Creative Learning Ideas

This is the perfect Holiday Author Study. Included in this unit is a reproducible booklet for students to use as you read through the different picture books: An Orange for Frankie, Uncle Vova's Tree, Welcome Comfort, Christmas Tapestry, and the Trees of the Dancing Goats. Reading strategies and writing prompts are built into the booklet, as well as real-world connections and background knowledge for her stories. After finishing the books, use the extension activities for hands-on connections t

Have students cut out these notes and glue in to their math journal when learning about rounding. Includes fill-in the blanks with simple vocabulary and steps for rounding a number. Also includes a cute picture to help concrete students visualize which numbers "rest" and which numbers "raise the score." Answer key included. If you enjoy this resource, download Rounding Frogs Sorting Game as an activity students can play to practice their rounding skills.

Do you have students who are ready for Literature Study groups but still need some scaffolded support? Then this is just the pack for you! Included are guided activities (vocabulary words and text based questions) to be used in one week of class in guided groups for the first half of the book. Students then use the Book Mark to complete the book independently applying the skills from the previous week. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup is on a reading level of 4.5.

Use these short notes to teach students major landforms such as mountains, rivers, canyons, peninsulas, and valleys. Then have students use their map skills to complete the map key and locate important landform features on the map of the United States. Maps are designed for students to actually color and add the landforms to the map. Also includes a map of North America so students can label the countries that share a border with the United States. A quiz for an easy assessment is included at th

Have you ever struggled with how to do Guided Reading with older students? This pack is a bridge between guided reading and literature studies. For the first week, students preview each chapter, necessary vocabulary, and receive a purpose for reading in a guided group. They record their responses on the provided student handouts. Then, for the second week, students record their thoughts and use the reading strategies on the provided bookmark as they complete the rest of the book on their own.

Do you have a difficult time finding appropriate ways to compare fiction, nonfiction, and drama? Do your students struggle to understand the difference between theme and summary or the different types of point of view? This pack is just what you need to help your students master these skills all the while using timeless tales that have inspired parodies and idioms throughout our culture. Included in this unit are 13 different fables, a guided reading book (covering the 13 fables), a newspaper, 2

This Guided Reading pack is designed to be used to get students excited and into the book by using Guided Reading strategies for the first half of the book and then releasing responsibility to the students to finish the book on their own. The Guided Reading pages include vocabulary words for each of the first 8 chapters, inferencing questions, purposes/tasks for each day, and a spot for students to record their responses. After the first week, students complete the book by responding on the prov

• Weather tools: definition page, vocab cards, Review Game, quiz • Readers Theater script & quiz • Weather journal, graphs, and quiz. • Tornado and Hurricane scaffolded notes. • Writing assignment where students research a type of weather or natural disaster and use that information to complete 4 writing prompts. Resources created by Jaclyn Seiders, NBCT.

This Guided Reading pack is designed to be used to get students excited and into the book by using Guided Reading strategies for the first half of the book and then releasing responsibility to the students to finish the book on their own. The Guided Reading pages include vocabulary words for each of the first 8 chapters, inferencing questions, purposes/tasks for each day, and a spot for students to record their responses. After the first week, students complete the book by responding on the prov

Use the resources to help older students engage in their first literature study. For the first week, students follow almost a guided reading format, and are then released to finish the book on their own recording their use of reading strategies on an assessment bookmark. Vocabulary and reflection questions are provided for the first 5 days. Developed by Jaclyn Seiders, NBCT.

Do you have students who are ready for Literature Study groups but still need some scaffolded support? Then this is just the pack for you! Included are guided activities (vocabulary words and text based questions) to be used in one week of class in guided groups for the first half of the book. Students then use the Book Mark to complete the book independently applying the skills from the previous week. Skinnybones by Barbara Park is on a reading level of 4.3.

This journal entry is ready to be cut out and glued into Reading Journals or student's notes. The information is presented like a Nonfiction piece of text embedding the new vocabulary and content skills into the layout. Students will learn what the words mean and can also see them being used in context. Great way to introduce Nonfiction. Answer key included.