Nat's Notes

This true ghost story is perfect for targeting comprehension, inferencing, and vocabulary. Middle school and high school students will enjoy this spooky read during the month of October. Included: ghost story, vocabulary definition chart, and inferential question chart.

This is a short story packed with /l/ in the final position of words. Perfect for targeting articulation as well as asking and answering comprehension questions. This story comes with 7 comprehension questions.

This PDF contains 7 festive task cards. This activity can be used all month long or on Saint Patrick's day! Each card requires students to put their inferencing skills to use. These cards are packed with vocabulary. I would suggest pre-teaching the vocabulary before presenting the cards. Vocabulary words include: magical, prideful, floating, luscious, mischievous, mighty, and celebrate.

This PowerPoint story is great for Teletherapy and socially distant learning. Packed with medial L words and festive green colors for Saint Patrick's day, this story is great for articulation practice! PowerPoint includes: Luke's Not So Lucky Day! Medial L StoryTeacher answer key (all medial L words listed)Comprehension questions to elicit target sounds

This PowerPoint explains how to find the main idea of a short story. Included: 4 tips for identifying the main idea2 practice slides containing a short story and space for identifying the main idea and writing a topic sentence.

These fall riddles are a fun way to target multiple goals at once! Included: 14 spooky riddles perfect for targeting inferencing, context clues, vocabulary, and rhyming. All slides have a 1-click animation that is the answer to each riddle. *Riddles are not my own. They have been adapted to fit the PPT for learning purposes. Images were taken from the web to enhance learning experience. Source: https://kinghalloween.com/halloween-riddles/https://www.rd.com/list/halloween-riddles/

This mini-lesson is designed to introduce simple and compound sentences. Students will be able to identify parts of a sentence (e.g. subjection, action, complete thought) and identify sentence types (e.g. simple and compound). Throughout this presentation there are several interactive slides for students to put their skills to use. By the end of the lesson students will be able to formulate their own unique compound sentences. Happy writing!

In this PowerPoint presentation you will find an informative video presented by Nessy Reading Strategy that explains the use of the past tense verb -ed. Following the video, there are 11 interactive slides containing root words, past tense verb -ed, and related images. Students are instructed to combine the root word and past tense verb -ed to formulate target regular past tense words. There are 5 slides with pictures for students to utilize to formulate sentences. In addition, there are 2 slide

This PowerPoint provides 50 pages of articulation fun! Included: Informational page (e.g. articulator placement with visual)Warm up page (e.g. silly sounds)Images relating to /l/ if the initial, medial, and final positions of words.Use each slide as an opportunity to practice sounds, expand language, and ask comprehension questions. Enjoy!

This PowerPoint teaches the important skill of how to format and write an email. This is useful for students who are currently enrolled in remote or hybrid style learning. Many students are having difficulty communicating with their teachers via email...so this mini lesson should give your students the skills they need for communicating with teachers online. Included: Instructions on how to format an email.Identifying parts of an email activity.Fixing incorrect emails activity.Practice time an

This PowerPoint is packed with information about what bullying is and where it takes place. Some information regarding bullying was sourced through The National Education Association's website. Included in this PowerPoint: Two comprehension questions related to bullying. 3 vocabulary words to define in multiple choice format (intervene, noble, distress)4 bullying scenarios for students to identify as bullying or not

This multiple meaning worksheet comes with a fill in the blank follow up activity. On page 1 students are required to explain the meaning of each underlined word. On page 2 students are required to fill in the blanks with the newly learned multiple meaning words to complete each sentence. The multiple meaning words included are: barkballbatblockbrushcasechopdockduckfineHappy learning!

This document contains the story The Little Match Girl by Gauri Ratnam. This story contains highlighted vocabulary words that are to be used with the Little Match Girl PowerPoint activities. The PowerPoint can be found at my TPT store.

16 common expressions with pictures and meanings! Use for small group discussion or mini quizzes. They also work great as classroom posters! Common expressions included: Back to the drawing boardHang In thereIt's not rocket scienceCosts an arm and a legIt's raining cats and dogsIt's a piece of cakeKill two birds with one stoneBreak a legDon't cry over spilt milk.Don't let the cat out of the bagYou're on thin iceThe ball is in your courtHit the hayThat ship has sailedOnce in a blue moonRun like

This PowerPoint contains level 1 sight words accompanied with phonetic transcription, related images and simple sentences. Each sight word is presented twice throughout the slides for repetition. Sight words include: InHasMotherUnderTo RideOnTablePlayRun

This PowerPoint accompanies the story The Ghost of Oxford Milford Road. This is a great pre-teaching PowerPoint to cover salient vocabulary that appears in the story!