Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant Book Companion & Read Aloud Activities
A 37-activity print-and-go book companion for the picture book 'Scarecrow' by Cynthia Rylant, covering reading comprehension, literary analysis, vocabulary, and creative response.
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A 37-activity print-and-go book companion for the picture book 'Scarecrow' by Cynthia Rylant, covering reading comprehension, literary analysis, vocabulary, and creative response.
Full 5-lesson candy-themed reading comprehension series: differentiated passages (Grades 2-3 and 4-5) on candy types, flavors, shapes/colors, ingredients and fun facts, each followed by comprehension, vocabulary and writing activities.
A speaking/conversation board game to build oral fluency by having students answer clothing-related discussion questions as they move around the board.
A set of three earth-science reading-comprehension lessons on natural resources, ocean exploration, and ocean resources, each combining an informational passage with comprehension questions. Editable Word version of the same resource.
Provides teacher-facing guided-reading lesson plans and discussion/activity materials (pre-reading questions, during-reading prompts, vocabulary, writing and discussion questions) to accompany a companion set of 6 short nonfiction reading passages on the theme of birds; the passages themselves are sold/downloaded separately and are not included in this file.
A context clues reading activity that uses rap song lyrics recounting the real-world development history of Disney's Frozen movie (based on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen') as the reading passage for vocabulary practice.
This is a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Literacy + Math Activity . On the first page, students will write their name and color the letters in their name. On the second page, students will count the coconuts and write how many.
Delivery/access page for the Google Forms format of the full 5-lesson 'Birthday' differentiated reading comprehension bundle; the actual quiz/lesson content lives in 5 separate linked Google Forms, not in this PDF.
An activity packet introducing elementary students to basic computer and internet literacy concepts (hardware/software, input/output, how the internet and search engines work, online safety) through reading passages, reading-response worksheets, and a guided internet research activity.
Free single-lesson sample of a candy-themed reading comprehension resource: two differentiated passages on candy types followed by comprehension, vocabulary and writing activities.
Provide a conversational board game that gets ESL/EFL students talking about farm life and country living topics
Differentiated reading comprehension lesson on a birthday theme (one lesson sample from a larger themed series), with fillable digital answer boxes, covering vocabulary-in-context, multiple choice, short response, summarizing, and a math word problem.
A single-topic 'chapter slice' reading-comprehension and activity resource teaching physical changes of matter, drawn from the publisher's larger 'Properties of Matter' workbook (CCP4504).
Provides teacher-facing guided-reading lesson plans and discussion/activity materials (pre-reading questions, during-reading prompts, vocabulary, writing and discussion questions) to accompany a companion set of 6 short fiction reading passages on the theme of sports; the passages themselves are sold/downloaded separately and are not included in this file.
Provides teacher-facing guided-reading lesson plans and discussion/activity materials (pre-reading questions, during-reading prompts, vocabulary, writing and discussion questions) to accompany a companion set of 6 short nonfiction reading passages on the theme of insects; the passages themselves are sold/downloaded separately and are not included in this…
Delivery/access page for the Google Forms format of the 'Birthday Fun' differentiated reading comprehension lesson (one lesson sample from a larger themed series); the actual quiz/lesson content lives in a linked Google Form, not in this PDF.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Climbing my Grandfather' by Andrew Waterhouse, covering meaning, language and structure, using an extended climbing metaphor for a grandfather-grandchild relationship.
A set of three earth-science reading-comprehension lessons on natural resources, ocean exploration, and ocean resources, each combining an informational passage with comprehension questions. Standard worksheet-format PDF (single combined document rather than the separate 'Presentable' slide-style files of the sibling product).
A high school life-skills/personal-finance lesson teaching students how the Canada Pension Plan and US Social Security retirement programs work, so they can compare the two systems and calculate contribution amounts.
A Common Core-aligned full-day substitute teacher plan for 4th grade built around a 'Heroes' theme, combining reading, social studies/character education, writing, and math activities for a sub or regular teacher to run a complete school day.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scenes 2 and 3 (see internal_notes: the catalog title/slug claims Scenes 4 and 5), framed around the theme of sexism/gender inequality.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scenes 3 and 4 (Lady Capulet raising marriage with Juliet, and Romeo/Mercutio/Benvolio en route to the Capulet feast), framed around the theme of innocence.
Digital slide deck (Google Slides/PowerPoint) of sight-word discrimination drills intended to accompany/bridge with the commercial Edmark Reading Program Level 1, for special education, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
A peer-quizzing card game that reinforces reading exponential expressions by identifying the base and exponent, using a sheltered-language sentence-frame strategy.