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The Depth and Complexity Icons help our students with deeper thinking, conversations, etc. These posters are meant to give your students a quick reference guide that you can post in the room.

As students are reading fantasy novels, these book marks are great for helping them stop and jot, or think through their preparations for book club converstations.

As students are reading historical fiction novels, these book marks are great for helping them stop and jot, or think through their preparations for book club converstations.

Students benefit from evidence and explanation stems when learning to write essays. These stems will also help your students add variety to their writing. Use the blank spaces to add class generated stems as well.

Having these general theme posters in your classroom will lead to great conversations about theme vs main idea this year!! My students love to decide which themes could work for our read aloud and then discuss why one them might work better than another. These are general enough that any book will fit into at least one if not several of them. Be Happy with What You Have Accepting Others Differences Always Be Kind to Others Honest Teamwork Overcoming Challenges Believe in Yourself Don't Be Afrai

Writing summaries doesn't have to be boring. Help students capture the most important aspects of the text by using poetry structures!! These are the four that I have found work best in our book club discussions. This could be printed as a bookmark or glued into a notebook as a reference.

A quick and fun comma reference poster on the wall or in the front of a writing notebook can make a big difference in student writing!

Each year, I complete this activity with my homeroom students the first couple days of school. Once the work is complete, I print the pictures and create a bulletin board that stays up for the entire year as a daily reminder for my students. At the end of the year, I send the pictures home with the students.

This poster will help students take ownership of their effort level and how it impacts their progress. This could also be printed small to put in the front of notebooks or student planners.

This is a great quick reference for student writing. A large classroom poster is one option, but you could also print smaller for adding to interactive notebooks.

This is a great poster to remind our students what it means to focus!!

Help your students review genres with this sort activity. Students will cut apart the pieces and then work individually or in group to arrange the genre, definition, and examples.

Help your students review Text Structures with this sort activity. Students will cut apart the pieces and then work individually or in group to arrange the text feature, definition, and examples.

A simple reminder that students need to take ownership of their own learning. This poster is cute, but to the point.

It's always nice to have something on the desk when the students arrive. This quick survey will give you an opportunity to get to know your students while giving them something to work on during that awkward first morning.

Students need to practice answering questions thoroughly or you will only get a basic answer from them. Once they understand the pattern and expecation for a complete and thorough answer, they will up their game!! This infographic would work well as a poster in the room, but could also be used as a bookmark for the students, or even glued in the front of their notebooks.

Help your students grow and stretch their thinking with this example. When we model our expectations for our students, they will rise to the challenge!

We ask students to annotate text, but do we really explain why? This would make a great wall poster, but would also be a great addition to an interactive reading notebook.

These fantasy/dystopian reading prompts will work with any book! They are also easy to modifiy for your leveled groups.

These historical fiction reading prompts will work with any book! They are also easy to modifiy for your leveled groups.