Middle school Spring balanced literacy resources for SMART Notebook

Classroom Management, Spring, Summer

POP! I'm here!! This bubble-themed attendance activity allows students to show they are present for the day by "popping" their bubble. The realistic "pop" sound is sure to bring lots of smiles to your students' faces! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider hav

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PreK - 8th

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Inferences Minilesson - Garbage Bag Inferences (Smartboard)

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This is a unique and engaging way to introduce how to make an inference with your students. For this lesson you will tell students that you want them to help you solve a mystery. Tell them that you have some new neighbors that you have never met before and the family keeps to themselves. Explain that you wanted to find out more about them and you got lucky: it was garbage bag day and they left a small bag of garbage on the curb. Hold up the premade bag of "garbage" you made to share with student

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Grades:

2nd - 7th

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Words Their Way Digital Spelling Sorts - Syllables & Affixes

Created by

Karen Langdon

***NOT GOOGLE SLIDES. I DO HAVE A GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION AVAILABLE HERE!**https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Words-Their-Way-Digital-Spelling-Sorts-Google-Slides-Syllables-and-Affixes-5980817This is a complete set of interactive slides to be used in conjunction with the Words Their Way program. These slides are for sorts #1-56 for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (the green book).By using interactive Smart Notebook software you can display the sort for all students to see. You won't need t

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Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

2nd - 6th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Word Walls, Activboard Activities

Also included in: Words Their Way Digital Spelling Sorts - FOUR BOOKS Bundle!

April Raindrop Attendance Interactive Smartboard Morning

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Mrs Hanson's Interactive Classroom

If you are looking for a fun way to take attendance in the morning, you will love this April SmartBoard attendance file. It comes complete with a page of detailed instructions for changing your student names. I know your students will love using the SmartBoard to take attendance. Look for more of my themed attendance pages including months September through May in addition to a beehive, butterfly, birthday, computer, cookie, Easter, garden, Halloween, Kite, monkey, patriotic, pizza, sports, summ

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Back to School, Classroom Management, Spring

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PreK - 6th

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Social Issues Reading Unit Smartboard

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This product is a series of eight reading minilessons which focus on social issues in books. The Smartboard presentation follows the Reader's Workshop model and each lesson includes a connection, a teaching point, a teaching component, active engagement, and link (as well as other supplemental activities and slides). The lessons included in this product are: 1) What are Social Issues 2) Readers Evaluate How Characters are Treated 3) Issues Hide Within the Pages of Books That You Know Well 4) R

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Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

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4th - 8th

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Building a Reading Life Unit Smartboard

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This is a unit you can use with your students to help them build their reading life at the beginning of the year. The minilessons in this unit include: 1) How to Pick a "Just Right" Book 2) What Good Readers Do 3) Rituals and Routines 4) Goal Setting 5) Logging Your Reading 6) Marking Your Spot 7) Parts Go Together 8) Reading Faster, Stronger, and Longer 9) Establishing Partnerships 10) Reading in the Company of Partners 11) Reflecting on Your Reading Life 12) Book Recommendations 13) Stepping

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

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4th - 7th

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Attendance Butterfly Interactive Smartboard Morning 30 Students

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Mrs Hanson's Interactive Classroom

If you are looking for a fun way to take attendance in the morning, you will love this butterfly SmartBoard attendance file. It comes complete with a page of detailed instructions for changing your student names. I know your students will love using the SmartBoard to take attendance. Look for more of my themed attendance pages including months September through May in addition to a birthday, beehive, computer, cookie, Easter, garden, Halloween, Kite, monkey, patriotic, pizza, sports, summer, Tha

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Back to School, Classroom Management, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 6th

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

Main Idea and Details Smartboard Lesson

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Catherine Devins

This is a Smartboard lesson that focuses on the skill of recognizing Main Ideas and Details. The lesson contains readings and graphic organizers to introduce & practice the concept. There are also multiple choice questions relating to the reading and the main idea and details, There is also links to You Tube video about the Main idea which is a very fun video/song about the difference between the main idea and details in a paragraph. I also include links to additional online practice for m

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2nd - 8th, Adult Education

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Character Analysis Unit for Reader's Workshop - Smartboard

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This product is a series of eighteen reading lessons which focus on analyzing characters. The Smartboard presentation follows the Reader's Workshop model and each lesson includes a connection, a teaching point, a teaching component, active engagement, and link (as well as other supplemental activities and slides). The lessons included in this product are: Lesson 1 - Thinking Over Stories with Partners Lesson 2 - Retelling Stories By Starting at the Beginning Lesson 3 - Learning to Listen Int

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Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Realistic Fiction Writing Unit Smartboard

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

This is an outstanding unit you can use with your students to help them write well developed and interesting realistic fiction stories! The minilessons in this unit include: 1) Goal Setting and Generating Ideas 2) Imagine Stories from Ordinary Moments 3) Imagining Stories We Wish Existed in the World 4) Drafting My Writing 5) Story Mountains 6) Feeling and Drafting the Heart of Our Story 7) Developing Believable Characters 8) Giving Characters Struggles and Motivation 9) Show, Dont Tell 10) Gr

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

An Intro to Poetry on the SmartBoard: A Two-Week Unit Featuring 10 Poetry Forms

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Dot Cates

Hurray for Poetry! Adding a Poetry unit into a Language Arts curriculum helps students better understand alliteration and rhythm, allows them to break apart the syllabication of words and develop their reading and writing skills, and lets them get their creative juices flowing! Poetry can be serious and introspective as well as silly and nonsensical. In this 2-week introduction to poetry, students are introduced to 10 different common poetry forms. This animated presentation introduces each

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

3rd - 6th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

Bird and Spring Themed SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND

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Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Spring

What better way to start your day than with the delightful sound of chirping birds! Students move their bird to the birdhouse and then click the bird in the house for a special morning greeting! This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included! *If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having students use a pointe

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PreK - 8th

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Spring/Earth Day SMART Board Attendance Activity Bundle (3 Activities)

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Earth Day, Environment, Spring

This bundle has three Spring and Earth Day themed SMART Board Attendance Activities. SOUNDS are included for all three activities. Each attendance activity comes with a direction page specific to the activity. There are two options for each attendance activity--a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Check out my individual listings for additional pictures for each activity! "Birds in a Birdhouse" What better way to start your day than

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PreK - 8th

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Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Vocabulary

Words Their Way Digital Spelling Sorts - Derivational Relations

Created by

Karen Langdon

***NOT GOOGLE SLIDES. I DO HAVE A GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION AVAILABLE HERE!**https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Words-Their-Way-Digital-Spelling-Sorts-Google-Slides-Derivational-Relations-6002820This is a complete set of interactive slides to be used in conjunction with the Words Their Way program. These slides are for sorts #1-60 for Derivational Relations Spellers (the blue book).By using interactive Smart Notebook software you can display the sort for all students to see. You won't need

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Grades:

2nd - 6th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Word Walls, Activboard Activities

Also included in: Words Their Way Digital Spelling Sorts - FOUR BOOKS Bundle!

Butterfly and Spring Themed SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND and ANIMATION

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Classroom Management, Science, Spring

Fly away, little butterfly! Students use this fun and engaging notebook activity to show they are present at school. This file has both moving objects and sound. Students "release" their butterfly by clicking on it. The butterfly gracefully flies away while making a magical sound. What a wonderful way for your students to start the day! The activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing name

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PreK - 8th

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Mrs Hanson's Interactive Classroom

Attendance Firefly Interactive Smartboard Morning 4 Choices

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If you are looking for a fun way to take attendance in the morning, you will love this Firefly SmartBoard attendance file. It comes complete with a page of detailed instructions for changing your student names. I also provide pages for lunch choices. The words for the three lunch choices can be edited to fit your needs. I know your students will love using the SmartBoard to take attendance. Look for more of my themed attendance pages including months September through May in addition to a birth

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Back to School, Classroom Management, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 6th

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Book Club Introduction Smartboard

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Starting book clubs up with your students? Do you need a Smartboard presentation to explain what should happen in book club, explain book club expectations, and explain book club accountability? Then this is for you! This Smartboard presentation explains: 1) What book club is about 2) What happens at book club each day of the week 3) Discusses the types of things to discuss at book club 4) Gives an explanation each type of book club job (Connector, Questioner, Synthesizer, Visualizer/Illustrato

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Grades:

3rd - 6th

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Media Literacy - Looking at TV Commercials

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Our Inquiring Minds

This file comes with a pdf of the worksheet to be used with this lesson linked to the image on page 4. If you can't open the pdf please send me a message and I will email it to you right away. Due to copy right laws I had to unlink the commercials that I use for this lesson. It's very simple to link youtube videos to the stars. Or send me an email and I will send the file I use with the videos attached.

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Balanced Literacy, Other (ELA)

Grades:

2nd - 6th

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Reading Strategies Smartboard Bundle

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This product includes all of my reading strategy lessons. It includes lessons on: 1) Metacognition 2) Schema 3) Making Connections 4) Questioning/Making Predictions 5) Visualization 6) Inferring (Garbage Bag Inferences) 7) Synthesizing 8) Determining Importance 9) 7 Keys to Comprehension posters (Inferring, Evaluating, Making Connections, Visualizing, Fixing Up, Questioning, Synthesizing) The lessons include fun activities that help you better explain what the strategy means and explains how y

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Grades:

3rd - 8th

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The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Literacy Unit

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Handy Learning Resources

This is a SMART Notebook File aimed at years 3 and 4 but can be changed to suit students from year 3 -6.In this unit students will develop their understanding of how stories can be communicated using images– both still images and moving images. Through an in-depth study of a picture book and an animated short film they will explore how visual narratives are constructed. They will engage in interpretation of the settings, events, characters and themes expressed in these texts. They will also lear

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Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3rd - 6th

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Unit Plans

Our Classroom Back To School Literacy Unit, Agreements, Goals, Autobiography

Created by

Launching Learning

You MUST PREVIEW this unit!! A BEST Seller! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your first month of Literacy is all here in this unit and ready to use! This is the perfect way to greet your students back to school, while creating a caring classroom community. What's Included: Smartboard file (76 Pages) PDF Handouts (files linked in Smartboard file, 60 pages) - All links to videos, copies of song lyrics - Most readings included, you will

Subjects:

Back to School, Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts

Grades:

4th - 7th

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Unit Plans, Handouts

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March St. Patrick's Day "Shimmy Shimmy Shamrock Shake" SMART Board Attendance

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Classroom Management, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

It's time to boogie down, shamrock style! Students make their shamrocks move and "dance" on this SMART Board attendance activity. The file has many moving objects, including a boy and girl leprechaun who will "dance" (spin) for several seconds when clicked. Students will then do the "shimmy shimmy shamrock shake" by clicking on their shamrock and making it "dance" (the shamrock will fade in and out for several seconds and then will disappear). This activity will really get rockin' when mult

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PreK - 8th

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