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Other (social studies) Common Core RL.4.6 resources
Novel Study: Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell
Complete with vocabulary and question stems for each chapter, this novel study provides a complete analysis of Scott O'Dell's "Black Star, Bright Dawn" using a variety of reading strategies including cause/effect, character analysis, context clues, problem/solution, sequencing, etc. Also included throughout the unit are reading graphic organizers, mini lessons on map skills, and a project students complete on Edmodo. Accounts for students on Edmodo can easily be set up on edmodo.com for FREE.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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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
Also included in:Â A Bundle of Andrew Clements' School Stories: 16 Novel Studies by Jean Martin
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET-Matt De LaPena - READING LESSONS/EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
The Teacher's Guide for Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña is a comprehensive resource designed to enhance the reading experience for students. It offers a detailed breakdown of the book's themes, characters, and literary elements, making it an ideal tool for educators to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions. The guide includes a variety of extension activities that encourage critical thinking, creativity, and social awareness. From exploring the story's messages about communit
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Blank H Comparison Chart
This blank H Chart is used to compare to topics or things and tell how they are different in the long sections and how they are the same in the middle. Another version of a VENN DIAGRAM. Ideas for use: Compare two literary characters, two historical figures, two events in history, two topics in science, etc. This is a multi use product that could be used in groups or independently. Hope you enjoy!Growing Giggles
Grades:
1st - 12th
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My Name is Sangoel Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for a read aloud or for a guided reading, literature circle or novel study for My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadia Mohammed and illustrated by Catherine Stock. The book's illustrations greatly add to the text in describing Sangoel's feelings and challenges. This is a great resource to help students in classrooms/schools have compassion for their classmates who are refugees and/or adjusting to a new culture. Other themes are identity and belonging, m
Grades:
1st - 4th
Lucky Broken Girl Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar. The themes of this historical fiction based on the author's childhood are: immigration and refugees, family, friendship, hardships, and school. This lit log can be used as a guide for a read aloud or for direct reading instruction (guided reading group, literature circle, or novel study). It is also a great book to be used as part of a history/social studies unit and/or a discussion on immigration/refugees. It can be used for
Grades:
4th - 7th
Front Desk Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log by MrsDsEducationalTools for Front Desk by Kelly Yang This is a realistic fiction written from the point of view of a fifth-grade girl who recently moved with her parents from China to America. Themes include: immigration, prejudice, tolerance, racism, bullying, poverty, multicultural, Asian American, family, and friends. The key focus skills of the lit log are:- use text to explain/draw inferences- determine theme/summarize- describe/compare/contrast/analyze character
Grades:
4th - 7th
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm Novel Guide Financial Literacy
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm Novel Guide Financial Literacy & Language Arts. This resource perfectly blends foundational principles of economics, cost and benefit, job market, scarcity, cost-benefit analysis, bartering, needs and wants, consumers and producers with language arts of this immersive and highly engaging elementary novel. Another wonderful novel by Jennifer L. Holm that teaches foundational principles of economics. This novel is engaging and a yearly re-read. This resourc
Grades:
3rd - 6th
One Thousand Tracings Timeline Activity
This activity asks students to arrange events in order based on the book "One Thousand Tracings" by Lita Judge. This is a great activity for teaching both point of view/or narrator's effect, as well as teaching timeline skills. I've also included the family tree diagram I made to post on the board while my students complete the activity, as well as an answer key for the teacher or for students to self-assess.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Vanishing Colors (Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen/Akin Duzakin) Discussion Guide
Discuss Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen and Akin Duzakin's picture book Vanishing Colors in your classroom, library, or other setting. Arranged by Common Core literature standards, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's themes. Thematic connections include refugees, war, hope, and the importance of community. About Vanishing Colors: As a young girl and her mother take shelter for the night in their war-torn city, the whole world appears muted and da
Grades:
K - 4th
A Story Like the Wind (Gill Lewis/Jo Weaver) Novella Discussion Guide
Guide a classroom, library, book club, or other discussion of this masterful novella about refugees and the power of hope. Arranged by Common Core standards and written by acclaimed author Karen Lynn Williams, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's themes.About A Story Like the Wind: Rami is in a small dinghy filled with strangers, all of them refugees seeking a safe harbor. But with no motor, no oars, and a rising tide, their situation looks
Grades:
4th - 9th
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The Verdigris Pawn, Curriculum and Reading Guide
The Verdigris Pawn, by Alysa Wishingrad, a 2021 JLG Gold Standard Selection, is an upper middle-grade fantasy novel that explores issues around power, privilege, and social justice. Use this guide to facilitate meaningful conversations and deepen the reader’s engagement around the issues, or power, politics, social structure, and class structure. The questions and extension activities are designed to prompt middle school readers to explore the world of the book as well as their own lives ex
Grades:
4th - 8th
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