This practice book provides basic handwriting practice designed for upper elementary students. Many students still struggle writing legibly, but most print handwriting books are geared for primary age students. These practice page lines are sized more appropriately for older students who need additional handwriting practice.
Upper and lowercase letters are included (one letter per page) for the entire alphabet. Additionally, students can practice writing complete words, with 12 pages of math vo
Use these podcast choice boards to host your own exciting podcast picnic! Students LOVE listening to podcasts and a podcast sampling is a perfect way to introduce them to new and exciting episodes!You will get:⭐1 editable podcast sampling brochure⭐6 podcast choice boards⭐36 informative podcast episode suggestions⭐ Teacher notes with everything you need to know to host a successful podcast picnic! Ideas for use:❤️Read one whole class book and use commonly-themed podcasts for a literature circle.
Use theseLibrary Reminder Notices to remind your students to return their library books on time. Usually the day before our classroom Library Day I check off the student's who have already returned their library books, and the student's who have not returned them yet get a reminder notice. My student's place the notice in the clear front pocket of their folder so their parent's see it. I also run my notices off on on bright paper so they are noticed.Just UpdatedEvery page is also included in
This middle school library skills literary genre preference activity helps students identify their reading interests and become more self-aware as readers. This engaging activity contains handouts, templates and answer cards for a fun interactive bellringer activity. This product comes in a zip file which includes a pdf, ppt and png versions of the activity for maximum versatility and customizability.A standards-based lesson plan is included with every product I create, so there's hardly any pr
Streamline your daily classroom routine with Agenda Slides, an effective tool to organize your library classes and establish a smooth, engaging start for students each day.No more scrambling to get your library classes ready for the day! These Agenda Slides - Soft Brights will help solve so many problems with getting your library organized for students! Daily agenda slides are a great tool to utilize in your library. Agenda Slides will help you establish a good routine as students enter the libr
This worksheet allows students to use the dictionary to answer questions relating to uncommon words. (Students will need dictionary/internet to answer questions). The second half of the worksheet asks students to create their own sentences using the words they learned.
Do your students know these popular folktales? Goldilocks, Red Riding, Three Pigs, Cinderella, Empty Pot, Frog Princess, Princess and the Pea, Bill Goat Gruff, Anansi, Tortoise and the Hare , Jack and the Beanstalk
Book Care Bundle: Lesson, Craft, Digital Interactive Google Slide Game includes two fantastic resources with everything you need to set up a strong foundation of how to get your students to properly care for their library books.a) Book Care Lesson and Bookmark Craft for Library and Classroomb)Book Care Interactive Digital Game and Lesson {Google Slides/Google Classroom}1) Book Care Lesson and Bookmark Craft for Library and Classroom is a print and go lesson and bookmark craft to teach Primary le
This presentation introduces students to how libraries are organized and what the information on a book call number actually means. There are real book examples given as well as photos of actual shelf tags from a library to provide real-life examples. The presentation is editable if you would like to substitute with examples from your own library. This presentation can easily be spread out into into 2-3 separate lessons. I spread it out over two weeks. Week one: fiction, easy fiction, graph
We Mustache You to Read!
This file comes with two reading logs: one for classroom use and another for school-wide/media center use.
Students will document 500 minutes of reading on this log (front and back). Each mustache represents 20 minutes of reading on which they write the title of the book and date. The parent will sign each 20 minute mustache. Challenge students to complete at least one mustache every night! When students bring in a completed reading log, they get a prize.
This worksheet is an excellent tool to reinforce MLA citation rules. Students have to decide on the correct order for each source type using MLA citations. Source types included are: book, website, online article, and database article. This is an excellent tool to use as a fun activity, homework, or assessment. Includes answer key.
Help students learn how to use a dictionary. Promote student autonomy in learning vocabulary. Teach students to evaluate the quality of dictionaries and dictionary websites and apps. I designed this for my ESL students, but it works great for any student who needs to brush up dictionary skills.
This is a straightforward worksheet to help students understand what kind of information they can find in a dictionary. Students take their favorite dictionary or app and check off what information they
Streamline your daily classroom routine with Agenda Slides - Watercolor Fruit, an effective tool to organize your library classes and establish a smooth, engaging start for students each day.No more scrambling to get your library classes ready for the day! These Agenda Slides - Watercolor Fruit will help solve so many problems with getting your library organized for students! Daily agenda slides are a great tool to utilize in your library. Agenda Slides will help you establish a good routine as
If you're looking for an easy monthly challenge or just for different ways to track students' reading progress, you've found it.I've created a reading log or challenge log for all readers. Depending on the reading abilities of your students, you can select logs ranging from 9 books to 120 books. You simply select a log or have students self select a log and that's it. To use this challenge or reading log, as students complete a book, they color in one of the book icons. Once all icons are colore
Book Care Interactive Digital Game {Google Slides/Google Classroom} is fun lesson and game to go over how to take care of your library books. This is a wonderful activity to establish or review proper book care etiquette so that all students understand what is expected of them. This activity is offered through Google Slides and can easily connect it with your Google Classroom and/or for distanced learning. Once you open this up through Google Slides...just press Present and you are ready to go!T
Art History - Library Research: This workbook is designed for Art and Art History Classes. Students have an opportunity to conduct research using words and images. Students are encouraged to use the classroom library, school library, and public library.Key Words: Artist: Wassily KandinskyTitle: Composition No. 7Artist: Henry RousseauTitle: The Football PlayersArtist: Frida KahloTitle: Self-Portrait with MonkeysArtist: Elizabeth MurrayTitle: The Sun and the MoonArtist: Jasper JohnsTitle: Numbers
Introduce Banned Book Week with this informational text about the history of banning books in the United States! Included is a Two page Reading with vocabulary, comprehension questions and vocabulary half sheets for struggling learners.NOTE: The font for the passage is Lexend which is designed for students with dyslexia. For more interesting assignments that will save you time and engage your students check out The Awesome Shop!
This bundle includes the STEAM bingo and the Reading Bundle. These bingos were originally designed as challenges through the Library Media Center, but have been used in the classroom setting as well. Grab this bingos to use in centers, as alternative homework assignments, or to use in your library as monthly challenges or over holiday breaks!Each bingo is open ended and designed to engage learners from Kindergarten to 8th grade. They do not assume access to any particular digital device nor spec
... Your class will have a great time finding out about the extraordinary places and things in our world! ...We are pleased to introduce to you the GEO-DISCOVER Performance Learning Resource. The ‘Performance’ involves three equally important areas of student endeavor: Phase 1. Library Sciences (research) Phase 2. Fine Arts (drawing, model making & painting) Phase 3. Theater Arts (performance and production and teamwork) This resource is an individual and collective project for the clas
A bundle of 47 total Book Flyers/book tastings that would be perfect for book menus or for book tastings. Each flyer is unique to the book and the subject of that book. This also would be great to post around a classroom to promote literacy!The book flyers/ book menus are:All American BoysBlack Hawk DownBorn a CrimeBrown Girl DreamingCall Me AmericanChallenger DeepClap When You LandEach of us a DesertThe Sun is Also a StarEvery DayFreakonomicsDiscovering Wes MooreHey KiddoI am MalalaMarch Book 1