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Middle school vocabulary tools for common cores for Microsoft Publisher
Homework Expectations Letter
With the new standards and Engage NY/Eureka Math curriculum I have had many concerned/angry parent emails. Math teachers get all the complaints! This Expectations letter helps parents and students understand their role when doing homework. It also has a whole page of online resources that I use with my families. I left it as a publisher file to be fully editable.
Directions for use: I send this home the first days of school. Parents and Students sign acknowledging their roles during homework. T
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1st - 6th
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Math Stations Accountability and Reflection Sheet
January 2015 UPDATE - I have updated this product to fit more what I need in my classroom. It gives more daily feedback and work area for the students to use. This gives me a better idea of where all my students are in the content. It also makes them more accountable to the work requirements each day.
Updated 7/30/2016 as an editable Publisher Doc
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I love guided math and using stations with my 4th graders. This time allows me to genuinely know where each student is with the content a
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2nd - 6th
Vocabulary for Cross-section of Animal Cell; Modified Life Science; special ed
This worksheet shows a cross-section of an animal cell. Students are to use the word bank to write the correct word next to each definition. There are five words and five definitions. I use this with my 7th and 8th graders who work on an alternate curriculum. This is also a great review for homework.
Aligns with Maryland state reading curriculum standard 1D2c: Given vocabulary words from a grade-level content unit, student will identify the meanings of the words.
Also aligns with Maryland stat
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2nd - 8th
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English Vocabulary Posters
Even middle and high school teachers can create word walls! Use these vocabulary posters in your classroom to teach and enhance the use of academic vocabulary in students' reading, writing, and discussion. Includes simpler English terms, such as synonym and alliteration, all the way to complex AP terms such as synecdoche. Use for all levels of secondary English.
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7th - 12th
Plant and Animal Life Cycle Graphic Organizer
With this graphic organizer your students will be able to visually organize the life cycle of plants and animals.
This is a standard that is taught throughout elementary and middle school science.
For example, birth, growth, reproduction, and death for both plant and animal.
Students will be able to explain what each cycle is like and draw a picture.
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K - 7th
ELA Activity for the End of the Year to Get Students Moving
This is a great activity for the end of the year when students are restless. This is also a fun way for them to show what they've retained either after the summer or at the end of the year.
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6th - 8th
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Academic Discussion Placemat
Create a placemat for each student in your class to use during Socratic Seminars, formal and informal discussions. Teach sentence frames to students and watch them appear in discussion and writing,.
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6th - 12th
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Amazing, Awesome, and Not-So-Average Adjectives!
Four pages (one cover page describing adjectives and three unique worksheets) that help students master the amazing--and sometimes frustrating--world of adjectives. Each page asks students to identify adjectives in different ways. The first page asks students to underline the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun being described. The second page has students completing sentences with adjectives of their own (or, if they choose, from a word bank).And the last page involves sorting adjectives in
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2nd - 6th
Meet the Teacher Letter
I created this letter to send home the first day to give parent's a great first impression of their child's new teacher. If you don't require the cut-off at the bottom, simply change the page size to a regular 8.5"x11" sheet. Completely editable! (Click Hyperlink of Word Cloud to go directly to website to create your own!)
NOTE: Editable file is in a .pub format so please ensure you have access to Microsoft Publisher before purchasing this item!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Charlotte's Web Vocabulary Flies
Use this file to showcase the vocabulary from ALL 22 Chapters of Charlotte's Web in your classroom...in an ADORABLE way! This includes a cartoon of Charlotte (from the movie) and flies that have color coded vocabulary words on their bodies. This was designed to be cut out and placed in a (fake-Halloween store) spider web in the classroom as you go through each chapter/vocabulary word. Play "Vocabulary Swat!" as students hit vocabulary words with a flyswatter from verbal clues! My kids ADORE this
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4th - 6th
Animalia vocabulary bingo
Finally, a fun way to reinforce the language of literature with small groups or the whole class! This familiar activity will have students actively thinking about and discussing the words Graeme Base used to bring the illustrations in Animalia to life. Because students only have to recognize the word matching the definition, not generate it, it is ideal for discussing both new and familiar terms. 30 game cards are included to allow for whole class participation. The special calling cards, featu
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3rd - 6th
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Vocabulary Station for Word Parts
An independent station of five activities for working with pre-fixes, roots, or suffixes. Could be done on multiple days throughout a week. Step 3 is used with our school's vocabulary workbook, but you could always substitute other worksheets, or remove that step and make the center only four steps.
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3rd - 10th
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CHARACTER AWARDS ELA 6-12: PART II
This includes 60+ adjective Character Award Templates that can be used as character awards as well as a vocabulary lesson at the end of the year. It is an amazing activity to do with students and honors every student no matter their academic achievement. All you have to do is type in student names and change the date and name of the school. I will post PART B and the overall list and alternative list to help identify the positive characteristic in the negative behavior:) I hope this blesses you
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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CHARACTER AWARDS ELA 6-12
This includes 40+ adjectives that can be used as character awards as well as a vocabulary lesson at the end of the year. It is an amazing activity to do with students and honors every student no matter their academic achievement. I will post PART B and the overall list and alternative list to help identify the positive characteristic in the negative behavior:) I hope this blesses your classrooms as much as mine!I have also used these awards with an entire staff of educators. They appreciate it a
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Spelling & Language Arts Homework Choice Menu
Here is a Spelling & Language Art Homework Choice Menu that can be used with any spelling list and Dolch sight word list. I decided to create this menu because I was tired of making copies of homework pages every week. Some students finished their assignments quickly while others struggled. I decided to give my students choices on how to spend their 40 minutes of weekly homework and the result has been positive in my classroom. The kids love it because there's a variety of activities to
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K - 6th
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Word Wizard Activity Sheet Harry Potter Theme
Our Word Wizard Activity Sheets are developed and created around a specific theme. Students have a series of words/letters that correspond with each specific theme. The worksheet consists of 30 spaces for students to make as many real words as they can using the provided letters. For younger aged students, you could suggest having the students cut out the letters and rearranging them to make words and then writing them down. For older students, it would be more challenging for them to keep the p
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1st - 7th
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Editable Newsletters
There are 32 pages of editable Newsletters that are super colorful, and fun to send home with your students.
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PreK - 12th
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S.T.E.M. Word Wall Cards
These are basic words that correlate with any S.T.E.M. project you are doing so they do not have to be changed through the year! There are 15 words and 6 more open slots for you to add more specific words to your unit or lesson. The words are accompanied by pictures to help students understand the meaning of the words.
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K - 6th
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ELA CCSS Book Studies: Argument Writing, Text Complexity, Subjects Matter
Are you looking for resources to have teachers think deeply about next steps for instruction in regards to the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts?
This resource is an advertisement for three book studies and the moderating questions to facilitate discussions amongst participants. The file is a publisher file that can be edited to fit your needs. The titles addressed in this are: Teaching Argument Writing, Text Complexity, and Subjects Matter.
Subjects Matter is a great book if
Grades:
6th - 12th
Earth Day Word Search
Earth Day Word Search with 25 different words for Saint Patrick's day. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally. Contains an answer sheet.
Good for bell work, morning work, work for early finishers, or a fun homework assignment.
Have a happy Earth Day!!
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2nd - 10th
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Morphemic Awareness Assessment for Upper Elementary
This quick assessment allows for you to get a brief understanding of a child's concept of prefixes, suffixes, and Greek roots. This can be used to base morphemic instruction on later. There are two sections that need to be given individually and one section that can be given to an entire class. Each child should take much less than 10 minutes. Your average student would be done in under 5.
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3rd - 6th
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NO PREP Vocabulary Journal Booklet
This is a booklet that you can print for your students to look up and write down definitions to words found in the glossaries of books, captions, or in a dictionary. It is an easy, no prep book, just adjust your copier and click start! :) I hope you enjoy this like my students do for all our non fiction reads.
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2nd - 8th
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Better Than SAID!
You need Microsoft Publisher to open and edit this file. When students begin to master the correct use of speech in their writing, the word "said" becomes overused and boring. These simple, colourful A4 charts are a handy addition to your classroom to develop vocabulary and make writing more interesting.
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3rd - 6th
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My Grocery List for ESOL, ESL, ELL (food vocabulary)
Identify colorful pictures and write each food in English on the grocery shopping list. Check spelling. Look for cognates. What other words can you add to this list?
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3rd - 9th
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