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Common Core RL.4.5 resources for Gifted and Talented
Poetry Unit with Fun Lessons and Activities for Introducing Poetry
Exploring Poetry: Tools for Teaching Kids to Read and Understand Poetry is a 2-part poetry unit with lessons and activities for introducing poetic devices, analyzing poetry, and interpreting poetry. The first part of the poetry unit includes a collection of activities for introducing the basic elements of poetry, and the second part is devoted to reading and responding to poetry. Students begin by exploring the structure and elements of poetry, including the meanings of eight common poetic devic
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Poetry Unit Bundle - Lessons, Activities, Printables, Boom Cards and Webinar
"Theme Park" Book Report For Any Novel, Step-by-step Directions!
No-prep, Book Report to Celebrate Any Novel! After reading any novel, your students will create a theme park based on their novel's overall theme using the guidelines included with this resource.With this project, your students will take an in-depth look at the theme and main ideas of their novel to create their exciting theme park. The students will be responsible for turning in their ride descriptors, planning sheets and complete "Theme Park Guide" to handout to their visitors as they enter
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4th - 6th
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor Novel Study
This novel study of Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the foll
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3rd - 6th
Some Places More Than Others Novel Study
This novel study of Some Places More Than Ever by Renee Watson is divided into 6 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 6 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comp
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3rd - 6th
"Susanna's Midnight Ride" Novel Study (Depth and Complexity Icons)
"Susanna's Midnight Ride" tells the story of Susanna's Bolling's daring ride that saved the Revolutionary War. This novel study uses the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan's Depth and Complexity Icons to help students dig deeper in to the book. The attached document includes an answer key at the end. This book is used as a companion to Wit and Wisdom's 3rd Module: The Redcoats are Coming. Each chapter includes new vocabulary and a series of questions.
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4th - 6th
Historical Fiction Book Club for ANY Historical Fiction Book
This complete book club set includes all the components you need to run historical fiction book clubs in your classroom from START to FINISH! Get students interested in how a setting actually plays a role within the text and allow them to think about a text creatively, analytically and critically.
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Lesson Ideas
5 Assignments
Group Project
Individual Reflections
Discussion Chips
Discussion Cards
Discussion Notes Recording Sheet
TAG Feedback
Book Review
Assignment Rubric
Project Rubric
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4th - 6th
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The Chocolate Touch Novel Study {Common Core Standards Assessments}
This Chocolate Touch novel study is based on Common Core Standards. Standards assessments include question stems that will be seen on state assessments. Each assessment covers three to four chapters and include selected response and constructed response.The assessment questions can be used as comprehension checks, guided reading discussion questions, center activities, homework, use during reading to take notes, teach close reading and writing constructed response answers. Unit also includes the
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3rd - 4th
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BINGO: Figures of Speech Challenging and Fun
WHIZ... POP... Bang... Sweet sorrow, happy school days, we are ready for an easy task!
Ready for a break from those worksheets? Let's play a game! This activity can be used as study for test prep too.
Everyone is a winner as we all will learn while bonding, laughing and learning. Reinforcing the concept and identification of Figures of Speech that students have been learning since grade 3 with a game of traditional BINGO.
Ten BINGO cards contain 8 different figures of speech: Alliteration, Hyp
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3rd - 10th
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The Tale of Despereaux Common Core Novel Study
This literature unit was created using Common Core Standards.
Chapter quizzes cover three to four chapters with 8-10 questions per quiz. Questions include multiple choice and constructed response questions. These are designed to help students with spring assessment questions.
The unit also contains a final 10 questions assessment. This includes multiple choice and constructed response.
Additional activities are designed for interactive notebooks.
Character Analysis
Compare/Contrast
Storyb
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3rd - 5th
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A Wrinkle In Time - Novel Study, Skill Practice, and Gifted Enrichment
A novel study for the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. This novel study is perfect if you are teaching a population that needs rigorous instruction with the novel, A Wrinkle In Time. Everything inside this resource was designed to be taught in a full-time gifted magnet school classroom. The novel study packet includes 16 pages, with vocabulary and high-order thinking questions for each chapter, and an analysis page every three chapters to promote student discourse. The supplemental r
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4th - 8th
Stay A Novel Study By Bobbie Pyron
This novel study of Stay by Bonnie Pyron is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comprehension questionsVoc
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3rd - 6th
4th Grade ELA Bilingual Leveled Proficiency Scale Posters - Differentiation
Fill your bilingual word wall with learning objectives! Whether you teach ELL, ESL, Spanish Immersion, or just want to communicate better with your Spanish-Speaking students; these bilingual posters will give you the exact language you need to keep your students engaged in content while they master English. These poster pages present Learning Goals and Scales aligned to a growth mindset and the Common Core Math standards, as well as Florida and most states. Inspired by Marzano's research in “The
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4th
4th Grade ELA Leveled Reading Assessment 4RL1 Differentiation Proficiency Scale
If your school requires Proficiency Scales, Standards Based Grading, or evaluates based on Marzano Framework, this product will save you weeks of work! These pages present Learning Goals and Scales with concrete problems to prove mastery at every level. These Leveled Assessments create a clear goal for you and your students. They perfectly support a growth mindset model, and make differentiation planning easy! Download the FREE PREVIEW to try for yourself! Help students by allowing them to REVI
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3rd - 5th
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The Mystwick School of Musicraft Novel Study
This novel study of The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the following
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3rd - 6th
I Believe in Myself! Self-Confidence SEL Skills (3rd-5th)
Do you need strategies to teach self-confidence? Start your year with a fun, empowering activity that leads the way to self-respect. With this key, you have the tools to teach self-confidence and the map that leads to a caring classroom community that supports others in discovering and developing their own potential! This unit includes four lessons that help kids think creatively about their talents and abilities as a hidden treasure inside them. Every classroom can benefit from using these
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3rd - 5th
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Poetry Break! - No Prep Poetry Mini-Unit - Distance Learning - Google and PDF
Great for distance learning! This resource has been fully updated in 2021 to include Google Slides versions of all the student sheets!Celebrate Valentine's Day with poetry! This Poetry Break! features three poems - two by Christina Rossetti and one by Robert Frost. All deal with the theme of love in an approachable way that is totally appropriate for 3rd - 6th graders. Each poem has suggestions for teaching and analysis, helping you put together a lesson on the fly - just print and teach or
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3rd - 6th
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Black Brother, Black Brother Novel Study
This novel study of Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewel Parker Rhodes is divided into 6 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 6 sections. Each section includes the followin
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3rd - 6th
Poetry Anthology Project
An independent poetry project packet for students to complete with little teacher support, perfect for early finishers and self-directed learners! This packet can also be adapted for whole class or small group instruction to support students that need more direct instruction. Students will complete 6 "sessions," creating their own poems with explicit examples and organizers to help them. To complete this project independently, students will need to know how to use a thesaurus and have access to
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3rd - 7th
Poetry Structure Leveled Practice
This product is a great way to assess your students' mastery of Common Core Standard RL4.5. And what is even better is that differentiation is built into the product!
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3 different activities that each build upon the next; however they are not all required in order to assess your students.
-Part One will give you the basic data you need to see if your stud
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4th
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Readers Theatre: St. Patrick's Day Play: Molly Malone
Just in time for St Patrick's day, here is a charming Readers' Theatre adaptation of the Irish folk song, Molly Malone. You can treat it as Readers' Theatre or you can even stage a performance of it. A fantastic way to celebrate the St Patrick's Day holiday while strengthening reading fluency and comprehension.
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4th - 7th
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Artistic Extensions for a Book Study
Are you tired of Book Reports? This outline provides your students with four artistic extensions that allow them to share their understanding of any novel they are reading in a creative and 3 dimensional manner. ABC booklets, mobiles, sculptures, and cubes tap into higher level thinking skills. Get those brains working!
You can tap into the oral presentations as well when the students share their personal projects.
Choice is key and students love to pick and choose a project to highlight their
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4th - 8th
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Book Madness Unit Kit
Want to engage your students this March in Book Madness? This NO PREP kit has everything you need to get going!Bulletin Board Kit with guiding postersWorkbook with specific pages for each round of your "tournament"Example picture to help you set up your own "jumbo-bracket"This unit can be used across grades and across any genre of books. Use with your homeroom class or several classes; use for picture books or chapter books; use for physical books or online read-alouds!
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2nd - 5th
Reading Literature Enrichment Choice Board
This is great for distance learning, a station, or homework. Students choose from a menu of reading literature activities. Choices include, drama, poetry, plot, and setting.
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3rd - 5th
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Turkey Poem
Thanksgiving celebration, turkey and reading fun make this holiday poem a great week of Thanksgiving treat that is both enjoyable and instructive. Students have to figure out where the name of the animal is hidden in the poem, and the name appears three times. They have to figure out that the animal is a turkey!
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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