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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

This document walks students through the concept of Measures of Central Tendency, from understanding what measures are and calculating them to understanding the power of outliers and choosing the best representative measure. This document includes: - an explanation of Mean, Median, and Mode - Which Measure of Central Tendency Is Best? - Outliers - Consistency - Changing the Mean of a Data Set - Data - Extra Practice on Mean, Median, Mode worksheet - Extra Practice on Outliers worksheet & paper

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

This printable packet includes the classic short story (edited for easier readability and for modern readers) as well as active reading questions that ask students to predict, infer, connect, and complete other active reading strategies. The guide and story work side-by-side on the page to encourage active thought processes *while* reading. Enjoy!

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

Analogies are explained and students are walked through the steps in solving analogies in a step-by-step, scaffolded way. The first two pages explain analogies and describe the solving steps. The third page introduces students to practice problems with Analogy Type and Helping Sentences given. The fourth page's practice problems label Analogy Type and give Helping Sentences for some items. The fifth page has 12 practice problems without giving Type or Helping Sentences. UPDATED: The sixth page

This small, 8-page printable handout gives students (and teachers) everything they need to navigate Steinbeck's novella The Pearl. The entire product is meant to be printed and given to students. It can be used as a largely independent out-of-class guide for students, or an in-class road map for collaborative learning. Included: -Introduction -Reading Guide -Vocabulary -Theme -Character I suggest doing the Introduction and Theme pages as a class, depending on your students' levels. The Charact

This printable packet includes the classic short story as well as active reading questions that ask students to predict, infer, connect, and complete other active reading strategies. The guide appears below reading selections to encourage active thought processes *while* reading. The packet also includes a news story about lottery winners finding tragedy instead of happiness with their new-found wealth. A follow-up question urges students to consider the real-life implications of the short stor

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

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

This worksheet guides students through the solving of logic algebra problems. There are two different worksheets here; the second increases in complexity. Questions are like: Albert is four years older than Beth. If Beth will be 14 next year, how old is Albert this year? Madison is half the age Norah will be in 3 years. If Norah was 15 two years ago, how old is Madison now? and Aaron scored four more points than Ben. Connie scored 10 points. If Ben scored 9 fewer points than Connie, how many

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!