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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 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

An investigative activity that leads students to discover the qualities of valid resources when conducting research. Students explore a website about a bogus animal species, engaging in a guided activity worksheet. Then, a teacher leads a discussion on valid versus invalid resources. Guided activity worksheet, complete lesson plan, and thoughtful teacher notes included. I use this lesson every year and it is a huge hit with both the students and the families. It is specifically designed for 5th

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 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

The worksheet asks students to complete three sections: one before they read, one while they read, and one after they read. The idea is that students take past knowledge and information they collect while reading to develop more complex thoughts, opinions, and questions about the text at hand. Helps to develop synthesis, analysis, inferencing, and prediction.

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

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.

Perfect for book clubs, literature circle, or novel studies. Guided reading forms or worksheets for a variety of different book club or literature circle jobs. 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 (inference and synthesis), the Connector (text to text conne

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

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

A great lesson for character building, developing respect, and furthering the interpretation of poetry, novels, and figurative language. Incorporates pop culture! The first part of the lesson is focused on character building (respect and making judgements). Students watch a video clip from "Britain's Got Talent" featuring pop sensation Susan Boyle and then reflect. The second part asks to students to thoughtfully dissect the song Susan sings using a powerful graphic organizer. Lesson plans, work

A graphic organizer for comparing characters from within or between books. A great resource for Reader's Workshop mini-lessons, or book club, literature circle, or novel study character development. Based upon the Teacher's College (Lucy Calkins' Reader's Workshop) chapter on "Following Character's into Meaning," and the Common Core Standards for fourth through sixth grade reading. Appropriate for fourth through eighth grade.

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!

A great way to make the Commutative and Associative Properties of Addition and Multiplication more accessible. First, introduce the properties for addition. Then, have the students work through this worksheet. Finally, connect the addition properties to the multiplication properties. This incorporates both traditional and constructivist math teaching principals, and is always a big hit in my fifth/sixth grade math classroom!

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