Middle Miracles

Included in this folder: 1. Poetry Slam Instructions Slideshow with a wealth of examples!  2. 7 different brainstorming pages 3. Original Slam Poem that you can pretend you wrote and perform for the class as an example (you're welcome) 4. Grading rubric 5. Student voting sheets 6. Editable flyers advertising the poetry slam competition 6. Official judging rubrics for final competition Everything you need to structure a week-long poetry slam assessment that tests figurative language, formatting,

The most fun you'll have all year! This product is a digital Google Drive folder that is ready to print and use! Here's what's included: 1 game board (poster-sized) 1 DOK game spinner 261 double-sided game cards 42 task cards 1 Rules & Instructions sheet 1 Behavior Rubric & Grading table tent 1 Answer Key with cover page Google Slideshow of instructions for class This board game covers a full-year's curriculum and challenges students to use their full depth of knowledge as they review the c

One of my favorite all-time classroom resources, this edit & revise flipbook is a flexible tool that's easy for students to use on their own. This resource includes a Google Drive folder that holds: 2 printable flipbooks on Google Slides (one in color, one in black and white) 1 teacher-directed lesson on Google Slides 1 student example essay on Google Docs 1 corrected student example essay on Google Docs 1 printable peer edit worksheet on Google Slide All these resources are editable and easy

This pirate-themed breakout box will be your students' favorite day of the school year! Encourage real collaboration and great discussions with this figurative language review! Your students will love close reading poetry, riddles, and songs to find figurative language with this fun and exciting activity that gets kids to problem solve, read carefully, and practice figurative language concepts they NEED to know. Please note: this escape room scenario is designed to be compatible with the kit p

Use this resource with a Breakout box or without it. Encourage real collaboration and great discussions with this grammar review! Your students will love working on spelling, proper nouns, commas, and pronouns with this fun and exciting activity that gets kids to problem solve, look closely, and practice grammar concepts they NEED to know. Please note: this escape room scenario is designed to be compatible with the kit provided by Breakout EDU. I do offer alternative solutions in this resource

Do your students struggle to summarize? Are their summaries confusing, out of order, or full of unnecessary details? This lesson is built for you to solve THOSE exact problems! Materials include:  1 Google Drive Folder with:  Teacher lesson slideshow WITH guided instructions“Foolish Felons” task card summarizing practiceBonus set of graphic organizers for future continued practice. This is a fun, easy-to-teach lesson that really guides students to improve their summarizing with direct, immediat

Do your students struggle to find the main idea of a text? Are their summaries confusing, out of order, or full of unnecessary details? This lesson is built for you to solve THOSE exact problems! Materials include:  1 Google Drive Folder with:  Teacher lesson slideshow WITH guided instructions“Main Idea & Title” task cards and worksheet practiceBonus graphic organizer for future continued practice. This is a fun, easy-to-teach lesson that really guides students to improve their main ideas with

Teach the editable Google Slide lesson to the class to establish what genre is and why it is important. The end of the lesson includes instructions for the gallery walk activity and a teacher-modeled example. Then, students use real books that have been placed on their desks to apply the lesson by investigating the book in order to identify its genre. They will create visual genre piles under the included station signs to help solidify commonalities between books with the same genre. This is a