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To ensure my students are reading and understanding Gary Paulsen's Woods Runner, I have created a question booklet. Each chapter has a page (or more). Each question is text based to support Common Core. Guaranteed to make students read and think. Also comes with end of book activities. To assemble you will have to print and put together. Cut along the black lines and then staple at the top to make like a notebook. No page numbers but each has a chapter number and a spot to include a page number

I love Notice and Note, however, as busy teachers, we don’t have time to read every single novel and chart the signposts and what it means to the novel. We want to because it helps us help students, and we know what to expect in the signposts log and to facilitate discussions. However, it’s hard and time is a commodity. Ergo, I have taken the work out of finding signposts for you! In this guide you will find blank signposts for Refugee for students, as well as a guide to the signposts for you.

Notice and Note is an amazing reading strategy! It really helps with comprehension and discussions. This product does not just a list of the signposts in The Tiger Rising, but it also answers the questions and provides insight into the influence on the novel (based on my thinking - yours and your students may be different, but at least it gives you a starting point). A reference sheet for signpost and anchor question reminders for students, graphic Organizer for each signpost is included alon

Over the years my novel study and reading have evolved as the need for students to dig and go deeper into a text has increased. Using Common Core and Florida English Language Arts Standards as a foundation, I have developed questions that require students to go back into a text while thinking critically and deeper. I have my students read the section and answer the questions as independent work or homework and then as groups we discuss. Students completing these questions before group helps

Created to use on the first day of school to find out student interests and information. Use information to help make book choices and plan lessons.

So you read and loved Beers and Probst Notice and Note? Well, I did too! It is packed full of useful and life-changing ideas and strategies. Teach the signposts to students using interactive notes that correlate EXACTLY to a Google Slides. Begin with a linked engager video that matches the signpost, teach the signpost as students record the anchor question and what we may have learned from that signpost, then practice using the included graphic organizer with the same video. Couldn't be easie

To ensure my students are reading and understanding Richard Peck's A Long Way from Chicago, I have created a question booklet. Each chapter has a page and then a reflection. Each question is text based to support common core. Guaranteed to make students read. Also comes with end of book activities. To assemble you will have to print and put together. Cut along the black lines and then staple at the top to make like a notebook. No page numbers but each has a chapter number and a spot to in

I love Notice and Note, however, as busy teachers, we don’t have time to read every single novel and chart the signposts and what it means to the novel. We want to because it helps us help students, and we know what to expect in the signposts log and to facilitate discussions. However, it’s hard and time is a commodity. Ergo, I have taken the work out of finding signposts for you! In this guide you will find blank signposts for Fish In A Tree for students, as well as a guide to the signpos

Finding the theme of a story can be hard for students. This is the perfect graphic organizer to help students analyze the story to find the theme, or as I teach my students, the heart of the story.

I have separated Fighting Ground by Avi into 12 sections and have created questions/prompts to go along with each section. I have found with my students, smaller chunks and just a few questions work better. So there is a maximum of 5-6 questions per section. All questions relate to common core somehow. Each reading response section is placed in boxes so all you have to do is print the number you need, cut, and paste/tape into your student's notebook. I have found this works best instead of

Need to teach or review VA SOL 4.7 and 4.8 - Earth, Moon, and Sun AND the Solar System? Look no further! You can do both with this product! 4.7: This product offers a research study guide for 4.7. Students research the planets and find out the essential information (gas or terrestrial, size, distance from the sun) plus finding fun facts of their own. They also practice putting the planets in order by size and distance. Product comes in PDF form and print two-per-page. Students love finding

Students will love multiplying mixed numbers when it relates to real life. Students have to double and a half a recipe to ensure enough of the cookies for the class. Making the cookies for your students is optional! A discussion about proper measuring cup may be needed, but the concept will be learned. = )

These are read and respond prompts and questions. I have varied using Bloom’s Taxonomy so there are some questions and then there are some prompts students must answer. I have separated the book into 15 parts. I usually have my students read and respond nightly so the page numbers vary from 7 – 10 pages per section. You receive: i. Easy to copy, cut, and glue/tape into students' read and respond journals ii. A teacher copy of all the read and respond questions and prompts in order iii. Rub

Notice and Note Graphic Organizers for ANY novel. Simply have students write the name of the book in the box in the upper right hand corner. Can be stapled together or put into a folder for easy organization. A rubric to score graphic organizers with tracking and student self-assessment are also included. *Signpost Graphic Organizers are included in Notice and Note Fiction Guide Rubric and Tracking sold individually if you are only wanting this product. Notice and Note Rubric and Tracking

To mix-it up a bit and give the kids something a little simpler to do. A try-fold/brochure. Students have to write a summary, describe the setting and characters, identify the conflicts, and write an evaluation using evidence from the book.

Want Utah Standards all in one place in an easy to read, color coded format?  Well, here it is!  Included are links to color coded and grayscale spreadsheets of K-6 standards separated by grade level content, as well as by subject.  On the right side of each spreadsheet are columns where you can keep track of when you taught those concepts.  In order to mark the columns, the links force you to make a copy. I suggest making a Google Folder just for the standards so you can keep them all in one pl

These are read and respond prompts and questions. I have varied using Bloom’s Taxonomy so there are some questions and then there are some prompts students must answer. I have separated the book into 14 parts according to chapters. You receive: i. Read and Respond prompts and questions that are easy to copy, cut, and glue/tape into students' journals ii. A teacher copy of all the read and respond questions and prompts in order iii. Rubric for scoring read and respond journals

So you read and loved Beers and Probst Notice and Note? Well, I did too! It is packed full of useful and life-changing ideas and strategies. There was so much information that I knew I wanted to have readily available as I was teaching the signposts to my students, so I created this Notice and Note Fiction Guide. It includes handy reference sheets for the Generalized Language, Gradual Release, Steps to Student-Created Text Dependent Questions, Extended Thinking options, as well as, graphic o

I love Notice and Note, however, as busy teachers, we don’t have time to read every single novel and chart the signposts and what it means to the novel. We want to because it helps us help students, and we know what to expect in the signposts log and to facilitate discussions. However, it’s hard and time is a commodity. Ergo, I have taken the work out of finding signposts for you! In this guide you will find blank signposts for Amal Unbound for students, as well as a guide to the signposts

A powerpoint to help teach inferences during reading. Starts off with a brief overview of inferring, predicting, conclusions, and using prior knowledge. "Trash Can Clues" is a fun way to practice this reading strategy.