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This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Rosie Revere Engineer by: Andrea Beaty is an awesome story about a little girl who dreams of becoming an engineer! She creates inventions for her relatives and learns important life lessons along the way. Her Great-Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) helps Rosie adopt a growth mindset and is instrumental in helping Rosie grow as a person and as an engineer! Rosie l

This novel study packet includes 10 pages of close reading practice + cover that asks the students to read and re-read to find text evidence to support their findings. A Wrinkle in Time is written by Madeleine L'Engle. Novel Study Includes: 1. Cover Page 2. Summarizing Events (somebody, wanted, but, So, then) 3. Compare and Contrast: Charles Wallace and Calvin 4. Meg's Character Traits 5. The talisman that Mrs. Whatsit gives each person, why and how it helped on their journey 6. Summary of the

This packet comes with 5 activities that have students use their critical thinking skills and map skills to code. The activities include: 1. Writing code to a location. 2. Reading code to see each person's destination. 3. Reading a To-Do list to create a route to code and then use coding to complete actions while on the road. Can't get enough of un-plugged coding? I have other coding products too! Computer Coding with Map Skills- 3 Assessments Reading and Writing Code while using a Map Pa

This activity is great for creative writing! I remember doing a mock newspaper as a kid; I thought it was so fun to pretend like I was in that time period or in the book. Writing from the character's POV is a great way to have a mini lesson on tone and mood. This is a good opportunity to also have your students learn about "Show don't tell." They can write from the character's perspective and say a lot about the character's feelings and thoughts by what they write. This is also a nice opportunit

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Ish is written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Growth Mindset is a positive way of thinking. When a student laments, "I just can't do that" or "I am bad at Math!," it is healthy to say to them, "Well, you just can't do that...yet, but with hard work and practice I know you can learn to work out those Math equations." This mindset applauds the process of hard

These 3 activities focus on writing code using paper and pencil. Coding is a great critical thinking activity because the students have to position themselves on the map and move by holding their place in their mind. These activities can be extended to procedural writing activities. Write code and then explain your steps. "First, I left the zoo and turned East. Then, I went straight through 2 intersections..." etc. I hope you enjoy! Want more coding activities? Writing Code Using Map Skills

Persuasive Appeals, Rhetorical Appeals are made fun with this packet! Students will climb the Bloom's Taxonomy ladder as they understand, remember, analyze, evaluate and create their own appeals. Help them learn ethos, pathos and logos with these activities. I remember learning about persuasive appeals in 7th and 8th grade and again, in more depth, in college. I think it is fascinating to delve into the psychology behind how advertising companies and businesses can cause certain emotions in con

This activity is great for creative writing! I remember doing a mock newspaper as a kid; I thought it was so fun to pretend like I was in that time period or in the book. Writing from the character's POV is a great way to have a mini lesson on tone and mood. This is a good opportunity to also have your students learn about "Show don't tell." They can write from the character's perspective and say a lot about the character's feelings and thoughts by what they write. This is also a nice opportunit

Salt in his Shoes is a biography written by Michael Jordan's mother and sister(Delores and Roslyn Jordan). This book follows a young Michael as he attempts to become a better basketball player. There are 3 writing prompts include: →Writing from Michael Jordan's POV about how he used perseverance and a growth mindset to accomplish his goals! →Dear Reader, Tell us about a time when someone supported you. How did this support help you accomplish your goal? →Write about how Delores and Roslyn prep

This activity is great for creative writing! I remember doing a mock newspaper as a kid; I thought it was so fun to pretend like I was in that time period or in the book. Writing from the character's POV is a great way to have a mini lesson on tone and mood. This is a good opportunity to also have your students learn about "Show don't tell." They can write from the character's perspective and say a lot about the character's feelings and thoughts by what they write. This is also a nice opportunit

Fish in a Tree by: Lynda Mullaly Hunt is a book that celebrates growth mindset. When precocious Ally is not able to read in class, she decides to act out to divert attention away from her lack of abilities. However; with help from her patient teacher, Ally is able to see that her condition of having dyslexia does not mean that she will never be able to read, but that she has to work that much harder to become literate. This book helps teach students about growth mindset by watching how Ally ch

The Tale of Despereaux is a novel written by (the amazing) Kate DiCamillo about a mouse that is truly himself and does not conform, no matter the repercussions this has on his life. This novel teaches about the power and enchantment that story telling allows the reader.The Tale of Despereaux is written so eloquently that I could not put it down and read it straight through to the end. These newspapers come in color and black and white copies. Answer key is included with detailed descriptions a

This activity is great for creative writing! I remember doing a mock newspaper as a kid; I thought it was so fun to pretend like I was in that time period or in the book. Writing from the character's POV is a great way to have a mini lesson on tone and mood. This is a good opportunity to also have your students learn about "Show don't tell." They can write from the character's perspective and say a lot about the character's feelings and thoughts by what they write. This is also a nice opportunit

The One and Only Ivan by: Christina Applegate is an amazing book. I stayed up late one night and read the entire book in one sitting because I could not put it down. Each character is able to exude many emotions in a small space. I felt like I was reading a long poem or a series of short prose pieces that all fit together like a beautiful mosaic. The story centers on Ivan, a gorilla, who was stripped from his home and has been living in a shopping mall for 27 years as the mall's main attractio

Everything, Everything is an amazing story written by Nicola Yoon. The story follows a girl who is stuck inside due to her sickness called SCID. She has never left her home before and begins to yearn for the outside world when a boy her age moves in next door. The creative writing activities inspired from the novel include: Madeline writes her name and the reward a person who finds her book will receive in each book. Create your own rewards for someone who finds your lost books. Madeline is an

This packet teaches students about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There are 4 activities included. 1. Create your own "I have a Dream Speech." This speech can be about, "How would you make the world a better place?" Or you can customize it to be anything you like for your classroom. "How would you make our school or classroom a better place?" 2. Reading Comprehension Questions: There are 6 questions that the students will answer from the MLK reading passage. 3. Time Line: I have included a Ti

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a classic, beautifully written book about a Utopian society in the future. The protagonist, Jonas, is given a special "honorable" job that changes everything. This novel study is 10 pages+ cover of Language Arts assessments and practice. This novel study covers 8 LA standards. Want more The Giver resources? The Giver Newspaper Creative Writing Activity

This Worksheet focuses on Similes and Metaphors. I have included a description of what a Simile and a Metaphor is for the students to refer back to while working. There are three sections: 1. Identifying Simile and Metaphor 2. Changing Simile into Metaphor 3. Writing Prompt: "Juliet is the Sun" What can we tell about Juliet from this metaphor? (i.e. beautiful, bright, life revolves around her, life giving, necessary for survival) Click the link below to check out another Similes and Metaphors

This Figurative Language Scavenger hunt is a great tool to get students out of their seats and moving around the room to "hunt" for their figurative language terms. You'll hear your students have meaningful conversations about figurative language while working together. This is a great tool that I use often in my classroom! This kit includes: -Scavenger hunt with 12 figurative language terms -Detailed instructions -Teacher Answer Key and Scavenger Hunt picture answer key -2 types of Answer Ke

The Giver is a book written about a futuristic community where everything is controlled and regulated for efficiency. The characters are concerned with their precision of language and how they can help their community. However; as all amazing books do, there is a twist and an issue with how the protagonist functions in his community and the resulting effects are surprising and hauntingly beautiful. This newspaper writing activity is great for creative writing in your classroom! There are 3 sec