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Kasi Kail

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The Sneetches Theme Activity

By Kasi Kail

This is a quick exit ticket to use with the book "The Sneetches". It prompts students to write about the theme of the story. Images courtesy of Google Images.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Printables

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Choosing a "Just Right" Book Google Slides

By Kasi Kail

This 6 slide presentation is a great visual when discussing selecting books for independent reading. I know that many of my students struggle to assess their own abilities as readers and to select books accordingly, so I created this presentation to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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If I Were President Writing Helper

By Kasi Kail

This worksheet is a great Presidents' Day or Election Day writing assignment. This prompts students to fill in the blank to several questions about what it would be like if they were president.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Elections - Voting, Presidents' Day

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Similes and Metaphors Lesson Plan

By Kasi Kail

This a lesson plan that I created to cover CCSS. ELA-Literacy.L.4.5.A Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context. The lesson plan features an activity where students are divided into groups and are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA)

Grades:

4^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

L.4.5a

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Author's Purpose Quiz

By Kasi Kail

This quick five question quiz helps to review the definition of "Author's Purpose", the three author's purpose (persuade, inform, and entertain), and has student identify an example of each author's purpose. It is multiple choice.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla WebQuest

By Kasi Kail

This WebQuest guides students to do more research on the story of Ivan. Students will make notes on the provided handout, which you can download for free in my store. Once students have completed their research, students will create their own

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Webquests

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Stella Louella's Runaway Book Activity Page

By Kasi Kail

This activity has students make a personal connection with the consequences of losing a book. I use it to help them realize that if they lose a book, they may be losing someone else's favorite book.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Library Skills

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Printables

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Oral Reading Fluency PowerPoint

By Kasi Kail

This product can be used to introduce Oral Reading Fluency to your students. It includes the three components of reading fluency and a few strategies for increasing your reading fluency. This product is an editable PowerPoint so you can make changes

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Main Idea Newspaper Articles

By Kasi Kail

This pdf features five articles that I created that simulate articles from a community newspaper. I am using these articles in a Main Idea Stations activity in which students read the article and come up with an appropriate headline for the article.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Oral Reading Fluency Rubric

By Kasi Kail

This rubric could be used for either peer scoring or teacher scoring. I plan to used it with my Gifted class. They will be instructed to practice reading a passage of their choice ahead of time and then use this rubric to score their peers. I have

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Rubrics

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Genre Cut and Paste (Fairy Tale, Fable, Myth, Folktale)

By Kasi Kail

This cut and paste activity has students match traits typical of each of these genres. Myth- nature and hero, Fable- able to teach and talking animals, Folktale-passed down from generation to generation and told by your "folks", and Fairy Tale-magic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.2

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Read It, Don't Eat It! Activity Sheet

By Kasi Kail

This activity sheet accompanies the book "Read It, Don't Eat It!" It prompts students to come up with their own library rule or recall their favorite rule from the book and then illustrate that rule. I have put two sheets on one page to save on

Subjects:

Reading, Library Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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They All Saw a Cat Perspective Writing Activity

By Kasi Kail

I use this book to talk about perspective vs. point of view with my older students. Then I use this handout to challenge them to write from the perspective of one of the animals in the book. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss with your

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

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Dear Mrs. LaRue Exit Ticket

By Kasi Kail

This a short activity that I use after reading Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School. It prompts students to identify three ways that Ike attempted to persuade Mrs. LaRue into bringing him home? Images courtesy of Google Images.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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Stellaluna and Bats!: Strange and Wonderful Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan

By Kasi Kail

This detailed lesson plan details procedures, materials, and more for a lesson in which students will participate in read alouds of the texts Stellaluna and Bats!: Strange and Wonderful. This lesson plan includes a variety of questions to ask when

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Lesson

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Animal and Plant Adaptations Quizzes

By Kasi Kail

This product is a set of six quizzes covering Animal and Plant Adaptations. Each quiz is ten questions and quiz types include matching, multiple choice, true or false, short answer, essay, and fill-in-the-blank. This document also includes an answer

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment

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Unnecessary Information Task Cards

By Kasi Kail

This a set of 20 passages that have one sentence that is considered "unnecessary information". I use these task cards in stations and require the students to identify the passage's main idea and then have them choose the sentence that does not

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

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Igloo Sight Words Activity

By Kasi Kail

This activity requires students to identify the sight words am, little, with, like and have and color them the corresponding color. I use this with my Winter Unit which include the texts The Polar Bear Son, The Emperor's Egg, and The Three Snow

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

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Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

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Subject and Predicate Matching Cards

By Kasi Kail

This is a set of matching cards featuring 20 subjects and 20 predicates. I am going to have my students identify whether each card is a subject or a predicate (referring to my Mr. Morton Subject and Predicate Anchor Charts *for sale in my store*)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

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Library Lion Activity Sheet

By Kasi Kail

This simple worksheet has a spot for students to identify the problem and solution from the book "Library Lion". There are several problems and solutions throughout the story that the student may identify. There is also a small stack of books and a

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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