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Use this pattern to decorate your classroom with an 'Up' theme. Great for beginning of the year, school celebrations, or recognizing student achievement. I use it for Autism awareness each year. Comes with: Printable house, measures 8.5". Printable patterns to cut and paste to make your own house, approximately 14" tall. Printable patterns to color, cut, and paste to make your own house, approximately 14" tall. Assembly instructions. Balloon cutouts - various sizes. *Make sure when printing that

This chapter journal is set up to be used during a novel study for There's an Owl in the Shower. There are one or two short questions to answer after each chapter. There are 17 sections in all. There are two different versions, one with an alternative questions for Chapter 1. I love these for quick comprehension checks after reading if I don't want to do a full blown novel study with my class.

This mural activity contains 30 pages that when combined create a mural showing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This would be great morning work, a center activity, or as an extension for students that are finished early. When all parts are combined, the mural is 66 in x 42.5in. This file also includes a black and white single page version that could be used as a coloring page and three character traits pages.

Create your own amusement park! This project combines writing, geography skills, and art to help students visualize their own theme park. This project can be used on its own or as a fun activity at the end of a unit. We incorporated this into our James and the Giant Peach novel study as a fun way to finish the unit during state tests. My students designed rides based on key moments in the novel and created their park theme based on the an aspect of the novel. Project includes: • Graphic organ

This download contains a, 11x17 poster of the structural elements of poetry, an 8x11 version that could be used in binders, and a graphic organizer you can use for notes or as a review.

These are notes you can provide for students to put into ELA binders to refer to later, or to use to introduce the differences between poetry, prose, and dramas. One version has fill in the blanks, one version has the complete notes.

This chapter journal is set up to be used during a novel study for Danger Along the Ohio. There are one or two short questions to answer after each chapter. There are 15 sections in all. I love these for quick comprehension checks after reading if I don't want to do a full blown novel study with my class.

This chapter journal is set up to be used during a novel study for Fourth Grade Rats. There are one or two short questions to answer after each chapter. There are 14 sections in all with a bonus conclusion question at the end. I love these for quick comprehension checks after reading if I don't want to do a full blown novel study with my class.

These three sheets can be used to track student data throughout the year. We also state test using Cambium, so there is one sheet included that has tracking for those practice tests as well. This document includes 4 pages: 1 Star Math tracking 1 Star Math with blank state test practice tracking 1 Map Growth tracking 1 Map Growth with Cambium tracking 1 Map Growth with blank state test practice tracking

Earth Day resource for grades 3 - 5. This packet is an fun and creative way to integrate art, math, and language arts into your classroom for Earth Day. Use it as a daily lesson or as an enrichment activity! This activity should be used along with a reading passage about Earth Day or recycling to help your class connect recycling to the real world. I've provided links to the article and YouTube video we used below. In this download you will find: • A graphic organizer designed to help organize r

This is a growing set of questions I use with students to help facilitate discussions and writing after reading. It contains questions for both Nonfiction and Fiction texts.

This chapter journal is set up to be used during a novel study for The Landry News. There are one or two short questions to answer after each chapter. There are 20 sections in all along with a final question and quick activity. I love these for quick comprehension checks after reading if I don't want to do a full blown novel study with my class.

Celebrate our national parks with these fun research activities! Have students pick a park and learn about the history, geography, and special features. As additional activities: • have them create their own word search using their new vocabulary related to their park • recreate a poster for their park in the traditional screen print style of the WPA posters • create a presentation for their classmates on their park • calculate travel expenses for guests and from your own location This unit inc

Here are a mix and match set of bookmarks to help your students set their reading goals for the year! You get: 6 options for the front of the bookmark, four including quotes about reading 3 options for the back, including Lexile, AR, and reading level

These graphic organizers are meant to be used to retell a story in a fun and different way! There are a few different layouts in this file, designed to offer scaffolding to the different levels of student ability, including a version with SWBST.

Inventor biographies for several Ohio inventors. They include birth and death dates, inventions, and home town along with each bio. I use this at the end of the year or when we're talking about biographies in class. Included inventors are: James Ritty Wright brothers Granville Woods Josephine Cochran James Spangler Charles Richter Garrett Morgan Harvey Firestone Thomas Edison Charles Kettering Peter J Backus Charles Richter Charles Brush

Use songs to practice fluency in the classroom! This packet includes lyrics to songs in several different genres. The included songs are: It’s a Great Day to be Alive - Travis Tritt The Only Way I Know - Jason Aldean The Road Less Traveled - George Strait Something to be Proud Of - Montgomery Gentry [Sittin’ On] The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Love is the Answer - Aloe Blacc Stand By Me - Ben E King Keep Your Head Up - Andy Grammer Dream Like New York - Tyrone Wells What Would You Say - Trai

I used this in my classroom to stretch our elaboration and help students with explaining why they included the details they did. We also used it to help introduce how to use citations. Each student gets a copy of this double sided and we pull it out to use each time we write.

Here is a recipe book activity to use while teaching nonfiction text structures! Have students research how to make their favorite food. They will list ingredients and describe how to make it. From something simple like peanut butter and jelly to making cookies this is a fun exercise that you can turn into a keepsake! Included: Two different versions, a half page book option, or a whole page option. 3 options for recipe layout 1 whole page recipe option cover pages for grades 1-5

This is a bundle of one pagers to practice reading comprehension with fables. Each page is laid out the same for cohesiveness and ease of use with a fable and comprehension questions. Currently this product is only 4 stories but I will be continuing to add to it!