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This is an excellent book about when the settlers from England came to the Northeastern United States. I don't have a journal for kids but the author's website is second to none!
Both Blood on the River and Sign of the Beaver cover the same theme: settlers coming into indigenous land. On one hand, Blood on the River talks about multiple tribes and is quite historically accurate, possibly leading to different research projects in your class. It is from the perspective of a boy, an orphan, indentured servant sort of thing. On the other hand, Sign of the Beaver is a much more personal story about one boy alone in the wilderness of Maine waiting for his family to come back.
Island of the Blue Dolphins is a book about an indigenous girl, living off the coast of California right as the Spanish missionary are colonizing the land and her people. This is a great book to start off the year in 4th grade California History.
Read Alouds by Chapter (You Tube Playlist)
Teacher Warning: At the end of Chapter Eighteen, the narrator says how she once cut her hair by burning it with a fa&got. Well, the lingo has changed, hasn't it? However, as teachers, just be prepared! Enjoy the book!
George versus George.pdfThis is literally my highest seller on Teachers Pay Teachers and here it is for free! YEAH FOR YOU! :)
There is more American History stuff to support this under "Other Resources."
DragonWings ALL Journals.pdfI created this journal based on the Engage New York Unit but I also changed A LOT in order to accommodate my class. It is designed for all groups. In fact, there are THREE journals here: one for the low group, one the high group and one for all the ones in the middle. Answers are included. (Take the big document and print it.)
If you're using this as a Lit Circle, printed the whole entire journal for the right level, and have them work through it on their own. If you're doing the novel as a whole class, be sure to print page by page on a daily basis… Just my advice.
Few loop holes... I had my teacher's aide block out each one of these but so you know, they are there...
Page 36: pro$titution
Page 279-281: "ba$tard" and "bit¢h"
Page ___: te$ti¢le
Percy Jackson & the Lighting Thief Low.pdfLow Group
Percy Jackson & the Lighting Thief mid.pdfMid Group & Teacher's Edition
Percy Jackson & the Lighting Thief high.pdfHigh Group
This journal has three versions: Low group, Middle Group and Gifted kids. Each one is a separate file. I got the Icons of Depth & Complexity for those Gifted Kids. There are writing assignments rolled in and some teacher's guide stuff you are going to love. The top is for the ones who want Gifted Instruction. The middle one is for the mid-group and the one I teach from. The bottom one is the one with the least amount of writing required. As a teacher, you have some decision to make: homogeneous groups of three and one journal between them, or heterogeneous groups with everyone having a different journal, whole class and one page as a ticket out a door? Your call!
Good Percy Jackson Resources
Percy Jackson YouTube PlayList <-- get great reading responses from your class!
Other Books
Click on the PDF below the book and you can have your very own copy of my lesson plans for it! You can use one page per day and hand it out to the kids, or just use it as your teacher's guide or like me... and print the whole thing and they the kids work through the book in groups or literacy circles. Check it out!
Egyptian Diary
The Journal of Nakht
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