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Geography teachers, are you always looking for a great Getting To Know You back-to-school geography icebreaker activity for the beginning of the year for all ages? This activity will encourage your students to become familiar with their classmates as they work in groups and rotate through various stations. What a great introduction to basic geography skills such as graphs, charts, maps, and the concept of culture. It truly teaches geography skills all the while allowing students to collaborate, have fun, and get to know one another.

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Step-by-Step How-To for complete film writing analysis. This 36 page guide has two parts: Getting Started and Writing Your Essay. This easy-to-follow guide includes: What is film analysis? Literary Analysis and Film Concepts Getting Started How to Watch and Take Notes Audience Theme Emotions Writing Your Essay Introduction Plot Summary Body Paragraphs Setting Mood Characters Film Techniques Sound Lighting Symbolism Foreshadowing, Directors and Writers Using Film Quotes Conclusion Peer Workshopping Activity slides for: planning, writing theme and subject, introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion Excellent for flipped classrooms, homeschooling, online learners, literacy centers, individual and group learning.

This packet includes drawing, coloring, counting, reading, answering questions, a word search, brainstorming, and writing—all centered around Thanksgiving themes.

What’s Inside:

• Educational Reading Passage: Introduces students to the story of Thanksgiving with a historical narrative. This is the only page that might be best done reading it as a group for the younger grades.
• Reading Comprehension Questions: Test students’ understanding with multiple-choice questions and an open-ended prompt.
• Creative Brainstorming and Writing Prompt: Encourage gratitude-focused brainstorming
• "I can be Thankful" Writing: Use the Brainstorming to create a short writing entry on what students are thankful for this year.
• Seek, Color, and Count Activity: Fun for younger students to reinforce counting skills and color recognition. This all-in-one resource will add a touch of fun and learning to your Thanksgiving lesson plans, and teachers and students alike will enjoy it
• Thanksgiving Word Search: Boost vocabulary with holiday-themed words.
• Draw the other half: Carefully redraw the other half of a turkey. This can double as a coloring page.
• 7 Pages of work for the students, 1 example page, and 2 answer key pages for teacher use

This Thanksgiving packet allows students to work independently at their own pace, with little to no help. It is perfect for an afternoon of learning, or something extra they can do when they've finished their other work. You can print out the pages simultaneously to make a packet or use pages individually. Add a touch of fun and learning to your Thanksgiving lesson plans with this all-in-one resource that teachers and students alike will enjoy!

Looking for fun, no-prep activities to add to your classroom or homeschool? These cut, sort, and paste activity worksheets are perfect for practicing scissor skills, for sorting centers, as morning work or for early finishers, or as a fun supplement to holiday learning!

Part of the "What Belongs?" Series, the Holiday unit covers 15 holidays for full year learning. Each holiday comes with a full color sorting worksheet, two versions of the worksheet in black and white, plus a "what is missing" worksheet where students complete a holiday picture. This set also includes multiple holiday sorting worksheets so students can compare two or four holidays at once. Please see the preview above for a look at all the included worksheets!

Includes activities for the following holidays: Halloween, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Earth Day, Ramadan, Independence Day, and Canada Day.

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• 15 "What Belongs in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each holiday)
• 15 "What is missing in..." complete the picture cut and paste worksheets (one for each holiday)
• 9 multiple holiday cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to compare two or four holidays (i.e. Halloween or Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day or Easter, etc.)
• Two black and white versions of each "What Belongs in..." and multiple holiday worksheet for easier printing. One version instructs students to color pictures before cutting and pasting.

*Total of 39 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*

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What Belongs? Holidays

What Belongs? Places/Habitats

What Belongs? Seasons

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❤️Looking for engaging, differentiated reading comprehension activities to learn about community helpers? Your students will love reading, using critical thinking and deductive reasoning to make meaning of the text, and practicing writing skills with this bundle!

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✏️ These reading comprehension activities are perfect for building literacy skills and confidence!

✏️ Great for your 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade students!

✏️ Use for literacy centers, guided reading groups, homework, intervention programs and more!

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⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and select the differentiated levels that are most appropriate for your student's needs.

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✅ This bundle includes:

☑ Community Helpers - Reading Comprehension: Set 1

☑ Community Helpers - Reading Comprehension: Set 2

☑ Community Helpers - Reading Comprehension: Set 3

☑ Community Helpers - Reading Comprehension: Set 4

✅ Each set includes:

Worksheets - 3 differentiated levels: (30 pages)

☑ Level 1: reading passage & multiple choice questions (10 pages)

☑ Level 2: reading passage & write the answers - dotted lines (10 pages)

☑ Level 3: reading passage & write the answers - solid lines (10 pages)

Bonus: (63 pages)

☑ Black & white set (30 pages)

☑ Table of contents (2 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Answer key (30 pages)

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✅ Set 1 Community Helpers:

☑ firefighter

☑ architect

☑ farmer

☑ flight attendant

☑ pilot

☑ doctor

☑ artist

☑ teacher

☑ chef

☑ business person

✅ Set 2 Community Helpers:

☑ athlete

☑ musician

☑ fast food worker

☑ bank teller

☑ mechanic

☑ police officer

☑ retail worker

☑ astronaut

☑ plumber

☑ delivery person

✅ Set 3 Community Helpers:

☑ waiter

☑ waitress

☑ construction worker

☑ barista

☑ fisherman

☑ dentist

☑ veterinarian

☑ librarian

☑ photographer

☑ lumberjack

✅ Set 4 Community Helpers:

☑ janitor

☑ disk jockey

☑ scientist

☑ nurse

☑ florist

☑ gardener

☑ journalist

☑ baker

☑ barber

☑ movie director

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