Aztec Empire Close Reading Passages | Digital & Print | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
A Google Forms reading comprehension bundle with six individual activities about key events or key figures of the Aztec Empire. The activities, which come in PDF format too, have an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task, are about the following people or topics:
The NO PREP informational text activities are ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resources, which also come in PDF format, allow students to learn key facts about the Aztecs whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in each of the six activities:
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This resource bundle is great for:
These activities are online resources, that use Google Forms, and are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and are easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.
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Time allowance to complete each activity:
5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.
40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
Time allowance to assess:
A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
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North America Before European Contact: 5th Grade Studies Weekly: Week 6-8
By Colleen Burdette
Project based learning:
This lessons relate to Studies Weekly weeks 6-8 for 5th grade, but the topics covered certainly work without Studies Weekly. These hands on projects help engage students and lead to better understanding.
Students will study and represent Indigenous People's dwellings, complete an infographic concerning different native tribes, explore being an archaeologist, and work trade routes.
Project based learning helps students approach information in a variety of ways.
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Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY Unit: PreReading, Writing, History Google Slide
By Kiwious About Vocab
Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle includes
3 cross-curricular lessons for the holiday:
..............................HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE....................
What is Thanksgiving? -
This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.
.......................................READING LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDES................................
PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTION provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the short story, *The Thanksgiving Visitor, by Truman Capote.
* Audio Link to text included
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 PREREADING INTRODUCTION
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.
Vocabulary Words: shiftless, surly, goad, menagerie, quibble, mirth, sacrilegious, skitter, suffuse, relegated
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 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. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension
......................................WRITING LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDES.................................
This Google Slide Lesson in Gratitude Writing Prompts package provides 15 notable quotations for students to ponder, analyze and critique in a written paragraph format. The quotes express thankfulness and gratitude; perfect for Thanksgiving.
This month-long collection of higher-level thinking quotes will provide a catalyst for summarizing, paraphrasing, using synonyms, antonyms and thesaurus words in an organized sequence of complete sentences using the templates provided.
PRODUCT CONTAINS:
*PDF FILE: daily directions, teacher suggestions, hints and tips to improve written responses, printable writing templates for student support.
*GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON: 15 soothing, aesthetic quotation slides to be used daily or printed for the classroom selected specifically for student analysis
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Thanksgiving History Lesson plus 2 Thanksgiving short story vocab intro, GOOGLE
By Kiwious About Vocab
Thanksgiving ELA GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle: 2 Prereading Introductions *plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson
A HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE
What is Thanksgiving? -
This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.
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2 GOOGLE SLIDE PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTIONS provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving:
**TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry
**THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes
* PDF LINKS to texts are included
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 PREREADING INTRODUCTIONS
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. **Fun Facts** photos and 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/prediction
· Create predictions about text7
· 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 and interactive notebooks
These lessons are also available in Google Slides.
Colonial American Novels, Background Information Introductions -Google
By Kiwious About Vocab
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FOR 3 NOVELS SET DURING
COLONIAL AMERICA bundle includes 3 texts :
"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare BL 5.7
"Woods Runner" by Gary Paulson BL 5.5
"The Sign of the Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare BL 4.9
These 3 introductory historical Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Historical facts, photo visuals, and video clips clearly support the details of the text.
EACH GOOGLE SLIDE CONTAINS:
**HISTORICAL SLIDES filled with links to critical information, factual videos & time period music...**Please be aware that YOUTUBE LINKS open to a standard warning page which must be clicked to access video.
Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short author bio.
Setting slides
-Location facts, photos, maps
-Time period facts, photos and links
-Link to period music
-Links to historical video clips
World Event slides
-The World Events which shape the context of each novel set during Colonial America are explained through rich photos, maps, and video links. The huge impact these events had on the people living during this time-period is presented to better set the stage for reading.
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
PRINTABLE USES: Worksheets, word walls, interactive notebooks
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.
Enjoy!
-From Kiwious About Vocab!
Sign of Beaver & Witch of Blackbird Pond by E. Speare-Background Info Intro
By Kiwious About Vocab
Engage your students with a comprehensive Pre-Reading Historical Introduction to The Sign of the Beaver and The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. These Digital Google Lessons seamlessly present these novel’s significant setting with critical world events of the time. These resources greatly improve comprehension while aligning to standards, ensuring a richer literary experience for all learning styles.
For use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms
Google Slides:
1. **Author Photo and Short Biography** Providing students with a personal connection to the author, enhancing their engagement and understanding of the writer’s influence behind the story.
2. **Historical Fiction Genre** Preparing students to critically analyze how real-world events of the time-period are portrayed through creative storytelling.
3. **Audio Link to Book**Providing an additional resource to support diverse learning styles and ensuring all students can access and engage with the text.
4. **Location Facts, Photos, and Maps** Providing students with a concrete understanding of the setting, enriching their grasp of the historical and geographical context of the story.
5. **Time-period Facts, Photos and Links** Helping students visualize and comprehend the novel’s historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.
6. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.
7. **Links to Historical Video Clips** Bringing history to life, providing visual imagery and helping students better understand the events and people of the time-period.
8. **List of Books Written by this Author** Reading other books by the same author is important because it allows students to explore similar themes and styles, fostering a greater interest in literature and a deeper connection with the author's body of work.
9. **Pre- and Post- Printable Assessments with Answer Key** Crucial for the digital introduction lesson helping to gauge students' initial knowledge and track their progress, ensuring their understanding of the novel.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage
· Add to electronic notebooks
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.
Enjoy!
-From Kiwious About Vocab
Code Talker, novel, Background Introduction & Editable Book Report-Google
By Kiwious About Vocab
Historical Novel Pre-reading and Post-reading Bundle with Audiobook
**Before reading, engage your students with a comprehensive PRE-READING HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION for Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac. The Digital Google Lesson seamlessly presents this novel’s significant setting with critical world events of the time. This resource greatly improves comprehension while aligning to standards, ensuring a richer literary experience for all learning styles. *Audiobook link included.
**After reading, our HISTORICAL BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE has been pre-designed to create the perfect culminating book project. Completely editable, the digital slides include prompts and images which guide the student through the creation of an organized book presentation.
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PREREADING GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON:
1. **Author Photo and Short Biography** Providing students with a personal connection to the author, enhancing their engagement and understanding of the writer’s influence behind the story.
2**. **Link to Audiobook Included**** which allows every student to access the text as needed. Absent students, those who need to reread or review…this link is invaluable. Post it on your teacher page!
3. **Historical Fiction Genre** Preparing students to critically analyze how real-world events of the time-period are portrayed through creative storytelling.
3. **Location Facts, Photos, and Maps** Providing students with a concrete understanding of the setting, enriching their grasp of the historical and geographical context of the story.
4. **Time-period Facts, Photos and Links** Helping students visualize and comprehend the novel’s historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.
5. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.
6. **Links to Historical Video Clips** Bringing history to life, providing visual imagery and helping students better understand the events and people of the time-period.
7. **List of Books Written by this Author** Reading other books by the same author is important because it allows students to explore similar themes and styles, fostering a greater interest in literature and a deeper connection with the author's body of work.
8. **Pre- and Post-Printable Assessments with Answer Key** Crucial for the digital introduction lesson helping to gauge students' initial knowledge and track their progress, ensuring their understanding of the novel.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage
· Add to electronic notebooks
……………………………………
DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDE BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE - This editable Google Slide template has been designed to assist students in the creation of an upper-elementary historical fictional book report. The end product may be shared as a presentation or graded for assessment.
exposition, rising action, climax, turning point, falling action, resolution
favorite quote, main & minor character traits, theme, and student rating
This Google Slide template will allow all students to complete their Reading Project, book report, or Reading assessment and present an end product of which they are proud! Also available in Powerpoint
Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!
Sign of the Beaver, novel, Background Introduction & Editable Book Report
By Kiwious About Vocab
Historical Novel Pre-reading and Post-reading Bundle with Audiobook
**Before reading, engage your students with a comprehensive PRE-READING HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION for The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. The Digital Google Lesson seamlessly presents this novel’s significant setting with critical world events of the time. This resource greatly improves comprehension while aligning to standards, ensuring a richer literary experience for all learning styles. *Audiobook link included.
**After reading, our HISTORICAL BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE has been pre-designed to create the perfect culminating book project. Completely editable, the digital slides include prompts and images which guide the student through the creation of an organized book presentation.
……………………………………..
PREREADING GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON:
1. **Author Photo and Short Biography** Providing students with a personal connection to the author, enhancing their engagement and understanding of the writer’s influence behind the story.
2**. **Link to Audiobook Included**** which allows every student to access the text as needed. Absent students, those who need to reread or review…this link is invaluable. Post it on your teacher page!
3. **Historical Fiction Genre** Preparing students to critically analyze how real-world events of the time-period are portrayed through creative storytelling.
3. **Location Facts, Photos, and Maps** Providing students with a concrete understanding of the setting, enriching their grasp of the historical and geographical context of the story.
4. **Time-period Facts, Photos and Links** Helping students visualize and comprehend the novel’s historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.
5. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.
6. **Links to Historical Video Clips** Bringing history to life, providing visual imagery and helping students better understand the events and people of the time-period.
7. **List of Books Written by this Author** Reading other books by the same author is important because it allows students to explore similar themes and styles, fostering a greater interest in literature and a deeper connection with the author's body of work.
8. **Pre- and Post-Printable Assessments with Answer Key** Crucial for the digital introduction lesson helping to gauge students' initial knowledge and track their progress, ensuring their understanding of the novel.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage
· Add to electronic notebooks
……………………………………
DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDE BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE - This editable Google Slide template has been designed to assist students in the creation of an upper-elementary historical fictional book report. The end product may be shared as a presentation or graded for assessment.
exposition, rising action, climax, turning point, falling action, resolution
favorite quote, main & minor character traits, theme, and student rating
This Google Slide template will allow all students to complete their Reading Project, book report, or Reading assessment and present an end product of which they are proud! Also available in Powerpoint
Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!
Native American Heritage Month Activities - Pear Deck - Project
By Curly Girl ELD Shop
Are you searching for an engaging resource for your secondary students to teach them about Native American Heritage Month? This engaging Google Slides/Pear Deck has everything you need for secondary students to learn all about Indigenous peoples and Native American Heritage from authentic indigenous voices and resources_._
Your Students Will:
This resource is READY-TO-USE with plenty of activities to engage your secondary students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.
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Google Drive Research Project BUNDLE #2
By Abigail J McClellan
Are you looking for online resources to assign your students so they can continuing learning from home? Look no further! This comprehensive GOOGLE DRIVE research project BUNDLE is everything you need in order for students to complete independent research from home or paperless assignments at school. This product encourages research skills using National Geographic Kids & various graphic organizers, content-specific vocabulary knowledge, and self-reflection skills! This resource comes with over 12 pages per product of graphic organizers (with examples!), vocabulary terms, and Google Survey/Quizzes for easy grading. It is easy to use and an awesome independent research project that your students will love! Be sure to check out the individual products for a more detailed description / preview of what is included :)
What is included?
- Access to all 4 Google Drive products, each containing 8-9 resources (30 files total!!):
THIS BUNDLE #2 INCLUDES:
Google Drive Planet Research Project
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Google Drive Habitat Research Project
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INCLUSIVE Research Project BUNDLE
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This great INCLUSIVE Google Drive Research Project bundle is everything you need if you are studying African-American Heroes, the Civil Rights Movement, Native American Tribes, Women Heroes and/or looking for online resources to assign to your students. Whether you are in person, distance learning, or a combination of both - you will find this bundle useful in your classroom!! These fun and engaging research projects encourage research skills using National Geographic Kids & various graphic organizers, content-specific vocabulary knowledge, and self-reflection skills! This resource comes with 25 pages per product of graphic organizers (with examples!), vocabulary terms, and Google Survey/Quizzes for easy grading. It is easy to use and an awesome independent research project that BOTH you and your students will love! Be sure to check out the following products for a more detailed description / preview of what is included :)
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