Summer Story Graphic Organizer & Activities for 1st and 2nd Grades
Teach story structure (beginning, middle, end) and sequencing/retelling using a summer-themed narrative for 1st and 2nd grade.
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Events of the Revolutionary War Reading Packet
Build Grade 5 students' knowledge of major Revolutionary War events (Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown) through a reading passage paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and graphic-organizer activities.
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Connecticut State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A five-day, low-prep homeschool/co-op unit study exploring Connecticut's capital, state bird, state flower, state flag, and state animal, with a daily pacing guide of suggested videos, readings, worksheets/discussion, and hands-on activities, plus extensive optional graphic organizers for deeper research.
Maine State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study plan on Maine, pairing daily video and reading recommendations with worksheets, coloring pages, interactive notebook pieces, and graphic organizers covering the state capital, bird, flower, flag, and animal (with optional extension into culture, climate, government, and history).
Butterfly Unit Bundle
A multi-part butterfly/insect unit combining nonfiction close-reading passages, vocabulary work, a research report, and graphic organizers to build reading comprehension and content knowledge about butterfly biology and life cycle.
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Hawaii State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day cross-curricular unit study guiding students through research on Hawaii's capital, bird, flower, flag, and animal, with a daily pacing guide of videos, readings, worksheets, and activities.
Great White Shark Unit Study (Ocean Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study on great white sharks combining video-based instruction, reading, and graphic-organizer worksheets covering shark facts, life cycle, habitat and ocean conservation.
Just A Dream | Literacy Unit
A literacy unit companion to the picture book Just a Dream (by Chris Van Allsburg), building comprehension skills including prediction, main idea/details, cause and effect, character feelings, and reflective writing.
The Snowy Day Bundle
A literacy companion resource ('bundle' of activities) built around the trade picture book 'The Snowy Day' by Ezra Jack Keats, covering comprehension, vocabulary, and writing about the story.
Colorado State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
5-day cross-curricular unit study and research project on Colorado covering the state capital, bird, flower, flag, and animal.
2nd Grade Reading Packet: Georgia's Historical Figures + How They Adapted
A no-prep social-studies reading packet teaching grade-2 students how historical figures connected to Georgia adapted to their environments (Georgia standard SS2G2b, per file name), covering Creek Indians, Cherokee Indians, James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove.
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Richard B. Russell Jr. and Carl Vinson Reading Packet
A differentiated, no-prep reading packet teaching Georgia history content about Richard B. Russell Jr. and Carl Vinson's economic contributions to Georgia, using two versions of the same passage (on-level and below-level) with matching reading-skills worksheets.
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Porpoise Unit Study (Endangered Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
A 5-day interdisciplinary unit study teaching students about porpoises (vaquita and finless porpoise) as endangered animals, covering reading, writing, science, and art.
Due Process of the Law Reading Packet
A differentiated reading packet teaching the concept of due process of law and the Bill of Rights.
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Manatee Unit Study (Endangered Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
A 5-day, no-prep homeschool/co-op unit study on the endangered West Indian (American) manatee, combining videos, reading passages, discussion, worksheets, and hands-on activities.
Georgia Reconstruction Reading Packet
A differentiated reading and comprehension packet on African Americans' struggle for voting rights in Georgia during Reconstruction, for social studies or reading instruction.
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The Story of Mulan Reading Comprehension Activities Bundle
A bundle of ELA reading comprehension and word-study worksheets built around original 'Rap Opera for Kids' song lyrics that compare Disney's Mulan movie to the traditional Chinese ballad of Mulan; evidenced modules cover compare/contrast and context clues, with three further modules (main idea, root words/prefixes/suffixes,…
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Expansion of Slavery Reading Packet
Build Grade 5 students' understanding of how the expansion of slavery led to sectionalism, states'-rights disputes, and the Civil War, through a reading passage paired with comprehension and vocabulary activities.
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Georgia and World War II Reading Packet
A differentiated reading and comprehension packet on Georgia's role in World War II (training facilities, the Bell Bomber Plant, and shipyards), for social studies or reading instruction.
The Wright Brothers Reading Packet - 5th Grade TEKS
A 5th-grade Texas TEKS-aligned reading and comprehension packet about the Wright Brothers' invention of the airplane, for social studies instruction.
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Zebra Unit Study (Endangered Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
A 5-day cross-curricular unit study teaching students about zebras (an endangered species) through reading passages, videos, worksheets, and activities covering language arts, science, and art.
A New Wave of Citizens Reading Packet
A differentiated reading and writing packet about early-1900s immigration to the United States (push and pull factors), provided in two versions for on-grade-level and below-grade-level readers, aligned to Georgia standard SS5H1/SS5H1d.
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WWII: Germany + Japan Reading Packet
A close-reading and writing activity teaching students to describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia leading up to World War II, built around an 800-Lexile informational passage.
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Virginia State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study teaching Virginia's state symbols (capital, bird, flower, flag, animal) through cross-curricular reading, worksheets, and activities.