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Brain Growing Like a Boss

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Wit and Wisdom "Weather" Resources

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This product connects to Wit and Wisdom Grade 2 Module 1. I created this to give students more space for writing and reflection while they interact with the W&W curriculumThis document contains:The poem "Weather" by Eve MerriamModified Change

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Poetry

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Handouts, Rubrics

CCSS:

RL.2.5, RF.2.4, RF.2.4a, RF.2.4b

$2.50

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Teacher from the Black Lagoon

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon is a first day of school favorite! This fun worksheet is a great activity for students to demonstrate their creativity after the read aloud. It is also an opportunity to introduce adjectives.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Handouts

CCSS:

RL.2.9

$1.50

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Buttons and Bags Graphic Organizer

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This graphic organizer aligns with Wit and Wisdom Second Grade Module One Text: How Do You Know It's Fall. This resource could also be used generally as a graphic organizer for any book. My students were familiar with this strategy but lacked

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.2.2, RI.2.6, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4

$1.00

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Wit and Wisdom: The Little Yellow Leaf Handouts

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

These worksheets are based on the Wit and Wisdom Lessons 11 - 13 Handouts. This resource includes:Handout 11A: Readers Theater ScriptHandout 11B: Color Coded Paragraph ActivityModified Handout 11C (utoh...utoh...phew! model)Handout 13A:

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Handouts

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, W.2.2, W.2.5

$4.50

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How to Write a Topic Statement!

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

The most difficult part of writing an informational paragraph for my students has always been independently crafting topic statements. They can find an "All About ____" kind of topic but building, elaborating, and recognizing change have been

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.6, RI.2.8, W.2.2, W.2.5, W.3.2, W.4.2, W.3.1b, W.3.2b

$5.00

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"How Do You Know It's Fall?" Evidence Organizer

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This evidence organizer helps students to clearly plan for their informational writing. It is best used with Grade 2 Wit and Wisdom curriculum and the text How Do You Know It's Fall? I added the picture prompts to each box to better support student

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.2.1, RI.2.2, CCRA.W.2

$1.50

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Create Your Own Island Project!

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This letter- provided in English and Spanish- is an amazing at home connection for a study of maps, landforms, and natural disasters. It gives students a creative opportunity to display their knowledge of these areas. This document includes:- parent

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Geography

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Projects, For Parents, Rubrics

$3.00

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What is a Scientist (5 Senses) Lessons

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This week long study is a great introduction to scientific observations! It allows students to observe using their 5 senses in interactive and enjoyable ways. This study includes:- 5 days of lesson plans- What is a scientist? interactive notebook

Subjects:

Science, General Science

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

$5.00

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Skip Counting by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This product is to help students use a hundreds chart to master skip counting. These allow for students to use number clues on either side to fill in, and a practice resource of counting by the shaded numbers. Each skip counting hundreds chart has a

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Centers

$3.00

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Make a Ten Strategy Template

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This printable works great laminated or inside a dry erase board pocket! It allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of the make a ten strategies again and again! Students can make connections between the equation model of this strategy and

Subjects:

Math, Mental Math

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

CCSS:

2.NBT.B.9, 2.OA.B.2

$1.00

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Detail Connection Strips

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This worksheet can be used as an alternate to Wit & Wisdom Handout 21A.It can be also used for any activity where the goal is to collect details from a text! Students write the page number and a sentence about the detail found, cut out each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.9

$1.00

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Our Big Goals

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This activity corresponds to the text, This Year will be the Best! It is a fun goal making craft and writing activity to begin the year with and tie in any year long classroom goals as well. This product includes:- Activity Directions- Writing

Subjects:

Writing, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.19 MB)

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Interactive Summary Tool!

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This is a great graphic organizer for students to orally rehearse any story you are working on in the classroom! It also includes an option where students can write in answers connected with the story A Color of His Own.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.2.2, RL.2.3, L.2.1, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.4

$1.00

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Vocabulary Graphic Organizer

By Brain Growing Like a Boss

This easy 4-corners graphic organizer can be used to help students explore new vocabulary words! This resource can be completed with curriculum specific words OR words students want to learn more about from independent reading!Included you will find

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Math, Basic Operations, Science, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, Geography, Literature, General Science, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Mental Math, Informational Text, Close Reading