Our shop is really "two shops in one". John teaches high school anatomy and physiology, so his products are curriculum-based lessons, units, and bundles that help teach these subjects in an engaging way. Carol is an elementary school teacher, having taught grades from kindergarten to sixth grade. She makes lessons, units, and bundles that teach all elementary school subjects, and is now focusing on Google based lessons using technology in the classroom.
Our shop is really "two shops in one". John teaches high school anatomy and physiology, so his products are curriculum-based lessons, units, and bundles that help teach these subjects in an engaging way. Carol is an elementary school teacher, having taught grades from kindergarten to sixth grade. She makes lessons, units, and bundles that teach all elementary school subjects, and is now focusing on Google based lessons using technology in the classroom.
Grammar Parts of Speech for Google Classroom! Nouns, Pronouns,Adjectives, and Adverbs digital activities. Perfect for CENTERS, STATIONS, SMALL GROUPS, EARLY FINISHERS, or WHOLE CLASS instruction.
This Google Drive based resource covers:
CCSS ELA-LITERACY L.2.1.E “Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is being modified”
CCSS ELA-LITERACY L.3.1.A “Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences” and
Learning and practicing NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ADJECTIVES, AND ADVERBS, grammar, conventions, and literacy is so much MORE FUN in 2nd grade, 3rd, and beyond when using technology in your classroom! This engaging activity is PERFECT for small groups for a word work rotations. Students learn or enhance their typing and keyboarding skills by typing words and sentences while doing this fun activity! We have a variety of activities to reach all ability levels, from English Learners or at risk students to students who need challenge and enrichment. Our growing collection of English Language Arts Google based activities is a staple in our classrooms because we use Daily 5, centers, and small group instruction. Your students will practice using reflexive pronouns in sentences while using our colorful Google slides.
You can use this product in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs.
We have included a printable version as well for added flexibility!
If you like this product, please check back soon as we will be posting new products in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will promptly help you. Thank you!
The Teacher Team
Butterfly Unit ~ Close Reading ~ Text Dependent Questions : We have developed this Common Core aligned complete Butterfly Unit with CLOSE Reading passages, text dependent questions, and essential questions that contains everything needed to teach a rigorous unit on butterflies. Four original CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages were created to help teach your students about butterflies. CLOSE reading instructions and anchor charts are included to help you incorporate this skill into your teaching. There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with definitions to accompany each nonfiction text, a research report, Common Core Essential Questions, performance tasks, and RAFTS. A variety of other graphic organizers and activities are included. This unit emphasizes "Depth of Knowledge" (D.O.K.) throughout.
You can use this unit in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the components to meet the needs of your students.
This unit contains the following elements:
• Four CLOSE reading nonfiction passages with illustrations:
1. Introduction to Butterflies
2. The Butterfly Life Cycle
3. Butterfly Migration
4. Parts of a Butterfly
• Four sets of vocabulary cards with definitions, one for each CLOSE reading passage (Lexiles range from 500-850; we provide vocabulary support to scaffold for students who need more support).
• CLOSE Reading Instructions PowerPoint ( or handout) explaining the steps of CLOSE Reading.
• Anchor Charts for student annotation and Discussion Topics for CLOSE Reading.
• Four sets of “Text Dependent Questions”, on set for each CLOSE reading passage.
• Common Core Essential questions (to be used after all four passages are read, can be used as a summative assessment or a performance task.
• Butterfly Research Report (template to be used to write a complete report on butterflies). This can also be used as a performance task.
• RAFT ideas (explanation included if you’re not familiar with RAFTS).
• Cognitive Content Dictionary (to be made into a “book” for student vocabulary words, definitions, and pictures).
• KWL Chart (you can use this at the beginning of the unit to ascertain what they may already know about butterflies).
• Venn Diagram to compare and contrast similarities and differences.
• A Tree Map Graphic Organizer ( a grammar component for students to analyze the words in the passages and their parts of speech).
• A CLOZE worksheet (a fill-in the blank) worksheet and answer sheet to assess vocabulary attainment and your students’ ability to utilize context clues.
• Butterfly Crossword Puzzle (an added extra, can be used for early finishers or homework) with answer sheet and word bank.
Teaching a unit on the Revolutionary War? We have developed this comprehensive research report for your students to organize, create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess their Revolutionary War report. This template can be used to complete their formal report or it can be utilized as a study guide to develop their report for them to complete on a computer or device. We encourage you to have your students use a wide variety of resources to gather the necessary information to complete this report. This packet is designed for you to pick and choose the parts of the report that you’d like to use, or just use it all! This packet contains the following:
• Two cover pages- one in color and one in grayscale
• Two graphic organizers to categorize and classify, as well as compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the Colonial Army and the British Army
• 30 Vocabulary Words related to the Revolutionary War. Templates are provided to define the word and illustrate the word. (a blank template is also provided for you to add any additional vocabulary words that you would like to add to provided scaffolding for students who need it).
• A Revolutionary War “Timeline” Chart- Students will develop a chart to write about the key events, battles, campaigns, or turning points of the Revolutionary War. Students will list the date(s), event, and a short description. Students will use as many pages as needed
• 23 Text dependent questions with a full page for response
• Critical Thinking Activities and Questions- Essential questions and application activities to demonstrate comprehension of the war at higher levels of thinking
• Graphic Organizer to organize information for biographies on key people associated with the Revolutionary War
• A one page “biography” for the 32 key people related to the war. People included are: Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, George Cornwallis, Benedict Arnold, Nathanael Greene, Paul Revere, Henry Knox, James Madison, James Armistead, Chief Logan, Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Deborah Sampson, John Hancock, Abigail Adams, Sam Adams, Molly Pitcher, Marquis de Lafayette, Martha Washington, John Adams, Phillis Wheatley, Ethan Allen, Mercy Otis Warren, Comte de Grasse, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Comte de Rochambeau, Friedrich von Steuben, Elizabeth Freeman, Betsy Ross, Nathan Hale
The Revolutionary War - Going Paperless? These interactive Google slides contain a complete Revolutionary War Research Report and are great for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. Printable version included! This resource uses file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their report template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
Templates are included to create, develop, write, edit, present, and assess your students’ Revolutionary War Report. This report (or performance task) is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, but answer some higher level thinking (critical thinking) questions (Common Core Essential Questions) to apply the knowledge they have learned. Students will do all of their research via the Internet and print media (this is not included in this product). Our product is designed to assess and show what your students have learned and share it with you, their parents, and perhaps the class if you’d like them to present it.
A simple rubric and student checklist is included.
You can use this report template in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs. This package contains the following Revolutionary War Report elements/questions:
1. Title Page- Templates Provided-Topic, student’s name, and teacher’s name.
2. Comparison templates for the Continental and British Army
3. Revolutionary War Related Vocabulary- students define the word and illustrate each word.
4. Essential Questions designed for application of knowledge and higher level thinking.
5. Biography pages for famous people of the Revolutionary War.
6. Blank paper to add to any of the questions if more room is needed.
7. Additional Information page for any other facts not discussed in other areas of the report if needed.
8. A page to help your students find information for their report.
9. Resource Page and Bibliography Template-.
10. Note Taking page for students to take notes as they gather research on their topic.
11. Blank Report Checklist for students to check if all performance tasks are completed and included.
12. Editing and Revising Checklist.
A printable version of this report is also included in this product!
Teaching a unit on Westward Expansion? The growth and expansion of the west is a major topic of study in United States history, and we’ve made it easier! We have developed this comprehensive research report for your students to organize, create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess their Westward Expansion report. This template can be used to complete their formal report or it can be utilized as a study guide to develop their report for them to complete on a computer or device. We encourage you to have your students use a wide variety of resources to gather the necessary information to complete this report. This packet is designed for you to pick and choose the parts of the report that you’d like to use, or just use it all! This packet contains the following:
• Two cover pages- one in color and one in grayscale
• 32 Vocabulary Words related to the Westward Expansion. Templates are provided to define the word and illustrate the word. (a blank template is also provided for you to add any additional vocabulary words that you would like to add to provided scaffolding for students who need it).
• A Westward Expansion “Timeline” Chart- Students will develop a chart to write about the key events of Westward Expansion. A list of suggested topics precedes the timeline for you and/or your students to use. This is a guide of ideas. Please add or delete as needed based on the research your students conduct. Students will list the date(s), event, and a short description. Students will use as many pages as needed.
• 26 Text dependent questions with a full page for response
• Critical Thinking Activities and Questions- Essential questions and application activities to demonstrate comprehension of western expansion at higher levels of thinking
• Graphic Organizer to organize information for biographies on key people associated with the Westward Expansion
• A one page “biography” for the 31 key people related to Westward Expansion. Pick and choose the people you’d like your students to study. People included are: Daniel Boone, Jedediah Smith, Robert Fulton, Red Jacket, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Drake, Mike Fink, John Chapman, Paul Bunyan, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Francis Scott Key, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, York, Tecumseh, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, Stephen Austin, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, John Tyler, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, John Sutter, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, James Madison, Dolly Madison, Sacagawea, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony
estward Expansion! - Going Paperless? These interactive Google slides contain a complete Westward Expansion Research Report and are great for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. Printable version included! This resource uses file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their report template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
Templates are included to create, develop, write, edit, present, and assess your students’ Westward Expansion Report. This report (or performance task) is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, but answer some higher level thinking (critical thinking) questions (Common Core Essential Questions) to apply the knowledge they have learned. Students will do all of their research via the Internet and print media (this is not included in this product). Our product is designed to assess and show what your students have learned and share it with you, their parents, and perhaps the class if you’d like them to present it.
A simple rubric and student checklist is included.
You can use this report template in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs. This package contains the following Westward Expansion Report elements/questions:
Google Drive Reflexive Pronouns 2nd Grade Literacy Activities: English Language Arts Literacy, Conventions of Standard English made for Google Classroom
This Google based resource completely covers CCSS.ELA-Literacy L.2.1.C "Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves)"
Learning and practicing REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS, grammar, conventions, and literacy is so much MORE FUN in 2nd grade and beyond when using technology in your classroom! This engaging activity is PERFECT for small groups for a word work rotations. Students learn or enhance their typing and keyboarding skills by typing words and sentences while doing this fun activity! We have a variety of activities to reach all ability levels, from English Learners or at risk students to students who need challenge and enrichment. Our growing collection of English Language Arts Google based activities is a staple in our classrooms because we use Daily 5, centers, and small group instruction. Your students will practice using reflexive pronouns in sentences while using our colorful Google slides.
You can use this product in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs.
We have included a printable version as well for added flexibility!
If you like this product, please check back soon as we will be posting new products in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will promptly help you. Thank you!
The Teacher Team
Google Drive Past Tense Irregular Verbs 2nd Grade Activities : English Language Arts Literacy, Conventions of Standard English made for Google Classroom
This Google based resource completely covers CCSS.ELA-Literacy L.2.1.D "Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told)"
Learning and practicing PAST TENSE IRREGULAR VERBS, grammar, conventions, and literacy is so much MORE FUN in 2nd grade and beyond when using technology in your classroom! This engaging activity is PERFECT for small groups for a word work rotations. Students learn or enhance their typing and keyboarding skills by typing words and sentences while doing this fun activity! We have a variety of activities to reach all ability levels, from English Learners or at risk students to students who need challenge and enrichment. Our growing collection of English Language Arts Google based activities is a staple in our classrooms because we use Daily 5, centers, and small group instruction. Your students will practice using reflexive pronouns in sentences while using our colorful Google slides.
You can use this product in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs.
We have included a printable version as well for added flexibility!
If you like this product, please check back soon as we will be posting new products in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will promptly help you. Thank you!
The Teacher Team
Google Drive Irregular Plural Nouns for 2nd and 3rd Grade Google Classroom: English Language Arts Literacy, Conventions of Standard English made for Google Classroom
This Google based resource completely covers CCSS.ELA-Literacy L.2.1.B "Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish)", and CCSS.ELA-Literacy L.3.1.B "Form and use irregular plural nouns"
Learning and practicing IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS , grammar, conventions, and literacy is so much MORE FUN in 2nd grade, 3rd grade and beyond when using technology in your classroom! This engaging activity is PERFECT for small groups for a word work rotations. Students learn or enhance their typing and keyboarding skills by typing words and sentences while doing this fun activity! Our growing collection of English Language Arts Google based activities is a staple in our classrooms because we use Daily 5, centers, and small group instruction. Your students will practice using irregular plural nouns in sentences while using our colorful Google slides.
You can use this product in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs.
***We have included a printable version as well for added flexibility!***
If you like this product, please check back soon as we will be posting new products in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will promptly help you. Thank you!
The Teacher Team
Google Drive Interactive Resource Human Body Systems Unit for Google Classroom –A fun and engaging way to teaching the Human Body Systems! Includes Close Reading Passages, Text Dependent Questions, Interactive Vocabulary Activities, Essential Questions for Writing, and much more! Going Paperless? These interactive Google slides contain everything needed to teach a rigorous unit on the human body and are great for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. This resource uses file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
Common Core aligned and created to facilitate “Depth of Knowledge” (DOK) for your students, this product contains seven original CLOSE Reading nonfiction passage that were created for CLOSE reading to teach your students about the human body systems (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary work to accompany each nonfiction text, our best-selling research reports on the circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems. A variety of other graphic organizers and activities are included.
We do encourage you to supplement with any other books, videos, and websites that you already use; they will blend nicely with our CLOSE reading passages. You can use this unit in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the components to meet the needs of your students.
This unit contains the following elements:
• Seven CLOSE reading nonfiction passages:
1. Introduction to The Human Body
2. The Respiratory System
3. The Circulatory System
4. The Digestive System
5. The Nervous System
6. The Skeletal System
7. The Muscular System
• Seven sets of vocabulary cards with definitions, one for each CLOSE reading passage to scaffold and support vocabulary
• Seven sets of vocabulary practice work, one for each CLOSE reading passage
• CLOSE Reading Instructions PowerPoint (or handout) explaining the steps of CLOSE Reading
• Anchor Charts for student annotation and Discussion Topics for CLOSE Reading
• Seven sets of “Text Dependent Questions”, one set for each CLOSE reading passage
• The Human Body Research Reports
Google Drive Collective Nouns for Google Classroom: English Language Arts Literacy, Conventions of Standard English made for Google Classroom
This Google based resource completely covers CCSS.ELA-Literacy L.2.1.A "Use collective nouns (e.g., group)"
Learning and practicing COLLECTIVE NOUNS, grammar, conventions, and literacy is so much MORE FUN when using technology in your classroom! This engaging activity is PERFECT for small groups for a word work rotations. Students learn or enhance their typing and keyboarding skills by typing words and sentences while doing this fun activity! Our growing collection of English Language Arts Google based activities is a staple in our classrooms because we use Daily 5, centers, and small group instruction. Your students will practice using collective nouns in sentences while using our colorful Google slides.
You can use this product in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs.
***We have included a printable version as well for added flexibility!***
If you like this product, please check back soon as we will be posting new products in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will promptly help you. Thank you!
The Teacher Team
California Missions Unit – Close Reading – Text Dependent Questions – Going Paperless? This 134 page bundle including interactive Google slides contains everything needed to teach a rigorous unit on the California Missions. This resource is great for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. We use file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
Common Core aligned and created to facilitate “Depth of Knowledge” (DOK) for your students, this product contains four original CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages that were created for CLOSE reading to teach your students about the California Missions (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary work to accompany each nonfiction text, our best-selling research report on the California Missions. A variety of other graphic organizers and activities are included.
We do encourage you to supplement with any other books, videos, and websites that you already use; they will blend nicely with our CLOSE reading passages. You can use this unit in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the components to meet the needs of your students.
This unit contains the following elements:
• CLOSE reading nonfiction passages with illustrations:
1. Passage One- An Introduction to the California Missions
2. Passage Two- Mission Settlement
3. Passage Three-Mission Life
4. Passage Four- Junipero Serra and the Missionaries
• Vocabulary Exercises and vocabulary cards with definitions for each CLOSE reading passage
• CLOSE Reading Instructions PowerPoint ( or handout) explaining the steps of CLOSE Reading
• Anchor Charts for student annotation and Discussion Topics for CLOSE Reading
• “Text Dependent Questions”, to be used after all passages are read; this is intended as a summative assessment, or practice in citing textual evidence and giving examples from the reading of nonfiction text
• Common Core Essential questions (to be used after all passages are read, can be used as a summative assessment or a performance task)
• California Missions Research Report (BOTH PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL!)
Google Drive California Mission Report- Going Paperless? This Google slides based interactive notebook contains a complete California Mission Research Report perfect for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. Printable version included! This resources uses file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their report template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
Templates are included to create, develop, write, edit, present, and assess your students’ Mission Research Report. This report (or performance task) is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, but answer some higher level thinking questions (Common Core Essential Questions) to apply the knowledge they have learned. Students will do all of their research via the Internet and print media (this is not included in this product). Our product is designed to assess and show what your students have learned and share it with you, their parents, and perhaps the class if you’d like them to present it.
A printable version of this report is also included in this product!
A simple rubric and student checklist is included.
You can use this report template in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs. This package contains the following Mission Research Report elements/questions:
Report Template includes:
1. Questions about the establishment of missions, missionaries, and mission life.
2. Vocabulary words to be defined and illustrations created to accompany them (a blank template is also provided for you to add any additional vocabulary words that you would like to add to provided scaffolding for students who need it).
3. Page 14 starts the individual mission that each student can choose to research. We have included a new title page for each person to use to write in their individual mission.
4. Specific Questions about the individual mission that each student chooses to research
5. A page to have your students create an illustration of their mission.
6. Blank page to add to any of the questions if more room is needed.
7. Additional Information page for any other facts not discussed in other areas of the report if needed.
8. A page to help your students find information for their report.
9. Resource Page and Bibliography Template
10. Note Taking page
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Google Drive California Gold Rush- Going Paperless? This Google slides based interactive notebook contains a complete Gold Rush Research Report perfect for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. Printable version included! This resources uses file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their report template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
Templates are included to create, develop, write, edit, present, and assess your students’ California Gold Rush Report. This report (or performance task) is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, but answer some higher level thinking questions (Common Core Essential Questions) to apply the knowledge they have learned. Students will do all of their research via the Internet and print media (this is not included in this product). Our product is designed to assess and show what your students have learned and share it with you, their parents, and perhaps the class if you’d like them to present it.
A simple rubric and student checklist is included.
You can use this report template in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the slides you wish to use and tailor it to your students’ needs. This package contains the following California Gold Rush Report elements/questions:
1. Template includes: Questions about the factual information about many aspects of the California Gold Rush.
2. Vocabulary words to be defined and illustrations created to accompany them (a blank template is also provided for you to add any additional vocabulary words that you would like to add to provided scaffolding for students who need it).
3. Essential Questions designed for application of knowledge and higher level thinking.
4. A page to help your students find information for their report.
5. Resource Page and Bibliography Template- I use the Resource Page template because my students are not ready to learn the rules of a true bibliography, but if you teach bibliography skills I have included a template for you.
6. Note Taking page for students to take notes as they gather research on their person.
A printable version of this report is also included in this product!
Volcano Unit – Close Reading – Text Dependent Questions – Going Paperless? These interactive Google slides contain everything needed to teach a rigorous unit on Volcanoes and are great for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. This resource uses file sharing with Google or Microsoft OneDrive. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for Homeschool students.
This original product is provided through web-based Google file sharing, contained on the Internet 'cloud' and allows you and your students to access, edit, and print files from any computer or device. Students work on their template directly in the file on their device or computer. This product will also work with Microsoft OneDrive (instructions included!)
We do encourage you to supplement with any other books, videos, and websites that you already use; they will blend nicely with our CLOSE reading passages. You can use this unit in its entirety, or “pick and choose” the components to meet the needs of your students.
This unit contains the following elements:
• CLOSE reading nonfiction passages with illustrations: (Both printable and digital!)
o What is a volcano?
o The Nature of Volcanoes.
o Types of Volcanoes.
• Digital Vocabulary Exercises for each CLOSE reading passage along with printable vocabulary word cards with definitions
• CLOSE Reading Instructions PowerPoint explaining the steps of CLOSE Reading
• Anchor Charts for student annotation and Discussion Topics for CLOSE Reading (Both printable and digital!)
• “Text Dependent Questions”, to be used after all passages are read; this is intended as a summative assessment, or practice in citing textual evidence and giving examples from the reading of nonfiction text
• Common Core Essential questions (to be used after all passages are read, can be used as a summative assessment or a performance task)
• Volcano Research Report (template to be used to write a complete report on weather). This can also be used as a performance task. (Both printable and digital!)
• Cognitive Content Dictionary for new vocabulary
• KWL Chart (you can use this at the beginning of the unit to ascertain what they may already know about the weather)
• A Tree Map Graphic Organizer (a grammar component for students to analyze the words in the passages and their parts of speech)
• A Digital CLOZE worksheet (a fill-in the blank) worksheet and answer sheet to accompany each passage to assess vocabulary attainment and your students’ ability to utilize context clues.
This product is aligned with the 2013 Common Core edition of Reading Street for 3rd grade. Please check the stories listed to make sure that they match your adoption.
This bundle contains a variety of activities for each lesson in Units 1 - 6 from the third grade Reading Street Common Core 2013. These activities are designed to teach, re-teach, practice, or assess the lessons taught in these units. All of the lessons from units 1 - 6 are included in this bundle. A list of the unit lesson stories are listed below:
Unit 1:
• When Charlie Mc Button Lost Power
• What About Me?
• Kumak’s Fish
• Supermarket
• My Rows and Piles of Coins
Unit 2:
• Penguin Chick
• I Wanna Iguana
• Prudy’s Problem and How She Solved It
• Tops & Bottoms
• Amazing Bird Nests
Unit 3:
• How Do You Raise a Raisin?
• Pushing Up the Sky
• Seeing Stars
• A Symphony of Whales
• Around One Cactus
Unit 4:
• “The Man Who Invented Basketball” (biography/ social studies)
• “Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest” (expository nonfiction/science)
• “Rocks in His Head” (biography/ science)
• “America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle” (biography/social studies)
• “Fly, Eagle, Fly!” (folk tale)
Unit 5:
• “Suki’s Kimono” (realistic fiction)
• “I Love Saturdays y domingos (realistic fiction)
• “Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong” (realistic fiction)
• “Jalapeno Bagels” (realistic fiction)
• “Me and Uncle Romie (historical fiction)
Unit 6:
• “The Story of the Statue of Liberty” (narrative nonfiction/ social studies)
• “Happy Birthday Mr. Kang” (realistic fiction/social studies)
• “Talking Walls: Art for the People” (photo essay/ social studies)
• “Two Bad Ants” (animal fantasy/social studies)
• “Atlantis: The Legend of a Lost City” (fantasy/ social studies)
Unit 1:
• The Twin Club
• Exploring Space With an Astronaut
• Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
• A Walk in the Desert
• The Strongest One
Unit 2:
• Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends
• Abraham Lincoln
• Scarcity
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• One Good Turn Deserves Another
Unit 3:
• Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends
• Dear Juno
• Anansi Goes Fishing
• Rosa and Blanca
• A Weed I a Flower
Unit 4:
• “A Froggy Fable” (fable/ social studies)
• “Life Cycle of a Pumpkin” (expository nonfiction/ science)
• “Soil” (expository, science)
• “The Night the Moon Fell” (myth/ social studies)
• “The First Tortilla” (legend/ science)
Unit 5:
• “Firefighter!” (literary nonfiction)
• “Carl the Complainer” (realistic fiction)
• “Bad Dog, Dodger!” (realistic fiction)
• “Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores” (fantasy)
• “The Signmaker’s Assistant” (humorous fiction)
Unit 6:
• “Just Like Josh Gibson” (realistic fiction/ social studies)
• “Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag” (informational text/ social studies)
• “A Birthday Basket for Tia” (realistic fiction, social studies)
• “Cowboys” (informational text/ social studies)
• "Grace for President” (realistic fiction/ social studies)
Included for each lesson’s anthologies are the following:
• Crossword Puzzles( Vocabulary Development)
• Answer Keys for Crossword Puzzle (Vocabulary Development)
• Word Banks for Crossword Puzzles (Vocabulary Development)
• CLOZE (fill in the blank) worksheets (Vocabulary Development)
• Writing Templates (Stationary) associated with each story and skill being taught such as “Personal Narrative, Persuasive Essays, Summaries, Poetry, etc.
• Task Cards or grammar worksheets in some lessons
• Common Core Essential Questions in some lessons
Unit 1
• “Because of Winn-Dixie”
• “Lewis and Clark and Me”
• “On the Banks of Plum Creek”
• “ The Horned Toad Prince”
• “Letters Home from Yosemite”
Unit 2
• “What Jo Did”
• “Coyote School News”
• “Scene Two”
• “Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses”
• “So You Want to Be President?”
Unit 3
• “The Man Who Named the Clouds”
• “Adelina’s Whales”
• “How Night Came from the Sea”
• “Eye of the Storm”
• “Paul Bunyan”
Unit 4
• “The Case of the Gasping Garbage”
• “Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon”
• “The Navajo Code Talkers”
• “Seeker of Knowledge”
• “Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander”
Unit 5
• “Smokejumpers: Life Fighting Fires”
• “Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu”
• “Cliff Hanger”
• “Antarctic Journal”
• “Moonwalk”
Unit 6
• “My Brother Martin”
• “Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path”
• “How Tia Lola Came to Stay”
• “A Gift from the Heart”
• “The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon”
Included for each lesson’s anthologies are the following:
• Crossword Puzzles( Vocabulary Development)
• Answer Keys for Crossword Puzzle (Vocabulary Development)
• Word Banks for Crossword Puzzles (Vocabulary Development)
• CLOZE (fill in the blank) worksheets (Vocabulary Development)
• Writing Templates (Stationary) associated with each story and skill being taught such as “Personal Narrative, Persuasive Essays, Summaries, Poetry, etc.
• Task Cards or grammar worksheets in some lessons
• Common Core Essential Questions in some lessons
This product is aligned with the 2013 Common Core edition of Reading Street for 5th grade. Please check the stories listed to make sure that they match your adoption.
This bundle contains a variety of activities for each lesson in Units 1 - 6 from the fifth grade Reading Street Common Core 2013. These activities are designed to teach, re-teach, practice, or assess the lessons taught in these units. All of the lessons from units 1 - 6 are included in this bundle.
A list of the unit lesson stories are listed below:
Unit 1:
• Red Kayak
• Thunder Rose
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Satchel Paige
• Ten Mile Day
Unit 2:
• At the Beach
• Hold the Flag High
• The Ch’i-lin Purse
• A Summer’s Trade
• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Unit 3:
• The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine
• Leonardo’s Horse
• The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
• Mahalia Jackson
• Special Effects in Film and Television
Unit 4:
• “Westlandia” (fiction/social studies)
• “Tripping Over the Lunch Lady” (realistic fiction/ social studies)
• “Exploding Ants” (expository nonfiction/ science)
• “The Stormi Giovanni Club” (drama/social studies)
• “The Gymnast” (autobiography/ science)
Unit 5:
• “The Skunk Ladder” (humorous fiction)
• “The Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic” (expository text)
• “Talk with an Astronaut” (expository text)
• “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (novel)
• “Ghost Towns of the American West” (expository text)
Unit 6:
• “The Truth About Austin’s Amazing Bats” (expository text/science)
• “The Mystery of Saint Matthew Island” (expository text/science)
• “King Midas and the Golden Touch” (myth/ social studies)
• “The Hindenburg” (expository text/ social studies)
• “Sweet Music in Harlem” (realistic fiction/ social studies)
This resource contains supplemental materials that align with the Scott Foresman Second Grade Science textbook. It contains Vocabulary Crosswords that accompany that entire textbook for the entire year. We have developed these fun second grade crosswords puzzles to teach, re-teach, practice, or assess vocabulary in the second grade Scott Foresman Science Curriculum for units A, B, and C. Each puzzle contains vocabulary words for each chapter within the unit, as well as some additional words found in each chapter. There is also a word bank for each puzzle so you can copy it to the back of each puzzle if you wish. There are three crossword puzzles created for your students, as well as the answer keys for you. I have used these puzzles to challenge students, to enrich and engage learning, and as a center or centers with teacher or parent helpers to teach and provide practice for science vocabulary and definitions. This important vocabulary development skill is a critical piece of education to support and align with the Common Core Standards for Language Arts under the acquisition of academic vocabulary. If you like this product, please check back soon as we will be posting new products in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will promptly help you. Thank you!
The Teacher Team