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Free balanced literacy graphic organizers for homeschool
Reading Responses
This packet of reading responses will help your students comprehend when reading fiction, non-fiction, or even when they listen to a book/cd digitally. Perfectly aligns to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Enjoy!
-Rachelle
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PreK - 4th
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FREE Greek and Latin Roots Sketch Notes
WHY GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS?Almost 70% of the English language is derived from Latin and Greek languages. When we teach students these “building blocks,” they can recognize and decode unfamiliar words that are related to a known root. It is also increasingly important to explicitly teach students the meanings of Greek and Latin roots as they encounter the very technical vocabulary found in science and other content areas.WHY SKETCH NOTESSketch notes present your students with a meaningful and enga
Grades:
4th - 8th
USA Regions Activity FREEBIE | States and Capitals Project | Worksheets
This FREE resource is a stand-alone project that can be turned into a FULL WEEK worth of activities. You'll find 5 region activity pages and capitals/abbreviation resource sheets and note pages. Plus, I've included a thorough teacher's guide giving you plenty of suggestions on how to turn this into one awesome mini-unit!These maps are also located in my customized state history projects. You'll find 86 student activities organized in 8 modules for easy lesson planning. This complete notebook uni
Grades:
4th - 8th
CHARACTER ANALYSIS Book Report Activity | Generic Novel Unit Study Activity FREE
With this freebie, your students will be able to present a creative summary for any character for any book. This no-prep activity makes an engaging addition to any of my creative novel units (find the list below).CLICK HERE to find this in my Generic Novel, Movie, and Documentary Brochure Bundle!My novel units allow your students to work through the book in a natural and enjoyable way. There will be no dreaded multiple-choice tests. However, these activities are thorough which will allow you to
Grades:
4th - 12th
Free Writing Curriculum Map - Lessons and Activities Kindergarten - First Grade
Teaching students how to write in the primary grades can be so tricky. I am a firm believer that reading and writing go hand-in-hand. The skills required to read and write are so closely intertwined. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦The big question is how do I teach writing in a systematic, engaging way that makes sense to my students? I will walk you through exactly how I teach my students to become confident, successful writers. "Y
Grades:
K - 2nd
Beginning/Middle/End Hamburger Graphic Organizer (Color)
A good story is like a big, juicy burger! Use this graphic organizer to help your kids write a great Beginning/Middle/End story.
Beginning - Introduce the characters and setting
Middle - Problem and attempts to solve the problem
End - Solve the problem
Grades:
1st - 5th
No, David! Activities - Story Retelling & Sequencing with Pictures Worksheets
Your students will love digging deeper into No, David! by David Shannon while developing their retelling, sequencing and summarizing skills. The activities are open-ended, so they can work at their own level, and you can assess their understanding. The retelling activities involve identifying essential parts of the story in order, including characters, setting, and the problem and solution. The sequencing activities help your students break down events in No, David! into simple steps in a specif
Grades:
1st - 4th
FREE Ask & Answer Questions Digital Graphic Organizer Data Tracking RI2.1 RL2.1
Are you looking to simplify tracking data and progress monitoring for second-grade standards? These Ask and Answer Questions graphic organizers and proficiency scales for data tracking will help you and your students save time and stay organized without the overwhelm. Great for standards-based grading!❤️ The graphic organizers have fillable text boxes for distance learning or whole group instruction.❤️ Each standards data tracking sheet includes essential questions, learning targets (I Can State
Grades:
1st - 3rd, Staff
THEME ~ An Acronym Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer that I created to guide my students using the Acronym: T.H.E.M.E. to help them clarify their thinking and uncover the theme of a literary work.
T.H.E.M.E. Acronym by Dawn De Lorenzo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Magic Tree House #1 Dinosaurs Before Dark
This product includes:• Vocabulary cards with review pages• Comprehension questions to guide understanding• Writing prompts to extend understanding • Talking points for group discussion• Activities for before/after reading• Extra graphic organizers to support learning• End of unit assessment This packet really has it all! No prep- Just print and go! Use this extensive resource to help plan your guided reading lessons. This resource can also work for book clubs, literature circles, and classroom
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Magic Tree House Bundle Books 1-6
Bee Life Cycle | Worksheet From Just One Bee Book Companion | Book Week 2022
✏️ This worksheet is part of the book companion for Just One Bee by Margrete Lamond & Anthony Bertini which is one of the Book Week shortlist books for 2022. Your students will learn the life cycle of a bee through this easy-to-use print-and-go activity.What's Included?Bee Life Cycle WorksheetYou may also be interested in these resources:CBCA Book Week 2022 Bundle | Print and Go WorksheetsBlue Flower by Sonya Hartnett Worksheets & Activities | CBCA Shortlist 2022Stellarphant by James Fol
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K - 3rd
"S" Family Clusters sm/sk/sp/st (#4 of 4 Phonemic Awareness Sorts)
I hope you enjoy these sorts, follow my store to hear about future freebies.
This download includes student sorting sheets that focus on beginning consonant blends with S.
The four S blends covered are: sm, sk, sp, st
These sorting sheets work well during whole-group lessons, small group instruction, independent practice, literacy centers, morning work, or as a review for homework. You could also use them as a quick formative assessment following instruction.
The artwork look great in bl
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Beginning, Middle, End Poster Set and Graphic Organizer
A set of Beginning, Middle, End posters plus a graphic organizer to use when wanting students to find the most important event from the BME of a story.
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The Picture Book Teacher's Edition
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1st - 5th
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Free Reading Comprehension / Response Activities
Free Differentiated Written Activities For Any Book, Novel or Short StoryThis novel study resource for any book, will encourage your students to review and reflect on their reading material in imaginative and creative ways!This is a free sample of the full set of Written Activities for any book resource!The full set of activities are differentiated into a total of 24 activities: 12 brief and 12 more extended tasks (making them suitable for a variety of grades and ability levels) and are self exp
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4th - 6th
Story Maps - Basic & Advanced (Free)
Story maps use visual representations to help students organize the important elements of a story. Because the ability to identify and understand story structure leads to better reading comprehension, graphic organizers like these are a must for your balanced literacy program!
The basic story map, suitable for students in grades 1-3, contains 4 large circles for listing the story setting, main characters, problem and solution. The advanced story map, for grades 2-5, includes lines for additio
Grades:
1st - 5th
Reading Response Journal- Digital- Google Slides- Reading Notebook
DIGITAL VERSION ONLY! GOOGLE SLIDESpdf/ printable version available here: PDF Reading Response VersionAre you looking for a way to make your reading workshop go digital? This Google Slides reading response journal will help! It contains both open-ended response prompts and graphic organizers/ Thinking Maps.With a digital journal, it's easy to push out to your class and since it lives in your Google Drive, it's automatically updated and saved! This makes it easier for you as the teacher to "pop i
Grades:
3rd - 8th
The Daily Five Posters and Anchor Charts {FREE}
I HEART The Daily Five! :)
This free download is full of Daily Five fun and includes:
~ 1 (8 1/2 x 11) poster for each of the following:
Read to Self
Work on Writing
Read to Someone
Word Work
Listen to Reading
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~ 1 (8 1/2 x 11) fill in the blank anchor chart for each of the following:
Read to Self
Work on Writing
Read to Someone
Word Work
Listen to Reading
I love to have the kiddos fill out their very own anchor charts...this is also great for parents to find out all about Daily Fiv
Grades:
K - 2nd
Beginning/Middle/End Hamburger Graphic Organizer (B&W)
A good story is like a big, juicy burger! Use this graphic organizer to help your kids write a great Beginning/Middle/End story.
Beginning - Introduce the characters and setting
Middle - Problem and attempts to solve the problem
End - Solve the problem
Grades:
K - 5th
Reading Response Worksheets for Independent Reading FREE SAMPLE
This is a FREE SAMPLE of my Reading Response Worksheets. These three bonus worksheets are not included in the original packet!
These Reading Response Worksheets are a great comprehension tool for students who are reading or listening to books independently. I incorporate them into my Daily 5 Listening to Reading and Read to Self Centers.
Included in this free sample are three worksheets which can be used for differentiation. The first worksheet has students write the title of the book and draw
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K - 2nd
Characteristics of Fiction & Point of View Interactive Notebook Sample
This is a free sample of my Fiction & Nonfiction Elements Interactive Notebook
Included in this free sample are Interactive Notebook pieces for:
- comparing fiction and nonfiction
- a Venn diagram for comparing the traits of fiction and nonfiction
- characteristics of fiction
- point of view
These interactive notebook elements can be used independently, but they also coordinate with two craftivity products that can be used as book reports or as literature center activities:
Banana Split
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3rd - 6th
FREEBIE 5th Grade Reading Log Homework
This is the front page of my reading homework for 5th graders. It is common core aligned, comprehensive, and obtainable for every student no matter their learning abilities and styles. This freebie comes with a note to parents. In the note to parents, all standards are listed that are covered with this one page reading log. I am sure this will be hit with students and parents!
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Questions inspired by The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
This freebie was created to use with the book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
After reading the story students will answer the who, what, where, when, why and how questions about the story. These questions are set up in a brace map.
If you would like more inforamtion about this book and many others, visit my blog The Picture Book Teacher's Edition.
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The PBT’s Edition Facebook page
The PBT's Edition Pinterest Boards
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K - 3rd
Reading response pages for each of the strategies that work
This set includes a response sheet for each of the 6 strategies that work:
-Making connections
-visualization
-inferring
-questioning
-determining importance
-synthesizing
Can be used as a center activity or reader's response assignment.
PLEASE NOTE: preview will only show cover page and one of the six response sheets
There are several question prompts for each strategy in addition to room to answer them/or illustrate them. A great center activity!
Graphics from http://www.scrappindoodl
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Reader's Response Graphic Organizer for Fiction (SAMPLE)
Graphic Organizers are effective tools that allow for easy differentiation. They also support all levels of learners in the classroom, especially English language learners. This 2 page multi-skill Reader's Response graphic organizer is an engaging activity to use with your guided reading groups, with students during independent or partner work or with book clubs.It's just one of the many activities found in my largerReading Comprehension Graphic Organizers for Fiction packet.Looking for Non Fict
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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