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Great beginning of the year introduction or review of basic science tools - especially those used for measuring in science experiments and investigations. Product consists of 7 stations with directions on cards for students, teacher directions and ideas for set up, plus a recording sheet OR science journal foldable. I use this every year to kick off the year during the first week to 10 days of school. Stations are meant to be done as rotations of cooperative groups. Could be broken up int

Rubric, Template, Directions, and Book List for having your students complete a historical book report. Differentiate through choice: Provided in the materials is everything needed to have students complete their report as a Tri-Fold brochure (template included) OR as PowerPoint presentation. OR as the teacher, you can decide to use one or the other formats depending on your students' access to computers, etc... Rubric includes point values of each part of the report students need to compl

Expectations and processes can make or break how things are going in your classroom. This book and plan make a great, humorous read aloud to get kids thinking about how the class would go "if everybody did...." This product includes lesson plans, musical active engagement, journal writing, and shared decision making about rules/expectations to get your year going in the right direction OR to refocus the efforts of students to follow rules, procedures and processes. This new/improved version

Class Culture Building to start your year off right! The book, Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy, helps students remember that we all are individuals and that respect for our differences is what tolerance is all about. It also helps students remember that mean-spirited teasing hurts. Included are questions for during/after reading, journal response prompt, and an activity for getting to know one another and recognize new classmates as AWESOME individuals. A great way to integra

Energy Resources: Renewable and Nonrenewable Combines science content learning with reading comprehension practice. Ready-to-use for easy teacher use or may be great review work to leave with a substitute. Test passage covers: Renewable, nonrenewable, fossil fuels, pollution, chemical energy Product includes: Text passage that is Lexile level 900 Think along questions for students to use for self monitoring of comprehension as they read Reading comprehension questions that utilize common quest

Character Analysis and Finding a Theme in Literature! Produce Includes Two Day Lesson Plan Day 1 – Characters Face Challenges Day 2 – Finding A Theme With the Lesson Plans You Get Basic Lesson Scripting Cooperative Group Activity Original Short Story & Questions for Extension (with basic Answer Key) Journal Responses for “One Hen” and the Original Short Story that is included Smart Board/Projector Screens of Original Short Story & All Questions

Energy Forms and Transformations Combines science content learning with reading comprehension practice. Ready-to-use for easy teacher use or may be great review work to leave with a substitute. Test passage covers: Sun's energy, mechanical energy, thermal energy, potential energy, kinetic energy, electrical energy, energy transformations Product includes: Text passage that is Lexile 800-900 level Think along questions for students to use for self monitoring of comprehension as they read Reading

Halloween Passages for reading and essay writing. Two passages about the history of Halloween and the origins of many of the symbols of Halloween. Students then use the texts for a multi-paragraph, explanatory essay. A planning sheet with notes to the student is provided along with the writing prompt related to the two texts. In addition, there is a comprehension check/quiz that students can do after reading the two texts.

Character Trait Vocabulary Teach and connect a new word each week to reading, movies, and real life. Building vocabulary is a key part of developing a student’s solid reading comprehension. The Regional Educational Laboratory at Marzano Research calls for direct instruction, repetition, and tasks that get students developing a deeper understanding of vocabulary words. This product introduces a character trait each week in the form of a vocabulary word with the intention that the word would b

A fun way to practice with self-checking riddle worksheets. Students know by being able to complete the riddle at the bottom if they were doing the work correctly. Covers Standards: MACC5.NBT.1.1 and MACC5.NBT.1.2 Great addition to work from Go Math 5th Grade - Chapter 1

Fractions worksheets that allow students to self-check through riddles that they can complete as they work through the practice problems. As a teacher, I like fewer problems than are often offered by the practice sheets that come with our math textbook and I like worksheets "with a twist" - something to add a little bit of engagement to the work students need to practice anyways. This includes 4 sheets (with answer keys, of course) -Two are a mixture of renaming mixed numbers to improper f

Independent Reading Book Report in the form of a poster board project. Product includes templates for students to use to create their book report project poster. A detailed letter of directions for families and a comprehensive realistic fiction book list is included. The book list has lexile levels and topics and includes a variety of levels for students 4th grade up to 7th grade. Scoring Rubrics provided which also guide the students toward including everything a teacher might be lookin

Frindle Standard Based Journal Responses and Mini Lessons Includes a lesson plan for each chapter of the book. Includes cut/glue in journal responses for easy use with students. Includes mini lessons based on standards appropriate for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Includes resources to support the various mini lessons. And photos for teachers who need to "see" how it might all come together for you!

Read Aloud Plans for Back to School Culture & Class Building Bundle Four books highlighted with read aloud, standard based discussion questions, class culture building activities to start the year, and journal responses to help integrate ELA with getting your class off to a great start! Plans to Accompany Books Include... -Develop Rules & Gain Buy In -Get to Know Each Other as Individuals -Being Present and Mindfulness in the Classroom

For the beginning of the year - a creative writing piece modeled after the text structure and phrasing patterns for Margaret Wise Brown in The Important Book. Includes a basic lesson plan, a teacher modeling sample, and student template that can be used as a display for each child or put together as a Class Important Book. Great way during the first week to see students writing ability - stamina, ability to follow directions, overall mechanics, and handwriting.

Formative Assessment for Independent Reading Must Be Ongoing! Make that time count with individual reading conferences. Conferring one on one with readers can make a huge difference in how much they get out of the time spent in class and at home on reading independently. Research has shown over and over again that the more time students spend reading self-selected texts, the more proficient they become with comprehension, vocabulary, and language skills. Conferring with readers helps them tra

Add Fractions Subtract Fractions Printable Fun Worksheets that students can self-check through the riddle at the bottom of each sheet! Some sheets have like denominators Some sheets have unlike denominators and students must find a common denominator. Sheets have a mixture of both operations. Sheets require simplifying for most problems. One sheet has renaming mixed and improper fractions.

Soil Formation Combines science content learning with reading comprehension practice. Ready-to-use for easy teacher use or may be great review work to leave with a substitute. Test passage covers: Soil formation, organic matter/humus, decomposers, weathering, types of soil particles, layers of soil Product includes: Text passage that is Lexile 800-900 level Think along questions for students to use for self monitoring of comprehension as they read Reading comprehension questions that utilize c

Two texts that integrate reading, writing and science on the topic of plant reproduction of flowering and non-flowering plants.Each text has "think along" questions provided along the right hand side of the text. The text set is followed by an ELA question sheet that follows some of the types of ELA questions often found on state assessments.Finally, there is a sheet that has basic science content questions that also follows some of the ways that students are tested on state science tests. Lex

Mindfulness in the Classroom with Integrated ELA - Book based discussion questions, cooperative group activity for building understanding of being present, reflective journal response prompt, and activities to begin simple mindfulness rituals in your classroom.