Creations by Riley

This poster/note sheet reminds students what all they need to include in their painted essays. Can be used with or separately from the Wit & Wisdom program! Includes both color and blank versions if you wish for students to color their open painted essay/paragraph notes as you discuss.

Author's Craft poster/anchor chart/notes. Used with 4th grade Wit & Wisdom curriculum, but could be used for other ELA objectives.

This anchor chart/poster/handout supports student understanding of literal vs figurative. Includes examples and definitions.

This resource can be used as a poster or handout for students to have sentence starters when participating in classroom discussions or socratic seminars!

Similes vs Metaphors Poster/Handout including examples of each

This document includes links for you to make a copy of ALL Question Sets (40 total) for the Grade 4 Wit & Wisdom Curriculum. The Google Forms are great for students to get immediate feedback and for teachers to assess student comprehension and understanding of grade-level standards.

Anchor chart to support writing narratives in Wit & Wisdom Grade 4 Module 2.

S.N.O.T.S. (Small Notes On The Side) gives students guidelines for annotating texts.

Can be used as a poster and/or student notes to aid them in completing Boxes & Bullets Evidence Organizers throughout the 4th grade modules. (May be used in other grades as well.)

This Socratic Seminar Norms poster can be posted in your classroom or passed out/agreed upon by students to make Socratic Seminars run smoothly in your classroom!

This poster gives students some examples of what constitutes a read/think/wonder chart for Wit & Wisdom practices. This could also be used separately from the Wit & Wisdom program!

Help your students improve their math talk (or even ELA discussions) with these sentence starters! I display mine on a bulletin board for easy reference! This document includes the following sentence starters: How do you know that?The first thing I did was...Why are our answers different?What strategy did you use?I noticed...I wonder...I'd like to add...I agree because...I disagree because...My partner said...I know this because...My thinking changed when _______ said...I feel confused about...I

These posters/handouts help students when writing using quotations. Includes rules and examples for each type of tag.

Supports Wit & Wisdom's definition of "greathearted" for Grade 4 Module 1.

Cactus-themed alphabet to spice up your classroom!

Neutral rainbow alphabet posters to spice up your classroom. Just print and laminate!

This jungle-themed resource can help you plan a lesson to help students learn when to add or subtract in word problems. Multiple activity ideas for the lesson included.

This poster or note sheet gives students 5 things to include in their opinion writing paragraphs/essays.

This resource can be used as a poster for your classroom or as notes for your students as they dive into historical fiction texts.