Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree An Instructional Guide for Literature written by Brenda A. Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this story about a man who reconsiders chopping down a tree in the Amazon rainforest after a convincing argument from its animal inhabitants. The Great Kapok Tree: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides engaging activities that incorporate the following research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks; diverse and relevant assessments. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!
Download or read book An Instructional Guide for Literature The Great Kapok Tree written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By completing fun, challenging activities and lessons, students will uncover the true meaning behind this beautifully illustrated story. This instructional guide for literature is the perfect tool to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this sensational story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support the text and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree written by Lynne Cherry and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many different animals that live in a great Kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
Download or read book A Guide for Using The Great Kapok Tree in the Classroom written by Lynn DiDominicis and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1997 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching literature unit based on the popular children's story, The great kapok tree.
Download or read book An Instructional Guide for Literature Charlotte s Web written by Debra J. Housel and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will be intrigued and eager to analyze this timeless classic by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this instructional guide for literature. This guide is the perfect tool to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this charming story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.
Download or read book An Instructional Guide for Literature How to Eat Fried Worms written by Tracy Pearce and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will learn all about eating worms in this disgustingly entertaining book by completing fun, challenging lessons and activities provided in this digital 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 e-book resource 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.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Post Reading Activities written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These post-reading activities for The Great Kapok Tree allow students to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the book. They have opportunities to write, draw, and perform based on what they've learned.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Leveled Comprehension Questions written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These leveled discussion questions about The Great Kapok Tree require students to read closely, make connections, and share their analyses. Included are leveled comprehension questions and suggested answers.
Download or read book The Most Beautiful Roof in the World written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky comes a fascinating journey through the rainforest canopy that's perfect for budding environmentalists.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Comprehension Assessment written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These assessment questions for The Great Kapok Tree 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.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Close Reading and Text Dependent Questions written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students analyze The Great Kapok Tree using key skills from the Common Core. Close reading of the text is required to answer text-dependent questions. Included are student pages with the text-dependent questions as well as suggested answers.
Download or read book An Instructional Guide for Literature Because of Winn Dixie written by Tracy Pearce and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how Winn-Dixie encourages Opal to make friends by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons in this instructional guide for literature, created to support this award-winning children's favorite. This guide is the perfect tool to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this inspiring story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Making Cross Curricular Connections written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These cross-curricular activities for The Great Kapok Tree incorporate key skills from the Common Core. The activities integrate literature with social studies, science, mathematics, and more. Included activity pages engage and challenge students.
Download or read book Zonia s Rain Forest written by Juana Martinez-Neal and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt, visually stunning picture book from Caldecott Honor and Robert F. Sibert Medal winner Juana Martinez-Neal illuminates a young girl’s day of play and adventure in the lush rain forest of Peru. Zonia’s home is the Amazon rain forest, where it is always green and full of life. Every morning, the rain forest calls to Zonia, and every morning, she answers. She visits the sloth family, greets the giant anteater, and runs with the speedy jaguar. But one morning, the rain forest calls to her in a troubled voice. How will Zonia answer? Acclaimed author-illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal explores the wonders of the rain forest with Zonia, an Asháninka girl, in her joyful outdoor adventures. The engaging text emphasizes Zonia’s empowering bond with her home, while the illustrations—created on paper made from banana bark—burst with luxuriant greens and delicate details. Illuminating back matter includes a translation of the story in Asháninka, information on the Asháninka community, and resources on the Amazon rain forest and its wildlife.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Studying the Story Elements written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students will enjoy studying the story elements of The Great Kapok Tree through these engaging activities, students create products to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the book.
Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree Vocabulary Activities written by Brenda Van Dixhorn and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These vocabulary activities for The Great Kapok Tree 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.
Download or read book How Groundhog s Garden Grew written by Lynne Cherry and published by Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squirrel teaches Little Groundhog how to plant and tend a vegetable garden.
