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This page can be used several ways: as a pre assessment or post assessment for teaching nonfiction text features. It can also be used as practice for students. It covers 12 different text features (bar graph, bold words, caption, diagram, glossary, heading, highlighted text, index, map, photograph, sidebar, TOC, title) . Answer sheet included. If you need a resource to help you teach all of these features, please visit my "Nonfiction Comprehension Ladder" at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/P

Kids love Cootie Catchers! Use this template to create your own! These fortune tellers can be resized, printed blank, or set up to add your own text. -Review for tests/quizzes -Back to School (Get to Know You activity) -Have student fill in tough multiplication facts -Just for fun... 3 choices... -Blank -Add your own text -Black & White (students choose the color for each smiley) To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the green star next to my store logo.

This 8-10 week unit of Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon covers most of the reading literature and language standards for 3-5 grade in one novel study :) -18 pages -Staple or bind the book together. Standards Addressed: -Vocabulary -Summaries -Figurative Language -Fact and Opinion -Sequence of Events -Character Analysis -Plot, Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution -Point of View -Cause and Effect -Making Inferences -Dialogue -Evidence -Compare & Contrast -

All occasion Thank You Cards from the teacher. There are 8 designs to choose from, print on card stock and fold. 2 cards per page. *Print 2 ways* The cards are about 4" by 5.2" folded. Updated 12-2021 Maureen Kinney :D To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the green star next to my store logo. • Follow Me on Pinterest

This page can be used several ways: as a pre assessment or post assessment for teaching nonfiction text features. It can also be used as practice for students. It covers 13 different text features (bar graph, bold print, bullet points, caption, diagram, glossary, heading, index, photograph, sidebar, table, table of contents, title). Also included, a matching assessment (write the word for each definition) ~Answer sheets included. ~Maureen Kinney :) If you need a resource to help you teach all o

Having used and had success with a math vocabulary word wall, I wanted to create one for my reading vocabulary as well. Students can use this wall during reading/station time to help them so I can focus on my small group instruction without interruption. As a fourth grade teacher, I like to review terms from third and pre-teach vocab. from fifth when possible. These 65 cards are 3.2 x 7.9 inches in size and are common core terms for 3rd - 5th grade. The following vocabulary terms are included.

Updated 2020, you can now edit the text. Looking for a Common Core PowerPoint on Drama, Poetry, and Prose? This PowerPoint includes definitions, elements, forms and an example of each (drama, poetry & prose). Includes an exit ticket at the end to give feedback on student understanding of the lesson. To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the green star next to my store logo.

These cursive handwriting practice pages provide practice for older students. Each page has a short paragraph centered on science standards to include life science, earth and space science and physical science. Included are 25 pages of practice. Tips: use for weekly homework practice or as morning work Topics Include: ~The Moon ~The Lunar Cycle ~Moon Phases ~New Moon ~Waxing Crescent ~First Quarter Moon & Waxing Gibbous ~Full Moon & Waning Gibbous ~Last Quarter & Waning Crescent ~The Life Cy

NEW Two formats: 1 with a word bank, one without. Both formats contain 3 short answer responses. This page can be used several ways: as a pre-assessment or post-assessment for teaching nonfiction text features. It can also be used as practice for students. It covers 12 different text features (bar graph, boldface, caption, diagram, glossary, heading, illustration, labels, photograph, sidebar, TOC, timeline & title). Answer sheet included. If you need a resource to help you teach all of these

Clip Art~ *UPDATED 2019 185 Clip Art graphics, upper case, lower case, numbers and punctuation. ~Re-sizable ~transparent and non-transparent background ~perfect for word work ~bulletin boards *added one page sheet of Capital Letters for easy printing! Upon purchase, you have permission to use these graphics as part of your products for sale or personal use. Product will download as a .zip file. once downloaded, right click the file and click "unzip." Maureen Kinney :)

These cursive handwriting practice pages provide practice for older students. Each page has a short paragraph centered on social studies standards to include US History, Economics, Geography, World History, Ancient Cultures, and U.S. Government. Included are 25 pages of practice. Tips: use for weekly homework practice or as morning work Topics Include: ~Geography ~Continents ~Maps ~Latitude & Longitude ~Democracy ~Executive Branch ~Legislative Branch ~Judicial Branch ~George Washington ~Ame

Updated 2025, you can now edit the text. Teach students about central idea, supporting details, and topic in this PowerPoint presentation. There are slides introducing each of the above and strategies on how to find central idea in a text. In addition, there are practice texts with increasingly difficult questions. At the end, there is a brief, interactive review. To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the green star next to my store logo.

Everything you need to teach about The Civil Rights Movement! This bundle includes: ~19 Lessons (4-6 weeks) ~Many opportunities for grades to include: vocabulary assessment & end of unit assessment ~Student Journal Every lesson includes: ~CCSS (Common Core State Standard) Labeled for 4th Grade ~Objective ~Materials ~Vocabulary ~Anticipatory Set ~Active Participation ~Closure ~Independent Practice ~Assessment Criteria *includes pictures & website links The unit is taught from 4 perspectives: 1

Test your students skills about reflections, rotations and translations! This game, works like Jeopardy, it is interactive. Click on the correct response and it will take you to the next question, answer incorrectly and it will send you back to try again. Maureen Kinney :) Now fully editable!

These cursive handwriting practice pages provide practice for older students. Each page has a short paragraph centered on science standards to include life, earth and physical science. Tips: use for weekly homework practice or as morning work Topics Include: -Cells -Classification -Bacteria -Beneficial Bacteria -Harmful Bacteria -Constructive Forces -Destructive Forces -Electricity -Magnetism -Physical Changes -Chemical Changes -Matter To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: •

This colorful poster would be a great resource to hang in your classroom for students. It can also be printed as a resource for students to place in their interactive journal. -Poster sizing directions included so you can make the poster as large as needed. -If you need an assessment for Nonfiction Text Features, please visit my store... https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nonfiction-Text-Features-Assessment-203190 To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the gr

Literary Terms~ These cards fit perfectly in anchor charts or on an ELA word wall. Use these cards as a review or preview in reading literature.There are 35 terms that will last an entire school year, or teach some terms together (i.e. fiction/nonfiction and antagonist/protagonist) to review all terms before testing! Each term has a definition card and an example card. I plan to use them in Guided Reading each week to review strategies taught. Download the preview to see all 35 terms included. T

This product contains 12 Mad Libs stories (school/holiday themed). Each story has a separate area to the right for recording before placing their responses into the story. Included: ~suggestions for use ~parts of speech book marks (student resource) To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the green star next to my store logo. • Follow Me on Pinterest

This resource has the elements of nonfiction text features but in a convenient ladder to hang in your classroom. It can be used as a resource for your students. I use it when I teach nonfiction text features (throughout the year) to support my instruction. Cute clip art by www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden To learn about future sales, new products, and freebies: • Click the green star next to my store logo. • Follow Me on Pinterest

Bringing Up Grades... and Bringing Up Goals These awards were created for students who have brought up their grades (or Goals) in class. In my class, students receive the award when they have brought up one or more grades and no grades have fallen. My fourth graders loved it! Clip Art by letteringdelights.com Maureen Kinney :D