th
Theater Arts Comical Play Script Unit | Abdullahs Gold Middle Eastern Folk Tale
Part of a Bundle This engaging, comical unit and play (30 pages in length) with roles for 20+ students is suitable for students whether Social Studies class studying the country of India, Pakistan or used in a drama class. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. In addition, a teacher could use this unit with students who are distance learning. #DistanceLearningTPTBased on the Hindu folk tale by the
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5th - 6th
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Haiku - Teaching the Traditional Form - Resources and Worksheets
Teach the traditional form of haiku to your students!
Students will learn about the history of haiku, the rules of haiku, kigo, and some of the most famous haiku poets, as well as their work.
Students will do a rigorous study of one or more haiku poems and reflect on the contrasting images and ideas within the poem.
Students will use resources to compose their own haiku poems.
Includes the following:
• Notes for teachers
• What is a haiku?
• Famous haiku poems (15 in all)
• Spring kigo
• Sum
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Christmas Readers Theater | The Legend of the Poinsettia
Help your students increase fluency and prosody during December with this readers theater about The Legend of the Poinsettia. This story follows a young girl throughout Las Posadas (a religious festival in Mexico) and ends with her gift to the Holy Child. Keep your students engaged around the Christmas holiday season with this touching story.In this resource you'll find:Teacher InstructionsA Printing GuideA 7-page long script of The Legend of the PoinsettiaA pronunciation & translation guide
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4th - 6th
Native American Realistic Fiction Close Reading Passages
Look no further for authentic Native American reading passages from the Native American perspective! These five, scaffolded realistic fiction reading passages give a glimpse into modern day Native American life through the lens of different careers common on Indian Reservations. Each passage contains a short, Common Core-aligned assessment. Leveled, Tiered Reading Passages:• Each career reading passage comes in two, Lexile-analyzed versions: a lower (660-720) reading passage and higher (840-900)
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3rd - 5th
Esperanza Rising Culminating Choice Board Activities Project
Esperanza Rising Culminating Choice board Activities Project This is a GOOGLE SLIDE choice board with 11 different activities used as a culminating final project after reading Esperanza Rising. You can have students complete 1 or more from the choice board. Please download the preview and you can see every single Google Slide page. I made it so you can edit this product any way you like!
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4th - 6th
Paul Bunyan in Minnesota Legend & Folktale: Digital Book & Reading Worksheets
This product includes:Complete text re-telling the stories of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Minnesota (creating 10,000 lakes and the Mississippi River) - presented in a student friendly and EL friendly format. Text is colorful PDF format.Worksheet for documenting facts and fiction throughout the storyWorksheet for identifying key numbers' and landmarks' meanings the storyThe student text strategically breaks down the short story to present it "page by page" to students.The short story is b
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Legends, Folktales Around the World - Short Texts & Activities
Dancing Home Chapter Skills
Dancing Home Literature Reading Skills in Google Docs digital format.All chapters are included with each having a skill to focus on for those specific chapters.Teachers can assign this on Google Classroom, or even copy and paste specific chapters as assignments because I made it editable. A total of 15 pages!Chapters-SkillChapters 1 & 2 - Skills: Compare & Contrast Chapters 3 & 4 - Skill: Analyzing Character Chapters 5 & 6 - Skill: Analyzing Character Chapters 7 & 8 - Skill
Grades:
4th - 6th
LA LEGGENDA DELLA BEFANA
Powerpoint presentation depicting the legend of La Befana. She is a good witch who brings things to children for the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6th. She is a non religious figure. Created for a level I FLES Italian class. Presentation includes:- legend to be read in class together or on student Ipads or tablets, -- one slide of 10 vocabulary words with synonyms and /or antonyms, - four slides with activities that test for comprehension including: true/false, sentence completion, sequence
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PreK - 7th
Also included in: Befana BUNDLE
Espanol Spanish Esperanza Rising Reading Skills Chapters
This is the Spanish Espanol VersionEsperanza Rising Literature Reading SkillsAll chapters are included with each having a skill to focus on for those specific chapters.Teachers can assign this on Google Classroom, or even copy and paste specific chapters as assignments because I made it editable. Or print it as a hardcopy after saving it as a PDF. A total of 18 pages!Chapter-Reading SkillsPrologue-Skill: Figurative LanguageChapter 1 (Las Uvas)- Skills: Figurative Language and CharacterChapter 2
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4th - 6th
Christmas Themed Figurative Language Story Reading Comprehension
This is a Christmas-themed story that targets figurative language (i.e., idioms, similes, etc.) perfect for upper-elementary students and beyond. This item includes the story, the story with bolded figurative phrases, 20 multiple choice reading comprehension questions targeting main idea, author's purpose, feelings, actions, plans, themes, vocabulary, recalling details, and more. It also has 5 short response questions that targets higher-level thinking such as perspective taking, feelings, compa
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4th - 6th
St. Patrick's Day Themed Figurative Language Story Reading Comprehension
This is a St. Patrick's Day-themed story that targets reading comprehension skills as well as different types of figurative phrases. This activity is perfect for upper-elementary and middle school students.WHAT'S INCLUDED:The Enchanted Emerald Grove Story Story with bolded phrases (Personification & Metaphor) 25 multiple choice reading comprehension questions Answer Key 6 higher-order thinking short response questions (Perspective taking, problem solving, feelings, theory of mind, comparing
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4th - 7th
Chinese Lunar New Year Reading Comprehension Story|Literal, Figurative, Symbolic
This is a Chinese/Lunar New Year-themed story that targets reading comprehension skills as well as different types of phrases (e.g., literal phrases, figurative phrases, and symbolic phrases).This activity is perfect for upper-elementary and middle school students. What's Included:The Dragon’s Dance Dilemma Story Story with bolded phrases (literal, figurative, and symbolic phrases) 21 multiple choice reading comprehension questions targeting main idea, author's purpose, feelings, actions, plan
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4th - 7th
Read Across America School Wide Plan
Read Across America WeekCelebrate the Magic of Reading during the first week of March! This week long plan includes engaging ideas for each day of the week. Also includes:Parent Form Letter you can use to invite parents to be guest readersDiverse Character costume ideas for Character DayDiverse book selection ideas for global school wide read aloud Thank you for your purchase!Follow me on twitter and Leading for Literacy Blog for literacy ideas and coaching tips. Premium subscribers receive invi
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PreK - 5th
Dancing Home Chapter Questions
Dancing Home Questions in Google Docs digital format.All chapters are included with each having at least 8 questions based on the chapters and asking students to provide textual evidence. Teachers can assign this on Google Classroom, or even copy and paste specific chapters as assignments because I made it editable. A total of 22 pages!Feel free to edit the document as you like, or download it as a PDF and use it for paper copies. I uploaded the entire product as a preview for you to look at pri
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4th - 6th
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Dancing Home Discussion Questions
Dancing Home Discussion Questions in Google Slides digital format.All chapters are included with each having multiple discussion questions based on the chapters. Teachers can present the questions and facilitate a class discussion based on the questions on the slides. A total of 93 Google Slides discussion questions!Please see the preview to see the entire product!The document is editable! Feel free to edit the questions to meet the needs of your students and lessons!
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4th - 6th
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Coyote and The Rolling Stone - Small Group Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 3 students. It is based on a Goshute tale of how Coyote didn't listen to his brother. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the first page but the rest is black and white. The problem with many other reader's theaters is that students spend a lot of time waiting for their part. Wh
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3rd - 6th
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the mystery mentor text book The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg. This book can also be found in Spanish under the title El jardin de Abdul Gasazi. Activities are in English and Spanish! Lessons and activities focus on:close reading for key details to describe character traitsanalyzing point of viewthemeauthor's purpose The lesson plans include:teacher script with strategic stopping points and questions for students to dis
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2nd - 5th
Giving THANKSGiving: A Comprehensive ELA & Social Studies Unit-Common Core
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, this resource offers you and your students a fun, engaging way to address both English Language Arts and social studies Common Core standards!
In this product, students learn about the slave "quilt codes," a theory that believes slaves used various quilt squares to help lead them along the Underground Railroad and to freedom. There are also four book study resources that could be utilized in a guided reading or literature circle setting. The four book
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3rd - 5th
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