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Common Core RL.5.4 pdfs for Gifted and Talented
St. Patrick's Day Escape Room ELA Skills Antonyms Synonyms Homophones & More
UPDATED-Answers go right in the escape room! No Google! Lucky the Leprechaun is having a party, and you are invited. Oh no! You lost your invitation! Luckily, there are some clues to help. Follow the clues and find the codes to find your way to the party. Students will need to use their language arts skills to find their way. The skills needed are:SynonymsAntonymsInference RiddlesContractionsHomophonesHomonyms (Multiple Meaning Words)This fun and engaging digital mystery is NO PREP and completel
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3rd - 5th
Poetry Unit with Fun Lessons and Activities for Introducing Poetry
Exploring Poetry: Tools for Teaching Kids to Read and Understand Poetry is a 2-part poetry unit with lessons and activities for introducing poetic devices, analyzing poetry, and interpreting poetry. The first part of the poetry unit includes a collection of activities for introducing the basic elements of poetry, and the second part is devoted to reading and responding to poetry. Students begin by exploring the structure and elements of poetry, including the meanings of eight common poetic devic
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2nd - 6th
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Any Book Novel Study | Google Slides & Literature Circle Worksheets Bundle
Imagine the excitement in your classroom as your students engage with standards-based practice that feels like fun! This is a 100+ page standards based novel study that can be used with ANY chapter book, fictional book, or novel! This book study seamlessly combines digital and printable components which makes it NO PREP! Designed to work seamlessly with any fiction book, this dynamic novel study will empower your students to dive into their favorite books while engaging with standards-based acti
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3rd - 7th
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The Black Stallion Unit | Novel Study with Questions, Vocabulary, Choice Boards
Take your students on an adventure with a timeless adventure novel: The Black Stallion, by Walter Farley. This unit includes questions, vocabulary, writing, and choice boards. Open the preview to take a closer look.Questions: Students construct responses for two prompts after every two chapters of The Black Stallion. This component includes an overview; a response planning sheet; modeling mini posters; four worksheets on describing events, settings, or characters; one worksheet on determining po
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4th - 5th
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Some Places More Than Others Novel Study
This novel study of Some Places More Than Ever by Renee Watson is divided into 6 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 6 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comp
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3rd - 6th
"Theme Park" Book Report For Any Novel, Step-by-step Directions!
No-prep, Book Report to Celebrate Any Novel! After reading any novel, your students will create a theme park based on their novel's overall theme using the guidelines included with this resource.With this project, your students will take an in-depth look at the theme and main ideas of their novel to create their exciting theme park. The students will be responsible for turning in their ride descriptors, planning sheets and complete "Theme Park Guide" to handout to their visitors as they enter
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4th - 6th
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor Novel Study
This novel study of Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the foll
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Novel Study for ANY CHAPTER BOOK | FREEBIE
This novel study freebie is printable, and you can use it with ANY NOVEL OR CHAPTER BOOK! Your students will have fun reading their new favorite book while working on their reading standards.WHAT DOES THE FULL RESOURCE INCLUDE?The full resource chapter book novel study includes worksheets that will help your students become readers who reflect on what they read. This resource is perfect for at-home reading or in-class reading because it is both printable and digital. This resource allows stud
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Stories With Loopholes: Vocabulary Practice for Gifted & Talented Students
This activity promotes critical and divergent thinking as students dive deeper into homonyms/multiple meaning words.Students are given a story/riddle that has a multiple meaning word embedded into the text. They must use inferencing skills to draw a conclusion and solve the riddle.The riddles were adapted from Nathan Levy’s, “Story With Holes”. You can implement this engaging activity in a whole group setting or as an early finisher task.Answer key is included!
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2nd - 6th
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Historical Fiction Book Club for ANY Historical Fiction Book
This complete book club set includes all the components you need to run historical fiction book clubs in your classroom from START to FINISH! Get students interested in how a setting actually plays a role within the text and allow them to think about a text creatively, analytically and critically.
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Lesson Ideas
5 Assignments
Group Project
Individual Reflections
Discussion Chips
Discussion Cards
Discussion Notes Recording Sheet
TAG Feedback
Book Review
Assignment Rubric
Project Rubric
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4th - 6th
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & OTHER LITERARY DEVICES, Grades 5 to 8
Authors use literary techniques to convey meaning and to make the story more interesting to the reader. The understanding of these devices will help students get more enjoyment from the fiction they read—both in and out of the classroom situation. This comprehensive unit uses examples from classic and modern literature to introduce and reinforce literary devices. Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices: Grades 3 to 6 is also available.FORMATEach term is defined. One or more examples ar
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Middle-Grade ELA Bundle: Grades 5–8
Differentiated Literary Elements Crossword Puzzles: 4th & 5th Grades - Set 1
Differentiated Literary Elements Crossword Puzzles: 4th & 5th Grades -- Set 1It's a breeze to differentiate for gifted learners with this set of crossword puzzles. There are two different kinds of puzzles included: one kind for on-level students and one kind for high-ability students. There are two variations of the on-level puzzle. Use the second one for review or re-teaching.The set comes with a key to all puzzles, as well as color and black and white versions.Both kinds of puzzles address
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4th - 5th
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Theme in Yellow by Carl Sandburg Poem Analysis Poetry Writing CCSS Exemplar Text
If your students don't like to write poetry, let's change their minds together! Using Carl Sandburg's "Theme in Yellow" as a mentor text, we'll analyze the poem and then use it to help students write their own poem. This poem is wonderful to analyze because of its rich imagery. To capitalize on that, we'll use images to enrich the experience.Although you can use this resource at any time, this poem is perfect for fall classroom discussion. If you're looking for something perfect for pumpkins and
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Unit CCSS Exemplar Texts Upper Elementary Middle School BUNDLE
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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A Bird Came Down the Walk Emily Dickinson Read Poetry Aloud Oral Reading
Reading poetry out loud can be easy if you know the tips and tricks! This lesson uses Emily Dickinson's poem "A Bird Came Down the Walk" to teach oral reading of poetry. It's an often overlooked standard, but no more! Your students will use these skills for years to come.You'll get a fabulous "How to Read a Poem Aloud" tip sheet that you'll come back to again and again.Students will use this along with a planning sheet for "A Bird Came Down the Walk" to prepare to read the poem aloud.Students wi
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Unit CCSS Exemplar Texts Upper Elementary Middle School BUNDLE
Any Book Novel Study | Reading Response & Literature Circle Worksheets
Imagine the excitement in your classroom as your students engage with standards-based practice that feels like fun! This is a 100+ page standards based novel study that can be used with ANY chapter book, fictional book, or novel! This book study seamlessly combines digital and printable components which makes it NO PREP with the help of TPT's Easel option! Designed to work seamlessly with any fiction book, this dynamic novel study will empower your students to dive into their favorite books whil
Grades:
3rd - 7th
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & OTHER LITERARY DEVICES, Grades 3 to 6
Authors use literary techniques to convey meaning and to make the story more interesting to the reader. The understanding of these devices will help students get more enjoyment from the fiction they read—both in and out of the classroom situation. This comprehensive unit uses examples from classic and modern literature to introduce and reinforce literary devices. (Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices is also available for Grades 5 through 8,)Each term is defined. One or more example
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: ELA Bundle for Grades 3 to 6
Poetry "The Echoing Green" William Blake Close Reading CCSS Text Exemplar
If you would like to lead a high-quality discussion of William Blake's "The Echoing Green," this resource is for you! It's quick but powerful, and addresses figurative language standards, as well as poetry analysis standards. Yea for short lessons that accomplish a ton!You'll get original illustrated versions of the poem, as well as an optional activity that invites students to analyze the poem through the lens of two paintings (one's a Monet!).William Blake's poem is fun to analyze because it s
Grades:
5th - 10th
Also included in: Poetry Unit CCSS Exemplar Texts Upper Elementary Middle School BUNDLE
STEAM Through the Year: Mathematics – Spring Bundle (March, April and May)
Special bundle pricing, each unit is priced at $4.95 each when purchased separately, $12.95 for the bundle. Buy the bundle for a sweet spring deal and save over 12%! STEAM Through the Year: Mathematics Spring Bundle for March, April and May guides you through three months of STEAM lessons and projects. Students build mathematical proficiency with monthly-thematic lessons correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. Here you will find easy-to-use lessons providing prac
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1st - 6th, Not Grade Specific
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Because of Mr. Terupt Literature Study
Because of Mr. Terupt is a great read, but also a GREAT book to get your students thinking about point of view and perspective. This literature study focuses on those two things and more! As the characters each tell the story from their own point of view, your students also will learn about how an author develops characters, creates interactions between characters and how characters change because of others.
With higher level comprehension questions, test-prep quizzes, and MORE for each mont
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4th - 7th
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Common Core: Phrases & Figures of Speech Derived from Greek Myths PART I
The attached worksheets can augment your instruction of sophisticated figures of speech. Herculean effort, Trojan horse, and Achilles' heel are the phrases incorporated in these sheets, which tie directly into the Common Core's requirement for students to become knowledgeable on phrases and figurative language that was derived from Greek mythology.
The sheets provide context reading for the students to make their own inferences regarding of the Greek phrase meaning, antonym identification, rea
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3rd - 6th
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Stay A Novel Study By Bobbie Pyron
This novel study of Stay by Bonnie Pyron is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comprehension questionsVoc
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Eight Keys a Sunshine State Young Readers Bk Complete Study Guide Unit
This comprehensive literature unit is perfect for students to read the text while working as a class read, with peers, small groups, or in a Home School. Each chapter has numerous comprehension questions with a companion teacher key including page numbers for easy reference. Comprehension questions are designed to create discussion and help create a deeper understanding of the text. The unit includes three tests with answer keys. The Novel must be purchased separately.This unit is supported
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3rd - 5th
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Common Core: Phrases & Figures of Speech Derived from Greek Myths PART II
The attached worksheets can augment your instruction of sophisticated figures of speech. Mentor, Pandora's Box, and the Midas Touch are the phrases incorporated in these sheets, which tie directly into the Common Core's requirement for students to become knowledgeable on phrases and figurative language that was derived from Greek mythology.
The sheets provide context reading for the students to make their own inferences regarding of the Greek phrase meaning, antonym identification, real world
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3rd - 6th
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