Roses for Gita Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
Provide a 26-activity book companion to accompany a read-aloud of the picture book 'Roses for Gita' by Rachna Gilmore, covering comprehension, character analysis, and creative writing.
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Provide a 26-activity book companion to accompany a read-aloud of the picture book 'Roses for Gita' by Rachna Gilmore, covering comprehension, character analysis, and creative writing.
A perspective-taking letter-writing activity where students write to characters from the story.
An early-writing project where students design and label their own food product packaging, practicing persuasive/descriptive writing, adjectives, and creative design in a real-world writing context.
Give students recognition and practice with all 220 Dolch high-frequency sight words through a bingo-style game.
A hands-on center activity where students build Dolch Primer-level sight words using printable caterpillar head and body pieces.
A hands-on center activity where students build Dolch third-grade sight words using printable caterpillar head and body pieces (product is titled 'Dolch' generically but the file itself is the Third Grade set).
A hands-on center activity where students build Dolch second-grade sight words using printable caterpillar head and body pieces.
A set of daily no-prep morning-work worksheets for August, giving 2nd/3rd graders 10-15 minutes of mixed math and language-arts review as they settle into the classroom.
A set of daily no-prep morning-work worksheets for June, giving 2nd/3rd graders 10-15 minutes of mixed math and language-arts review as they settle into the classroom.
A set of daily no-prep morning-work worksheets for January, giving 2nd/3rd graders 10-15 minutes of mixed math and language-arts review as they settle into the classroom.
A set of daily no-prep morning-work worksheets for April, giving 2nd/3rd graders 10-15 minutes of mixed math and language-arts review as they settle into the classroom.
A complete 36-week, scripted Social-Emotional Learning curriculum for Grades K-2, organized into 4 units of 9 weekly lessons each, covering feelings, friendship, sharing, kindness, respect, listening, self-control, asking for help, problem solving, gratitude, growth mindset, and safety.
A multi-activity bundle for practicing beginning place value (teen numbers through numbers to 100), usable both printed and digitally (Google Slides / Seesaw).
A UK Key Stage 1 bundle of weather and seasons teaching resources (presentations, flashcards and a project pack) covering clouds, the four seasons, and general weather topics for ages 5 to 8.
A 9-activity bundle of printable and digital (Google Slides/Seesaw) games and worksheets for practicing addition and subtraction, suited to small groups, centers, or intervention stations.
A 5-day cross-curricular unit study on killer whales (orcas) as an endangered species, combining videos (linked externally, not included), reading, worksheets, notebooking pages, and art activities to teach orca biology, behavior, habitat, and conservation status.
A set of four quick, no-prep classroom filler games covering spelling/vocabulary/word-building, place value/logic, rhyme/vocabulary, and categories/parts-of-speech/geography.
5-day no-prep unit study on rhinos as an endangered species, covering biology, habitat, threats, and conservation.
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study on the blue whale as an endangered animal, combining videos, reading, worksheets, and cross-curricular activities.
A bundle of grammar task-card sets covering multiple ELA grammar and vocabulary skills for practice in centers, small groups, or independent work.
A spelling practice bundle using a 'roll, read, and write' dice game to reinforce weekly spelling word lists aligned to the Reading Street 2nd grade curriculum units.
A bundled teacher's guide of hands-on phonics and literacy activities using physical letter tiles (for alphabet/phonics skills) and word tiles (for sentence building and grammar).
A three-part literacy resource bundle (story book, snake/spider fact summaries, and a differentiated 128-page activity booklet) built around the Sammy Snake and Sally Spider story, providing tiered reading, writing, vocabulary and comprehension activities for Prep through Year 6.
A 36-week, no-prep grade 2 reading comprehension curriculum pairing a short fiction or nonfiction passage each week with vocabulary practice, comprehension questions, and an open-ended writing prompt, plus a full answer key and teacher's guide.