All Things Elementary

This download includes the following teacher instructions, a handout/poster of the elements/characteristics of literary nonfiction, and a student response sheet which is applicable to all literary nonfiction books. Understanding genres can be difficult, especially going beyond simply fiction and nonfiction. Literary nonfiction (also known as creative nonfiction) is especially tricky because of the grey area it occupies between fiction and nonfiction. At first works of literary nonfiction may a

This bookmark is designed to be copied double sided to accommodate 12 chapters. The students must determine the most important plot point in the chapter and summarize it in one sentence. Recording each chapter summary in one place helps students to remember each turn in the plot. This is a great activity for scaffolding struggling readers to summarize an entire book. At the end of the book, you can ask students to pick the four or five most important chapters and write them as a paragraph.

A vocabulary list I created to use as a reference for students during our animal science unit. I used a poster machine to enlarge the list to display on the wall. How you use it is up to you! Two copies are included. The first uses the terms endothermic and ectothermic which I believe alleviates some confusion between warm-blooded and cold-blooded meanings. The second page is the same list, but uses the traditional warm-blooded/cold-blooded designations. Both pages include the words: habit

Versatile template! Great for jigsaw activity or note taking during a video. Excellent organizer to prepare students for animal research project. Common Core Standards: research using information texts.

The bookmark currently comes in one design and prints three on a page. I write each student's name at the bottom and laminate them for each student to keep in his/her book box. Please contact me at allthingselem@gmail.com if you would like any changes to the document to suite your specific needs.