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Elementary Spring short stories resources for Microsoft Word
Writing a Short Story - Complete Unit
Your students will have their short story story written and completed in 15 days! This unit includes activities, specific lesson plans and every thing you need to help your students. My kids were very successful during this unit and enjoy it every year. It's positively directed but fast paced.
How to Write a Short Story
Day 1: Background Survey & Getting Excited Activity
Day 2: Character Development
Day 3: Continue Character Development & Setting Development: Where, When and We
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4th - 10th
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Packet of Memoir Texts
Packet of 12 Memoir texts
*mentor texts to serve as models for your students as they write their own memoir
*short texts for enjoyment
*great to use with ELA test prep
~~Packet it ready to print and hand-out!~
Texts included:
Grandmama's Kitchen Table (Cynthia Rylant)
Not Enough Emily's (Jean Little)
When I Was Little (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Laughter (Sandra Cisneros)
Home (Michael J. Rosen)
Hairs (Sandra Cisneros)
Alone (Jacqueline Woodson)
Learning the Hard Way (Eloise Greenfield)
Mattie's Ride (
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2nd - 12th
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Spring is in the Air Door/Bulletin Board Decor Decorations, Writing Page, Border
Hello! Welcome to Julie's Color Wheelby ♥Julie Marie>>>DESCRIPTION<<<This bright, fun bulletin board or door decor is perfect for Spring! It includes the wording for "Spring is in the Air", a colorful matching bulletin/door border, 6 different colored editable name butterflies, a writing prompt page in two line styles, and a sun in two sizes for the teacher's name. The colorful butterflies and the writing page are the same size, so you may staple the writing page behind the nam
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PreK - 5th
What Should Danny Do? Activity Booklet
This activity booklet perfectly compliments the story book 'What Should Danny Do?' by Ganit Levy & Adir Levy.What's included in this download:- Doubled sided booklet- Make 2 booklets at a time! Print on A4 to make A5 booklets or blow it up to A3 and make A4 booklets- How to make and use the booklet instruction page- A scenario guide to help you keep track of all the story lines you have read- FOR AUSSIE TEACHERS Australian Curriculum Links English document for Years 1-3. Also useful for Heal
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1st - 6th
Valentines Day HeartPizza Bulletin Board or Door Decor Kit with Writing Activity
Hello! Welcome to Julie's Color Wheelby ♥Julie Marie>>>DESCRIPTION<<<This bright, silly bulletin board or door decor is perfect for Valentines Day! It includes the wording for "The Pizzas of (edit) Heart", a matching bulletin/door border, 6 different editable name pizza slices, a Valentine's Day writing prompt page, and an arrow banner. an editable heart for the teacher's name. Printable on 8.5x11 paper, just print, cut and hang.>>>INCLUDED<<<Microsoft WORD fi
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PreK - 8th
Fraction Kite Spring Craft
Have your students use this template to create a fraction kite spring craft! It is great review for fractions and a fun way to welcome spring! The template provides a 25 x 25 grid of squares and students can color them 4-5 different colors. Then they can name the color squares as fractions. For example 3/25 blue, etc. They can write their fractions in the cloud they cut out from the template. There are also 3 bow ties provided in the template. I cut out thin strips of construction paper a
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2nd - 4th
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Gift of the Magi Reading Test/Quiz 6th, 7th, 8th Grade
This 25-question multiple-choice reading test/quiz on O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi" has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised) along with one optional essay question with lined paper to familiarize students with the format of standardized testing. It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story along with:characterizationpoint of viewmaking inferencesand literary devicesQuestions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and
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5th - 8th
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The Circuit, by Francisco Jimenez - Worksheets + Answer Keys
This download includes worksheets and activities to use while teaching the short story, The Circuit, by Francisco Jimenez.
There is:
-Discussion/comprehension questions
-Context clues
-Chart for Cause/Effect and Types of Conflict
-1 Close Reading passage
-Teacher Response & Annotations of Passage
-Setting prompt for a well-developed paragraph
-Rubric for paragraph
-List of extended activties for enrichment or centers
+Answer Key to all provided!
Feel free to contact me with questions, and
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5th - 7th
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Theme Activity - Fables, Worksheet, and Answer Key!
Using Aesop's fables, the students will identify the theme of each story in the attached chart. This could be done individually, in pairs, small groups, or used as one station in centers. Discussions can be completed afterwards. Students can also be given each of the fables and highlight the facts that lead them to finding the lesson/moral.
This activity can be used in conjunction to teaching theme or as a separate review and follow-up activity.
Please rate and give feedback if you use it a
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5th - 8th
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Fractured Fairytale Crime Scenes
In this assignment students will create a presentation of a mock crime scene based on a fairytale. Each crime will include characters from common fairytales. Students will include evidence to create a crime scene scenario. The assignment is organized into two main projects. The first part of the assignment involves creating a presentation of the crime. The second part of the assignment is a narrative story that explains the actual crime scene.
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5th - 9th
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Spanish Reader's Theater: Los Tres Cerditos (The Three Little Pigs)
Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes.
The Three Little Pigs is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students who are l
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1st - 12th
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Realistic Fiction Sample
This is a two page realistic fiction sample great for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. This realistic fiction follows a basic story mountain model, includes dialogue, vivid vocabulary, figurative language, and many other strong writing elements.
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4th - 6th
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Rainy Days: A Social Story About the Fear of Rain and Thunderstorms
This is a social story about rain. This story has been written to help those who have a fear of the rain. This story discusses coping strategies for this fear. This book is part of my series for children on the autism spectrum.
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PreK - 3rd
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Dr Suess Dress Up Week Read Across America
Dates are editable to fit specific need!
Read Across America Week 2015
Dress Up Days
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PreK - 5th
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Fluency Passage for vowel digraphs -au and -aw
A fluency passage for the following vowel digraphs -au and -aw
This includes a fluency passage, comprehension questions, a chart activity, and a writing activity.
***I found a typo after I uploaded it on 2/22/15, but it is fixed as of 2/23/15.
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1st - 2nd
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REWARDS Intermediate Review Words with Connected Text for Lessons 1-15
Students can use this resource to review multisyllabic words from lessons 1-15 in the REWARDS Intermediate program - with the program there is no connected text in lessons 1-15, these review words and short stories can help students practice applying their REWARDS strategies and build fluency. 7 passage total in this product.
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4th - 8th
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick creative writing example (Just Dessert)
Chris Van Allsburg’s book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is an excellent medium to teach creative writing. The titled illustrations are accompanied with only the slightest bit of text. A mere suggestion as to what already has happened and might happen. Every turn of the page introduces a unique vignette, an intriguing picture that arouses curiosity that tugs at the imagination, thus sparking new ideas to fill in the blanks. The entire book is a collection of writing prompts! The tantalizing st
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Kindergarten Graduation Poem to perform or include in written program
Kindergarten graduation is such an exciting time in a child's life. This poem is great to use as a performance with multiple children or whole classes. The alternate ending makes it kind of fun to use for first year kindergarten teachers and is unexpected when read aloud. It has 6 stanzas that can be divided up to be said/read separately, or chorally. Very loved poem by the parents at our graduations!!! And when the kids shout “ME!” at the end, the audience loves it!This also works as a poe
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PreK - K
McGraw-Hill Wonders Reading 4th grade Earthquakes comprehension test vocab test.
This is an assessment / comprehension test along with a vocabulary test for the new 4th grade McGraw-hill reading series (Literature Anthology). The test is for Unit one week three "Earthquakes". Covers common core questions and NGSSS / Fcat 2.0.
Click here if you would like to see a Unit 1 BUNDLE, a huge savings!!!
I also sell a BUNDLE with all 5 stories from UNIT 1,2,&3
I also sell all the tests from other units separately.
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Unit one weeks 1,2,3,4,5
(Pri
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4th
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Oviparous Animals and Eggs Matchup Cards
This set of 36 cards consists of 18 pairs of animals and their eggs. This is a great addition to your egg unit. I hope you enjoy them as much as my kids have. Simply cut and laminate. Please leave feedback and check out my other products.
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PreK - 6th
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Mcgraw-hill Wonders Reading 4th grade Experts, Incorporated Comprehension test.
This is an quiz /assessment / comprehension test for the new 4th grade McGraw-hill reading series (Literature Anthology). The test is for Unit one week two "Experts, Incorporated". Covers common core questions and NGSSS / Fcat 2.0.
Click here if you would like to see a Unit 1 BUNDLE, a huge savings!!!
I already have Unit one weeks 1,2,3,4,5 posted
(Princess and the pizza, Earthquakes, Experts Incorporated, Max Axiom, Kids Business)
I have posted Unit 1 , 2 ,3 Stories and Bundles as well
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4th
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Mystery Readers Q&A and Sign Up Sheet
Want to start a Mystery Readers program in your classroom? I used Mystery Readers as a way to get my students excited about guest readers (parents, grandparents, friends & family members, school faculty, local "celebrities", etc) who would come to our classroom to surprise us & read a book to the students. The kids LOVED it & looked forward to finding out new clues each day. This hand out is a fabulous way to explain to parents just how the program works & also to muster up so
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PreK - 4th
Pixar Short Film Workbook - LIFTED
This is a workbook of literacy activities that are paired with the Pixar short film - LIFTED.This is a hilarious film that students adore and I have used this booklet as part of both film studies, creative writing, activator/tune in activities and outer space themed units.It has a range of activities including cloze passage, ordering scenes from the film, pictures, definitions, problem solving and other literacy sentence building activities.I hope you enjoy it as much as my students.
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K - 7th
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Reader's Theater script for The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
This is a reader's theater script for The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. The parts of narrator, grouchy ladybug, and friendly ladybug have be divided into several parts. This script was made for a class of 22 students. It can be adjusted for a classroom of any size.
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1st - 3rd
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