Teaching reading comprehension strategies to beginning readers can be difficult. But with this scaffolded and differentiated resource, you will have everything you need to teach your students about finding text evidence, citing text evidence and making inferences using context clues. I like to call this Text Evidence 101! This text evidence and inferencing resource was purposefully designed to break these essential reading strategies into small parts and then slowly lead your students to indep

When it comes to getting students to write stories that will keep readers or listeners on the edge of their seats, nothing beats a good old-fashioned SCARY or SCARY STORY. This Halloween Narrative Writing Unit is perfect to help your kiddos write super scary stories! There is even a Google Slides version if you are doing distance learning. Click on the PREVIEW to see everything that is included.This product contains two magic words: CHOICE and TOOLS.  Students are offered a buffet of plots, set

This Doodle and Do resource is designed to help students understand 8 types of figurative language. First, students will complete highly engaging Doodle Notes about each type of figurative language. They'll doodle and sketch their notes on 5 different engaging doodle note pages. Students will learn about each type, review examples, and create examples of their own. Next, they’ll complete a fun writing activity for each type of figurative language. They’ll create silly similes with spinners,

This EDITABLE bell ringer journal is for the entire school year including 275 journal prompts for 4TH, 5TH AND 6TH grade students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of journal prompts in an organized and focused way. The journal is organized by month with 25 entries per section. Students will strengthen their writing and critical thinking skills with these unique, higher level thinking bell ringers. UPDATEI have included an EDITABLE version of the bell ringer journal t

This bundle of figurative language resources features many engaging activities, including a PowerPoint, a flipbook, partner plays, games, worksheets, and more!The following literary devices are featured in this bundle: →Simile→Metaphor→Onomatopoeia→Personification→Alliteration→Hyperbole→IdiomThis bundle includes: 42-slide PowerPoint (You have my permission to convert this PowerPoint to Google Slides, if you wish.)4-page matching PowerPoint companion handout (You get to choose whether you want t

Grammar and Language Arts Bundle for 1st GradeI am extremely excited to offer a NO PREP Language Arts and Grammar MEGA Bundle for 1st grade! We have a 2nd Grade Bundle available HEREWhat is included in this NO PREP Language Arts and Grammar BUNDLE? NOTE: Use the BONUS file to access all the lesson plans, assessments and ordered units. Please download the BONUS file to use the lesson plans with the ordered packets. Otherwise, you will be using the individual packets listed in the description wi

Delight your students with gingerbread man activities and comparing favorite versions of The Gingerbread Man! This unique and creative unit has both printable and digital activities on Google Slides, and is designed to be non-holiday related so you can use it any time of year. This large resource includes 2-3 weeks of detailed lesson plans, 9 comprehension lessons with print and digital options of the reading activities, literacy centers, quizzes, and crafts. Many of the activities are not book

Looking for something to help your students with their WRITING? This easy-to-use set of activities, graphic organizers, and templates will help your students write persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and expository pieces. Templates can be used all year for multiple writing assignments and can easily be differentiated for varying grades and abilities. Includes five of my writing packages with detailed assignment sheets, mentor texts, self-assessment rubrics, peer editing activities, grading ru

The Hunger Games Literature Guide Novel Teaching Unit Bundle with Lessons Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - Digital Download UPDATED for distance learning with a DIGITAL version of my Survival Guide that can be shared on a secured platform with your students. They can type directly into the document!This is a comprehensive literature guide for the entire novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It correlates with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 6-12 in En

This is a set of 32 multiple choice figurative language task cards (and google slides/Easel activities). Each card features a different figure of speech within the context of a paragraph. Seven types of figurative language are featured on these cards: similemetaphoridiomhyperbolepersonificationonomatopoeiaalliteration~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What's Included?Teacher Instructions32 Task Cards with Underlining (easier)32 Task Cards without Underlining (advanced)Black L

Teaching poetry reading and analysis doesn't have to be intimidating or overwhelming. This poetry unit makes interpreting and analyzing poetry very accessible! In this CCSS-aligned poetry unit students will closely read five poems from diverse authors. Each poem is accompanied by four analysis tasks. After each reading, students dive deeper into the interpretation and analysis of the poem. Then, based on the work that students have done while reading and responding to the poem, they will c

Adding descriptive words in narrative and informational compositions is tricky! Students will receive a variety of synonyms for 40 commonly used words! These synonym charts (hang on the wall, put into writing folders/journals, or place on a binder ring for portable student access) and thesaurus booklets will increase depth and creativity in student word choice and writing! Students will quickly begin writing more descriptively by placing these interesting words right at their fingertips! These n

Bell ringer journal for the entire school year including 275 journal prompts for middle and high school students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of journal prompts in an organized and focused way. The journal is organized by month with 25 entries per section. Students will strengthen their writing and critical thinking skills with these unique, higher level thinking bell ringers. UPDATEI have included an EDITABLE version of the bell ringer journal to help fit each t

Growth Mindset bell ringer journal for the entire school year including 275 journal prompts for middle and high school students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of growth mindset related journal prompts in an organized and focused way. The journal is organized by month with 25 entries per section. Students will strengthen their writing and critical thinking skills with these unique, higher level thinking bell ringers. NOTE: This bell ringer journal has completely di

Bell ringer journal for the entire school year including 275 journal prompts for middle and high school students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of journal prompts in an organized and focused way. The journal is organized by month with 25 entries per section. Students will strengthen their writing and critical thinking skills with these unique, higher level thinking bell ringers. NOTE: This bell ringer journal has completely different prompts from volume one as well

5 WEEKS INCLUDED in this meaningful & rigorous weekly reading homework aligned to the 3rd, 4th & 5th grade standards! Are you looking for homework or reading station resources to assist repeated readings and your Common Core instruction? This time-saving set includes a printable PDF and an EDITABLE PowerPoint file for you to include this fables, folktales & myth unit in your classroom! (UPDATED June 2019) so this 5 WEEK product is now FULLY EDITABLE!This means your zip file contains

Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for Reading Notebooks Grades 6, 7, 8 - Use with Any Fiction & Informational Texts NEWLY UPDATED! This bundle of organizers has 50 new pages added! Total of 92 organizers, plus 10 bonus pages.EDITABLE ORGANIZERS HERE:Google Drive Literature Graphic Organizers (Common Core Aligned)**If you teach multiple grade levels, purchase the set for the highest grade level you teach. You do not need to purchase both the 6,7,8 and 9-10 packs. The 9-10 builds on th

Use this figurative language PowerPoint to introduce seven common types of figurative language to your students. It contains 42 slides and a 4-page companion handout. It focuses on the following literary devices:SimileMetaphorAlliterationOnomatopoeiaPersonificationHyperboleIdiomThe first 14 slides contain a definition and example for each literary device. Following the explanation slide, students choose which of the sentences provided is an example of that particular literary device. The final 2

Figurative language posters help reinforce students' understanding of the various figurative techniques, whilst at the same time brightening up your classroom walls and creating an engaging learning environment. **************************************************************************BRAND NEW 2019: If you are looking for a different design, check out my BOLD NEW Figurative Language Posters Vol II! **************************************************************************17 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

This Hatchet Novel Study Unit includes comprehension questions and writing prompts for reading response, a literature guide, vocabulary, and more for the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Using student-friendly printable and digital formatting, this Hatchet Unit Plan is perfect for teaching literature groups or working with book clubs. Daily comprehension questions require students to focus on text analysis and responding to literature, and the vocabulary focus builds word knowledge and academic voc

Grammar Day by Day is a YEAR-LONG bundle of DAILY grammar worksheets that are perfect for your daily dose of grammar practice! Great for morning work, grammar centers, and supports any grammar curriculum! Includes print and digital versions!⭐️DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW FILE TO SEE THIS RESOURCE IN DETAIL⭐️There are so many perks to this INCREDIBLE resource:40 different grammar skills includedNo prepArrange the patterns in any orderGrammar skill identified on each pageSentence activities includedScaffo

Need great morning work for 3rd grade? This Third Grade Daily Language and Grammar Review is the 3rd grade version of our popular 4th grade Daily Language Review that is currently in use in over 3,000 classrooms. It is provided in printable and Google Slides formats.**************************************************************************⭐ NOTE: This great resource has been updated to include a Google Slides version for use in Google Classroom and on other learning platforms. If you already o

Do you want to help your students understand a wide range of figurative language techniques? These worksheets will do just that. Each worksheet contains information and examples on each technique (which can be cut off and make for great notes in their books), as well as practice exercises. Answer keys are also provided. **************************************************************************LOOKING FOR A DIGITAL VERSION? These worksheets are designed to be printed and completed on paper. If yo

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee literature novel guide: lessons, tests, and creative activities created and written by Tracee Orman. I've included EDITABLE files (in Microsoft Word) so you can customize the resources to suit the needs of your students.This unit IS included in my To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit and Interactive Notebook Unit Growing BundleThe unit includes:• Introduction activities, including To Kill a Mockingbird KWL Introduction Activity• List of vocabulary words and def