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Instructions, rationale, and starter words designed with parents in mind to help with learning at home. Whether engaging in remote learning, homeschooling, or just enrichment time, this provides a great jumping off point. Created with the help of an experienced early childhood specialist to insure developmental appropriateness for pre-k and up! Document contains over 40 specific nouns/names to get your started! If some don't apply to your household, they may give you ideas for others. Enjoy!

A new take on the independent reading log. Use this form that serves a double purpose and what was once a chore becomes a win-win! You get to facilitate literacy, and your students get to help their peers by reviewing good (or not so good) reads!

Use this to guide your conferences with students about their independent reading. Great note-taking template for your records as well! Motivate students and keep track of their independent reading with this easy-to-use conference structure. Maybe 3-5 minutes of 1:1 differentiated engagement count! Two forms per single page document. Use this as a model and adapt it to fit your needs, or use it as-is.

A twist on the traditional reading log, this form prompts students to rate the books they read. They are asked to explain their rating in review form to help their peers choose good reads in the future. The form is meant to be checked by a teacher, and then added to an easily-accessible binder for other students to consult, or for the teacher to use when a student says "I don't know what to read next". The idea is for this task to become more authentic, and to provide a positive nudge of motivat

The Giver – Exploring an Ethical Dilemma Posed to the Reader by making connections and comparisons to Star Trek. Students are engaged in examining ethical dilemmas around choosing to dissent, question authority, and potentially interfere with another society or group's rules and development. This sheet gives instructions to teachers and students for how to draw thematic connections to an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation, leading to journal entries and a "fishbowl" discussion. This is

Upper elementary/middle school lesson plan for introducing the 3 main literary conflict types. Includes potential variations, ways to lengthen/shorten the activity, etc. Can be used within a unit of study that culminates in students writing original fiction (recommended), or (with limited modifications) as a stand alone lesson. This can also be used during book units as a way to introduce conflict types, and then later having students identify the conflict types in the novel/novels they read

A common core aligned activity to help students when creating their own characters for almost any genre of story! With some elbow grease, it can be modified/reversed to be used to analyze characters in existing text, historical figures, etc.

This is a 3-column (plus summary box) note-taking template designed to be used with an inquiry project that is developed around a problem/essential question. Great tool for research projects, claim/evidence essay writing, etc!

This should be purchased with my Editing Symbols Quiz. A preview file can be found along with that item.

A "matching-column" style quiz of common editing marks and symbols. Answer key available in my store as an additional file. Be sure to check-out the preview file.

A project-based learning unit plan to guide students through an exploration of contemporary European geography.

A form for students to brainstorm characteristics and physical attributes of fictional characters during pre-writing for stories.

A chart-style rubric to help you create (or modify this one) your own to evaluate student's character sketches.

This is a worksheet that can be used to support a fantasy short story unit (potentially leading up to literature circles with novels) combined with reading strategy reinforcement. Students are required to use three-column notes to indicate their thinking, quote the text, and share which reading strategy they used with the aforementioned. This is also a great resource to use to monitor comprehension, increase accountability for reading assigned stories, etc. I use it with table groups in which

A packet of pre/during/post-reading worksheets for use when facilitating a class about Daniella Carmi's novel, Samir & Yonatan. Includes an end-of-unit essay assessment. ©2012 JMR

Mini-unit with connections in mathematics to a larger novel unit studying The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Please note that this is not a mathematics stand-alone unit.

A spelling log form for creating individualized spelling lists, and potentially custom/individualized spelling quizzes, study tools, etc.

Sheet with instructions and a template for students to follow as they revise worksheets, tests, quizzes, etc. This not only allows them to earn additional credit using whatever policy a teacher chooses, but ensures that students learn missed material (Tier 1 intervention).