Middle Miracles

Establish the difference between a story's theme (one-sentence life lesson), main idea (one-sentence summary of events), and topic (one-word description) with this unique matching game! This student-directed activity will become one of your classroom favorites. Watch students work as a group to read a short fable and then find that story’s title, main idea, theme, and topic among a mixed-up pile of game cards. You’ll be shocked at the depth of the conversation between your students as they deba

Spice up your classroom discussions by providing your students with kid-friendly sentence frames that will help them communicate lab results, hypotheses, and observations. These cards are so versatile, you'll use them every week! SCIENCE Academic Discussion Cards focus on the most basic discussion techniques that are often skipped by teachers, such as: -Voicing an idea you thought of -Supporting your findings with evidence -Assessing your hypothesis -Elaborating on something that has been said -

Spice up your classroom discussions by providing your students with attainable, concrete goals and kid-friendly sentence frames. These cards are so versatile, you'll use them every week! Level One Academic Discussion Cards focus on the most basic discussion techniques that are often skipped by teachers, such as: -Adding on to what another speaker has said -Voicing an idea you thought of -Broaching another subject -Elaborating on something that has been said -Agreeing with someone else by sayin

Spice up your classroom discussions by providing your students with attainable, concrete goals and kid-friendly sentence frames. These cards are so versatile, you'll use them every week! Level Two Academic Discussion Cards focus on more advanced discussion techniques to build on the basics you've already established, such as: -Supporting your ideas with evidence -Summarizing a text -Connecting your comments with someone else's -Using a text to guide your thinking -Proving or disproving a point u

Spice up your classroom discussions by providing your students with kid-friendly sentence frames to help them process their multi-step problem solving. These cards are so versatile, you'll use them every week! MATH Academic Discussion Cards focus on the most basic discussion techniques that are often skipped by teachers, such as: -Forming a specific question -Explaining their reasoning -Describing their thought processes -Detailing their problem solving -Asking a question to the group -Requesti

Spice up your classroom discussions by providing your students with kid-friendly sentence frames that'll they'll actually want to use. These cards are so versatile, you'll use them every week! SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY Academic Discussion Cards focus on the most basic discussion techniques that are often skipped by teachers, such as: -Adding on to what another speaker has said -Voicing an idea you thought of -Supporting your thoughts with evidence -Elaborating on something that has been said -Agree

PDF download can be used as an infographic or can easily be printed as a 16 x 30 poster to decorate your classroom. I use this infographic in my classroom to teach comma rules, then I use it as an example for a performance assessment where students design their own infographic using Google Slides to teach a grammar concept or part of speech. It demonstrates great depth of knowledge and students love the artistic freedom!