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Hello, fellow teacher! I love reading Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things with my students and I hope you do too. This book makes a great novel unit for the whole class or for small reading groups. It works well with third grade independent reading levels, but can be easily used as a read aloud or for advanced literature circles in second grade. Enjoy! --Ms. Beth Grade level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile Measure: 600L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: Q This novel unit includes: •Literat

Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood is a great story for upper elementary and middle school students. Glory, an opinionated eleven year-old in 1964 Mississippi, is very concerned when the community pool shuts down shortly after Northerners arrive to register Black voters and help integrate the town. Her concern for the swimming pool shifts as she comes to realize the disparities and hatred present in her community. It is historical fiction, based on the author’s experience as a child in Mississippi

Rump: the True Story of Rumpelstilskin by Liesl Shurtliff is a great fractured fairy tale for upper elementary students. Shurtliff turns the classic character of Rumpelstiltskin into a sympathetic protagonist an adventure to break a curse and discover his true name. It’s a funny story with a wide cast of likeable characters, while including thought-provoking themes like friendship, greed, and bullying. I highly recommend it to students that enjoyed Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Escape fr

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters is the second book in the Alvin Ho series by Lenore Look. This book is just as hilarious as the first, and my students loved it!  Included in this 2nd/3rd grade unit are the following activities: Write & Draw: creative writingVocabulary Match (with answer key)Cause & Effect (with answer key)Math Challenge (with answer key)Reading Comprehension Questions (2 per chapter, with answer key)*COVID note: if you are stuck at home try

Hello! In this project-based learning unit, students will be tasked with planning a neighborhood Halloween carnival. There are seven student activities included: • Games: double-digit addition & subtraction • Pick a Costume: double-digit subtraction. • The Snack Table: U.S. coin recognition & adding coins • The Haunted House: area & subtraction • Halloween Decorations: multi-step: find the totals, then find ½ of the amount (fraction of a set) • Design a Poster: a marketing strategy • E

Give your students a fun way to practice and review multiplication and division facts with these seven color-by-code sheets. Students will note the products and/or quotients at the top of each page and color in the corresponding equations in the picture below. These are perfect for fast finishers and independent work packets! *Please note: these are intended for independent work, not assessments and as such do not include answer sheets. Graphics by: Creating 4 the Classroom Clipart, Dancing Cray

Send this half-sheet "proud note home" with your students today! Simply check a box: honesty, hard work, self-control, teamwork, growth mindset, or positive attitude, add a comment & sign! Included are two versions: fireworks and emojis. I made these for my students as an extra incentive. Hope you love them, too! --Ms. Beth Keywords:award, behavior, communication, home, intrinsic, mail, parents, family, reward Graphics: Thank you to fellow TPT'ers for the graphics and specialty fonts! Visit th

Hello fellow teacher! This novel unit is intended for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders reading Grump: The Fairly True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by Liesl Schurtliff in small groups, or responding to a whole-class read aloud. Enjoy! Ms. Beth What’s included: • Glossary • Vocabulary Match & Answer Sheet • Character Traits graphic organizer • What Can You Infer? & Answer Sheet (contains spoilers: to be used after Chapter 13) • Emoji Match Challenge & Answer Sheet (contains spoilers: to be

The Giants and the Joneses by Julia Donaldson is one of my all-time favorite books for 2nd-4th graders. It is a gripping, funny fantasy-adventure that is fabulous for developing reading comprehension strategies through the author’s imagined language of Groilish. Giant girl Jumbeelia kidnaps three human children and brings them up a beanstalk to her home in the giants’ land of Groil. This engaging story follows the three ‘iggly plops’, Colette, Steven, and Poppy, as they try to escape from the we

Assign your students rotating jobs in their book club or literature circles using these five recording sheets for: Discussion Director, Summarizer, Illustrator, Word Wizard, and Clever Connector. Black and white for easy copying. Graphics and borders by Dancing Crayon Designs, Paula Kim Studio, Educlips and Dorky Doodles: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Educlips https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Paula-Kim-Studio https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Dancing-Crayon-De

Four simple, effective graphic organizers for your 2nd-6th grade students to analyze characters in literature, with an emphasis on justifying reasoning and using the text to support your answer. The four, single-page organizers included in this pack are: Character Personality, Character Growth, Character Analysis & Character Emojis Enjoy! Clipart by TPT Seller: Hidesy's Clipart https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Hidesys-Clipart Borders and layout graphics by TPT Sellers: Paula Kim S

This simple, half-sheet, daily report works well for students that have difficulty with other class-wide behavior systems and can be tailored to the child's individual goals. I keep it on the student's desk and let them fill it out as the day progresses to build accountability for their behavior, then send home each day. Hope this helps you in your classroom!

These five mandalas are perfect for students reviewing their division facts (1-12) in the fall. Put them in a math center or independent work/ fast finishers packet & watch your students ask for more! Enjoy! ************************ Keywords: review, coloring, colored pencil, math art, dividing, math facts ************************* All graphics and fonts are by fellow TPT sellers: BBfonts (Miss Fifth), Bunny on a Cloud, & Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs. Please visit their stores for your next

Compare and Contrast graphic organizers, with the following formats: Venn -regular double Venn-triple double bubble top hat format (for contrasting side to side) based on The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core by Michael Perini The Venn and double bubble formats all have two versions: one with kawaii farm animals and the other without. Borders and clipart are from other TPT sellers: Hidesys Clipart, Paula Kim Studio, Dancing Crayon Designs and Dorky

I use this one frequently because of its flexibility; students can add both the cause and effect, or for differentiation, reading comprehension checks, or introducing the concept, you can write in the cause or the effect.

This simple writing process chart helps both you and your students keep track of where they are in the writing process. This is especially helpful if you have a writer's workshop (they all might be a different stages, etc) or something similar, though it can definitely be used if all students are working on the same writing assignment at a given time. I like to laminate these or print on cardstock, then use clothespins with student names/ class numbers on them. It's a great management tool and