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Four poems from www.gigglepoetry.com are used to ask students to make inferences by adding clues from the text with prior knowledge.

Two poems from www.gigglepoetry.com are used to ask questions about elements of poetry and making inferences.

This worksheet includes clues for the four parts of reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing) and space to record student thinking about each part.

Multiple meaning words can be tricky for many students. This worksheet asks students to think about parts of the body that can have multiple meanings (i.e. a calf can be a baby cow or the lower part of your leg).

This graphic organizer makes an analogy between writing a paragraph to a burger. The first sheet allows for teacher modeling and/or student practice with adding details (meat, cheese, lettuce) to a topic and conclusion sentence (the bun). The directions explain that just like you cannot build a good sandwich without ingredients to put between the bread, you cannot build a good paragraph without interesting details. Topics for this activity include friendships, computers, and reading. The se

Students decide if words on the 18 pencils belong to Carmen or Cecelia depending on whether the words on the fish contain a hard or soft c. This worksheet is appropriate for guided instructional practice or independent follow-up to instruction.

Students will work in groups to chart 10 trials of one person dropping a ruler for another to catch. This performance task provides students with cooperative group experience that includes independent reflection or questioning as follow-up. The task consists of a teacher direction sheet with sample performance criteria or exemplary responses and student activity sheets. When students are engaged in the performance tasks they should follow this basic format: • The teacher introduces the task

This is directions for two easy Valentine's Day crafts along with questions to get students to consider the purpose of the texts and the usefulness of text features.

There are lots of words related to the seashore that have more than one meaning such as wave, shore, and coast. This packet includes three different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to the seashore and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of seashore related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with non-seashore

The students will work in groups to complete the activity. One student will drop the tennis ball to the floor. The three students who are not dropping the ball will have to watch closely to see how high the ball bounces and record the distance on the chart. This performance task provides students with cooperative group experience that includes independent reflection or questioning as follow-up. The task consists of a teacher direction sheet with sample performance criteria or exemplary respo

Students will work in cooperative learning groups to design a new toy for a toy company's contest. This performance task provides students with cooperative group experience that includes independent reflection or questioning as follow-up. The task consists of a teacher direction sheet with sample performance criteria or exemplary responses and student activity sheets. When students are engaged in the performance tasks they should follow this basic format: • The teacher introduces the task.

Multiple meaning words are a source of confusion for many students, especially English Language Learners. This graphic organizer asks students to locate predetermined polysemous words in a text and select the correct definition based on the context of the story. Teacher preparation includes selecting multiple meaning words in a text and recording two possible definitions for each word.

There are lots of words related to music that have more than one meaning. This purchase will get you four different worksheets (with answers) that challenge students to consider words such as pitch, staff, note, and measure that have multiple meanings. Differentiation is considered with word banks provided on some versions of the worksheets.

There are lots of words related to measurement that have more than one meaning such as foot, yard and pound. This packet includes three different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to measurement and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of measurement related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with non-math rela

There are lots of words related to geometry that have more than one meaning such as slope, area and plane. This packet includes three different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to geometry and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of geometry related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with non-math related pict

There are lots of words related to mathematics that have more than one meaning such as factor, mean and order. This packet includes five different worksheets for students. Two ask students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to math and another definition unrelated. The second activity (two different worksheets) asks students to think of math related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with

The concept circle is a vocabulary activity from Janet Allen's book, Inside Words. This organizer asks students to think about and record the connections between four words or concepts. This particular sheet includes four tier two vocabulary words that represent a diverse or numerous group (i.e. plethora). Definitions are included for the four words for teacher reference or student self-checking.

There are lots of words related to the boating that have more than one meaning such as anchor, steer, and deck. This packet includes four different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to boating and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of boating related words that can also have the listed definitions. Another worksheet requires students to match two picture

There are lots of words related to fishing that have more than one meaning such as hook, line, net. This packet includes four different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to fishing and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of fishing related words that can also have the listed definitions. Another worksheet requires students to match two pictures that can b

Students are challenged to create compound words using words from two different boxes. Over 15 words can be created beginning with under, over, high or any.