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Have you ever wanted to use Greek & Latin word parts as MANIPULATIVES?Now you can with Morphology Matrices!Imagine your students being able to maniputale prefixes, roots, and suffixes in nearly endless ways! They can blend the word parts to form thousands of English words and break them apart again to reuse. As related to linguistics, morphology is the study of word formation. Upper elementary and middle-grades students are ready to combine prefixes, roots, and suffixes into multi-syllable word

This study guide includes a book report assignment and rubric, reading questions for each chapter, vocabulary quizzes, answer keys, and literary devices for the book Holes by Louis Sachar. I've also included bonus resources for literature circles.

Take notes while watching all of the Schoolhouse Rock - School House Rock - videos for Grammar Rock, America Rock, Science Rock, and Multiplication Rock! Students can use this note catcher to find and take notes on the Big Idea, Function and Examples of each concept. A quiz for Grammar Rock is also included.

Turn ANY Student Writing into a Fluency Activity!Turn any student writing into a powerful reading fluency and writing revision routine using recording, self-assessment, and speaking & listening practice — perfect for upper elementary and middle school ELA.Stop hunting for passages. Use what students already wrote. This simple, powerful routine shows you how to turn any student writing piece into a meaningful fluency practice using tools you already have: Google Vids, Flip, Screencastify, or any

Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements of literature and games so that the reader’s decisions influence the direction or outcome of the story. IF texts can be powerful tools for building literacy when they are intentionally aligned with the Science of Reading (SoR). The key is to use their built-in motivation, decision-making, and rereading loops to strengthen the very

Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements of literature and games so that the reader’s decisions influence the direction or outcome of the story. IF is a “triple threat” for FLUENCY, KNOWLEDGE BUILDING, and ENGAGEMENT/ENRICHMENT in any subject or topic. Science and Social Studies teachers rejoice! IF texts can be powerful tools for building literacy when they are intenti

ARMS and CUPS are well-known, powerful strategies for young writers to revise and edit their writing, particularly narratives. ARMS is an acronym for Add, Remove, Move, & Substitute, while CUPS stands for Captialization, Usage, Punctuation, & Spelling. This product contains my original and thorough overview of both strategies and a unique checklist for students which details each step of the revising and editing process. Give your students a precise, practical, and actionable method for editi

5Ws & H (who, what, when, where, why, and how) is a Next Generation standards-based summary writing strategy for new, struggling, and emergent writers. By using the 5Ws & H strategy, your students will be able to determine central ideas or themes of a fiction or nonfiction text, and analyze their development, and summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Scaffold summary paragraph writing for your new, struggling, and emergent writers in upper elementary through high school! Product i

This folder contains a set of classroom materials for Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park. Inside, you will find reading questions for each chapter, a plot diagram quiz and key, a literary terms worksheet, definitions and quiz, an introduction to literature circles and planning guide, inter-disciplinary extension projects, and an obituary style writing assignment.

SWBST (somebody wanted but so then) is a Next Generation standards-based summary writing strategy for new, struggling, and emergent writers. By using the SWBST strategy, your students will be able to determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development and summarize the key supporting details and ideas.Scaffold summary paragraph writing for your new, struggling, and emergent writers in upper elementary through high school! Product includes the full presentation for your sc

Write claims in your upper elementary, middle school, and secondary classroom today using The 5Cs Method: Context, Claim, Citation, Commentary, and Connection. The 5Cs method is directly tied to the new language arts learning standards for grades P-12. In academic contexts, a claim is a statement made by a student after having read a passage or a text. A claim could be a declaration of a student’s particular perspective or insight, or a claim might be a statement of a truth which may be co

The Science of Reading tells us that explicit phonics and spelling instruction is crucial for learning to decode and encode the English language. Here are 15 crucial and essential spelling rules in a 35+ page Google Slide presentation that will give you many weeks worth of explicit instruction or review. The focus here is word collection - students collect words for each rule as they read independently, in whole, or in small groups. Also included are a note catcher (as a modification for IEP

In act two of Romeo & Juliet, Juliet famously ponders the importance of names: “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” In this High Interest Middle School Writing Assignment, your students will research the origin and meaning of their given, middle, and surnames and write an extended response (essay) to the question--What is the meaning of your name? This assignment includes pre-writing and drafting support, research links and formatting tips for e

This is a complete set of editable 8.5" x 11" posters for all of the New York State Next Generation Language Arts Anchor Standards for grades P-12 for your classroom. Posters are also included for the Lifelong Practices of Readers and Writers. The anchor standards are categorized as: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language and apply to all grade levels P-12 for NYS. Note - these are the ANCHOR Standards, not the individual grade band learning standards for each grade level.

This is my students' favorite game of the entire year! It works for any time of year, not just Halloween. This is perfect for soaking up extra classroom time. Students must solve word puzzles to name famous candies throughout recent American history. They can also make their own candy game to practice using synonyms. An answer key is included.

Most educators were presented with Bloom's Taxonomy - a hierarchy of learning- in their college preparatory classes. This tool is then used by teachers to design their lesson plans and scaffold instruction. However, most teachers miss out on the opportunity to share this knowledge with their students. Now you can use this powerful tool to lead your students to the understanding that there is a depth and breadth to knowledge, of which they were previously unaware. This presentation walks educat