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Sequence Diagram

Use sequence charts and graphic organizers to help students order events, retell a text and explain a process. Find reading-response tools alongside life-cycle and step-by-step activities.

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The Frog Life Cycle Unit Bundle | Journal & Emergent Reader teaching resource preview

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The Frog Life Cycle Unit Bundle | Journal & Emergent Reader

In the Journal: complete a 'Something Mysterious' prediction activity, record prior knowledge and wonderings, draw and write observations at each frog stage, label frog/tadpole diagrams, sequence tadpole-growth and egg-growth images via cut-and-glue, and write a closing reflection. In the Emergent Reader: read a…

Includes: Frog Life Cycle Emergent Reader booklet (6-page repetitive-pattern reader covering egg, tadpole, back legs, front legs, froglet, and frog stages, built around the sight…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1

"Octopus Stew" Book Companion Activities teaching resource preview

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"Octopus Stew" Book Companion Activities

Complete a wide range of reading-response activities tied to the book: make predictions, examine the cover, identify story elements, sequence and retell the story, summarize using a graphic organizer, identify problem/solution and cause/effect, make inferences and connections, analyze character…

Includes: Teacher tips / read-this-first page · reader response questions worksheet page

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

Class Critics Summarize and Discuss Activity teaching resource preview

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Class Critics Summarize and Discuss Activity

After engaging with media (read aloud, discussion, video, or article), complete graphic organizers: a KWL chart (know/want to know/learned), a Main Idea and Supporting Details organizer, a Sequence of Events chart (first/then/next/last), a 5 W's worksheet (who/what/where/why/when) with a brief summary, a Concept Web,…

Includes: introduction/instructions page · KWL chart · Main Idea and Supporting Details organizer

File: PDF
Level: 1–5

For You are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview

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For You are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Students make predictions, answer comprehension questions, fill in graphic organizers (story elements, Somebody-Wanted-Because-But-So summary, Venn diagram), sequence events, analyze character traits and feelings, identify imagery and vocabulary in context, complete a crossword and word search, write a diary entry and…

Includes: teacher tips page · list of ~30 named activities · Venn diagram compare/contrast worksheet

File: PDF
Level: 2–4

Reading Comprehension Strategies 2 teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Strategies 2

Pick a book at an appropriate reading level using the Five Finger Rule, then, while or after reading, fill in the matching graphic organizer (e.g. write the cause and effect, compare/contrast in a Venn diagram, sequence events as First/Next/Then/Finally, identify the main idea and supporting details, sort facts vs.…

Includes: Five Finger Rule poster · 8 strategy anchor posters (cause/effect, compare/contrast, sequence, main idea, fact/opinion, problem/solution, author's purpose, inference) · 2 blank response-sheet variants per strategy (with ruled lines and without)

File: PDF
Level: 1–5

The Butterfly Life Cycle teaching resource preview

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The Butterfly Life Cycle

Label and sequence the stages of the butterfly life cycle, color and complete a butterfly handbook/glossary, sort butterfly vs. moth facts and complete a Venn diagram, label butterfly body parts, solve a word problem, match vocabulary terms to definitions, alphabetize life-cycle vocabulary, cut and paste life-cycle…

Includes: butterfly life cycle poster (color and black/white; chrysalis and pupa versions) · butterfly life cycle sequencing pages · My Butterfly Handbook (2 versions, 2 covers) with glossary, stage information, and coloring/writing space

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–1

World History II SOL TEIs Worksheet teaching resource preview

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World History II SOL TEIs Worksheet

Complete drag-and-drop style Venn diagram sorting (Martin Luther vs. John Calvin), sequence a flow chart of Reformation-era events, fill in a blank about the printing press, highlight a country on a map (where the Anglican Church was founded), and drag empire labels onto a map for SOL 5 (Global Trade), including the…

Includes: Venn diagram drag-and-drop activity · flow chart sequencing activity · fill-in-the-blank question

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File: Microsoft Word
Level: 10–12

How Things Are Made: Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview

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How Things Are Made: Full Day Substitute Plans

Write morning/afternoon group messages; read comprehension passages (Natural Resources, How to Make Erasers, How to Make Pencils, How to Make Paper, How to Make Brownies) and answer comprehension questions; draw sequence-of-steps illustrations; complete a Venn diagram comparing pencil- and eraser-making; write…

Includes: Morning/afternoon group message scripts · Reader Response papers · 'Real Places Real Things Real People' nonfiction recording form

File: PDF
Level: 3

"We're Going on a Bear Hunt" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview

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"We're Going on a Bear Hunt" | Picture Book Study

A no-prep picture book study companion for "We're Going on a Bear Hunt," providing discussion questions and a range of book-inspired activities the teacher can select from.

Includes: educator's guide / how-to-use page · classroom discussion questions with answers · book-inspired project/activity ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–1

Frog Life Cycle teaching resource preview

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Frog Life Cycle

Students complete a frog journal (fill-in facts about herpetologists, habitats, diet, camouflage, cold-bloodedness), label/sequence life-cycle diagrams (4- and 5-stage versions), sort frog-vs-toad characteristics and complete a Venn diagram comparing frogs and toads, complete a 'Frogs Vs. Me' comparison and 'Froggy…

Includes: My Frog Journal (herpetologist, habitats, diet, camouflage, cold-blooded facts) · Frog Life Cycle diagrams (5-stage and 4-stage sequencing) · Frog or Toad? sorting page

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–3

Personal Hygiene Activity Book teaching resource preview

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Personal Hygiene Activity Book

Cut and stick pictures/sentences in the correct sequence, label a diagram using a word bank, draw their own hairstyle, draw clock hands showing bedtime, and read short instructional statements about hygiene habits

Includes: cut-and-paste sequencing activity: brushing teeth · cut-and-paste sequencing activity: washing hands · cut-and-paste sequencing activity: having a bath

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Sammy Snake and His Good Friend Sally Spider | Literacy Resource Bundle teaching resource preview

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Sammy Snake and His Good Friend Sally Spider | Literacy Resource Bundle

Prep-Year 1: sequence picture-sentence cards, complete a mini reading/writing/spelling booklet, trace sight words and verbs, build words with letter cards. Year 2-3: sort adjectives/adverbs alphabetically, complete sentences with correct adjectives/synonyms, write sentences from information cards, trace factual…

Includes: Sammy Snake and Sally Spider story book (Prep-Year 3) · facts about snakes and spiders summaries · differentiated 128-page teaching resource booklet with tiered activities (Prep-Year 1, Year 2-3, Year 4-6)

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–3

Apple Trouble! (A Book Companion) teaching resource preview

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Apple Trouble! (A Book Companion)

Provide a book companion of activities for the story 'Apple Trouble!' by Ragnhild Scamell, focused on reading comprehension and related science content (hibernation).

Includes: SWBST retell worksheet with answer key · problem/solution worksheets · hibernating-animals sorting activity with answer key

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–1

"We're Going On A Leaf Hunt" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview

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"We're Going On A Leaf Hunt" | Picture Book Study

A no-prep picture book study companion for "We're Going On A Leaf Hunt," providing discussion questions and a range of book-inspired activities the teacher can select from.

Includes: educator's guide / how-to-use page · classroom discussion questions with answers · book project/activity ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–1

The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview

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The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Complete a variety of activities: identify folktale characteristics, fill in story-element and plot diagrams, sequence and summarize story events, analyze a character's actions/feelings/development, make predictions/inferences/connections, compare and contrast, write letters in character, solve a crossword puzzle, and…

Includes: Teacher Tips page · Elements of a Folktale anchor chart/notes handout · Making Predictions

File: PDF
Level: 2–4

Problem Solving Strategies | Academic Workbook teaching resource preview

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Problem Solving Strategies | Academic Workbook

Students complete guided practice pages (flowcharts, tables, regrouping diagrams, factor charts), work through word problems, and answer short quizzes for each topic section.

Includes: Inverse Operations lesson + quiz · Patterns and Tables lesson + quiz · Addition & Subtraction (regrouping) lesson + quiz

File: PDF
Level: 5

White Owl, Barn Owl Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview

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White Owl, Barn Owl Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Make predictions before reading; identify story elements; sequence and retell the story; complete a summary graphic organizer; make connections and inferences; visualize descriptive language; complete a word scramble, crossword, and word search; sort narrative vs. nonfiction details; determine fact vs. fiction and…

Includes: predictions activity · story elements chart · sequencing/retell activity (answer key)

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: 2–4

Miss Nelson is Missing Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview

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Miss Nelson is Missing Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Students make predictions, fill in story-element organizers, sequence and retell events, write summaries (Somebody-Wanted-Because-But-So), sort story events, analyze problem & solution, make connections and inferences, describe character traits/feelings/changes for multiple characters, compare and contrast Miss Nelson…

Includes: teacher tips page · activity list/table of contents · predictions activity

File: PDF
Level: 2–4