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Elementary literature circles under $5
RACES Writing Strategy Posters | Citing Text Evidence | Text-Based Response
Your students have a basic understanding of what text evidence is, but are struggling to incorporate it in their writing. The RACES strategy is designed to guide students through the process of answering a constructive response prompt. (or text-based prompts)This resource is equipped with Text Evidence Discussion Bubbles which are perfect for small groups, whole-group discussions, teacher-led centers, or even online learning! These sentence starters encourage students to speak about the text. --
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1st - 6th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Holes - Book Study
The HOLES activities in this book study will make using this amazing book even easier! The packet is filled with reading and writing activities. It includes comprehension questions and answers. Students respond to each of the comprehension questions in their own packet that culminate into a booklet. This resource is an ideal addition to any 3rd-5th grade HOLES book study.The comprehension activities focus on analyzing the main characters, comparing the characters’ traits, plot elements, inferenc
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Elementary Book Study Bundle
Blooms Taxonomy Question Stems Higher Order Thinking Questions
Do you use question stems to encourage critical thinking? It's easy to do when you have a list of questions written generally enough to be widely applicable. By keeping these question stems at your fingertips, the ability to practice thinking critically is always available!Revised Blooms Taxonomy Questions Stems are designed for a key ring. Laminate, hole punch at the top and put on a key ring for fast and easy access to question stems - anytime!Includes all 6 areas of Revised Blooms Taxonomy
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Playdough mats galore- ABC, 123, shapes, skills and pictures
This packet is full of fun hands on play dough mats for you to use with your students. They are perfect for fine motor skills, number, letter, and shape recognition, learning to count, and practicing handwriting skills.Included in the packet....the alphabet, 2 different options plus task cardsnumbers, 2 different options plus task cardsI can make.... mats and task cards for...… handwriting skills, pictures, and shapesthere's 16 different shapes, 8 pictures, and 7 skills mats8/4I added apple, go
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PreK - 2nd
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Wonder Novel Study (Wonder Comprehension Questions)
Looking for an easy way to check student's comprehension? These little chapter quizzes for Wonder, by R.J. Palacio are short, simple and easy to grade! Included are factual comprehension questions covering the important parts of the story. Try this novel study today!Try the quizzes FREE! Click Here!What's included:17 quizzes with comprehension questions (15-20 pages of reading for each quiz. Chapters are short!)Student cover pageEnd of book testFree digital version of the comprehension quest
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Lindsey's Favorites Comprehension Quizzes
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Craft and Read Aloud | Back to School Activities
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of making friends.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future IRAs will be added for F R E E ! The We Don't Eat Our Classmates Interactive Read Aloud and Ac
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Novel Book Report Project-- Bloom Ball Craft Activity
This 3D craft activity is a perfect culminating project or book report for a novel study or literature circle.
The following is included:
Directions for assembly
Direction sheet for each section of the Bloom Ball
Small sized circles
Larger circles
RUBRIC for grading the assignment
Don't have time for students to complete a Bloom Ball individually? Have a novel studies group complete one as a book report project!
Looking for an End of the Year Memory or Reflection activity for your students?
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3rd - 8th
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Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities
Are you looking for some fun activities to introduce Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? I have developed this focus on how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Peacemaker. We talk about the difference between a Peacemaker and a Peacebreaker. Then, students write about how they can be a Peacemaker. There are several engaging activities in this mini unit for you.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing PromptsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemak
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PreK - 1st
Charlotte's Web - Book Study
The Charlotte's Web activities in this book study will make using this amazing book even easier! The packet is filled with reading and writing activities. It includes comprehension questions and answers. Students respond to each of the comprehension questions in their own packet that culminate into a booklet. This resource is an ideal addition to any 3rd-5th grade Charlotte's Web book study. The comprehension activities focus on analyzing the main characters, comparing the characters’ traits, pl
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Elementary Book Study Bundle
The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Extension Activities - PRINTABLES ONLY
The newest Food Group series book is out by Jory John and Pete Oswald! These activities focus on retelling, character traits/feelings, text-to-self connections and showing understanding of this adorable text!Skills practiced in this resource:sequencing the order of eventssummarizing (someone, wanted, but, so)character traitsauthor's purposewriting a review of text See more activities in the DIGITAL & PRINTABLE BUNDLE!PRINTABLE ACTIVITIESCRAFTSCHOOSE from multiple options of Smart Cookie cra
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Halloween Craft | Room on the Broom | Witch | Writing & Retelling Activities
These adorable stick puppets were created to be a companion to the story "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson.Story Retelling Puppets:Your students will love retelling this story with the story retelling puppets. Each student will color and cut out their puppets (a craft stick can be added to characters). They will glue the broom to a brown paper bag ... the characters can be stored in the bag when they are finished retelling.Magnetic Board Pieces:I have also included a set of characters in c
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PreK - 1st
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The One and Only Ivan (Katherine Applegate) Novel Study / Comprehension (33 pgs)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 33-page booklet-style Novel Study (a total 66 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The novel study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before, during, and after they finish each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsPredict Conne
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Katherine Applegate BUNDLE : 6 Novel Studies / Comprehension (214 pages)
Frindle (Andrew Clements) Novel Study / Reading Comprehension (32 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 32-page booklet-style Novel Study (a total 65 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The novel study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.The novel study contains many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before, during, and after finishing each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrativ
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Andrew Clements COLLECTION : 18 Novel Studies / Comprehension (687 pages)
Holes Comprehension Questions (Holes Novel Study) Holes Book Study
Looking for a quick and easy way to check student's comprehension? These little chapter quizzes include comprehension questions for Holes by Louis Sachar. They are short, simple and easy to grade!Try the quizzes FREE! Click Here!What's included:Comprehension questions for each 2-5 chapters, or about 15 pages. (11 quizzes, Guided Reading level V)Student cover pageEnd of book test (1 page)Free digital version of the comprehension questions and test (made for Google Slides)Answer keysLooking for m
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Lindsey's Favorites Comprehension Quizzes
Book Club and Literature Circle Activities, Posters and Response Templates
Do your students need help being more independent and on task with their book club discussions? This pack of book club resources, activities, and templates will help you set up successful student-led book clubs in your classroom. Student-led book clubs can be such a fun way for students to develop a love of reading. But they can also be overwhelming for teachers to set up, organize, and manage. With this book club resource pack, you’ll get a set of activities and templates that will make it easy
Grades:
3rd - 5th
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Back to School Activities
We Don't Eat Our Classmates is my favorite back to school activity. It is a Read Aloud about a dinosaur's first day of school. She feels nervous that she won't make any friends. When she gets to school, she eats her classmates! This book is perfect for back to school and reviewing classroom expectations and in rules in the spring. I have included several activities so that you can use the book in the fall and spring, if you wanted to. It is great for building a positive classroom community. It c
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
The One and Only Ivan Novel Study
The One and Only Ivan is a winner of the Newbery Medal. It is a great, heartwarming story to accompany any literature unit.
This packet was created in order to be used as a guided reading book or a read aloud. There are student pages with mostly text dependent questions, as well as teacher print outs that can be used during a read aloud. These provide teachers with key vocabulary terms to identify and define and questions to ask while reading.
The packet includes a double entry journal, a pa
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2nd - 5th
Reading Log for Homework | Annotating Texts| INTERACTIVE BOOKMARKS | EDITABLE
This interactive bookmark resource, also known as a thinkmark, is a reader response tool that students use to practice text annotation during close reading. Implementing this resource for annotating texts will turn your students into deep thinking readers without the mess of Post-it Sticky notes everywhere... for LESS THAN THE COST of a pack of sticky notes!It is beneficial for students to track their thinking as they read. Taking the time to generate questions, note confusions, make connections
Grades:
3rd - 5th
The Lemonade War (Jacqueline Davies) Novel Study / Comprehension (35 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 35-page booklet-style Novel Study (a total 71 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The novel study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before, during, and after they finish each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsPredict Conne
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â The Lemonade War BUNDLE (Jacqueline Davies) 3 Novel Studies (101 pages)
The Rainbow Fish Craft Interactive Read Aloud Activities Sharing SEL Activities
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's meaningful theme of sharing.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future IRAs will be added for F R E E ! The Rainbow Fish Interactive Read Aloud and Activities is a lesson plan
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Eric Carle Reading Response Journal--Author Study for K-2
Kids enjoy Eric Carle books---the fun characters and the beautiful illustrations. This unit provides a response journal for your students during your Eric Carle author study.Included in this unit are journal response pages for twelve Eric Carle books. Most books have two response choices. Typical responses include text to self connections, beginning/middle/end, and problem/solution. Please see the preview file for page examples. Books included are:*The Very Hungry Caterpillar*Pancakes, Panca
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Famous Authors Bundle--Jan Brett, Eric Carle, David Shannon and Mo Willems
I Survived The American Revolution, 1776 (Lauren Tarshis) Novel Study (35 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 35-page booklet-style Novel Study (a total 70 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The novel study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before, during and after they finish each chapter.Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsCause and Effec
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â I Survived COLLECTION (Lauren Tarshis) 17 Novel Studies (578 pages)
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