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Transform your classroom into a detective agency with this comprehensive, highly-engaging novel study for Ellen Raskin's award-winning mystery, The Westing Game!A Complete Detective Adventure for Grades 5-7 Are your students ready to crack the case of Sam Westing's mysterious death? This 170-page resource provides everything you need to guide students through this captivating mystery while building critical reading skills and boosting engagement. Why Teachers Love This Resource: " This is hand

This Flat Stanley project is an engaging integrated unit for your students! This unit has everything you need to mail your own Flat Stanley projects around the world. Your students will love getting mail (and won't even know they are learning)! This Common Core aligned resource also includes Flat Stanley comprehension questions, vocabulary words and graphic organizers to help students understand the novel. This makes for a great activity for students! Students will create their own Flat Stanley

Never scramble for writing topics again! Writing is a crucial skill that requires consistent practice. With over 300 journal prompts for the whole year, your students will be writing every day. Build independent and creative writing skills with these engaging questions and sentence starters. Students will use the writing paper templates to respond to simple prompts with sentences and illustrations. Use the journal covers, calendar pages and writing pages to create a journal each month for st

Transform Student Artwork into Treasured Family Gifts! This student gift to parents or families is simple, easy, and treasured! Your students will create personalized calendars with their own artwork that families can proudly display in their home all year long. Perfect for Christmas, Hanukkah, Mother's Day, Father's Day, or any special occasion, this drawing calendar requires minimal materials and preparation but delivers maximum impact! Why Teachers Love This Resource: This calendar is the gif

In this A Wrinkle in Time novel study, students will dig deep to analyze the life lessons Meg must overcome to complete her dangerous journey by completing fun, challenging lessons and activities. The A Wrinkle in Time novel study includes comprehension questions, important vocabulary, engaging activities, graphic organizers and more! TEXT: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle LEVEL: 5th-7th TOTAL: 90 pages Pacing Guide and Answer Keys includedThis A Wrinkle in Time novel study is jam-pa

Reading Because of Mr. Terupt aloud with your students? Build classroom community with these Because of Mr. Terupt discussion questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud. Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here!These questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students. How do I use the Because

Reading Fish in a Tree aloud with your students? Build classroom community with these Fish in a Tree chapter questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud. Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here!These questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students. How do I use the Fish in a Tree chapter q

Interactive read aloud lesson plans for Social Emotional Learning that are ready for you to simply print and teach! Book Title: What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick SEL Skill: Decision Making: Being Responsible This lesson can now be found inside our popular membership, The Colorful Apple Book Club!__________________________________________________________________How to use this resource:★ Teacher GuideEach interactive read aloud includes a teacher's guide that outlines the lesson.

Reading The Wild Robot aloud with your students? Build classroom community with these The Wild Robot discussion questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud. Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here!These questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students. How do I use The Wild Robot discussion

Never scramble for November writing prompts again! With over 30 November journal prompts, your students will be writing every day. Perfect for November morning work or writing workshop! Build independent and creative writing skills with these engaging questions and sentence starters. Students will use the writing paper templates to respond to simple prompts with sentences and illustrations. Use the journal covers, November calendar pages and writing pages to create a journal each month for s

Career exploration is an important life skill for students! This career readiness project is perfect as a career day project. Give students the chance to think about what their future careers or job might be. Students will examine their own interests and then fill out a resume and job application before going on a job interview in front of their peers. They will think about their hobbies and work habits as they explore the 6 different career clusters. They will then fill out a career interest

Reading Front Desk aloud with your students? Build classroom community with these Front Desk discussion questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud. Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here!These questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students. How do I use the Front Desk discussion questio

Do you ever write something down on a sticky note and then completely forget what it means when you come back to it? Sticky Note Reminders can help! Simply print the template and place colored sticky notes on the template. Then send it back through the printer to add the details! Each printable sticky note pinpoints the important jobs that we have as teachers. The notes have titles, lines and checklists to make it easy for you to stay organized! **2018 Update** Now includes a FULL page of each s

Never scramble for February writing topics again! With over 30 February journal prompts, your students will be writing every day. Perfect for February morning work or writing workshop! >> Grab the full bundle of yearly prompts here! <<Build independent and creative writing skills with these engaging questions and sentence starters. Students will use the writing paper templates to respond to simple prompts with sentences and illustrations. Use the journal covers, calendar pages and

Reading Restart by Gordon Korman aloud with your students? Build classroom community with these Restart discussion questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud. Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here!These questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students. How do I use the Restart discussio

Creating a daily routine in your classroom is important and schedule cards make it that much easier for teachers and students! *NEW* This resource now includes a few editable cards (with and without images), so you can make your own! These ready-to-print cards feature the following common subjects: - Writing - Reading - Social Studies - Science - Dismissal - Lunch - Recess - Music - Art - Library - Computers - Gym - Health - Guidance - Snack (2 options) - Math - Read-Aloud - Arrival - Morning M

Reading Out of My Mind aloud with your students? Build classroom community with these Out of My Mind discussion questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud. Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here!These questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students. How do I use the Out of My Mind discus

Choosing a partner can be a daunting task for teachers and students alike. Why not make it random? These fun cards help students "find" their own buddy. They choose a partner card and search for their classmate who has the matching one! Partner Cards includes: ~ 45 pairs of "We Go Together..." *new pairs added! ~ 9 pairs of Opposites ~ 29 pairs of Emotions/Feelings ~ 9 pairs of Colors ~ 12 pairs of Time ~ 21 pairs of Numbers ~ Wild Card ~ Teacher's Choice Partner cards will get yo

Salt in His Shoes is a great read aloud to teach a goal setting lesson. This interactive read aloud lesson plan for Social Emotional Learning is ready for you to simply print and teach! Students will learn how the character in Salt in His Shoes set a goal and worked towards that goal. Book Title: Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan SEL Skill: Self-Management: Making Goals This lesson can now be found inside our popular membership, The Colorful Apple Book Club!________________________________

Social Emotional Learning is more important than ever right now. But how can you fit it into your schedule? Picture books are a great way to easily incorporate SEL! All of these lessons can now be found inside our popular membership, The Colorful Apple Book Club!These interactive read aloud lesson plans for Social Emotional Learning are ready for you to simply print and teach! They were developed to support you in teaching, modeling and reinforcing these important skills. There are 40 units