Elementary Drive

This can be used as a mini anchor chart or put into student's writing notebooks/folders as a reference to use when creating their conclusion paragraph for their personal narratives.

This graphic organizer will assist your students in identifying all the important parts of a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy. Students will create a summary paragraph using their graphic organizer. This graphic organizer can be used with any fiction text!

This editable graphic organizer will assist students in answering ANY short response question using the RACE strategy (Restate-Answer-Cite Evidence-Explain). Graphic organizer has a section for students to restate and answer the question, cite TWO pieces of text based evidence and explain how their details prove their answer is correct. Students will use a check off box to make sure they are adding all pieces of the RACE strategy in their answer.

Students will analyze these 7 art pieces from the Harlem Renaissance to discuss and write about the mood of the Harlem Renaissance. Can be used as a centers activity for students to analyze various aspects of the Harlem Renaissance. Link to other Harlem Renaissance activities: Music - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Harlem-Renaissance-Music-Analysis-4953571Poetry - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Harlem-Renaissance-Poetry-Analysis-4953588Stamp of Honor - https://www.

Do you have your students practicing their reading skills on Raz Kids? This editable document will give students a way to share the books they have read on their account and share their quiz score. This provides students with a way to be accountable for their reading.

These low level worksheets are perfect for differentiation for tier 1 students! Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then (SWBST) strategy to summarize these short texts, Bike Riding and Loose Tooth, by underlining the somebody, wanted, problem solution and ending in different colors. Great for visual learners!

Students can use this to write a short book review about the books they read. They will give a reason why their classmate should or shouldn't read this book and rate the book using a 5-star rating.

This 3 level tiered worksheet will support students identifying character traits, character emotion & charcter physical traits. Can be used as an assessment, homework, small group or independent work. Sized to cut and fit into students reading notebooks! Groups 1 & 2 - Tier 3 students Groups 3 & 4 - Tier 2 students Groups 5 & 6 - Tier 3 students

This graphic organizer will assist students in summarizing a text using sequence words.

This worksheet can be used for small group or independent work or a culminating assessment. Students will describe the Enormous Crocodile from the Roald Dahl text by using character traits and details from the text to support their answers.

This passage and questions can be used as a reteach for students having difficulty identifying character traits, physical traits and character emotions. Students will use evidence from the text to support their chosen character trait, physical trait and character emotion.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then (SWBST) strategy to summarize this short text, Loose Tooth, by underlining the somebody, wanted, problem solution and ending in different colors. Check out my other SWBST product: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summarize-with-SWBST-2-4989794

This worksheet will help your students notice and identify who the main character in their story is, what the main character's problem is, and how they react to their problem. Once students identify this, they can develop a theory about their character based on how they react to their problem.

In these two worksheets, students will think about each of the character traits listed. Students will answer the following question about each character trait listed: -What are TWO ways that a person could display this character trait? This document can be used as a homework assignment, independent or small group work or as an form of assessment.

This choice board will encourage students to grow their opinion writing skills. Used for homework or independent writing time.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then (SWBST) strategy to summarize this short text, Bike Riding, by underlining the somebody, wanted, problem solution and ending in different colors. Check out my other SWBST product: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summarizing-with-SWBST-1-4989786

This worksheet will assist you in implementing signposts in your classroom based on the book Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst. Students will notice when an author brings up a word, phrase or idea over and over again and ask themselves, "Why do you think the author brings up this idea again and again?" They can jot down their ideas as they are reading and stick them on the worksheet then write long about their post it.

Students will use the short text, Working Hard, to describe how one event in a story builds on to another event in the story. (RL 3.5) This document has two copies of the story and question to save paper :)

This handout and graphic organizer will support students in answering any short response question using the mnemonic device RACCE (Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Cite Evidence, Explain). The side-bar checklist will ensure students are adding in all parts to their answer.

Group captains can use this checklist to keep their group members accountable for their speaking and listening skills. There are two checklists on a page.