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These printable banners can help your students develop their own body paragraphs! There are sentence starters and transitions for each section of the body paragraph, as inspired by the Body Paragraph for Secondary Students product. Sections begin with a title "slide" where the definition or purpose of the section is explained, followed by between 5-10 options for student writing! ================================================================== Looking for more resources? Teaching the Int

Product includes a Checklist for Binder requirements, a complete Binder Rubric, and two versions of the Quick Check rubric! Also includes printable binder tabs! Looking for more AVID resources? AVID Strategies Poster Set AVID Nonfiction Reading Strategies Bookmarks Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For more tips for your classroom, join the conversation below! Blog with iMrsHughes Twitter Facebook Pinterest Instagram And be sure to F

Inspired by AVIDs Nonfiction Reading Strategies, this bookmark clearly explains eight steps students can take to effectively annotate any nonfiction article! Looking for more resources? Teaching the Introduction and Conclusion Narrative Writing Stations: Common Core Aligned Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For more tips for your classroom, join the conversation below! Blog with iMrsHughes Twitter Facebook Pinterest Instagram And be s

A quick and easy form for teachers to use when conferencing with students who are independently reading! Form asks for essential information only to be recorded: * Student Name and Date * Book Title and Page On * Complexity of the Text * Pace of Reading * Quality of Verbal Summary ================================================================= Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Summarizing GOOGLE Edition Graphic Organizers for Characterization GOOGLE Edition Fi

This 7 poster set is perfect for any AVID school or classroom integrating the AVID strategies! The set comes in two color options: blue and gold or black and colors. The posters state the strategy and provide a quick visual cue for students to use when integrating the WICOR techniques! The posters included are for the following: *Cornell Notes * Philosophical Chairs * Quick Writes * Nonfiction Reading Strategies * SLANT * One Pager * Costa's Levels Looking for more resources? Teaching the I

This product includes everything you need to teach the Body Paragraph in your Secondary ELA classroom! * Notes * Graphic Organizers * Models * Activities * Peer Editing Sheets * Practice Prompts * Lesson Plans and more! Looking for more WRITING resources? Teaching the Introduction and Conclusion Narrative Writing Stations: Common Core Aligned Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For more tips for your classroom, join the conversation be

Get your students writing on the First Day of school with this activity! "I Am" poems allows you to assess the student's writing ability quickly while getting to know their likes, dislikes, and overall personality! This READY TO PRINT lesson includes: *Models *Directions *Student Templates *Rubrics *2 Options for Student Choice! Looking for more resources? Back to School Basics BUNDLE! Graphic Organizers for Summarizing Fiction Book Club Packet Take a Stand Freebie ======================

Writing in the One-to-One classroom can be difficult to manage! It's hard to tell where all students are in their essays! Add onto that the endless calls for help! My experience with writing in a tech-rich environment led me to create the Spot N Stop Flags! Each student gets their own set of "Flags" As they write their essays, have students place the flag on the top corner of their monitor. As they progress, they change the flags OR switch it to the other side to signal teacher help! Fl

When using group work in your classroom, Accountable Talk strategies can help keep student's conversations focused on the task at hand! Use these Accountable Talk Stem Bookmarks to help guide conversation during collaboration! Included are the following... *Accountable Talk Stems for any collaborative discussion *Accountable Talk Stems for Fiction or Nonfiction Reading *Accountable Talk Stems for Peer Editing and Revision Looking for more resources? Graphic Organizers for Characterization

This resource has 10 comprehension questions for each chapter of The Pearl. Two formats are included - worksheet and bookmark! Questions are in sequential order and will help determine your students understanding of the plot of the text! Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Characterization Graphic Organizers for Summarizing Fiction Book Club Packet Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For more tips for your classro

If you're using group work, you've got to teach your students to SLANT! Use this poster freebie as a reminder for students to use active listening strategies! ================================================================== Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Characterization Graphic Organizers for Summarizing Fiction Book Club Packet Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For more tips for your classroom, join the

Trying to establish routines for group work in your classroom? Use this poster set to provide visual cues of collaborative strategies for your students! This poster set include colored and black and white versions of eight commonly used collaborative strategies! *Echo Response *Choral Response *The Master *Round Robin *Turn n Talk *Think Pair Share *Jigsaw *Speed Dating ================================================================== Looking for more resources? Graphic Organizers for S

Teaching Out of the Dust? This product has a summary box for each poem of the text. It's broken down by seasons, just like the book! The packet also begins with, of course, a place for modeling! It also includes a rubric for students and teachers at the start of each season for easy self-assessment and grading! Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Characterization Graphic Organizers for Summarizing Fiction Book Club Packet Take a Stand Freebie =======================

Five graphic organizers to help your students summarize any text! 1) Somebody - Wanted - But - So 2) First - Then - Next - Finally 3) Who - Where - What 4) 5Ws Summary 5) Main Idea and Supporting Details Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Summarizing GOOGLE Edition Graphic Organizers for Characterization GOOGLE Edition Fiction Book Club Packet Out of the Dust Summary Packet Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For m

Five graphic organizers to help your students analyze characters in any text! 1) STEAL Traits Analysis 2) Direct vs. Indirect Characterization 3) Round vs. Flat Characters 4) Dynamic vs. Static Characters 5) Character Motivation Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Summarizing Fiction Book Club Packet Out of the Dust Summary Packet Take a Stand Freebie ================================================================== For more tips for your classroom, join the convers

Teaching Out of the Dust? This product has a summary box for each poem of the text. It's broken down by seasons, just like the book! The packet also begins with, of course, a place for modeling! It also includes a rubric for students and teachers at the start of each season for easy self-assessment and grading! Looking for more reading resources? Graphic Organizers for Characterization Graphic Organizers for Summarizing Fiction Book Club Packet Take a Stand Freebie =======================

The Narrative Writing task for the Common Core assessments require students to analyze an author's writing style and mimic it in their own pieces. Help students practice this art of imitation with these stations! Each of the six stations has an excerpt from a Young Adult novel - students read the passage, use the Author's Style List to help determine the technique, and select one of the unique and fun topic cards to help them begin their own writing using this technique! This kit includes...

Easy to implement free download for any subject and any level! Simply pose a question to your students, allow time to answer, and let your kids TAKE A STAND on the issue! ******************* For more tips for your classroom, join the conversation below! My Blog Twitter Facebook Pinterest Instagram And be sure to Follow Me! Enjoy your download!

This 40+ page comprehensive Fiction Book Club unit is Ready to Go!!!! Materials cover everything teachers need from start to finish: Pre-Book Club: Selecting books, assigning groups, and allotting pages During Book Club: Comprehension checks, skill assessment, collaborative activities, and reflection Post Book Club: Rubrics and lesson plans! I divide my Book Clubs into FOUR sections. Each section is assigned a reading skill for focus. Sections have resources to assess comprehension, p

Five editable graphic organizers to help your students analyze characters in any text! 1) STEAL Traits Analysis 2) Direct vs. Indirect Characterization 3) Round vs. Flat Characters 4) Dynamic vs. Static Characters 5) Character Motivation Open up document in Google, make a copy for yourself, and share with your students! ******************* For more tips for your classroom, join the conversation below! My Blog Twitter Facebook Pinterest Instagram And be sure to Follow Me! Enjoy your downlo