Elly Elementary

The first few days of school are imperative to set the tone for the rest of the school year. This resource includes getting to know you questionnaires for both your new students and their parents. You can have students answer questions and leave for their parents to read on Open School Night while they answerr their own questions. The responses to these questions can set the tone for the rest of the school year. The digital resource can help parents who cannot make the Open School Night meeting

A RACES graphic organizer is a tool that helps students organize their thoughts when writing open response answers to text-dependent questions using the RACES writing strategy. The acronym RACES stands for:R: Restate the questionA: Answer the questionC: Cite evidence from the textE: Explain how the evidence supports your answerS: SummarizeTHIS READY-TO-USE RESOURCE CONTAINS 5 GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO USE FOR CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK.Digital resources included.

Here is a perfect graphic organizer to use with kids to summarize reading. Use Beginning, Middle and End sheet before writing summary. Check out these other summarizing resources:SUMMARIZING NON-FICTION TEXT: TEMPLATES FOR WRITERS WORKSHOP & INTERDISCIPLINARYTEXT SUMMARIZING: FICTION & NON-FICTION READY TO USE ORGANIZER TEMPLATESCheck out my other reading resources at:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Elly-Elementary

What is your favorite fairy tale? What kind of fairy tale would you write? Do you have ideas that you haven't written yet?A teacher's guide for a fairy tale writing unit of study provides detailed instructions and resources to help teachers guide their students through the process of writing and publishing their own fairy tales. The guide includes information on how to introduce the concept of fairy tales, the elements of a fairy tale, and how to brainstorm and develop ideas for a unique story.T