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With common core in full effect, one area students must get practice with is higher order comprehension skills like making inferences. This activity consists of 12 short story task cards. Students will use background knowledge and text evidence to answer questions about each story. Also included is an answer sheet for students to record their inference and evidence/schema they used to support that inference. This is a great resource for centers, small group guided reading practice, remediati

Noun Roundup- Scavenger Hunt Noun Roundup is a great way to get students up and out of their seats! We all know the more active students are the more they learn. In this interactive noun scavenger hunt, students will move around the room searching for and classifying nouns. (person, place, or thing) This activity can also be used for individual centers or partner practice. Great for 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade remediation, and ESL students. CC Standards: Conventions of Standard English:

Writing...sigh! Writing is so hard to teach and can be hard for students. This activity is a fun way to get students up and moving and help them generate ideas before beginning to write. It can be used as a whole group mini-lesson, partner writing activity, or a center. I have included directions for each. This activity meets common core standards in writing, listening and speaking, and reading( retell and asking and answering questions). Easy prep! Simply print/copy the question cards front

Compound Word Match- Students will love this compound word match! Students can work alone or with a partner. This activity is great for centers, morning work, or for early finishers. There are 5 different sorts. Students will match 2 words to a picture to make a new compound word. Each student has an answer sheet where they will write the new word and a sentence with each word. Answer key included. Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown a

This activity is great for helping students practice the various ways of writing numbers (standard form, expanded form, word form, and representation using base 10 blocks).This activity can be used during guided math rotations. small group remediation/extension or as a center. The color coordinated cards make it easy to differentiate based on student readiness. It's simple! Print out each group of cards, laminate and cut out. You'll be able to use this activity year after year!