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3rd grade literature thematic unit plans
COMPLETE Fractured Fairy Tale Writing Unit!
***You can view every page in this unit by viewing the preview video above or visitng THIS LINK!***If you are interested in starting fractured fairy tales with your students, LOOK NO FURTHER!!! In this comprehensive unit you will find everything you need to teach students how to write their own versions of fractured fairy tales using the writing process and the structure of classic tales. The duration of this unit depends on what you want to do with it! It can take as little as 1 week or up to 3
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2nd - 4th
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs & The Three Little Pigs - Print & Easel
Reading The True Story of the Three Little Pigs? This compare and contrast folktale unit was created for use with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and a traditional retelling of The Three Little Pigs. In my classroom, I use James Marshall’s version of The Three Little Pigs for these activities, but any traditional retelling will pair well. Here’s what you’ll find inside:• vocabulary reference sheet with visuals• story maps• summary writing graphic organizer• character des
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Folktales and Fractured Folktales - Compare and Contrast Folktales
Teaching Theme: Identifying the the Author's Message to Me
Teach your students the strategy for how to find the plot in literary texts and identify the theme as the author's message to the reader. Students will use a Theme Think Map to walk through the process of finding the theme by using the plot and text evidence. Modeling Example, Anchor Charts, Think Map, Common Theme Charts, and Practice sheet are included. Once your students learn the strategy, they can use the Theme Think Map with any literary text. There is also a flap book as an additional opt
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Westing Game Comprehensive Novel Study Guide
▶️ UPDATE - DIGITAL VERSION ADDED 3/2022! ▶️ I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOVE this novel study! My students LOVED it, too! They were begging me to read every day, and I had students who do not enjoy reading find a love for it through this novel study. The activities and assessments in this guide are everything you need to conduct a fun novel study chock-full of critical thinking! Included in the 170+ page guide are:INCLUDED IN THE RESOURCE:Materials and instructions for creatin
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3rd - 8th
Cinderella Around the World | Comparing Cinderella Stories | Print & TPT Easel
Teach students to compare and contrast and hone reading comprehension skills with Cinderella fairy tales! I’ve included activities for the Cinderella stories Cinderella, Cendrillon, The Irish Cinderlad, The Egyptian Cinderella, The Korean Cinderella, and The Rough-Face Girl in order to expose students to fairy tales from a variety of continents. Blank pages are included for many of the activities, so you are free to add in or substitute your own favorite versions as well. To start off the unit,
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Tall Tales: Story Mapping & Literature Circles
If you are looking for some activities to put a little spin on your current tall tale study, this unit will be a perfect supplemental resource.This unit adds a little spice to the everyday literature study. During these activities, the students will use close reading strategies to identify a purpose for reading. Then, they will be given a task during literature circles to collect evidence and events from the tale to take back to a group. As the group members report, the students will create a st
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything: Book Companion for Language
This fantastic fall book companion is an engaging and fun tool to support instruction and practice of 9 different language skills! Some of the targeted language skills include tier 1 vocabulary, sequencing, story retell, comprehension of text/information, verb usage, same/different, inferencing, emotions, and attributes. Instructional cards, task cards, sorting activities and worksheets are included within this product. This product is black and white to reduce printing costs related to colored
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PreK - 3rd
The Nutcracker Ballet Story Literacy Unit / ELA Worksheets and Center Activities
Nutcracker ELA worksheets and center activities.A reading and language arts unit for the story of the Nutcracker.It includes the following resources and activities: • Story Maps • Character Traits Bubble Maps • Venn Diagram • Reality or Fantasy worksheet• Compound words worksheet• Writing worksheets• Irregular Past Tense matching card game• Irregular past tense recording sheet• Adjectives Matching card game • Adjectives recording sheet• R-controlled vowels game• R-controlled recording sheetAND
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Fables, Folktales, and Myths Mega Pack
This 100+ page collection is chock-full of standards based resources aligned to CCSS RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.6, and L.3.4. At your fingertips, you’ll have tools for helping students identify morals, recount stories by exploring their elements, understand characters, distinguish points of view, and work with new vocabulary.
The 16 fables, folktales and myths are from diverse cultures and are broken into sections for close reading. Each has text dependent question sets including text markin
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3rd
Fun With Kevin Henkes & Friends! {An Author Study}
This huge, 92 page pack is perfect for any Kevin Henkes author study! This author study uses the following books: Chrysanthemum, Wemberly Worried, Owen, and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. **DOWNLOAD PREVIEW FOR A PEEK AT ALL PAGES INCLUDED**
Here is what's included:
Pg. 2-14: Chrysanthemum Name Graphs & Writing Craftivity
Pg. 15-28: Chrysanthemum Printables {2 cut & paste sequencing pages, venn diagram, B-M-E sequencing, story map, brace map, making words, adjective bubble map, ABC orde
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K - 3rd
Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po - Compare and Contrast Folktales - Print & Easel
Working on comparing and recounting folktales from diverse cultures? This book study resource was created for use with Lon Po Po a Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young and Red Riding Hood. Here’s what you’ll find inside:• vocabulary reference sheet for Lon Po Po with visual supports• comprehension strip sets for Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po with differentiated recording sheet options (12 questions per story)• story map graphic organizers• summary writing graphic organizers• character an
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Animals in Winter Hibernation and Migration Reading Comprehension Bundle
This fun unit will have your students learning all about animals in winter. The focus is on animals that hibernate, migrate, and adapt to survive changes in their environment. During this unit, your students will work on checking for understanding using 3 nonfiction books and 2 fiction books. There are many other strategies included as well such as character analysis, questioning, nonfiction text features and lots of writing and crafts. This was created for one week of whole group guided readi
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Gingerbread Baby & The Gingerbread Man - Compare and Contrast Folktales
Comparing folktales and fractured folktales? This gingerbread tales book study was created to accompany a traditional retelling of The Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. All activities are designed to help students read for understanding and think critically about the texts. Options for scaffolding and/or differentiation are included for many activities to ensure they will meet the varied needs of your students. Several activities also include blank versions of the graphic organi
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Folktales and Fractured Folktales - Compare and Contrast Folktales
Goldilocks & The Three Snow Bears - Compare and Contrast Fairy Tales
Comparing traditional fairy tales and fractured fairy tales? This book study is filled with comprehension activities to use with Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. The following resources are included:Story MapsThe Three Snow Bears Comprehension Question StripsSummary SheetsCharacter Trait MapsCharacter Analysis Writing PromptsVenn Diagrams for Story ComparisonsCompare and Contrast Writing PromptsLetter Writing PromptsOpinion Writing PromptsSnow Bear’s Synonyms
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Folktales and Fractured Folktales - Compare and Contrast Folktales
Sharks Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Informational Text Bundle
This is the perfect unit for students to learn All about Sharks! I always do this unit right after spring break, it would be a great unit during SHARK WEEK too. This unit focuses around 5 anchor texts: All about Sharks paper book included, Fly Guy Presents Sharks, National Geographic Sharks, Sharks by Gibbons, and Compare & Contrast Sharks & Dolphins paper book included. It also includes Bonus Activities for All about Sharks by Arnosky. Using theese books, students will work nonfiction
Grades:
K - 3rd
North Polar Express Unit Plans for Big Kids Bundle
Transform your classroom into the North Pole as your students board the North Polar Express for 9 days jam-packed full of engaging and rigorous resources, guaranteed to keep your little elves off the naughty list!Daily Unit Plans that include...9 Reading and 9 Writing Lessons using Google Slides or PowerPoint and PDF's. Make sure to download the BONUS FILE for the lessons!Skills CoveredVisualization of Polar ExpressSensory Details Hunt and Train projectMaking inferences Digital Lesson and Compa
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3rd - 4th
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The Biggest Pumpkin Ever: 1st, 2nd, 3rd October, Halloween & Fall Reading Book
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll is a first, second and third grade thematic book unit for Autumn. This October and Halloween Unit has 131 pages of ideas, activities, printables, graphic organizers, worksheets, projects and foldables that correlate with the book "The Biggest Pumpkin Ever." This resource and activity unit includes:~Class Discussion Questions and Ideas~Vocabulary Words and Definition List~Vocabulary Practice, Graphic Organizers, Foldables And Printables~Making Connections
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1st - 3rd
Flat Stanley...Coming to a town near you!
Flat Stanley is coming to a town near you! With this unit you are set up with all the tools for a mailing project, kite project, reading responses, writing craftivities, a math center and a literacy center!
Here's what you will get:
3-4 Parent letter and letter for loved one. These are used for our mailing project. As our fun packages make their way back in the mail we begin to share what fun items we receive from the state and also color in their location on a map {p 15}. This is a great pr
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1st - 3rd
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee Book Companion Activities
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee camper craft and ELA activities to accompany a read aloud of the book by Chris Van Dusen. This is such a cute rhyming book that I love to read during our camp week. My students love to decorate a camper of their own!There are some ELA review activities that I've incorporated with this story:root words and present tense verbscause and effectsentence lifting with adjectivescompound word card matches and recording sheetcamper design and what to pack for camping writin
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Camping Week with Mr. Magee's Camping Spree Book Activities
How Santa Got & Lost His Job Mentor Texts Unit
Use this engaging unit with Stephen Krensky's books, How Santa Got His Job and How Santa Lost His Job. Activities in this unit:*refer to details in How Santa Got His Job to list skills Santa needed for his jobs, as well as the things he did that made him lose his jobs*make a list of skills an elf needs to do his job*identify cause and effect in BOTH stories*identify compound subjects, predicates, and sentences*recount stories on a story map*compare and contrast Santa to the Deliverator in How S
Grades:
2nd - 5th
NEW EDITION! Expeditionary Learning 3rd Grade Power Point Lesson Bundle M1U1
If you dread planning then this is for you! This digital download includes PowerPoint Lessons for the newest edition of Expeditionary Learning for 3rd grade (Module 1 Unit 1 Lessons 1-11). All the planning has been done for you! All you have to do is follow the PowerPoint Lesson. These Power Points were created to lighten your workload and to make the complex EL curriculum easier to follow and most importantly teach. There are more than 150 slides included in this bundle with fun graphics to kee
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3rd
Fairy Tales RL.3.2
Fairy Tale Fun! Explore the exciting world of fairy tales, folk tales, and fables with these fun and engaging activities that are aligned to Common Core standards. Students will practice writing fairy tales, comparing and contrasting, interpreting character actions, comparing good and evil, finding the common story elements that link fairy tales, folk tales, and fables, and so much more! This resource also includes a DIGITAL version too!Resource Highlights:Digital and printable versions inclu
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Fairy Tales Bundle
Autism Awareness Activities All My Stripes and Nonfiction Reader SEL
Teach about and increase Autism Awareness and Acceptance with this guided reading unit focuses on the story element of asking and answering questions, schema and misconceptions, while reviewing character, setting, problem and solution for the book All My Stripes. A printable nonfiction reader on Autism is also available to help teach your kids about Autism and what makes us different is what makes us unique. Great for classroom teachers and counselors too. Nonfiction printable book: "Understandi
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Fairy Tale Elements Unit Anchor Chart
Fairy Tale Elements Use these fun visual aids to support your unit on fairy tales. I have provided both a colored and black-and-white version. This product works best when printed and laminated to be used on a board or anchor chart.Includes:-Fairy Tale Sign-Traits (label)-Characters (label)-Magical creatures-Magic and Enchantment-Castles-Forests-Groups of 3 or 7-Talking animals-Royalty-Wicked-Begins with "Once upon a time"-Ends with "And they lived happily ever after"
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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