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ALL ABOUT ME Activity

By Cultivating Critical Readers

This All About Me writing and art activity is a fun, creative, and engaging back to school project. Students are free to complete this with as few or as many words as they like, allowing for maximum differentiation.This All About Me activity is

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Argumentative Text - Reading Interactive Notebook

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Help your students recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative, or persuasive, text by identifying the author's claim/opinion, distinguishing facts from opinion, and identifying the intended audience or reader with these hands on

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RI.2.2, RI.2.6, RI.2.8, RI.3.2, RI.3.6, RI.4.2, RI.4.8, CCRA.R.8

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STAAR Reading Test Prep Review Game

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This TEKS aligned, editable Jeopardy style STAAR review game is a fun addition to your test prep activities! Students will love reviewing context clues, sensory language, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with this mixture of open-ended and multiple

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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3^rd

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PowerPoint Presentations, Test Prep, Games

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Reading Interactive Notebook

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This Common Core and TEKS aligned reading interactive notebook is a great tool for introducing skills and strategies and will be an effective supplement to your reading workshop lessons. It offers more than the average interactive notebook by

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Minilessons, Interactive Notebooks

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RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7, RL.2.9, RL.2.10, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3...

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Valentines Day Context Clues Task Cards with Digital BOOM Cards Option

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This Common Core and TEKS aligned set of 24 task cards gives your students a fun way to practice using context clues, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words. Each task card contains a Valentine's Day themed set of

Subjects:

Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep, Valentine's Day

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Test Prep, Task Cards

CCSS:

RF.3.3a, L.3.4, L.3.4a, L.3.4b, L.4.4, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, CCRA.L.4

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Visualizing and Sensory Language - Reading Interactive Notebook

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Teach your students to identify and use the sensory language provided by the author to infer and imagine the experiences of the characters with these hands on visualizing interactive notebook pages. Your students will analyze the author's use of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Minilessons, Interactive Notebooks

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18 ratings

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The Haunting of Grade Three

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This TEKS and Common Core aligned novel study for The Haunting of Grade Three Novel Study by Grace Maccarone contains 24 pages of meaningful student work, an answer key, and book projects! The questions included in this novel study were created

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Novel Study, Printables, Literature Circles

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RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, RL.3.1, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3...

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Plot Structure

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Teach your students to identify the plot's main events, sequence main events in the story, and understand how events influence future events with these TEKS and Common Core aligned plot structure lesson plans. These plot structure lessons can be

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Minilessons

CCSS:

RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.3.3, RL.3.5, RL.4.3

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Plot Structure and Setting - Reading Interactive Notebook

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Teach your students to identify the plot's main events and explain the influence of the setting on the plot with these hands on interactive notebook pages. The plot anchor chart helps students visualize a more realistic shape of the plot structure,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Minilessons, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.2.5, RL.3.9

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Literary Nonfiction - Reading Interactive Notebook

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Improve your students' comprehension of literary nonfiction texts with these interactive notebook pages. Your students will define, compare, and contrast the various types of literary nonfiction. Use the interactive pages with any text to teach your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Minilessons, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RI.2.9, RI.2.10, RI.3.6, RI.3.9, RI.3.10, RI.4.10

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Author's Purpose - Reading Interactive Notebook

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Teach your students how to make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose of a text with these interactive notebook pages. Your students will provide text evidence to support their thinking and explain how the author crafted the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Minilessons, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RI.2.2, RI.2.6, RI.3.6, CCRA.R.6

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5 ratings

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Sensory Poems

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Student created sensory poems make the perfect display year-round! They are perfect for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, and much more!This resource helps students understand sensory language and how to write a sensory

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Handouts

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15 ratings

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Halloween Homophone Activity

By Cultivating Critical Readers

This easy to assemble Halloween homophones game is perfect activity for literacy stations! Your students will love using context clues to identify, distinguish between, and use homophones in these Halloween themed sentences! Use this homophone game

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Halloween

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literacy Center Ideas

CCSS:

L.3.4a

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Jake Drake Know It All Novel Study

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Jake Drake, Know-It-All Novel StudyThis TEKS and Common Core aligned novel study of Jake Drake, Know-It-All by Andrew Clements contains 13 pages of meaningful student work and an answer key! The questions included in this novel study were created

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Novel Study, Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.4.1...

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Context Clues Task Cards with Digital BOOM Cards Option

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Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Test Prep, Task Cards

CCSS:

RF.3.3a, L.3.4, L.3.4a, L.3.4b, L.4.4, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, CCRA.L.4

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Halloween Blends Activity

By Cultivating Critical Readers

Print and Play! Students will have fun identifying and reading beginning s blends and r blends with this Halloween Beginning Blends Game. Students can enjoy this game during literacy stations, in small groups, or even when you have a sub!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literacy Center Ideas

CCSS:

RF.1.3, RF.2.3

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Main Idea - Reading Interactive Notebook

By Cultivating Critical Readers

Teach your students how to determine the main idea of a text and locate details and facts that support it with these hands on interactive notebook pages. The visual of the pop up desk graphic organizer will help your students understand how

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Minilessons, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RI.2.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2

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Point of View - Reading Interactive Notebook

By Cultivating Critical Readers

Help your students understand how to identify and distinguish their own point of view from that of the author and/or characters in both literary and informational texts with these hands on interactive notebook pages. Your students will define and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.2.6, RL.3.6, RL.4.6, RI.3.6, CCRA.R.6

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Character Analysis - Reading Interactive Notebook

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Teach your students to make inferences about character traits and changes based on their actions, thoughts, feelings, and dialogue. Your students will also be able to describe a character's relationship and the changes that it undergoes throughout

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Minilessons, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.2.3, RL.3.3, RL.4.3

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Valentines Day Synonym and Antonym BINGO

By Cultivating Critical Readers

Students will love practicing synonyms and antonyms with this Valentine's Day BINGO game!Included:Teacher and Assembly Directions30 BINGO Cards38 Calling Cards with Synonym and Antonym QuestionsAnswer Key This BINGO game is perfect

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Literacy Center Ideas

CCSS:

L.4.5c

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I was a classroom teacher for nine years. I taught kindergarten for one year at a private school. I then moved into public schools and taught one year of second grade and seven years of third grade ELA. Certifications: Generalist Certification Early Childhood through Grade 4 Special Education Supplemental Certification English as a Second Language Supplemental Certification

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I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Learning and Development Early Childhood through Grade Four with a Reading Specialization.

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My mission is to give you effective lesson plans and ideas to help you cultivate critical readers and thinkers. cultivatingcriticalreaders.com

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Test Preparation, Early Intervention, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community

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