Balke's Resources

This poster set & aligned worksheets are perfect for those early finishers. Hang the posters up in the classroom for students to reference and keep worksheets readily available for them to access as needed. Posters can be printed for in-class visuals or displayed online for a digital visual. :) Included in this poster set: Write a poemWrite an essayCreate a persuasive posterWrite a review on your favorite book worksheet without lines worksheet with linesWrite a news article news article wit

This fun task card set quizzes students about character, setting, and plot. Students then complete a worksheet to show their mastery. Included: 26 task cards with paragraphs for students to read and analyzeThe worksheet that can apply to any task card1 poster about what context clues are, to help students analyze the stories1 poster with context clue definition and objectivesWant more reading?!Story Elements Task CardsMain Idea Task CardsTheme Visuals and GameCause and EffectPoint of ViewAuthor

This is a great resource for teachers to use when performing a Socratic Seminar in their classes. Included in this file: 3 sets of tracking sheets, each with different look-fors when performing a Socratic Seminar.Each set includes a teacher tracking sheet and 2 student tracking sheets. One where students are required to track the number of participants and provide examples from their partner and one where students only have to track their partner's participation.2 teacher sheets to track studen

This poster set is a great reference tool for teachers and students! Posters can be printed for in-class visuals or displayed online for a digital visual. :) Included in this file: Title sheet8 math practices with commonly used verbs8 math practices with questions to askTitle sheet8 math practices with commonly used verbs with clipart8 math practices with questions to ask with clipartWant more posters?Effort and Goal PostersClassroom Expectations PostersReading Questions PostersMath PracticesTyp

This set is only the first 500 words.Includes an assessment checklist for each list to see what words students have mastered and which words are missing. Tasks cards with words clearly written in kid-friendly fonts. Each set of 100 is on different colored cards to easily sort. Use these cards to: assess studentsprovide center activitiespractice fluencyuse in small groupsWant more task cards?Nonsense Words Task CardsPlural VS Possessive Nouns Task CardsStory Elements Task CardsMain Ideas Task Car

This is a PowerPoint to teach 9 different types of poetry and students create a poetry book. Included in this 32 slide PowerPoint file: Standards and objectives for grades 3-5Poetry vocabulary review"Where do we see poetry?" discussion slideThe pages for the students' poetry book include an objective page, 10 pages for each type of poetry, and a reflection page.Animated slides that describe each type of poetry and provide an example of each.Higher-level questions after each type of poetryA refle