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Tape Diagram-Problem Solving Interactive Notebook Activitie

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Effectively teach your students how to use tape diagrams (bar models) as an effective problem solving strategy. Using visual models helps students transition to the abstract steps of generating an equation to solve the problem. This resource

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, MP6, MP7, MP8

$3.00

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RACE Strategy Writing Practice Planning & Response Pages

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Use these RACE writing strategy practice pages to easily guide your students through the process of planning and writing short constructed responses. Practicing with these pages teaches your students how to lay the foundation for a well developed

Subjects:

Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.4.1, RL.5.1, W.3.1, W.4.1, W.5.1

$4.75

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Constructed Response Writing Practice

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Looking for an easy way to provide your students with constructed response writing practice? These no-prep printable pages are the perfect supplement to combine with the reading passages that you already use to help your students develop and

Subjects:

Reading, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Literacy Center Ideas

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.4.1, RL.5.1, RI.3.1, RI.4.1, RI.5.1, W.3.1, W.3.2, W.4.1, W.4.2, W.5.1...

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Constructed Response ACED Writing Practice Bundle

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Make teaching constructed response writing easy! Use these combined resources to introduce, teach, and provide continued practice of constructed response writing. This bundle includes: • ACED Constructed Response Interactive Notebook Resource •

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.4.1, RL.5.1, RI.3.1, RI.4.1, RI.5.1, W.3.1, W.4.1, W.5.1

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$8.00

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Argumentative Essay Transitional Words & Phrases Resource

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Provide your students with this reference tool to help them improve their argumentative writing. This NO-PREP printable is a perfect resource for your students to use when writing and revising essays that present their perspective on a topic.

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Other, Interactive Notebooks

$1.00

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Constructed Response ACED Interactive Notebook Resource

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Easily teach your students how to lay the foundation for a well developed constructed response. The activities included in this resource are a great way to introduce the ACED acronym as your students begin response writing. This resource

Subjects:

Reading, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.4.1, RL.5.1, RI.3.1, RI.4.1, RI.5.1, W.3.1, W.4.1, W.5.1

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Constructed Response Practice: Theme, Genre, Author's Purpose, & Point of View

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SHOW YOUR THINKING® is a framework developed to guide students as they develop and practice their critical thinking skills when writing short constructed responses. This framework consists of three steps that encourage the students to slow down,

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.4.6, RL.5.6, W.4.1, W.4.5, W.5.1, W.5.5

$9.50

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Constructed Response With Text Evidence: Paired Text Practice

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Easily provide your students with paired text extended response practice! These no-prep, printable pages have been created to guide your students through the process of planning and writing a five paragraph response comparing how character’s

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Test Prep, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, W.4.1, W.5.1, W.6.1

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Literature & Genre Interactive Notebook Resource

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This resource includes two ELA interactive notebook foldable templates. The first interactive template identifies the distinguishing characteristics of fiction and nonfiction text. The second identifies the distinguishing characteristics of

Subjects:

Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

$3.00

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Character Trait Constructed Response Practice-Show Your Thinking™/R.L. Cards 1-8

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Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Test Prep, Literacy Center Ideas

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.3, W.5.1, W.5.2, W.5.4

$5.00

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Patricia Polacco - Thank You, Mr. Falker & The Junkyard Wonders Study Guide

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Thank You, Mr. Falker and Junkyard Wonders, read together, create an excellent opportunity for introducing your students to the importance of classroom community. This reading study guide includes inferencing character traits, determining theme and

Subjects:

Reading, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Study Guides, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, W.4.1, W.5.1, W.6.1

$10.00

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Constructed Response With Text Evidence - Patricia Polacco Paired Text Practice

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Use Patricia Polacco’s inspirational stories Thank You, Mr. Falker and Junkyard Wonders to guide your students through the process of writing an extended constructed paired text response. These no-prep, printable pages have been created to guide

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.3, RL.6.1, W.5.1, W.5.2, W.6.1, W.6.2

$4.00

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Theme Constructed Response Practice- Show Your Thinking™/R.L. Cards 1-8

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Subjects:

Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Test Prep, Literacy Center Ideas

$5.00

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Science Fair Project Guide

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This Science Fair Guide has been developed to assist your students as they design and conduct their experiments using the scientific method. These NO-PREP pages break the Science Fair project into manageable steps for both teachers and their

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Projects, Printables, Science Centers

$8.00

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Theme, Genre, Character Trait & Point of View 1-8 Show Your Thinking® Bundle

By Shea's Classroom

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Test Prep, Literacy Center Ideas

$20.00

$16.00

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Short Constructed Response Toolkit - ACE & Rubric

By Shea's Classroom

Easily teach your students how to lay the foundation for a well developed constructed response. The activities included in this resource are a great way to introduce the ACE acronym as your students begin response writing. This resource

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

$3.00

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Character Analysis Unit- STEAL Characterization

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Use these Character Analysis pages with any text to provide your students with a format to use when analyzing a character’s personality and/or traits using the characterization STEAL acronym. Once your students have completed their analysis, they

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Literacy Center Ideas, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.5.1, RL.5.3, RL.6.1, RL.6.3, W.4.1, W.5.1, W.6.1

$6.00

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Theme Graphic Organizers & Constructed Response Practice Pages

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Easily provide your students with practice determining theme. These leveled pages have been developed to guide your students through the process of determining the theme of a story and using the ACED acronym to write a short constructed responses

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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Perspective Description Word List - No Prep-Printable

By Shea's Classroom

Provide your students with the tools to help them improve their ability to analyze a character’s perspective. This NO-PREP printable is a perfect reference for your students to use when determining a character’s perspective. This resource also

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.5.3, RL.6.3, W.5.3b, W.6.3b

$1.00

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Conservation of Mass Experiment

By Shea's Classroom

Use the scientific method to teach your students the law of conservation of mass. These no-prep printable pages guide your students through the process of designing and conducting an experiment to determine if creating a solution will change the

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Science Centers

$2.50

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Shea is currently a fifth grade teacher who has over 15 years of experience teaching at the elementary level. She has conducted many classroom action research studies focused on improving elementary instruction in the areas of ELA and math. Likewise, together with a team of her K - 6 teaching colleagues, Shea was awarded a competitive Teacher as Researcher Grant from the International Literacy Association (ILA) and an acclaimed Professional Development Grant from her regional Teaching Center to study student reading and writing improvement across the elementary grade levels. Using her expertise, she has created Show Your Thinking® to provide students with a tiered structure to support them as they practice and develop their critical thinking skills.

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