Middle Miracles

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

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