Functional Fifth

This is a simple note taking sheet and test that I used during the time I taught my students about main idea and supporting details. We read simple stories to begin illustrating the main idea, then increased in difficulty as we learned. The main idea "table" was the BEST thing! My kids really connected the table top being the "main" and big idea in a story, just like a real table. The legs were an easy way for them to remember that supporting details "hold" the story up, just like real table leg

My class did a novel study and numerous activities for the book " The Best Halloween Ever". It was such a great way to practice reading strategies and introduce the characters before we read "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" around the holidays. The test covers the entire book and has character matching, multiple choice questions, sequencing events, and an essay question. Answer key included!

This is an awesome tool! I used this in my sixth grade small group math lesson. This is a 3-page document that includes space and thoughts for notes. It really helps students break down each of the ideas and think about the different words (since they are easily confused!) Then, it gives a guided practice problem that you can work through together. At the end, there are two practice problems for students to work individually. Great mini-lesson to check for understanding of mean, median, mode, an