The Boy Who Cried Wolf | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck
A slide deck that teaches figurative-language and reading-comprehension skills using the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf as the anchor text.
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A slide deck that teaches figurative-language and reading-comprehension skills using the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf as the anchor text.
Provide word recognition and spelling practice for early readers, complementing the Edmark Level 1 reading program, using a set of sight/vocabulary words presented repeatedly across slides.
A no-prep digital micro-learning slide deck teaching about the Oregon Trail through video, an audio-supported reading passage, close reading, and a summary writing task.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching how to predict severe weather, combining video, a reading passage with audio, close reading, and vocabulary practice.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language concept 'bucket list' through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, and comprehension practice.
Teach students to identify cumulus clouds and understand how they can develop into thunderstorm clouds, using a slide-deck 'micro-learning' format with video, reading, and vocabulary.
A digital choice-board literary analysis activity for Shirley Jackson's short story 'The Lottery', letting students select from multiple discussion/analysis prompts on the text.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language expression 'talk is cheap' through a video-style reading passage, comprehension checks, and a quick write.
Digital book-study slide deck (companion activities) for the picture book Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber, targeting reading comprehension skills.
A digital micro-learning slide deck teaching biographical/informational content about Theodore Roosevelt through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
Interactive micro-learning slide deck teaching dragonfly facts (life cycle, distinguishing dragonflies from damselflies, and other facts) through video, a reading passage, and vocabulary study.
A Jeopardy-style review game (PowerPoint and Google Slides versions) plus printable task cards covering setting, characters, plot, and theme of the novel The Giver, playable in whole group, small group, or distance-learning settings.
A digital slide-deck book study/companion for the picture book 'Pout Pout Fish Goes to School', building reading comprehension and story-elements skills.
Teach the figurative language idiom "poker face" through a short interactive slide-deck lesson combining a reading passage, comprehension activities, and a summary writing task.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language idiom 'tip of the iceberg' through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, and comprehension/summary activities.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the water cycle and the shape/formation of raindrops, combining a video lesson, an illustrated reading passage, vocabulary, and a close-reading/summary task.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching why snowflakes always form with six sides, combining a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
An introductory PowerPoint presentation for teaching One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, covering the author's biography, the novel's historical/political context, major themes and symbols, and discussion-provoking essential questions.
An interactive digital micro-learning slide deck that teaches what a solar eclipse is through an informational reading passage, vocabulary, close reading, and a summary writing activity.
Deliver an interactive, no-prep digital science mini-lesson on raccoons (behavior, habitat, diet, nicknames, fact vs. fiction) via a PowerPoint 'micro-learning deck'.
A social-studies reading comprehension slide deck teaching the history of Cup Noodles/ramen through a video lesson, illustrated reading passage with audio, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
An interactive PowerPoint phonics quiz game teaching students to identify CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching how the solar system formed, combining a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, vocabulary, and a written summary activity.
Provide multiple game-based review formats (task cards, Jeopardy-style PowerPoint, Google Slides version) to build reading comprehension and higher-order-thinking vocabulary around the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.