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"THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING SUCH AN INVENTIVE WAY TO REINFORCE GRAMMAR CONCEPTS." - TPT customer - I use Lewis Carroll's classic poem "Jabberwocky" to urge students to listen to their innate understanding of grammar and parts of speech. By identifying the part of speech of a nonsense word, students gain confidence in their ability to understand how language works. This document (PDF; answer key included as a separate PDF) begins with nonsense words found in regular sentences. Students id

Directions: While reading the story below, pay particular attention to the order of events within the passage. There are many signal words that can indicate the sequence of events in the story. Read the story and then put the events that follow in order by numbering them 1-6. Stories include: ~ Abraham Lincoln and the Robot Invasion ~ Space Monkeys Save Buzz Aldrin ~ The Basketball Heroes ~ The Shiniest Armor that Ever Shined ~ The Race of a Thousand Turtles ~ Detective Abode Solves the Case I

Imagery - the five senses - more than just "seeing it" a powerpoint & idea organizer The biggest hurdle I find students have when understanding imagery is that they think it anything that they can "see in their mind" is imagery. Not so! Our students have healthy imaginations and can "see in their mind" actions and dialog and all sorts of things that aren't imagery at all! I created this powerpoint presentation (and accompanying idea organizer for note-taking and practice) to combat this common

"BEST HOLES RESOURCE YET!!! LOVE IT" - TPT customer - This Smart Board Notebook file breaks the book Holes by Louis Sacher into daily chunks. Each day, a different reading skill objective is addressed. The lessons are structured as follows: - Review/engagement/objective - Reading/thinking cycle through 2-4 (short) chapters [ Each reading/thinking cycle includes Active Reading questions (connect, evaluate, predict, infer, etc) as well as the expected page numbers for the next chunk of text to

Around the World in Eighty Days Unit: Chapter Activities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE UNIT I absolutely love Jules Verne's classic adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days. I created activities for every 1-4 chapters in the 37-chapter novel. Most activities, briefly described, includes a printable document for students. There are 41 pages in the document and 19 activities. Pick and choose your favorites to use with your stud

Directions: While reading the story below, pay particular attention to the order of events within the passage. There are many signal words that can indicate the sequence of events in the story. Read the story and then put the events that follow in order by numbering them 1-6. Stories include: ~ Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion of the World ~ The Center of the Moon ~ Discovering Animal Planet ~ Desert Island ~ The Cake That Ate Its Baker ~ Two Doors of Death This is the second version (stories #7

A desktop app for creating coordinate-plane worksheets. Upload a reference image, trace key points and shapes over it, then export a student worksheet and an answer key. Students plot the ordered pairs and reveal the picture. The worksheets created by this app givens students fun, engaging practice in plotting points on a coordinate plane. Make pictures that are meaningful to your students, like your school's mascot or a character from a book your students read. The app makes differentiation eas

I spent a lot of time creating this visually appealing and comprehensive Story Map graphic organizer, all fit on to a single 8.5"x11" piece of paper. You may use it for FREE by downloading the preview. The document and the preview are the EXACT SAME. I offer it for $0.99 to those that want to throw a donation my way for the work I put into it. Such a donation is entirely optional, but thank you so much if you choose to do so! Enjoy!

Why should math classes have all the picture-making fun? Students color words based on their parts of speech. A picture slowly reveals itself. Two versions (a videogame character and a superhero) are included. Enjoy!

Pairs of students face off in this classic game of deduction, but instead of guessing faces, they must guess shapes! The game gives students practice in identifying properties of various polygons, including: - Regular Polygons - Types of Quadrilaterals - Right Angles - Sets of Parallel Sides - and more! Included in this PDF file are: - an information sheet for students to review the properties of the shapes included in the game (or to use as a cheat sheet during the game). - a set of cards fro

This printable handout walks students through the story "After 20 Years" by O. Henry and gets them to think about the theme of friendship. Students begin by defining what they believe a "true friend" is. After reading the first half of the story, they create a social network profile for the main character. After then reading the last half of the story, they grapple with questions about the real meaning of true friendship. The printable includes the questions and guide *as well as the story it

Students in groups of 3 or 4 each draw four cards and place them on their Card Mat. After multiplying the created fractions on a scratch piece of paper, they write their answers in the appropriate space. If their answer is correct, they score points. The game was surprisingly engaging and competitive even for my reluctant learners. Enjoy!

SOUNDER - A full Directed Reading and Thinking Activity guide This Smart Board Notebook file breaks the book Sounder by William Armstrong into daily chunks. Each day, a different reading skill objective is addressed. PLEASE NOTE: Unlike my other DRTA guides, this file is a bit thin. It is useful for teachers who like a guide with questions to encourage students to probe their reading as they read. But with only a few Notebook pages per chapter, the teacher may be expected to ask other question

Students solve percent questions of varying formats. Then, using their answers in a unique way, students solve a silly math riddle.

***UPDATE: Now there are FOUR stories included.*** To learn more about each guide, follow the links below to each individual resource. Enjoy! Friendship in O. Henry's "After 20 Years" [$2.49] This printable handout walks students through the story "After 20 Years" by O. Henry and gets them to think about the theme of friendship. Students begin by defining what they believe a "true friend" is. After reading the first half of the story, they create a social network profile for the main cha

This is a fun card game that gets students to interact with improper and mixed fractions. Student draw cards to set up an improper fraction, and then must convert it to a mixed fraction. The spaces on the Card Mat are slightly larger than standard playing card sizes, and so should fit any playing deck you have for the students to use. Enjoy!

Geometry: Area & Perimeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Documents included in this *.zip file (all PDF files except *): - Geometry Formulas cheat sheet - Area & Perimeter of rectangles - Area of triangles - Area & Circumference of circles - Area & Perimeter/Circumference of various shapes (3 different worksheet types) - Composite Area (includes a "super problem" with twelve shapes) - Composite Area lesson (Smart Notebook file converted to

I absolutely love Jules Verne's classic adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days. (Find my 41-page Unit Activities document here.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAPTATION One challenge with teaching Verne's classic is the language of the 1870s. I have written an adaptation unlike anything else available. It is not an abridged version with just 10 or 20 chapters. It is an adapted version with the full 37 chapters and the true spi

Here is a graphic organizer of quadrilaterals, to help students with classifying rectangles, trapezoids, squares, etc. It helps students to see how the shapes are related. Enjoy!

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