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This Ronald McNair Unit focuses on theme and the lessons we can learn from this heroic man who has made a great impact on our history today. CLICK HERE to find an introductory lesson on THEME!CLICK HERE for a differentiated THEME lesson that can be used with the mentor text listed in this Ron McNair Unit as well as any other mentor text of choice! Within this document, you will find: - Teacher page: Mentor text suggestions - Two Ron McNair Influential Posters including famous & memorable qu

**This is updated for Super Bowl 58, 2024! This is a GROWING bundle! Each year this bundle will be updated with current Super Bowl Teams. It has now been updated for Super Bowl 2024! Engage your students with writing prompts and non-fiction passages on this year's Super Bowl teams; Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams! Within this print & go document you will find: - Inspirational football quote poster - Super Bowl Sunday Bubble Map: Describe America's favorite past time using adjectives

Use of Thinking Maps within schools is a beneficial tool for responding to text across genres and grade levels. This is a pre-writing document that includes Flee Map posters and black lines for explanatory/informative, opinion, and narrative prompts! You will find: - A Flee Map explanation poster - Explanatory/informative, narrative, and opinion writing standards poster that can be used on any focus wall, included on a bulletin board, etc. - Flee Map black line (A Flee Map, derived from Thi

CLICK HERE to visit my blog and see how I use this product in my classroom! This year long, FRY sight/high frequency word bundle includes: -Both black & white and colored word lists organized by quarter. There are 4 Fry Word lists, 50 words per list. Included is Fry's first 200 words. These are great to slip into a page protector and into any homework folder/binder to encourage home practice. -Bold, easy to read word wall word cards for all four quarter lists. Print these off on colored pa

Need a Bulletin Board idea that covers cause and effect and theme? Your students will have a blast reading A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon and completing a Cause & Effect Fold and Record activity! This pack includes: - A Cause & Effect banner for a bulletin board that will brighten up any hallway! - A Cause & Effect Fold and Record worksheet. Students will be given causes taken from the story and will be asked to record the effect. This is differentiated as students may write or ill

This comprehension and writing bundle evolves from the beloved children's books written by Tad Hills; "How Rocket Learned to Read" and "Rocket Writes a Story." Students practice reading and writing skills while fulfilling standards by way of Rocket's adventures! This bundle includes: - Classroom Motivational Poster - Standards Cards: These are the standards met after completion of these activities. These cards can be printed, cut, and laminated and used as display on a bulletin board or on any

This Wilma Rudolph Unit focuses on theme and the lessons we can learn from this heroic woman who has made a great impact on our history today. Within this document, you will find: - "Teaching with Mentor Texts & Media" Teacher reference page with links and QR codes to research extension resources - A literacy/reading standards poster that can be used to label any bulletin board or focus wall - "What is Theme?" Classroom Anchor Chart - Nine vocabulary cards that hold importance in understandin

This is a portion of an entire document of pre-writing Flee Map outlines for explanatory/informative, narrative, and opinion writing prompts. See the document below: Common Core Aligned Flee Map Pre-Writing Organization Tools Across Genres - Flee Map black line (A Flee Map, derived from Thinking Maps, is a combination of the Tree Map and Flow Map. This map provides students with a tool to organize their writing effectively, putting their ideas in order. This map could be used for any writing

Struggling with unmotivated writers in your classroom?! Mention theire pets and watch their eyes light up and their want to share everything about their favorite, furry friends! Have a student without a family pet? Encourage them to brag about their make believe or stuffed one! Your students will have a blast expressing their opinions about what the best pet may be! Use this engaging opinion writing lesson using students' interests to motivate, using Thinking Maps (Flee Map) as an organization

This is a Cinco de Mayo themed pack that includes: -Comprehension practice based on an interactive read aloud using the mentor text, Cinco de Mouse-O! by Judy Cox. Worksheets containing corresponding comprehension questions including multiple choice and short response are included. Students are encouraged to answer like a scholar, in complete sentences. Questions support skills such as identifying "right there questions," inferring, theme/main idea, and story elements. - A Non-fiction text r

What better way to begin the year or quarter than with the end in mind! This bulletin board project mirrors backward design in which students reflect on their strengths and weaknesses, whether academically, socially, or behaviorally, and commit to a goal for themselves. This bulletin board is an excellent display for parent teacher conferences! Soar towards excellence with this hot air balloon themed bulletin board crafitivity and project! Included: - "Soaring Towards Excellence in ______ gr

Use this all-inclusive document to introduce, review, or reteach your students' understanding of comparing numbers. These engaging activities exercise all learning styles. This no-prep pack includes: - Build and Draw task cards in which students use a model or drawing of tens and ones to build and compare two numbers. A recording sheet is provided. Use this as an informal form of assessment, individual practice, or a math center activity. Allow students to sort task cards based on their abilit

Use this no prep, practice to exercise students' understanding of counting and building numbers. Students also engage in place value practice. Use this all inclusive document as class work, homework, or as an assessment! Bright standard posters that can be displayed on any focus wall or bulletin board are also included! Common Core Standards: MAFS.1.NBT.1.1 - Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numeral and represent a number of objects with a w

This is a Mother's Day themed pack that includes: -A fiction story regarding Mother's Day with corresponding comprehension questions including multiple choice and short response. Students are encouraged to answer like a scholar, in complete sentences. Questions support skills such as identifying "right there questions," inferring, theme/main idea, and compare/contrast. - A Non-fiction text regarding the history of Mother's Day and other interesting facts with corresponding comprehension questi

What better way to engage your students than to teach with sweet treats? Your students will love this 3D shape extension activity that includes: - a "menu" visual poster including the sweet treats and what three dimensional shape they represent - a sorting mat - 4 pages of standard based questions including fill in the blank and multiple choice regarding 3D shape collection - a Tree Map sorting 3D shapes that have curved vs. flat surfaces; Students will be able to manipulate their sweet treat

This is your one stop shop to practice with words having suffixes -ly, and -ful! This beach themed pack will keep your students engaged! Included in this pack: -Words with Suffixes -ly, -ful Poster -Read the Room activity in which students will walk around the room to find ten cards including words that have the -ly and -ful suffix. Students will use the cards found to create a sort and record their work on a corresponding Tree Map. -Movable Alphabet: Students will move, manipulate, and build w

Use of Thinking Maps within schools is a beneficial tool for responding to text across genres and grade levels. This is a writing unit, focused on responding to the mentor text, "Thank you, Sarah The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving" by Laurie Halse Anderson. Included are explanatory/informative, opinion, and narrative prompts! You will find: - A classroom poster for before and after reading containing an influential quote that depicts the series of events in Sarah Hale's life as she fights for

This Rosa Parks Unit focuses on theme and the lessons we can learn from this heroic woman who has made a great impact on our history today. Within this document, you will find: - Teacher page: Mentor text suggestions - Two Rosa Parks Influential Posters including famous & memorable quotes - A literacy/reading standards poster that can be used to label any bulletin board or focus wall - Anchor Poster defining the comprehension strategy of theme - Eight vocabulary cards that hold importance in

Considering all evidence, this mystery is sure to be solved by your students! Students will practice and continue their understanding of the comprehension skill of cause & effect. This pack includes: - A visual aid classroom poster explaining "backwards thinking" when introducing the cause & effect skill. - Two visual aid classroom posters containing photographs that prompt questioning and discussion of cause & effect. Posters include HOT questions for deeper understanding. These can be used

Use this as an extension and reinforcement of the skills provided in the Grade One Reading Street Book for 4.6. This is your one stop shop to practice with words having suffixes -ly, and -ful! This beach themed pack will keep your students engaged! Included in this pack: -Words with Suffixes -ly, -ful Poster -Read the Room activity in which students will walk around the room to find ten cards including words that have the -ly and -ful suffix. Students will use the cards found to create a sort an