Tar Beach Book Companion | Reading Mini Unit
A cross-curricular book companion mini-unit for the picture book Tar Beach, combining reading, vocabulary, social studies, science/STEM, and math activities tied to the story.
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A cross-curricular book companion mini-unit for the picture book Tar Beach, combining reading, vocabulary, social studies, science/STEM, and math activities tied to the story.
A cross-curricular science unit teaching how taste buds and olfactory receptors work together, delivered through a narrative dialogue between two siblings, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, writing and math-graphing activities.
A short cross-curricular lesson outline pairing the picture book 'The Great Kapok Tree' with math problem-solving and reading/writing workshop activities about the Amazon rain forest.
This is a set of Teaching Theme Notes + PowerPoint . The PowerPoint will guide students as they learn how to cite text evidence using structured interactive notes. There are student notes so students can document their learning as they go.
This is an advanced lesson plan worksheet set for Technical & Legal Language. This educational resource provides an advanced lesson plan focused on improving reading comprehension and grammar skills related to technical and legal language. ESL students will read informational texts about current events, analyze article structure and…
A primary-source analysis lesson pack built around 'Tecumseh's Speech to the Osage', teaching students to read and analyze a historical primary-source document using a structured Four-Reads method, then assess their understanding.
A primary-source analysis lesson pack built around 'Tecumseh- A Warrior's Speech', teaching students to read and analyze a historical primary-source document using a structured Four-Reads method, then assess their understanding.
An interactive digital micro-learning lesson deck that teaches an informational reading passage about a Native American (Tsimshian) totem pole artist, David Boxley, with vocabulary and comprehension practice.
This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for Thank You, Ma’m text by Langston Hughes. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -Thank You, Ma’m Lesson Plan -Thank You, Ma’m Worksheet -Thank You, Ma’m Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s Purpose…
A full-day substitute teacher lesson plan packet themed around Thanksgiving and saying 'thank you,' covering literacy, social studies, and math activities for a single school day.
Weekly bell-ringer/mentor-sentence activity using an original nonfiction text about the real history of Thanksgiving to teach close reading and sentence analysis.
Support a 5-day novel study of the book 'Thanksgiving on Thursday' (Magic Tree House #27), building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and background knowledge of early American/Pilgrim and Wampanoag history.
The 4 Gospels: Comparing Jesus' Identity Lesson A priceless resource for educators teaching grades nine and ten, especially focused on life studies and religion, The 4 Gospels: Comparing Jesus' Identity Lesson is here to simplify your…
A publisher literature kit (Classroom Complete Press) for teaching Sherman Alexie's novel 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,' built around Bloom's Taxonomy chapter questions, graphic organizers, vocabulary, and assessment.
A comprehensive novel-study literature kit for Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, built around Bloom's Taxonomy reading-comprehension levels for grades 9-12.
A complete 11-unit teaching guide for studying Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, providing pre-reading discussion, study guides, vocabulary, discussion concepts, tests, and writing projects for each reading assignment.
This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The All-American Slurp text by Lensey Namioka. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The All-American Slurp Lesson Plan -The All-American Slurp Worksheet -The All-American Slurp Answer Key Graphic Organizers:…
A 15-slide interactive digital micro-lesson teaching the fable 'The Ant and the Dove' to build reading comprehension, vocabulary, close reading, and summarizing skills, framed around the theme of kindness.
A speech-and-language early-literacy book companion for 'The Bad Seed' by Jory John, building phonemic awareness, letter identification, rhyming, and vocabulary skills through shared/repeated reading.
The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant: Complete ELA Lesson Bundle Transport your middle or high school students into the nostalgic coming-of-age story The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant. This reading lesson bundle contains everything educators need to teach the short story effectively. The comprehensive materials engage learners with…
Novel Study: The Bell Bandit Part of Lemonade Crime Series This comprehensive teaching resource is designed to complement and enhance your students' reading experience of "The Bell Bandit", the third book in Jacqueline Davies' popular Lemonade War Series. It includes a variety of components aimed at encouraging students' love for…
Use this lesson plan alongside your own copy of Anton Chekhov’s The Bet. The worksheet moves through previewing, vocabulary, ten reading questions and literary analysis before a critical-thinking writing task on capital punishment. A marked copy supplies responses to the reading questions, while text-neutral organizers and literary PowerPoints support selected teaching focuses. The plan highlights plot and theme and includes a write-pair-share routine for developing ideas.
A beginner (CEFR A1) ESL/EFL reading comprehension and vocabulary lesson built around a short original fiction story about a boy playing in a football (soccer) match.
This is an intermediate lesson plan worksheet set for The Big Surprise short story. The Big Surprise is an intermediate-level lesson plan for teaching the short story of the same name. Students will read the narrative story and then complete reading comprehension and grammar skill-building exercises. Educators can implement this…