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Middle school balanced literacy lessons under $5
Genres Activities - Doodle Notes - Book Genres Lesson
Are your genre activities boring your students? Looking for a way to make literary genres stick this year? These book genre notes are the perfect activity to engage your students with no stress for you! This product includes everything you need to introduce or review literary genres with your students in a way that keeps them interested while building retention. The lesson includes an explanation of genres, fiction, and nonfiction. It also includes definitions, characteristics, book lists, and a
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5th - 8th
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Book Tasting (Room Transformation) by Genre
Engage your students in reading a variety of genres, to help them branch out, and find new good fit books. Also, get non-readers excited about reading and finding new/different books! A "Book Tasting" is an activity in which your class it set up like a cafe (with as much or as little decor as you want). Each table has books that represent a different genre, and students read a few pages (or books, if using picture books) while at that rotation. They will answer some before, during, and after rea
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K - 8th
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan Templates | Pre-Reader-Fluent
It's the beginning of the year and you're thinking about how you'd like to get organized for guided reading. This resource is full of lesson plan templates inspired by Jan Richardson's The Next Step In Guided Reading for Emergent, Early, Transitional, and Fluent readers!Every year I always stock my guided reading binder full of these lesson plans! Everything you need to craft the perfect reading lesson for your students are right there on the plan. Just check off the skills you plan to teach and
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K - 6th, Staff
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Also included in: Back to School Ultimate BUNDLE
Summarizing Fiction and Nonfiction
Summarizing: GIST and Beyond has everything you need to teach and reinforce summarizing. I had a hard time finding summarizing lessons that include interesting fiction and nonfiction texts, answer keys, and many opportunities to practice. So I created this unit on writing a summary!This resource is easy to use and will help you teach students three summary styles. Students will learn what information to look for, depending on the type of text they are summarizing. There are three fun and memora
Grades:
6th - 8th
Thank You, Mr. Falker--A Literature Unit for 3rd-6th Grade
Although I teach "big kids," I still love to do interactive read alouds. Kids of all ages love them, and studies show that we should read to kids of all ages. For this reason, I wanted resources that were appropriate for my "big kids" but would still allow for an enjoyable interaction with the book.
I have created 20 different resources to be used with Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco.
*Anticipation Guide
*Vocabulary Posters (half sheet size)
*Vocabulary Flash Cards (with directio
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3rd - 6th
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Hamilton the Musical: Cabinet Battle #1 Song Analysis
Now with two different Google Classroom options!Are you a History or English teacher wondering how to implement Hamilton: An American Musical in your classroom? Here's your answer! Students analyze the lyrics to the song line by line. Best of all, I have tracked down true clean versions of the songs! I teach middle school, so some words or phrases that are technically not curse words still aren't appropriate. I've done the hard work for you and have links to all the truly clean versions!All reso
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Hamilton the Musical: Growing Bundle
Inference - The Great Garbage Mystery
*Updated to include a student Recording Sheet to accompany the photographs!*
The following 18 page PDF stems from a lesson in Comprehension Connections on Inferencing called The Great Garbage Mystery. This lesson is intended to help introduce and reinforce the concept of Inference - combing your Schema with clues from the author.
This has been more successful for my classroom, because I tend to forget items to include in my "trash" bag, and I have found it more convenient to show pictures o
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2nd - 6th
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Theme Activity : Finding the Theme 3rd 4th 5th Grades
Theme: Finding the Theme of a Story Using Adages--A colorful and fun way to help your students meet the following standards related to story theme and adages (figurative language).......CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.5b Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.This was designed for my 4th graders, but since theme is taught across grades, click on the preview a
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3rd - 6th
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Shared Reading Passage & Lessons - Ontario Gr 3 Social Studies - Terry Fox
Integrate your Social Studies and READING Expectations with this Shared Reading Resource! Bring your Grade 3 Social Studies Curriculum into your literacy block with this Reading Passage. Make cross curricular connections to make planning easier and fit your curriculum in!This original text on Terry Fox will help you to teach background information to your students that target Social Studies expectations. It will also help to improve on Reading Comprehension.The text includes 6 Multiple Choice Qu
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Traci
Identifying Author's Purpose: Great Test Prep/Reading Comprehension Grades 6-10
When I look over my students' shoulders during standardized tests, I notice a LOT of questions about author's purpose. They are being asked to read short snippets of text, then identify the main goal of the author. Is it to persuade? inform? entertain? I developed this mini-unit because my students needed explicit, guided practice with this skill. It is not always as easy as it sounds! Some pieces can fall in to more than one category categories, which is why a guided discussion can help student
Grades:
6th - 10th
Adages: Teaching Figurative Language Task Cards
Need to teach about adages and figurative language as a part of your ELA curriculum? Struggling to find a fun yet effective way to do it? Check out these task cards--all geared toward helping students recognize and understand adages.What is an adage? An adage is a form of figurative language that consists of a short phrase or proverb that teaches a life lesson or speaks a general “truth”. It is a saying that has been passed down over time and is generally recognizable in meaning. Students who
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3rd - 6th
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Introduction to Literary Genres PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation introduces students to all of the different literary genres that they will encounter in a typical Language Arts class throughout the year. With colorful backgrounds and coordinating clip-art, each slide explains typical characteristics of each type of genre and gives examples of stories or books that middle school students are already familiar with. Presentation is read-only.▶ What you get: ◀1 PowerPoint presentation - 26 slides (you will need to change the font to m
Grades:
4th - 8th
Shared Reading Passage & Lessons - Ontario Gr 4, 5, 6 - Growth Mindset
Integrate your Growth Mindset Concepts and READING Expectations with this Shared Reading Resource! Bring your Grade 4, 5 or 6 Growth Mindset Lessons into your literacy block with this Reading Passage. Make cross curricular connections to make planning easier and fit your curriculum in!This original text on Fixed and Growth Mindset will help you to teach background information to your students that target Mental Health and Well-being expectations. It will also help to improve on Reading Comprehen
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4th - 6th
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Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" Google Slides, PowerPoint
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" brought to you in Google Slides or PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this lesson are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, and questions for guided reading or pre-reading. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of activities!
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Adjectives activity | build-a-monster & describe it
A great hands on activity where students cut out, colour and build their own monster then describe it using adjectives.Students choose from a range of body, arm, horn, leg, mouth and eye parts to create their own monster. After cutting, pasting and colouring their monster, students use adjectives or noun groups to describe the parts of their monster.Included in pack:Example monster with descriptionsAdjectives list2 sizes of monster partsTemplate for gluing, naming and describing monster
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K - 6th
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Also included in: Noun Groups & Adjectives Activities BUNDLE
French Grade 4-6 Opinion Writing Unit - Unité d'écriture: Texte d'opinion
As a former teacher, I remember struggling with my Writing Units. That's why I created this French Opinion Writing Unit! With this Unité d'écriture: Texte d'opinion, you can rest assured knowing that your students will be on the right track when it comes to writing!This French Opinion Writing Unit unit includes 9 days of writing including a model text, writing templates, real student examples, mini revision charts, engaging class revision activity & rubric! Lead your students to write an opi
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4th - 6th
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Daily Five Anchor Charts | Brights
ANCHOR your literacy rotations with these Daily 5 Anchor Charts in bright colors. These charts are to support The Daily 5 literacy framework by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. The charts anchor the independent responsibilities of the students while working at the Daily 5 stations independently.What's Included:-8 anchor charts in size 8.5x11-Bright colors-5 charts with student expectations for each of the Daily Five stations (Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing, Listen to Reading, Word Wo
Grades:
K - 6th
Syllable Kit - includes Multisyllabic Words - 6 Syllable Types
This product contains a comprehensive syllable kit.
Syllabication Reading & Spelling
Kit Includes:
1- Rules for each type of syllable.
6 -Syllable word lists for each Syllable
2- Multisyllabic Lists containing multiple types of syllables
7- Syllable Sort Graphic Organizers
The kit includes a syllable chart that contains the rules for each syllable. There is also a poster for each syllable with single syllable examples of each syllable type.
I have included 2 pages of multisyllabic
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Grades:
3rd - 11th
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Point of View Activities and Interactive Foldables
Point of View Activities and Interactive Foldables : Teach this lesson with literature standards in a fun and interactive way by understanding the author's purpose and learning about 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient with Instagram! This unit is a complete point of view lesson! Point of View Download Preview FilePlease make sure to download the preview file and video video if applicable. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purcha
Grades:
4th - 7th
Punctuation Worksheets & Punctuation Practice - Sentence Types Activities
You'll love these punctuation worksheets & activities that are fun, engaging, and memorable! The differentiated punctuation activities can be used to introduce, practice, and review punctuation and sentence types. Includes a hilarious lesson that your students are sure to remember.Perfect punctuation practice to use as whole-class work, center work, partner work, small group work, or seat work. Includes lessons your students will remember and you'll be able to refer back to throughout the ye
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3rd - 6th
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Shared Reading Passage & Lessons - Ontario Gr 4, 5, 6 - The Teacher Poem
This Poem, THE TEACHER, an original text, helps to integrate key components of your literacy program, and incorporates Poetry and Writing.How do I use this product?This product is intended to be used over the course of a week within a literacy block. Shared Reading is a 10-15 minute daily lesson where both the teacher and students have access to the text. The teacher is still in control, but students help answer questions and are more involved than in Read Alouds. This product gives you the text
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4th - 6th
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Lightning Thief Novel Study Discussion Questions
If you are using Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief in your classroom as a novel unit or read aloud, you need to check out our chapter by chapter questions. This is novel unit activity features over 40 discussion questions for the book Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The purpose of this activity is for students to show their understanding of the novel through answering questions. There are at least two questions for every chapter in the entire story! Ma
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: The Lightning Thief Novel Study Bundle
Compare and Contrast Paragraph Frame
Compare and Contrast Paragraph Frame3 Different Borders to Choose From!Great For Differentiation!↝Do you have writers who struggle to write compare and contrast paragraphs? You can use this worksheet to guide them. 3 different borders to choose from. Quick and easy to implement in your classroom! Just print and go. Great for differentiation and strugglers. Do you need a FREE main idea lesson? Click here to join my email list and get sent a free main idea lesson! I hope it helps you and m
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Reading Strategies Posters | Set of 10
This product is a set of 10 reading strategy posters for teachers to use to help their students' reading progress. They are great to display on bulletin boards or to pull out and reference during small group instruction.This shoreloveasale resource is on sale for 7/12 only as part of a special promotion. Find more deals for grades K-12 and information about giveaways here!The posters include:✓visualizing✓clarifying✓predicting✓asking questions✓making connections✓understanding main ideas and det
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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