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I created this PowerPoint to go along with our Social Studies textbook titled "Building A Nation" by Scott Foresman. However, it's a GREAT PowerPoint to teach about the the "Lost Colony of Roanoke". I will also upload another Powerpoint on Jamestown as well as a quiz that goes along with the two PowerPoints. I usually present this Powerpoint first. Then, they complete the first quiz set. Then, I present the Jamestown PowerPoint and they complete the second quiz set. The PowerPoint includes lots

This is a Jeopardy Review Game I made for Chapter 1 of our Social Studies Textbook. Our Textbook tite is "Building A Nation" by Scott Foresman (5th Grade). It is a PowerPoint game. The game includes the following categories and goes along with the textbook Chapter test: M/A/or I? (Mound Builders, Anasazis, or Inuits?) Early Americans Early American Cultures Empires It also has one Final Jeopardy Question. My students LOVE to these games at the end of units/chapters to review for the test. We

This is a very explicit lesson for students to teach them how to summarize. It uses the acronym "MIDAS" to help students remember exactly how to summarize. It also models how to summarize using a nonfiction text. The final slides teach the difference between direct quotations and paraphrasing in summaries. Great for new Common Core standards!

These are support materials I created for Chapter 1 of the Scott Foresman: Building A Nation. In this pack of items, I have included the following editable items: 1. Chapter Vocabulary Quiz 2. Additional Page on Mound Builders, Anasazis, & Inuits for end of chapter test. 3. A Moundbuilders Internet Scavenger Hunt 4. An Inuits Internet Scavenger Hunt 5. An Archeaologist's "Dig" Project for the end of the chapter (or lesson 1) 6. A Chapter 1 study guide to go along with the series chap

This Powerpoint introduces and models for students step-by-step how to write 5 paragraph expository essays! This is a fabulous teaching tool especially if your students have to take a standardized writing exam! I will also be uploading other resources that coincide with this lesson which will include mini-rubrics you can print on mailing labels to stick to their drafts and final writing pieces!

This PowerPoint teaches about the colony of Jamestown. I created it to go along with Chapter 5 of our Social Studies textbook titled "Building A Nation" by Scott Foresman. It is 16 slides long. 2 slides are review questions for the students. 1 slide is a Bibliography slide. It includes several images to go along with the lesson for your visual learners. I will also have a quiz uploaded for this lesson as well.

This PowerPoint explains the purpose of descriptive writing. It includes sample model paragraphs for the students to refer to in their own writing. It also guides the students through the planning stage of writing a 5 paragraph descriptive writing piece. It gives them a "planning assignment" on the last slide. Great explicit lesson on descriptive writing!! If you like this, keep an eye out for another PowerPoint coming soon on writing body paragraphs and introductions/conclusions. I also plan to

I created this PowerPoint to go along with our Social Studies textbook titled "Building A Nation" by Scott Foresman. However, it's a GREAT PowerPoint to teach about the the Puritans. The PowerPoint includes some images and clipart! You'll love it!! The last 2 slides are review questions to ask students after you finish teaching them about the Puritans. You can use it as a class oral review. Later, you can use the questions for independent work. This lesson goes with Chapter 5 of Scott Foresman

This document is a printable Word Document. I created the reading passages for our school FLIP-It binder. The binder has reading and math questions modeled after our state standardized tests~ARMT+. This is the reading portion of the FLIP it. It has a place to notate students timed reading 2 nights per week. It also contains 4 questions per passage. 3 of the questions are multiple choice questions. One is an open-ended response question. There are a total of 36 pages of questions. The questions g

This is a full Day 2 PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 8 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When Washington Crossed the Delaware." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Object of Prepositions with Formative Assessment Practice -Fluency Component -Vocabulary (Formative Assessment Practice) -Focus Skill~Sequencing Workbook p. 44 Review -Story Preview/Building Background -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LO

This is a full Day 1 PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 8 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When Washington Crossed the Delaware." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Prepositions with Formative Assessment Practice -Listening Comprehension Component -Vocabulary (Using student friendly definitions, questions, and images) -Focus Skill~Sequencing with link to game -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE thi

This is a full Day 3 PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 8 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When Washington Crossed the Delaware." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Prepositional Phrases with Formative Assessment Practice -Fluency Component -Vocabulary (Formative Assessment Practice) -Focus Skill~Sequencing Review -Poem "In 1776" -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends t

This is a full Day 2 PowerPoint presentation created for the story "Leonardo's Horse" in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Dependent versus Independent Clauses -Listening Comprehension/Fluency Mini-Lesson -Vocabulary Review -Focus Skill~Seqencing Review (Workbook p. 50) -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends to be overwhelming to you. It will make your life super easy! It

This is a full Day 2 PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 7 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When the Circus Came to Town." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Simple/Compound Sentences -Fluency Activity -Vocabulary Review (with new images) & Workbook p. 37 Review -Focus Skill~Theme Review and Workbook p. 39 Review -Story Genre -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends to be

This is a full Day 3 PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 7 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When the Circus Came to Town." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Run-on Sentences -Fluency Activity -Word Attack Skills~Letter patterns /oa/ and /ow/ -Vocabulary (Using student friendly definitions, questions, and images) -Focus Skill~Theme Review & Workbook p. 38 review -Reading Poetry~P. 194 review -Assignment Slide (This can of cour

This is a full Day PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 8 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When Washington Crossed the Delaware." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Preposition Review as Formative Assessment Practice -Fluency Component -Vocabulary (Formative Assessment Practice with images) -Focus Skill~Sequencing Review & Link to Game -Reference Sources Mini-Lesson (You will need the basal's transparency R35) -Assignment Slide

This is a full Day 3 PowerPoint presentation created for the story "Leonardo's Horse" in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Complex Sentences/Review Clauses & Phrases -Fluency Mini-Lesson -Vocabulary Review -Focus Skill~Seqencing Review (Workbook p. 49) -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends to be overwhelming to you. It will make your life super easy! It is basically the

This is a full Day 4 PowerPoint presentation created for the story "Leonardo's Horse" in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The Powerpoint includes the following: -Fluency Mini-Lesson -Vocabulary Review -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends to be overwhelming to you. It will make your life super easy! It is basically the teacher manual in easy to use PowerPoint form! :) Look also for Days 1, 2 & 3!

This is a full Day 1 PowerPoint presentation created for Lesson 7 in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The title of the story is "When the Circus Came to Town." The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Run-ons/Comma Splices Review -Fluency Activity -Word Attack Skills~Letter patterns /oa/ and /ow/ -Vocabulary Review with new images -Focus Skill~Theme Review -Poetry Activity -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends

This is a full Day 2 PowerPoint presentation created for the story "A Drop of Water" in the Harcourt Storytown Reading Basal Series. The Powerpoint includes the following: -Grammar Skill~Pronouns with links to pronoun games -Vocabulary Review -Fluency Mini-Lesson -Focus Skill~Cause & Effect Review -Assignment Slide (This can of course be altered.) You will LOVE this if Harcourt Reading tends to be overwhelming to you. It will make your life super easy! It is basically the teacher manual