Amy Ruffo

These challenging puzzles make for a great center activity! Included are 6 square puzzles. Students are given the puzzle pieces and must solve the problems to match the pieces together. Simply cut and laminate the pieces for repeated use OR give the students a scrambled page for them to cut out and assemble. Also included is an optional student recording sheet for students to use to show their work. Included in this product are completed and scrambled puzzles for each of the following: - Addi

In this file, you will find a poster, a graphic organizer, flashcards, and 6 quizzes over the 19 amendments covered in the 5th Grade Georgia Performance Standards for Social Studies. This file covers the following Amendments: Bill of Rights (1-10) 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26 Activities Included: Graphic Organizer: Assign each student one of the 19 amendments. They will then write the amendment, paraphrase it in their own words, and draw a picture to correspond with it. These make wo

This is the graphic organizer to a Halloween writing activity that has students creating their own monster and producing a descriptive informational writing with multiple paragraphs. For the activity, students draw their own monsters in secret being sure no one else sees what their monster looks like. After drawing, the students then write an informational paper about their monster using the attached graphic organizer to plan their writing. The main body of the paper will focus on being very d

This packet will give you an alternative to the traditional reading logs. Independent Reading Letters offer rich, meaningful homework (or class work if you choose) that has students analyzing their independent reading at a much deeper level and citing textual evidence. Great for achieving those Common Core Standards! The reading letters require students to write a four paragraph letter to their teacher that goes beyond simply a summary of what they've read. Instead, the focus is on their think

In these lessons, students practice incorporating dialogue in their narrative writing while becoming cartoonists! The students will write two stories (one individual and one with a partner). The writing is centered around each student's personal cartoon character - their Mini-Me! The graphic organizers for each writing are included.