This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, by Margarita Engle
With 45 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
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Celebrating Women in the Arts Book Companion BUNDLE
Celebrate the lives of Raven Wilkinson, Mary Shelley, Ella Fitzgerald, Hedy Lamarr, and Teresa Carreño, who followed their dreams despite the world trying to hold them back. This BUNDLE includes 170 no-prep activities that are ideal for customizing learning to your student's specific needs and academic abilities. The included reading activities are best for students in 4th–6th grades and focus on applying crucial reading skills, digging deeper into the text, and critical thinking. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions, make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too! You will get tons of print-and-go activities for each picture book, saving you valuable time you already don't have to spare. You save over 20% off the individual price of each product by purchasing this BUNDLE of 5 Women in the Arts picture book companions! **Students will...** dig into characterization * identify story elements * determine theme * sequence events * apply the elements of plot * discover cause & effect relationships * identify descriptive language * practice reading the text and illustrations * determine how the setting affects the plot and character development * determine meaning and illustrate figurative language * investigate and analyze symbolism within illustrations * practice personification * learn and apply new vocabulary * make predictions, inferences, and connections * respond to writing prompts * and so much more! * The included activities were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills, require them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspectives.
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Hispanic Heritage Month Interactive Read Aloud Activities BUNDLE
This interactive read-aloud BUNDLE includes OVER 200 no-prep activities that are ideal for customizing learning to your student's specific needs and academic abilities. Activities were created to be used with the following picture books: * Dreamers, by Yuri Morales * Paletero Man, by Lucky Diaz * Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, by Margarita Engle * Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh * My Papi Has a Motorcycle, by Isabel Quintero * Octopus Stew, by Eric Velasquez **You save over 20% off the individual price of each product by purchasing this BUNDLE of interactive read-aloud book companion activities.** The included reading activities can be used as a supplemental resource during your interactive read-aloud lessons. Most of the lessons are best suited for students in the 2nd - 5th grades. However, some of the included activities focus on applying crucial reading skills, digging deeper into the text, and critical thinking, so they will be great for gifted and talented students, enrichment activities, or for any of your students who are ready for a challenge. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions, make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too! Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, practice plotting story events, compare & contrast, find cause-and-effect relationships, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more! Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives. You will get TONS of print-and-go activities for each picture book, saving you valuable time you already don't have to spare. **Need ideas for different ways you can implement these activities? ** * Focus on different reading skills each day for targeted instruction, and have students complete a corresponding printable to check for understanding. * During centers, students can independently read the story again and complete an activity that reviews a previously taught concept. * Work with students on a reading concept they struggle with during guided reading or strategy groups. * Students work with a partner or in literature circles to complete additional reading activities. * This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The book is not included.
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