Elementary School Informational Text PowerPoint Presentations
Back to School Morning Meeting Work | Slides Template
By Professional Development and Teacher Prep
Do you need Morning Meeting Slides in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th Grade to save you time and stress? Do you want it all in one place? Are you wanting to reduce behavior issues and raise engagement levels? These Morning Meeting activities were a game-changer in my classroom and led us to have the best year ever! My students were engaged, and well-behaved, and I had so much less stress! This is because we built really strong relationships and connections with each other which led to fewer disruptions and toxic stress.
This bundle is all of my Paperless Morning Work and PowerPoints bundled together for you!
The bundle includes:
- Winter Morning Meeting Slides
- February Morning Meeting Slides
- March Morning Meeting Slides
- April Morning Meeting Slides
- May Morning Meeting Slides
- August Morning Meeting Slides
- Fall Morning Meeting Slides
- Just Like Me Icebreaker Activity
- Center Rotation Slides
- Picture of The Day Slides
- 180 Morning Meeting Question Slides
- Video of The Day Slides (All 3 Parts!)
- True or False Morning Meeting Slides
- Behavior Incentives
- Behavior Bingo
Winter & Christmas Middle School Holiday ELA Bundle 12 Resources Grades 5+
By TooBookedUp
- 10 Winter Holiday Narrative Essay Picture Prompts & Planner: Engage students in narrative writing with holiday-themed picture prompts and a structured planner to develop plot, character, and setting in alignment with creative writing standards.
- Christmas Hip Hop Lyrics Analysis: Teach figurative language, rhyme schemes, and tone through an engaging analysis of hip hop lyrics, blending music and ELA standards for Grades 6-8.
- St. Nick: Informational Text Structures: Explore main ideas, text structures, and author’s purpose with this winter-themed set of informational texts designed to strengthen critical reading skills.
- Unraveling Krampus: Text Structures and Critical Analysis: Develop students’ ability to identify text structures and analyze information critically with this high-interest resource focused on the Krampus folklore.
- Informational Text Structure Coloring Sort: Combine creativity and learning as students sort and color-code winter-themed informational texts to practice identifying text structures.
- Winter Wonders: Exploring Text Features Through Snow-Themed Articles: Strengthen comprehension and analysis skills by examining text features in engaging snow-themed articles, perfect for enhancing nonfiction literacy.
- Christmas Winter Holiday Characters from Around the World Research PBL: Dive into global holiday traditions with this project-based learning activity that encourages research, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
- Holiday Figurative Language & Movie Clip Standard-Based Learning Activities: Analyze figurative language through fun, holiday-themed movie clips that align with ELA figurative language standards for middle schoolers.
- Virtual Winter Sports Exploration: Engage students in a digital exploration of winter sports, focusing on informational text comprehension and analysis for Grades 4-6.
- Analyzing Narrative Point of View Winter-Themed: Develop higher-order thinking with winter-themed narrative texts that challenge students to analyze and compare points of view using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- Winter Vacation PBL: Inspire creativity and practical application with this low-prep, project-based learning activity where stude
YEARLONG MEGA Writing BUNDLE | Persuasive Informational Narrative & Poetic Texts
By Teachin Tips
Are you looking for a YEARLONG BUNDLE to help your students learn, engage and grow in their writing skills? Then check out this MEGA BUNDLE which includes resources for the ENTIRE YEAR and covers the writing styles of informational, persuasive, narrative and poetry style texts! Each unit of writing incorporates a variety of POWERPOINTS and ANCHOR CHARTS to help you teach as well as numerous ACTIVITIES to help students learn and apply their understanding. Don't forget that each unit has a range of ASSESSMENT TEAMPLATES to suit your teaching style so you can teach and assess as your students progress throughout each unit of writing!
FEATURES
✏️ Narrative writing rubric
✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 1 Student
✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 3 Students
✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 6 Students
✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 12 Students in a Boxed Template
✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 30 Students
✏️ Narrative Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates
✏️ 2 Narrative Writing Interactive Notebooks
✏️ 6 Narrative Writing Planning Templates PLUS a SAMPLE PLAN
✏️ 3 Narrative Writing DIFFERENTIATED Unscramble the Text activities
✏️ 20 Quick Writes - Narrative Writing Practice papers
✏️ Narrative Writing Text Type Cut & Paste Matching activity
✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Plot Ideas
✏️ 10 Narrative Writing Picture Prompt Cards
✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Character Ideas
✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Object Ideas
✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Setting Ideas
✏️ Planning Narrative Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Narrative Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Revising Narrative Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Editing Narrative Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Publishing Narrative Writing PowerPoint
✏️ DIFFERENTIATED Narrative Writing Mentor Texts
✏️ Narrative Writing Revising Checklist
✏️ Narrative Writing Editing Checklist
✏️ Narrative Writing Revising Poster
✏️ Narrative Writing Editing Poster
✏️ Information Report Writing Rubric
✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student
✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 3 Students
✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students
✏️ Informational Writing Conference notes for 12 Students Boxed Template
✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students
✏️ Informational Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates
✏️ Informational Writing Editing Symbols Poster
✏️ Poster on the Structure of Informational Writing
✏️ Informational Writing Language Features Poster
✏️ Superb Starters - Sentence Starters Poster for Informational Writing
✏️ Logical Linkers - Linking Words Poster for Informational Writing
✏️ List of Informational Writing Topics Poster
✏️ Informational Writing Revision Checklist
✏️ Informational Writing Mentor Text
✏️ Search Engine Questions Poster for Informational Writing
✏️ List of Websites for Research Poster for Informational Writing
✏️Sample Informational Writing Plan
✏️ 10 Researching Posters/ Info Sheets for Informational Writing
✏️ 6 Informational Writing Planning Templates
✏️ Search Engine Questions Poster for Informational Writing
✏️ 2 Informational Writing Interactive Notebooks
✏️11 Quick Writes - Writing Prompts to help students practice researching and information report writing
✏️ Informational Writing Fact or Opinion Cut & Paste Activity
✏️ Informational Writing Summarising Templates
✏️ Planning Informational Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Informational Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Revising Informational Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Editing Informational Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Publishing Informational Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Persuasive Writing Rubric
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student
✏️Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 3 Students
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 12 Students Boxed Template
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students
✏️ Persuasive Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates
✏️ Planning Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Revising Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Editing Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Publishing Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ 6 Persuasive Writing Planning Templates PLUS a SAMPLE PLAN
✏️ Persuasive Writing Drafting Templates
✏️ 2 Persuasive Writing Interactive Notebooks
✏️ 24 Topic Ideas for Persuasive Writing
✏️ 5 DIFFERENT Persuasive Writing publishing templates
✏️ 3 Persuasive Writing DIFFERENTIATED Unscramble the Text Activities
✏️ Superb Starters - Sentence Starters Poster for Persuasive Writing
✏️ Poster on the Structure of Persuasive Writing
✏️ Editing Persuasive Texts Poster
✏️ Revising Persuasive Texts Poster
✏️ Persuasive Writing Emotive Language Poster
✏️ Persuasive Writing Language Features Poster
✏️ Logical Linkers - Linking Words Poster for Persuasive Writing
✏️ Persuasive Writing Editing Checklist
✏️ Persuasive Writing Revising Checklist
✏️ 3 Persuasive Writing DIFFERENTIATED Mentor Texts
✏️ 10 Quick Writes - Opinion Writing Ideas with Reasons for & Against
✏️ Poetic Writing Rubric
✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student
✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 3 Students
✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students
✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 12 Students Boxed Template
✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students
✏️ Poetic Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates
✏️ Planning Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Revising Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Editing Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Publishing Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Writing Shape Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Writing Haiku Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Writing Acrostic Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Writing Kennings Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Writing Ode Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ Writing Limerick Poetry PowerPoint
✏️ 7 Poetic Writing Interactive Notebooks including Sample Poetic Texts
✏️ 20 Poetic Writing Topic Prompt Cards
✏️ 6 Writing Packs for 6 DIFFERENT Types of Poetry including Limerick Ode, Kennings, Haiku, Shape & Acrostic style poems
✏️ Ode Poetry Poster
✏️ Kennings Poetry Poster
✏️ Shape Poetry Poster
✏️ Haiku Poetry Poster
✏️ Limerick Poetry Poster
✏️ Acrostic Poetry Poster
✏️ 5 Poetic Writing Topic Ideas Posters
✏️ Poetic Writing Revision Checklist
✏️ Poetic Writing Editing Checklist
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⭐ Poetry Writing Unit Bundle
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McGraw Hill: Wonders Units 1-6: Digital Background Info & Vocab Introduction PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
WONDERS GRADE 4 UNITS 1-6 These introductory lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:
Princess and the Pizza
Experts, Inc
Earthquakes
Crash Course in Forces & Motion
Kids in Business
The Secret Message
Ranita, The Frog Princess
The Buffalo Are Back
Spiders
Poetry
The Cricket in Times Square
Aguinaldo
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
Abe's Honest Words
A New Kind of Corn
See How They Run
LaRue for Mayor
The Moon Over Star
Why Does the Moon Change Shape?
Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint
Mama, I'll Give You the World
Apples to Oregon
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
A Drop of Water
Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings
The Game of Silence
Valley of the Moon
Energy Island
The Big Picture of Economics
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.
POWERPOINT:
1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes
11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension
• Vibrant Vocab slides(see individual lesson for vocabulary)
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks
McGraw Hill: Wonders GRADE 4 Units 1-5: VOCABULARY STUDY & Introduction PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
Purpose: These introductory lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:
Princess and the Pizza
Experts, Inc
Earthquakes
Crash Course in Forces & Motion
Kids in Business
The Secret Message
Ranita, The Frog Princess
The Buffalo Are Back
Spiders
Poetry
The Cricket in Times Square
Aguinaldo
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
Abe's Honest Words
A New Kind of Corn
See How They Run
LaRue for Mayor
The Moon Over Star
Why Does the Moon Change Shape?
Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint
Mama, I'll Give You the World
Apples to Oregon
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
A Drop of Water
Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.
POWERPOINT:
• Title slides
-genre, author photo and short bio.
• 2 setting slides
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!
• Vibrant Vocab slides(see individual lesson for vocabulary)
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition
• Differentiated Vocabulary Worksheet/Answer Key-used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet practice link
• Part of speech sort
• Word connotation discussion slide
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks
McGraw Hill: Wonders Units 1, 2, 3 & 4 : VOCABULARY STUDY & Introduction grade 4
By Kiwious About Vocab
These introductory MCGRAW HILL WONDERS GRADE 4 UNITS 1-4 POWERPOINT lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:
Princess and the Pizza
Experts, Inc
Earthquakes
Crash Course in Forces & Motion
Kids in Business
The Secret Message
Ranita, The Frog Princess
The Buffalo Are Back
Spiders
Poetry
The Cricket in Times Square
Aguinaldo
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
Abe's Honest Words
A New Kind of Corn
See How They Run
LaRue for Mayor
The Moon Over Star
Why Does the Moon Change Shape?
Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.
POWERPOINT:
1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes
11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks
McGraw Hill: Wonders Units 1, 2, 3: VOCABULARY STUDY & introduction grade 4 PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
Purpose: These introductory lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:
Princess and the Pizza
Experts, Inc
Earthquakes
Crash Course in Forces & Motion
Kids in Business
The Secret Message
Ranita, The Frog Princess
The Buffalo Are Back
Spiders
Poetry
The Cricket in Times Square
Aguinaldo
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
Abe's Honest Words
A New Kind of Corn
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.
EACH POWERPOINT:
1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes
11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks
Enjoy!
Kiwious
McGraw Hill: Wonders Units 1 & 2: VOCABULARY STUDY intro, 10 stories grade 4 PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
Purpose: These introductory lessons to McGraw Hill grade 4 stories provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for WONDERS UNITS 1&2
Princess and the Pizza
Experts, Inc
Earthquakes
Crash Course in Forces & Motion
Kids in Business
The Secret Message
Ranita, The Frog Princess
The Buffalo Are Back
Spiders
Poetry
2017 Edition
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.
EACH POWERPOINT:
1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes
11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks
Enjoy!
Baseball in April:Short Stories-Digital Intro & Vocab *Hispanic Heritage* PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
The novel, Baseball in April and Other Short Stories, a short story collection by Gary Soto, includes *11 of his very best short stories highlighting his Hispanic Heritage! ( *plus one bonus story has been added to the bundle)
These * 12 introductory POWERPOINTS provide digital & printable pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.
The digital MINI-LESSON contains :
10 colorful slides introducing elements of Hispanic culture such as language, music, geographic location, food, religion, Hispanic-American contributors and authors. Each slide is filled with photos, maps, as well as, music and video links. This is the perfect prelude to the following short story lessons .
PowerPoint Prereading Lesson:
1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension
PDF FILE.
Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!
**Grammar Sort**
Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
**Connotation Sort**
Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **
Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
**Vocabulary Organizer**
This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.
**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**
The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: Worksheets, word walls, interactive notebooks
This bundle is also available in Google Slides.
Enjoy!
-From Kiwious About Vocab!