Grab this 34-page FREE packet to use when teaching story elements (character, setting, problem and solution) in your classroom. Many of the worksheets/graphic organizers can be used for any text. If you like the free resource here, be sure to join the VIP Resource Library (aka: your soon-to-be favorite spot on the web). Enjoy!___________________________________You may also like…→ Story Retelling Activities and Worksheets→ Story Elements Bundle: Character, Setting, Problem & Solution→ Digital

Teaching main idea and supporting details can be frustrating for teachers and difficult for students to understand. This resource is scaffolded to help all of your students - even your struggling students - better understand main idea and key details. As an added bonus, most of the activities are no prep! This main idea unit starts easy (with activities that make a great introduction for beginners) and gets increasingly more difficult to help students develop a true understanding of the diffe

Do you want to introduce your students to new genres or new choices of books? Hold a BOOK TASTING in your classroom! This event will get your students motivated and excited about reading! Hold this event 2-3 times a year in your classroom and/or make it an evening event for parents to "sample" new books with their children. Resource includes: book tasting menuplace matsreflection napkinsbookmarksgenre signs with definitionsgenre bookmarks with definitionsevent signs, table signsname tentsreserva

This NO PREP Packet for February / Valentine's Day has a lot of FUN and engaging activities that meet Grade Level Standards! There is NO PREP, no need to laminating or use costly colored ink! These activities are perfect for morning work, literacy, math and writing centers, homework folders, early finishers and more! ***************************************************************************Save BIG and buy THE BUNDLE THE BUNDLE (1st Grade)October NO PREP Packet (1st Grade)November NO PREP Pa

These 32 context clues task cards are incredibly helpful in teaching students how to decipher meaning from short passages. A context clues anchor chart is also included! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysAnchor ChartDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonAudio Support Self-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recordi

Your early finishers will be engaged every minute of the day with this bundle of 3 of my very popular DIGITAL and PRINTABLE Early Finisher Task Cards! There are 108 Task Cards TOTAL in this bundle! (108 printable task cards and 160 digital Google Slides activities!)Included in this huge set of early finisher task cards are Creative & Critical Thinking Task Cards, Math Task Cards, and Language Arts Task Cards. Keep your students engaged in meaningful work, even when they have finished their

These 32 Character Traits task cards are the perfect practice opportunity for students who are working on inferencing and character analysis in a text. WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resource

This first grade writing bundle is aligned to the Common Core standards and helps students with personal narratives, opinion writing, and informative writing as they work through the writing process. Students will brainstorm, draw, write, revise, edit and publish their own writing pieces for each genre of writing. This unit covers narrative writing, opinion writing and informative writing for all first grade writing standards!Each unit includes:Daily lessons set up in the "I do, We do, You do" f

Gingerbread Man Unit for Math and Literacy Fun!This gingerbread unit is packed full of standards-based activities for a kindergarten or first-grade classroom.It includes:*Comprehension Questions and lots of printables for the Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone and the Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Ernst*Directions for making a paper bag book*Gingerbread in a Jar craft *Math surveys*Gingerbread Glyph with poster, directions, and pattern templates*Gingerbread Data Sheet*Gingerbread Glyph book*Class Graphi

This NO PREP packet for March (St. Patrick's Day) has a lot of FUN and engaging activities that meet Common Core Standards! There is NO PREP, no need to laminate, no cutting or use of costly colored ink! These activities are perfect for morning work, literacy, math and writing centers, homework folders, early finishers and more!******************************************************************************************************************************************************Save BIG and buy TH

These 23 Informational Text Feature Task Cards are a great supplemental activity to increase your students' understanding and to help them to use nonfiction (informational text) resources more effectively.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:23 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! T

This is the most adorable card for mother's day. It is a writing activity and craft that is in the shape of a flower bouquet for mom! The best part is it will tell mom why she is so special and these flowers will live forever! This craft works for grades K-2. This would also be a beautiful writing display for the month of May! All black-line masters for the Mother's Day craft activity are included in the download. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

After many years of cutting out rubrics and stapling them on to writing samples, I realized I could embed them into the actual writing template! This has saved tons of time, trees, not to mention my hands (no more cutting out rubrics)! These templates were game changers the second I brought them into the classroom. My favorite thing about these writing templates is that it made grading writing more consistent. I no longer wondered what papers deserved As, Bs, Cs, etc. I simply followed the rubr

This packet of informational handouts is aimed at parents of children in grades K-2. Each subject-themed sheet contains tips, ideas, and strategies parents can do at home to build their child's skills. These would be perfect to attach to a weekly newsletter, pass out at the beginning of the school year, or hand out at parent conferences or parent nights! Handouts come in both English and Spanish!Included:*Ways to Make Spelling Fun*Building Math Skills at Home*Building a Reader at Home*Buildin

Christmas Activities for Math & Literacy Fun! This resource is jam-packed with standards-based activities to use in your Kindergarten or First-grade classroom. This Christmas resource includes:*Original Christmas book for Shared Reading (not religion-based)*Christmas Emergent Reader in black and white* Rhyming Words Center and Recording Sheet* Christmas Tree Sums Math Center*Santa Art Project which includes TWO writing projects: a Santa list and a Santa letter*Candy Cane Five Senses Invest

Are you looking for high engagement 2D and 3D shapes activities? These flexible and fun geometry activities are ideal for whole group and small group lessons teaching 2D and 3D shape identification, attributes of shapes, and writing about math. Students compare and distinguish between attributes, match geometry vocabulary to shapes, and identify shapes by their attributes. This resource now includes 6 interactive digital activities on Google Slides with directions for assigning them in Google Cl

Word Work (The Bundle) is a hands-on and effective way to work with CVC Word Families, CVCC Word Families, CVCe Word Families and Beginning Blends! This bundle is packed with interactive worksheets that make learning to read FUN! This Word Work bundle includes the following:CVC Word Family Word Work-at Word Family-ad Word Family-ag Word Family-am Word Family-an Word Family-ap Word Family-at Word Family-ed Word Family-en Word Family-et Word Family-id Word Family-ig Word Family-in Word Family-i

Informational Text Reading Skills and Close Reading Task Cards for Comprehension Skill ReviewEngage your readers with high-interest reading comprehension passages and corresponding questions! This resource includes 32 half-page informational text task cards with 4 comprehension questions and tasks on EACH card for a total of 128 informational text questions! Engage your students in meaningful close reading practice and review key reading skills associated with informational and nonfiction text

This Reading Strategy resource contains 140 different comprehension strategy questions and reader response prompts to use for understanding checks, reading notebooks, oral discussions, or exit slips after reading ANY fiction text. These reading response questions can be used for guided reading groups, after read alouds, during whole-class shared reading activities, for partner discussions after independent reading, or for language centers. There are 7 different groups of questions and prompts

Have some fun on the 100th Day of School with these Math & Literacy Activities. This 100th day Mini unit includes everything you need to have a day of fun and learning! Included are:Directions and Patterns for the Me at 100 art projectWriting templates & cover: 100 Days SmarterWriting templates & cover: If I had $100 dollarsWriting templates & cover: If I could eat 100...Templates for 100th Day of School CrownsFIVE 100th Day Station stem activities Estimation StationWhat Can Yo

American Symbols Math and Literacy FunThis unit is packed with enough ideas and activities for a one or two week unit on American Symbols and Presidents. BUY THE BUNDLE AND SAVEOver 100 pages of resources and activities. Included in this unit are: Nonfiction text with a page for each symbolEmergent reader of the symbols for kids to read and colorAmerican symbols book to label and write about the symbolsFull-color pictures to make graphic organizers and chartsStatue of Liberty measurement activ

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Kindergarten Morning Work Part 2This pack contains 3 months of printables that can be used as Morning Work, Homework, or as an Assessment. Language Arts and Math are reviewed on a daily basis and support the Common Core State Standards.In this pack, students will:Identify and circle all capital and lowercase lettersPrint capital and lowercase lettersColor pictures that begin with a specific letter sound (A - Z)Trace and write sight wordsWrite beginning consonant soundsTrace and write numbers (0

Sight word and word families activities that students love! These worksheets will last you all year!This packet is filled with word study fun! Students will read, stamp, trace, and write these 50 emergent high-frequency words!Sight words that are included are:is, see, can, it, thego, look, to, we, atam, in, he, yes, nosay, play, may, way, dayyou, all, of, and, likewent, have, she, this, hadhere, that, if, did, forthey, on, not, his, hersaid, me, him, up, waswith, big, little, came, becauseStud