Need a simple-to-use tool to help your students remember the reading comprehension skills and strategies they need to succeed? These 24 reading bookmarks will help students practice reading strategies and skills with questions and sentence frames. Use the reading bookmarks as strategy references or to keep track of reading skills across multiple books or reading comprehension passages.The bookmarks are divided into two categories:★ 17 Reading Skills bookmarks★ 7 Reading Strategies bookmarksEach

Use these discussion starters as part of morning meeting, a writing center, work on writing, partner work, morning work, or as writing prompts.Included are 108 discussion starters, as well as 9 blank cards that you can use to create your own. There are 9 prompts per page in black and white which makes for easy printing.UPDATED 2/4/18 to include a digital version of each card which are perfect for projecting in your classroom. The digital discussion starters are easy to read, but include a colorf

Set clear expectations for your students before every activity with the CHAMPS behavior management system. This resource has over 170 poster options to customize the system to meet your needs! Stop behavior issues before they start with this organized system. CHAMPS is not a system of rules and consequences.  It’s a way to clearly communicate to your students in a positive manner making it easier for expectations to be met.  CHAMPS communicates 6 expectations:C - Conversation (no talking, whispe

These are COMPLETE 400+ pages of Assessments and Teaching Notes for ALL English Language Arts Standards for 3rd Grade. These will cover your entire year! Reading comprehension (literature and informational), writing, language/grammar, fluency, speaking and listening are all included.Use them for more than just assessments. They are a perfect supplement to your English Language Arts Curriculum.·These will work with ANY reading program and allow teachers to conduct a thorough assessment of a stand

Over 1,200 cards in color AND black/white. A TPT best-seller FOR A REASON! The ONLY articulation cards you will ever need...no more thinking of the correct word or sentence! Each MULTI-LEVEL CARD includes:picturewordphrasesentencesound-loaded sentence-Target sounds are phonemically isolated and underlined.-Data tracking included for progress monitoring. -Options to use as a full sheet printable.WHAT'S INCLUDED:18 cards each: INITIAL - MEDIAL - FINAL S12 cards each: INITIAL - SM, SN, SW, ST, SL,

Literature Circles Adapted for Lower Elementary Grades: Literature Circles make the perfect Book Clubs and are an effective and engaging way to get students invested in reading and they align perfectly with the standards for speaking and listening!I like to think of Literature Circles as a structured book group. After explicit modeling, these groups can become independent. Each student takes on a role that rotates with each meeting. These roles include discussion director, illustrator, word

Make learning about Earth's natural resources engaging with this planned out, easy to use hands-on unit! This unit includes 10 days of lesson plans and activities perfect for exploring living & nonliving resources, renewable & nonrenewable resources, and energy sources. Both a print and interactive digital version made for Google slides are included.A kid-friendly fact book includes all reading material in one easy to use place. Activities require little to no prep and minimal supplies w

These point of view worksheets and activities contain the perfect informational text passages that clearly state the author's point of view. This resource contains engaging topics that will help students identify an author's point of view, find evidence to support it, and share their own viewpoint in relation to the author. CLICK HERE to save 20% with the Point of View BUNDLE!What's Included:•Passages and activities for having a television in your room•Passages and activities for spiders as fr

Oral language is the foundation to which students learn! Speaking and listening skills and standards are often not given enough priority within the classroom, and yet your students’ communication abilities are a vitally important component of their success in this world. This pack helps you intentionally focus on speaking and listening skills within your classroom. It will engage your students in collaborate discussions and increase their overall communication abilities as they practice speakin

Comprehensive and systematic Vocalic R teaching & elicitation activities using the proven coarticulation method. This slide-and-say strategy will be the DIFFERENCE-MAKER in your speech therapy sessions with students who are stuck in progress. I'm an SLP with 20 years of experience using coarticulation in my speech therapy sessions.Coarticulation is especially effective with motor-based speech disorders like Apraxia. This resource offers multiple opportunities to shape vocalic R from a well-e

Running book clubs in your classroom is an effective and engaging way to get students invested in reading and students participating! The standards for speaking and listening align perfectly with students participating in Book Clubs! The trick to making this a successful enterprise in your classroom is ORGANIZATION! Help your students keep track of the when, where, and how much, all while having discussion questions for book clubs ready to go!Included in this pack is:Lesson plan on how to get th

These BEST SELLING Partner Pairing Cards and Classroom Expectation Posters are a FABULOUS way to get your students up and moving around the room while providing clear expectations so they can interact and learn with lots of different classmates throughout the day!The problem-solving and critical thinking involved in pairing up takes partner activities to the next level! My students LOVE the anticipation of figuring out what picture partners up with theirs, and then who they are going to find hol

This EDITABLE Literature Circle Binder is the perfect way to engage your students in deeper level thinking about a text! This binder can be used with ANY GRADE LEVEL!THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:■ Printable version of the binder■ Digital Google Slides version of the binder (ready to assign to students)■ Editable Google Slides template (for teacher changes)■ Editable text (change the text, font, size, and color)■ Multi-page product info guide■ Tutorial videoWATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE HOW I USE THIS BINDER

This unit provides teachers with EVERYTHING they need to successfully launch both reading and writing workshops in the first month of school!! COPYRIGHT NOTE: This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Jen Bengel at Out of This World Literacy™.NEW 2nd EDITION: This unit was completely revised into a 2nd edition!GOOGLE CLASSROOM DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE!The student pages for each reading and writing lesson are now available in a digital version!What's Included:20 reading

Do your students know how to have REAL discussions where they actually listen to each other and link their ideas to others in the group? If not, Discussion Connections has the tools you need to foster effective cooperative learning discussions. This product includes five lessons that make it easy for K-8 teachers to meet CCSS standards for speaking and listening and to foster effective text-based discussions. Not all lessons can be used with all grade levels, so preview this packet before purcha

Classroom Book Clubs: Literature Circles Made Easy includes 5 short videos for teachers plus the printables you need to set up and run Literature Circles in your classroom. This method does not include Literature Circle roles, so the program is easy to implement in a flexible manner. Kids love this method because it's more fun than traditional forms of Literature Circles, and teachers love it because it's easy and effective! After you purchase Classroom Book Clubs, look for the PDF with directio

This product is designed to help primary students write perfect paragraphs with five main parts: an introduction, three details or reasons, and a closing statement. The students are asked to complete the parts in a step-by-step approach in a logical order that makes sense and is easy for students to grasp. They will also review and discuss their peers’ writing and provide feedback for revising and editing.These activities can be completed as morning work, homework, early finisher activities, pa

Figurative Language: 62 pages - this Common Core aligned pack is filled with fun activities that your students will enjoy. This will help your students learn the 8 common types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, oxymoron, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole and idioms through this packet. Engaging small and whole group activities, worksheets, games and more were carefully made for your class to enjoy. This pack includes: Common Core State Standards Covered 36 task car

Looking for an effective and fun way to spruce up your classroom bulletin boards? Look no further! This “Be Somebody” bulletin board kit was inspired by Kid President! The full quote is, “Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like a Somebody.” It is a powerful reminder for our students to follow the golden rule and make everyone feel special! Inside you will find:*Cover Page*Printing Instructions for PDF*JPEG Images to use on Cricut or Silhouette machines*3 Color Posters*Large Letters with

Here's your comprehensive, PRINTABLE & DIGITAL novel unit for Shiloh - one that will have your students eager to begin reading each day! Seamlessly weave in critical reading skills and strategies as your students read, respond, and complete a wide-variety of activities. The user-friendly teacher guide makes prep and planning straight-forward and easy.Skip the typical boring novel units, and implement one that encourages meaningful discussion and critical thinking without taking away from the

These 10 simple discussion strategies will increase engagement as your students have meaningful accountable talk conversations with their peers. The colorful posters are ready to print and hang or digitally project in your classroom for easy reference when you want to get kids speaking and listening about topics or text. Introduce and model a few strategies at a time then mix it up throughout the year to maintain high student engagement and accountability during discussions.Posters and accounta

Do you enjoy the benefits of morning meeting but dread the prep and planning that go into it? Is your morning meeting routine getting stale? This digital morning meeting product is pre-planned so you have 40 weeks of morning meeting right at your fingertips! Almost ZERO prep, and the messages are totally customizable! ⭐ The best part? NO PRINTING, NO PAPER—it’s all on your whiteboard in colorful displays for students to engage in meaningful conversation! The text is 100% editable for your mornin

This Genius Hour Project Based Learning interactive notebook and DIGITAL pack will help you and your students begin Genius Hour with ease! This set will help your students develop a GROWTH MINDSET as they go through a series of self awareness activities to create a project that interests them while learning important skills as they go along. Perfect for distance learning. Includes a digital learning set compatible with Google™ and OneDrive**/Teams/PowerpointThe digital only version is available

Using discussion starters is a great way to incorporate speaking and listening standards while helping building a community of learners in your classroom.What are discussion starters?Discussion starters cards that contain a question, thought, or task for students to think about, and respond to. There are a range of topics within each month ranging from seasons and weather, to holidays and special events, to general themes I included for each month. Each discussion starter is on a small card, wit