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Making Inferences with Photos and Riddles Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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These task cards prepare students to really understand the concept of making an inference in some fun ways. Students make inferences by observing photographs closely and by solving riddles. Each card includes a photo to study or two photos to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$3.75

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Multiple Meaning Words Bundle

By Classroom in the Middle

Help your kids take their vocabulary skills to the next level with this Multiple Meaning Words Bundle. This package contains the Multiple Meaning Words Task Cards, the Multiple Meaning Words Activity Sheets, and the Introductory PowerPoint

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.4.4, L.5.4, L.6.4, L.7.4

$9.50

$8.55

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Word Choices and Word Relationships Activity Sheets

By Classroom in the Middle

Word Choices and Word Relationships Activity Sheets includes activities help students expand their vocabulary with synonyms, connotations, imagery, figures of speech, and specific types of word relationships.The 12 Word Choices Activities give

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.5.5, L.6.5, L.7.5

$4.75

Digital Download PDF (25.19 MB)

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End of Year Packet of Student Activities

By Classroom in the Middle

This End of Year Packet includes activities for the last days or weeks of school including a student booklet, four puzzle pages, journal prompts, an "I Have . . . .Who Has . . . ?" game, and an autograph activity. The student booklet includes pages

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (10.61 MB)

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Suffixes Activities with Slide Presentation

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Suffix Activities with Slide Presentation - this resource includes a big PowerPoint presentation that introduces each suffix and includes student activities plus a set of 21 printable activities.The slide presentation includes lots of suffixes,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.4.4, L.5.4, L.6.4, L.7.4

$6.75

Digital Download ZIP (34.58 MB)

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Compare and Contrast - Text Structure Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Compare and Contrast Task Cards - students learn to really understand the text structure of compare and contrast. The cards have a variety of activities for plenty of practice on this essential reading comprehension skill.With this task card set,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RI.4.5, RI.5.5, RI.6.5, RI.7.5, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (11.10 MB)

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The Van Gogh Café Novel Study

By Classroom in the Middle

This novel study for The Van Gogh Café includes chapter questions, a before reading activity, and activities for key ideas and details, vocabulary, and making inferences, as well as a follow-up performance task, writing prompts, and a card game for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4

$5.75

Digital Download PDF (17.86 MB)

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BIG Reading Task Card Bundle - Print and Easel Versions

By Classroom in the Middle

Reading Task Card Sets for story elements, text structures, and various close reading or comprehension skills, plus seasonal themed sets. Seventeen sets of task cards with 30 cards per set for the review and practice that students need. Here is

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.7.1, RL.7.2...

$63.75

$57.38

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Characterization Task Cards and Google Slides

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Characterization Task Cards Digital Resource for Google Slides - this set of thirty digital task cards helps students understand the meaning of the story element characterization and use close reading to identify character traits. Both the digital

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.10, RL.5.1, RL.5.3, RL.5.10, RL.6.1, RL.6.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.10, CCRA.R.1...

$3.75

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Context Clues Task Cards, Expedition - Print and Easel Versions

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Context Clues Task Cards - students practice this reading comprehension skill by:Choosing the best definitionChoosing among multiple meanings of wordsChoosing and writing synonymsDefining wordsMaking good word choicesWriting sentencesSolving

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.4.4, L.5.4, L.6.4, L.7.4

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (10.76 MB)

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Affixes and Roots - Foldables, Games, and Fun Activities Bundle

By Classroom in the Middle

This bundle includes three sets of fun vocabulary activities for a change of pace and to increase student engagement. They including foldables, games, and more - one set for prefixes, one for suffixes, and one for Latin and Greek roots. There are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.4.4b, L.5.4b, L.6.4b, L.7.4b, CCRA.L.4

$11.25

$10.13

Bundle

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Spring Reading Comprehension Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Spring Reading Comprehension Task Cards - Each card includes an original, non-fiction reading passage on a topic related to spring, Easter, or various springtime activities. There are 30 cards in the set - six each on the following reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (12.32 MB)

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Spring Mix

By Classroom in the Middle

Spring Mix is a sampler of reading comprehension exercises and word puzzles taken from my Spring Reading Comprehension task cards and other resources. This sampler consists of three worksheets, each with a reading comprehension exercise and two

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (4.70 MB)

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Compare and Contrast Text Structure - Task Cards and Slide Presentation Bundle

By Classroom in the Middle

This Compare and Contrast Package includes two resources for teaching the text structure of comparing and contrasting - the Compare and Contrast Task Cards Set, and the Compare and Contrast Slide Presentation.The PowerPoint presentation explains the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

RI.4.5, RI.4.10, RI.5.5, RI.5.10, RI.6.5, RI.6.10, RI.7.5, RI.7.10

$7.00

$6.30

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Four Seasons Revise and Edit

By Classroom in the Middle

Practice with the revising and editing steps of the writing process for autumn, winter, spring, and summer - Four Seasons Revise and Edit provides practice with a large number of specific revising and editing (or proofreading) skills. There are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

W.4.5, W.5.5, W.6.5, W.7.5

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (18.11 MB)

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Literary Terms -with Poetry Terms

By Classroom in the Middle

This resource includes the big Literary Terms PowerPoint presentation plus the Poetry Terms presentation. Literary TermsThis slide presentation includes vocabulary terms for teaching about literature in language arts class - in the following

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10

$4.75

Digital Download ZIP (40.06 MB)

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Journey Novel Study

By Classroom in the Middle

This novel study for Journey includes chapter questions, a before reading activity, key idea and details activities, context clue vocabulary activities, inferencing activities, a follow-up performance task, writing prompts, and a card game for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4

$6.75

Digital Download PDF (18.91 MB)

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Problem and Solution Text Structure - Task Cards and Slide Presentation Bundle

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Problem and Solution Text Structure Package includes two resources for teaching this text structure - the set of Problem and Solution Task Cards, and the Problem and Solution Slide Presentation.The PowerPoint presentation explains the concept and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

RI.4.5, RI.5.5, RI.6.5, RI.7.5, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10

$7.00

$6.30

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Inferences Task Cards, Thinking Caps - Print and Easel Versions

By Classroom in the Middle

Making Inferences - this set of 30 task cards provides students with practice using reading comprehension skills to make inferences in a variety of situations. Students make inferences from paragraphs, quotes, clichés, signs, pictures, and more.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (10.29 MB)

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Figurative Language and Imagery Task Cards and Google Slides

By Classroom in the Middle

Figurative Language and Imagery Digital Resource for Google Slides - task cards with topics including similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole, and imagery of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Both the digital resource and a PDF

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.4.4, RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4

$3.75

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My experience includes about twenty-eight years of teaching, mainly in middle school. For most of that time, I taught English and Reading, as well as a variety of other subjects in inclusion and self-contained classes. At TPT, I focus on creating Language Arts and Reading resources that are engaging for students and helpful for teachers. I continue to teach by volunteering in a literacy tutoring program.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My style is all about the middle grades, mainly grades 4 through 7. My goal is to create teaching resources that appeal to the active learning style of middle grade kids by using original written passages, colorful designs, and age-appropriate graphics.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

My favorite reward from teaching is watching kids get really engaged in classroom activities. Hearing that other teachers find my resources useful and reading comments about how their kids enjoy the activities is very rewarding, too.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

My bachelor's degree is in secondary education with a major in English, and my master's degree is in special education.

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See more teaching ideas at my website, Classroom in the Middle.

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Social Studies - History, Civics, Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Winter, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Close Reading, Women's History Month

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