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Kevin Henkes Back to School Author Study | Chrysanthemum, Wemberly Worried

By Hollie Griffith

This author study is perfect for the first weeks of school and is designed to introduce the importance of “making meaning” while reading. Throughout this unit students will begin to ask the question, “What do good readers do?” as they learn to apply

Subjects:

Character Education, Reading Strategies, Back to School

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Lesson

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RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7, RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3

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Main Idea and Supporting Details Hands-on Reading Comprehension Activities

By Hollie Griffith

This hands-on resource includes fun and engaging activities to teach the concept of main idea and supporting details. It includes a mini lesson, interactive presentation, games, activities, practice sheets, passages, crafts, an assessment, and SO

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.1.2, RI.2.2

$6.50

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Christmas and Holiday Read Aloud Activities: Mooseltoe, Olive, Tacky, Snowman

By Hollie Griffith

This Christmas activity bundle is filled with book companions, activities, bulletin board ideas, Christmas crafts, centers, language arts worksheets, elf ears, and SO MUCH MORE! The holiday book activities included Mooseltoe, Olive the Other

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7, RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, L.1.1b, L.1.1f, L.1.2a...

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Prove It Fall and Halloween Reading Passages | Spiders, Bats, Pumpkins, Owls

By Hollie Griffith

These nonfiction reading passages are perfect for the month of October and the Halloween season. Each passage is engaging and includes fun science facts about spiders, spider webs, bats, pumpkins, and owls. The goal of these close reading passages

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.4, RI.1.5, RI.1.7, RI.1.8, RI.2.1, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7

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Shades of Meaning Synonym Activities | Hands on Reading and Vocabulary

By Hollie Griffith

Teach students to distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner and adjectives differing in intensity with this engaging hands-on resource. This bundle includes mini-lessons, games, a FoldOver book, task cards, vocabulary timelines,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

L.1.5d

$6.00

172

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1st Grade Unit 3 Reading Wonders BUNDLE (Supplement)

By Hollie Griffith

This is the bundle of all of my first grade Reading Wonders Unit 3 products. By purchasing this bundle you save 20%. To see the preview of each unit, click on the links below.Unit 3 Week 1Unit 3 Week 2Unit 3 Week 3Unit 3 Week 4Unit 3 Week 5You can

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7, RF.1.1, RF.1.1a, RF.1.3, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.1.3d, RF.1.3g...

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$28.00

161

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Prefixes 1st Grade Hands-on Games, Worksheets, Crafts, Anchor Charts

By Hollie Griffith

Teach students to use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word with this engaging hands-on resource. This bundle focuses on prefixes and includes 5 days of mini lessons, an anchor chart, task cards, partner games, activities,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

L.1.4b, CCRA.L.4

$6.00

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David Shannon Book Companions | A Bad Case of Stripes, Alice the Fairy, Jangles

By Hollie Griffith

Young readers must be taught to apply skills and strategies to help them comprehend, make meaning, and draw conclusions. This author study is designed to review or introduce the importance of “making meaning” while reading. Throughout this unit

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.6, RL.1.7, RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7

$6.75

247

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Context Clues Digital Resources | Games, Presentations, Activities, Homonyms

By Hollie Griffith

These digital vocabulary activities are perfect for teaching students to use context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words. There are four activities included. Each activity includes 10 slides. Use this resource in Google Classroom or

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

L.1.4a

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Christmas Reading Comprehension | Gingerbread, Elf, Reindeer, Escape Room

By Hollie Griffith

These reading activities are perfect for the month of December and the weeks leading up to Christmas! Each unit focuses on a reading strategy or skill and includes lesson plans, crafts, creative snacks, STEM activities, writing, bulletin board

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.9, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.5, RI.1.7...

$23.50

$18.80

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Back to School BUNDLE

By Hollie Griffith

This bundle includes my three favorite back to school units in one easy purchase! Kevin Henkes Author Study: Activities and Crafts to Introduce Reading StrategiesBack to SchoolHoward B. Wigglebottom: Finding the Central Message

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Back to School

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$23.50

$18.80

137

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Digital Point of View for Google Classroom | Task Cards

By Hollie Griffith

Do your students need practice identifying who is telling the story at various points in the text? If your answer is YES, this digital resource is for you! This resource includes 3 slides to review point of view and 12 digital task cards? To

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.1.6, RL.2.6

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Spring Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Prove It!

By Hollie Griffith

Prove it! Show me the evidence! Do you find yourself repeating these words on a daily basis? Like you, my goal is for my students to move beyond a literal understanding and to a deeper and more critical evaluation of the text. I am constantly asking

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.10

$7.00

206

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Digital Text Features Practice for Google Classroom or Google Drive

By Hollie Griffith

Do your students need practice using nonfiction text features? This digital resource will have your students learning and having fun too! To complete this assignment students will read and examine the text feature task card, then use the text

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.1.5, RI.2.5, RI.3.5

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Real Life Connections in Vocabulary | Words and their Use Hands-on Activities

By Hollie Griffith

Teach students to identify real-life connections between words and their uses with this engaging hands-on resource. This bundle includes a week of mini-lessons, an anchor chart, two sets of task cards/write the room activities, FoldOverbooks,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

L.1.5c

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (6.59 MB)

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Asking and Answering Questions about Key Details Hands-on Reading Comprehension

By Hollie Griffith

This bundle is full of hands-on, engaging resources to teach QUESTIONING. Before students can ask and answer questions about key details in a text they must first understand what a question is, and that their questions have VALUE. The goal of this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.1.1

$7.00

Digital Download PDF (9.84 MB)

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St. Patrick's Day Read Aloud Activities | Leprechauns, Rainbows, Escape Room

By Hollie Griffith

Get your students excited about reading with these St. Patrick's Day and spring reading comprehension activities! With this bundle, you’ll get four units of engaging, differentiated instruction that will have your students begging for more. Each

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.9, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.5, RI.1.7...

$24.50

$19.60

Bundle

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Junie B. Jones has a Peep in her Pocket: Comprehension Guide

By Hollie Griffith

This comprehension packet goes along with the book Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket by Barbara Park. I have included higher level thinking questions as well as questions that require students to infer. The packet includes vocabulary words

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books

$3.00

163

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Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine: Comprehension Guide

By Hollie Griffith

This comprehension packet goes along with the book Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime by Barbara Park. I have included higher level thinking questions as well as questions that require students to infer. The packet includes vocabulary

Subjects:

Reading, Archaeology, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (2.09 MB)

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Key Details in Fiction and Determining Importance Hands-on Reading Comprehension

By Hollie Griffith

This unit will help your students distinguish between key details (the important information that we need to know to understand the story) and interesting details (extra details that are fun to know, but not essential to our understanding). This

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.1.1

$6.50

Digital Download PDF (10.10 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 16 years! Six years in first/second and ten years in first. I still love it!!!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am a hands-on teacher that loves creating lesson plans and activities to channel the interests and curiosities of my students into the direction of learning.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. in Elementary Education M.A. Reading & Math National Board Certification - Literacy: Reading – Language Arts

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 10^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Social Studies, Government, Arts & Music, Special Education, ELA Test Prep, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Character Education, Library Skills, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Handwriting, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community