Author : Suzanne Barchers
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 1480795151
These vocabulary activities for M.C. Higgins, the Great incorporate key skills from the Common Core. The activities integrate vocabulary with a study of the text. Includes text-dependent questions, definitions, and text-based sentences.
Author : Suzanne Barchers
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 25,14 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1425897258
Full of life lessons about growing up, this well-known story will have students comparing and contrasting their own life experiences with those in the book by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons in this instructional guide for literature. These rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the significance of the story. This resource supports this well-known novel and is packed with tools to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. This is the perfect way to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature.
Author : Suzanne Barchers
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 1480795216
These assessment questions for M.C. Higgins, the Great are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.
Author : Nat Reed
Publisher : Classroom Complete Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 1553198662
Follow one boy's struggle as he faces many challenges that threaten the safety and livelihood of his family. Students fully comprehend the language of the novel with vocabulary practice. Explore the idea of phobias while relating it back to the character, M.C. Describe the tragic event that was narrowly averted due to the carelessness of the mining company. Predict how M.C. and the girl will make it to the end of the tunnel. Do some research and write a report on yodeling. Identify what is a fact and what is an opinion in the novel. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: M.C. Higgins, the Great is a Newbery Medal-winning story about a young boy who is overcome with many challenges while living with his poor, African-American family on Sarah’s Mountain. M.C. Higgins must overcome the prejudice that surrounds his best friend with the help of a mysterious girl who appears on the mountain. Also, M.C. tries to get his mother’s singing voice recorded so he and his family can leave the mountain. The greatest challenge M.C. must face is a coal mining company that have been strip-mining the area above their house, leaving a huge pile of slag (spoil heap) piled dangerously on the mountain above their house. M.C. is convinced that the pile will one day give way and bury their house and everyone in it; therefore he stands guard by sitting on a high pole.
Author : Bernice Golden
Publisher : Walch Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Children's literature, American
ISBN : 9780825139123
Author : Staci Marck
Publisher : Classroom Complete Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1553199111
Help your students identify the correct pronunciation of short and long vowel phonograms with our Word Families 2-book BUNDLE. Add onsets like "p" and "st" to rimes like "an" and "op" to form Short Vowel words like "pan" and "stop". Read a paragraph and find all the words that belong to the same word family. Then, draw a picture for each word. Finish a sentence by matching Long Vowel words, like "sweep" and "keep", to the boxes that show tall and small letters. From a list of words, find the one that belongs to a different word family. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, reproducible writing tasks, rime & onset cards, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
Author : George Graybill
Publisher : Classroom Complete Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1553197887
Take the mystery out of motion. Our resource gives you everything you need to teach young scientists about motion. Start off by learning about speed and distance. Recognize if things are standing still or in motion. Graph the velocity of students walking home from school at different speeds. Identify when a skydiver is accelerating during their jump. Follow directions to find your way using a treasure map. Find out about frequency and pitch in vibrating motion. Conduct an experiment with a bicycle wheel and office chair to learn about circular motion. Finally, identify the wavelength and amplitude on a wave. Aligned to the Next Generation State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEAM initiatives, additional hands-on experiments, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
Author : George Graybill
Publisher : Classroom Complete Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1553197879
Forces are at work all around us. Our resource makes this invisible world easy to "see" and understand. Start by identifying what a force is before looking at different kinds of forces. Conduct several experiments on the force of friction and air resistance. Learn about net force and how more than one force acts on an object. Understand that acceleration and deceleration are examples of unbalanced forces. Explore how the force and mass of an arrow will affect its motion during flight. Explain how the force of gravity affects the weight of an object. Finally, take a look at magnetic and electrostatic forces as examples of forces that act without touching. Aligned to the Next Generation State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEAM initiatives, additional hands-on experiments, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
Author : Andrew Davis
Publisher : Classroom Complete Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1553199375
Explore the two major wars that had the biggest impact on this nation with our American Wars 2-book BUNDLE. Start off by gaining insight into the events that created a nation with the American Revolutionary War. Get a sense of the growing tension between American settlers and the British with the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party. Find out about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's roles during this conflict. Learn about Paul Revere's ride and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Then, get a behind the scenes look at this new country's inner conflict with the American Civil War. Learn all about Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee. Research the Gettysburg Address and decide for yourself if it is one of the most important speeches in American history. Learn about the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments made to the U.S. Constitution after the war. Each concept is paired with research and application activities. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
Author : George Graybill
Publisher : Classroom Complete Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 25,93 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1553197909
Give your students a kick start on learning with our Force and Motion 3-book BUNDLE. Students begin by exploring different Forces. Conduct several experiments on the force of friction and air resistance. Understand that acceleration and deceleration are examples of unbalanced forces. Next, take the mystery out of Motion. Graph the velocity of students walking home from school at different speeds. Follow directions to find your way using a treasure map. Finally, get familiar with Simple Machines. Conduct an experiment with first-class levers to study distance and force. Find the resistance force when walking up an inclined plane. Each concept is paired with hands-on activities and experiments. Aligned to the Next Generation State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEAM initiatives, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
