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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 product contains BOTH levels of my interactive notebooks at a discounted price.

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.

This notebook has activities for the entire novel including vocabulary, graphic organizers, and reading comprehension questions. This notebook is more advanced than my other notebook. I hand out both through Google Classroom to differentiate the instruction. All the pages are formatted to print on a regular size piece of paper as well so the notebook can be printed if laptop access isn't available. You can buy BOTH notebooks bundled together at a discounted price here.

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 contains 4 different interactive notebooks. The notebooks cover the entire novel.

Use 9/11 as the lens to teach students the Stanford History Education Group's Historical Thinking Skills. There are 12 artifacts for students to analyze. It includes both primary and secondary sources. Students are given a set of questions to analyze two documents with. Then they are given a form to analyze their two in comparison to two other documents that other students have analyzed. It ends with a reflection question to get students to understand the difference between primary and secondary

This notebook has activities for the entire novel including vocabulary, graphic organizers, and reading comprehension questions. This notebook is less advanced than my other notebook. I hand out both through Google Classroom to differentiate the instruction. All the pages are formatted to print on a regular size piece of paper as well so the notebook can be printed if laptop access isn't available. Buy both notebooks bundled at a discounted rate here.

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.

This interactive notebook features activities for close reading of chapters 14-20 of Touching Spirit Bear. All chapters can be bundled at a discounted rate here.

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.

This interactive notebook features activities for close reading of chapters 7-13 of Touching Spirit Bear. All the notebooks can be purchased at a bundled rate here.

This interactive notebook features activities for close reading of chapters 21-28 of Touching Spirit Bear. All chapters can be bundled at a discounted rate here.

This interactive notebook features activities for close reading of chapters 1-6 of Touching Spirit Bear. All the notebooks can be bundled here for a discounted rate.

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 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 4 of Stamped.