Dry Spell | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck
Teach the figurative-language idiom 'dry spell' through an audio-supported reading passage, close-reading questions, and a quick-write/fill-in-the-blank activity.
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Teach the figurative-language idiom 'dry spell' through an audio-supported reading passage, close-reading questions, and a quick-write/fill-in-the-blank activity.
A single-topic 'chapter slice' workbook on Packaging, excerpted from the 'Waste Management: At the Source' series, providing a reading-comprehension passage plus hands-on activity, crossword, word search, and quiz on that one waste-management topic.
Build student understanding of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' -- its characters, plot, and themes of love, magic, and dreams vs. reality -- through a 90-minute interactive lesson.
Teaches Ancient China history (geography, dynasties, social hierarchy) through reading passages and follow-up activities.
Foldable mini-books for practicing reading and writing words in the -ack end-digraph word family (e.g., pack, crack, tack, track, sack, quack, stack, shack, snack, black).
A 116-page literacy intervention packet of 11 differentiated activities for teaching uppercase, lowercase, and mixed-case letter identification, designed for small groups, interventions, or centers.
Cross-curricular resource combining biography reading (social studies/ELA) with code-cracking math practice, covering Amelia Earhart, Martin Luther King Jr., and Marie Curie.
A single-topic 'chapter slice' workbook on Post-Consumer Waste, excerpted from the 'Waste Management: At the Source' series, providing a reading-comprehension passage plus hands-on activity, crossword, word search, and quiz on that one waste-management topic.
Independent work booklet teaching a third set of action-verb vocabulary, including social/behavioral verbs, through a series of literacy and critical-thinking activities.
Practice letter A recognition through a dot-marker activity themed on the phrase 'A is for Apple'.
A large interactive reading-strategies notebook for third grade covering multiple reading skills (e.g. main idea and details) through anchor-chart-style pages and fill-in-the-blank practice versions.
Reading-comprehension and activity unit on Light and Sound for grades 1-5, part of the Classroom Complete Press 'Hands-On' science series (single-topic chapter excerpt of a larger multi-topic book).
Clock labels for reading analog time in 5-minute increments (o'clock, quarter past, half past, quarter to) plus accompanying practice worksheets, in a pastel rainbow classroom decor theme.
A reading-instruction presentation (Day 22 of a 'First 21 Days' -- actually a later add-on day -- lesson series) introducing text structures, built around a graphic organizer/thinking map format.
A 9-exhibit gallery-walk activity teaching American imperialism from 1860-1920 through primary and secondary sources, political cartoons, and text excerpts.
A 14-slide digital PowerPoint mini-lesson teaching Kansas state facts, symbols, geography, and history through text, images, and a reading passage.
Reading-comprehension and activity unit on Matter and Materials for grades 1-5, part of the Classroom Complete Press 'Hands-On' science series (single-topic chapter excerpt of a larger multi-topic book).
A 16-slide ESL/EFL lesson on bullying and cyberbullying, combining a definition/vocabulary intro, picture-description discussion, listening comprehension, and writing activities.
A guided-reading novel study for 'Because of Winn-Dixie' that teaches the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) comprehension strategy (Right There, Think and Search, Author and Me, On My Own) and applies it chapter-by-chapter through the novel.
Provide extra multiple-choice practice questions and answer keys for early finishers or homework, tied to reading lessons on observable physical properties, measurement, classification, and states/phases of matter already taught.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Loves Dog' by Jen Hadfield, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around the gifts and curses of a close…
A middle-school Earth science lesson unit teaching how mechanical and chemical weathering shape Earth's surface, combining readings, vocabulary, and a hands-on lab.
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'An Easy Passage' by Julia Copus, focusing on gender expectations and the transition from girlhood to womanhood.
A primary source analysis worksheet introducing the Mayflower Compact (1620) with a short informational passage, comprehension questions, and a creative processing activity.