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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

Perfect for book clubs or literature circles. Guided reading forms or worksheets for a variety of different book club or literature circle jobs. Now with grading rubrics! My entire fifth grade team uses these forms! Each job targets a different Common Core standard: Discussion Director (question development), News Reporter (summarizing), the Gossip (character development), Word Smith (vocabulary development), Travel Agent (research skills), Super Sleuth (research skills), Literary Luminary (in

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

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

A great project that incorporates reading, writing, and technology! The kids in my classroom love this project because it uses PowerPoint! The project asks students to read a certain amount of minutes per week, and then choose one particular book to review and present to their peers. The review is displayed through PowerPoint and includes the following slides: title, opinion, three supporting details, and a conclusion. The project works great as a transition to writing five-paragraph book revie

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!

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.

A thorough and respectful guardian or parent questionnaire. Yields invaluable information about students' academic and behavioral strengths and weaknesses. Aesthetically pleasing, simple, and clean format. Easy for guardians and parents to fill out. I've used this questionnaire for the last four years and recieved only very positive feedback from both parents and teachers. Both appreciate the thoroughness. Parents appreciate the opportunity to share their own personal insights and teachers app

Get to know your student with this aesthetically pleasing, clean and simple, straight-forward, and comprehensive questionnaire or survey. Collect basic information such as name, age, birth date, and last year's teacher(s). Learn a student's favorite and least favorite subject, as well as why these are their most and least favorite. Also, learn what a student's most memorable moment was from their last year. All of these questions are posed in kid-friendly language. They also include examples