Category: 4th-5th

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A 39 page guide of suggested books based on text level , K-12!

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Louisiana Brown Pelican Notebooking Set
$3.00

Studying the state of Louisiana? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? Check out this Notebooking set designed around the Louisiana State Bird!

What type of pages are contained in this set:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.

14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.

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Christmas Tree Factoring
$2.00

Christmas Tree Factoring has been designed for use during the month of December to provide students with holiday themed worksheets to reinforce (or test) their Math factoring skills! Includes 10 student pages plus an answer key.

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Illinois State Bird Project: Northern Cardinal
$3.00

Studying the state of Illinois? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? This project-based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Illinois’s state bird – the Northern Cardinal! To learn more, see details below or you can preview a similar product here.

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Dental Health Mini-Lesson | Cavity Prevention
$1.50
This informational text is a perfect short lesson to use anytime for a Health class or perhaps a Reading or Science class during the month of February which in Dental Health Month! Students will learn what cavities are, that microorganisms (called plaque) produce acid and the acid breaks down the enamel! They will also learn about tarter, what not to eat and how to care for their teeth.

Includes:

1 page of informational text (I’ve included both a color and b/w version)

1 page assessment (multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks)

Answer Key
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Pony Express Mini-Unit
$3.50

Teach students about the Pony Express, a business that lasted just 18 months during the American Westward Expansion (1860-1861). In this cross-curricular resource, students will learn the how, when, where and why behind this mail delivery system which stretched from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. They will also learn about the riders and horses that made it possible, how much it cost to use and how a new ‘telegraph’ system lead to the company’s closure.

This is a true cross-curricular unit as students will learn U.S. History while engaging in Geography (map work), Language Arts (comprehension, writing, dictionary work, research) and Math (word problems) activities. There are 4 passages about the Pony Express which are the foundation for all activities. Answer Keys are provided.

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Shiloh (1992) Book Unit
$2.00

This resource offers vocabulary work, reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters..

About the book (Not included):
Shiloh is a Newbery Medal-winning children’s novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published in 1991. The 65th book by Naylor, it is the first in a quartet about a young boy and the title character, an abused dog. Naylor decided to write Shiloh after an emotionally taxing experience in West Virginia where she encountered an abused dog.

Interest level:
Grades 4 – 7 Reading level:
Grades 4 – 7

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Army Life in a Black Regiment (CIVIL WAR)
$3.00

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, was a fervent member of new England’s abolitionist movement, an active participant in the Underground Railroad, and part of a group that supplied material aid to John Brown before his ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. When the Civil War broke out, Higginson was commissioned as a colonel of the black troops training in the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas.

Shaped by American Romanticism and imbued with Higginson’s interest in both man and nature, Army Life in a Black Regiment ranges from detailed reports on daily life to a vivid description of the author’s near escape from cannon fire, to sketches that conjure up the beauty and mystery of the Sea Islands.

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American Sign Language – Animal Names | ASL
$1.50

25 flash cards – ASL signs for animal names

Includes signs for: alligator, ant, bat, bear, beaver, butterfly, cat, bird, bunny, cow, deer, dog, elephant, fish, giraffe, horse, lion, monkey, octopus, penguin, tiger, zebra, seal and snake

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Kansas – Western Meadowlark Notebooking Set
$3.00

Studying the state of Kansas? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? Check out this Notebooking set designed around the Kansas State Bird!

What type of pages are contained in this set:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.

14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.

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Rhode Island – Rhode Island Red Notebooking Set
$3.00

Studying the state of Rhode Island? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? Check out this Notebooking set designed around the Rhode Island State Bird!

What type of pages are contained in this set:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.

14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.

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U.S. Geography | Regions | Map Worksheets
$3.00

This resource will help your students learn more about U.S. Geography and the 4 main regions (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau). Students will be working with maps of the entire United States as well as those of each region as they identify states, capitols, national parks, mountain ranges and points of interest! Great for any Social Studies class studying the U.S.A.!

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Anne Hutchinson Notebooking pages
$3.00

Anne Hutchinson was a religious liberal who became one of the founders of Rhode Island after her banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony. She organized weekly meetings of Boston women to discuss recent sermons and to give expression to her own theological views. Before long her sessions attracted ministers and magistrates as well. She stressed the individual’s intuition as a means of reaching God and salvation, rather than the observance of institutionalized beliefs and the precepts of ministers.

If you are looking for a student centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing skills, project skills, presentation skills and more this is it!

This unit is a notebooking project. It can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups.

Use it within a Language Arts classroom or a Social Studies / U.S. History classroom. Very flexible and cross-curricular!

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Volcanoes | Interactive Science Notebook Project
$7.00

Help your students become self-learners as the plan, research, organize and most of all…LEARN as they create their own Volcano notebook project. This cross-curricular resource has been designed to inspire and guide students through the learning and reporting process as they learn how volcanoes are formed, prediction of eruptions, types of volcanoes, where they are located and more.

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Ancient Greece Notebook Project
$3.75

Is your Social Studies class studying the ancient civilization of Greece? If you’d like to engage your students in active research and need a way to help them organize and produce a fantastic notebook type project, this product is for you! The benefit of using this type of resource: It will enable students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers. It will allow your students to express their ideas in unique ways and process information they are learning. Their finished notebook projects will become a valuable study tool for students to reflect back on, and are great as a record of student progress over time.

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US Geography – West Scrapbooking Pages
$2.00

A hands-on, interactive geography product for student who are studying U.S. geography, specifically the western region. As students study the states of the west they can draw (or paste) pictures and write a few short sentences about climate, landforms, water, natural resources, landmarks and culture. Students will also be asked to name the states of the region and give a personal opinion about a place they would most like to visit in the region. There are 5 scrapbooking / notebooking pages for student use.

Perfect to use with My Teaching Library’s Regions of the U.S. – West Region – Informational Text and Worksheets

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Dear Mr. Henshaw Book Unit – Beverly Cleary
$1.50

This resource offers reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters.

About the book (Not included):
Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book
Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.

After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever.

From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.

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Informational Text: The Cornucopia – A Symbol of Thanksgiving
$2.00

This resource, Informational Text: The Cornucopia – A Symbol of Thanksgiving, has been designed to help students develop comprehension skills, learn word part meanings (Language Arts), and build content area knowledge (History).

The cornucopia is a one of the most common symbol for the November holiday and yet why is that? How did it get its name? What Greek Myth is the basis for the cornucopia? What are the Latin roots of the word? Students will learn these things in just 1 page of informational text!

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Oregon Western Meadowlark Notebooking Set
$3.00

Studying the state of Oregon? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? Check out this Notebooking set designed around the Oregon State Bird!

What type of pages are contained in this set:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.

14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.

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Solar System Posters and Worksheets
$3.00

This Solar System product will help students learn and reinforce their knowledge of the order of the planets and to be able to visual size differences of the planets! Each color poster has a duplicate b/w poster that can be used as a student handout. There are also worksheets for students to complete (with and without word banks). This resource provides 2 sets of all resources – One which includes the dwarf planet of Pluto and one that does not.

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