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Clean and concise Story Mountain or Parts of Story graphic organizer for reading or writing. Kid-friendly language and fonts. Includes descriptions of rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Includes fill-in boxes for main character, setting, problem, plot, climax, and resolution. Fill-in boxes include guiding questions and lines! Based off of the work from the Columbia Teachers College Writing and Reading Project. I use this with my fifth graders during the Personal Narrative Un

A great integrated project for classes studying space or the solar system. I use this with my fifth graders and it is a highlight of the year! The project incorporates writing, reading, researching, science, technology, and communication skills. Students are asked to chose a topic of study related the space (a list of possible topics are included in the download). From there, they collect four valid resources, generate five complex questions to guide further research, and then the compile their

A great kid-friendly graphic organizer! Perfect for teaching/scaffolding the structure of a basic paragraph. Include fun, kid-friendly fonts, definitions of each paragraph piece, and lines! Many hamburger paragraph graphic organizers don't have lines... this one does! I use this with my fifth graders while exploring non-fiction, text book structure, and main idea and supporting details. Also a great resource for shaping summary paragraphs for book reports or literary essays! It is appropriate f

A highly engaging math project! Always a big hit in my classroom! Students choose a number between 10 and 100, exploring both its mathematical and real-world significance. A great way to extend studies of even and odd numbers, factors and GCF, multiples and LCM, primes, composites, prime factorizations, etc. Also great for making math real, accessible, and interesting! Now includes a grading rubric based upon the Standards Based Grading system (or the Four-Point, A-F scale). Appropriate for thir

A great, creative math project for your geometry unit or class! Provides just enough instruction and scaffolding for your struggling students or the black-and-white thinkers, but is also open-ended for your gifted or creative students! Builds on knowledge of polygons, measurement, and angles. This project can be used as a homework assignment, an in-class project, or as an extra credit or challenge credit project! Fun, kid-friendly fonts! Explicit, step-by-step instructions! Includes detailed

A great graphic organizer to help students dissect, analyze, and synthesize literature. Works for novels and poetry. Encourages higher-order, deeper thinking! Appropriate for fifth through twelfth grade, or third and fourth grade gifted or highly capable. I've seen it use on adults and yield fantastic discussions!

Perfect graphic organizer for students that are learning or are struggling with identifying the main idea within a paragraph. The organizer has students work through the process backwards by first identifying details. Then, they look at the details and ask themselves, "What do these details all have in common?" From there, they are able to determine the main idea of the paragraph. Includes lines! Students can also use this organizer during writing to make sure their paragraphs are focused. Gr

Ten aesthetically pleasing posters. Bright titles in creative fonts. Short and concise, kid-friendly definitions of each genre. Book covers from both modern and classic texts provide visual examples for both students and teachers or parents. Designed for third grade through eighth grade. I use it with my fifth grade classroom and it is an invaluable resource! My students seek them out all the time during Reader's Workshop! I post them in my classroom above my library. They look great when print

A massively HUGE hit in my classroom! After studying colonization, invite your students to design their own colony... in space! Incorporates science, social studies, reading, writing, researching, and communicating skills. Allows students to pursue areas of interest and be creative while simultaneously hitting required learning targets. A great problem-solving, higher-order thinking project that every student can engage in! Download includes project overview, detailed grading rubric based on t

A guided activity worksheet that invites students to reflect on and explore the qualities of a fluent reader. Highly engaging! Encourages partner or small group discussion! This is a lesson plan inspired by the Reader's Workshop unit "Launching Reader's Workshop," but can be used within any reading curriculum. Teacher lesson plan and student worksheets included. Appropriate for 3rd through 8th grade.

Thoughtful, comprehension and higher-order thinking questions for literature circles or book clubs. The book is broken into seven sections, based upon chapter length and difficulty. Questions target reading, as well as social skills. Appropriate for grades 3-8.

A great way for students to apply and use basic statistics: mean, median, mode, range, outlier, categorical and numerical data, and graph types. Incorporates Excel. Fun, engaging, and easy to teach. Also, a great way for "tweens" to learn that no one is "typical." Appropriate for third through eighth grade. I use it with my fifth and sixth graders and it is always a huge hit! The results also look great on our bulletin board!

Attractive and accessible math vocabulary posters based on fifth grade and sixth grade Common Core Standards. Posters include the vocabulary word, the most simple definition of the word, a more precise definition, and examples. In color, but still look great in black and white. Many include pictures! Looks great when mounted on blue construction paper. Appropriate for fifth grade or sixth grade, remedial seventh or eighth grade, or highly capable (gifted) third or fourth grade.

This self-assessment worksheet guides students through examining their current reading work -- reading logs, reading worksheets, tests, Reader's Notebook, Reader's Workshop Post-it's, etc. -- in order to ascertain their own personal reading strengths and challenges (weaknesses). Students are then asked to reflect and set specific reading goals. They are also asked to write-out what they need to do in order to achieve the goals, as well as the supplies or support they need in order to achieve t

A set of 14 aesthetically pleasing and meaningful posters. A constant reminder of what the word "respect" means. Seven help define the word "respect" and the other seven spell out "respect." Kid friendly language. Fun fonts! Looks great when printed in color and mounted on teal or blue construction paper, but also looks great when printed in black and white. Appropriate for fourth through tenth grade, potentially through twelfth grade.

Perfect for book clubs or literature circles. Includes aesthetically pleasing book club or literature circle posters, kid-friendly job guided activity worksheets, and detailed grading rubrics for each job. Guided reading forms or worksheets for a variety of different book club or literature circle jobs. Includes grading rubrics! My entire fifth grade team uses these forms! Each page is meant to be cut in half, in order to allow students to paste/staple their work in their Reader's Notebook, and

Perfect for book clubs or literature circles. Great visual of the below jobs. My entire fifth grade team uses these! Simple design: bright and colorful job title, a summary of the job responsibilities, and a black-and-white cartoon visual. Posters look great when printed in color or in black-and-white. I kept them simple so teachers could adapt them to their chosen color schemes. I like to outline the cartoons in marker, just to add a little spice! The posters look great when mounted on dark blu

Do your students struggle to maintain a thoughtful conversation during book club, literature circle, novel study, or partner read meetings? Post these aesthetically pleasing, clean, and colorful book club activity or discussion extension posters in your classroom! I use these in my classroom and find them extremely helpful. My students look to them frequently during book club or partner read meetings when they are struggling to forward the conversation. After so many months, they are so familia

A graphic organizer meant to encourage text to self analysis of differences and similarities (compare and contrast). Based on the Teacher's College and Lucy Calkin's Reader's Workshop lessons for third through eighth grade. I use it in my fifth grade class! It is always a huge success, and helps to develop Common Core compare and contrast skills and strategies. Kid friendly language and fonts!

Thoughtful, higher-order thinking discussion questions for a novel study, literature circle, or book club. Questions target reading skills, as well as common social issues. The book is divided into six sections, based upon chapter length and difficulty. Appropriate for third through eighth grade.