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Mapping text is a fun, visual and kinesthetic strategy for teaching reading comprehension. I have used it to work with struggling readers, especially secondary students who have trouble navigating their text books effectively. This product provides colorful notes outlining the purpose of this strategy, a student reference sheet and a reflection.

This short project is a fun way to get to know students at the beginning of a term. Students create a timeline, that integrates events in their personal history and events in US history and provide a short explanation and image for each one. US historical events can be chosen by students or provided by teachers. This project can be adapted for other history classes. A rubric is provided.

This product includes a short Timeliness Plan, requiring students to quickly reflect on why they were tardy, what they missed and how to prevent tardiness in the future. The plan is followed by a longer reflection and one page article about the impact of being tardy. This is designed to give students some language and ideas to use when reflecting on tardiness without requiring extensive adult support. The reflections can be used together as part of a process, or separately.

This is a graphic organizer used to aid students in writing an autobiographical poem. Students choose a hook (I am, I am From, I hear, etc.) and respond to four categories (my home, my neighborhood, food I eat, and expressions/things I hear). The poems work well to teach sensory details and sharing is a great icebreaker. I've used this at the beginning of the school year with middle and high school students and the results are always very creative and impressive-- great for a class bulletin bo

This is a set of graphic organizer used to aid students in writing an autobiographical poem. Students choose a hook (I am, I am From, I hear, etc.) and respond to four categories (my home, my neighborhood, food I eat, and expressions/things I hear). The poems work well to teach sensory details and sharing is a great icebreaker. I've used this at the beginning of the school year with middle and high school students and the results are always very creative and impressive-- great for a class bulle

This product includes three different behavior reflection forms that can be used as learning consequences when student behavior does not meet school or classroom expectations. These forms are designed to provide students with an opportunity to consider the nature of their behavior, the motivation for it, as well as appropriate consequences. *Note: I originally designed these forms for my school's PBIS initiative. The preview file and the picture have our logo, but the files for purchase are ed

This product includes a rubric, key term banks, and graphic organizers for the first 6 characters in the novel Seedfolks. Also included is an example (see preview) of a sensory figure. Sensory figures work well as a recurring reflective activity while reading Seedfolks, or as an assessment.

This organizer can be used as a reflection when student behavior is not meeting classroom expectations. The organizer provides spaces to define the expectation, explain why it is important and provide examples of what successful behavior looks and sounds like. An example is provided using the expectation "following directions."

This product includes literature circle preparation materials, questions, a reflection and an organizational chart. Participants are assigned a role to help them analyze text and prepare to participate in the literature circle. Roles include: Architect (Diagram the Plot) Psychologist (Analyze the Conflict & Characters) Philosopher (Discuss Symbolism & Figurative Language) Professor (Summarize & Explain the Main Idea/Theme) Sociologist (Analyze Point of View) (general and Dystopian versions inc