Humpback Whale Unit Study (Ocean Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
A 5-day, video- and reading-based unit study on humpback whales that integrates science content with language arts skills, designed for homeschool/co-op use.
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A 5-day, video- and reading-based unit study on humpback whales that integrates science content with language arts skills, designed for homeschool/co-op use.
A 5-day, video- and reading-based novel study for 'Hurricane Heroes in Texas' (Magic Tree House #30), integrating chapter comprehension, vocabulary, and cross-curricular activities (art, social studies, science) around the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
A speech-language/literacy book companion built around the book 'I Don't Want to Take a Bath!' designed to support shared reading, writing, and communication skills for emergent readers, AAC users, and students with language delays.
Overview I Hate Horrible Hairy Spiders. Write The Story. (7-11 years) is a versatile educational resource, specifically designed for children in grades 2 to 7.
Provide speech-language and early-literacy support activities (vocabulary, phonemic awareness, comprehension, retell) built around a shared reading of the picture book 'I Need a Hug' by Aaron Blabey, themed around forest animals.
Chapter comprehension pages and context-clue work give students a routine as they read I Survived the American Revolution, 1776. Exit quizzes and later vocabulary and spelling checks revisit the learning, while summary and reflection tasks ask for longer responses. Teacher answer material and a historical scavenger-hunt assessment support review and connections between the novel and its setting.
Organize the twenty chapters into ten reading lessons, with comprehension questions and a short exit quiz for each chapter pair. Vocabulary cards and tests give students another way to work with words from the novel, while the summary and main-idea pages help them pull together what they have read. Use the final assessment after the book and the writing or research prompts for follow-up work.
IB PYP - How We Express Ourselves - Sharing Through Stories Planner & Resources Addressing the vital and distinctive features of the IB Primary Years Programme, this resource provides an in-depth exploration into six Transdisciplinary…
Differentiated guided notes ("Pixanotes") plus an accompanying PowerPoint to teach students how to make inferences and trace the development of a central idea through events, ideas, and individuals in a nonfiction text.
Language-literacy book companion packet built around the children's book 'If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, DON'T!' by Elise Parsley, for shared reading, core vocabulary, and early literacy/speech skill-building with emergent or complex communicators.
Language-literacy book companion packet built around the children's book 'If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T!' by Elise Parsley, providing language, communication, shared reading, and shared writing tasks for emergent literacy learners, AAC users, or students with complex communication needs or language delay/disorder.
A book companion packet for the picture book 'If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, DON'T!' by Elise Parsley, providing shared-reading, language, and early-literacy activities including for AAC/complex-communication-needs learners.
Teach the science concept of inclined planes as a nonfiction reading comprehension resource, covering examples (ramps, stairs, zigzag roads, slides, funnels) and their mechanical benefit.
A reading-comprehension/life-skills 'chapter slice' teaching resource on Time Management, part of the 'Practical Life Skills - Independent Living' series (CCP5806-5), built around Bloom's Taxonomy reading-comprehension skill levels.
A reading-comprehension/life-skills 'chapter slice' teaching resource on Transportation & Travel, part of the 'Practical Life Skills - Independent Living' series (CCP5806-2), built around Bloom's Taxonomy reading-comprehension skill levels.
A 5-day unit study on the state of Indiana covering its capital, state bird (cardinal), state flower (peony), state flag, and state animal (firefly), combining videos, reading, worksheets/discussion, and hands-on/interactive-notebook activities.
This is an Informative Essay Body Paragraph Practice. It is designed to be used in 4 steps, so it could be used over the course of a week with the assessment taking place on day 5. This can be printed or completed digitally.
ING Suffix: 1 Decodable Reading Book + 1 Video Lesson + 13 Worksheets to Develop Reading Fluency! Complete Teaching Pack | Part of Advanced Phonics Reading Programme Master ING Suffix with 1 decodable reader, 1 optional video lesson, and 13 differentiated practice worksheets! This extensive teaching pack features farm stories that children will love,…
A set of reading comprehension worksheets profiling three notable women (Lady Gaga, Lucy Liu, Mae Jemison) for high school students or advanced (B2/C1) ESL learners.
Teach Reading Literature Common Core standards for grades 3-6 through 19 interactive-notebook foldable lessons covering inference, theme, summarizing, character/setting/event analysis, figurative language, story structure, point of view, and cross-genre/cross-media comparison.
Digital scaffolded interactive notes ('Pixanotes') teaching students to interpret words and phrases in a poem (Invictus), with differentiated versions and a self-checking quiz.
A multi-day (4-day) ELA study unit built around Brandon Stanton's 'Humans of New York' photoblog/book, guiding students through picture analysis, discussion of photoblogging, a class photoblog activity, and exploration of NYC's cultural diversity.
Introduce students to narrative poetry as a genre, using video clips, guided discussion, language-device practice, and a full worked example (the poem 'Matilda') plus an independent homework poem.
Continue a narrative-poetry unit by studying Edward Lear's classic poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat', covering genre terms (epic, ballad) and poetic devices (stanza, quatrain, alliteration).