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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

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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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

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1^st, 2^nd

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CCSS:

RI.1.2, RI.2.2

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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

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

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1^st, 2^nd

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Worksheets, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

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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

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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1^st, 2^nd

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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

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1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

L.1.5d

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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

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

L.1.4b, CCRA.L.4

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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

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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

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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

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1^st

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.1.1

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Prove It Valentine's Day Reading Passages | Groundhog, Teeth, Harriet Tubman

By Hollie Griffith

Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Groundhog Day, teeth, seasons, and MORE! These reading comprehension passages have you covered for the month of February! These passages require students to go back to the text to PROVE their answers with EVIDENCE

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.8

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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

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Weather Reading Extravaganza

By Hollie Griffith

This bundle includes guided reading packets (Thunder Boomer, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Twister on Tuesday), reading response sheets, water cycle activity and informative/explanatory writing, cotton ball cloud activity, thunderstorm

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans

$6.00

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Literature Reading Response Worksheets

By Hollie Griffith

Readers must be taught to apply skills and strategies to help them comprehend, make meaning, and draw conclusions. This bundle of reading response printables is designed to get your readers understanding, thinking, analyzing, and responding to the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$7.50

118

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Journeys 1st Grade {Unit 3, Lesson 14, The Big Race}

By Hollie Griffith

This bundle includes supplemental word work, comprehension questions, story maps, grammar activities, a phonics and comprehension tri-fold, whole group story tri-fold, literacy stations, anchor charts, and much more. The activities are perfect for

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.00

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Journeys First Grade {Unit 4, Lesson 18, Where Does Food Come From?}

By Hollie Griffith

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

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1^st

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Activities, Printables

$6.00

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Polar Bears Reading Extravaganza

By Hollie Griffith

*This product is now bundled!* Snow, Penguins, & Polar Bears: EXTRAVAGANZA Bundle http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Penguins-Polar-Bears-EXTRAVAGANZA-Bundle-1629322 This polar bear extravaganza is jam packed with FUN! Use this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Winter

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

$7.00

129

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Journeys 1st Grade {Unit 3, Lesson 15, Animal Groups}

By Hollie Griffith

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.00

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Journeys 1st Grade {Unit 3, Lesson 13, Seasons}

By Hollie Griffith

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

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1st Grade Journeys Supplemental Resource {Unit 2, Lesson 8, A Musical Day}

By Hollie Griffith

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.00

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Journeys 1st Grade Unit 1 Lesson 1: What is a Pal?

By Hollie Griffith

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st

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Activities, Printables

$6.00

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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.

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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

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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