The Literacy Party
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Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States
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Hello! Welcome to the Literacy Party TPT store! I am a former classroom teacher and literacy specialist. I received my Bachelors from Penn State in Elementary and Kindergarten Education, my Masters as Literacy Specialist from Columbia University Teachers College and I am trained in Orton-Gillingham.
Currently, I am the owner of The Literacy Party Tutoring Company, LLC. We primarily serve families of children in PreK-5th grade in literacy and math and create literacy resources and materials for teachers. My greatest passion is supporting children, families, and teachers in fostering a love of reading.
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Virtual Field Trip: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade & Balloons Over Broadway
Buckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today! This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior knowledge about New York City, Thanksgiving, and the Parade. Your stu
K - 6th
Close Reading, Social Studies
Red and Lulu & Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Virtual Field Trip
Red and Lulu & Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Virtual Field Trip Buckle up and head to NYC to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. This virtual field trip covers the history of the tree, how the tree is celebrated today, a history of the tradition of Christmas trees, and more!This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior knowledge about New York City. Your students w
K - 5th
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Distance Learning Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Slides)
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip Bundle
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip Bundle Buckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today! This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior k
K - 5th
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Fake News: Understanding Fact vs. Opinion, Perspective, Credible Sources, & Bias
Our students are living in a digital and media focused world. Teaching them to evaluate the news and media around them is imperative. In this unit, Fake News: Understanding Fact vs. Opinion, Perspective, Credible Sources, & Bias, your students will learn about FAKE NEWS, not to believe everything they read, how to decipher facts from opinions, that people often have differing perspectives and why. They will learn how to determine whether sources are written with bias and how to tell if a sourc
3rd - 6th
Computer Science - Technology, English Language Arts, Library Skills
Also included in: Fake News & Financial Literacy Unit Bundle
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions
Looking for the perfect set of differentiated passages for your reading groups the week of Thanksgiving or this November? Our Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions is a perfect no-prep, print and read activity for your students in grades 3-6. There are three differentiated levels to meet all of your readers needs. The comprehension questions work with each level of text. Check out our other Thanksgiving Day Parade Resources: Balloons Over Broadway Virtual Fi
3rd - 6th
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip Bundle
Red and Lulu Book Companion and Virtual Field Trip Bundle
Buckle up and head to NYC to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. This virtual field trip covers the history of the tree, how the tree is celebrated today, a history of the tradition of Christmas trees, and more!This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior knowledge about New York City. Your students will then hop on board a flight to JFK airport. While in flight— you ca
K - 5th
Close Reading, Reading
The Big Cheese Craft and Book Companion
Engage your learners with a new favorite read aloud The Big Cheese by Jory John Book Companion and Craft! ((RELEASING NOVEMBER 2023!!) Your students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities. The Big Cheese Book Companion and Craft is a book companion with reading comprehension, writing and drawing activities for The Big Cheese by Jory John. This resource also includes a Big Cheese Craft where students will be able to create their own Big Cheese!
K - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: The Food Group Series: Growing Bundle
Balloons Over Broadway Virtual Field Trip, Build Your Own Parade, Book Companion
Balloons Over Broadway: Virtual Field Trip, Book Companion, Build Your Own Parade
1st - 5th
Reading
Balloons Over Broadway Bookmarks and Coloring Pages
Balloons Over Broadway Bookmarks and Coloring Pages is a no-prep, just print resource to go along with Balloons Over Broadway! In this resource you will find: 4 Balloons Over Broadway themed bookmarks 3 Coloring Pages Be sure to check out our Balloons Over Broadway: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Virtual Field Trip! For another no prep-- just project (whole group) or assign to Google Classroom activity for your students!
K - 5th
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Winter Holidays Around the World Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions
Looking for the perfect set of differentiated passages for your reading groups this December? Our Winter Holidays Around the World Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions is a perfect no-prep, print and read activity for your students in grades 3-6. There are three differentiated levels to meet all of your readers needs. The comprehension questions work with each level of text. Follow The Literacy Party to be alerted of our other freebies!
3rd - 6th
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Alphabet Chart with Mouth Shaped Pictures: Science of Reading Aligned
This resource includes an Alphabet Chart with Mouth Shaped Pictures aligned with the Science of Reading. The resource includes one alphabet chart with clipart pictures for each sound and one alphabet chart with the letter formation mouths. Follow along for Freebies and SOR Resources!
PreK - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Turkey Goes to School Book Companion and Craft
Thank you for your interest in "Turkey Goes to School" Book Companion and Craft. In the story, Turkey tries to go to school by disguising himself as different school supplies, materials, and personnel. In this resource, you will find a Turkey craft where you can disguise Turkey so he can go to school! The resource is complete with a school supply mini word wall in color and black and white for students to use. You will also find a sequencing/retelling page where your students can draw and wri
PreK - 2nd
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Turkey Trouble & Turkey Goes to School Book Companion Bundle
Halloween Celebrations Around the World Virtual Field Trip
A Virtual Field Trip Learning about Halloween Celebrations Around the World is the perfect, no-prep activity for your students! Your students will learn about the origins of Halloween and how people in Ireland, China, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Japan celebrate Halloween-- or celebrations similar in origin and tradition to Halloween. Students will learn through factual information, photographs, read alouds, and videos.Students will start their virtual field trip
K - 5th
Close Reading, Social Studies
Also included in: October (Leaves, Bats, Spiders, Pumpkins, Halloween) Literacy Bundle
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion
Thank you for your interest in Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion! In this resource you will find: Design your own balloon (differentiated and assorted pages: plain balloon, over a cityscape) Balloon Design challenge (After reading the book or after watching a clip of the parade) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade KWL Tony Sarg KWL Fact Sheet Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Fact Sheet Tony Sarg Create Your Own Wondertown Windows Tony Sarg Invention Design
K - 5th
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
The Day It Rained Hearts Craft and Book Companion
Hello, and thank you for your interest in The Day It Rained Hearts Craft and Book Companion. The Day It Rained Hearts is one of my favorite books to read in the month of February (and then again in the Spring during our weather unit). With this download, your students will be able to create clouds that rain hearts or an umbrella with raining hearts. Students can also complete a retelling of the story and some additional creative writing activities. Below are the directions for the Cloud and U
PreK - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Valentine's Day Bundle: Virtual Field Trip, Book Companions, Crafts
The Bad Seed: The Good, The Bad, and the Spooky Craft & Book Companion
Does your class already love the book The Bad Seed?? Well, the Bad Seed is back with another adventure and this time, it's Halloween! This is the perfect read aloud to kick-off Fall and the Halloween season! In the story, The Bad Seed: The Good, The Bad, and The Spooky, the Bad Seed cannot decide what to be for Halloween-- he has so much trouble he might just go back to his "bad" ways. Your class can help the Bad Seed come up with costume ideas to save Halloween!! ActivitiesWhat Should the B
PreK - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading
Also included in: Ultimate Halloween Read Aloud Bundle
We Are Water Protectors: Dakota Access Pipeline & Activism Mini-Unit
In this unit, We Are Water Protectors: Dakota Access Pipeline & Activism Mini-Unit, you will listen to We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade. You will then learn about the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is where the story comes from. You will learn how the Dakota Access Pipeline is affecting the environment and the community. You will learn about the peaceful protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline and about a 13 year old girl, Tokota--an activist.
3rd - 6th
Other (Social Studies), Social Studies
Virtual Field Trip: New Year Around the World
Want to teach about the New Year Celebrations Around the World? Students will learn about many celebrations, customs, and traditions that take place for New Years and New Year's Eve all over the world. In this resource, your students will learn about New Year in the United States, Japan, Mexico, China, England, Greece, France, Brazil and the Phillippines. Students will learn through factual information, photographs, read alouds, and videos.Students will then build prior knowledge and make connec
K - 5th
Other (Social Studies), Social Studies
Also included in: Distance Learning Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Slides)
Thanksgiving Day Parade Decodable Reader
This fiction Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Balloons Over Broadway inspired decodable reader is perfect for your November reading groups! No prep, print and go Decodable Readers with 8 differentiated levels: Early CVC, CVC, Digraphs, Blends, CVCe, R-Controlled, Vowel Teams, Diphthongs! This resource is perfect for your entire class and can span the learning of all K-2 readers. This resource has color images. The photos are the same for each level but the text changes by level. Stories have
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Also included in: Thanksgiving Day & Thanksgiving Parade Decodable Readers (8 Levels)
How to Catch a Witch Book Companion
Students LOVE the How to Catch series by Adam Wallace. One of their newest releases: How to Catch a Witch Book Companion is perfect for October and Halloween! ActivitiesHow to Catch a Witch Coloring Page Witch KWLHow-To VocabularyHow-To Catch a Witch Activity (differentiated paper choices)Beginning, Middle, End DrawBeginning/Middle/End Draw & WriteWitch Trap Drawing PageWitch Trap Draw/WriteEnjoy! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out!
PreK - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Ultimate Halloween Read Aloud Bundle
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About the store
Experience
Hello! Welcome to the Literacy Party TPT store! I am a former classroom teacher and literacy specialist. I received my Bachelors from Penn State in Elementary and Kindergarten Education, my Masters as Literacy Specialist from Columbia University Teachers College and I am trained in Orton-Gillingham.
Currently, I am the owner of The Literacy Party Tutoring Company, LLC. We primarily serve families of children in PreK-5th grade in literacy and math and create literacy resources and materials for teachers. My greatest passion is supporting children, families, and teachers in fostering a love of reading.
My own education history
I received my Bachelors of Science in Kindergarten and Elementary Education from Penn State. I have my Masters from Teachers College as a literacy specialist, hold a SLMS Certificate from Seton Hall, and I am trained in Orton-Gillingham through IMSE.
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