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Do you love incorporating music during ELA? Use the song, "Just a Cloud Away" by Pharrell Williams to connect to the central theme or lesson of the book "Curious Garden" and "Magic Trash." Could also be used with other novel studies that you are reading that focus on the theme of beauty and never giving up.

Do you love incorporating music during ELA? Use the song, "Brave" by Sara Bareilles to connect to the central theme or lesson of the book "I Survived the Great Chicago Fire of bravery. Includes - Song lyrics - Brainstorm activities for collaboration with small groups - Graphic organizers - Questions connecting to the theme of bravery

Do you love incorporating music during ELA? Use the song, "You've Got a Friend" by Randy Newman to connect to the central theme or lesson of the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" Could also be used with other novel studies that you are reading that focus on the theme of friendship.

Final assessment for the novel study on "Because of Winn-Dixie." Includes: - character analysis - vocabulary - multiple choice - written response

Graphic organizer for an animal research project during ELA. Focuses on: - animal description - animal diet - animal habitat - additional pages for added research using sticky notes

Assessment for "I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871" By Lauren Tarshis.

Are you learning about the Columbian Exposition or Chicago World's Fair? Here is a great resource when learning and researching about the foreign buildings displayed at the fair! Graphic organizer to be used with the World's Fair and National Geographic websites.

Are your students learning about the Columbian Exposition or Chicago World's Fair? Here is a great resources when learning about the state buildings that were featured at the fair. The worksheet focuses on research using the Columbian Exposition and National Geographic websites.

Assessment focusing on maps vocabulary, specific to Illinois and Chicago.

Quiz about the Columbian Exposition or Chicago World's Fair!

Nonfiction text features notes template. To be used specifically with a nonfiction graphic novel, as it includes text features such as panels, word art, speech bubbles, and text boxes.

A summative project for the Great Chicago Fire. Slideshow incorporates a story mountain using the book, "I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871" by Lauren Tarshis. Slides include: - title page - character description - story mountain - conflict - theme - what I learned about the Chicago fire Slideshow can be created using Google classroom, Google slides, or ppt.

Choice board for a Final Project using the mentor text/novel study, "Because of Winn-Dixie."

Point of view graphic organizer. Great for nonfiction text about specific topics like animals.