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Engage your students when they are learning about mood and tone using toy story, frozen, and mary poppins! included: QR code to an edpuzzle where students answer questions while watching a video about mood. QR codes to scary frozen, toy story, and mary poppins 2 pages of written assignments one of which students have to show evidence of the mood and tone in different passages and one page where students have to write passages to create a mood in their own writing.

Fact vs Opinion task cards This includes: 40 cards that contain either a fact or opinion on it. An answer sheet for students A key for teachers How I used these cards: I had all of the cards cut out and laminated and then placed into a bin in the front of the room. I had one side of the room labeled Fact and the other side Opinion. The front was labeled IDK. All students came and picked up a card. They then read the card by themselves and decided which side they belonged to and moved to that sid

Get one free test to check out and try with your students here Here are 14 Root Word assessments. Each week students are given 10 word root list. Some lists contain 10 words with the same root or 2 different lists with 5 words that share the same root. Each assessment includes 3 parts: 1. Part 1- Spelling Students are responsible for spelling each of their roots. They then use this as their word bank 2. Part 2- Definition Students fill in the words to match the definition 3. Part

Use 7 different songs to discuss theme within the classroom. Students are asked to determine theme on their own and then use text evidence to support their answer. Includes a theme note sheet for students. This product contains QR Codes but 1:1 is not needed to complete the activity. There are three different files: One where you can create a packet for each student individually that includes the lyrics and answer sheet. They also have QR codes/digital links. You can still analyze the lyrics eve

This worksheet will help your students understand misplaced modifiers. There are two pages with four sentences each (8 total). Students will draw the sentence where the modifier is misplaced and then correct the sentence on the lines below. My students really loved drawing the goofy pictures!

28 tasks cards that include lyrics to relevant and popular songs. Also includes task cards that have answer options on them Includes: Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia Idiom Personification Alliteration Hyperbole Also includes answer sheet for students, and an answer Key

Figurative language booklet that includes: pages for students to define and give examples for: -similes -metaphors -alliteration -idioms -personification -hyperbole -onomatopoeia also includes QR codes to: songs with figurative languages, lists of idioms, videos of idioms etc. each part of figurative language has two pages one for the definition and an interactive page for students to complete. Updated! QR codes that were broken have been fixed, poetry has been added, pages have been revamped

Teach your students the 7 types of conflict with movie segments! 7 QR codes leading to movie segments (from Aladdin to Hunger Games) Students record answers on a chart where they have to answer: What type of conflict Evidence to support that conflict Types of conflict included Man Vs: Man Self Nature Society Unknown Supernatural Machine

Help students make inferences with this fun activity! Place QR codes around the room where students will go and scan them. They will then record their inference in the chart worksheet that is included. There are 20 QR codes that lead to 20 different pictures that students make inferences on. There is a 2 page sheet where students record their answers. Answers may vary with each student but generally should be similar.

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A three column vocab activity for students to complete. Only one column is filled out per word. Columns include word, definition, and picture or memory cue Words: -jade -oracle -lords -peasants -Confucianism -ethics -Confucius -Daoism -Laozi -Legalism -Shi Huangdi -Great Wall -Sundial -Seismograph -Acupuncture -Silk -Silk Road -Diffusion

Here are the covers of 8 books and QR codes that link to a book trailer for students to watch. I posted these on a bulletin board and whenever students had a chance they watched them. Also includes bubble instructions for students to follow. books include: -When You Reach Me- Rebecca Stead -Rules-Cynthia Lord -Maniac Magee- Jerry Spinelli -Stormbreaker- Anthony Horowitz -Hatchet- Gary Paulsen -Waiting for Normal- Leselie Connor -The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman -Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli

Here is a piece for your students interactive notebooks! Students lift the flap to reveal different adverbs such as:where, when, how, and to what extent. Students cut along the dotted line and glue the adverb section down. They then record the different adverbs in each section. Two QR codes are included but not necessary to complete the task

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