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1st grade U.S. History literature circles
Seaman Novel Study Questions (The Dog Who Explored with Lewis and Clark)
Are you studying Westward Expansion? This product would be a great addition to your unit! This is a packet of discussion questions for the novel, Seaman. Seaman is a novel about a dog that traveled out West with Lewis and Clark to discover the Pacific Ocean.
It would be a great way to enhance Social Studies standard: SS4H6 The student will explain westward expansion of America between 1801 and 1861 as well as cover the Common Core Literature standards for grades 3-5.
This packet include
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1st - 7th
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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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
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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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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Joe Biden Foldable Emergent Reader ~Color & B&W~ PLUS Printable
Are you teaching your emergent readers about our 46th president Joe Biden?Would you like THEM to be able to read an informational book about our 46th President with pride & confidence?How about a printable that details facts from the book- teaching students how to reference back into a book for information?Look no further! You are all set with a reader about our current President of the United States! There is even a 'fun fact' page about Kamala Harris!Use it during President's Day and/or w
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K - 2nd
Mini-Guide for Beginners: Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
This is a two-week literature guide for the book titled Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, by Peter and Connie Roop. The book relates the exciting true story of a 17-year-old girl who kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a dangerous storm.Some used copies of a biography about Abbie for older students are available: The Original Biography of Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Heroine Information from this biography is included in the guide for Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. For example, readers of the bio
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1st - 3rd
Giving Thanks The 1621 Harvest Feast Thanksgiving Book Study
This book study resource was created to accompany the book Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast, written by Kate Waters. It is filled with engaging reading comprehension activities, compare and contrast activities, and writing prompts. Please note that the book is not included and must be purchased separately.
Here’s what you’ll find inside:
• Vocabulary Printable - Includes six vocabulary words with definitions and pictures. Great for pre-teaching vocab!
• Character Stick Puppet Printabl
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1st - 3rd
Magic Tree House TONIGHT ON THE TITANIC Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
I also have Discussion Cards for the non-fiction research guide, Titanic.Rationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think d
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1st - 3rd
Mini-Guide for Beginners: Dust for Dinner
This is a two-week literature guide for the book titled Dust for Dinner, by Ann Turner. This book relates the story of children named Jake and Maggy who lived in the Dust Bowl.The mini-guide contains ten sections; the guide includes:prepare to read activitiestalk about the storyreading activities – Students will: fill in blanks in sentences, form conclusions from illustrations, predict/verify predictions, observe, identify compound words, read/memorize a poem, and complete a sentence. Students
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1st - 3rd
Balto, The Bravest Dog Who Ever Lived, The True Story Of Balto - Lapbook
It is the year 1925, and in the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, people were facing a diphtheria epidemic. Two children are very sick, and others could be soon. The nearest hospital was 700 miles away and the train bringing the medicine can’t get through the deep snow. Twenty-one dogsled teams would take turns carrying the medicine from Anchorage to Nome and the hero of all the dogs was Balto. Students love this book!
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1st - 4th
Mini-Guide for Beginners: The Long Way Westward
This is a two-week literature study for the book titled The Long Way Westward, by Joan Sandin. In this historical fiction book, Carl Erik and his family continue their journey (that began in Sweden) westward -- from New York to Minnesota. Note: Most mini-guides for beginners are for 1st-3rd graders, but this guide is for 2nd-4th graders because those are the levels that are stated on the front of the book. The book can also be read aloud to younger students. This guide includes:preparing
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K - 4th
Mini-Guide for Beginners: The Bravest Dog Ever -- The True Story of Balto
This is a two-week literature guide for the book titled The Bravest Dog Ever -- The True Story of Balto, by Natalie Standiford. In this book, Balto helps carry medicine for very sick children in Alaska.This mini-guide contains: pre-reading and during reading questions and activitiesprepare to readtalk about the storyreading activities -- Students will: work on maps, create a list, write a newspaper headline, create and play a review board game, compare/contrast, and match numbers with descripti
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1st - 3rd
Read the Rainbow 2022/2023 curated homeschool & educator booklist recommendation
In this booklist you'll receive over 60 titles of hand selected, vetted by me, and kid approved books for our 2022/2023 homeschool season. Each section comes with my kids' top two favorites, should you find it hard when making a decision between certain books, as well as an overview of why I picked and paired this collection of books for my homeschooled children. Books that I felt needed a warning or graphic label have them marked next to the book to hopefully leave you with no surprises. This c
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Rosa Parks by Kitson Jazynka - National Geographic Kids Reader
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Rosa Parks by Kitson Jazynka. This document contains six worksheets for students.This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 3 however we understand that some levels differ depending on the country where the text is published.The activities allow the students to reinforce their understanding of the life of Rosa Parks by completing activities that work with this text. There are compre
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Rosa Parks Book Bundle - Worksheets for 3 Books
Clara and the Bookwagon by Nancy Smiler Levinson - 8 Worksheets
This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Clara and the Bookwagon by Nancy Smiler Levinson and Carolyn Croll.The activities are broken up into four sections which are:- On the Farm- A Trip to Town- The Black Wagon- Books for ClaraThe activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are eight worksheets, two for each section. This resource has been designed in this manner as this is th
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1st - 4th
Magic Tree House REVOLUTIONARY WAR ON WEDNESDAY Discussion Cards (W/Answer Key)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the text and take their
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1st - 3rd
Mini-Guide for Beginners: Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
This is a two-week literature guide for the book titled Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express, by Eleanor Coerr. In this book, 15-year-old Bill becomes one of the best riders on the Pony Express.This mini-guide contains ten sections; the guide includes:prepare to readvocabulary activitiestalk about the storyreading activities – Students will: add endings to base words, act like a character, identify items in an illustration, work on a map, create a flip book, put sentences in correct order, follow
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1st - 3rd
George Washington and the Cherry Tree
This is a poem about our first president and the cherry tree. I took the poem and turned it into a book and matched pictures to help students be able to get a mental image of the poem. I printed this on cardstock, laminated the pages and then bound the pages together to create the book. My students LOVED this book so much I ended up printing additional copies to put in our class library for them. I was even able to tie this poem not only into social studies/history, and poetry but also into
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K - 2nd
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Mini-Guide for Beginners: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
This is a two-week literature guide for the book titled Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express, by Margaret K. Wetterer. The book relates the true story of Kate's resourcefulness and courage. The mini-guide contains ten sections; the guide includes: prepare to read activitiesvocabulary exercisestalk about the story questionsreading activities – Students will: describe the illustrations, act out action words, write short phrases, write two-word sentences, draw hands on a clock, put sentences in
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1st - 3rd
Who Were The Wright Brothers? A novel study with extra project extensions!
This set is great for incorporating all subject areas into your literacy study on the Wright Brothers!
Included:
1 graphic organizer for setting, them, problem, solution
1 graphic organizer for character analysis
1 compare and contrast graphic organizer
1 self to text connection page
1 cause and effect page
2 vocabulary pages
1 fact and opinion page
1 authors purpose and my opinion page
2 multiple choice comprehension pages
2 open response comprehension pages
1 page of descriptions for extensio
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1st - 4th
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Mini-Guide for Beginners: Snowshoe Thompson
This is a two-week literature guide for the book titled Snowshoe Thompson, by Nancy M. Levinson. In this book, John Thompson helps Danny get a letter to his father during the Gold Rush.The mini-guide contains ten sections; the guide includes: prepare to readvocabulary exercisesdiscussion questions (talk about the story)reading activities: prediction, setting, compound words, similes, onomatopoeia, declarative/interrogative/exclamatory sentences, write a letter, sequence, formulating conclusion,
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1st - 3rd
Thanksgiving Poems: Pilgrims
Three original Thanksgiving poems about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower for shared reading and Literacy Centers during the holidays. Also good for fluency practice, newsletters and bulletin boards!
Find these and other poems here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Poetry-Corner
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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K - 5th
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