Martin Luther King: Free Resources, Free Lessons, Activities, Crafts Ideas, and More

With only 2 weeks left until we honor the life of Martin Luther King I have put together some great free resources for you. I always like to start with a great list of books, like the one below, to use for Shared Reading or for your students to read. You can find a complete list by clicking on the picture below.

There were so many wonderful websites that shared free lessons and reading and activities so I will share the ones I liked the most. The first is Scholastic which you can access by clicking on the picture below. I found lots of lessons, whiteboard resources, book lists, and great free reproducibles including a play and mini book. Hope you will check it out.

The next website was Education World that had 5 wonderful lessons for all grade levels and some wonderful links to lessons gathered on the web. Just click on the picture below.

The next website is Education.com which you can access by clicking on the picture below. Here you will find free  activities, crafts and worksheets.

Next is Family Education where you will find many free activities and ideas like this "I Have A Dream" report. Just click on the picture below.

Finally, a great site for crafts. I just loved this dove craft below. You will find this one and several others at Activity Village by clicking on the picture below.

I have finally revised my "Honoring Martin Luther King" Unit for Grades 2-3. I've added over 30 pages of reading and writing activities. It also includes 2 Interactive Student Notebook Activities.

Here is a preview of the beginning of the unit.

The students reading books are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels as well as the Cause and Effect Activity to help meet the needs of all the students in your classroom. 

There are 4 different informative text and opinion piece writing prompts to choose from and the Interactive Notebook activities.

 If you click on the picture below you can read the full description and when you download the Preview file you will see sample pages of all the materials and activities in this packet.

Last but not least is a freebie. Just click on the picture below to download my "Martin Luther King: Free Writing Prompts Grades 2-4." Common Core Standards are included for all 3 grade levels. These writing prompts are not included in my "Honoring Martin Luther King" packet above. Hope you enjoy!

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Martin Luther King Literacy Activities, and Freebie

It's the 1st Friday in January and it's freezing here in Tallahassee. I know so many of you are weathering the massive snowstorm and frigid temperatures with more on the way. It's a new year and I wanted to start the year off with something special for all of you! I just revised my Martin Luther King Literacy Packet which you can see by clicking on the image below. 

There are whole group activities to introduce the 3 Noun Sort Activities, Picture/Word and Picture/Fact Card Matching and Writing Activities as you can see below.

Writing Sentences with Sentence Frames whole class activity, Writing Sentences Center Activity and Assessment.

There are free picture/word cards when you download the Preview. Just click on any of the 3 pictures above.

Of course I have to start the year off right by offering all my wonderful followers and viewers a freebie.

Just click on the picture below to download your free MLK packet.

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Martin Luther King: Free Writing Activities for Grades 1-6

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I got such wonderful feedback from my Writing Sentences about Winter with Sentence Frames that I have a few free one to add to all of your Martin Luther King Day activities. They are part of my new Martin Luther King Literacy Center packet for Grades 1-2 which you check out by clicking on the picture below.

You can download your free writing activity by clicking on the image at the top of the post.
How about discussing some of Martin Luther King's Quotes with your students and talk about what they mean. This is a great activity for those of you who teach the intermediate grades. Here's another great idea. See if your students can TWEET a Martin Luther King Quote. If you click on the image below you can download this activity to use in your classroom.

Just a reminder that I started a Free Mini Course called "Vocabulary Matters: Strategies that Work" I have had some wonderful feedback so don't forget to check it out.

Hope you enjoy the freebies and find something useful for your students.
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Martin Luther King: Books, Free Resources and Activity

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Martin Luther King was a great leader of the Civil Rights Movement in America. On the 3rd Monday in January we celebrate his birthday and honor his life and work for peace, justice and equality. Below are some great resources for celebrating Martin Luther King Day.

 If you are looking for the best books for Read Alouds for Grades 1-4  just click on the picture above for 10 wonderful books to share with your students.

At Kids' Turn Central you will find many great websites with information and activities to help celebrate MLK Day. Just click on the picture above. You will find free ideas for crafts and free activities as well.

You can find Free Lesson Plans, a Play, Games and more by clicking on the picture above.

I would also like to share a free activity from my Martin Luther King Unit that I just uploaded. I also wrote a Shared Reading Book and Guided Reading books about the life and work of Martin Luther King in my unit. One of the activities from my packet is a Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram and Writing Activity. Students will compare and contrast their childhood to Martin Luther King's childhood.

   Then they will use their Venn Diagram to help them write a paragraph.

Just click on the image below to download the Preview File and get your free activity and also see all the other materials in the unit.

Hope you found some great free resources to use with your students. Don't forget to visit Show and Tell Tuesday over at Sunny Days in Second to see all the other great blog posts about MLK. Just click on the picture below.

For those of you headed back to your classrooms tomorrow after Christmas Break, have a great new year with your students!

Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students.

What activities do you do in your classroom for Martin Luther King Day?