Bookish Brainiacs

This resource includes all of the materials to teach For Everyone and Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds. This is about a two week unit but can be stretched to fit your personal needs! All of the lesson plan details are listed in the outline. This unit includes intellectual discussions about the meaning behind For Everyone and a creative project to conclude Ain't Burned All the Bright. Both activities for both books are mainly student-led to allow them to have ownership over their

This question trail for Night by Elie Wiesel is perfect for checking for comprehension while incorporating some movement around your classroom! This activity incorporates comprehension questions, theme questions, and literary device questions about the novel. This activity works best toward the end of the unit as it has questions from all the way up to chapter six in the novel. If you need a review day for your students this is the activity for you!! It includes 10 multiple choice questions and

Labels for a student hygiene station! Lots of items that are listed are things students frequently ask for throughout the school year!

Compiled in this bundle are all of the resources you need to complete a fun Olympic Games review day with your students! This is a perfect way for you to culminate your unit and leave a lasting impression on your students. Students will complete fun hands-on minute-to-win-it games and challenge each other to correctly complete as many review questions as they can. Students will walk out of your room grinning ear to ear and it is a lesson they will never forget!

Host a book tasting with this Starbooks Cafe resource! I generated this resource to host a four-stationed book tasting where each group/table will have different genres to pick from! Students will spend about 10-15 minutes at each station looking through the books and jotting down their most memorable ones. This is to generate book recommendations for their independent reading books! **If utilizing the editable PPTs you will need to have the KA fonts from TPT if you would like to use the same fo

Want your students to express their creativity after experiencing the amazing talen of Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin? This graphic novel panel project will challenge your students creatively while having them utilize the themes of the book to create their own artwork to make a graphic novel panel. They will be working with household materials, a limited number of words, and utilizing their knowledge from the book to follow in the footsteps of these amazing collaborators! I gave students about

This fun activity will have students guessing who said the quote, Shakespeare or Taylor Swift. It'll have your true Swiftie fans second guessing if they really know all of her lyrics! This activity includes a slideshow with quotes that include the correct answers, and a corresponding worksheet. I used this as a fun way to end the last 15 minutes of class!

Want to complete your Odyssey unit in a fun way? Host an Olympic Games review day once you complete your unit for guaranteed smiles on your students' faces. Lots of fun things are included in this resource and a how-to guide for ensuring this day runs successfully! Materials include: Station signsStation instructionsSmall poster to print and hang on your door for the day ofPrint-out guideTeacher Guide

Writer's notebook paper inserts!What's included:Cover sheet for writer's notebook.There are two options for the cover sheets. There is a full sheet which can be printed and cut down to fit the notebook or there are half sheets. These half sheets are compatible with the Avery 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" shipping labels. If you decide to use the shipping labels, you can print directly on them with a DeskJet or InkJet printer and stick the cover on the notebook!I have four, tabbed check pages included to grad

Have your students analyze Kendrick Lamar's symbolic 2025 halftime performance at the Super Bowl! For this assignment, students can annotate the lyrics, watch his performance, and answer some analysis questions!

Teaching students how to make inferences and want them to have a memorable experience with it? This lesson is designed to get students up and moving to work together to make inferences about other teachers in your building! I assign students into groups and designate classrooms for them to travel to and make inferences on that teacher based on about 3 minutes of observation. Their job is to enter the classroom, observe about 3 minutes of their teaching, observe the classroom, the photos in the r

Valentine Gram Tags for candy and snacks! Easy gifts for students.

Looking for a way to encourage your students to read more books independently? Try using this punch card system! This is a great way for students to get a visual look of how many books they've read while making it fun! I also use this as a reward system for my independent reading program. There's nothing wrong with incentivising reading and making the process fun :) I have included some ideas in this product on how to use these punch cards along with a reward system! Enjoy!

Need a short two week unit? Something of high interest for students to bridge between long units? This Hyperdoc is part of a bigger unit including two books written by Jason Reynolds, For Everyone and Ain't Burned All the Bright. This Hyperdoc will take students on a researching journey to learn all about Jason Reynolds through various different articles and interviews while also learning about what these two books are intended for.

A fun way to review questions over The Odyssey! Engage students in some fun Odyssey themed minute-to-win-it games to challenge them to collaborate with their peers to answer review questions. This resource is the presentation for the Olympic Review Games! See the bundle for the full product! :)

Review guide questions for The Odyssey! I utilize this for my Olympic Games review day but it can be utilized as a stand alone study guide for a test!

Book Trailer Tuesday paper inserts for student notebooks. How I utilize them:Print them out on white or colored printer paper.Use a paper cutter to cut the sheet in half since there are two to a page.Pass them out during a book trailer and have students tape or glue them into their writer-reader notebooks.The purpose of this is for students to have a place to jot down their thoughts about the book trailer and give it a 1-5 star rating. This resource also gives students a place to reference what