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"I'm Done - Now What Do I Do?" is heard all too often, especially during testing periods when students must remain quiet while others finish their work. This pack of fun, engaging, completely independent work will keep students happily and quietly working which means minimal or no classroom management for you - win-win! Contents: Cover Page for Student Use Suggestions for Use of the Activities Pages 3-10 Crossword Puzzles Pages 11-17 Word Searches Pages 18-21 Word Scrambles Pages 22-27 Match-U

The students will BEG for more units like this one! Children of all ages and adults alike are buzzing about Minecraft. Your students will master several essential common core reading standards while enjoying an article All About Minecraft. Citing text evidence, text based answers, close reading, annotating, making inferences, and paraphrasing/summarizing are all necessary throughout common core. Includes: --proven lesson plans --anchor charts --cloze notes --entire high interest article abou

Includes: Printable story for close reading Proven complete lesson plans Anchor Charts Cloze Notes that go along with the anchor chart and lecture Several activities requiring students to refer to the text and provide evidence of what they learned (evidence/text based reading, cite the line/paragraph/page, etc.). "I love the clear font and thank you for including the story as well as all of the worksheets. What a fabulous resource to add to my 7th grade reading curriculum. Thank you for sharin

Kids are going CRAZY for Fortnite! Join the craze in the classroom! ELA UNIT FOR GRADES 3-8  READING COMPREHENSION  CITING TEXT EVIDENCE  GRAMMAR AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE  MAKING PREDICTIONS  SUMMARIZATION, MAKING TEXT CONNECTIONS  ANALYZING QUOTES FROM THE TEXT  ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY FINISHERS Includes Anchor Charts & Answer Keys © MIDDLESCHOOLMENTOR.COM

Fact - your students will retain more if they are interested in what they are reading. This product contains five high Interest “Solve the Mystery” Short Reading Passages with loads of interactive activities to review and reinforce many common core standards for reading. Includes: 5 “Solve the Mystery” Close Reading Passages Post-Reading Activities Requiring Text Based Evidence when Answering Elements of Plot Analysis Character & Setting Analysis For each story/activity, students will use the

Includes everything you need to introduce, implement, practice, and continue a proven routine with your students to require close reading you can see and assess instantly. Students will use four simple steps to close read, annotate text, and use the text to provide text based answers to questions given. Implementing this program last year increased my student's performance tremendously - from 68% of my students passing the state reading test to 98% passing! File includes: --Guides on introduc

Grammar Bits & Pieces - Weeks/Lessons 1-4 - Grades 4-8 pending level/ability A comprehensive daily review of basic grammar including CUPS: Capitalization, Punctuation, Usage, Spelling and SO MUCH MORE! Ideal for bell work, warm-up, substitutes, review, quick assessment, and test preparation. Includes anchor charts, teaching strategies, notes pages, printables, answer keys, and “I’m through, what can I do?” activities. Contents/Objectives Covered: Commas Dialogue Punctuation Homophones Common

Grammar Bits & Pieces - Weeks/Lessons 5-8 - Grades 4-8 pending level/ability A comprehensive daily review of basic grammar including CUPS: Capitalization, Punctuation, Usage, Spelling, Parts of Speech and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS a daily "I'm Through What Can I Do" activity for early finishers! Ideal for bell work, warm-up, substitutes, review, quick assessment, and test preparation. Includes anchor charts, teaching strategies, notes pages, printables, answer keys, and “I’m through, what can I do?

UPDATED - Now with 34 pages of Leadership and Data Tools and Pages for Notebooks! Such a key tool for tracking progress, setting goals, holding students accountable, student-led conferencing, parent communication and more! Includes: Cover Sheet 5 Tabs Suggestions: Goals, Data, Leadership Roles, Victories, Conferences Developing a Class Mission Statement Guides Setting, Planning and Tracking Personal Goals Setting, Planning and Tracking Academic Goals Reviewing Goals Data Graphs for Successmak

Students will LOVE this high interest unit as they close read and annotate their favorite song lyrics while learning, developing, and refining their knowledge of a multitude of common core reading standards. They will annotate text, cite text evidence, make predictions, identify figurative language, answer questions with references to the text and use compare/contrast. Students are sure to remember how to utilize all of these strategies on future assignments and assessments when they are abl

Includes: --Printable story for close reading --Proven complete lesson plans --Anchor Charts --Cloze Notes that go along with the anchor chart and lecture --Several activities requiring students to refer to the text and provide evidence of what they learned (evidence/text based reading, cite the line/paragraph/page, etc.). --KWL Chart for this article --Summarize/Paraphrase Charts for this article --Inference Questions for this article ALL ANSWER KEYS "I love the clear font and thank you for

Students need to know how to locate a main/central idea, identify supporting details and write an objective summary. This lesson makes learning all three of these critical standards easy and fun for the teacher and students with anchor charts, posters, lesson ideas, sample practice items and a complete assessment. Common Core Standard: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details: provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or

Everything you need for the first week back! Your students will enjoy these activities as you get to know each other and present important information through fun, interactive activities. Back to School Activities for Middle School Includes: Getting to Know You Good or Bad Choices? Goal Setting Technology Tips Following Directions Activities Effective Teachers, Students and Classrooms Leadership and Citizenship Hygiene and Health Icebreaker Activity

Take advantage of the latest internet craze "What Does The Fox Say" with this high interest, engaging lesson requiring students to read an article about what a fox really says and then cite text to answer questions with text based evidence. Includes: Printable article with images for close reading Proven complete lesson plans Anchor Charts Cloze Notes that go along with the anchor chart and lecture Several activities requiring students to refer to the text and provide evidence of what they lea

Everything you need for the first week back! Your students will enjoy these activities as you get to know each other and present important information through fun, interactive activities. Back to School Activities for Middle School Includes: Getting to Know You Good or Bad Choices? Goal Setting Technology Tips Following Directions Activities Effective Teachers, Students and Classrooms Leadership and Citizenship Hygiene and Health Icebreaker Activity

ENTIRE POKEMON GO ELA UNIT FOR GRADES 3-8  READING COMPREHENSION  CITING TEXT EVIDENCE  GRAMMAR AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE  MAKING PREDICTIONS  SUMMARIZATION, MAKING TEXT CONNECTIONS  ANALYZING QUOTES FROM THE TEXT  ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY FINISHERS - WORD SEARCHES, MAZES, WORD SCRAMBLE Includes Anchor Charts AND Answer Keys

UPDATED 8-25-2013 with 10 new and improved pages - see details below. All inclusive reading journal or notebook pages with graphic organizer for everything you will need to set up and run interactive reading journals. All activities are tied to common core standards and most have the "I Can" statement directly on the page. The pages are all formatted to fit in to a standard composition book which I highly recommend using for your journals. Let the students decorate their books/journals with

For "Here Comes Santa Claus", "The Christmas Song", "Frosty The Snowman", and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"... Includes: Printable song lyrics for four well-known children's Winter Holiday Songs Proven complete lesson plans Anchor Charts Cloze Notes that go along with the anchor chart and lecture Several activities requiring students to refer to the text and provide evidence of what they learned (evidence/text based reading, cite the line/paragraph/page, etc.). "I love the clear font a

Everything you need for this entire unit using Jerry Spinelli's "Maniac Magee" along with Gary Soto's poem, "Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes". Laid out with an easy to follow daily agenda, complete lessons, worksheets, printables, posters, graphic organizers, vocabulary and spelling worksheet packets, literacy centers, and a whole lot more! Included: --Cover Page with a Link to the Complete Story Text --Day One Overview --Question of the Day --Background Information (including graphic organizers)

Common Core Reading (4-8th grades) – 100+ pages! Plus Bonus “I’m Through What Can I Do” Activities Fall Theme Set Each passage includes: • Article with close reading instructions • Vocabulary & spelling with related activities (word parts & more) • Follow up comprehension questions that require the student to cite text evidence for their answer • Graphic organizers for two or more of the following: main idea, theme, setting, characterization, imagery, compare/contrast • Follow up writing activ