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Students read the poem, "If I Were In Charge Of The World" by Judith Viorst. They then complete a planning page and a graphic organizer to create their own poems, explaining how life would be if they were in charge of the world.

The students will complete a lab to make their own ice cream. The lab has visual pictures accompanying the words and is perfect for special education students. There are post-lab questions, discussing phases of matter. The questions are differentiated (there is a lower level page of questions and a higher level page of questions).

There is one page with four vocabulary words for two chapters for each of the 26 chapters of the novel Because of Winn Dixie. Each word has a sentence showing how the word is used in context and the page number of where the word can be found in the book. The students fold each worksheet in half and make an educated guess or inference of the meaning of the word. After they make a guess for each word, they unfold the paper and read the actual definition. The definitions are all simple and kid-fri

This is a six page assessment, consisting of all of the Dolch sight words. There are 5 lists, each page corresponding with the components of the Dolch word lists. There are 220 words total. The final page includes a total amount of words. There is a column to put the date and progress monitor if a student gains or loses words each month. There are 9 columns total, for each month of the school year.

Our Words Are Like Toothpaste… Students are timed to empty toothpaste tube. Then they are challenged to fill the tube back up. Discussion and writing prompts to follow, showing how words are like toothpaste. Both are easy to come out, but impossible to take back completely.

This is a lab guessing the amount of skittles in a bag and the amount of each color skittle. This lab uses the steps of the scientific method. Students collect data, create a table, and create a graph.

This is a lab to figure out the amount of water needed to land a bottle flip. The students will use the steps of the scientific method and metric measurement skills (metric ruler to measure height and graduated cylinder to measure volume). Students will flip bottles, collect data and answer questions.

There is one page with four vocabulary words for each of the fifteen chapters of the novel Frindle by Andrew Clements. Each word has a sentence showing how the word is used in context and the page number of where the word can be found in the book. The students fold each worksheet in half and make an educated guess or inference of the meaning of the word. After they make a guess for each word, they unfold the paper and read the actual definition. They can self-asses and check if their answer

This is a packet consisting of 60 vocabulary words throughout the novel, Wonder. The vocabulary words are divided between the 8 parts of the book. Each page has four vocabulary words and each word has sentence showing how the word is used in context and the page number of where the word can be found in the book. The students fold each worksheet in half and make an educated guess or inference of the meaning of the word. After they make a guess for each word, they unfold the paper and read the a

This project accompanies the science unit: 6 Characteristics of Living Things. There are two pages of notes (explaining the characteristics), a project (questions, drawing, paragraph, and 3D model to create an invented organism satisfying the characteristics of life), a rubric, a paragraph template, and an example.

This is a full formal lesson plan. It can be used for a demo lesson or observation lesson. It was used in a seventh grade special education class, but can be adapted to grades 2-9. It is aligned with Common Core standards. It is writing creative abstractions. This can be used as part of a poetry unit or as a stand alone lesson for descriptive, creative writing at any point throughout the year. Perfect for a demo lesson or observation lesson. Hands-on activities. Includes all worksheets,

Cut the steps of the scientific method out. Can either paste them in order or put worksheet in sheet protector and have students place the steps in order at the beginning of each class to practice learning the order with motor memory.

This is a three page assessment, consisting of 100 multi-syllabic words. There are 100 words total. There is a column to put the date and progress monitor if a student gains or loses words each month. There are 9 columns total, for each month of the school year.

This is a full formal lesson plan. It can be used for a demo lesson or observation lesson. It was used in a sixth grade special education class, but can be adapted for grades 1-7. It is aligned with Common Core standards. Hands-on activities. Includes all worksheets. I did this lesson with a pumpkin, but you can substitute paper bag if it is not seasonal.

Formal lesson plan for write up or observation. Includes motivations hands on activity where students have 30 seconds to do anything they want to a piece of paper. Then you show them a piece of paper the same that was untouched. Each paper represents a dynamic and a static character. Watch a short film clip and identify change in a character. Includes graphic organizer template to identify and write about a character in their own novels.

This unit test has 35 questions. The questions include vocabulary, multiple choice, context clues, short answer, character matching, and character sorting.

Exemplar essay of most memorable moments. Students read and then complete planning page, listing their most memorable days. They choose four of those memorable days to write about and expand the moment, focusing on the five senses, to fill in the graphic organizer. They then have the outline to write an essay. Can be used with TC Writing- Personal Narrative.

This is a packet filled with poems, songs, activities, writing assignments, and quotes to inspire students. It will encourage them to create a bucket list, learn to live in the moment, and pass on acts of kindness. Teaching is more than academics; it is teaching kids to realize and pursue their dreams. I collect this packet and mail it back to my students in 5 years. 5 years…260 weeks…1,825 days…2,333,000 minutes What will you do with it? What could you do with it? Everything is included.

This unit test is 41 questions. The questions include: vocabulary, multiple choice, reading comprehension (with passage excerpts), and short answer. This test is presented as the NY ELA state tests look to familiarize students with the format.

There are 60 vocabulary words (broken down into 4 pages for each of the 5 parts of- Chapters 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-17,18-22) of the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Each word has a sentence showing how the word is used in context in the book. The students fold each worksheet in half and make an educated guess or inference of the meaning of the word. After they make a guess for each word, they unfold the paper and read the actual definition. They can self-asses and check if their answer wa