Greg Frates

Part 2 of 'Just Book Reports' with 17 titles, room for you to develop your own guided questions. Each is 4 pages long, or 2 back to back that makes a perfect mini book for students to write and illustrate their reflections. Topics include 'I Want To Be', 'My Favorite Games' & 'The Seasons'. Easy to reuse to fit any story, subject or just good Writing goals of students. Again, essential for Common Core which expects students to visualize their ideas. Perfect means to relate to variety of su

Greg Frates again bringing you 4 quick comprehension skill pages to be used immediately in any subject or class setting! Enjoy 'Story Summary' as kids work on short comprehensive summaries for any story. 'ABC Brainstorm' helps kids to think of key words from any story or topic. 'A-Z Brainstorm' helps kids think of key words and visualizes them. 'Word Ladder' helps students think strategically about key words they are learning. Finally 'Top 10 List' is a brainstorm generator for any topic in

Here is a variety of ready to use activities I do in my own class that last all year long. They are easily differentiated, tomorrow ready worksheets, for mini-lessons or homework, clearly can be used cooperatively & reproducible for any theme, subject or time of year! A-Z Chart: Perfect for brainstorming & illustrating Vocabulary in any subject. 'Cognitive Book Report': Nice guided/foldable book for any type of novel or short story. '6 Reading Themes': Great for repeated use on essential

Essential, basic skills to jump start any English class. Edit to accomodate differentiated learners, use at any point during lesson & expand on daily skills. Fold it into a mini booklet with a cover page included! Parts of a story, syllables, compound words, multiple-meaning words & alliterations are just a few of the daily skills students can practice. Can be used for Science,Math or History to build language awareness and usage in a variety of subjects. Perfect for any genre book!

Super warm up for Math, Science, History or any subject you need! Page can be done alone by following instructions to build words from categories, or merely adjust topics to fit your subject needs. Ideal for any grade level to begin a class. Use at beginning or end of period to get students brainstorming, planning ahead and drawing on their prior knowledge. Edit to differentiate challenge level or add sections for fast finishers. I use this with my own class and it keeps kids engaged in a

Perfect warm up for any elementary student. You dictate the questions and they fill in as required. First on the page is counting syllables. Second is breaking words into parts. Finally identifying parts of speech. I do this twice a week in my classes then start fresh next week. 2 worksheets per page saves space and slides easily into their readers or novels. These are 3 skills any student should be able to demonstrate and master. The file is easy to edit and fit any differenti