$10 - $20 5th Grade Reading Activities (by price, high to low)

Boost your classroom’s reading comprehension skills with this Ultimate Holiday & Seasonal Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle! This comprehensive bundle includes 32 engaging, themed passages perfect for Kindergarten to 2nd grade students. Each passage is paired with thought-provoking questions to assess comprehension and enhance critical thinking. With topics ranging from Kwanzaa and Thanksgiving to Winter Holidays, Human Rights, Food, Landforms, and much more, your students will enjoy learning about a wide variety of subjects.

This bundle is perfect for teaching students about diverse cultures, historical events, holiday traditions, and essential topics like cybersecurity, marketing, and animal rights. Ideal for use throughout the year, the passages also cover winter, fall, and other key seasons. Perfect for classroom activities, assessments, and independent practice!

Key Features:

• 32 nonfiction reading comprehension passages
• Covers holidays like Kwanzaa, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, Cyber Monday, and more
• Topics on Diversity, Human Rights, AIDS Awareness, and Food (including Cotton Candy, Fruitcake, and Pumpkin Pie)
• Includes a variety of subjects like Landforms, Marketing, Winter Traditions, and Kindness
• Easy to print, with questions that reinforce learning
• Suitable for holiday celebrations, theme days, and special events

Enhance your classroom with this versatile bundle, which helps your students connect with the world around them through fun and informative passages. Perfect for creating engaging lesson plans, holiday-themed activities, or year-round practice!

Tags: Kwanzaa, Thanksgiving, Winter Holidays, Diversity, Human Rights, Food, Marketing, Reading Comprehension, Holiday Activities, Teaching Bundle, K-2 Literacy, Seasonal Reading, Classroom Activities

Introducing this “2nd, 3rd and 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle.”

This bundle is a comprehensive collection of engaging reading comprehension passages designed for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders.

The bundle is packed with a variety of passages that cover a wide range of topics, including spring, summer, fall, summer, and holidays like Juneteenth, Flag Day, and Father's Day.

Each passage is followed by multiple-choice questions to test comprehension and reinforce learning. Answer keys are also included.

While the content is tailored for 2nd to 4th graders, it can also be effectively used by advanced 1st graders and 5th graders as well. This versatile bundle is an excellent resource for parents and educators looking to enhance the reading skills of their students.

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Looking for an easy way to keep your 4th grade class engaged with vocabulary all year long? This Grade 4 ELA Year-Long Bundle is packed with fun and interactive word search puzzles, perfectly aligned to support HMH Into Reading Modules 1-10. These puzzles make vocabulary practice stress-free and exciting, keeping students focused while you enjoy low-prep, high-impact activities.

What's included:

• Word search puzzles aligned to support HMH Into Reading Module 1-10.
• Covers vocabulary from all 3 weeks of each module.
• Answer keys for each puzzle—easy to check!
• Print-and-go format—no extra prep required.

Why you’ll love it:

• Time-Saving: These word searches are ready to go—just print and use! Perfect for busy days when you need something effective with minimal prep.
• Engaging for Students: Students will love the challenge of searching for vocabulary words, keeping them engaged and focused. It's a great way to review important terms without feeling like more "work."
• Flexible Use: These puzzles fit seamlessly into your routine—whether you use them for centers, homework, early finishers, or group activities, they are versatile and easy to incorporate into any lesson plan.
• Reinforces Key Vocabulary: Aligned with 4th grade HMH Into Reading in mind, this resource helps students retain important vocabulary from each module, reinforcing the words they need to know in a fun, stress-free way.

Ideas for Use:

• Great for independent practice, centers, or quick review sessions.
• Keep early finishers engaged with an extra vocabulary challenge.
• Use as a fun, end-of-week activity to review vocabulary for each module.

Related Resources:

• Want more vocabulary practice? Check out my 4th Grade ELA Vocabulary Puzzle Activity Bundle.

Disclaimer: This product is not endorsed by or affiliated with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) or any specific curriculum brand. It is an independent, teacher-created resource designed to support vocabulary instruction.

I hope you find this resource just as helpful for your students as it has been for mine!

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Covering the Hatchet? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning fun and easy for your students.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire novel of Hatchet !

Great for differentiation.

Includes

⭐Hatchet Introduction Power Point

**⭐Hatchet Flipbook Study Guide

⭐Hatchet Characterization Flipbook

⭐Hatchet Graphic Organizers

⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes

⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles

Reading The Red Badge of Courage? Looking for resources that pertain to the novel? This bundle is for you. It includes Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes, a flip book study guide, a characterization flip book, graphic organizers, and an introduction power point to help your students stay engaged from beginning to the end of the novel. Each of these products are available individually, but you save time and money by buying them as a bundle.

The Red Badge of Courage Introduction Power Point which introduces your students to concepts and themes present within the text.

The Red Badge of Courage Flipbook Study Guide ensure your students are keeping track with key ideas and details of the text.

The Red Badge of Courage Characterization flipbook ensures your students understand characterization and character development.

The Red Badge of Courage Graphic Organizers Ensure your students are keeping track of the Plot, Vocabulary, Theme, Symbols, and aid in comprehension of the text.

The Red Badge of Courage Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes which introduces your students to new vocabulary words they will see inside the novel.

Do you need paperless morning meeting slides or paperless morning work that is engaging, raises academic achievement levels, and lowers behavioral issues?

This bundle includes

1. Morning Meeting Questions (180 slides)

2. Picture of The Day (180 slides)

3. Video of The Day (60 slides)

Morning Meeting Question Slides

What I do each morning is display one morning meeting question slide. Every student responds and we have a discussion. These are higher-order questions that inspire thought-provoking answers. Additionally, I have built strong meaningful relationships with these slides!

"Higher-order questions put advanced cognitive demand on students. They encourage students to think beyond literal questions."

Picture of The Day Slides

We use a picture of the day every morning during our morning meeting routine. The slides are projected on our screen for all students to see. Students are asked to infer, visualize, synthesize, and create connections with the picture. Looking closely at a picture is an important reading skill for students to develop to create inferences about what they are reading. 

Additionally, the Picture of The Day can be used for writing prompts or centers. Students can look at the picture and write a story based on the picture. 

This is also an excellent resource to use with your remote learners as well. You could assign one or more slides to their learning management system for morning meetings and writing or reading activities. 

“Morning Meeting is an engaging way to start each day, build a strong sense of community, and set children up for success socially and academically.” -Responsive Classroom

“Morning meetings are an excellent way to help students transition from home to school and help them get ready to learn. In addition, these meetings can help you connect with your students, help students build relationships with each other, and promote an overall sense of community in the classroom.” -Centervention

Video of The Day Slides

The Video of The Day is on PowerPoint and can be used every morning during your Morning Meeting routine. All you have to do is bring up the PowerPoint each morning and play the video on the slide. There are 60 EDITABLE and DIVERSE videos! This is part 1 of 3, and part 2 and part 3 have numerous editable videos as well! If you would rather use a different video one day, you can delete the video and add your own! 

Students will infer, visualize, synthesize, and create connections with the videos.  Looking closely at a video is an important reading skill for students to develop to create inferences about what they are watching. Therefore, the inferences they are creating about the videos will lead to connections and inferences within their reading texts. Students who practice those skills outside of reading will most likely utilize those same skills while reading. You will need to teach students how to do that throughout the school year with the PowerPoint. 

Additionally, The Video of The Day can be used for writing prompts or centers. Students can view the video and write a story based on the video. The students may also write predictions on what they think would happen next if the video continued.  

This is also an excellent resource to use with your remote learners as well. You could assign one or more slides to their learning management system for morning meetings and writing or reading activities. 

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Teaching Number The Stars? Don't know where to start? This bundle includes many activities to do before, during, and after reading the novel. This is a complete unit for the classic novel Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. Keep your students engaged from beginning to end.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire book !

Great for differentiation.

Includes:

⭐Number The Stars Introduction Power Point

⭐Number The Stars Flip book Study Guide

⭐Number The Stars Characterization Flip book

⭐Number The Stars Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes

⭐Holocaust Webquest

⭐Graphic Organizers - Any Novel

A GREAT VALUE!

This is a novel study to go along with Roland Smith’s Novel Peak. This product includes completed lesson plans for each chapter, a Google Slide Show for each chapter, Doodle Notes for each chapter, an End of chapter activity for each chapter, and a final STEM project to go with the book. Students will practice making inferences, central idea, supporting details, writing summaries, cause and effect/Problem and solution text structures, research skills, and discussion skills.

A large part of this novel study is discussion-based. I have included a slide on the slideshow where you will put your classroom expectations for discussions. There are also times for the introduction to the chapter, you will start with a whole group discussion. (I would maybe recommend turn and talks if you use groups in your classroom)

The Lesson Plans and Google Slides are editable for you. You can edit them on Google Slides and/or Microsoft Powerpoint (I would recommend Google Slides because that is the app that it was created with). **The standards are not included in the lesson plans due to each state having their own standards**

I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review!

Fun Grandparents day Mandala Coloring Pages For Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice pre-writing skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun gift!

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• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

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• You can print as many copies as you want.

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This bundle includes 10 Lorax products I have created. These products include multiple movie-watch-along, activities focused on characters and events, coloring sheets, a virtual and physical escape room, and a Lorax-themed jeopardy game! I hope you enjoyit. Please rate and review!

Special Thanks to Plearn for supplying the Lorax Clip Art. Go check out Plearn’s Store!

Word search puzzles are incredibly helpful for learning new words. They're like fun games where you find words hidden in a grid of letters. When you do this, you remember the words better and also get better at spelling. It's like a puzzle adventure that helps you learn and remember words in a really enjoyable way!

What's included:

General topics:

• Summer Vocabulary
• Beach vocabulary
• Air transport Vocabulary
• Alphabet Vocabulary
• Autumn Vocabulary
• Body Parts Names
• Books Vocabulary
• Colors
• Community Vocabulary
• Family
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Jobs & Professions
• Kitchen Objects
• Classroom Objects
• Clothing Vocabulary

Seasonal:

• 4th of July Vocabulary
• Columbus Day Vocabulary
• Halloween Vocabulary
• Moon Landing Day Vocabulary
• Veterans Day Vocabulary

Astronomy:

• Moon Phases

Days & Months:

• Days of the week
• Months of The Year
• French Days of the Week
• Italian Days of The Week
• Spanish Days of The Week

Animals:

• Animals Names
• Farm Vocabulary
• Birds Names
• Domesticated Animals
• Herbivores Animals Names
• Omnivores Animals Names
• Carnivorous Animals Names
• Water & Land Animals Names
• Wild Animals Names
• Jungle Animals Names
• Mammals Animals Names

Teaching Restart? Don't know where to start? This bundle includes many activities to do before, during, and after reading the novel. This is a bundle for the novel Restart by Gordon Korman, We got you covered!

Includes:

Restart Introduction Power Point introduces your students to concepts and

themes present within the text.

Restart Flipbook Study Guide. ensures your students are keeping track

with key ideas and details of the text

Restart Characterization flipbook ensures your students understand

characterization and character development.

Restart Graphic Organizers. ensures your students are keeping track of the Plot,

Vocabulary, Theme, Symbols, and aid in comprehension of the text.

Restart Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes which introduces your students to new

vocabulary words they will see inside the novel.

It's never too late for a fresh start and to restart your life!

Fun National Book Lover day Coloring Pages For Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice pre-writing skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun gift!

Feel free to let us know how we're doing in the Ratings & Comments section.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• ( PDF + PNG )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

This back to school bundle will help you start the new school year with ease! This bundles includes presentations, printable resources, and posters.

⭐️ These resources are aligned with the new 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum.⭐️

Bundle Includes:

Reading and Writing Workshop Bundle - 100 pages of lessons to help you successfully set up your reading and writing lesson blocks. PDF and Slidedeck files included.

Digital Media Literacy Lessons - 60 pages of lesson plans, worksheets, templates, rubrics, and printables that you need! 10 total lessons, plus summative task. PDF files.

Word Study for Middle School Students - Vocabulary Builder Lessons/Activities - 55 pages of vocabulary building lessons and activities. PDF and Powerpoint files included. The Word Study resource will continue to grow, as lessons are developed. There will be 5 units in total.

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1. Winter Holiday Informational Text Coloring Sort Engage middle schoolers with this unique Winter Holiday Informational Text Coloring Sort! This print-and-go resource combines reading comprehension with creative coloring, helping students identify key text structures while learning about diverse winter celebrations. Ideal for visual and kinesthetic learners.
2. Thanksgiving Text Structure Coloring Sort Lesson Bring Thanksgiving themes into your classroom with this Text Structure Coloring Sort Lesson! Students can identify and color-code different text structures in Thanksgiving-themed passages. This hands-on activity not only enhances reading skills but also adds a festive touch to learning.
3. Hands-on Text Structure Sorts & Coloring Activities This resource offers 3 Hands-on Text Structure Sorts and Coloring Activities, perfect for kinesthetic learners. Middle school students can physically manipulate and sort texts, then color-code them, making text structure analysis interactive and engaging.
4. Middle School Text Structure Print-and-Go PowerPoint, Handout, Answer Key This comprehensive resource provides a PowerPoint, handout, and answer key focused on text structures for middle school students. It's a complete print-and-go solution that simplifies teaching text structures, making it easy to deliver and understand.

Printable Juneteenth activities are perfect for keeping kids engaged and entertained during Freedom day. These activities include a variety of fun and educational options that can be easily printed and completed at home or on the go.

this bundle contains coloring pages, mazes, Cut And Paste, Mandala, Reading Comprehension , Color By Number.

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• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

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• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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With no preparation needed, this Winter Math and Literacy Packet has it all!This packet of resources is made to meet pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade common core Standards while promoting engaging, hands-on, and interactive learning! these are a great way to make learning enjoyable in winter! This comprehensive packet covers a variety of math and literacy skills in a fun and engaging way.

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This bundle contains the following resources:

⭐ Winter Math and Literacy Worksheets | Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Letters...

With this winter season Math and Literacy resource, through a wide range of interesting activities, children will learn about winter with this resource on winter seasons. These resources have a fun, hands-on approach that you and your kids will adore.

This packet of resources is made to meet prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade Common Core Standards while promoting engaging, hands-on, and interactive learning! These are a great way to make learning enjoyable in winter (December, January, and February).

Some activities included:

❄️ Write the missing numbers.

❄️ Color, cut, and paste pages.

❄️ Practice the recognizing the upper and lowercase letters.

❄️ Practice counting and recognizing the numbers.

❄️ Practice Addition and subtraction.

❄️ Alphabet Letter Practice.

⭐ Snow Globe Letter Find | Winter Alphabet A to Z Worksheets Uppercase & Lowercase

These printable Snow Globe Letter Find pages are a great way for kids to practice letter recognition of both capital and lowercase letters. For toddlers, preschoolers, pre-kindergarten students, and kindergarteners, these winter alphabet worksheets are incredibly useful winter printables. To make it snow in the snow globe, just dab the letters with the bingo dabber. Kindergarten students can find winter worksheets covering ABC letters A through Z. All you need to do is print out the snow dot printables and get ready to have some fun while learning in December, January, and February❄️❄️❄️.

⭐ Snowman Counting to 20 Worksheets | Numbers 1 to 20 Winter Math Activities

For students in toddler, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten age groups, these adorable printable Winter Playdough Mats are a great way to sneak in some winter math since kids love playing with playdough. Practice counting from 1 to 20 while having fun squishing and strengthening your hand muscles, fine motor skills, and counting abilities with these playdough snowman mats. All you have to do is print out winter playdough mats and arrange your preferred glittery, blue, or white playdough to the numbers twenty this December, January, and February.

This snowman math exercise is perfect for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers alike, as it allows kids to practice counting to twenty while having a great time with play dough. Use this no prep winter activity as an addition to your homeschool math curriculum or as additional practice in your classroom’s winter math center.

⭐ Snowman Word Family Spinner | Word Families Worksheets | Winter Activities

These adorable word family spinners with a snowman theme will make practicing word families enjoyable for kids in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. With the help of these snowman printables, beginning readers can have fun while practicing their listening skills for similar word endings and rhymes. Prepare to have fun while learning this December, January, and February by printing the kindergarten winter activity from the attached PDF file.

The word family printable includes 3 word family for each vowel ending: an, ap, ad, op, et, en, ed, ip, in, it, ot, og, ug, un, and ub.

By reading words from the same family, students can enhance their reading skills with the help of these enjoyable winter literacy activities. Acquiring knowledge of word patterns and the rhyme scheme is one of the best predictors of future reading success. Several word family spinners with a festive winter theme are available for print. Students can read word families by spinning the spinner around the snowman’s body in the winter printables. The cheerful snowman can assist emerging readers by providing images for every word family. After that, students can complete the word family worksheet pages for the snowman and practice writing words and letters.

⭐ Winter Boots Alphabet A to Z Puzzles | Uppercase and Lowercase Letters | Winter

With this self-correcting Winter Boots Alphabet Game, kids will enjoy practicing letter recognition, this A to Z printable activity is ideal for students in preschool, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten.

Are you looking for a creative way to practice matching lowercase and uppercase alphabet letters? With the help of these puzzle cards, children can practice letter identification and matching lowercase to uppercase or identical. Because the puzzles self-correct, children can practice on their own and use them as a great way to pass the time in the morning.

⭐ Snowman Letter Practice Uppercase and Lowercase Trace & Erase Winter Activities

This adorable printable Snowman Tracing activity will help kids practice writing their ABC. Children of toddler, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten age can practice tracing the letters A through Z with this snowman printable. Students can erase and practice again after they have traced both capital and lowercase letters on the snowmen’s bodies! For a practical, interesting, and enjoyable winter alphabet exercise, print the PDF file containing the ABC printable.

These cute preschool winter activities are perfect for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers alike. Use this no prep winter alphabet worksheets as an addition to your phonics curriculum, extra practice, or a literacy center in your classroom.

⭐ Winter Word Search As levels of Difficulty Grow | With Answer Key | K - 9th

Kids can have a lot of fun and engagement with these Winter Word Searches during the chilly months of December, January, and February. With different levels of difficulty, these printable word search pages for winter are suitable for kids in preschool, pre-kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade. To help kids learn and have fun, print the winter word search PDF. They can use it to find words related to winter, such as snow, hot chocolate, winter sports, and more.

With these entertaining winter word search printables, your brain will be challenged. These printable word search pages for winter are great for teaching kids to search for context clues, enhance word recognition, develop pattern recognition, and have a lot of fun. Additionally, word searches on printables can help improve focus and memory retention. Utilize these winter activity sheets with students in the following grades: kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. Answer keys are provided!!

⭐ Penguin 2D Shapes Printable Sorting Activity | Winter Math Activities | K & 1st

This adorable shape matching game with a penguin theme will entertain kids as they practice shape recognition! Students in toddler, preschool, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade will match all of the triangle-shaped penguins with the igloo that contains the word "triangle" in this math activity that makes learning about shapes fun and exciting!

⭐ Gingerbread Sight Words | Color By Sight Words | Winter Activities For Pre K-2nd

Kids will have fun practicing sight words in December with these super cute, clever, and no prep Gingerbread Sight Words Worksheets.

⭐ Sight Words Winter Games | Arctic Animals Winter Activities For K and 1st grade

This adorable printable sight word game will add some fun to your sight word practice. Through this sight word activity with an Arctic Animals theme, children in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade will practice reading fluency while reviewing Dolch primer sight words. With the aid of these kindergarten sight word printables, kids can practice reading while helping their penguin, polar bear, walrus, whale, moose, fox, seal, or hare navigate the icebergs to reach their destination. To get started playing and learning, just print the sight word printables from the PDF file!

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Engage your students in a powerful and comprehensive 18-day thematic unit on bullying designed for grades 5-8. This multimedia-rich resource explores the critical issue of bullying through a variety of formats, ensuring student engagement and fostering social-emotional learning (SEL) skills. Perfect for humanities teachers, long-term substitute teachers, and SEL specialists, this unit is adaptable, rigorous, and impactful.

What's Inside:

• Day-by-Day Lesson Plans: Detailed and easy-to-follow, these plans guide students through an exploration of bullying using films, short stories, political cartoons, informational texts, and poetry.

• Multimedia Integration: Your students will analyze media such as:

• Short films on bullying for visual storytelling.

• Fiction texts like Pumpkin Head to explore bullying in literature.

• Political cartoons to understand the societal impact of bullying.

• Popular films like Matilda to discuss character responses to bullying.

• Songs that discuss themes of bullying and resilience.

• Socratic Seminars: Two thought-provoking Socratic seminars that allow students to dive deeper into themes of bullying, fostering critical thinking, discourse, and empathy.

• Assessments: Include graded one-pager projects, Socratic seminar rubrics, and a STAAR-aligned extended constructive response essay on bullying prevention, ensuring students develop strong reading, writing, and analytical skills.

• Capstone Project: Students will culminate their learning by creating an infographic on bullying, highlighting key facts such as types of bullying, its effects, and prevention strategies. This capstone promotes research, creativity, and advocacy.

Why You'll Love It:

• Flexible Use: Perfect for SEL lessons, English Language Arts, and humanities classes. This unit can also be used by long-term substitutes for a fully developed curriculum that's ready to go.
• Multimedia and Interdisciplinary: Engage students with a range of media, ensuring both visual and auditory learners are captivated. From analyzing cartoons to films, this unit provides cross-curricular opportunities.
• Builds SEL Skills: Through various activities, students learn empathy, kindness, and strategies to combat bullying. It’s not just an academic unit, but a character-building experience.
• Fully Scaffolds Learning: Differentiated activities, visual aids, and pre-made assessments make this unit accessible to a wide range of student abilities, including ELLs and students with IEPs.

Who It's For:

• Humanities Teachers: Add depth to your curriculum with an SEL-focused unit that fits seamlessly into English, history, or social studies classes.
• SEL Coordinators: This unit emphasizes empathy, communication, and kindness, key components of any social-emotional learning program.
• Long-Term Substitutes: Take the guesswork out of planning with a ready-to-use, high-quality unit that ensures continuity in learning while building essential skills.

Make bullying prevention and social-emotional learning an integral part of your classroom with this well-rounded, 18-day multimedia unit. Equip your students with the tools to recognize, stand up against, and prevent bullying in their school community.

Add to your cart now and inspire positive change in your students' lives!

This is a novel study of Gary Paulsen's The River ( a sequel to Hatchet). In this product, there are completed lesson plans (and a blank one if you need to write your own), a slideshow that includes everything for each chapter (introduction, review of content, copy of the doodle notes, copy of the end of chapter activity/discussion outline, and the closure question), the Doodle Notes outline for each chapter, and the End of Chapter/Discussion activities. This novel study is for 4th-grade to 7th-grade students.

Completed Lesson Plans

Each chapter comes with a completed lesson plan! The lesson plans include an I can statement (Chapter Goal), the materials needed, what students will be doing as a preview to the chapter, what they will be doing during the read, the activity after the chapter, some differentiation ideas, the assessment, and a closure. There is a spot for standards, but I did not include one because of different state standards. They are also all editable! It was made using Google Slides, so if you open the file in Google Slides or PowerPoint you can edit each lesson plan to fit your class’s needs!

Doodle Notes and End of Chapter/Discussion Activities

Each chapter comes with doodle notes and an End of Chapter/Discussion Activity. Doodle notes are notes students take that involve more drawing than writing. Students will have a prompt to help them know what to focus on while listening/reading the chapter and what to take notes on. The activities focus on multiple different skills, Central Idea, Supporting Details, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Summaries, Story Elements, Inferences, and more. There are also 8 discussion activities where students will need to work in groups discussing a prompt about the chapter.

Slideshow

To go along with the book, there is a Slideshow that includes an outline for each chapter! It includes what is written in the lesson plans. So there are introduction slides for each chapter, a copy of the doodle notes and chapter activities, and a slide for the closure. The slides are also editable! So if you would like to add/adapt anything to fit your class/lesson better, just open the file in Google Slides or PowerPoint. ***There is a slide, that you will need to edit. It is the “Discussion Expectations” slide. This is because each class will have different expectations for discussions.**

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review it.

Credits:

Paulsen, G. (2012). The river. First Ember edition. New York, NY, Ember.

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