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Daily Agenda Welcome slides prepped for each month of the school year (August/September-June). Enjoy fun and funky slides decorated for each month. Students look forward to a new slide welcoming them to class each month. My kids always ask what next month's slides will look like. Slides have spaces for the date, schedule, homework, do now, and attendance questions. Google Slides are prepped with background. Feel free to duplicate slides for each day. Then, you'll have digital plans for the next

Representation matters! Hang these literary role model posters in your classroom! Diverse authors show students that EVERYONE is a writer! Authors include: Pablo Neruda Maya Angelou Langston Hughes Mindy Kaling Kwame Alexander Rick Riordan Mary Lu Angie Thomas

Teach theme like a pro! These slides have notes for student to take on theme as well as examples to practice with. Examples include a classic fable, a story about a famous basketball player, and a PIXAR short.

Anchor chart listing the steps for argumentative writing. Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Rebuttal. Sentence starters and idea stems included under each section.

Other Ways To Say Synonyms Poster! Synonyms for: good, bad, sad, happy, like, said, looked, and laughed Awesome anchor chart of synonyms for commonly used words. Let students spice up their writing by glancing at this chart. Fill them with ideas that writing can be FUN, not boring! A must have in any writing classroom!

Use this Google Slides presentation to teach students about the Words of the Wise signpost. Middle schooler friendly, these slides give a real life example, Disney video example, and include an excerpt from Riding Freedom by Pam Munos Ryan to engage students. Guided questions are also included to elicit discussion.

Use this Google Slides presentation to teach students about the Again and Again signpost. Middle schooler friendly, these slides give a real life example, Disney video example, and include an excerpt from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen to engage students. Guided questions are also included to elicit discussion.

Daily Agenda Welcome slides prepped for each month of the school year (August/September-June). Enjoy fun and festive slides decorated thematically for each month. Students look forward to a new slide welcoming them to class each month. My kids always ask what next month's slides will look like. Slides have spaces for the date, schedule, homework, do now, and attendance questions. Google Slides are prepped with background and text boxes for you to fill in! Feel free to duplicate slides for each

Anchor chart poster displaying how Story Elements Interact with each other. Aligns with 7th and 8th grade CCSS RL7.3 and RL8.3.

Awesome anchor chart for NonFiction text features. Colorful and easy to read, this poster will help remind students of what to look for when reading informational articles.

Rainbow posters for Notice and Note's Signposts! Words of the WiseContrasts and ContradictionsTough QuestionsAgain and AgainMemory MomentAh-Ha! MomentExcellent anchor charts for literary units. Signposts help students hone in on key events in the text. They help students think about what they are reading by noticing patterns in literature. Great reminder for students of all ages.

Role Model Posters for any classroom. Diverse role models with an inspirational quote will add color and motivation to the wall of your classroom. Some literary figures included as well. Role models include: Lebron JamesMalala YousafzaiElton JohnFrida KahloSimone BilesDolly PartonKatniss EverdeenAlbus DumbledorePercy Jackson

Colorful sentence starters poster for any classroom! All students will benefit from having a reference to starting any short response or sentence in an essay. Starters are broken into four categories: for adding additional details, to show examples, to show time and order, to compare and contrast.

Let students rank their level of understanding with a 1, 2, 3, or 4. Each poster details how students feel about their knowledge of any given topic. Can be used in all grades and subject matters! A quick formative assessment allows teachers to get an overview of how students are feeling. So versatile and easy to integrate into your daily routine.

Nonfiction text structure anchor charts perfect for your ELA classroom! Each poster is titled with the type of text structure and what that structure shows. Graphic organizers and key words commonly paired with the text structure are included on the posters. Text structures include: Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect Problem and Solution Chronological Order Main Idea and Supporting Details

April is National Poetry Month! What better way to kick off the celebrations than with a bad poetry contest? These slides contain some winners from the National Bad Poetry contest. Students can discuss what makes poems so "bad" and how they would do better. The last slides give suggestions for how to make poems basic and contrite. These slides set you up to have a bad poetry contest of your own! Copy of student poem page hyperlinked on second title slide. Make your own copy to edit!

Growth mindset poster. Work it out! Grow your mind! Perfect motivation for any students that feel like throwing in the towel. You got this!

A reminder that "I don't know" is not an answer! Encourage students to extend their thinking to show that learning is a process and answers take time.

Silly Shakespearean sign for your pencil sharpener. Students always sharpening pencils at the wrong time? Pencil sharpening driving you crazy? Hang this sign by your sharpener to remind students of the expectations. Shakespearean themed and perfect for any ELA classroom.

Use as a bell ringer or exit ticket on Fridays! Form keeps track of student emails and aggregates responses into Google Sheet. Form asks students for their class period, something that went well, something that did not go well, and what their favorite activities from class were this week. Form is editable to tweak answer options according to your class!