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About the store
We are Jamie and Stacey, the GRASPhopper co-founders. We use our 20+ years of combined experience working with school-aged children to create clear lessons that click and stick. As school-based Speech and Language Pathologists, we have worked directly with teachers, special education specialists, and other related services providers to support students in their classrooms. We have seen first hand the challenges that educators face in differentiating their lessons for the wide-range of abilities and skills of their students. We want all of your students to grasp the foundational reading, writing, and language skills needed to be successful in the classroom.
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Preview of RACE Writing Strategy Practice Worksheet Short Constructed Response Question

RACE Writing Strategy Practice Worksheet Short Constructed Response Question

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These foundational RACE strategy practice worksheets are perfect for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. The worksheets provided step-by-step scaffolded targeted skill practice of the RACE writing strategy. The passages contain high interest texts to engage students as they read and annotate nonfiction texts. Included are practice activities for each part of RACE, worksheets with text-based short response questions along with RACE strategy posters and anchor charts tha
Preview of Story Retell & Picture Sequencing Beginning, Middle, End Short Stories & Writing

Story Retell & Picture Sequencing Beginning, Middle, End Short Stories & Writing

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Do you have students who need some extra support with story retell and sequencing stories with pictures? This story retell resource will engage students while they become experts at retelling stories with a clear beginning, middle, and end. This leveled, LOW-PREP digital and printable resource will allow your students to develop a true understanding of how to retell a story using transition words and a logical sequence.  Don't miss out on this foundational story retell resource for  easy teac
Preview of How to Write a Sentence Sentence Writing Practice Worksheets Sentence Structure

How to Write a Sentence Sentence Writing Practice Worksheets Sentence Structure

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How to Write a Sentence is the focus of this engaging resource designed to help elementary students build strong writing skills. With a variety of sentence writing practice worksheets, students learn to write complete sentences by focusing on subjects, verbs, capitalization, and punctuation. The included sentence structure and fix-the-sentence activities make it easy for educators to introduce and reinforce essential grammar skills. This no-prep resource makes planning simple and helps studen
Preview of Paragraph Writing Practice Topic Concluding Sentence Paragraph Writing Template

Paragraph Writing Practice Topic Concluding Sentence Paragraph Writing Template

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Paragraph writing practice is simple with this all-in-one resource that helps students master every part of a strong paragraph. You’ll get our ready-to-use, differentiated paragraph writing units: Paragraph Foundations, Topic Sentences, Supporting Details, Concluding Sentences, and Transition Words. It also features a variety of paragraph writing templates, including the popular hamburger paragraph writing templates, and a mix of non-fiction informational, persuasive, and expository passage
Preview of Problem and Solution Passages Text Structure Worksheets Graphic Organizers

Problem and Solution Passages Text Structure Worksheets Graphic Organizers

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This non-fiction text structure on problem and solution is perfect for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. These problem and solution worksheets include 10 interesting nonfiction problem and solution passages with differentiated questions, 4 short problem and solution passages, problem and solution graphic organizers, and anchor charts. Comprehension questions are included as well. Perfect for test prep. These problem and solution passages come with digital notebooks that are di
Preview of Topic Sentence Differentiated Worksheets & Activities Practice Digital & Print

Topic Sentence Differentiated Worksheets & Activities Practice Digital & Print

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This topic sentence differentiated resource is just what you need if your students are struggling with identifying and writing topic sentences in paragraphs.  Teach your students how to understand topic sentences with engaging practice activities that are set up to build on one another. The topic sentence resource allows for easy planning and easy teaching that leads to effective learning. We made it easy to help your students practice topic sentences. It is low prep and can be used as DIGITAL
Preview of RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets S.S. | Short Constructed Response Practice

RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets S.S. | Short Constructed Response Practice

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These RACE strategy practice worksheets are perfect for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. The RACE writing strategy passages are SOCIAL STUDIES-themed to engage students as they read and annotate nonfiction texts. Included are practice worksheets with text-based short response questions along with RACE strategy posters and anchor charts that teach students each part of the RACE strategy. Students will become experts at writing well-structured responses to text-base
Preview of Instructional Writing Special Education Writing Curriculum Sentence to Paragraph

Instructional Writing Special Education Writing Curriculum Sentence to Paragraph

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This bundle is EVERYTHING you need for your special education writing curriculum. Take your students from writing sentences to writing paragraphs and constructed responses using this instructional writing resource. Use as a complete package to teach your students how to write a sentence, how to write a paragraph and how to write a written response to a text-based question. What resources are included?How to Write a Sentence Subject in a Sentence Verbs in a Sentence Capitalization Punctuation H
Preview of Spring Short Story Retell with Pictures Sequencing Speech Therapy Sequence Cards

Spring Short Story Retell with Pictures Sequencing Speech Therapy Sequence Cards

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Do you have students who need some extra support in retelling a cohesive story? This story retell spring-themed resource will engage students, while they practice how to retell simple stories with a clear beginning, middle and end. This leveled, LOW-PREP digital and printable resource will allow your students to develop a true understanding of how to retell a story using transition words and a logical sequence.  Don't miss out on this fun, spring resource for easy teaching and easy planning, wh
Preview of Parts of a Sentence & How to Write a Sentence & Fix the Sentence Worksheets

Parts of a Sentence & How to Write a Sentence & Fix the Sentence Worksheets

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The Parts of a Sentence Differentiated Bundle is everything you need to teach your students about how to write a sentence with Capitals, Punctuation, Subjects & Verbs. These engaging and fun activities & will support your students in learning the parts of a sentence and so they can write and edit their own sentences with less help from you! Whether you're looking for fix the sentence worksheets or comprehensive lessons on sentence structure, this bundle has you covered. Students will learn h
Preview of Chronological Order Passages Sequence of Events Reading Passage Text Structure

Chronological Order Passages Sequence of Events Reading Passage Text Structure

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These sequence of events reading passages for text structure, are perfect for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. These sequence text structure activities include 10 interesting nonfiction sequencing of events text structure passages with differentiated questions, 4 short sequencing passages, sequencing of events graphic organizers, and anchor charts. Comprehension questions are included as well. Perfect for test prep. These sequence text structure activities come with digital n
Preview of How to Write a Paragraph Hamburger Paragraph Writing Template Graphic Organizer

How to Write a Paragraph Hamburger Paragraph Writing Template Graphic Organizer

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This paragraph writing resource is just what you need if your students are struggling with understanding how to write a paragraph. The paragraph writing activities require little prep and planning. This resource covers all paragraph writing elements such as topic sentences, supporting details, and concluding sentences with critical thinking, leveled activities, and hamburger paragraph writing templates. The How to Write a Paragraph resource allows for easy planning & easy teaching that leads t
Preview of Text Structure Passages Anchor Chart Cause & Effect Description Text Structure

Text Structure Passages Anchor Chart Cause & Effect Description Text Structure

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This Nonfiction Text Structure Passages Bundle is perfect for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The types of text structure resources included are Description Text Structure, Cause and Effect Text Structure, Problem and Solution Text Structure, Compare and Contrast Text Structure, and Sequencing Text Structure. Each resource includes activities, high-interest text structure passages with differentiated questions, graphic organizers, and text structure anchor charts. Comprehension questions
Preview of Annotating Text Anchor Chart Annotating Practice Passages & Annotation Worksheet

Annotating Text Anchor Chart Annotating Practice Passages & Annotation Worksheet

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These Nonfiction Annotation Worksheets are perfect for your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. This resource includes annotating text anchor charts as well as many engaging annotating practice activities. Each activity includes a differentiated version. These annotation practice activities are a great tool to help students learn all about annotating nonfiction texts. The Annotation Worksheets come with digital notebooks (open in Google Slides™) that are differentiated to help improve
Preview of RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets Short Constructed Response RACE Anchor Chart

RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets Short Constructed Response RACE Anchor Chart

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This RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets Bundle is perfect for your 3rd-6th grade students. The RACE writing strategy passages are STEM, Social Studies, Fiction, Biography & MISC themed to engage students as they read, annotate nonfiction texts, and answer short constructed response questions. Included are scaffolded activities, practice worksheets with text-based short response questions along with RACE strategy posters and anchor charts, graphic organizers, bookmarks, sentence starters in spee
Preview of Topic Sentence Task Cards Practice Worksheets How to Write a Topic Sentence

Topic Sentence Task Cards Practice Worksheets How to Write a Topic Sentence

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These topic sentence task cards help students to practice identifying and writing topic sentences in paragraphs. With 24 nonfiction texts, students will become experts in understanding and practicing the parts of a topic sentence, making it easier to generate and write their own topic sentences throughout the year. These task cards allow for easy planning and easy teaching that leads to effective learning.  Teach your students how to identify a topic sentence with activities that are set up to b
Preview of Compare & Contrast Anchor Chart Worksheets ESL Nonfiction Text Structure Passage

Compare & Contrast Anchor Chart Worksheets ESL Nonfiction Text Structure Passage

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These compare and contrast text structure passages are perfect for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. This compare and contrast text structure activity includes 9 interesting non-fiction compare and contrast passages with differentiated questions, 3 short passages, compare and contrast venn diagrams, and graphic organizers. Comprehension questions are included as well. Perfect for test prep. These compare and contrast text structure passages come with digital notebooks that are
Preview of Fact and Opinion Worksheets Task Cards Activities Anchor Charts Fact vs. Opinion

Fact and Opinion Worksheets Task Cards Activities Anchor Charts Fact vs. Opinion

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Knowing the difference between a fact vs. an opinion can be tricky! These differentiated facts and opinion worksheets get students to understand the difference through sorting activities, task cards for identifying facts and opinions in both sentences AND paragraphs, and review worksheets. All the fact vs. opinion activities make for easy planning and easy teaching, which leads directly to effective learning.  This fact and opinion resource includes differentiated high-interest non-fiction topi
Preview of Summarizing and Paraphrasing Practice Worksheets, Activities, Anchor Charts

Summarizing and Paraphrasing Practice Worksheets, Activities, Anchor Charts

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This Summarizing and Paraphrasing BUNDLE is perfect for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. The summarizing worksheets and paraphrasing practice resources include engaging summarizing and paraphrasing worksheets, graphic organizers, anchor charts, checklists, bookmarks, digital notebooks, and plenty of scaffolded activities to help your students gain independence when summarizing and paraphrasing. Perfect for test prep.These summarizing worksheets and paraphrasing pr
Preview of Summarizing Nonfiction Text Graphic Organizer Worksheets How to Write a Summary

Summarizing Nonfiction Text Graphic Organizer Worksheets How to Write a Summary

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This Summarizing Nonfiction Texts resource is a game-changer for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. This resource for summarizing nonfiction texts is designed to simplify how to write a summary. It is differentiated and provides a step-by-step guide, helping students identify key information, grasp main ideas, and build up to writing summaries. These engaging summarizing worksheets include nonfiction summary graphic organizers, summarizing anchor chart, checklists, bookmarks,
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Experience

We are Jamie and Stacey, the GRASPhopper co-founders. We use our 20+ years of combined experience working with school-aged children to create clear lessons that click and stick. As school-based Speech and Language Pathologists, we have worked directly with teachers, special education specialists, and other related services providers to support students in their classrooms. We have seen first hand the challenges that educators face in differentiating their lessons for the wide-range of abilities and skills of their students. We want all of your students to grasp the foundational reading, writing, and language skills needed to be successful in the classroom.

Teaching style

Our method is simple: Provide direct teaching with modeling and practice, so students can easily grasp the skills and concepts they need to be successful in school. How do we do this? Through our TEACHING VIDEOS packed with direct teaching, modeling and practice opportunities. Even better, ALL videos have PAIRED RESOURCES to allow students additional practice. These resources are differentiated or leveled, making them effective to use with your whole class, small groups, and during special education services.

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