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Aligned with 5th grade Open Court blue and red bands, this resource is an easy, ready to print document that reinforces the spelling patterns and comprehension strategies found in Unit 3 week 4. As always, please feel free to provide feedback on what you love about this resources, as well as ways in which this products could be even better!

Self Explanatory! This great bundle comes with spelling homework and comprehension passages aligned with Open Court weekly lessons. As always, feel free to give feedback that can make this product even better!!! Thanks in advance for your purchase!

Thank you for purchasing my product. This bundle includes 4 spelling activities, as well as 5 comprehension passages (both fiction AND non-fiction), mixed comprehension questions, and answer sheets. I use this as weekly homework because it aligns perfectly with Open Court Grade 5, Unit 2, Lesson 2 phonics and comprehension skills. It can also serve as an awesome enrichment opportunity for early finishers. As always, I welcome you to give any suggestions that could make this product be even BETTE

I used this for students who chose Queen Latifa for their informational writing research projects. Students loved it! As always, please feel free to provide feedback about this product, as well as requests for new themed items.

Great activity about life cycles. The title sums it up!

This includes daily spelling and comprehension practice for Unit 2 Lesson 1. Spelling is aligned with words found in the blue band. Comprehension is aligned with strategies taught in this lesson.

This is the ever- famous Dear Basketball written by the late, great Kobe Bean Bryant. Please check out my other products related to this poem.

I used this for students who chose Beyonce for their informational writing research projects. Students loved it!

I used this document as final copy paper for students who chose Angel Reese as the subject of their informational writing essays. Pretty straightforward.

This product, in honor of the late, great Kobe Bryant, asks students to analyze the theme of his poem Dear Basketball. A colorful final copy paper is attached. This is a perfect writing assignment for Black History Month. The best part is it is FULLY EDITABLE!!! Thanks in advance for purchasing my product, and as always feel free to leave any suggestions that could make this product even more useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itIvUYr5UZI

These scaffolds literally saved my life. After struggling my first year teaching Ready Gen, I finally created these guide sheets, which encompass 3 of the 4 main portions of instruction: Word Word, Readers Workshop, and Writers Workshop. Not only did these scaffolds keep me organized in terms of planning and administering lessons, but they also helped me keep up with pacing throughout each unit. Each lesson includes a list of specific student friendly learning targets (which I also used for my w

This chart (and accompanying activity) gets young scholars thinking about how to articulate their thoughts as they record a scientific observation. Can also be used as a tool for descriptive writing. The best part is that its fully editable!!! I suggest that you make it your own and let student create their own words (with scaffolding where needed) I have a large copy printed in the classroom, and each student has a copy in their scientific journals.

This rubric is used to evaluate scientific observation for beginners. There is also a student-friendly checklist that they can use to monitor their own progress through the written part of the observation process. The best thing is YOU CAN EDIT EVERYTHING!!! I used our school Mascot, but you can cut and paste and use your own!!! (Check out my FREE Science Accountable Talk Posters)

The title is very self explanatory. I printed out Kobe's poem Dear Basketball and had my 4th graders analyze it. We discussed character, point of view, and figurative language along the way. Then, we watched a YouTube video of the poem that was accompanied by some really cool visuals, and students were tasked with writing an opinion piece about Kobe either via poem or letter.

I use this as a nightly addition to homework to track student's at-home silent reading. There is a space to record the title and pages read, as well as a space to jot down what they read about and a line for parent signature. On the back is a list of story elements for students to chose from with details that can help the parents to help the students at home. Thanks in advance for downloading this product. I hope its as useful to you as it's been for me.

This file contains quick, student friendly definitions and examples of how to create interesting topic sentences that "Hook" their audience. ENJOY!

This is pretty self explanatory. I used this as a checklist for students to use independently and with peers when composing their autobiographies, but it can be used with any informational writing piece. Its easy to modify as needed! As always, feel free to leave suggestions on how I can make this product even MORE functional! THANKS!!!

Finally, a solid representation of African American Women in the classroom! This culturally relevant collection of Bitmoji job cards is perfect for any classroom, especially those with an underrepresented African American population.

This fully editable reference chart assists students in using accountable talk to articulate their observations and experiences in science (and other) classes. Once students are shown how to effectively use these commonly used phrases, they will be able to refer to them independently.

The title says it all. These super colorful charts are the perfect way for students to reference everything they need to know to effectively apply what they know about figurative language. File includes 7 individual pages that define simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, oxymoron and onomatopoeia. Perfect as a hanging wall chart, small group reference material, or for students to keep in their individual folders. Thanks in advance for your purchase and as always, please fe