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Halloween Jack O Lantern history Stingy Jack: reading comprehension word search

By Tomorrowcomes

When October comes around, we all start seeing pumpkins and signs of Halloween. Carving pumpkins to make jack-o’-lanterns is a traditional Halloween activity. Do your students know the history of why pumpkins are carved?

This resource gives a brief history of where the tradition of jack-o’-lanterns comes from. After reading the brief article, there is a short question worksheet to be completed. The worksheet asked questions based on information in the article and includes an area for students to draw their own jack-o’-lantern face.

Also included is an adapted student friendly version of the Irish folktale Stingy Jack and a Halloween themed Word Search.

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Halloween
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St. Nick: Christmas Text Structures, Main Idea, Author's Purpose 5 text sets

By TooBookedUp

Unveil the world of St. Nicholas through this captivating ELA resource, specifically crafted for middle school students. "Discovering St. Nicholas" offers a rich, multifaceted learning experience, designed to enhance key literacy skills while diving into the historical and cultural aspects of this beloved figure.

What’s Inside:

  • Five Comprehensive Articles: Explore the intriguing story of St. Nicholas through five meticulously written articles, each employing a different text structure – descriptive, chronological, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution.
  • Interactive Comprehension Quizzes: After reading, students can test their understanding with comprehension quizzes. Questions are crafted to reinforce central/main ideas, author's purpose, inferences, summaries, and text-dependent analysis.
  • 15-Slide Google Slides Presentation: Kickstart each lesson with our engaging presentation slides, designed to introduce or reinforce each focused skill. Perfect for classroom or remote learning, these slides are interactive and visually appealing.
  • Skill Building Focus: This resource hones vital ELA skills such as understanding text structures, pinpointing author’s purpose, making inferences, summarizing text, and answering text-dependent questions.
  • Annotation and Interactive Reading: Encourage students to engage actively with the text through annotation, fostering a deeper understanding and critical thinking.

Benefits:

  • Boost Literacy Skills: Strengthen reading comprehension, analysis, and critical thinking abilities.
  • Cultural Insight: Dive into the historical and cultural significance of St. Nicholas, enriching students' global understanding.
  • Engage and Inspire: The intriguing content about St. Nicholas keeps students interested and motivated to learn.
  • Versatile Teaching Tool: Ideal for in-depth study units, literacy centers, independent work, or as supplementary material for your ELA curriculum.
  • Ready-to-Use: Save valuable prep time with this ready-to-go, comprehensive package.

Ideal For:

  • Middle School ELA Teachers
  • Reading Specialists
  • Homeschooling Parents
  • Tutors focusing on Literacy and Comprehension

Transform your ELA sessions into an exciting exploration of St. Nicholas and his world. "Discovering St. Nicholas" is not just an educational journey; it's a gateway to mastering essential literacy skills while uncovering the layers of a fascinating historical figure. Add this invaluable resource to your teaching toolkit today and watch as your students' comprehension and analytical skills soar!

For higher level students, try this resource: Unraveling Krampus: Text Structures and Critical Analysis Print and Go! (TeachShare.com)

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My Whole Store Christian Resources Christian Clipart Sunday School Bible Lessons

By Kaylor Creations

Be equipped to engage, inspire, and encourage young learners with ALL of Kaylor Creations’ educational resources! With this growing MEGA bundle deal, you will get all products currently in my store and all future products at the steep discount of 50% off! ✨With the purchase of this bundle, every time I add a new resource to my store, you will get it FREE automatically.✨

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Where is the Sahara Desert? Non-Fiction Book Report Template and Digital Lesson

By TaughtOught Homeschooling

Did you know that the Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world? Learn more about the Sahara Desert in this comprehensive reading comprehension Google lesson.

This product is so easy to use and has practically no prep:

  1. Read the book
  2. Print the 9-page template
  3. Review the no-prep reading comprehension Google lesson with a built-in reward system (students LOVE this feature!)
  4. Fill out the book report template based on the reading comprehension review as a group or independent work/homework

The template pages include (and are reviewed in the digital Google lesson):

  • book title info
  • rating & review
  • vocabulary
  • facts
  • the land (animals & landmarks)
  • key information (capital, population, languages, climate, agriculture, natural resources, politicians)
  • what I learned
  • questions I have
  • historic events
  • draw a map

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Types of Bridges Posters and Build a Bridge STEM Fun!

By Science and STEAM Team

This resource has educational posters of seven types of bridges. Each poster includes at least one photo and a short paragraph about the bridge represented.

  1. Do you want your students to participate in a build a bridge STEM challenge?
  2. This resource will help your students realize that there are many types of bridges. The type of bridge built depends on the load it needs to carry and the environmental conditions.
  3. Included in this resource:
  • The standards that covered
  • Suggestions for three different videos to show your students. One to be used as a phenomenon for any grade, one to show to elementary grades, and one for upper grades.
  • The seven individual posters are perfect for reading to the students or having students read in small groups. They also serve as a reference.
  • There are two sheets showing all seven bridges (one in black and white) so, students can have one.
  • There are suggested build a bridge challenges and materials to use

4. Check out the preview to see if this resource is right for you.

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Earth & Space Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle

By The Teaching Resources Company

Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions bundle give your students the opportunity to practice reading and comprehension skills while learning science content. This is perfect for a literacy activity that connects to your current science unit!

With our Earth and space science worksheets, students from 3rd Grade to 8th grade will learn about the natural systems all around them, from weather and geology to the solar system and constellations.

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Main Idea, Inferencing & Context Clues Social Studies Passage and Activity

By Samantha Louth

Teach students about the branches of the U.S. government while addressing three core reading standards with this fun and engaging resource.

It includes an informational passage on the branches of government, accompanied by two sets of questions tailored for various grades or proficiency levels. To spark enthusiasm and enhance learning, the resource also includes an engaging activity at the end.

Perfect for:

  • Introducing Main Idea, Inferencing, or Context Clues
  • Independent practice
  • Assessing student understanding
  • Center activity
  • Test prep/review
  • Homework assignment
  • Early finishers
  • Homeschool activity

What's included:

  • Reading Passage on the United States Branches of Government
  • Two sets of differentiated questions
  • Maze that can be used to check for understanding, as center work, or as homework
  • Answer keys for both sets of questions and maze
  • Suggestions for teachers prior to use

This resource aligns with Common Core Standards 3.RI.1, 3.RI.2, 3.RI.4, 4.RI.1, 4.RI.2, and 4.RI.4 ensuring it supports your curriculum effectively.

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Class Cookbook | Winter Class Recipe Book (Christmas, Holidays, Mothers)

By teachcolors

"Discover the perfect solution for your love of both cooking and writing with 'Our Class Christmas Cookbook.' This versatile cookbook template, available in color and black-and-white, allows you to effortlessly create your own Class Holiday Cookie Cookbook Recipe Book, Thanksgiving Writing Class Cookbook, or Share a Recipe Class Cookbook Project. Unleash your culinary creativity and capture cherished moments in one delightful book!"

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-The size of each sheet is (8.5 x 11) inches.

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Test Prep: Bullseye Strategy/Practice/ELA/ Critical Thinking

By Blooming Through High School

What is it?

Micro texts are made with the intention of getting to the skill or the practice students need FASTER. Each text is less than 400 words. All of the 16 questions is aligned to finding the "bullseye" and helping students think critically about the answer choices and how they can apply critical thinking to get the right answer every time. It also encourages students to read each question and not choose an answer that "feels right".

What's included?

  • Google Slides (56 slides)

  • PowerPoint (56 slides)

  • PDF (26 pages)

  • Editable Word file

  • Four total passage

  • Two micro argumentative texts

  • Two micro informational passages

  • 16 questions

  • Teaching Slides

  • Bullseye for students to practice the strategy

  • A simple answer key is included as well as a detailed rationale page.

Who's it for?

- Middle and high school

- Teachers who want to teach test strategies before exams

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fall reading comprehension passages and questions 2nd grade thanksgiving SpEd

By Modz by Laila

These autumn-themed reading comprehension passages and questions are designed for 2nd and 3rd-grade students. The resource consists of engaging passages with questions that cover main idea, comprehension, and other reading skills.

You will get 10 reading passages with comprehension questions. You will download 5 fiction passages and 5 non-fiction passages. These are perfect for Homework, Small Group, Independent Work, or RTI activities.

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Benefits:

  • Engaging passages that interest students and support comprehension

  • No prep resource for teachers

  • Easy to implement in various classroom settings

Instructions/Tips for Implementation:

Simply print the passages and questions for students to work on during reading time, literacy centers, or for homework assignments. Use the passages in small group settings to reinforce comprehension skills.

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Asian-Pacific Month (Comic Book)

By Beth Hammett

Do you know how Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month begin? This 25 page comic book explains the history behind the celebrated month, and it offers students the opportunity to review information then fill in their own comic speech bubbles and facts using the comic templates.

Includes:

Immigration of the first Japanese to America

Number of Japanese who left their homeland for U.S.

Transcontinental Railroad

Map of Railroad Line

Golden/Last Spike

Asian-Pacific Continents & Islands (partial list)

Commemorative Bill made into Law

White House Fact about Visitors

Timeline of Congressional Bill into Law

Public Law 102-458

Hawaiian Words List and Activity

Famous Asian-Pacific Americans and Their Info: Amy Tan, Steven Chu, Michelle Kwan, Jerry Yang

Interesting facts, great coloring images, and follows CCSS guidelines. Use for assessment, introduction, and/or refresher. Fun, educational way to learn facts about Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month!

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U.S. History
Tools for Common Core
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Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address All In One w/ Questions, Assessments & PPT

By YourTeachingDoc

Teaching students to analyze foundational US documents can be challenging! With this All in One Bundle, your students will be able to understand grade level vocabulary, analyze Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address through rhetorical devices and produce an Oral and/or Written Presentation to demonstrate mastery.

This Bundle Includes:

POWERPOINT:

*Clearly Stated Purpose

*Standards

*Learning Objectives.

*Key Terms

*Closer Read Analysis

* Key Concepts In Lesson: Main Claim of Text, Use of Parallelism, Attitude and Tone of the Speech

PRINTABLES:

*2 KIM (Vocabulary) Charts

*Extending the Lesson - For Further Study

*Unit Plan Notes

*2 Sets of Tickets Out The Door (Content Specific)

*Written and Oral Performance Rubric

*Guiding Questions

*KWL Chart

*Classroom Poster

BONUS:

EASEL Assessment that can be assigned and graded digitally!

Hyperlinks to Audio Recordings

Hyperlinks to Guided Tours (Ford Theater)

Hyperlinks to Additional Materials / Teaching Tools

I hope you enjoy this as much as my students did!

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Gr6/7 Climate Change - Five Perspectives (Video+Reading Materials+Lesson Ideas)

By Mark Holmes

Help your middle schoolers dive deep into the complexities of climate change with this engaging and thought-provoking resource!

"Climate Change: Five Perspectives" goes beyond basic facts, encouraging students to analyze diverse viewpoints and develop their critical thinking skills.

This comprehensive resource includes:

  • Five compelling letters, each written to the United: Each letter presents a unique perspective on climate change, written from the point of view of:

    • The Urgent Activist
    • The Cautious Skeptic
    • The Technological Optimist
    • The Economic Pragmatist
    • The Frontline Youth (a student living in Kiribati)
  • A companion AI video where the five letters are read aloud by their authors.

  • 12 Engaging Assignments: Designed to spark critical thinking and enhance literacy skills, these activities encourage students to:

    • Analyze author's craft, purpose, and structure.
    • Synthesize information and evaluate evidence.
    • Compare and contrast perspectives.
    • Develop their own informed opinions.
  • Alignment with Curriculum: This resource integrates with many Grade 6 literacy outcomes and climate change units. It was paritcularly aimed at the Alberta curriciulum.

Why This Resource Stands Out:

  • Promotes Critical Thinking: Students learn to analyze different viewpoints, evaluate evidence, and form their own conclusions.
  • Encourages Empathy and Global Awareness: By exploring diverse perspectives, students gain a deeper understanding of how climate change impacts people around the world.
  • Offers Flexibility: The resource can be adapted for individual work, small group activities, or whole-class discussions.
  • Saves You Time: The ready-to-use letters, video, and assignments make it easy to implement this resource in your classroom.

Spark meaningful conversations about climate change and empower your students to become informed, engaged global citizens!

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Science
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AVID Socratic Seminar Team Building l John F. Kennedy Moon Speech Lesson Plan

By KJ Inspired Resources

Use this AVID Socratic Seminar Team Building l John F. Kennedy Moon Speech lesson plan with Google Slides and summary/reflection to increase dialogue and engagement in your classroom.

What's Included:

  • Lesson Plan with a walkthrough of all the slides and a video overview and explanation.
  • John F. Kennedy's speech transcript for students to mark their text and come up with questions in the margins for the Seminar.
  • Google slides which go over the lesson related to John F Kennedy and his speech and discuss the process of a Soccratic Seminar. The slides include embedded links for students to follow along and access required documents.
  • Summary and reflection digital document for students to summarize and reflect what they learned through the Seminar.

Directions:

  • Students will discuss the history of the John F. Kennedy's Moon Speech as directed through the teaching slides
  • Students will follow the directions in the slide and read/mark their speech text
  • Students will watch the speech video and look for ethical/leadership qualities
  • Students will come up with questions for the Socratic Seminar using Costa's Level of Thinking
  • Students will meet with a partner to clarify any confusions
  • Students will review the protocl for Socratic Seminars
  • Students will use their questions and provided sentences stems to have dialogue in the Seminar
  • Students will complete a summary and reflection over the Seminar

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Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons

By Qiang Ma

Teaching Social Studies/World Holidays through Close Reading and Fine Arts using GLAD strategies.

Materials include lesson plans and activity pages with both student version and teacher’s version (with teaching scripts).

Major components of the product:

- Student Package:

- 1 Info Organizer

- 1 Reading Passage

- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set ( with 4 questions)

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet

-Teacher Package:

- 1 Info Organizer with answers

- 1 Reading Passage with Close Reading marks

- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set with answers

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet with answers

- 2 Thanksgiving Is Black Line Drawings (with/without labels)

- 2 Thanksgiving Color Drawings (with/without labels) (Great for open house)

- 1 Vocab Poster with Post-it notes

- Lesson Plan embedded in 2 teaching scripts: 1 for Reading Passage and 1 for Text Dependent Questions.

This product is included in Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays.

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Related Lessons:

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Click a link below to see my other Close Reading Lessons:

Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays from Gail Gibbons

Plant:

Close Reading: Plant Unit

Close Reading: Apples

Close Reading: Corn

Close Reading: From Seed to Plant

Close Reading: Tell Me, Tree

Close Reading: The Fruits We Eat

Close Reading: The Pumpkin Book

Close Reading: The Vegetables We Eat

Animals:

Close Reading: Animal Unit

Amphibian:

Close Reading: Frogs

Arachnid:

Close Reading: Spiders

Bird:

Close Reading: Owls

Close Reading: Penguins!

Fish:

Close Reading: Sharks

Insect:

Close Reading: Monarch Butterfly

Close Reading: The Honey Makers

Close Reading: Ladybugs

Mammal:

Close Reading: Bats

Close Reading: Elephants of Africa

Close Reading: Polar Bears

Close Reading: Wolves

Close Reading: Whales

Reptile:

Close Reading: Alligators and Crocodiles

Close Reading: Dinosaurs!

Close Reading: Sea Turtles

Close Reading: Snakes

Environment:

Close Reading: Environment Unit

Close Reading: Caves and Caverns

Close Reading: Coral Reefs

Close Reading: Deserts

Close Reading: Marshes & Swamps

Close Reading: Rain Forests

Close Reading: Recycle!

Weather:

Close Reading: Weather Unit

Close Reading: It's Hurricanes!

Close Reading: It's Raining!

Close Reading: It's Snowing!

Close Reading: Tornadoes!

Season:

Close Reading: The Reasons for Seasons

Astronomy:

Close Reading: Astronomy Unit

Close Reading: GALAXIES, GALAXIES!

Close Reading: Planet Earth/Inside Out

Close Reading: The Moon Book

Close Reading: THE PLANETS

Matter:

Close Reading: States of Matter

Social Studies/Holidays:

Close Reading: Holiday Unit

Close Reading: Christmas Is ...

Close Reading: Easter

Close Reading: Halloween Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Valentine's Day Is ... by Gail Gibbons

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Thanksgiving
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Text Elements Examples and Review

By Sign with me TOD

Students will complete this magazine text elements project by reviewing the following text features: table of contents, index, headings, subheading, captions, bold words, illustrations/photographs, comparisons, glossary, labels, and graphs/charts/diagrams. Students will use a magazine of their choice/one that is assigned to complete this product. Students will answer questions about each of the text features throughout the product and will then be required to complete their own research and answer the questions provided.

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Life Cycle of a Butterfly Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions & Answers

By Create Learn Inspire Grow

Engage your students with this set of five reading comprehension passages about the life cycle of a butterfly, designed for 1st to 3rd graders. Each passage covers a different stage of the butterfly's life cycle: from the egg to the adult butterfly. Included are comprehension questions to reinforce understanding and promote critical thinking.

What's Included:

  • 5 Reading Comprehension Passages:
  1. The Egg
  2. The Caterpillar
  3. The Chrysalis
  4. The Butterfly Emerges
  5. The Adult Butterfly
  • 5 Comprehension Questions for Each Passage
  • Answer Key for All Questions
  • 3 worksheets bonus
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Stone Soup - Sample lesson from Thanksgiving Dinner Theme Unit

By Sassycat Corner

Have you made Stone Soup with your upper grade students? They LOVE IT! Try this twist on the traditional reading and comprehension passages for Thanksgiving. These lessons focus on Thanksgiving Dinner! Open up a great discussion on the importance of sharing what we have with those who are less fortunate. This free activity includes a lesson plan for making stone soup, along with a four page pdf of the story "Stone Soup", and 2 comprehension pages - 1 multiple choice and 1 constructed response - to accompany the story. Like this free lesson! It's part of a larger theme unit - Thanksgiving Dinner. The large unit includes the following lessons. Click here to view the full unit! Thanksgiving Dinner Theme Unit - ELA, Math, and Science ★ Thanksgiving Then & Now paired reading passages with constructed response questions page, Venn Diagram, and three paragraph writing assignment. ★ The World’s Largest Pumpkin Pie reading passage with constructed response page and 8 math word problems involving all four operations. ★ Calories Count nonfiction science passage on what a calorie is and how many we often consume with our Thanksgiving meal. Includes a constructed response page and word problem page involving all four operations. ★ Homemade Cranberry Sauce recipe page with sequencing activity and math worksheet. ★ Pumpkin Pie in a Bag recipe page with science report form and question page. ★ Gobble! Gobble! Plan your own Thanksgiving dinner activity – complete with instructions, budget sheet, grocery list, menu page, and student / teacher scoring guides. ★ Stone Soup – When Sharing Benefits Everyone – Story, comprehension pages, directions for making stone soup, find a word puzzle, and a reader’s theater. ★ Bonus just for fun Family Dinner coloring page titled “Give Thanks”

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Thanksgiving
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March Basketball ELA Escape Room

By Language Arts Excellence

If you are looking for the perfect way to celebrate the March college basketball tournament with a rigorous yet engaging, skills-based activity, look no further than this March Basketball Escape Room for ELA!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length ELA Escape Room to celebrate March basketball. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your students must learn to collaborate with their peers to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles about the big tournament.

  • March Basketball Fun Facts: In the first task, students will read fun facts about the tournament. In each passage is an incorrectly used homophone. Students must identify and correct the homophone. Shaded boxes in the correct answers will reveal their code.
  • Bball Quotes: In the second task, students will read 8 inspirational quotes from famous basketball players and identify parts of speech within the quotes. Once assembled correctly on a chart, shaded boxes will reveal the code.
  • Catch: In the third task, students must perform a close reading of the poem, Catch by Samiya Bashir and answer multiple choice questions about the selection that when correct, will reveal the code.
  • History of the Madness: In the fourth task, students will read about the origins of the basketball tournament. Within each paragraph, there is one commonly misspelled word. Students must identify the word and write it correctly on their answer sheet. Shaded letters within the correct answers will form their third code.
  • Bball Trivia: In the final task, students will be quizzed on what they learned throughout the first four tasks and enter their answers to trivia questions in a fun crossword puzzle. Circled boxes within the puzzle will reveal their final code.

Product Includes:

  • Escape Room Basics
  • Detailed Day-Of Instructions
  • Escape Room Print Checklist
  • Student Teams Chart
  • Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary information to be kept at stations
  • Student Answer Sheet
  • Teacher Answer Keys
  • Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Although this escape room is ideal for March, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification, particularly if you have a sports-obsessed class!

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Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle & High School

By Three Little Homeschoolers

Get ready for your upcoming visit to the pumpkin patch with this field trip unit! Includes reading passages and fun activities for before and after the field trip, as well as a trip reflection activity that can be used for any field trip.

Includes:

  • Parent/Teacher information sheet that gives a quick run down of all the pumpkin patch information included in the unit

Pre-Trip Activities

  • Pumpkin Patch reading passage
  • Show What You Know writing activity
  • History of Pumpkin reading passage
  • Three Sisters reading passage
  • Three Sisters writing activity
  • Pumpkin Baking activities - comes with instructions, plus 4 recipes to chose from (these could also be done post-trip)

Post-Trip Activities

  • Field Trip Log - for homeschoolers to track the year's field trips
  • Field Trip Reflection
  • Home Again reading passage
  • Roasted Pumpkin Seeds baking instructions
  • Time to Carve reading passage and activity
  • Additional resources sheet

The Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit is part of my Field Trip Unit Series. The series was created with homeschoolers in mind, but can be adapted to be used in a classroom as well. Field trips are a great way to supplement learning, but often homeschoolers don’t get any background information on the location of their field trip and want to enrich their experience by expanding the learning at home before and after the trip. These units help give information and fun activities before and after the field trip.

These units are available in PreK/Kinder, Elementary, and Middle & High School levels. All Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Units follow the same outline and the parent/teacher info sheet is the same for all three so that if you have children of several ages, you can seamlessly teach them together. Homeschooling parents and teachers taking multiple grades on the trip can easily combine different units. Check out all of the levels below, as well as a money saving bundle.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - PreK Preschool and Kindergarten

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Elementary School

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle & High School

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**This unit comes in a zip file. Extract the files to access the Parent/Teacher Info Sheet and the Student pdf file**

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