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A list of question to help students practice restating. I used them by having students (in groups) take turns choosing a question out of a bag. They had to answer the questions and be sure to restate. Their teammate checked their work. (can be said orally or be written)

This twist on a classic "trick" to play on students in the Directions Quiz. The point of this activity is to be sure students are reading directions - emphasizing their importance. Can be used as an April Fool's Day activity or anytime during the year to bring light to the importance of direction reading.

This handout is perfect to print full-sized or small and laminate. Every student needs one of these in their ELA folder/notebook. This helpful handout is a list of ways to hook your readers with an interesting introduction. On the back it is a list of various ways to end or conclude you writing. This is perfect for all writers.

This is a fun activity to do before winter break or the holidays. It's a letter from Mrs. Claus and the elves that they forgot to get Santa's suit ready. The goal is for students to design a new suit and then write a letter in response on why their suit is the best option.

Sometime's it's hard to stay on track during a team meeting, especially if it is an intervention meeting for a student. With this RTI form you can use it stay on pace and cover all the needed data. With 8 steps it helps provide a framework. Easy to use and editable.

Numerous Figurative Language activities. -Powerpoint of similes & metaphors -Powerpoint of alliterations (complete with 2 activities) -Create a personification sentence activity -Create your own hyperbole (with sentence starters) -Simile and metaphor musical activity -Figurative language sorting activity

If you're teaching HD Word (Really Great Reading) you know how tedious and in depth those lessons can be. You may need to take a break or plan for a sub day. This quick and easy activity is great for the days you want to slow down and review with your students or need to prep for another teacher covering your class. This review activity is for students to read a passage and go on a "Scavenger Hunt" to find the various skills they have learn (closed syllable, open syllable, VCE, schwa, etc.)

Perfect for the first week of school. Get to know your students and their reading habits with this quick survey. Use the results to help drive instruction. Also a great tool for reading teachers/specialists

Complete book study for Eagle Song Perfect for fourth grade !! Complete with vocab and discussion questions for each chapter

Students create their own hyperbole with these sentence starters. Great for scaffolding this figurative language concept. Create independently or with a partner. Simple and quick activity - could be given as homework.

The Chalk Box Kid (by: Clyde Robert Bulla) chapter questions Both pre-reading questions and post-reading questions Book level: RL2.2

Through this unit the lessons build towards several Performance Expectations in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as well as the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS ELA). It is important to remember that the lessons cannot be taught in isolation or the standards will not be addressed. Although the CCSS ELA standards cited here are at the second grade level, the anchor standards from which they were developed can be found at all grade levels.

Great for young learners during a nutrition/lifestyle unit. Could be used as a rotation center. Images of various healthy foods (first 4 pages) Cut out. Laminate if desired. Bingo cards are all different and correspond with the images.

How To Eat Fried Worms final project Numerous choices for student engagement Worm Recipe Template

This unit plan is brief. Each day has a bulleted list of tasks, assignments, vocab etc. It outlines the basic 2-3 week skeleton for teaching life structures of plants and animals. It also provides and end of unit project with 2 choices for students. It includes handouts for activities to be printed for the week. Great for 2nd through 5th grade.

Students can read these words (containing both long and short vowel sounds and multiple long vowel sound spellings - including VCE and vowel teams) and then sort them into the grid

This is a fun activity for students before winter break or the holidays. It has a letter and directions on needing to design a snowman. Attached is a list of various materials and pricing for the materials. Students have a total of $25 to spend and they decide which materials. This is a fun and interactive math activity. Students decide what to use and then draw it out. **School name is included on PDF, if you're wanting to change it you will have to add text or write over it.

I use this to have a copy for each student on their desk as they write. It's a cheat sheet for how to add in detail. It emphasizes the 5 senses and thinking about "showing" not just "telling."

Perfect writing activity for sub days. Editable for you to personalize and insert your own name in the blank. Students love to create reasons why their teacher is absent!

Great resource to have students practice their free writing. These slides show pictures that hopefully activate imagination and creativity. Great for morning activity or during writing rotations. 10 days worth of images.