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Do you want to build empathy in your classroom? This seven-slide lesson is great for the first week of school for creating a classroom that encourages kindness, empathy, and acceptance. The lesson includes a step-by-step guided activity for building a culture of empathy and kindness. The lesson also incorporates project-based learning structures that get students engaged and interacting with each other.

This Unit bundle includes a full slides presentation with guided slides focusing on Notice and Note Strategies throughout the chapters of the novel. There are also guided vocabulary slides with targeted vocabulary from each section of chapters. Also Included in this bundle are handouts that align with each of the vocabulary strategies used and an end of novel theme activity.

This resource is based on the Writing Revolution strategies (Hochmann Method) for sentences and fragments. It is complete with guided lesson slides. These slides provide a mini-lesson for this topic with we do and you do activities. The slides can be printed out and used as paper resources for the you do activities.

This is such a fun way to introduce lines of latitude and longitude to your students! The best part is that they get to eat food and learn at the same time! This lesson introduces this concept with an orange. The students will draw lines of latitude and label the orange to better visualize these imaginary lines. They will anlayze the lines on the inside of the orange after peeling the skin away and have discussion about lines of longitude. This product includes guided slides with learning targ

This is a full presentation for the novel Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks ad Gita Varadarajan. The presentation includes guided slides that focus on Notice and Note signposts throughout the chapters and targeted vocabulary. There are multiple vocabulary strategies introduced throughout the presentation that students can apply to better understand key terms in the novel. At the end of the presentation there is a theme activity to identify the overall theme of the story.

A quick review of sentence expansion strategies. This can be assigned as an extension activity or as a way to review the content.

Use this resource to reinforce punctuation skills. This bundle includes seven printable handouts focused on practice with ending punctuation, sentence types, commas, semi-colons and colons.

These three handouts help students learn basic conjunctions. The handouts are based on using a Jenga game with the conjunctions because and but written on the blocks. Students choose the blocks and follow the directions on their handout. They are ocean animal themed and scaffolded for different grade levels. This activity is also based on using the Hochmann method or Writing Revolution strategies.

This is a great presentation to introduce the Notice and Notes Signpost strategies for fiction literature or it could be used as a review. It gives detailed defintions and examples of each of the six signposts and relates to well known short stories and fairytales to help students better grasp the strategies.

These are activity handouts that align with the novel Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan. The resources consist of vocabulary and theme activities that connect with the novel as well as a notice and note activity log.

Add to your classroom decor while reinforcing important Notice and Note strategies with these posters of the six fiction signposts.

This is a camping theme handout to help students learn about the different types of sentences and punctuation. It can be used as a follow up activity when introducing punctuation/types of sentences or as an introductory resource for this topic.

Teach the fiction Notice and Note Signposts with this cloze notes activity.

This is a great activity for building your classroom community and teaching the importance of empathy, kindness and acceptance. Can be used on the first day of school.

These role tags are great for keeping students organized and on task during group work. Simply laminate, cut, hole punch then use yarn so students can wear them.

Decorate your walls with this fun cursive alphabet poster set! Great for reinforcing cursive writing skills and adding a colorful touch to your classroom walls!

This beach themed handout focuses on using the conjunctions because, but, and so. It is based on the Hochmann method or Writing Revolution strategies.

In this resource there are three self check exit ticket posters-Got it!, Almost there! and Not yet! Students can assess thier own understanding after a task then place thier exit tickets on the corresoonding poster ( I put them on folder pockets and hung them by the door so they could put them in there on thier way out of the classroom.