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*Bundle to save and get access to an exclusive bonus activity!*Want to review figurative language with your students digitally? Try these activities using examples from Natalie Babbitt’s classic novel Tuck Everlasting.  Use these activities in order to review CCSS Language Standard 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Activities review examples of simile, hyperbole, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and personificatio

Use the print or digital version of this activity for ANY novel during a "First Chapter Friday" reading of a text. Students will determine genre, analyze characters, make predictions, and respond to the text.

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fiction novel, or as par

Need a fun way to have students track and log their reading? Try a "shelfie". In this revised digital version of our hit freebie product, students can record and decorate the spines of the books they've read. This product saves to your Google Drive, so you can share it with your students. Fully editable! Students can add text and change colors to decorate their Reading Shelfie!

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Ghost by Jason Reynolds, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book gro

Looking for a way to engage your students while reading the classic novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton? Have your students analyze this novel through music! This project is a perfect way have students demonstrate their understanding of the novel while practice deep analysis. Components the project asks students to analyze include:Character developmentMoodThemeSymbolismConflictSignificant eventsBuying this product gives you access to a Google Folder which includes: Teacher instructionsPrintab

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book

Want to review figurative language with your students digitally? Try these digital, interactive matching activities using examples from Natalie Babbitt’s classic novel Tuck Everlasting chapters 1 through 14.  Use these activities in order to review CCSS Language Standard 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Activities review examples of simile, hyperbole, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and personification. Great fo

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fiction novel, or as pa

Want to review figurative language with your students digitally? Try these digital, interactive matching activities using examples from Natalie Babbitt’s classic novel Tuck Everlasting. Students don’t need to have read the book to complete the activities. Great for Google Classroom, Canvas, or other digital learning management systems.  Use these activities in order to review CCSS Language Standard 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word mea

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Cinder by Marissa Meyer, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a science fiction novel, or as part of book grou

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a fantasy

Looking for a way to engage your students while reading The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate? Try this digital novel study. Help your student develop their higher order thinking skills while reading! ELEVEN different activities that students can complete during and after reading The One and Only Bob. This Digital Novel Study was designed to be assigned on your learning management system (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) for students to complete digitally. This is a great resource for

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these FOUR First Chapter Friday activities! These four activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for studying imagery, foreshadowing, and irony. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fic

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fict

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Schooled by Gordon Korman, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book g

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as p

Wrap up the end of the school year and celebrate your students' accomplishments with this Digital End of Year Scrapbook for Upper Elementary. Designed for students in grades 4-6, these SEVEN fun scrapbook activities will help students reflect on and celebrate their year. This is a great way to end the year! The Digital End of Year Scrapbook for Upper Elementary was designed to be assigned on your learning management system (Google Classroom™, SeeSaw™, Canvas™, etc.) for students to complete dig

Wrap up the end of the school year and celebrate your students' accomplishments with this Digital End of Year Scrapbook for Secondary Grades. SEVEN fun scrapbook pages to help students reflect on their year. Made with middle and high school students in mind, this is a great way to end the year in any class. The Digital End of Year Scrapbook for Secondary Grades was designed to be assigned on your learning management system (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) for students to complete digitally.

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a fantasy novel, or as p