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We have been teaching 4th grade together for 15 years! Both of us have our bachelors degree in elementary education and masters degrees. Laura has been teaching for 15 years as a 4th grade ELA teacher. Jenna has been teaching for 25 years, working in a self-contained classroom before moving to IST then returning to the classroom as a 4th grade ELA teacher.
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Preview of Oregon Trail Simulation Project

Oregon Trail Simulation Project

This is a listing for a 10 day simulation on Oregon Trail. It is based on the book, Easy Simulations: Pioneers by Scholastic. This unit includes EVERYTHING you need to lead your students through a whole class simulation. The presentation begins with 2 days of introduction (with an optional 3rd day) followed by 10 days of decision making and simulation tasks. Students will use map skills to follow the pioneer's path across the US to Oregon. The kit includes EVERYTHING you need to complete
Preview of Storm Runners Guided Reading BUNDLE

Storm Runners Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of guided reading plans?! This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book Storm Runners by Roland Smith with a bonus DIGITAL packet for building background knowledge of hurricanes! Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a digital hurricane background knowledge packet, a printable PDF guided reading packet, 8 question quiz & an essay question. Almos
Preview of Main Idea Quiz

Main Idea Quiz

This quiz is to assess students knowledge of identifying the main idea of a passage. The students will be asked 10 questions. The first 2 are multiple choice about the definition of main idea. Then, there are 8 multiple choice questions (one question selecting checkboxes) asking students to identify the main idea and/or supporting details from a short nonfiction passage.
Preview of The Thing About Georgie DIGITAL Guided Reading BUNDLE

The Thing About Georgie DIGITAL Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of a guided reading plans?!? This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a digital guided reading packet, self-grading quiz & an essay question assessment! Almost a month of guided reading and an assessment!
Preview of The Thing About Georgie Guided Reading Packet

The Thing About Georgie Guided Reading Packet

This packet is a 13-day lesson plan for the book The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. And the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 13 parts with a book review rating at the end. This is an e
Preview of One & Only Ivan DIGITAL Guided Reading BUNDLE

One & Only Ivan DIGITAL Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of a guided reading plans?!? This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book One & Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a digital guided reading packet, self-grading quiz & an essay question assessment! Almost a month of guided reading and an assessment!
Preview of Storm Runners Guided Reading Packet

Storm Runners Guided Reading Packet

This packet is a 10-day lesson plan for the book Storm Runners by Roland Smith. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. In addition, there are additional nonfiction applications on each day based on the day’
Preview of The Thing About Georgie Quiz & Assessment Essay

The Thing About Georgie Quiz & Assessment Essay

This is a printable PDF 8-question multiple choice quiz for the book, The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. There is also a written RACES response question including a brainstorm chart and an included rubric. This quiz goes along with The Thing About Georgie Guided Reading Packet in our TPT store!
Preview of Emma’s New Beginning Guided Reading Packet

Emma’s New Beginning Guided Reading Packet

This packet is a 10-day lesson plan for the book Emma’s New Beginningby Jessica Gunderson. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 10 parts/days. This is an excellent printable PDF r
Preview of Reading Rewards Intervention Lesson 1-5 Review

Reading Rewards Intervention Lesson 1-5 Review

This is a review for the Reading Rewards Intervention program. Complete this after completing Lesson 5, prior to giving the assessment. The words are taken directly from the assessment, with a few extras thrown in. There is a word search, word scramble, crossword, and matching.
Preview of The Thing About Georgie DIGITAL Quiz

The Thing About Georgie DIGITAL Quiz

After reading quick comprehension quiz for the book The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. Google Form with 8 multiple choice questions.
Preview of 97 Ways to Train a Dragon Literature Guide

97 Ways to Train a Dragon Literature Guide

This is a zip file containing 3 documents: Lit Guide (Student Copy), Lit Guide (teacher copy), & PowerPoint Presentation. This literature guide contains a student copy, teacher copy (with definitions to vocabulary words), and a powerpoint presentation with vocabulary words and comprehension questions. For each chapter, there's 2-3 vocabulary words, one comprehension question, and space for students to include two annotations. * The powerpoint presentation contains a video, which may not play
Preview of Elements of Fantasy Anchor Chart

Elements of Fantasy Anchor Chart

This is an anchor chart that allows your students to find and identify elements of modern fantasy within texts.
Preview of Phineas L. MacGuire... Erupts! Guided Reading BUNDLE

Phineas L. MacGuire... Erupts! Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of guided reading plans?! This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book Phineas L. MacGuire... Erupts! by Frances O'Roark Dowell. Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a printable PDF guided reading packet (a version with after question RACES frames and one without), 8 question quiz & an essay question assessment (a version with sentence frames an
Preview of Nonfiction Natural Disaster Magazine Project

Nonfiction Natural Disaster Magazine Project

This project is a great way for your students to demonstrate their knowledge of natural disasters, text structures, and text features all in one! This listing includes a project description and instructions paper with a student reflection section, in addition to a student Google Docs template, teacher sample, and grading rubric! The project description & rubric are saved as PDFs for formatting and font purposes. Please feel free to reach out for an editable version if you need to make changes
Preview of Punished Guided Reading BUNDLE

Punished Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of guided reading plans?! This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book Punished by David Lubar. Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a printable 8 day (+ an extension activity) guided reading packet, 8 question quiz & an essay question. Almost a month of guided reading and an assessment all in one!
Preview of Exploring Characters - Character Traits, Physical Traits & Emotions BUNDLE

Exploring Characters - Character Traits, Physical Traits & Emotions BUNDLE

This is a great way to introduce your students to all things CHARACTERS! Exploring characters on the inside, outside, and their emotions and feelings. This is set up as a three day lesson and could be stretched out even longer, depending on your length of lesson time. All three lessons are structured in a similar format with an introduction/review of the 3 main concepts (character traits, physical traits and emotions) and then an application of identifying these concepts to a video or text. Both
Preview of Lily's Crossing Guided Reading BUNDLE

Lily's Crossing Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of guided reading plans?! This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff. . Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a printable PDF guided reading packet, 7 question quiz & an essay question. Almost a month of guided reading and an assessment all in one!
Preview of The Thing About Georgie Guided Reading BUNDLE

The Thing About Georgie Guided Reading BUNDLE

Looking for almost a month of guided reading plans?! This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a printable PDF guided reading packet, 8 question quiz & an essay question assessment! Almost a month of guided reading and an assessment all in one!
Preview of Teaching Greek Mythology Allusions! - Achille's Heel,

Teaching Greek Mythology Allusions! - Achille's Heel,

This is 5 days of Google Slides lessons and activities for the 5 main Greek Mythology Allusions! Each allusion has a video or drama for students to learn and understand the meaning behind the allusion. Each lesson also has an activity for students to complete and apply their learning. The allusions covered are: Achilles' Heel - Video, writing activity using "Achilles' Heel", & Wonderopolois article. Pandora's Box - Scholastic Storyworks Play called, Pandora's Box with a 7 question quiz. Herc
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About the store

Experience

We have been teaching 4th grade together for 15 years! Both of us have our bachelors degree in elementary education and masters degrees. Laura has been teaching for 15 years as a 4th grade ELA teacher. Jenna has been teaching for 25 years, working in a self-contained classroom before moving to IST then returning to the classroom as a 4th grade ELA teacher.

Teaching style

We teach a balanced literacy program with no use of basal or textbook programs. We create, search and discover all the materials we use with our students, based around our district created curriculum. After teaching remotely for the last year, we have created many new versions of our materials that are completely digital. Our students are provided chromebooks and have access to Google Apps, so many of our materials are in that format.

My own education history

Laura has earned her masters in curriculum and instruction. She is currently working a second masters degree in an educational technology. Jenna has her masters in reading and is a certified reading specialist.