Elementary School Thematic Unit Plans

Four puzzles (crossword, maze, word search, double puzzle) with solutions that use St. Patrick's Day vocabulary. Fun reinforcement for vocabulary or to celebrate the Irish holiday!

Have you made Stone Soup with your upper grade students? They LOVE IT! Try this twist on the traditional reading and comprehension passages for Thanksgiving. These lessons focus on Thanksgiving Dinner! Open up a great discussion on the importance of sharing what we have with those who are less fortunate. This free activity includes a lesson plan for making stone soup, along with a four page pdf of the story "Stone Soup", and 2 comprehension pages - 1 multiple choice and 1 constructed response - to accompany the story. Like this free lesson! It's part of a larger theme unit - Thanksgiving Dinner. The large unit includes the following lessons. Click here to view the full unit! Thanksgiving Dinner Theme Unit - ELA, Math, and Science ★ Thanksgiving Then & Now paired reading passages with constructed response questions page, Venn Diagram, and three paragraph writing assignment. ★ The World’s Largest Pumpkin Pie reading passage with constructed response page and 8 math word problems involving all four operations. ★ Calories Count nonfiction science passage on what a calorie is and how many we often consume with our Thanksgiving meal. Includes a constructed response page and word problem page involving all four operations. ★ Homemade Cranberry Sauce recipe page with sequencing activity and math worksheet. ★ Pumpkin Pie in a Bag recipe page with science report form and question page. ★ Gobble! Gobble! Plan your own Thanksgiving dinner activity – complete with instructions, budget sheet, grocery list, menu page, and student / teacher scoring guides. ★ Stone Soup – When Sharing Benefits Everyone – Story, comprehension pages, directions for making stone soup, find a word puzzle, and a reader’s theater. ★ Bonus just for fun Family Dinner coloring page titled “Give Thanks”

Want to try the Weekly Vocabulary Units before you buy? Download this freebie to check out a week of the September Unit! Looking for a fun way to incorporate themed vocabulary into your classroom or homeschool? Use these weekly thematic word work units to introduce new words and practice spelling, handwriting, sentence building, and drawing. Each week features a different themed picture or pictures, six vocabulary words to learn, and five days of quick, fun activities using those words. Daily activities are numbered to keep the student on track and are quick enough to be used as morning work or in a literacy center. All units include five weeks of vocabulary work so that in months with four weeks you can choose the themes that best fit your classroom. Also included: black and white versions of all five weeks for easier printing. This download is for the full color version of the Apple Orchard week in the September unit. To get the other weeks of work for September and/or the black and white version of the Apple Orchard week, check out the September Unit. This unit is great for a classroom but also works perfectly in a homeschool. The daily format mimics several homeschool vocabulary programs to make it easy to use alongside older siblings. Pair the themes up with your themed unit studies for added learning! Each week includes the following: -Themed Introduction Page - includes a themed picture(s) and the six vocabulary words for the week. Can be laminated for a center to save on ink! -Day 1 - match the vocabulary words to their pictures -Day 2 - trace the vocabulary words -Day 3 - write the vocabulary words -Day 4 - finish the sentences with the vocabulary words -Day 5 Option 1 - copy the sentence and illustrate it -Day 5 Option 2 - student picks a sentence from Day 4, writes it, and illustrates it ***************************************************************************** Check out my other Weekly Vocabulary units: August September October - Coming Soon November - Coming Soon December - Coming Soon January - Coming Soon February - Coming Soon March - Coming Soon April - Coming Soon May - Coming Soon June - Coming Soon July - Coming Soon ***************************************************************************** Before you go... Follow me to be the first to know about discounts, sales, and new products! Get credit to use on your next purchase • Leave feedback for any purchases you've made and TeachShare will give you a credit toward your next purchase! Plus, feedback helps me make better products tailored to what my customers are looking for. *****************************************************************************

Ignite a love for multiplication with our campfire smores themed multiplication file folder game. This toasty resource is the perfect recipe for young learners and students in autism and MD classrooms. With 12 multiplication problems and product pairs within 50, it's a sweet way to boost math skills.

Crafted for small group math centers and independent work stations, this game combines learning and fun seamlessly. Plus it's teacher friendly with minimal prep work, ensuring more teaching time and less time spent on setup.

Roast some math excitement with our Campfire Smores Multiplication File Folder Game!

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10 colorful, themed Valentine's Day stationary sheets with lines and addressings. Also, 10 black and white images to write and color. Students can write to family members and friends to express their emotions and gratitudes. Easy to use--just xerox and let students choose their favorites. Fun to give and get!

1 Crossword, 1 Word Search, and 3 Crytogram puzzles to accompany Top Ten Outstanding Presidents' unit found at: http://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Top-Ten-Outstanding-Presidents-A-Complete-Unit-for-Presidents-Day Can be used alone. Fun for group or individual activities!