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Slides with activities that align to the Junior Great Books curriculum Series 2 Book 1 Responsibility

Slides aligning with the Junior Great Books curriculum to facilitate reading and discussing all three stories in the Friendship book. Add on work sheets available for additional purchase.

A creative writing based on Catalog Cats, can be used as a closer to Junior Great Books story Catalog Cats in the Responsibility Book.

Discussion Questions that align to the Junior Great Books curriculum Series 2 Book 1 Responsibility.

Discussion Questions aligned to Junior Great Books Curriculum for the story Catalog Cats.

Discussion Questions aligned to Junior Great Books Series 1 Book 1 Anancy and Dog and Puss. See Junior Great Books Series 1 Book 1 Friendship slides listing for more resources.

These slides support both the development of empathy in students and the practice of identifying emotions, especially in reference to how we physically feel emotions. The students are guided through three relevant scenarios that challenges them to consider multiple perspectives and emotions different people might feel in the same situation.

Use these slides to combine Space Science Learning and Opinion Writing in a fun and interesting way. Students are astronauts tasked with decided wether they would rather go to the stars, the Moon, or the Sun. Students must research then write opinion paragraphs using the OREO (Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion Restated) model.

Students of all ages will be able to use this lesson to access the lived experiences of Civil Rights hero Ruby Bridges. Using their bodies students will portray important images from Ruby's fight for school integration. This arts integration lesson will allow students to more deeply explore this legendary trailblazer.

Help your students become independent problem solvers using this bump, hill, mountain flowchart. Students will learn how tell the difference between a big deal and a little deal.