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*NEWLY UPDATED* This guide is packed with no-prep before, during, and after reading activities as well as an enrichment opportunity. These activities are perfect for reading groups, whole class instruction, and easy sub-plans! The before reading activity includes a link to a website that helps students build background knowledge about the story's setting. During reading, students are engaged with a hand summary graphic organizer. The after reading section includes printables with several optio

*NEWLY UPDATED* This guide is packed with no-prep before, during, and after reading activities as well as an enrichment opportunity. These activities are perfect for reading groups, whole class instruction, and easy sub-plans! The before reading activity includes a link to a website that helps students build interest in the story by viewing a learning cue and having a discussion about hypnotism. During reading, students are engaged with THINK-PAIR-SHARE questions. The after reading section incl

**This product is a bundle of all of our STEM picture book guides from kindergarten through fifth grade! ****Perfect for elementary teachers who serve multiple grade levels!****SAVE $25 over individual purchases!****BONUS: By purchasing the bundle, you also receive our Crosscutting Concept Question Guides! These "cheat sheets" make formulating questions to highlight the seven crosscutting concepts easier than ever!**High interest and engaging STEM texts paired with questions and activities to s

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on inference and theme. The guide opens with a link to a website that helps students build background knowledge about sailing by challenging them to take the helm of a sailing vessel. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individu

*NEWLY UPDATED* This guide is packed with no-prep before, during, and after reading activities as well as an enrichment opportunity. These activities are perfect for reading groups, whole class instruction, and easy sub-plans! The before reading activity includes a link to a website that helps students build interest in the story by viewing a learning cue and having a predicting discussion about the storyline of the book. During reading, students are engaged with a problem and solution graphic o

High interest and engaging STEM texts paired with questions and activities to save you time! Are you spending time searching for science picture books that align to your curriculum? And then trying to figure out how to use them in your lesson? I’ve spent the last year reviewing hundreds of STEM picture books, aligning them to the Next Generation Science Standards, and creating an easy-to-use guide to accompany each book. This printable ebook includes one-page guides for over 100 STEM-themed pic

This pack combines our picture book guides for 12 of Chris Van Allsburg's picture books. Bad Day At Riverbend (This is a K-2 guide.) Jumanji Probuditi (This is an upgraded guide.) Queen of the Falls (This is an upgraded guide.) The Garden of Abdul Gasazi The Polar Express The Stranger The Sweetest Fig (This is an upgraded guide.) The Widow’s Broom (This is an upgraded guide.) The Wreck of the Zephyr The Wretched Stone Two Bad Ants **Each guide can be viewed and purchased separately in my store.

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on cause and effect and summarizing. The guide opens with a link to a video to build background knowledge about mosquitoes. Six guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individual student essay response. An extension idea is provided in

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on author's purpose, inference, and cause and effect. The guide opens with a digital connection to an interactive website that helps students build background knowledge and interest. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individu

Save time by addressing ELA and science simultaneously with these leveled informational texts written by a professional children's author at six different reading levels! We have included all six Lexile levels of this text in both Color and Black & White in our free version so all your students can access the same information! (L390, L440, L480, L540, L570 and L620) Text Summary: What is the purpose of seeds? They help plants reproduce! Learn about the amazing ways plants get animals to he

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. The guide opens with a digital connection to an interactive timeline that helps you build background knowledge and familiarize your students with the book’s time period, location, and historical context. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or indiv

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on author's purpose and compare and contrast. The guide opens with a digital connection to an interactive website that helps students build background knowledge and interest. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individual stud

*NEWLY UPDATED* This (perfect for Halloween!) guide is packed with no-prep before, during, and after reading activities as well as an enrichment opportunity. These activities are perfect for reading groups, whole class instruction, and easy sub-plans! The before reading activity includes a link to a website that helps students build interest in the story by relating the text to an animated video. During reading, students are engaged with a problem and solution graphic organizer. The after readin

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on author's purpose, predicting, and figurative language. The guide opens with a digital connection to an interactive website that helps students build interest. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individual student essay res

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on the tall tales genre and figurative language. The guide opens with a digital connection to a file that helps students build background knowledge about the tall tales genre. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individual stu

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. The guide opens with series of photographs to help gain student interest. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individual student essay response. An extension idea is provided in the form of links to several templates that students can use to cre

Save time by addressing ELA and science simultaneously with these leveled informational texts written by a professional children's author at three different reading levels! We have included all three Lexile levels of this text in both Color and Black & White in our free version so all your students can access the same information! (L470, L480, and L510) Text Summary: How can acting like an animal help us? Learn about the amazing ways we learn tricks from animals to keep us safe and to help in

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers prepare their students for Common Core extended response questions. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. This guide focuses on character traits and inference. The guide opens with a link to an online graphic organizer that can be used with the whole class to brainstorm jobs they could do and things that could go wrong on those jobs. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole c

This resource is not just aligned to the Common Core, it was designed for the Common Core to help you go beyond the basics to bring a depth of place value understanding to your students. This resource includes 90 place value problems to help you teach the Common Core place value standards listed below and provide a resource for you to draw upon as you prepare your students for Common Core assessments. The resource includes: An introduction and rationale A list of the Common Core standards ad

Save time by addressing ELA and science simultaneously with these leveled informational texts written by a professional children's author at six different reading levels! We have included all six Lexile levels of this text in both Color and Black & White in our free version so all your students can access the same information! (L580, L590, L750, L800, L890 and L990) Text Summary: Have you ever wondered why shadows look different at different times of day? Learn about how the sun's position in