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6th grade balanced literacy thematic unit plans
Ocean Animal Lap Book and Research Project
I know your students will love this project as much as mine have!
This project will allow your students to learn about research and report writing in a fun and engaging way that is not overwhelming.
Included you will find all pieces to be included in the lapbook:
Daily step by step plans
Example pictures for all components
Everything you need to create a lap book with:
-Guess My Animal Riddle
-Food Chain Flip Book
-Life Cycle Expandable Book
-Interesting Facts Cards and Pocket
-Research Re
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2nd - 6th
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The City of Ember Novel Study, Comprehension and Graphic Organizers
This novel study is the perfect companion to The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Students will use the reading response activities to boost understanding, show their comprehension, and engage with the book in different ways. It incorporates different aspects of reading, including comprehending, inferring, making connections, questioning, summarizing, evaluating, and synthesizing. Comprehension questions are included for each couple of chapters of this novel. These can be used as written activiti
Grades:
4th - 8th
Character Traits Unit for Upper Elementary and Middle School
This resource includes a reading unit to teach character traits to upper elementary students. This character traits reading unit includes, reading response examples, mini lessons, interactive notebooks pages, genre reading posters, rubrics, and assessments. This unit part of a Genre, Theme, and Character Traits unit BUNDLE for upper gradesThis unit includes everything you need to teach {and dig deeper!} character traits in middle grades (4th-8th). As an upper grade teacher, I often find that I a
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Theme Unit Character Traits Unit and Genre Unit Bundle for Middle Grades
Wonder Adapted Novel Study for SPED
This is a full adapted unit for the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio. This unit is perfect for a special education or life skills class and has everything you need for reading and writing for 6-7 weeks. The novel study includes a character reference sheet, character description activity, character foldable, plot activity with three levels of support, and journal writing prompts with three levels of support. Additionally each part in the book has a fill in the blank activity with three levels of supp
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Secret Path - Full Unit
This unit has been built with PEARDECK but it is not necessary to use the extension to be able to use the unit (just an added bonus). The resource will stand alone without the application. There are 124 slides with questions, activites, videos, and learning goals and connected links to be used with each song/video from Gord Downie's The Secret Path. **FYI the lesson for Shin-Chi's Canoe is not included in the full unit as it is prior learning to The Secret Path - you can buy the lesson here**
Grades:
5th - 9th
The Secret Garden Novel Unit Plan and Extension Activities
A complete student journal full of comprehension, student responses, writing activities, research activities, and extension activities for The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Chapter-specific student responses for every chapter!
Create a packet or print individual pages as you need them!
Many extension activities to choose from at the end!
See the preview to see what all is included and get sample pages!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Personal Narrative Unit (Calkins 3-5)
Packet of student pages to be used with Lucy Calkins' personal narratvies lessons 1-8. Easy brainstorming forms that directly match the mini lessons. Great for grades 3-6. Email me if any edits are needed!
*** Now updated with an outline of mini lessons!
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3rd - 6th
Grade 5 & 6 Ignited Literacy Reading/Writing - ONTARIO Curriculum OCTOBER
DescriptionEver wondered how to get your students to love reading and writing? Love Genius Hour or need a differentiated approach that gives students more voice and choice in what they read and write. Keep students engaged in writing all year long while meeting curriculum standards. ⭐ Ignited Literacy is your answer ⭐Use research-based strategies for teaching writing including → gradual release of responsibility→ student led inquiry→ teaching spelling and grammar in context→ using mentor texts→
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5th - 6th
BUNDLE: Guided Reading High Interest Passages & CCSS Aligned Activities
This BUNDLE includes the very popular HIGH INTEREST READING PASSAGES for Famous Failures, Extreme Sports, Amazing Animals, Amazing Attractions, and Extreme Jobs. THIS BUNDLE IS COMPLETE WITH THESE 5 EDITIONS!These are available for individual purchase or save 27% with the bundle.Vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, grammar, spelling, and sequencing activities for each passage. These HIGH INTEREST reading passages are geared toward grade level students and older students reading at a lower leve
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2nd - 8th
Endangered Species Unit: Primate Lesson Plan
HUGE endangered species unit with science, readings, math, geography, masks, power points, take action posters, info chart, and more!
Through extensive interdisciplinary activities, students raise their awareness of environmental issues and what they can do to spread awareness about endangered species. Using science, balanced literacy, math, geography, art, oral and written communication skills, students learn about real world problems involving endangered species—and how to find creative solut
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3rd - 6th
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Novel Study
This unofficial novel study booklet is designed to be used with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, written by J.K. Rowling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.Perfectly designed for your classroom or at home learning, this comprehensive novel study includes:1) Chapter Questions for each chapter, including questions on Main Idea, Recalling Facts, Making Inferences, and Vocabulary.2) Student Tracker page 3) Bonus activities to use throughout the novel4) Final Project5) Answer Key
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5th - 8th
Constitution of the United States - Readers' Theater
This two-part readers' theater script teaches students about the importance and history of the United States Constitution. Students will have fun while they are learning about this important historical document. A set of task cards are included that require students to use higher-level thinking skills. There is also an internet research activity included.
Get this script , Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence all for $5.00 in my Important Documents Readers' Theater
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If
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Mental Health: The Impact of Social Media
this is a 3 day unit that deals with the impact of social media on mental health with a specific focus on teenagers. The unit deals with:- The pros and cons of social media- Algorithms and marketing from social media companies- The Neuroscience behind what social media can do to our brains- Critical thinking and strategies we can use to limit and control our social media use. With regards to material, there are several videos, discussions, debates, and articles that pertain to the above topics,
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5th - 12th
Narrative Writing with Story Elements
Incorporating story elements into narrative writing is a great way to reinforce character, setting, plot, conflict. Students will draw slips to get their character and setting and then write the plot of their narrative and identify the conflict.
What's Included in the Unit?
-Character Slips
-Setting Slips
-SBWST(Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then) plot sheets
- Pre-Writing graphic organizers
-The Writing Process posters (colored and a b/w version)
Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Genre Posters
This download contains 8 reading genre posters:
~Realistic Fiction
~Non-Fiction
~Biography
~Autobiography
~Fantasy
~Science Fiction
~Historical Fiction
~Poetry
The posters contain colorful designs and feature actual book covers to engage readers!
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3rd - 8th
50 States Project - an upper-elementary research project
a 5-6 week reserach project your students will actually WANT to do. Great for high fourth grade-6th grade classrooms. Covers standards RI.7, RI.9, W.2, W.4, W.6, W.7, W.8, W.9 and SL4Includes 14 different projects that come together to create a large poster showcasing student work. Also included: editable parent letter, and editable luncheon invite to encourage parent participation and involvement when the projects are over.STANDARDS BASED RUBRICS included for easy grading.Projects involve VERY
Grades:
4th - 6th
Lightning Thief Literature Study - Common Core Aligned
This is a literature study for Rick Riordin's The Lightning Thief. It contains a teacher guide and student notebook.
The teacher guide includes teaching notes for each chapter as well as an answer guide for the student notebook.
Activities in the student notebook directly align with Common Core ELA standards. 4th grade standards are listed with each task, but these can easily be adapted to 5th or 6th grade standards. Both Literature and Informational standards are addressed.
The student g
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4th - 6th
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Grade 5/6 Ignited Literacy JANUARY {Pack 5} Spiralled Junior Literacy Program
Ever wondered how to get your students to love reading and writing? Love Genius Hour or need a differentiated approach that gives students more voice and choice in what they read and write? Keep students engaged in writing all year long while meeting curriculum standards. ⭐ Ignited Literacy is your answer ⭐Use research-based strategies for teaching writing including → gradual release of responsibility→ student led inquiry→ teaching spelling and grammar in context→ using mentor texts→ teacher co
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5th - 6th
Project Proposal Form for Kids- Shark Tank STEAM Writing Task
Use this PROJECT PROPOSAL form with your students to have them come up with a creative, innovative invention that they would propose on a Shark Tank episode. Their project goal is to become financially successful with their new innovative idea and the first step is to complete this proposal form. This activity leads into a Persuasive Writing Unit where they will have to convince these "shark-tank" investors (the teachers) that their project should be invested in.
We are going to invite the ad
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Grade 5/6 Ignited Literacy MARCH {Pack 7} Spiralled Junior Literacy Program
Ever wondered how to get your students to love reading and writing? Love Genius Hour or need a differentiated approach that gives students more voice and choice in what they read and write? Keep students engaged in writing all year long while meeting curriculum standards. ⭐ Ignited Literacy is your answer ⭐Use research-based strategies for teaching writing including → gradual release of responsibility→ student led inquiry→ teaching spelling and grammar in context→ using mentor texts→ teacher co
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5th - 6th
Book Tasting
A book tasting bistro activity perfect for the primary grades! Literacy, math and décor for an all day event!!In a book tasting students are able to “taste” new book genres, book authors, and book types to expand their reading interests. Students stay engaged in reading and get familiar with a wide variety of genres. As an extra bonus, they get to practice Read to Self and find good fit books. At the end of the tasting, they end with a list of books that they can't wait to read. Additional ma
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PreK - 8th
Grade 5/6 Ignited Literacy FEBRUARY {Pack 6} Spiralled Junior Literacy Program
Ever wondered how to get your students to love reading and writing? Love Genius Hour, or need a differentiated approach that gives students more voice and choice in what they read and write? Keep students engaged in writing all year long while meeting curriculum standards. ⭐ Ignited Literacy is your answer ⭐→ Use research based strategies for teaching writing including → Gradual release of responsibility→ Student led inquiry→ Teaching spelling and grammar in context→ Using mentor texts→ Te
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Grade 5/6 Ignited Literacy DECEMBER {Pack 4} Spiralled Junior Literacy Program
Ever wondered how to get your students to love reading and writing? Love Genius Hour or need a differentiated approach that gives students more voice and choice in what they read and write. Keep students engaged in writing all year long while meeting curriculum standards. ⭐ Ignited Literacy is your answer ⭐Use research based strategies for teaching writing including → gradual release of responsibility→ student led inquiry→ teaching spelling and grammar in context→ using mentor texts→ teach
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Grades:
5th - 6th
A Long Walk To Water BUNDLE Chapter Reviews 1 - 18 + NINE (9) ACTIVITIES
Novel Study: A Long Walk To Water BUNDLE Chapter Reviews 1 - 18 + NINE (9) ACTIVITIES (Literature, Novel, ELA, Linda Sue Park, Digital, Interactive)This BUNDLE is an excellent & engaging compliment to the novel, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park. This bundle includes over 30 days of activities (9 Chapter Reviews and readings) PLUS a 5 day literature circle mini-unit (5 stories)This Month’s Features:A Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkLiterature Circle Mini-Unit, Guidin
Grades:
6th - 8th
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