Lighting a Learning Fire

. 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.

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.

Cinquian name poem template and example

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.

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.

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.

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

Descriptions and requirements of 6 different final group projects for Literature Circle Novels: Newspaper, Children's Book, Reader's Theater, Mapping the Novel, Song/Rap, Board Game. Includes Grading rubric.

This is a reference and resource for teachers using Phonics Mastery Guides in their classroom. Includes basic lesson script and tips.

Poster uses the IB Action Cycle steps to help students problem solve conflict peacefully.

This worksheet can be used to compare and contrast the story elements of two books, two short stories, a book and a movie.... Students show their understanding of characters, setting, plot, and theme while also demonstrating their ability to compare and contrast.

Note-taking form to use while learning about or researching Mayan, Aztec and Incan cultures.

One pager of all the essential running record information you need! Great for professional development or to keep in your lesson plan book.

Mini foldable book introducing Martin Luther King Jr. to students. Print 2 sided and fold to create booklet.

This graphic organizer can be used for reading or writing. Students can fill in the organizer while reading an argumentative essay or use it to organizer their own ideas before writing their own argumentative essay or speech.

Types of Greek Government Notes Graphic Organizer is great for individual or class notes as well as used for class jigsaw activity. Two page pdf