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Balanced literacy resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay Student Packet
This is a packet designed to guide your students through the step by step process of writing a compare and contrast essay. It includes a sample essay. It also includes tasks to complete associated with the sample essay. These tasks help the students become aware of the phrases and structures associated with compare and contrast essays. The packet takes the students through all the steps in writing an essay. First, they choose a topic and organize their thoughts around it. Then, they learn how to
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Grades:
4th - 6th
The Penny Pot Math Extension
Using Stuart Murphy's book as a springboard to math. Use this handout to calculate money from the text with your students.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Debating Beginners Handbook - Cheat Sheet - Word Doc so you can edit
Real debating can be challenging and difficult to understand. This is a simple booklet that outlines everything you need to know to set up 'real' debating in Primary / Elementay school and even secondary school
This is a word doc so you can edit to suit your specific aduience/class level :)
Just added at the end of the document - a beginners score guide to focus on the really important points
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Adjective Worksheet
This is a great worksheet for all grade levels. Students are asked to circle adjective and point to the noun that describes it. I used it with my 5th graders and it really helped them to prepare for the star testing that relates to the concept of adjectives.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Junior Great Books Series 3 Semester 2 The Green Man
These are some graphic organizers that can be used with The Green Man and The Black Heart of Indri from the Junior Great Books series 3 semester 2. Students will be able to make a character map as well as compare and contrast the main characters from the two stories.
Grades:
3rd
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The $1.00 Word Riddle
Based on the book by Marilyn Burns, have your precocious math students solve these $1.00 word riddles and create more of their own to share with partners.
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Response to Reading Tic Tac Toe
This is a fun game of Tic Tac Toe that engages readers in 9 activities to complete as they finish independently reading a book! Students have a month complete three activities in a row in response to thier reading, They can create a billboard, diary entries, a newspaper, a scrapbook, an interview, a timeline, a comic strip, a letter and response, and a poem. These activities increase comprehension with the use of hands on rigorous tasks. Kids love them because they're fun!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Literature Circle Task Cards with Peer Assessment
Objective: Students will analyze works of literature. Reading aloud in the group will develop skills of fluency and proper inflection. Discussion of novels will allow for deeper comprehension.
These task cards and peer assessment sheet will allow you to use novel groups more easily. Copy one set of task cards for each novel group; (Optional: use a different color of paper for each task card.) Laminate the cards and place one set of cards (along with the novel that group will study and Post-
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Dear Mr. Henshaw Novel Study
Your students will love this novel study using Beverly Cleary's classic novel, Dear Mr. Henshaw. The study is broken into 4 parts with guided questioning, discussion, and great vocabulary & opportunities for writing & public speaking throughout.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Hasn’t Anyone
Students will identify and define the 5 themes of geography; students will locate examples of each while reading, “Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Hasn’t Anyone,” by Michele Jeanmarie; students will complete graphic organizer.
Grades:
4th - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Brown Girl, Brown Girl, Hasn’t Anyone
Reading Response Tic Tac Toe Activites
This is a fun game of Tic Tac Toe that engages readers in 9 activities to complete as they finish independently reading a book! Students have a month complete three activities in a row in response to thier reading, They can create a billboard, diary entries, a newspaper, a scrapbook, an interview, a timeline, a comic strip, a letter and response, and a poem. These activities increase comprehension with the use of hands on rigorous tasks. Kids love them because they're fun!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Biography Unit
For this investigation of prominent people, students read a biography or autobiography of their choice. Then each student selects a project (or projects) from a list of 23 choices. Project choices are varied to provide differentiation based upon student needs, learning styles, and interests. After each project description, students are given a checklist to use for self-assessment. A scoring rubric is included (which can be modified as you and your students see fit).
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
GATE collaborative unit for cubing
This project is a complete cubing unit built around a single story title for students to evaluate. I used this unit that I designed whole class. My class was divided into six teams. A member of each team completed one side of the cube assignments. As an assessment and to serve as closure for the project we posted the team results on a large wall "GLAD" type grid. Each team shared their results. A class discussions brought out student evaluations of the literature.
To assign students their
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Cendrillon Comparison
Compare how two unlike objects are similar. Asks students to take a character from a story, Cendrillon, and compare her to an unlike object, a bubble. Students then must use story details to explain their thinking. Requires higher level thinking. Perfect for a challenge activity or GATE students.
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3rd - 5th
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole
From Michele Jeanmarie, take your students through a novel read, Guardians of Ga’Hoole, and learn of the many elements of characterization, plot, comparison and contrast. Students use other disciplines, such as Astronomy and Aerodynamics to expand understanding. Oreo cookies are used to show comprehension of the phases of the moon, plane models are used to understand the principles of aerodynamics and references of the Bible as a historical document are used to measure values and virtues, morali
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5th - 7th
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Compare/Contrast Activity Using Goldilocks & The Three Snow Bears
Help your students compare/contrast the classic Goldilocks tale with Jan Brett's The Three Snow Bears using this graphic organizer.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Parent Information for Gifted Children
Parent and curriculum "cheat sheet" for teachers. Outlines language arts and math curriculum ideas for your classroom.
It is specific to a K-2 classroom of highly gifted children, but can be modified to fit older classrooms as well.
Copyright Carmen Mares 2015
Grades:
K - 5th
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Do you SCAMPER?
SCAMPER is a mnemonic that stands for:
Substitute.
Combine.
Adapt.
Modify.
Put to another use.
Eliminate.
Reverse.
Use this display to encourage creative thinking in all things!
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Not Grade Specific
GENRE BINGO
Genre Bingo is my absolute favorite way to spark reading in my classroom! It can be adapted to any grade level, time of year, or reading strategy focus.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy - Math/Literature Connected Activity
A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy by Caren Holtzman is the story used to create this fun, engaging math activity.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Independent Reading Comprehension Check Matrix
Students may choose from 15 diverse, multi-faceted activities to demonstrate their comprehension of their independent reading texts.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Free: Daily 5 Conference sheet and tips
This is a form that you can use for conferencing and gives a tips for giving conferences.
Grades:
K - 6th
James and the Giant Peach GATE Differentiation
Here is a quick handout of projects that can be used to differentiation James and the Giant Peach, especially for G.A.T.E. (Gifted and Talented Education) students.
Grades:
4th
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Literature Club Response Log Cover
This is designed to create a tall/skinny response log using folded white-lined filler paper. I have the students write 1 "page" (which is really just a half page) each week, dividing their books into fourths, so that a novel takes 4 weeks to complete. Each piece of filler paper is enough for one novel. I aim high and put 6 - 8 pieces of filler paper in, hoping to get through that many books in Literature Clubs each year.
I fold the paper vertically, copy the covers, and staple the edges.
The d
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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