Honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

With the Martin Luther King Jr.observance approaching, I am sharing a resource to help our children remember history and why this man is important to all of us. My suggestion is to start discussing and "planting the seed"next week with read alouds and then honor Dr. King the following week with my resource. I am giving it away for FREE right now. Download now and be ready to go with little to no prep.

Included in this FREEBIE are:

Martin Luther King, Jr: No PREP!
33 pages organized into groups of “Fives” so that you can use these literacy and thinking activities interchangeably Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Includes a list of read alouds (not needed for lessons, but great to have as mentor texts!)
• 5 Daily Notable Quotes
• 5 Daily Writing Prompts
• 5 Cloze Activities and Answer Keys
• 5 Fun Activities:
– Dr. King Vocabulary Word Find
– Dr. King Life Events Matching
– List of Read Alouds for the week
– Dr. King “DREAM” Acrostic Poem
– Happy Birthday Cake Random Act of Kindness Pledge
List of suggested read alouds for the week!

Last month, my third graders and I learned about Rosa Parks. I teach in an urban setting and most of my students had no idea who she was or what she did to spark the Civil Right movement. Many school districts are struggling with literacy rates and math proficiency levels and are leaving Social Studies out of the learning schedule. I designed these lessons to fit into this framework so the lessons can be utilized during read aloud or readers' workshop as a mini-lesson. It can also fit into a language study time or during a writer's workshop framework. Please spread the word that this is a FREEBIE!