Katie Groves

This can be used as an introductory activity or as a review to identify main idea and supporting details. Students will match supporting detail sentence strips to the corresponding main idea. Students can be put onto teams to be completed as a relay race. If completed in groups, this allows discussion and debate about which supporting details belong with which main idea--truly allowing students to understand the purpose of supporting details. For the complete Main Idea and Supporting Detail

This pack includes activities to support L.4.1f (produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons). It includes an introduction matching game for conjunctions (L.4.2c) to teach students about the meaning of each type of conjunction. It also provides students an opportunity to practice correcting run-on sentences using specific conjunctions to combine two complete clauses and/or punctuation marks to separate them in a variety of activities.

Week 1: Mini Lessons will focus on identifying a paragraph's main idea and supporting details. Students will learn to connect the supporting details back to the main idea as a strategy. Week 2: Mini Lessons will focus on strategies to help students decipher between major supporting details and minor supporting details when identifying them within a paragraph. Included: 1. Main Idea and Supporting Details Relay Race 2. 8 Mini Lessons with Student Resources for Daily Practice 3. Example of An

This unit includes resources to teach students to: *recognize which information is helpful and pertains to the topic *synthesize information collected from two texts *organize information into paragraphs for a written response Included in Unit: *Daily plans and completed handouts to use as reference materials *Paired Texts: “Arctic Adaptations” and “Penguins: Built to Survive” -Students collect information from both texts explaining how animals are adapted to stay warm in Arctic habitats.

Complete 2 1/2 week unit for RL 4.9. Teach students to compare and contrast major events which lead to similar themes in traditional literature from different cultures. Unit includes: 1. Implementation Overview of Unit 2. Daily Mini Lessons 2. Links to all Paired Texts, including a. "Mr. Lucky Straw" (Japanese folktale) b. "Legend of the Blue Bonnet" (Native American folktale) c. "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (African folktale) d. "Rough-Faced Girl" (Native American folktale) 3. Graphic O

This unit includes: 1. Mini Lesson Daily Plans 2. 4 Identification Activities 3. Theme Formative 4. Reader's Notebook Glue-In Reference Sheet Unit includes a variety of responses including multiple choice and short answer.

This unit will help teach your students to identify a point an author makes in a text along with pulling supporting details from the text and classifying them as a reason or a piece of evidence to further support the author's point. Unit Includes: Daily Instructional Plans Exploratory Activity Instructional Resources High Interest Texts Formative w/ key This relates extremely closely to identifying main ideas and supporting details. These are prerequisite skills for this standard. You can

This mini lesson unit includes: a. Relay Race Anticipatory Activity b. Handouts with Main Idea/Supporting Details Practice c. Analyzing Supporting Details Connection to Main Idea d. Formative to Assess Students

This is a 5 day unit for identifying main ideas and supporting details. Throughout this unit, students will identify the main idea of a paragraph and learn strategies to help them decipher major supporting details versus minor supporting details within a paragraph. Informative paragraphs are high-interest topics, covering animal and plant adaptations. Unit Includes: 1. 5 Daily Mini Lesson Plans and Resources 2. Formative included 3. Answer Keys for daily practice For a basic Main Idea

Complete Information Writing Unit aligned to 4th Grade Common Core Writing standards. Unit includes: 1. Mini Lesson Outline for Teacher -organizing single paragraphs using topic sentences -incorporating a variety of supporting details including definitions, examples, quotes from the text, and facts -introductions and conclusions -grouping related ideas into separate paragraphs -including headings -creating a list of sources 2. Student Reference Materials 3. Informational Prompts 4. Plann

This set includes 6 multi-step word problems that students will use basic operations to solve, including addition, subtraction, and multiplication. This could be used as a fun activity whole group or works great for math centers! A Christmas Dinner Budget task is included! CCSS Aligned for grades 3-5!

Students will read a narrative that is missing transitional words and phrases. This narrative appears to happen in a single time frame. After reading the second example, including transitional words and phrases, students will see that the narrative took place over a period of time.

This bundle includes my complete 2 1/2 week unit for RL 4.9. This is used to teach students to compare and contrast major events which lead to similar themes in traditional literature from different cultures. Unit includes: 1. Implementation Overview of Unit 2. Daily Mini Lessons 2. Links to all Paired Texts, including a. "Mr. Lucky Straw" (Japanese folktale) b. "Legend of the Blue Bonnet" (Native American folktale) c. "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (African folktale) d. "Rough-Faced Girl" (

Includes tags for the following snacks: Pretzels: "Don't get wrapped up in the stress...it's just a test!" Animal Crackers: "I'm not a-lion...you are going to do grrrr-eat!" Cookies: "You're one smart cookie! Show 'em what you've got!" Goldfish: "It's o-fish-ially the last day of testing!"

This pack includes Christmas themed activities to practice CCSS L.1.4 d Order Adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns. 1. Literacy Center: Students will sort cards to arrange phrases describing nouns in the correct order. (see preview) 2. Student Reference Guide for Ordering Adjectives 3. Writing prompt to incorporate correctly ordered adjectives within writing

This can be used as a math center or Thanksgiving class activity. Students will use multiplication, addition, and subtraction skills to decide what to purchase for their Thanksgiving Dinner. Choices Include: 1. Task Problems: Students are given specific directions to purchase items from the menu for their Thanksgiving Dinner. 2. Using a Budget: Students are given a budget to plan their own Thanksgiving meal without going over.

This purchase will include prerequisite skill graphic organizers to walk students through a paired text for mastery in RI 4.6: Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. This standard requires students to 1. understand point of view (RL 2.6-RL 4.6) 2. pull out important information from the text (RI 4.6-RI 4.6) 3. analyze text content (RI 3.6-RI 4.6) 4. compare two texts over the same topi

This set comes with two parent letters. The first has a single parent/teacher conference date and the second has the option to provide two dates the parent/teacher conference will be held. The handout walks parents through how to sign up for Bloomz via website and the app using the code that you can find after signing up your classroom.

Incorporate this handout while teaching your students about states of matter, solutions, and mixtures. Students will observe pancakes changing states of matter while you cook them in the classroom! Science has never tasted so yummy!

FREEBIE includes a multi-step word problem from my complete set. Students will use basic operations to solve, including multiplication and subtraction. This could be used as a fun activity whole group or works great for math centers! CCSS Aligned for grades 3-5! If you enjoyed this product, check out the set! Complete Christmas Themed Math Multi-Step Pack