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If I told you I was a young girl who had a magic hat of invisibility, which character from Percy Jackson would I be? If you guessed Annabeth Chase, you are correct! This center challenges students to identify twenty five characters from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series based on clues and character descriptions. This aligns with CCSS RL 5.3 and students will compare and contrast the friends and foes of Percy Jackson. This can be played in groups of two, a small group, or as a whole class! An

This center for the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt challenges students to analyze quotes and determine which character said which lines. Students must recall relevant details, analyze word choice, make inferences and critically think to complete this sort. My students would refer back to the text without my reminders and had great literary discussions without my prompting! A great review after the novel that can be used in whole group, small groups or centers/stations. Teachers ca

If I told you I was a young girl who loved books and being right, which character from Harry Potter would I be? If you guessed Hermione Granger, you are correct! This center challenges students to identify twenty five characters from JK Rowling's Harry Potter series based on clues and character descriptions. This aligns with CCSS RL 5.3 and students will compare and contrast the friends and foes of Harry Potter. This can be played in groups of two, a small group, or as a whole class! An answ

In this 17 page center, students must analyze quotes and descriptions before matching them with three of the main characters from Kate DiCamillo's novel The Tiger Rising. Writing extension activities are also included. This center was created for a fifth grade classroom and is aligned to the CCSS (RL 5.3; W5.9a). A must have! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

This activity is designed to help students find the differences between mixtures and solutions. This can be used as a station, as a whole class review and as an informal assessment. A must have for elementary science classes! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Based on Meg Belviso and Pam Pollack's "Who Was Steve Jobs?", this sort has students place 26 events from Steve Jobs's life into chronological order. This can be used whole group or with a small group as a summative assessment. An answer key is included! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

"Hey, Seaweed Brain!" Oh poor Percy, but who said it? In this sort, students must analyze quotes from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief to figure out which characters said what and to whom. By referring back to the text, analyzing word choice, focusing in on character traits and making inferences, students are practicing critical thinking skills as well as comparing and contrasting characters. Students can complete this sort independently, in a small group or as a class. A must have for li

This product contains 63 pages of homework questions to accompany the novel Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan. This DOES NOT include suggested answers. This was created to be printed and given to students for literature circles. Each chapter has one to four questions or activities, which require students to use a variety of skills to answer including inferencing, making predictions, analyzing events and quotes, character analysis, and more. This product is included in the larger unit bund

In this 16 page center, students can work independently or collaboratively to put 22 events from Gary Paulsen's Hatchet in chronological order. An answer key is included to allow students to self-correct. Since this includes events in the final chapters of the novel, it is recommended to use this after students have finished reading the novel. Aligned to CCSS RL 5.5 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

This sort challenges students to determine which Harry Potter character is linked with which quote. Students can work individually or collaboratively in a small group to discuss the quotes, determine meaning, analyze the author's word choice and recall relevant details from the passage. This sort supports RL 5.1 and RL 5.3 of the Common Core State Standards. My students loved this sort and would eagerly grab copies of the text to check their work. They participated in many great student-led

In this 18 page center, students can independently or collaboratively put 26 events from Lois Ruby's Steal Away Home into chronological order. An answer key is included and students can analyze how Dana, Lizbet and the Weavers develop over time. A must have for end-of-novel comprehension activities!

If I told you I was devious and always after the orphans' mo ney, which character from The Series of Unfortunate Events would I be? If you guessed Count Olaf, you are correct! This center challenges students to identify twenty two characters from Lemony Snicket's the Series of Unfortunate Events based on clues and character descriptions. This aligns with CCSS RL 5.3 and students will compare and contrast the friends and foes of the Baudelaire orphans. This can be played in groups of two, a small

In this 18 page center, students will independently or collaboratively put 26 events from Kate DiCamillo's The Tiger Rising novel into chronological order. Students will analyze how the characters of Rob, Sistine and Willie Mae develop over time. A great end-of-novel comprehension activity with an included answer key! Great for small groups. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

In this 16 page center based on Lois Lowry's "Number the Stars", students can independently or collaboratively put the events back in order. During this station, students should discuss how the events build upon their understanding of the characters and chapter development. Since this center contains end of the novel spoilers, students should complete this as a culminating comprehension activity after completing the novel. A must have for small groups! Answer key is included! This work is l

While chronological order and sequence may seem like easy concepts for fifth graders, I assure you my latest sort is deceivingly simple! Students will have to recreate Suzanne Collin's Catching Fire by putting the events into chronological order! By analyzing the events and discussing which came first, they are secretly reviewing the importance of text structure and analyzing how events come together to make a story (RL 5.5). My students loved the challenge of this sort and hopefully yours will

In this station or center, students will sort different writing techniques into editing or revising categories. Students will discuss why certain techniques more closely align with the editing process while other strategies are for revision. Aligned to the Common Core writing standards for upper elementary. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Help your students be more organized in their notebooks with this table of contents organizer! Pack includes notebook sized table of content organizers for reading, writing, grammar, math, social studies, English, science and more! Blank pages are also included. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

This sort helps students review map features for physical, political and topographic maps. It's a great review before testing and aligns with both science and social studies standards. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

In this 18 page center, students can independently or collaboratively put 26 events from Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting into chronological order. In doing so, students examine how characters develop over time. This is a great end-of-unit comprehension activity and an answer key is included! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

In this 11 page center based on Kate DiCamillo's novel The Tiger Rising, students must use clues from the text to determine which character is being described. This center is meant to be used upon completion of the novel as it contains spoiler alerts about the novel's ending. Created for a fifth grade classroom, this center is aligned to CCSS RL 5.3. A must for literacy stations! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.