An Instructional Guide for Literature: The Great Kapok Tree
An Instructional Guide for Literature: The Great Kapok Tree

Author: Brenda Van Dixhorn

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1425897150

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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.

The Great Kapok Tree: An Instructional Guide for Literature
The Great Kapok Tree: An Instructional Guide for Literature

Author: Brenda A. Van Dixhorn

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1425889581

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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!

The Great Kapok Tree
The Great Kapok Tree

Author: Lynne Cherry

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780152026141

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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.

An Instructional Guide for Literature: Charlotte's Web
An Instructional Guide for Literature: Charlotte's Web

Author: Debra J. Housel

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1480799025

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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.

An Instructional Guide for Literature: How to Eat Fried Worms
An Instructional Guide for Literature: How to Eat Fried Worms

Author: Tracy Pearce

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1493860259

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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.

The Great Kapok Tree Post-Reading Activities
The Great Kapok Tree Post-Reading Activities

Author: Brenda Van Dixhorn

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 1480794899

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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.

The Great Kapok Tree Leveled Comprehension Questions
The Great Kapok Tree Leveled Comprehension Questions

Author: Brenda Van Dixhorn

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 5

ISBN-13: 148079483X

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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.

The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780152008970

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From Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky comes a fascinating journey through the rainforest canopy that's perfect for budding environmentalists.

The Great Kapok Tree Close Reading and Text-Dependent Questions
The Great Kapok Tree Close Reading and Text-Dependent Questions

Author: Brenda Van Dixhorn

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 7

ISBN-13: 1480794856

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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.