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Nine shopping carts were abandoned. Your students will need to use their skills of observation and inference to figure out who might have abandoned these filled carts! A great activity to practice an essential reading skill.

A worksheet that asks students to read and make predictions. Students should both write and draw their predictions. A high-interest and simple way to practice essential reading skills.

Use these manipulatives with your students give them practice with the skills of determining the meaning of an unknown word from its context.

A great week-long unit packed with many different activities to practice determining an author's purpose for writing. Table of Contents (in order of suggested use) 3: Model of Anchor Chart to create with students 4-6: Sticky Note Sort 7: My Possible Purposes for Writing 8-16: Gallery Walk Documents 17: Gallery Walk Graphic Organizer (Student Paper) 18: Gallery Walk Graphic Organizer Answer Key 19-22: Quiz Quiz Trade Cards 23-24: Example Texts 25: PIE Videos 26: Example for One Topic, Three Pu

A set of eighteen figurative language task cards. Each card has a QR code that students can scan to check their answers. This activity is a favorite for my students! High-interest, simple to prepare, and effective. This activity is great for remediation and stations.

When should I write "me"? When should I write "I"? Is it "her" or "she"? "Him" or "her"? Give your students valuable practice selecting pronouns with this set of 18 task cards. The set includes the cards, a recording page, and an answer key.

Three Puzzles! An engaging activity for practicing figurative language. This activity asks students to demonstrate their understanding of idioms by rearranging the square pieces so that each idiom is touching its definition. Students could cut, rearrange, and glue down the puzzles themselves. Another option: you could laminate the puzzle pieces so students could arrange them again and again! Students enjoy this engaging activty--as well as gain valuable practice with idioms!

An engaging activity for practicing and assessing figurative language skills! This activity asks students to demonstrate their understanding of idioms by moving from station to station and answering multiple choice questions. The student’s answer determines which question he or she should answer next. Just like a trail run in the woods, the student will crisscross the room, moving from destination to destination. Successfully answering all ten questions should lead the student back to the s

Get kids talking on the first days of school! These 32 Quiz Quiz Trade cards are great for getting you students moving and talking one-on-one. They are always a hit with my seventh graders!

An engaging and fast-paced way to practice with conventions! This activity asks students to demonstrate their understanding of conventions—spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar—by moving from station to station and answering multiple choice questions. The student’s answer determines which question he or she should answer next. Just like a trail run in the woods, the student will crisscross the room, moving from destination to destination. Successfully answering all ten questions

An introduction, example, and expectations to Table-Top Twitter, a method of classroom discussion. I project this for students to see before and during the activity.

A simple and engaging way to practice with synonyms. Improve your students' word choice!

Reader's Theatre to demonstrate effective persuasion. Can be used in a unit about persuasive writing. Designed to teach students to develop reasons to support their claims.