Michelle Thomas

10 Day unit on three types of government with beginnings of project. Reading passages with comprehension questions for understanding. Cut and paste for leaders and principles of three types of government (democracy, dictatorship, monarchy). Jigsaw for student comprehension and reciprocal teaching. Extension activities. Updated: Added note sheets and keys

Multi-tier timeline for the three ancient civilizations. Comes with timeline pieces that contain important events in each culture's history. Pieces have dates on them. Made with 5th Grade Common Core Standards in mind. Used at the end of a unit to show students how events took place in correlation with each other.

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Complete state project. Letter to parents included with rubric for grading. Directions for every component of project. Sheets for final draft of project as well as research sheets. Includes report and guidelines for all aspects of the project. Usable for any state.

Literature Circle Group Roles. Basic directions for literature circles, to be reviewed prior to started Lit. Circles. Roles Include: **Imaginative Illustrator **Dynamic Discussion Leader **Vocabulary Victor **Succinct Summarizer **Commanding Connector

Map of United States with directions for coloring in regions of the United States. Helps students will labeling skills as well as being able to see what states belonged to which region during this time period.

A full packet for middle grade literature circles. Complete with five different roles and their descriptions. Page for each job with directions for each role as well as what to do during group meetings.

This packet includes an anchor chart and notes for students to differentiate between homophones and homographs and how they relate to homonyms. Packet includes an interactive foldable along with what these will look like when complete. This packet is a great hands-on activity for all learners!

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Organizer for writing a tall tale. Includes characters, setting, and problem. Allows space for students to write. Would go great with elements of a tall tale to discuss this genre and what makes a tall tale, a tall tale.

Four separate maps for Plans, Woodlands, West, and Southwest Native American tribes. Utilizes map labeling skills as well as recall skills for where certain tribes lived.

Great anchor chart to teach author's purpose Gives examples of each author's purpose. A pizza activity for students to write definitions and/or examples of author's purpose. First page of pizza-great to put the definitions of each (persuade, inform, entertain) Second page of pizza-great to put examples of text that fall into each category. (has an outline where to place glue for activity)

5 Days of Creative Journal Prompts. Leaves space for daily language. Can create one without space for daily language if desired. Fun prompts like "Imagine you're a doctor, what kind of doctor would you be," "Imagine you're one inch tall, what would you do on a Sunday."

All 8 parts of speech. Cut and paste activity to reinforce learning of parts of speech.

Used with a unit on explorers. Asks students to label a map with cardinal/intermediate directions, oceans, continents, as well as trade routes by Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias.

Great game for students to come up with words. Students are given consonants and vowels to create a "challenge" word. Based on these letters, students come up with their own 2, 3, 4, and higher letter words.

Anchor chart to introduce conjunctions. Allows space for definitions as well as examples.

Great anchor chart to introduce editing workshop. Shows students when to change paragraphs. Chart allows students to walk through each editing mark and what its purpose is.