Ms. Grady's Classroom Resources

This product contains an introductory lesson on Syntax and a re-teach of subject, verb, and object. Within the lesson are examples typical subject, verb, object sentences as well as interactive prompts. Plus examples of inverted sentences from Shakespeare! Also included is a single-page worksheet reinforcing recognition of subject, verb, and object. This is a fantastic lesson and practice to introduce syntax, reteach basic sentence structure, or prime students for a Shakespearean unit!

These bell ringers are a perfect 5-10 minute activity to start each class and give students practice at decoding idioms! Simply show a new slide each day and have your students write down what they believe the idiom means. Every even-numbered slide contains a new idiom put into context and every odd-numbered slide contains the explanation of the idiom’s meaning. There is a mix of well-known idioms and some that are a little less common to provide a challenge! Once everybody has their guess, yo

This is a fantastic bundle of fun activities and reading comprehension practice that can be used all throughout October. Included in the packet are: 3 coloring pages, 3 writing prompts, a word seach, a worksheet reinforcing the proper use of commonly mistaken words, and the Story of Little Red Riding Hood followed by four comprehension questions about characterization, theme, and more! Perfect to use leading up to Halloween or for some no-stress sub plans.

A worksheet intended to follow an introduction to connotation and denotation.

A quick, 8-slide presentation introducing connotation and denotation with a few examples.

This product contains a worksheet for students to practice identifying subject, verb, and object within basic sentences. This is best used in combination with my Syntax lesson! This is a one-page worksheet complete with answer page.

This product contains an introductory lesson on Syntax and a re-teach of subject, verb, and object. Within the lesson are examples typical subject, verb, object sentences as well as interactive prompts. Plus examples of inverted sentences from Shakespeare! This is a fantastic lesson to introduce syntax, reteach basic sentence structure, or prime students for a Shakespearean unit!

A clean, easy template to use for lesson plans! This printable includes a weekly page for every month that can be labelled with dates, standards, and learning targets for each day. Also included is an empty space to copy a masterlist of common standards to make labelling each lesson quick and easy.

This a pacing guide with suggested activity topics for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. I find that while activties and resources for this play are abundant, it can be difficult as a new teacher to plan the length of the unit unless everything is neatly laid out by milestone. Included are two versions, the first is a four-week unit guide that is designed for on-grade level students. The second is a six-week plan designed for students who are below-grade level or are unfamiliar with Shakespeare.

This bellringer is designed to support a recent lesson on root words and suffixes. Students must match the root word to the appropriate suffix and then use the word in an original sentence. Document contains two bell ringers designed to be printed and cut in half.

A short presentation designed to introduce morphology to middle/high students. Included are explanations of the following terms: morphology, morpheme, affix, suffix, and prefix. The last two slides include opportunities for whole-classroom practice of combining morphemes to create words.

These adorable Valentine cards are a perfect activity for students to write their own personalized Valentines!

I find that 'Of Mice and Men' is a book best read quickly with students. This guide allows for time to include the much needed discussions and activities yet still keeps the reading time to a slim 3 weeks! Included are quoted stopping points to account for any page variation across editions as well as suggested activity or discussion topics with each chapter.