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Characterization Kids - Story Elements Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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This set of thirty task cards helps students to really understand the meaning of characterization and use close reading to identify character traits. The activities include: Choosing character traits from a word bankChoosing character traits –

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

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...

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Chronological Order - Text Structure Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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With these Chronological Order Task Cards, students learn to really understand the text structure of chronological order. The cards include a variety of activities for plenty of practice on this essential reading comprehension skill.With these task

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.10

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Summer Practice Packet - Reading and Writing Skills

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This Summer Practice Packet includes six reading review lessons, a novel response packet for any novel, and ten writing review lessons.Reading ReviewEach of the six one-page lessons begins with a vocabulary warm-up. For the lessons, students use a

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing, Summer

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10

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Problem and Solution - Text Structure Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Practicing with Problem and Solution Task Cards, students gain a real understanding of the text structure. There are thirty cards with a variety of activities for plenty of practice on this essential reading comprehension skill.With the task cards,

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.10

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Proofreading - Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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This set of 30 half-page proofreading, or editing, task cards gives students practice correcting common types of errors. The topics include:punctuationcapitalizationgrammarrun-on sentenceshomophonesand spellingThese task cards are designed

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

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

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Setting - Story Elements Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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This is a set of thirty task cards for practicing the story element of setting. Students use close reading and look for text based evidence to determine details of a story's setting. A good variety of activities makes these cards appealing to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.10, RL.5.1, RL.5.10, RL.6.1, RL.6.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.10

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Analogies - Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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This set of 30 task cards is all about solving and understanding analogies. The tasks include completing a group of analogies, choosing the correct type of analogy from multiple-choice answers, identifying the correct type of analogy without

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.4.5, L.5.5, L.6.5, L.7.5

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Capitalization and Punctuation Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Task card set for practicing capitalization and punctuation - addresses basic rules plus punctuating quotes and capitalization when writing a letter. Also included - capitalization and punctuation posters.Here is what is included:Capitalization

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.4.2, L.5.2, L.6.2, L.7.2

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Plot and Conflict - Story Elements Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Thirty task cards for practicing the story elements of plot and conflict. Students learn plot and conflict terms and practice outlining the plot of a story in several ways. These are the plot vocabulary terms included: plotexpositioninitiating

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.10, RL.5.5, RL.5.10, RL.6.3, RL.6.10, RL.7.3, RL.7.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.10

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Winter Holidays Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Fictional and informational passages on 30 large task cards with topics including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years, Chinese New Year, and winter. The reading skills include: making inferencesidentifying settingsidentifying cause and

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

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Informational Text Practice

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This informational text resource includes five magazine-style pages of non-fiction, or informational text, reading comprehension passages, each with text-based questions and a follow-up activity. Each article includes:Informational text page - With

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10

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Connotations Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Connotations Task Cards is a set of thirty task cards that provide students with a variety of practice exercises for the difficult concept of word connotations. Students practice recognizing the different nuances of word meanings and choosing words

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.4.4, RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, L.4.5, L.5.5, L.6.5, L.7.5

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Media Literacy - Finding Real News Among the Fake

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Media Literacy is a set of activity sheets and readings that teaches students to become informed consumers of the news. The set includes ten activity sheets plus three one-page reading comprehension passages with discussion questions and a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2

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Figurative Language and Imagery Task Cards - Print and Easel Versions

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Figurative Language and Imagery - task cards with content perfect for middle school or upper elementary. The topics include similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole, and imagery of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.With thirty cards

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

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

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Close Reading - Freedom of the Press

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Freedom of the Press, or Journalism - 5 articles with everything needed for a full three readings. Along with each full-page reading comprehension passage, there are text-dependent questions and additional activities specific to the reading, a

Subjects:

Civics, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4

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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

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Word Choices and Word Relationships Activity Sheets

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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

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End of Year Packet of Student Activities

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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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