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Discover the power of ordinary people who changed the world with Brad Meltzer’s “I AM” Biography Activities BUNDLE. This set includes 26 literature companions. Each unit offers engaging activities that require little prep and help students reflect, write, and build new skills. Plus, the biographical sketches, comprehension questions, and literacy activities are ideal for literacy stations, small group activities, or literature circles. Don’t miss this series, which will inspire and educate your students.
Delivery Method: Instant Digital Download
This Brad Meltzer BUNDLE for the “I AM” Biography Series includes literature unit activities for every publication released between 2014 and 2021, including 24 TITLES!
Brad Melter has created an incredible series of “I am” biography books for young people. This bundled product includes the first 24 individual literature companions for the “I am” books (with publication dates between 2014 and 2021).
Because of the importance of the messages embedded in these stories, I created these activities for 2nd-4th graders (rather than early primary grades).
These “I am” biography books provide a fabulous segue for discussing how ordinary people can change the world. With a growth mindset component in each product, your students can also discuss how these influential people exhibited a growth mindset. These books also provide a strong platform for reviewing grade-level language arts skills.
Each literature unit includes multiple opportunities for students to reflect, write, and learn new skills. Each unit includes engaging activities related to the historical figure highlighted in the book.
Most activities in this Brad Meltzer I AM Biographies bundle require no preparation, while a few require scissors, glue, or other items. Each literature unit also contains an original biography about the person highlighted in the book. The comprehension questions are perfect for literacy stations, small-group activities, or literature circles.
Please click on the individual products below for a detailed list of what each unit includes. Each product includes a biographical sketch, comprehension questions, skills practice pages, writing prompts, and an additional (and unique) fun activity or craft that matches the book.
Many of these books brought tears to my eyes on one page and had me laughing on the next page.
If you are debating purchasing this set of books for your classroom, I assure you that you won’t be disappointed. They quickly found a front-row spot in my classroom (and my own children adore them, too)!
This BUNDLED PDF product includes over 700 PDF pages + Google Slides.
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The examples on the cards were awesome. I was able to use the cards in multiple ways (bingo, flashcards, etc). This is an awesome resource.
The task cards work wonderfully in literacy centers. They provide quick review and serve to upgrade student’s writing. Environment skill support is essential, and the anchor charts provide the scaffolding needed by many.
I loved this resource! It was simple to use, engaging, and relevant. I loved the simplicity of each slide. The text and graphics were kid-friendly, beautifully formatted for easy reading, and best of all, there was no prep!
I loved everything in this resource. My fifth graders loved the flipbook. They reflected and practiced self-awareness, which is something we covered in SEL. I did this at the end of the year as a fun activity.
Getting to the main idea of a passage can be difficult for some students. Use this digital, as I did, for morning work or homework. Print out the PDF version and work small group.
I used this during our Owen & Mzee unit on an emergency SUB day! The digital resource was perfect to assign via google classroom at home. I loved that my students were able to independently review multiple skills with our current text.
This has been a great resource for our journal writing in class! The prompts are always thought provoking and even get my hesitant writers to get something on the paper. Thank you!
I absolutely loved these awards! I love all the categories. I love all the sayings that go with each category. I love how there are boy and girl awards for each category, and most of all I love how super easy it was to use! All I had to do was enter my name and date and it was added to each award automatically. Then all I had to do was fill in the names. Thanks for this resource!
This resource doesn’t take much time to prep. I made copies on color paper, cut, and laminated them so I could store them for future use. Each morning, I share an affirmation that I feel my students can relate to and I have them share their feelings or point of view on the affirmation. I post each day’s affirmation on the wall near the classroom door, and we reference past ones as needed. My goal is to have a wall of affirmations by the end of the school year.
I love this bundle! I have used it for the past two years and it has been so great to use it to get to know my new students. My students also enjoy doing them as they are easy activities to do.
My class does Daily Affirmations, and these cards create great conversation starters as well as reminders. They enhance our Growth Mindset board so beautifully and help keep me on track when I start to feel frustrated. Print, laminate a set for your wall, and have kids copy them into a journal. Such a great boost to start the day!
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This is everything you could need and more. The titles are awesome, and the activities are so well done. My kids loved it across both of my grades. Wow!
These task cards are set-up for easy use by the students in the Google classroom. The text is engaging and with the recommendation for 3rd grade to 6th grade, all students have an opportunity to have success.
This was the best resource I have found for teaching my students strategies for figuring out unknown words. We completed one of each type of activity in a whole group setting. Then they practiced with a partner before doing their independent practice. My students were highly successful with this resource. Thank you!
This is an excellent resource. Well created, student friendly, clear and concise! Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
This is an amazing resource and I have used it over and over again! Thank you for such tremendous products! It barely fits in a year without skipping a few lessons.
I love ALLLLL of your resources and this one is no exception! I use these (laminated) Yoga cards to reference when either myself or another student is leading the class in Brain Breaks in between subjects.
I am very pleased with everything I purchased from your store! Thank you for creative, colorful, USEFUL resources!
I’ve purchased many Growth Mindset resources over the years, and this is by far one of the best. It is thoughtfully put together, thorough, and meaningful. The students are engaged…and mindsets are shifting! Love it. Thanks!
Crystal Moore –
Wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, however, it is a great product. I was looking for something that had more text dependent activities. I was able to use several activities. My students loved the writing activities that helped connect to their lives.
Laura L –
Great resource. Can’t wait to use in my classroom!
Melissa M –
Great Resource
Gillian M. –
This bundle was priced beautifully for the amount and the work provided. These are going to be a great addition to my Language Arts/Social Studies curriculum! I also believe these are great for substitute use as well. Directions are extremely easy to follow
luz G –
Thank you!
Katie K –
I love these books and it is great to have a resource to go along with them. Thank you!
Sandra J –
My third graders loved using these resources for a small group activity during our biography unit.
I hope you continue to update with the new books that have been published in the series.
Thanks!
Lisa F –
Outstanding resource for outstanding books! 🙂 Thanks so much!
nancy C –
This resource helped me with my beginner ELLS. I downloaded a video where they can listen to the story and use your worksheets to help them
Erin W –
We are really loving this. So many resources! Well worth the money for it!! Can’t wait to use it all and see how much they learn from using it. Great job!
Heather L –
These books are always well loved by my students after we use them in our important people who changed the world unit. These resources allow me to integrate exactly what is needed to help support each student’s needs. Thank you!
Kris T –
This is an AMAZING book series and this bundle is a fantastic way to implement it in your curriculum. I used it to supplement eLearning for my son. The variety of activities (writing, comparisons, multiple choice, etc.) is fantastic and everything is laid out well and easy to utilize.
Kasara R. –
My students love the I AM books. We read a few for Black History Month and it was super nice to find a bundle with resources for multiple books.
Jennifer M –
Great Resource!
EDFBJanuary 4, 2021 –
Fantastic! Thank you for the wonderful resource.
Tweety –
I love this pack. It goes well with the books. The books work well for special months.
Danielle H. –
My son absolutely loves these books and they were a great way to teach some history to him during our homeschooling days
Kristi C. –
We needed something for our extension group during RTI and they loved the Brad Meltzer books, so this was a perfect resource for them to use. Thank you!
Danielle G. –
My students loved this resource! They were so engaged!
Marcy O. –
My kids love these books. The activities were engaging, and enjoyable for the kids to do.