1st Grade Graphic Organizers

❤️Are you looking for engaging pumpkin activities? Your students will have fun problem solving, thinking creatively, practicing letter recognition, number recognition, vocabulary, writing, counting, one-to-one correspondence, tracing, coloring, crafting, developing social-emotional skills, and more with these printable pumpkin themed activities!

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✏️Great for math centers, art centers, literacy centers, writing centers, sub tub, early finishers, independent morning work, partner work, small group work, peer tutoring, or extra practice at home for your kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd learners!

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Looking for a way to enhance your reading block? These reading comprehension graphic organizers help students understand concepts, Main Ideas, cause & effect, plot, problem & solution, context clues, summarize information, & improve their writing skills. With these graphic organizers, your students/child will be able to plan their ideas. Give your students the tools to succeed with these reading graphic organizers today!

-You can use them for writing or reading. They can be used as an interactive reading activity or as part of your reading homework. Use them with any book during small, strategy, or one-on-one groups.

1- Use them to model each skill.

2- Use them during interactive reading (students and teacher complete them ).

3- Assign them as homework or as a test or quiz.

4- Assign one slide at a time.

-Use them as full-page paper, half sheets in notebooks, digital for use with Google Slides™ and Google Classroom™, or digital with SeeSaw or Pic collage.

Organizers Included:

-Asking Questions

-Compare and Contrast

-Summary

-Main Idea

-Sequence

-Cause and Effect

-Character Traits

-Vocabulary

-Life Cycle

-Web

-Plot

-Context Clues

-Problem & Solution

-More Than Worksheets:

This reading passage packet is designed to be:

⭐ Fun and engaging: Captivating activities maintain student interest.

⭐ Comprehensive: A variety of activities ensure a well-rounded learning experience.

⭐ Easy-to-implement: Clear instructions and ready-to-use materials save valuable teacher time.

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Discover the Fascinating World of Birds

Unlock your students' curiosity about birds with this comprehensive and interactive resource that is perfect for students in kindergarten, first, second for third grade. Designed to adapt to diverse learning levels, this package includes primary and secondary line options, making it perfect for both digital and print use. Enhance your students' understanding of bird anatomy, behavior, and habitats while developing their critical thinking and research skills.

What's Included in This Bird Education Resource:

Interactive Bird Diagrams: Students can choose between a word bank-assisted diagram and an unassisted one to explore bird anatomy. Diagrams include robins, turkeys, owls, penguins, chickens, and flamingos.

Label Birds: Students will learn to identify and label a wide variety of birds.

Treemap Graphic Organizers: Dive into the avian world using structured treemaps such as "Birds are---can---have," promoting information organization.

Insightful Book Response Pages: Encourage thoughtful reflections on bird-related literature with these book response templates, stimulating critical thinking.

Comprehensive Q&A Reports: Immerse students in a wealth of bird knowledge with two-page question-and-answer reports covering various bird facts.

Facts and Opinion Sheets: Foster analytical thinking by helping students differentiate between factual information and personal opinions about birds.

Venn Diagram for Comparison: Compare and contrast adult and baby birds using our Venn Diagram tool.

KWL Sheet: Guide students through the "What We Know, What We Want to Learn, What We Learned" process, enhancing their research and learning skills.

Brainstorming Activity: Ignite creativity with a dedicated brainstorming sheet, promoting ideas and collaborative thinking.

Specialized Bird Writing Paper: Culminate the learning journey with tailored bird-themed writing papers.

Bird Watching Activity: Record bird sightings by coloring in or circling what students notice in nature.

Bird Habitats Activity: Answer questions about where different types of birds live around the world.

Fun Facts about Birds: Share knowledge about various birds through circling answers, completing cut-and-paste activities or a fill in the blank worksheet.

Types of Birds Poster: A poster featuring 26 different types of birds from around the world, available in both color and black-and-white.

Bird Migration Activity: Sort birds that migrate and those that do not.

Bird Flash Cards: Identify birds with these flash cards. Use them for memory games, go fish, or finding a matching partner.

With this bird-themed educational resource, your students will expand their knowledge and develop essential skills in research, critical thinking, and communication.

You may also be interested in the following:

All About Alligators, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Bats, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Bears, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Beavers, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Cats, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers,

All About Dogs, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All about Cows, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Elephants, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Giraffes, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Kangaroos, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Koalas, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Lions, Writing activities, Graphic organizers

All About Owls, Writing Prompts, Graphic Organizers

All About Pandas, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Penguins, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Polar Bears, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

All About Tigers, Writing Prompt, Graphic Organizers

All about Turkeys, Writing Prompts, Graphic Organizers & Diagram

All About Zebras, Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers

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Celebrate Women's History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month with this versatile informational reading passage, research report, and collaborative art project on Frida Kahlo, a Mexican Artist and Latina changemaker. Perfect for a research project or as an engaging classroom activity.

***Reading Passages***

DIFFERENTIATED LEVELS FOR ALL LEARNERS

- Early elementary (1-3)

- Upper elementary (4-6)

- Complex Readers (7-12)

*Each newsletter is 2 pages.

Information on...

➡️ Early Life

➡️ Career

➡️ Interesting Facts

➡️ Influence

***Reading Comprehension Questions!***

These questions are differentiated and can be used with any reading passage about an influential female leader, making it ideal for close reading activities.

Features:

• Colored and Black-Line Versions: Available in both vibrant color and easy-to-print black-line formats.
• Reading Comprehension Questions: Tailored for early elementary (grades 1-3) and a separate worksheet for upper elementary (grades 4-6).

***Trifold***

How It Works:

1. Choose a Subject: Students select an individual to research. This could be anyone from historical figures, scientists, artists, to contemporary leaders or influencers. Frida Kahlo is pre-filled in one version of this template.
2. Fill in the Blanks: The template guides students through the research process. They'll fill in key sections, providing biographical information, accomplishments, and the impact of the chosen individual.
3. Present to the Class: The completed reports become the basis for engaging class presentations, encouraging students to express themselves confidently and articulately.

***Collaborative Mural Poster***

Habe students contribute to a larger masterpiece that honors the talent and resilience of Frida Kahlo. This unique product transforms any space into a vibrant tapestry of collective expression, capturing the spirit of Frida Kahlo's impactful life and words.

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Two Sizes Available: 25 pieces or 36 pieces! (Includes both Color-Guide & BW versions)

Perfect for classrooms celebrating Women's History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, this Frida Kahlo Reading Passage + Research Report Template + Collaborative will inspire students to learn about and appreciate the incredible contributions of this Latina changemaker.

These differentiated graphic organizers align with the skill “Retell” from HMH. I created them with the language proficiency levels of ENL students in mind. They can support beginner/entering level to advanced/commanding ELLs! With 5 versions to choose from, your students will be able to retell in no time! 

All versions include the “I can” statement, visual examples and the HMH anchor chart for retell. The first page includes boxes for students to illustrate the events in the story, for students who are not writing yet. If students struggle to draw on their own, you can provide them with pictures of the BME of the story to cut and glue into the boxes. The second page includes boxes for students to draw along with primary lines and sentence starters. The next two pages include primary lines with varied support of sentence starters and sequence words. For more advanced students, the last two pages include single spaced lines with varied support of sentence starters and sequence words. All of the supports are combined into one paper for easy access when modifying material. This can be utilized with HMH Grades 1, 2 and 3 for English Language Learners, SWD or students who need additional support.

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These materials were prepared by a teacher in New York State and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, publisher of the original HMH Into Reading Program work on which this material is based.

A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DRAGON MASTERS #9 Chill of the Ice Dragon by Tracey West.

This 45 page BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues
• Answers for comprehension questions included.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

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Students need to know how to classify 2d shapes and identify the name of each figure! Includes an interactive notebook activity + A complete 2S shapes poster. Both resources focus on sorting shapes into groups and subgroups, making the relationships between shapes clearer without confusing arrows. Perfect for hands-on learning and visual clarity!

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Included are:

1. 2D shapes complete reference sheet poster: A comprehensive no grade specific to help your students understand and retain different shapes according to their attributes.
2. An interactive cut and paste activity/notebook: Name each shape group. Then, cut out the shapes and glue them in the correct section.

Shapes included:

• Non-Polygons: Circle, Moon shape, Heart, ...
• Triangles: Equilateral, isosceles, scalene, acute, right, obtuse, Right and isosceles.
• Quadrilaterals: Square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, kite.
• More than 4 sides: Pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, Octagon.

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If you are teaching Compare & Contrast this is for you. Engage your students or child learn the process of compare & contrast writing with these worksheets. Great for homework, early finishers, homeschool, morning work, the practices are endless.

What's included:

• 24 Worksheets
• 48 Picture Cards
• 1 Poster
• 37 pages of work total

Here is the list of topics:

1. Bat vs. Bird
2. Boy vs. Girl
3. Brown Bear vs. Polar Bear
4. Car vs. Train
5. Cat vs. Dog
6. Cow vs. Pig
7. Donkey vs. Camel
8. Donut vs. Cake
9. Elephant vs. Dinosaur
10. Goat vs. Hippo
11. Gorilla vs. Monkey
12. Hedgehog vs. Skunk
13. Kangaroo vs. Koala
14. Mail vs. E-mail
15. Panda vs. Penguin
16. Raccoon vs. Fox
17. Shark vs. Whale
18. Sheep vs. Pony
19. Skyscraper vs. House
20. Squirrel vs. Bunny
21. Tablet vs. Laptop
22. Tiger vs. Lion
23. Turkey vs. Chicken
24. Zebra vs. Giraffe

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❤️Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Halloween in your classroom? Your students will have fun problem solving, thinking creatively, practicing letter recognition, number recognition, ten frames, spelling, vocabulary, beginning letter sounds, writing, counting, addition, subtraction, one-to-one correspondence, tracing, coloring, crafting and more with these spooky Halloween themed activities!

✏️Great for math centers, art centers, literacy centers, writing centers, sub tub, early finishers, independent morning work, partner work, small group work, peer tutoring, or extra practice at home for your kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd learners!

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Unlock your students' curiosity about a variety of pets including cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea, and iguanas with this comprehensive resource. Empower your students to showcase their newfound knowledge about these pets using engaging graphic organizers, diagrams, and thought-provoking writing prompts. This resource adapts to diverse learning levels with options for primary and secondary lines. Whether using this on a digital device or printed for classroom use, this resource offers an enriched learning experience.

Included in this package:

1. Interactive Pet Diagrams: Students can choose between a word bank-assisted diagram and an unassisted one, enhancing their understanding of iguana anatomy and traits.
2. Treemap Graphic Organizers: Delve into the world of pets using a structured "Iguanas are---can---have" treemaps, promoting systematic information organization.
3. Insightful Book Response Pages: Encourage critical thinking with book response templates that stimulate thoughtful reflections on pet-related literature.
4. Comprehensive Q&A Reports: Immerse students in a wealth of knowledge with a two-page question-and-answer report, covering a variety of pet facts.
5. Facts and Opinion Sheets: Foster analytical thinking by differentiating between factual information and personal opinions about pets.
6. Venn Diagram for Comparison: Explore the contrasts and similarities between adult and baby pets using this Venn Diagram tool.
7. KWL Sheet: Guide students through the "What We Know, What We Want to Learn, What We Learned" process, enhancing their research and learning skills.
8. Brainstorming Activity: Ignite creativity with a dedicated brainstorming sheet, promoting imagination and collaborative thinking.
9. Specialized Pet Writing Paper: Culminate the learning journey with eloquent pet-themed writing using our tailored writing paper.
10. Fact Sheet: Fun and interesting facts on iguana-shaped clipart will enhance your student's knowledge of these special animals.

With this Pet-themed educational resource, your students will not only expand their knowledge but also develop vital skills in research, critical thinking, and communication.

This is a Informational Reading Passage AND Collaborative Art Project about Frida Kahlo as an Latina Leader and a Female Changemaker. Students can use this as a jumping off point for a research project or as an activity for Women's History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month.

INCLUDED- Reading Comprehension Questions! Differentiated and can be used with any reading passage about an influential female leader. Perfect for close reading!

• Colored and black-line version
• Reading comprehension questions for early elementary (1-3) and separate worksheet for upper elementary (4-6)

Information on...

- Early Life

- Career

- Interesting Facts

- Artistic Contributions/Influences

• Inclusive Learning: Foster an inclusive classroom environment by exploring diverse narratives and celebrating the achievements of underrepresented voices.
• Ready-to-Use Content: Save time on lesson planning with our pre-packaged materials, allowing you to focus on what you do best – inspiring the next generation.

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Frida Kahlo Collaborative Mural Poster! Engage students as artists, inviting them to contribute to a larger masterpiece that pays tribute to the wisdom and resilience of Frida Kahlo. This unique product transforms any space into a vibrant tapestry of collective expression, capturing the spirit of Frida Kahlo's impactful words and life.

***Pro-Tip*** To make a smaller puzzle- use your printer or copiers "combine" feature and print 2 pages on one paper!

2 sizes- 25 pieces or 36 pieces! (Bordered, Colored or B&W)

Are you currently teaching Vocabulary? Are you looking for a NO PREP, fun and effective way to introduce a VOCABULARY JOURNAL? I've got you covered! This is perfect for the whole class! This Vocabulary Journal will have your students excited about learning new words!

In the first template, each page includes a “Word of the Day” space along with a space for students to write the word, the meaning, use it in a sentence and draw a picture. In the second template, each page includes a “Word of the Day” space, along with “My Language” where students can write the word in their native language, Turn & talk with a partner, write the meaning and draw a picture.

This also incorporates PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS & GRAMMAR into each page! For each word, students will identify the number of phonemes, vowels, consonants, digraphs AND whether the word is a Noun, Verb, Adjective or Adverb! WOW!

This Vocabulary Journal is different from others beause it’s not only fun and engaging but also covers the basic skills needed in a simplified format. No need for multiple pages! Assess students understanding of vocabulary ALL ON ONE PAGE!!!

This can be used with any word list or subject! Print the cover, a few Word of the Day pages, Staple & GO! Now you have a Journal! OR Use them separately, it’s your choice!

**This Vocabulary Journal utilizes all four modalities: Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing! PLUS, Drawing and Home language-support activities for ESL/ENL and Special Education.

Vocabulary Journal Includes:

• 3 Color Templates to choose from
• 2 Differentiated Formats of each
• 3 Different Cover Pages to choose from
• PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS & GRAMMAR embedded into each page!
• Home Language Support
• Visual/Symbol-Supported Boxes
• Word/Definition/Sentence/Drawing
• Word/In My Language/Meaning/Drawing/Turn & Talk
• Write & Draw
• ALL 4 Modalities
• Speaking, Listening
• Reading & Writing

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"As an ESL teacher, I recently purchased the Vocabulary Journal and I'm thrilled with its effectiveness. My students loved this resource! This tool requires minimal prep, making it a time-saver for busy educators. Its versatility allows seamless integration into any lesson plan, catering to diverse student needs and interests. The inclusion of phonological awareness and grammar elements on each page enhances language learning. With options for different cover pages and color templates, customization is easy. I highly recommend this journal to ESL/Special education teachers for its engaging and comprehensive approach to vocabulary instruction."

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A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Questions for THE LAST FIREHAWK #1 The Ember Stone by Katrina Charman.

This Novel Study includes highly engaging and comprehensive questions and activities that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context. Check out the PREVIEW for an example of some of the content included.

This is a NO-PREP resource that has been created in the order of the book. The contents pages outline the skills and strategies that students will be practising as they progress through the novel study.

AN ANSWER KEY IS INCLUDED

Activities include:

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story.
• Research - relevant to the story including bats, turtles, volcanoes and owls.
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

You are welcome to request a novel study in the questions and answers section of my shop!

Thank you for your continued support.

❤️Looking for engaging Thanksgiving activities? Your students will have fun problem solving, thinking creatively, practicing letter recognition, number recognition, letter sounds, vocabulary, writing, counting, one-to-one correspondence, tracing, coloring, crafting, and more with these printable thanksgiving themed activities!

✏️Great for math centers, art centers, literacy centers, writing centers, sub tub, early finishers, independent morning work, partner work, small group work, peer tutoring, or extra practice at home for your kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd learners!

⭐️This is a GROWING bundle and the price will increase as new resources are added.

⭐️Check out the previews for more details.

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☑ Crafts

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☑ Play Dough Mats

☑ Puzzles

☑ Task Cards

☑ Worksheets

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Are you in search of entertaining HALLOWEEN activities designed to boost literacy and math skills for your kindergarten or first-grade students? These activities are differentiated and easy to tailor to the specific needs of your students.

Discover this comprehensive bundle, featuring the following engaging resources:

1. Halloween-themed word problems for addition and subtraction (up to ten or twenty).
2. Exciting Halloween Class Book creation.
3. Enthralling Write the Room activity with a Halloween twist.
4. Inspiring writing prompts for "All About Bats."
5. Creative writing prompts for "All About Owls."
6. Educational fun with Cookie Monster Math, utilizing tissue boxes.
7. Interactive Bump sight words game for Kindergarten.
8. Bump addition game using numerals and number words

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As a delightful addition to our Writing Prompts for Gingerbread Houses, we've included a special collaborative art piece to foster teamwork and create a stunning mural of a gingerbread house! Each student receives a designated section of the mural, and when combined, these individual masterpieces come together to form a festive and charming scene.

Key Features:

1. Color and Write: Begin the adventure by allowing students to express their artistic flair as they color a charming gingerbread house. The beautifully outlined illustrations provide a canvas for creativity, encouraging kids to envision and design their very own sweet and festive home.
2. Descriptive Writing: Once the coloring masterpiece is complete, it's time to put pen to paper! The set includes prompts that guide students through crafting a descriptive paragraph about their gingerbread house. This activity not only hones their writing skills but also encourages the development of vivid imagery and attention to detail.
3. Differentiated Writing Papers:

• Primary Dotted: Ideal for young learners who are just beginning to form letters. The primary dotted paper provides helpful guidance for letter formation and spacing.
• Dotted: A transitional paper for those advancing in their writing skills, offering a balance of support and freedom.
• Lined: Geared towards more confident writers, this paper provides ample space for detailed descriptions and creativity to flo

Collaborative Mural:

1. Distributed Sections: The gingerbread house mural is divided into manageable sections, ensuring that every student has a unique part to color and personalize.
2. Collaborative Spirit: Encourage students to collaborate, discuss, and plan their coloring choices with their peers to ensure a cohesive and visually appealing final mural.
3. Creative Freedom: While following an overall theme, each student has the creative freedom to add their personal touch to their assigned section.
4. Assembly and Display: Once all sections are completed, assemble the individual pieces to unveil the collaborative gingerbread house mural.

Classroom Decoration: The completed gingerbread house mural can be displayed as a festive decoration, spreading holiday cheer and showcasing the collective talents of the entire class.

Immerse your students in the joy of collaborative art and writing with our Writing Prompts for Gingerbread Houses, where individual creativity merges to build a magical collective masterpiece!

Tired of modifying your curriculum’s graphic organizers to meet your students’ needs? These differentiated graphic organizers include everything you need, all on one page! These organizers align with the skill of identifying literary elements or parts of a story. Students will be able to idenitify the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution. I created them with the language proficiency levels of ENL students in mind. They can support beginner/entering level to advanced/commanding ELLs! With 3 levels to choose from, your students will be able to identify literary elements in no time!

This product includes:

• 6 differentiated graphic organizers
• 3 different color-coded levels of support
• simplified tasks
• differentiated lines
• sentence starters
• “I can” statements
• word box with visual examples
• hands-on activity
• scaffolded instruction

Students have the choice to draw, write or both, depending on their individual needs. All of these modifications are combined into one paper for easy access when modifying material. This can be utilized with Grades 1, 2 and 3 for English Language Learners, SWD or students who need additional support.

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A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DRAGON MASTERS #8 Roar of the Thunder by Tracey West.

This 46 page BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues
• Answers for comprehension questions included.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

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Celebrate Women's History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month with this versatile informational reading passage, research report, and collaborative art project on Dolores Huerta, a U.S. leader, hero, and Latina changemaker. Perfect for a research project or as an engaging classroom activity.

***Reading Passages***

DIFFERENTIATED LEVELS FOR ALL LEARNERS

- Early elementary (1-3)

- Upper elementary (4-6)

- Complex Readers (7-12)

*Each newsletter is 2 pages.

Information on...

➡️ Early Life

➡️ Career

➡️ Interesting Facts

➡️ Influence

***Reading Comprehension Questions***
These questions are differentiated and can be used with any reading passage about an influential female leader, making it ideal for close reading exercises.

Features:

• Colored and Black-Line Versions: Available in both vibrant color and easy-to-print black-line formats.
• Reading Comprehension Questions: Tailored for early elementary (grades 1-3) and a separate worksheet for upper elementary (grades 4-6).

***Trifold Reseach Template***

How It Works:

1. Choose a Subject (Dolores Huerta): Students select an individual to research. This could be anyone from historical figures, scientists, artists, to contemporary leaders or influencers. Dolores Huerta is pre-filled in one version of this template.
2. Fill in the Blanks: The template guides students through the research process. They'll fill in key sections, providing biographical information, accomplishments, and the impact of the chosen individual.
3. Present to the Class: The completed reports become the basis for engaging class presentations, encouraging students to express themselves confidently and articulately.

***Collaborative Mural Poster***

Have students contribute to a larger masterpiece that honors the wisdom and resilience of Dolores Huerta. This unique product transforms any space into a vibrant tapestry of collective expression, capturing the spirit of Dolores Huerta's impactful life and words.

Pro-Tip To make a smaller puzzle, use your printer or copier's "combine" feature and print 2 pages on one sheet!

Two Sizes Available: 25 pieces or 36 pieces! (Includes both Color-Guide & BW versions)

These differentiated graphic organizers align with the skill of identifying the “Theme” from HMH. I created them with the language proficiency levels of ENL students in mind. They can support beginner/entering level to advanced/commanding ELLs! With 3 levels to choose from, your students will be able to identify the topic and theme of a story in no time!

This product includes:

• 3 different color-coded levels of support
• simplified tasks
• differentiated lines
• sentence starters
• “I can” statements
• clues/text-evidence support
• word box with visual examples
• hands-on activity
• HMH anchor chart

Students have the choice to draw, write or circle the answer depending on their individual needs. All of these modifications are combined into one paper for easy access when modifying material. This can be utilized with HMH Grades 1, 2 and 3 for English Language Learners, SWD or students who need additional support.

HMH FREEBIE Point of View

HMH Into Reading Grade 2 Module 8 Assessment Study Guide

HMH Into Reading Grade 2 Module 7 Assessment Study Guide

HMH Into Reading Grade 2 Module 6 Assessment Study Guide

HMH Into Reading Elements of Poetry

HMH Into Reading Story Retell

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Copyright © Mrs. Linea. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.