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Teaching 'Countdown' by Deborah Wiles? This document includes vocabulary and questions for every chapter. Also, check out my Countdown Reflection project.

This is a complete teaching set for the book Millions by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It includes question handouts for each chapter as well as a page of 7 different project choices for students to choose from.

A quick presentation on thesis statements with examples of both well and poorly written ones. Also, a handout for students that gives them the information they need to: - Write an effective hook - Write a well-written Thesis - Introductory paragraph checklist

This anticipation guide features 13 before and after reading questions about WWII. It also includes a spot for students to add evidence for their 'after reading' answers.

Use this anticipation guide to introduce the major topics of WWII. After you complete your unit, students will go back and change their answers while also citing textual evidence to prove their answers.

Teaching a unit on songwriting? This handout includes information on all parts of the song, tips for writing original songs and then lyrics to some popular songs for students to re-write as practice.

Practice sheet that presents students with 10 different scenarios. Students choose whether they agree or disagree with the scenario based on what they have learned and then they write which amendment is shown in the scenario. Answer key included.

This combination of games can be used with any novel. Have students create a set of cards for the characters in the novel they are reading. They can then use the cards to quiz their classmates individually or as a whole class activity. They can also use the cards for a matching game or as a study reference.

Print these bookmarks on card stock and give each student one of each. Assign students due dates for each of the four bookmarks. Reminds students about reading strategies while they are reading.

Hexagon thinking requires students to make connections that they can justify. This is a set with the main ideas from section 3 of Stamped. I also included blank ones.

Hexagon thinking requires students to make connections that they can justify. This is a set with the main ideas from section 2 of Stamped. I also included blank ones.

Hexagon thinking requires students to make connections that they can justify. This is a set with the main ideas from section 4 of Stamped.

Help your students set reading goals with this handy goal sheet!

Page one is a fill-in-the-blank activity with common government vocabulary terms. Page two is matching of common U.S. Government Departments. Answer key included.

This is an excerpt from an Alabama Literacy Test. A great addition to your Civil Rights lesson plans.

A quick way for students to compare the cost of living in the 1920s vs. today. Integrate math in your social studies curriculum. Encourages a thoughtful discussion on minimum wage laws as well.