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7th grade balanced literacy resources for GATE under $5
Greek Mythology - Independent Activities for Higher Level Thinking
This product is a co-labor-ation brought to you by Jen Jones and Michele Oates. Michele is a Gifted and Talented teacher.
Are you looking for ways to keep students learning at higher levels even while you're busy at Guided Reading? Or do you have students in need on constant enrichment? Michele and I have created 12 independent activities for higher level thinking while teaching Greek Mythology because *we* are always looking for meaningful and relevant ways to keep students engaged in purpo
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3rd - 8th
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Depth and Complexity Reading Log
A reading log perfect for homework, that allows your student to record details from their nightly reading. The log is for 4 nights. Monday they focus on the big idea of the reading. Tuesday they focus on the language of the discipline. Wednesday they focus on unanswered questions. Thursday they are asked to think about multiple perspectives. A perfect supplement to any classroom that focuses on the depth and complexity icons.
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2nd - 8th
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Dystopian Fiction Literature Circles Unit Reading & Writing Workshop Grades 7 +
This 5-6 week unit combines Reading and Writing Workshop into a Literature Circle Genre Study of Dystopian Fiction and hits on a wide array of reading, writing, speaking, and listening standards. Download the preview to read the full lesson plans, purchase the full unit and receive all of the worksheets, directions, models, and rubrics.
This unit has been classroom tested and student approved! My students really loved this unit, largely because dystopian / science fiction is of major interest
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
Sentence Structure - Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Help students learn Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence structure with this fun activity. Includes Simple and Compound Sentences Acquisition Lesson and Extending and Refining Activity for Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences. Engaging way to get students to learn the difference between simple sentences and compound sentences using Oreo cookies and Vanilla wafers! Students love grammar when it is hands-on. Yum! They can eat them when the work is done! Includes essential que
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
Not Another Book Report! (The Lapbook and Other Activities)
This packet includes alternative activities compared to the traditional book report. These activities easily allow for differentiation. The activities include foldables, lapbook ideas, tic tac toes, and projects. Facilitate appropriate reading comprehension while allowing your students to have fun!
Grades:
1st - 12th
The Eye and Its Functions (Playlist)
This is a playlist where students work at their own pace. Each section has a different learning modality to engage all students. Students will read, write, watch, and create based on what they learn after researching the eye and its functions.
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4th - 7th
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A Long Walk To Water Read Aloud Question Posters
2 questions for each chapter. 1 about Nya and 1 about Salva. Questions come in four different formats-Poster print outs to display in the room (sentence frames included)-A basic list of questions by chapter-Cut apart print outs to paste into student journals for reading responses- Link to a print and use journal where students can write their responsesThese are great discussion questions to get your kids thinking about and connecting to the book. We post one poster at the end of each chapter and
Grades:
5th - 9th
Do you want to change a snowman?
In this activity, the students take an ordinary snowman and change it via the SCAMPER method.
SCAMPER is a mnemonic that stands for:
Substitute.
Combine.
Adapt.
Modify.
Put to another use.
Eliminate.
Reverse.
There is a rubric included. Teachers may need to provide materials depending on the snowmen the children create.
Grades:
K - 8th
TED Talks Comprehension (Richard Turere: My Invention That Made Peace With Lions
TED Talks are highly engaging and provide great opportunity for listening comprehension. This TED Talk, by Richard Turere, shows students that, with a little hard work, even they can make a difference. After viewing and discussing the TED Talk, Richard Turere: My Invention That Made Peace With Lions, students answer 10 comprehension questions.Please view the video here before purchasing to be certain it is relevant for your class. There are a couple of graphic images in the video that you will w
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4th - 8th
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All About Me with Depth and Complexity Thinking Prompts/GATE All About Me
All About Me with Depth and Complexity Thinking Prompts/GATE All About Me Two PDFs includedFonts used: Chelsea's Market Thinking prompts from: JTaylor Education (free icons from Google Chrome extension)
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Book Pass | Book Club Preview | First Day of School
Do you use book clubs in your classroom? You need this low-prep, adaptable Book Pass Log!"Book Pass" is a class activity that I have used for years. It is a great way to give students an opportunity to look at a wide selection of texts in an engaging way. At the beginning of the year, I use it to get students acquainted with our classroom library, and get books into students' hands on the first day of school. These instructions will model using Book Pass to preview book club choices, but know th
Grades:
4th - 8th
Habits of a Scholar Puzzle Person
Habits of a Scholar Puzzle PersonIncludes 4 PDFS 1 in color with name 1 B&W with name1 in color with without name 1 B&W without nameFonts used: AG SorryNotSorry
Grades:
K - 12th
Novel Study Student Packet & KEY - Luck Uglies (Durham) - W
This 25 page Novel Study / Book Club Packet covers 5 weeks of daily reading activities with the book The Luck Uglies by Paul Durham, which is a Guided Reading Level W. The first two pages are assignment pages for students to use and to record due dates (which you may want to hand write before running copies for your groups). The item bullets are check boxes so that the kids can keep track of what they've completed by checking off.With this packet, students will be writing chapter summaries on a
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Depth and Complexity Book Report Template
Included is a Depth and Complexity book report template.Follow me for new product notifications.Like and check us out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Learningislotsoffun so you can have a chance at winning Teachers Pay Teachers gift certificates.
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2nd - 8th
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"The Necklace" Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle B
1 of 2 crosswords I'm offering for Guy de Maupassant's amazing story. 15 words in 1 of 2 different configurations for practicing the same words in two different ways. The other is entitled: "The Necklace" Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle A.
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7th - 12th
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Clarifying Unfamiliar Vocabulary
This packet details why we need to teach clarifying strategies for unfamiliar vocabulary. There are step by step instruction for students to follow as well as a matrix they can use to record their thinking. Finally there are charts that can be laminated and used as is or blown up for reference.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Novel Study Student Packet & KEY - Hoot (Hiaasen) - U
This 25 page Novel Study / Book Club Packet covers 5 weeks of daily reading activities with the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, which is a Guided Reading Level U. The first two pages are assignment pages for students to use and to record due dates (which you may want to hand write before running copies for your groups). The item bullets are check boxes so that the kids can keep track of what they've completed by checking off.With this packet, students will be writing chapter summaries on a weekly bas
Grades:
4th - 8th
Novel Study -Use with ANY novel!
Investigate and create with student led novel studies! Use this accountability packet with any novel to help with comprehension and understanding!Students read a chapter and then they ask a question about the chapter using a set of leveled question sentence stems. This encourages students to find questions that they can ask both within the text and outside the texts. Students collaborate to answer each others questions. This allows them to become the teacher but also answer a series of questi
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3rd - 12th
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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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3rd - 8th
Reading Journals for Fiction or Non-Fiction
I have always struggled with having students journal about their reading. Too much structure and the student suffocates... too little structure and the student just rambles. After trying out multiple styles, I have finally created my own using the elements of universal design. If students need more support, I have included reference sheets for identifying different structures and genres. I plan on laminating those. I threw in graphic organizers and thinking maps for those who think visually
Grades:
3rd - 8th
WRITING & CRITICAL THINKING LESSON--PERFECT FOR EARTH DAY/ARBOR DAY
This 3-part ready-to-use handout/lesson begins with a song's lyrics, "If Everyone Lived Like the Tree," presenting the tree as a metaphorical role model for humans. Links to the actual music are provided if you wish to teach the song as a lead-in to the ensuing analysis of the verses. You need not be a musician to teach the song, which is easy to follow and lead (I speak from experience). Part 2 of the lesson focuses on the double-meanings of the descriptions of how trees live, and a critical an
Grades:
5th - 8th
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
Author Study Unit
Everything you need to conduct an author study with your intermediate grade students. Students will select an author, read at least 3 books written by the author, conduct online, biographical research, address guiding questions, and prepare for a group presentation on their author. Evaluation rubric included.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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