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In this product, I have included four main idea sorts that can be used in the weeks leading up to Halloween. My students have always struggled with identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a paragraph or text. I realized that they needed hands-on practice to really get this concept. With this product, your kids will be able to work together to sort the different parts of a paragraph into the topic, main idea, and supporting details. The hands-on component and group work encour

In this product, I have included four main idea sorts that can be used in the weeks leading up to Christmas. My students have always struggled with identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a paragraph or text. I realized that they needed hands-on practice to really get this concept. With this product, your kids will be able to work together to sort the different parts of a paragraph into the topic, main idea, and supporting details. The hands-on component and group work encour

In this product, I have included four main idea sorts that can be used in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. My students have always struggled with identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a paragraph or text. I realized that they needed hands-on practice to really get this concept. With this product, your kids will be able to work together to sort the different parts of a paragraph into the topic, main idea, and supporting details. The hands-on component and group work enc

In this product, I have included four main idea sorts that can be used in the winter months. The sorts include winter activities, polar bears, building a snowman, and New Year's celebrations. My students have always struggled with identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a paragraph or text. I realized that they needed hands-on practice to really get this concept. With this product, your kids will be able to work together to sort the different parts of a paragraph into the top

Get organized with these math manipulative labels! I have created 52 labels to use to help organize math manipulatives. Each label has a picture of the manipulative so students can easily access and put away math manipulatives in the correct space. This product has also been edited to include a set with block letters only to make the labels easier for kids to read. I have included labels for: Base Ten Blocks Double-Sided Counters Linking Cubes Geometric Shapes Ten Frames Assorted Counters Are

In this product, I have included word sorts that align with the book Word Journeys by Kathy Ganske. In this book, she explains how to use word sorts and how they help kids. This product includes sorts 62-63 (2 sorts). To use these word sorts, all you have to do is print, laminate, and cut. I recommend printing them in color. The pictures will help your students build vocabulary and will support the development of their phonics understanding. I hope that these word sorts help your students ma

In this product, I have included three main idea sorts that can be used in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. In my classroom, my students have always struggled with identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a paragraph or text. I realized that they needed hands-on practice to really get this concept. With this product, your kids will be able to work together to sort the different parts of a paragraph into the topic, main idea, and supporting details. The hands-on compone

Introduce, review, or assess four parts of speech with these task cards! In this product, I have included 30 parts of speech task cards, answer sheets, an answer key, and a game board. These task cards can be used independently, in a literacy center, as a review game, as a game of SCOOT, and many other ways to review or assess your students’ understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. I love using task cards as a quick check or as an exit ticket. It is so easy to pull one or two c

Introduce, review, or assess point of view with these task cards! Point of view is a skill that students need repeated practice applying to texts. These task cards can be used in literacy centers, as a game of SCOOT, or as a quick assessment. On each of the 30 task cards, there is a short passage and a choice for either first person or third person. Many of these passages used mixed pronouns (he and she with I and me), so you can see if your students are relying too heavily on pronouns to det

Help your students reflect on your awesome year with these task cards! These can be used in the last few days of school to keep your kids engaged and writing! These can be used in a center, as independent work, or in a game of SCOOT.

Introduce, review, or assess cause and effect relationships with these task cards! In this product, I have included 24 cause and effect task cards, answer sheets, an answer key, and a game board. These task cards can be used independently, in a literacy center, as a review game, as a game of SCOOT, and many other ways to review or assess your students’ understanding of cause and effect relationships. I love using task cards as a quick check or as an exit ticket. It is so easy to pull one or

In this product, I have included four color-by-number activities that can be used in the weeks leading up to Christmas. With these activities, you can let your kids have a little fun while knowing that they are still learning and reviewing important math and reading content. For the multiplication activity, I have included multiplication facts from 0 – 12. Students can color them in based on memory, or they can use their math notebooks or a scrap piece of paper to use a strategy to find the an

In this product, I have included word sorts that align with the book Word Journeys by Kathy Ganske. In this book, she explains how to use word sorts and how they help kids. This product includes sorts 1-12 (12 sorts). To use these word sorts, all you have to do is print, laminate, and cut. I recommend printing them in color. The pictures will help your students build vocabulary and will support the development of their phonics understanding. I hope that these word sorts help your students ma

Review theme in a fun way for Halloween! Let your students be creative and have fun this Halloween while still covering important literature standards! With this activity, your students will think about setting, characters, and theme when writing their own story. Your students will roll a dice to determine the setting, the main character, and the theme of their story. Your students will then plan out how their character will change throughout the story before beginning their writing. Thinking

In this product, I have included word sorts that align with the book Word Journeys by Kathy Ganske. In this book, she explains how to use word sorts and how they help kids. This product includes sorts 64-70 (7 sorts). To use these word sorts, all you have to do is print, laminate, and cut. I recommend printing them in color. The pictures will help your students build vocabulary and will support the development of their phonics understanding. I hope that these word sorts help your students ma

It is tough to keep your kids engaged in those last few days before summer break! That is why I started to create my End of the Year Summer Fun products! In this product, I have included four writing activities to keep your kids engaged and learning at the end of the year. The activities include a sequence text structure prompt, an end of the year reflection, a theme and character change writing activity, and a letter of advice to my future students. These activities were created with my fourth

In this product, I have included 106 unique schedule cards to help you organize your day. My kids always love to know what is coming next. Displaying these schedule cards helps them to know what to expect during the day, and it helps to hold me accountable to get to everything! This product includes: Dismissal Morning Meeting Writing Bathroom Break Social Studies Art Science Arts & Humanities Breakfast Lunch Library Math Calendar Gym Band Music Physical Education Choir Health Practical Living

Review theme and story elements in a fun way for Valentine's Day! Let your students be creative and have fun this Valentine's Day while still covering important literature standards! With this activity, your students will think about setting, characters, and theme when writing their own story. Your students will roll a dice to determine the setting, the main character, and the theme of their story. Your students will then plan out how their character will change throughout the story before be

I always miss my kiddos over the summer, so this is a way for us to keep in contact! I included a color version that you can print on white cardstock as well as a black and white version that can be printed on color cardstock. I give them a postcard addressed to myself (with our school’s address). I put a stamp on each of them too. Then whenever I come back before the school year begins, I read the postcards I received and write the kids back. It’s a nice way to keep in touch and encourage them

In this product, I have included one word sort for your students to use to practice Feature G, R-Controlled Vowels, based on the information found in the book Word Journeys by Kathy Ganske. This sort focuses on the vowel a with words with a long a sound, a short a sound, and an r-controlled a sound. This word sort can be used in a guided or independent word work center to improve your students’ understanding of phonics. I have also included a sort card on which it shows which group each word b