Showing posts with label Non-Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Non-Fiction. Show all posts

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Language Arts - "Spiders: Non-Fiction Booklet and Activities"

By Christina L
Grades 2-5




Here is a fun "non-scary" booklet to be used for Halloween or any other time when learning about spiders.

This product includes the following activities:
• 11 page booklet “Spiders” (see Table of Contents below)
• Spiders: K-W-L graphic organizer
• Spiders: Compare and Contrast graphic organizer
• Spiders: Vocabulary matching (1 with word bank, 1 without word bank) +   
  Answer Key
• Spiders: Matching + Answer Key
• Spiders: Close Reading 2 pages + Answer Key 

The Table of Contents for the booklet include the following:
• What is an Arachnid?
• What do Spiders Eat (and What Eats Spiders)?
• Spider Webs
• Black Widow Spiders
• Tarantulas
• Brown Recluse Spiders
• Wolf Spiders
• More Interesting Spider Facts
• Glossary

Directions for assembling booklet are included!

Thanks for looking! Christina

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Check Out These Spectacular Spring Resources

Spectacular Spring Resources Just for You!! 


Solve Quadratic Equations by Graphing REI.D.11-style.  Practice is an Encrypted Wall Activity that has students moving around the room.  Pre-made graphs make this Common Core Standard achievable for all levels.  ★Common Core Standard: REI.D.11 ★  The solutions of the equation f(x)=g(x) match with the x-coordinates of the intersection points of y=f(x) and y=g(x). $
Solve Quadratic Equations by Graphing REI.D.11-style. Practice is an Encrypted Wall Activity that has students moving around the room. Pre-made graphs make this Common Core Standard achievable for all levels. ★Common Core Standard: REI.D.11 ★ The solutions of the equation f(x)=g(x) match with the x-coordinates of the intersection points of y=f(x) and y=g(x). 
ABC Practice for Beginners Bundle. 156 pages BUNDLE and SAVE!  Sheets can be used as an introduction or reinforcement. Bundle includes 5 products: -ABC fun & Play-Dough Mats  Just print and laminate  -ABC fun & color  fun coloring patterns -ABC Mini Books  Just print and fold! No pasting, cutting are stapling required! -Phonemic Awareness -ABC Awareness
ABC Practice for Beginners Bundle. 156 pages BUNDLE and SAVE! Sheets can be used as an introduction or reinforcement. Bundle includes 5 products: -ABC fun & Play-Dough Mats Just print and laminate -ABC fun & color fun coloring patterns -ABC Mini Books Just print and fold! No pasting, cutting are stapling required! -Phonemic Awareness -ABC Awareness.
Close Read Academic Vocabulary Lesson Plans - St. Patrick's Day Set 2  Close Read and Academic Vocabulary Lessons for books:  Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie DePaola Clever Tom and the Leprechaun by Linda Shute  Packet includes Level 1 vocabulary, academic vocabulary, vocabulary flashcards, comprehension questions, recording worksheet for students and script for 3 days of lessons for each book.  Common Core aligned
Close Read Academic Vocabulary Lesson Plans - St. Patrick's Day Set 2 Close Read and Academic Vocabulary Lessons for books: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie DePaola Clever Tom and the Leprechaun by Linda Shute Packet includes Level 1 vocabulary, academic vocabulary, vocabulary flashcards, comprehension questions, recording worksheet for students and script for 3 days of lessons for each book. Common Core aligned.
These scavenger hunts really spice up a fractions unit.  My students get so excited about fraction operations with these scavenger hunts.  Topics include reducing fractions, fraction addition, fraction subtraction, fraction multiplication, and fraction division.
These scavenger hunts really spice up a fractions unit. My students get so excited about fraction operations with these scavenger hunts. Topics include reducing fractions, fraction addition, fraction subtraction, fraction multiplication, and fraction division.
First sound fluency is an important skill for all beginning readers. In this pack are three activities to help your students improve in this skill.In the first activity, students match the picture with the letter of its first sound.In the second activity, students clip the correct letter that matches the pictures first sound.In the third activity, students write the missing first letter for the picture.When your students are reading to begin their study of CVC words, check out my CVC Word ...
First sound fluency is an important skill for all beginning readers. In this pack are three activities to help your students improve in this skill.In the first activity, students match the picture with the letter of its first sound.In the second activity, students clip the correct letter that matches the pictures first sound.In the third activity, students write the missing first letter for the picture.
Dolch Sight Word Bundle for Grade 4 with Full Lesson Plans
Dolch sight words for 4th grade, ESL, and/or Special Education classes.
NGSS & Common Core Aligned Themed Activities to teach K-2 Engineering Standards in a fun way!  Engage students as they learn about Simple Machines and design their own Leprechaun Trap!  Science/Engineering/ELA/Kindergarten/First Grade/Second Grade
NGSS & Common Core Aligned Themed Activities to teach K-2 Engineering Standards in a fun way! Engage students as they learn about Simple Machines and design their own Leprechaun Trap! 
Without a strategy for chunking longer words into manageable parts, students may look at a longer word and simply resort to guessing what it — or altogether skipping it.  This Bundle contains 2 Syllable packs-  "I Hope For Gum" and Bubble Trouble"     You will find Activities, Anchor Charts and     Games for the following Syllable Types inside: - Closed - Silent-e - Open - Vowel Team - R-Controlled - Consonant-le
Without a strategy for chunking longer words into manageable parts, students may look at a longer word and simply resort to guessing what it — or altogether skipping it. This Bundle contains 2 Syllable packs- "I Hope For Gum" and Bubble Trouble."
This Measurement SCOOT is the perfect review for students needing to measure and estimate the length of items in both Metric (centimeters and meters) and US Customary (inches, feet, and yards) units!  The set includes 20 questions requiring students to measure, estimate, choose the proper measurement tools, and draw lines of given measures!Includes:-20 SCOOT or Task Cards-a Student Recording Sheet-an answer sheet
This Measurement SCOOT is the perfect review for students needing to measure and estimate the length of items in both Metric (centimeters and meters) and US Customary (inches, feet, and yards) units! The set includes 20 questions requiring students to measure, estimate, choose the proper measurement tools, and draw lines of given measures!Includes:-20 SCOOT or Task Cards-a Student Recording Sheet-an answer sheet.
This facts booklet on fireflies, ants, grasshoppers, ladybugs, and bees is a great resource to use for doing a research project on insects with your young children.  It is difficult to find age appropriate facts where the child can be independent in their research skills.
This facts booklet on fireflies, ants, grasshoppers, ladybugs, and bees is a great resource to use for doing a research project on insects with your young children. It is difficult to find age appropriate facts where the child can be independent in their research skills.
This is a set of Observation Sheets to go along with your Spring Science lessons. Your students will explore feathers, nests, eggs, bulbs, seeds, clouds, flower petals and do a Sink and Float activity. They will then record their observations on the printables included in this packet. Recording includes drawing, circling the correct word, fill-in-the-blank and writing sentences. Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd grades #spring, #printables, #science, #clouds, #bulbs, #seeds, #feathers, #nests, #eggs,
This is a set of Observation Sheets to go along with your Spring Science lessons. Your students will explore feathers, nests, eggs, bulbs, seeds, clouds, flower petals and do a Sink and Float activity. They will then record their observations on the printables included in this packet. Recording includes drawing, circling the correct word, fill-in-the-blank and writing sentences. Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd grades.
Looking for a fun and engaging way for your students or home schooler to practice telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour? Springtime SPLAT is played like slap jack. You can have students play with any combination of the cards. Endless differentiation opportunities!
4 Editing games your whole class will enjoy!U B the Editor is a comprehensive spelling, capitalization,punctuation, and grammar review for students in grades 4-6.

First, use as a Smartboard activity. Students will locate and mark the mistake in each sentence, then make the necessary correction.

This file contains writing papers, and a craft to go with the narrative prompt, "What would you do with the to of gold?." The patterns can be printed and colored, made into tracers for construction paper, or printed directly on construction paper if you printer has that capability.
This file contains writing papers, and a craft to go with the narrative prompt, "What would you do with the to of gold?." The patterns can be printed and colored, made into tracers for construction paper, or printed directly on construction paper if you printer has that capability.
Rounding Review
Spring Math Rounding centers and activities: These Rounding Activities are aligned to CCSS 3.NBT.A.1 and Texas TEKS 3.1B and 3.5A. Students round 2-digit numbers to the nearest ten, 3-digit numbers to the nearest ten and hundred, and four-digit numbers to the nearest hundred, all with a Spring theme. 
Use these reading passages and graphic organizers for Women's History Month or when teaching biographies. These are great for individual work or cooperative learning. They can be used for small group projects - have each group report on their famous woman to the rest of the class.  Includes:  • Helen Keller •Susan B. Anthony •Sacagawea •Amelia Earhart •Rosa Parks •Sally Ride
Use these reading passages and graphic organizers for Women's History Month or when teaching biographies. These are great for individual work or cooperative learning. They can be used for small group projects - have each group report on their famous woman to the rest of the class. Includes: • Helen Keller •Susan B. Anthony •Sacagawea •Amelia Earhart •Rosa Parks •Sally Ride.
Close reading guide for Flora and Ulysses! This guide has focus questions for each and every chapter.  There are creative writing activities, research activities and discussion points.  There are explicit gradual release close reading lessons throughout.  I also included a rubric for assessing their close reading work.  Enjoy!
Close reading guide for Flora and Ulysses! This guide has focus questions for each and every chapter. There are creative writing activities, research activities and discussion points. There are explicit gradual release close reading lessons throughout. I also included a rubric for assessing their close reading work. Enjoy!
Having an SOS day? Lifesavers are perfect solutiosn for days when you are too sick to plan for a sub; you have to sub without lessons; are greeted with an emergency or you are out of time. These NO PREP printables are perfect daily lessons that will surely SAVE THE DAY!This pack is suitable for teachers to provide for substitutes or for substitute teacher to purchase for his/her own use.
Having an SOS day? Lifesavers are perfect solution for days when you are too sick to plan for a sub; you have to sub without lessons; are greeted with an emergency or you are out of time. These NO PREP printables are perfect daily lessons that will surely SAVE THE DAY!This pack is suitable for teachers to provide for substitutes or for substitute teacher to purchase for his/her own use.
Insects and Bugs, printable mini-unit worksheets for pre-k, kindergarten, homeschool. Science facts, math, language, handwriting, fine motor skills, and more.
Insects and Bugs, printable mini-unit worksheets for pre-k, kindergarten, homeschool. Science facts, math, language, handwriting, fine motor skills, and more.
St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages
St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages!
Helen Keller was a extraordinary example of how hard work and determination can lead to great accomplishments. Helen persevered and overcame difficult conditions and went on to become an inspirational leader who helped many people all across the world. In this unit, students will learn all about Helen Keller's incredible life story through high interest informational articles and engaging learning activities!
Helen Keller was a extraordinary example of how hard work and determination can lead to great accomplishments. Helen persevered and overcame difficult conditions and went on to become an inspirational leader who helped many people all across the world. In this unit, students will learn all about Helen Keller's incredible life story through high interest informational articles and engaging learning activities!
Awesome end of the year activity where your students vote for their classmates to receive  end of the year awards!  28 total awards in color and without backgrounds for easier printing. $ #endofyear #classroomawards
Awesome end of the year activity where your students vote for their classmates to receive end of the year awards! 28 total awards in color and without backgrounds for easier printing. 
This product will help students take control of the multiple choice section of the AP English Language & Composition exam by teaching them how the questions are designed. $
This product will help students take control of the multiple choice section of the AP English Language & Composition exam by teaching them how the questions are designed.
If you are looking for step-by-step instructions on how to teach children to write a story, this is the perfect unit for you.  And the best part is that this unit is suitable for children from Kindergarten to Grade 3.  This unit is super easy to prep and full of tons of blackline masters.
If you are looking for step-by-step instructions on how to teach children to write a story, this is the perfect unit for you. And the best part is that this unit is suitable for children from Kindergarten to Grade 3. This unit is super easy to prep and full of tons of blackline masters.
Integrate math and writing by focusing on the process of writing math word problems. Before solving test formatted problems, students need experience writing their own. Students draw a noun card(s), a number card(s), and an operation card(s). They use the cards drawn to write their own word problem within the parameters that you set.
Integrate math and writing by focusing on the process of writing math word problems. Before solving test formatted problems, students need experience writing their own. Students draw a noun card(s), a number card(s), and an operation card(s). They use the cards drawn to write their own word problem within the parameters that you set.
My School, My Safety, My Life! is a CCSS (Common Core State Standards) Lesson Plan designed to inspire and encourage middle and high school students to take leadership and responsibility for the safety of their school campuses. Campus violence, including shootings, is almost always caused by students already known, and not by so-called "outsiders." Your Middle School and High School students need to learn how to take leadership and responsibility for the safety of their and your campus.
My School, My Safety, My Life! is a CCSS (Common Core State Standards) Lesson Plan designed to inspire and encourage middle and high school students to take leadership and responsibility for the safety of their school campuses. Campus violence, including shootings, is almost always caused by students already known, and not by so-called "outsiders." Your Middle School and High School students need to learn how to take leadership and responsibility for the safety of their and your campus.
Story Element Posters!  These are grey poster to have when teaching what a character, setting, problem and solution is.  I have also included poster to help students understand what a beginning, middle and end to a story looks like.
Story Element Posters! These are grey poster to have when teaching what a character, setting, problem and solution is. I have also included poster to help students understand what a beginning, middle and end to a story looks like.
St. Patrick's Day is such a fun and colorful holiday to enjoy with elementary students.In this unit, there’s several student activities depending on the amount of time you have to incorporate them into the day. But there’s plenty to choose from including:
Anticipatory Guide to activate prior knowledge and pique student interest.
Four Informational articles about St. Patrick, Symbols of Ireland, leprechauns, and traditions about this worldwide celebrated day.
Colorful vocabulary posters to use to introduce important words and concepts and much more!


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Saturday, March 14, 2015

NON-FICTION READING COMPREHENSION - HISTORY BASED

Grades 4-6
By Sarah Peterson
Hands on History





Looking for
NON-FICTION READING PASSAGES?
Check out my
HISTORY-BASED
Reading Comprehension Products!

Each product includes:
Reading Passage
Reading Comprehension Questions
Teacher’s Key

**Reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included)

This product is Great for:
Homework
Independent Reading
Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet
QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOL!

TOPICS INCLUDE:
·      Butch Cassidy
·      Belle Starr
·      The Donner Party
·      Pioneer Chores
·      Cowboy Chuckwagons
·      Buffalo Bill
·      Billy the Kid
·      Wagon Trains
·      Hazards on the Cowboy Trail
·      Wild Bill Hickok
·      Geronimo
·      Chief Joseph
·      Annie Oakley
·      Branding Cattle
·      The Cattle Drive
·      Sacagawea
·      The Louisiana Purchase
·      Buffalo Bill
·      Jesse James
…and many more!

Click here to visit my TPT store and check out my Reading Comprehension products as well as other historical lesson plans.



Saturday, March 7, 2015

Language Arts (and Social Studies!): Found Poetry Packet

Created by: Danielle Hall 
grades 6-12

 Found Poetry Packet (link)


Want to get students to understand texts on a deeper level and write poetry at the same time? This packet was designed to help students understand, enjoy, and create “found” poetry. “Found” poetry asks students to reshape an existing text into something new. This product is the “found” poem. 

This document contains three source texts and three sample "found" poems. While “found” poems can be created from any text, I’ve chosen three types to showcase here: 
1) A poem created from a single fiction text
2) A poem created from a single newspaper article
3) A poem created from two newspaper articles on the same topic 

The sample texts are: excerpt from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
"Steamboat Burnt" from The National Gazette (1834)
"William Penn" from The National Gazette (1834)

Most likely, you won’t do all three in your classroom in one year, but I’ve provided materials for each of these based on three source texts. You can use these to expose your students to “found” poetry. This adds flexibility and longevity to this product.

“Found” poetry is a great teaching tool because the possibilities are endless. I have used this will many levels of students on several kinds of texts. I hope you have a great time working on this with your students.

Thanks,

-Danielle @ nouvelle
nouvelletpt@gmail.com

Monday, February 2, 2015

Language Arts - "Jaguars a Nonfiction Resource Pack"



Jaguars are Cool Cats! 
Using my Five Step Method below makes learning meaningful and fun for students.
Part 1: Hook’em with “Fast Facts True or False” Anticipatory Guide. Students predict at the beginning of the unit the answers to guided questions and then check-n-correct their answers after learning the information and/or end of the unit.
Part 2: Read-n-Visualize with high interest informational Articles and mini-book with real life photographs written in kid friendly language. Included is a one page black and white master of the articles to use as a unit overview, study guides, or even as notes for their binders or notebooks.
Part 3: Focus on Skills: to reinforce and enhance student learning with a variety of skill-based activities such as:
Fact vs. Opinion  
True/False   

Predicting
Visualizing  
Compare/Contrast
Vocabulary            
Adding Supporting Details  

Part 4: Realistic Posters with real life photographs to use on the document camera or great for bulletin boards to introduce this topic. You can either preserve these for another year or bind them together as a book for the classroom library.

Part 5: Show What you Know! Student quick check questions, writing prompts, activities, and reflection to evaluate learning. Reflections are perfect for student portfolios and Parent Teacher Conferences.





Saturday, January 3, 2015

LANGUAGE ARTS - WINTER HOLIDAYS FLIP BOOK

Jan'etta Hayden
Grades 1-3





Are you looking for an activity for students to work on after the new year?  This is the product for you!  Students will be learning about winter holidays by completing this fun flip flap book.


I hope the beginning of 2015 is off to a firecracker start!  I am

Cordially Yours,
Jan’etta


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Thursday, January 1, 2015

SOCIAL STUDIES - WINTER HOLIDAYS FLIP BOOK

Jan'etta Hayden
Grades 1-3





Are you looking for an activity for students to work on after the new year?  This is the product for you!  Students will be learning about winter holidays by completing this fun flip flap book.


I hope the beginning of 2015 is off to a firecracker start!  I am

Cordially Yours,
Jan’etta


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