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Have students match the corresponding cause and effect muffins for the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin. Includes 9 sets of cause and effect matching muffins in black and white and 9 sets of cause and effect matching muffins in color.

A summary graphic organizer designed to look like a snowman. Broken down into sections for main idea and supporting details. Perfect for any story or writing activity!

Includes an anchor chart for fact and opinion, 1 nonfiction article about the nutritional value of chocolate milk, 1 persuasive article about whether schools should serve chocolate milk, 1 nonfiction article about the nutritional value of soda, 1 persuasive article about whether schools should serve soda, a fact and opinion T-chart graphic organizer, and written response questions. note: One of the chocolate articles is also included in my chocolate unit.

A graphic organizer to help students keep track of character feelings throughout a text. The clipart for this graphic organizer is from "Fun Classroom Creations" and can be found at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Fun-Classroom-Creations.

What could be greater than reading about chocolate?! Included in this unit are a KWL chart (to be used with any book or article), a sequencing graphic organizer to be used with the book "From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate," an answer key for the sequencing graphic organizer, an article about the different types of chocolate, an article about whether chocolate milk is good or bad for you, and a writing page to explain whether chocolate milk should be served at schools.

Use this reading interest inventory to learn more about your students as readers. Find out valuable information about their reading habits and preferences. Appropriate for use at the elementary level.

This activity will help students write about how they spent their summer vacation. Included in this activity are: • 1 Planning sheet to help students choose writing topic and plan out details • 1 Planning sheet to help students plan out the introduction, body, and conclusion of their writing • Lined writing paper titled “How I Spent My Summer” • Page for illustration and description to accompany writing

Students will practice their double digit addition with this baseball themed game. Students will play in pairs or two teams. The game can be played with or without a time limit to increase difficulty. For each correctly answered fact, students will move a base. When students move four bases, they will get a homerun. The student/team with the most homeruns wins the inning. The student/team that wins the most innings, wins the entire game!

Reading comprehension activities centered on how emperor penguins and polar bears have adapted to survive in cold environments. Includes the nonfiction text "How Can They Live There?" about how emperor penguins and polar bears have adapted to survive in cold environments, a main idea and supporting detail graphic organizer (answer key included), and a venn diagram graphic organizer to compare and contrast emperor penguins and polar bears (answer key included)

Students will solve problems with missing addends and then check their work using QR codes! This product includes missing addend problems with numbers 0-20. Students will record their answer on a recording sheet and then check their answer using a QR code. Students will then mark whether they were correct or incorrect. Works very well as an independent math center. Must have a QR reader to use.

Everything you need to create a "snowman venn diagram!" Use the venn diagram to compare two stories or any two things you can think of! This packet contains the templates for the pieces of the snowmen. Also included are two answer keys. One answer key compares the books "The Snowman" and "Snowmen at Night." The other answer key compares "Snowmen at Night" and the Highlights short story "The Mystery of the Suspicious Snowman." (Found at EBSCO host) A sample finished project is included as well. E

A summary graphic organizer designed to look like a flower. Broken down into sections for main idea and supporting details. Perfect for any story or writing activity!

A summary graphic organizer designed to look like a valentine. Broken down into sections for main idea and supporting details. Perfect for any story or writing activity!

A candy corn themed summary graphic organizer. Includes main idea and important details. Includes a black and white copy and a color copy.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this informational text and corresponding comprehension work. Includes a nonfiction passage about St. Patrick's Day, two written response questions, and one cause and effect graphic organizer. Answer key provided!

Two summary graphic organizers designed to look like a pot of gold and a shamrock. Perfect for St. Patrick's Day! Broken down into sections for main idea and supporting details. Works with any story or writing activity!

Students will practice identifying words with the various long "i" phonics patterns. When students identify a word correctly, they will roll a dice and move a racecar along a race track. The first student to reach the finish line wins. Additional materials required to play this game: A dice and paperclips to attach racecar to track (optional) -Eclectic Educating

A large calendar set that can be used over and over again! The kit includes a colored header for each month and date cards for each month that are color coordinated to match the header. The date cards also include seasonal clipart. Simply print and cut the pieces, and laminate, if desired. Then use some form of fastener to hang the calendar pieces on the wall.

A graphic organizer that helps students identify the key words, main idea, and supporting details in order to construct a summary. This graphic organizer may be used with any reading selection.

A summary graphic organizer designed to look like an Easter egg. Broken down into sections for main idea and supporting details. Perfect for any story or writing activity!