Rocky IV (1985): A Cold War Study Activity & Complete Movie Guide
A Cold War history study activity combined with a viewing guide for the 1985 film Rocky IV, using the movie to illustrate American attitudes and Cold War-era propaganda.
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A Cold War history study activity combined with a viewing guide for the 1985 film Rocky IV, using the movie to illustrate American attitudes and Cold War-era propaganda.
This Guided Reading Book - Exploring Ocean Habitats (Level P) with lesson plan includes: Guided Reading Color Label (front cover x1) This is a quick way to match the book’s demands to what students can generally handle.. The overall goal is to use the level/color to pick books for several smaller groups. To qualify for a certain level, a student is…
A companion activity packet to accompany a read-aloud of the picture book The Old Woman Who Named Things, giving students printable reading-response tasks tied to the story.
This Guided Reading Book - Building the Perfect Plate (Level L) with lesson plan includes: Guided Reading Color Label (front cover x1) This is a quick way to match the book’s demands to what students can generally handle.. The overall goal is to use the level/color to pick books for several smaller groups. To qualify for a certain level, a student is…
A ready-to-print, two-day set of substitute lesson plans spanning reading, math, writing, STEM, spelling, and language, plus classroom-info sheets, so a teacher can leave a full day's activities without advance prep.
A two-page history activity booklet using excerpts from Samuel Pepys' diary to teach about daily life in London during the Great Plague of 1665-1666 and primary-source historical analysis.
Practice workbook on reading, interpreting, and creating tables and graphs, plus lessons on statistics (mean, median, mode, range) and probability.
Speaking and listening practice activity where students ask and answer questions to clarify comprehension and gather more information about a topic.
Reading-response activity using a provided short story to have students describe a character in depth, citing evidence from the text.
Take students through a multi-activity booklet on the Great Plague of London: image identification, primary-source reading, and short-answer worksheets on causes, symptoms, containment measures, and the roles of different people during the plague.
TASK STRIPS: FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS A versatile teaching resource designed to elevate the learning experience for both educators and students alike. Spanning 20 pages and featuring 60 individual task cards, this set provides an abundant amount of educational activities. Supports language conception activities. Boosts expression practices. Assists with…
A set of 3 leveled Reader's Theatre scripts about Martin Luther King Jr. (modified, regular, and enriched reading levels) for differentiated small-group fluency and social-studies practice.
Independent work booklet teaching a fourth set of action-verb vocabulary, including physical/bodily verbs, through a series of literacy and critical-thinking activities.
A graphic-organizer activity for beginning readers to identify and ask/answer questions about unknown words encountered while reading a book.
Chapter-by-chapter novel study supporting reading comprehension and discussion of the book Strawberry Girl.
Assess and build understanding of ordering and comparing fractions using a cut-and-paste number line activity plus comprehension/word-problem questions.
Teach story structure (beginning, middle, end) using a short narrative reading passage and a plot-tracking chart.
A poetry-reading and reflective-writing activity built around an original poem ('Till You Came') about noticing everyday joys through a loved one's eyes.
A multi-station lab activity ('Volume II') where students rotate through 7-8 stations to learn about cancer's global prevalence, biology, causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention through varied tasks (diagramming, research, opinion writing, reading, quizzes, video).
A biographical reading passage about the historical King Macbeth of Scotland, paired with a comparison activity contrasting the real Macbeth with Shakespeare's fictionalized character, for use alongside study of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Build functional literacy and time-management skills through activities that involve reading and interpreting realistic schedules and timetables.
A short early-reading passage paired with a main-idea-and-details graphic organizer, used to practice identifying the main idea and supporting details of a story.
Companion activity packet for the novel 'Jars of Hope' by Jennifer Roy, providing reading-comprehension and response activities for use during or after reading the book.
Provide extensive practice worksheets on place value concepts - reading, writing, comparing, and manipulating numbers.