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It's All About Evidence: Graphic Organizers for Grades 5-9

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Graphic Organizers for Grades 5-9: Graphic organizers make teaching challenging reading and writing skills a snap! (See scrolling preview for some close up views.) Wait! This set of organizers is also included in a bundle which contains 52

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Shades of Meaning: Using Precise Vocabulary

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SHADES OF MEANING: Illustrated Shades of Meaning templates get kids excited about using precise language in their own writings and help them pay attention to how the pros use words to stir readers’ emotions. ***Differentiated for three

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Quotation Quick Writes: Copy It. Explain It. Personalize It.

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QUOTATION QUICK WRITES Check out the WRITING FROM QUOTES BUNDLE and get one resource free. Using direct quotes to support claims and opinions is a typical requirement for writing research papers or for analyzing literature and informational

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Grammar, For All Subject Areas, Writing

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Transitions: Transition Ticket Paragraph Prompts

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TRANSITION EVENT TICKETS and PARTNER TASK SHEETS VIDEO PREVIEW: TRANSITION TICKETS AND PARTNER TASK SHEETS View Demo on YouTube VIEW VIDEO DEMO This product is also included in the Banish Boring Writing Bundle Bundle Link:Banish Boring

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Spill the Beans! A Getting-to-Know-You Mini-Unit for Grades 5-9

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Spill the Beans!Back-to-School Task and Speech Cards for Middle School Students Use these interactive cards to help your students…… get to know one another quickly.…make public speaking easy and fun.…create a positive classroom culture.Students

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Cracking the Common Core Code: Graphic Organizers for Multi-Level Learners

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BOOK AND TEMPLATE COMBO PACK These Common Core aligned graphic organizers offer students an easy way to organize their thinking about what they’re reading and writing. They train students to read with laser-sharp focus and to write with

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Zap and Guess Who Review Games for Any Subject

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ZAP and GUESS WHO REVIEW GAMES: ZAP Have you played ZAP yet? It’s an incredibly easy game that can earn you one, two or three points for correctly answering questions. That is, of course, unless you get ZAPPED! ZAPPED contestants lose all of

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Print with Standard Post Its!

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Design great bulletin boards, create custom lessons, and set up colorful learning stations on a budget. How? By printing letters, numbers, mini-lessons, pictures, and labels on Post Its. That’s right. You can run them through your own computer.

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PARCC ESSAY VERBS: WORD WALL

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PARCC ESSAY VERBS: WORD WALL The 30 verbs identified in top-scoring PARCC essays from grades 6-12 are featured in this word wall product. Product Components 30 Blue Chevron Classroom Word Wall Cards (8 ½ x 3 ½) A Personal Word Wall Verb

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For All Subject Areas, Writing-Essays

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Word Walls

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Close Reading Reflections: A Journaling, Annotating, and Text Analysis Unit

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Close Reading Reflections: A Journaling, Annotating and and Text Analysis Unit Reflection Journaling is a low-risk, high-interest annotation strategy. It’s easy for teachers and fun for students. When students are simply asked to reflect on a

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For All Subject Areas, Writing, Reading Strategies

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Reflective Journals for Teachers, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

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Emoji Partner Cards

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Emoji Writing Partner Cards Use emoji/cartoon cards to assign writing partners or peer editors. They may also be used for assignments - in any subject area - to quickly and randomly get students working together. Select your favorite emoji/cartoon

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Growth Mindset Posters (Set 1)

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6 Growth Mindset PostersThese SIX 8 1/2” x 11” growth mindset posters are the perfect addition to any middle school classroom. Each poster sports a positive and motivational message to students. **Two bonus posters have been added to this

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While You Were Out

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Students take responsibility for missed assignments with this WHILE YOU WERE OUT filing system. Here is what you will need to set up your own system: Materials: Five black file folders (Amazon: http://amzn.to/16ZIFHN) Five days-of-the-week folder

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For All Subject Areas, Back to School

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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Print & Go Reading Response Sheet

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PRINT & GO READING RESPONSE SHEET This graphic organizer guides students through the process of making a claim, proving a claim, and crafting a full-circle ending. It is part of my It’s All About Evidence graphic organizer resource. Related

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Free Growth Mindset Posters

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More Posters Links: More Growth Mindset Posters Idiom Posters Growth Mindset Posters These TWO 8 1/2” x 11” growth mindset posters are the perfect addition to any middle school classroom. Each poster sports a positive and motivational message

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Transitions: Transition Ticket Video Preview

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TRANSITION EVENT TICKETS and PARTNER TASK SHEETS See Tickets: Transition Tickets and Partner Task Sheets View on YouTube in Action VIEW VIDEO DEMO Students use the tickets to: Summarize chapters Preview units Review lectures Evaluate

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I am a professor at a state college in New Jersey. I'm the owner of ELA Seminars and love making educational products, creating custom seminars, and providing job-embedded professional development for English Language Arts teachers. I have taught at the upper-elementary, middle, secondary and college levels. From 2007-2011 I served as a Teaching Learning Facilitator/Literacy Coach.

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Governor's Teacher Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching

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I enjoy motivating students and helping them conceptualize and apply sophisticated literacy skills. I especially like providing teachers with lessons that are easy to execute and engaging for multi-level learners. Secrets of Teaching, LLC ELA Seminars, LLC

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