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.

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

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.