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This file provides a text structure graphic organizer for each type of text structure: description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological/sequence, and compare and contrast. There are also two full-sized copies in both landscape format and portrait format. A smaller version is included with two-per sheet. In addition, I've included full-size copies of each type. A new addition is 8x11 posters of each type that you can post in your classroom to help remind students of the five t

This file contains 9 pages, and each page contains four cut-apart cards for a total of 28 passages. Each card features a short paragraph on topics in American history between 1900-1950. The events on the cards are roughly in order by date but not perfectly so. Because of the content, the cards could be used for reading, social studies, or a decade project. Topics included are: -The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake -The First License Plates -The Assassination of President McKinley -The 1918 Flu P

This non-fiction book report choice board provides nine formats for students to choose from including: -a traditional written book report -a museum display -a book jacket -a TV interview -an original poem about the book -a graphic novel -a short documentary -a map -a picture book with captions This choice board also gives the students the option to propose their own book report ideas to you for your approval. Included with this choice board are a rating sheet (2 per page), a graphic novel te

This Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board allows students to choose which activities they would like to complete while or after reading THE WISH GIVER novel. Activities include reading, writing, math, art, and history choices. The activities are designed to both foster students' creativity and create interest. In addition, there is a bonus activity where students can choose to research the Salem Witch Trials. Students choose either three or six activities to complete per the teacher's discretion, but y

This file contains the following: -Top bun (name of book, author, your name) -Tomato (description of the setting of your book) -Lettuce (name of main character and description) -Hamburger patty (summary of your book; you can add a second hamburger patty if you need more space) -Cheese (at least one theme of your book with evidence to support it) -Bottom bun (your rating and explanation; color the appropriate number of hamburgers out of 5) There is a rubric included at the end for grading p

This book report choice board provides nine formats for students to choose from including: -a traditional written book report -a diorama -a book jacket -a TV commercial -an original poem about the book -a comic strip -a short movie -a map -a photo album This choice board also gives the students the option to propose their own book report ideas to you for your approval. Included with this choice board are a rating sheet (2 per page), a comic strip template (4 panels per page), a summary page,

Using models, students can see the relationship between mixed numbers and improper fractions. I generally provide either the mixed number or improper fraction, and then have the student shade the models and provide the corresponding mixed number or improper fraction. This file also contains a set of concentration cards. Students make matches by pairing the improper fraction with its mixed number. 18 cards are included. I've also included a cut-and-paste activity where students place eleven im

This file contains one 28-question scavenger hunt. Set up is quick and easy, and students stay engaged! Directions: Mix up and place all the cards around the classroom. Students start at any passage, read, choose the main idea, and write its number on their sheet. Then they hunt for the card that has the number for the previous main idea in the top left hand corner to continue. If students find all of the correct main ideas, they should arrive back at their starting place at the end. Students

This test contains six passages each with eight questions for a total of 48 questions in all. Questions cover all of the major Common Core standards, including: -text evidence -main idea and summarizing -word meaning -text structure -interpreting information presented visually The standard addressed is listed in parentheses beside each question. While only fourth-grade standards are provided, this quiz could be used for fifth-grade students as well. Topics include service dogs, chocolate, dino

This file contains 13 ten-question quizzes that cover every two chapters of TUCK EVERLASTING. The quizzes cover: -prologue-chapter 2 -chapters 3-4 -chapters 5-6 -chapters 7-8 -chapters 9-10 -chapters 11-12 -chapters 13-14 -chapters 15-16 -chapters 17-18 -chapters 19-20 -chapters 21-22 -chapters 23-24 -chapters 25-epilogu These quizzes could be used for an assessment or just to ensure that a student completed his/her reading. All the questions are multiple choice and cover answers provided dire

This bundle contains three resources: a choice board for works of fictiona choice board for non-fictiona hamburger book report templateEach resource comes complete with all the resources a student will need unless you would like him/her to create everything from scratch. While the fiction and non-fiction choice boards are not identical, some of the resources included in each are. Each of these resources may be purchased separately if you prefer.

This document is meant to help fourth graders master the division algorithm. It also addresses the concept of partial quotients and interpreting remainders. This document first walks students step-by-step through a simple division problem. It guides them by telling them what to do and providing boxes where they write the numbers. There are two more problems at the bottom of the first page where students can practice without the step-by-step instruction. The boxes encourage students to keep t

This bundle contains a text structure graphic organizer for each type of text structure: description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological/sequence, and compare and contrast.two full-sized copies in both landscape format and portrait formatone sheet with two half-sized graphic organizers8x11 posters of each type of text structure that you can post in your classroomTWO quizzes, each with fourteen passagesa twelve-passage text-structure sort activityand a graphic organizer. Teach

This novel test contains 32 questions divided into the following categories: true or falseidentify the type of figurative languageidentify the charactermultiple choiceuse a character trait to describe a character and support with text evidenceidentify the speakeridentify and support a themecompare and contrast (Dorothea and Caroline)An answer key is provided except where answers may vary.

This PowerPoint presentation contains 48 slides and covers basic geometry concepts, such as: polygonscircles (including chords, diameters, circumference, radius, and center)plane figuressolid figuresgeometric terms (edge, face, vertex)points, lines, segments, rays, angles parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting linesacute, obtuse, right angles, and straight angles