Lighting a Learning Fire

Game set includes 30 different Bingo Cards and a set of caller cards. Bingo cards feature multicultural children's picture book and novel covers that include Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpre, Caldecott, and Newberry Award winners. Game set is great for literacy and family nights.

. Being able to recognize, ask, and answer different levels of question is critical. Based on the work of educator Art Costa. Bundle is created for Input/Output Interactive Notebooks, but can work well for any curriculum/learning design. Included are detailed notes and information, completed and blank graphic organizer, as well as an interactive learning activity. Instructions are included on page.

Four point rubric to use for grading middle school independent book trailer projects. Includes grade for: text, images, soundtrack, theme, story elements, conventions, and use of class time. Created as an editable word document for customization.

Literature circle bundle created for middle school students can be used with any novel groups. Bundle includes 6 role sheets: Discussion Director, Passage Picker, Illustrator, Word Watcher, Connector and Summarizer. Each role sheet includes participation self evaluation. Bundle also includes printable reading schedules and discussion directions and checklist.

Interactive Notebook grading rubric to be used for any subject and any grade level. Assesses Input and Output sides as well as organization, effort, evidence of learning, and creativity. Based upon 4 -1 Standards Based Grading, instructors checks box of proficiency for each assessed area. Download in doc. format for easy customization.

IB Exhibition Journal takes students step by step through a PYP Exhibition, including choosing a topic, writing a central idea and key concept based lines of inquiry, learner profile checklist, research, and group presentation. Also includes planning calendar, student rubrics and teacher rubrics. General enough to work with an IB unit of inquiry, but delivered as a word document for editing and revising.

Cinquian name poem template and example

Acrostic name poem template and example.

Simple quiz to assess middle school students understanding of literature genres (realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, mystery, traditional literature). Quiz includes matching section as well as short answer.

For many students it can be hard to resist their thoughts from coming out of their mouth. This product can help! It can be used as a behavioral desktop tool or as a bookmark. Six per page.

This premade independent reading response journal can be used for any intermediate or young adult novel. A page for each day includes a summary section, as well as a student chosen response prompt that pertains to characterization, theme, plot, setting, connections, predicting, visualizing, reading passages, and literary devices. Instructions for cover design are also included.

All you need to facilitate U.S. Region Jigsaw activity. Pack includes graphic organizer and jigsaw note recorder. Using the attached organizer, with a partner or independently, students will begin to research and learn about their assigned region.After completing their individual research, students will come together as a group to share their research and add to their individual graphic organizers, becoming “experts” on the region.Students have now become experts in their region.   Divide stude

Twelve 8x11 Posters. Reading Strategies Thinking Stems/Writing Prompts. Reading Strategies included: Connect, Evaluate, Question, Visualize, Infer & Predict, Literary Devices, Summarizing, Synthesizing, Author's Purpose, Setting, Characterization, and Figurative Language. Posters can stand alone or be used together to create a bulletin board.

Editable Generic Rotation Charts created in PowerPoint. Great for literacy, math, or science rotations! Comes in two different formats for you to customize to meet your classroom needs. Just add your rotations and student names, project from your computer and you're class is ready to go!

Weekly independent reading packet that guides students to think within and beyond the text as they read. Packet has students creating vocabulary word webs, making connections, asking questions and summarizing stories. Editable Word Document.

Teaching tool and activity for students to learn governmental suffixes (archy and cracy) and how adding root words changes and describes the specific form of government.

Teach students to use the T.A.G. method when giving feedback to a peer's writing. This poster can be hung in classroom or printed off for each student to glue inside writer's notebook.

These materials can be used for historical fiction literature circles, current events, or other event oriented jigsaw activity. Materials include Notes graphic organizer for students to use during Jigsaw Groups as well as a rubric to assess students Expert Group gathering of information and participation, Jigsaw group sharing of information and participation, as well as note-taking skills.

Turn your KWL chart into an interactive cooperative learning activity! After students record what they already know about a topic, they then circulate the room, giving and getting other facts and ideas. Then at the end of the lesson you can check for understanding using the same structure for what the students have learned. This is a great strategy for all grades and subject areas.

Student recording sheet for MAP Assessment goal setting and data collecting. Students set goals, create action plan, and graph progress. Sheet for Reading and Math.