Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
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Who Is Charity Adams Earley? – Shared Reading and Activity
Read along to learn about soldier & activist Charity Adams Earley with this 13-slide PowerPoint presentation.
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Who Is Ruby Bridges? – Shared Reading and Activity
Read along to learn about Ruby Bridges and her role in desegregation with this 14-slide PowerPoint presentation.
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Who Is Harriet Tubman? – Shared Reading and Activity
Learn about Harriet Tubman and her work in the abolitionist movement with this 15-slide read-along PowerPoint presentation.
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Who Is Rosa Parks? – Shared Reading and Activity
Learn about and discuss activist Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott with this 15-slide read-along PowerPoint presentation.
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Who Is Martin Luther King, Jr? - Shared Reading and Activity
Use this 13-slide PowerPoint as a collaborative reading exercise about Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Who is Anna May Wong? – Shared Reading and Activity
A 14-slide PowerPoint to use as a shared reading activity about Anna May Wong.
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Who is Queen Lili'uokalani? – Shared Reading and Activity
A 13-slide PowerPoint to use as a shared reading activity about Queen Lili'uokalani.
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Who Is Clara Barton? – Shared Reading and Activity
A 15-slide PowerPoint to use as a shared reading activity about Clara Barton.
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Grade 1 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically written for Grade 1 students.
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Literary Element Task Cards - Primary Grades
A set of 12 task cards for primary students to use after reading a picture book.
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Storytelling Finger Puppets Template
A set of 15 finger puppets that can be used to spark the imagination for creative writing or to perform puppet shows.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Retell Activity Cards
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students practice retell.
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Hansel and Gretel Sequencing Activity Cards
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students understand sequencing.
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Jack and the Beanstalk - Retell Activity Cards
Use these activity cards to help your students practice retelling a piece of text in a meaningful way.
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Gingerbread Man - Retell Activity Cards
Use these activity cards to help your students practice retelling a piece of text in a meaningful way.
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Little Red Riding Hood - Retell Activity Cards
Use these activity cards to help your students practice retelling a piece of text in a meaningful way.
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Three Little Pigs - Retell Activity Cards
Use these activity cards to help your students practice retelling a piece of text in a meaningful way.
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Three Billy Goats Gruff - Retell Activity Cards
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students practice retell.
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Jack and Jill - Retell Activity Cards
Use these activity cards to help your students practice retell.