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1st grade social studies literature circles under $5
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities
Are you looking for some fun activities to introduce Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? I have developed this focus on how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Peacemaker. We talk about the difference between a Peacemaker and a Peacebreaker. Then, students write about how they can be a Peacemaker. There are several engaging activities in this mini unit for you.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing PromptsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemak
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PreK - 1st
Her Right Foot by Eggers 22 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Whether you do a study of famous USA monuments in your classroom or library or you are just looking for an amazing new non-fiction book to share with your students, this book fits the bill!If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?She's in New York.She's holding a torch.And she's in mid-stride, moving forward.But why?In this fascinating and fun take on nonfiction, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait
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1st - 4th
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Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of family and cultural traditions.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the November Interactive Read Aloud Bundle!
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K - 2nd
The Water Princess by Verde 19 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Beautiful book based on the true story of African model, Georgie Badiel. Gie Gie must walk with her mother everyday to get water from the well. Gie Gie wants to find a way to bring the water closer to her village. Wonderful opportunity for discussion. From Amazon:With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clear
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K - 3rd
Tennessee Symbols
This unit includes everything you need to put together an informational book on Tennessee's state symbols. This coorelates with the new TN Social Studies standards that are being adopted and implemented for the 2014-2015 school year. Included are 4 different versions of the book to meet the needs and differentiate instruction for all of your learners.
-A craft version with patterns for all of the symbols (hands on activities)
-A writing version for your higher level learners. This will help to
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PreK - 2nd
Dinosaurs Before Dark | Magic Tree House #1 | Lesson Plan, Quizzes, Activities
Need an engaging book companion for Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)? Look no further than this 100+ page 5-day NO PREP novel study!Perfect for elementary teachers and homeschoolers alike, this resource covers pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading through cross-curricular activities. Each day's lesson plan appeals to different types of learners: curated videos (visual and auditory), chapter reading (reading), comprehension quizzes and vocabulary (writing), interactive notebook
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1st - 3rd
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Readers Theater Script
Your students will love learning all about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad with this Reader's Theater Script. The script features speaking parts for 3 narrators and each letter of the alphabet. This script will enrich your shared reading or guided reading group time by providing informational text, vocabulary, and varied skill levels to introduce slavery in kid-friendly terms. The following items are included in this product:• Teacher Instructions• Common Core Standards for Grades 1-
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1st - 2nd
Annotation Bookmarks with Collaborative Conversation Starters
Close reading assistance, great for K - 12th grade, bookmarks, collaborative conversation frames, common core aligned, reading informational text, reading literature, listening and speaking.
Print and copy double sided for students to use as they are annotating text. Laminate to make them last longer!
Grades:
K - 12th
Firefighters Alphabet & Beginning Sound Activity | Community Helpers Literacy
A community helper alphabet and beginning sound activity for your fire safety theme occupations theme, or community helpers theme, units and lesson plans. Teach letters and sounds with both alphabet matching AND beginning sound activities!This easily differentiated product is perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten literacy centers, literacy work stations, and literacy tubs. This set includes:✔ one set of lowercase firefighter cards✔ one set of uppercase firefighter cards✔ 26 lowercase
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PreK - 1st
Mini Reader Book - Canadian Hero - Terry Fox
Your littlest readers will love having a mini reader book of their very own! This printable book is great for new readers. You can choose whether you'd like to use the colour or the black and white version. It also contains a teacher version so that you can read along together, or read as a class first. Also, because a colour teacher version is included, you could also read the story to your students digitally while they have their own small version at home.***Please note: The independent readin
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PreK - 3rd
Stolen Words Lessons - A Reconciliation Resource - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students Exploring the Intergenerational Effects of Residential SchoolsThis unit contains NINE, no-prep, easy to use reading response pages to support this important story. Early primary to mid intermediate will have success using these response pages, designed to focus on the following comprehension strategies: Summarizing, Connection, Visualization, Questioning, Infer, Main Idea and Problem/ResolutionThis short story
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1st - 5th
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Pledge of Allegiance/ Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag - Bilingual
This product includes 4 posters. These posters can be used at a fluency center, or to simply post next to the classroom flags. This product is in English and Spanish.
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PreK - 12th
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Cesar Chavez Mini Book
Are you looking for a mini book about Cesar Chavez to share with your students? Well, here it is! Print out one copy for you in color, trace the words and laminate it. Then you can make copies for each of your students and have THEM trace the words, read it and even color it.
This book highlights who Cesar Chavez was and what he wanted to accomplish for Migrant Farm Workers everywhere. It also mentions Dolores Huerta.
In English and in Spanish.
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K - 1st
Then and Now Social Studies Unit and Literacy
Then and Now is a Social Studies unit based on our Essential Studies of how people and things change over time. I needed some pictures for my studies to sort. My students especially my ESL students need a picture to make connections to the lesson. Whimsy Clips made these adorable clip art pieces that was just what I needed.
I have included a Read Aloud to introduce the unit. Students will match Then and Now pictures in a pocket chart. This will make a great whole group activity as well as work
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PreK - 1st
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea fluency and comprehension leveled passage
This is a nonfiction leveled passage about Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea. There is a first grade level passage, second grade level passage and a third/above grade level passage. There is also a version of the passage that focuses on vocabulary and learning new words.
I've also included fluency trackers to record words per minute read each week. There are various levels and also a blank one in case a child reads above or below the rates given.
This can be used as homework or as a differentiated
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1st - 4th
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September 11th (9-11) Fireboat Book Study and Literature Circle Activities
This is a book study for an inspiring true story of the John J. Harvey was a retired New York City fireboat reinstated on September 11, 2001. Originally launched in 1931, the Harvey was the most powerful fireboat of her time. After the September 11 attacks, with fire hydrants at Ground Zero inoperable and the Hudson River's water supply critical to fighting the blaze, the fire department called on the Harvey for help. There were adjustments like forcing water into hoses by jamming soda bottles a
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1st - 5th
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pioneer Activities, Family Tree, Family Pictures
For those who are doing a unit on pioneers, family trees, or reading the Little House on the Prairie books, this is for you. This product is in the form of a scrapbook. Includes: the Ingalls and Wilder families family tree & pictures, 2 printable family tree pages for students to complete with their own family pictures or drawings, pictures of common objects from the past, and a nine patch quilt craftivity like Laura & Mary made in the books. This is a quilt made easily with paper squar
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PreK - 2nd
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Community Helper Cards for Work Stations
Community Helper Cards
These 12 cards are designed to be used in several ways:
After printing out, laminate for durability and then cut each picture card in ½ left to right. The children can match the top half of the community helper to the bottom half. Additionally, you can add small pieces of magnet to the back of the ½’s and the children can match the pictures on a magnetic surface.
Again, print out the pictures and laminate for durability. The children can match the community helper to
Grades:
PreK - 1st
The Knight at Dawn | Magic Tree House #2 | Lesson Plan, Quizzes, Activities
Need an engaging book companion for The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House #2)? Look no further than this 100+ page 5-day NO PREP novel study!Perfect for elementary teachers and homeschoolers alike, this resource covers pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading through cross-curricular activities. Each day's lesson plan appeals to different types of learners: curated videos (visual and auditory), chapter reading (reading), comprehension quizzes and vocabulary (writing), interactive notebook an
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1st - 3rd
Thanksgiving on Thursday | Magic Tree House #27 | Plan, Quizzes, Activities
Need an engaging book companion for Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27)? Look no further than this 100+ page 5-day NO PREP novel study!Perfect for elementary teachers and homeschoolers alike, this resource covers pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading through cross-curricular activities. Each day's lesson plan appeals to different types of learners: curated videos (visual and auditory), chapter reading (reading), comprehension quizzes and vocabulary (writing), interactive note
Grades:
1st - 3rd
All About Australia: A Country Study
Learn about the "land down under"!!Lots of information and fun facts about Australia! Set up in an informational book format so that you can focus on one topic at a time. Some of the topics include writing follow up activities to "show what you know"!Great for guided reading, literacy circles or shared reading activities!Includes Informational text about: Map of Australia Flag of Australia Australia and the Boomerang Animals of Australia Kangaroo Information Koala Information Snakes and Spider
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1st - 3rd, Staff
Also included in: Around the World ❤️ Bundle Number One
WE ARE ALL BORN FREE Book Companion about Universal Declaration of Human Rights
We Are All Born Free is a picture book of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can find a copy online, or at your local library to accompany this book companion This story is perfect for learning about human rights in a kid-friendly way. Product Details✦ Human Rights Lesson Plan✦ Discussion Questions✦ Writing Prompts about the Declaration of Human Rights✦ Inference Activity✦ Craft a Human Right ✦ Contrast Laws vs. Human Rights✦ Create a Declaration of Students' Rights ✦ We Are All Born
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1st - 3rd
Around the World Children plus Craft
Around the World Children•Australia boy color and trace the word•Fiji boy color and trace the word•Hawaii girl color and trace the word•Iran girl color and trace the word•Russia girl color and trace the word•Spain boy color and trace the word•Germany girl color and trace the word•Ghana-India-Japan-Peru-USA-China-France-Mexico-Netherlands-Turkey-Zimbabwe-Africa-Australia-Brazil-Canada-China-France-Germany-Holland-India-Italy-Japan-Mexico-Russia-Spain-England-USA (34 pages no prep)•Craft includes
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Kwanzaa Emergent Reader
This emergent reader will introduce you readers to Kwanzaa. This reader will introduce your readers to the seven symbols of Kwanzaa. It is a great addition to your Christmas Around the World/Traditions Around the World Units!
Please look at the pictures to see a sample of the pages.
Kindergarten students can use this reader to highlight sight words as the teacher reads it aloud. Older students can use this as a guided reading reader.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks!
Grades:
K - 3rd
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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