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Plot Structure Grades 4-6 Graphic Organizer, Mini Lesson, Slides, Activities
By TooBookedUp
Are you looking for an engaging, no-prep resource to teach plot structure to your 4th-6th graders? Look no further! This comprehensive lesson plan is designed to introduce and reinforce plot elements, making it perfect for busy teachers who want to provide high-quality instruction without the hassle of extensive preparation.
What’s Included:
Key Features:
No Preparation Needed: Everything is ready to use right out of the box, saving you valuable time and effort in lesson planning.
Interactive and Engaging: Incorporates multimedia elements like videos and Canva slides to cater to diverse learning styles and keep students actively involved.
Reusable and Flexible: The graphic organizer is adaptable for various stories, making it a valuable tool for year-long curriculum integration.
Aligned with Standards:
Common Core State Standards (CCSS):
Grade 4: RL.4.3 – Describe characters, settings, and major events.
Grade 5: RL.5.5 – Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story.
Grade 6: RL.6.5 – Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
Grade 4: 4.10(A) – Analyze how the plot of a story is organized into a beginning, middle, and end, including events that build toward a resolution.
Grade 5: 5.10(A) – Analyze how the plot is organized into a beginning, middle, and end, including events that build toward a resolution.
Grade 6: 6.10(A) – Analyze how the plot is organized into a beginning, middle, and end, including events that build toward a resolution.
Why You’ll Love It:
Perfect For:
Transform Your ELA Lessons Today!
Equip your classroom with this all-in-one Plot Structure Lesson Plan and watch your students develop a strong understanding of storytelling elements. Perfect for introducing plot structure, supporting ongoing literary analysis, and making learning fun and interactive.
Short e Word Blending| Blending Lines| Digital and Paper Options
By An Enchanted Educator
Looking for a way to help your students practice the skill of decoding? With blending lines, you can do just that. This quick no-prep digital or paper activity can have your students practicing decoding (sounding out) words in a snap. These blending lines are phonics focused and are great for whole-group or small-group learning. I’ve based these lists on Wiley Blevins’s suggestions for blending lines.
In this resource you will find:
3 different variations of blending lines for the phonics skill. Each variation offers a little change of words and a higher level of challenging words and sentences.
Each variation is offered in:
· digital
· paper, full sheet, with or without guides
· paper, double sheet, with or without guides.
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Figures That Helped Abolish Slavery Scavenger Hunt (No Prep!)
By Miss Yous Clues and Resources
This is a scavenger hunt using task cards that is based on the key figures that helped to abolish slavery and are studied in the 4th grade curriculum. Students will read about Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Samuel Cornish, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe. This activity will have students reading about how each individual aided the abolition movement. Check out the preview to see what each task card entails. Students will need to walk around the room reading the task cards. Each task card has a code word on the bottom which is the answer to the question/fill in the blank. The answer will NOT be found on that same task card. For example, the answer to task card #1 is found by reading the passage on task card #8. Students MUST record which task card they found the answer on in their answer sheet under the “FOUND CARDS #” column. That column will be used at the end for the 4 digit lock code. They will follow the clues to find the correct 4 digit code.
This activity would be a great review before assessments, as a center activity, a group activity, etc. Students will be engaged with the learning while having a fun time trying to solve all of the clues!
Guided Reading Small Groups made EaSY- Long 'a' Word Unit- a_e
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
-ame
-ake
mixed a_e (-age, -ace, etc)
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Author's Purpose Mini Lesson | PPT & Google Slides | Passage & Task Card Options
By Amanda Robinson
You will love this NO-PREP, all-inclusive Author's Purpose resource that goes beyond the basics of "Author's Purpose PIE" and explores how authors make intentional, stylistic choices as writers. Help your students grow as analytical readers with this engaging resource!
What's Included:
This resource is perfect for differentiating instruction and meeting the needs of all learners. Save time and focus on building strong literary analysis skills with this ready-to-use unit.
Aligned with 8th-grade TEKS and CCSS!
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Thanksgiving Football Text Features, Activities, Text Set, Quizzes, Slides
By TooBookedUp
Dive into the heart of American tradition with our Thanksgiving Football Informational Texts, meticulously crafted for middle school students in grades 5-8. This resource, tailored to a 6th-grade lexile level, is a touchdown for any ELA curriculum, aligning with key standards that focus on the analysis of print and graphic features.
What’s Inside:
Curricular Alignment:
Easy Implementation:
Student Engagement:
Holiday Relevance: Capitalize on the excitement of Thanksgiving to bring ELA standards to life.
Perfect for the Season:
Whether you're looking to supplement your curriculum with seasonal material, add rigor to your lessons, or simply bring a high-engagement topic to your classroom, our Thanksgiving Football Informational Texts are your MVP. Score big with students and educators alike by integrating this resource into your middle school ELA game plan today!
Short o| CVC words| Word Match
By An Enchanted Educator
This activity is aimed at getting students to have a deeper understanding of CVC words they are learning by matching pictures to their words. This is great for a variety of levels and grade ranges.
Included With This Resource:
⭐2 full sheets of words and their matching pictures.
⭐Half-sheet picture and word match sheets with a recording sheet that gives students the chance to write the word.
⭐2 Ways to match; either have students match words to pictures or pictures to words. 4 sheets for each version
⭐Large word and picture cards that can be used in a variety of small or larger group settings.
Other Resources:
⭐ Short o Blending And Mapping Activity| Flip, Tap, Write, Build, Use
⭐ Short o Word Blending| Blending Lines| Digital and Paper Options
⭐ Short o| CVC Words| Game-Center Activity| Word Flip
⭐ Short o |CVC Words| Word Building Activity| Word Ladder Flip| SOR
European Explorer Scavenger Hunter (No Prep!)
By Miss Yous Clues and Resources
This is a scavenger hunt using task cards that is based on European explorers that are studied in the 4th grade curriculum. Students will read about Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de León, Jacques Cartier, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Hernando de Soto, and Samuel de Champlain. This activity will have students reading about what country the explorer sailed for, what part of the Americas they explored and how their exploration affected later colonization or knowledge of the Americas. Check out the preview to see what each task card entails. Students will need to walk around the room reading the task cards. Each task card has a code word on the bottom which is the answer to the question/fill in the blank. The answer will NOT be found on that same task card. For example, the answer to task card #1 is found by reading the passage on task card #8. Students MUST record which task card they found the answer on in their answer sheet under the “FOUND CARDS #” column. That column will be used at the end for the 4 digit lock code. They will follow the clues to find the correct 4 digit code.
This activity would be a great review before assessments, as a center activity, a group activity, etc. Students will be engaged with the learning while having a fun time trying to solve all of the clues!
R Blends Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
R Sounds
Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of R Sound spelling research and evidence-based word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing, fluency, assessment, and even nonsense word practice.
R Sound Word Families included:
dr
tr
br
Also includes a sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade and Wonders Unit 5 Week 2 and any other r sound spelling list.
Ascension Day Bible Lesson Ascension of Jesus Ascended Craft Sunday School
By Kaylor Creations
Engage kids in this in-depth Bible Lesson and Activity Pack on the Bible story of The Ascension of Jesus. It includes a Bible lesson mini-book, a teacher lesson book, an original song, an interactive notebook lift a flap activity, a keepsake craft to create, and no prep printables!
Sunday school, homeschool, and classroom teachers alike will find all the time-saving resources needed to inspire and engage kids in Biblical TRUTHS found in the Gospels!
Your kids will be so EXCITED about Bible time once they see all the hands-on activities!
Biblical Truths Taught:✝️
Jesus ascended into the sky, forty days after he rose from the dead at Easter. When he did, he left us with a great promise (of the Holy Spirit) and a great commission (go make disciples). Jesus is now seated in Heaven at the right hand of God the Father. The lesson follows the story from after the resurrection to when the angels at his ascension tell of when he will return.
This is the PERFECT resource for:
•Sunday School Lesson
•Homeschool Bible Lesson
•Christian School Bible Lesson
•Children's Church Lesson
• Ascension Day Activities
51 Pages total!!
Teach kids the Bible lesson through Reading, Writing, Playing, Creating and Singing!
Here is what is included ---->
✨Bible Lesson Teacher Book: Full sized, colorful large print pages Bible lesson. Simply print and go! Also includes:
✨Bible Lesson Mini Book: The Bible story written on mini pages in black & white so littles can color. Simply print and fold!
✨No Prep Printable Activities
Word Search: Find the words from the lesson in the word search.
Maze: Find your way through a maze helping David find the lamb.
Jesus Ascending Cut & Paste: Cut and paste the picture of Jesus into the clouds.
Bible Verse Tracing: Trace the words from Matthew 28:19-20
Bible Verse Copy Work: Copy the words from Matthew 28:19-20
Answer Key: Answers for above printables provided.
Color by Continent: Jesus said to go to all nations and use the world map provided to help kids learn and color in the 7 continents.
✨Fun, Engaging and Meaningful Crafts
Great Commission Interactive Notebook/ Lift a Flap Craft: Using a traffic light as the front to "Go make disciples" great commission craft. Create an interactive lift-a-flap craft that can be pasted into a notebook or construction paper to help memorize the great commsion Jesus gave at his ascension.
Jesus Ascending Craft: Using a paper cup and some yard or string, create a pully system that allows kids to interactively rise Jesus up and watch him ascend into the clouds.
THANK YOU & HAPPY TEACHING!!
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**And I pledge: Never any fluff, fillers or added dramatizations! Just Bible Stories and Biblical truths written in a child friendly way! With explanations and engaging questions to help your littles get excited about Bible time! (And you will get excited as you watch them grow in their faith & love for God!)
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I hope this resource is a wonderful addition to your Bible lessons and that it inspires you and your children!
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The Holy Trinity
Days of Creation
I am Wonderfully Made
God is Love
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American Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt (No prep!)
By Miss Yous Clues and Resources
This is a scavenger hunt using task cards that is based on the causes of the Revolutionary War that aligns with the 4th grade curriculum but would work for grades 3-5. Students will read about the Declaration of Independence, the Boston Tea Party, The Boston Massacre, Taxation without Representation, and the Intolerable Acts. Check out the preview to see what each task card entails. Students will need to walk around the room reading the task cards. Each task card has a code word on the bottom which is the answer to the question/fill in the blank. The answer will NOT be found on that same task card. For example, the answer to task card #1 is found by reading the passage on task card #8. Students MUST record which task card they found the answer on in their answer sheet under the “FOUND CARDS #” column. That column will be used at the end for the 4 digit lock code. They will follow the clues to find the correct 4 digit code.
This activity would be a great review before assessments, as a center activity, a group activity, etc. Students will be engaged with the learning while having a fun time trying to solve all of the clues!
CK LL ING Ending Words Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
-ck
-ing
-ll
and mixed short e review
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Short i| CVC words| Word Match
By An Enchanted Educator
This activity is aimed at getting students to have a deeper understanding of CVC words they are learning by matching pictures to their words. This is great for a variety of levels and grade ranges.
Included With This Resource:
⭐2 full sheets of words and their matching pictures.
⭐Half-sheet picture and word match sheets with a recording sheet that gives students the chance to write the word.
⭐2 Ways to match; either have students match words to pictures or pictures to words. 4 sheets for each version
⭐Large word and picture cards that can be used in a variety of small or larger group settings.
Other Resources:
⭐ Short i Blending And Mapping Activity| Flip, Tap, Write, Build, Use
⭐ Short i Word Blending| Blending Lines| Digital and Paper Options
⭐ Short i| CVC Words| Game-Center Activity| Word Flip
⭐ Short i |CVC Words| Word Building Activity| Word Ladder Flip| SOR
Long i Fluency Practice for Small Groups with 'y' 'igh' 'ie' 'ild' Word Family
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
y
igh
ie
ild and ind
*this week includes identifying syllables practice, two levels for each story, and
decoding option.
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 6 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Short o Word Blending| Blending Lines| Digital and Paper Options
By An Enchanted Educator
Looking for a way to help your students practice the skill of decoding? With blending lines, you can do just that. This quick no-prep digital or paper activity can have your students practicing decoding (sounding out) words in a snap. These blending lines are phonics focused and are great for whole-group or small-group learning. I’ve based these lists on Wiley Blevins’s suggestions for blending lines.
In this resource you will find:
3 different variations of blending lines for the phonics skill. Each variation offers a little change of words and a higher level of challenging words and sentences.
Each variation is offered in:
· digital
· paper, full sheet, with or without guides
· paper, double sheet, with or without guides.
Other resources you may like.
⭐ Short Vowel Say, Tap, Write, Build Bundle
⭐ Short Vowel Flip, Tap, Write, Use Bundle
⭐ Short Vowel Word Builders Bundle
Guided Reading Small Groups made EaSY- Silent Letter Teams: "kn, gn, mb, wr"
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
kn
gn
wr
mb
*this week includes verb tense practice practice.
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Short e| CVC words| Word Match
By An Enchanted Educator
This activity is aimed at getting students to have a deeper understanding of CVC words they are learning by matching pictures to their words. This is great for a variety of levels and grade ranges.
Included With This Resource:
⭐2 full sheets of words and their matching pictures.
⭐Half-sheet picture and word match sheets with a recording sheet that gives students the chance to write the word.
⭐2 Ways to match; either have students match words to pictures or pictures to words. 4 sheets for each version
⭐Large word and picture cards that can be used in a variety of small or larger group settings.
Other Resources:
⭐ Short e Blending And Mapping Activity| Flip, Tap, Write, Build, Use
⭐ Short e |CVC Words| Word Building Activity| Word Ladder Flip| SOR
⭐ Short e| CVC Words| Game-Center Activity| Word Flip
⭐ Short e Word Blending| Blending Lines| Digital and Paper Options
Frizzy Graphic Novel Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
The graphic novel, Frizzy - The Graphic Novel by Claribel A Ortega is great for children ages 9 - 15 years old, as they can relate with the main character, Marlene as she figures out who she is, what she likes, and who she wants to be. This is a book about friendship, developing interests, finding oneself, starting something new, being a good friend, being different from others and embracing those differences, standing up for oneself, and doing what is best for you. Comprehension questions, fill in the blank questions, and multiple choice questions are provided in this product and are separated by the books chapters.
The comprehension questions in this product relate with the text as well as students own experiences. Vocabulary words, their meanings, and a few example sentences are presented in the packet. As the book is being read aloud, as students are reading the book or after the book has been read, students can answer the comprehension questions in this packet. An answer key is provided for the comprehension questions.
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Short O Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
*Digital Activities Included* Small groups made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
og
op
ot
and mixed short o
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
Short u| CVC words| Word Match
By An Enchanted Educator
This activity is aimed at getting students to have a deeper understanding of CVC words they are learning by matching pictures to their words. This is great for a variety of levels and grade ranges.
Included With This Resource:
⭐2 full sheets of words and their matching pictures.
⭐Half-sheet picture and word match sheets with a recording sheet that gives students the chance to write the word.
⭐2 Ways to match; either have students match words to pictures or pictures to words. 4 sheets for each version
⭐Large word and picture cards that can be used in a variety of small or larger group settings.
Other Resources:
⭐ Short u Blending and Mapping Activity| Flip, Tap, Write, Build, Use
⭐ Short u Word Blending| Blending Lines| Digital and Paper Options
⭐ Short u| CVC Words| Game-Center Activity| Word Flip
⭐ Short u |CVC Words| Word Building Activity| Word Ladder Flip| SOR