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This is a one sided reading response form for students to record their thinking and support it with evidence from the text. A great way to assess student thinking as they read independently!

This weather graphing activity is student friendly. Each day during your chosen time, the students check the temperature and conditions of the weather and color in the graph. At the conclusion of the weather tracking the student will look at the graph and analyze the data to answer questions.

This individual, station, or small group activity includes a tiered approach to learning about context clues. Students will use QR codes to watch a short video on YOUTUBE and to self check their practice work. Students will then carry their learning into their daily reading by continuing to look for these newly learned context clue types in their independent reading. This activity can be used as individual seat work or at a word study station. Students can work through the 4 step activity at t

This is an observation recording sheet and analysis questions for a seed germination activity. Students will observe the germination process and see which seed germinates the fastest!

Practical practice sheets for skills needed at 2nd and 3rd grade level. Do you have students that need more practice than the textbook has to offer? Here are some practice sheets designed to meet the needs of 2nd and 3rd grade learners. There are 4 sheets in this pack. 2 are even and odd practice, 1 is fact family practice, and the last is rounding to estimate with addition practice.

If you use the workshop approach to teach reading, writing, and math, this might be the planning format for you! Organized onto one page, it allows you to put your plans for mini lessons and small group lesson all on one page for all three subjects!

A response sheet to use with any nonfiction text that includes before, during, and after reading thinking.

This project can be adapted to meet the social studies standards of other states, but is created for the state of Indiana. Students choose a vacation destination as well as two historical stops in Indiana. They plan their trip using many resources including brochures, mapquest, their text book, and more! This project incorporates social studies, health, math, reading, and writing standards! The final product will be a scrapbook created by each student that hightlights the important parts of In

3 posters with quotes from famous authors about writing. Meant to inspire young writers to write! Great to mount on colored paper and hang near your writer's workshop area. Quotes from authors such as Eve Bunting and Dr. Seuss!