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This essential bundle for "A Dog's Purpose" includes: vocabulary, end of book timeline project, character review organizer and guided reading questions. All products are sold seperatly in my shop and do align with the tests (bundled or sold seperatly) and PowerPoint.

This unit contains handouts and activites for before reading lessons of the novel "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" including a quote activity and anticipation guide.

This is used in conjunction with my "A Dog's Purpose" Guided Reading Questions and for all my chapter tests!

Topics covered: attention getter, topic sentences, supporting details, conclusion sentences, punctuation, capitalization, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, homophones, 'texting', and much more! Each mini-lesson has a brief explanation for students followed by an activity to practice the concept! :)

This is a creative writing assignment you can use and adapt to meet any grade level. Students are asked to reflect on their school year in different ways rather than writing in paragraph form.

This is a PowerPoint designed to use as a bell ringer or initial motivation for students in the first 5/10 minutes of class. Topics covered includes: parts of speech, comprehension, figurative language, punctuation, transition words, library knowledge, textbook features, capitalization and much more!

This powepoint is used in conjunction with handouts for this novel also sold in my shop. The powerpoint consists of vocabulary by chapters (with defintions), guided reading questions by chapter and prediction charts by chapter to be used for the novel "A Dog's Purpose". Answers for the guided reading questions coming soon!

This is used in conjunction with my "A Dog's Purpose" Guided Reading Questions for Chapters 16 through 20. This document includes a test review for Chapters 16 through 20, a 20 question test consisting of matching, multiple choice questions and short answers, as well as, the answer key for the test. I use this with my Special Education classes so the questions are therefore geared towards them. This is a great product as a jumping off point if you need higher level thinking questions!

This handout contains the guided reading questions and vocabulary handouts that go with my powerpoints for the novel "The Five People You Meet in Heaven".

This is used in conjunction with my "A Dog's Purpose" Guided Reading Questions for Chapters 26 through 32. This document includes a test review for Chapters 26 through 32, a 27 question test consisting of matching, multiple choice questions and short answers, as well as, the answer key for the test. I use this with my Special Education classes so the questions are therefore geared towards them. This is a great product as a jumping off point if you need higher level thinking questions!

This PowerPoint is used as a writing workshop tool to break down what makes a perfect 5 paragraph essay. The PowerPoint includes a bell ringer, exit card, explanation of each paragraph and sections for modeling each paragraph that goes into a 5 paragraph essay; making this perfect & painless!

This unit is includes vocabulary, literary element, guided reading questions, author information, the short sotry, and after reading activites for the short story "All Summer in A Day" by Ray Bradbury. Included are answer keys too!

Comprehensive lists of Before, During, and After Reading Strategies

This guided reading question and vocabulary packet is for the "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom for chapters: Earth, City and Letting Go. The way I teach this novel is by splitting the book 3 chapters at a time. It is used in conjunction with my PowerPoint for Earth, City and Letting Go.

This test and test review is used in conjunction with the guided reading question and vocabulary packet, as well as, the PowerPoint for chapters: Prologue and Beginning (2-16). The way I teach is by splitting the book 3 chapters at a time. The test consists of character matching, multiple choice, short answer and personal connections.

This is a brief powerpoint to introduce narrative writing. The last slide contains an activity to practice narrative writing.

This PowerPoint is designed to be used as a bell ringer/starter activity for students on Writing Workshop days. It covers topics such as capitalization, grammar, punctuation, transition words, and more!

This is a quick little check in I have my students complete to check on their understanding of the novel for pages 1-18. It includes a 20 word summary and graphic organizer for what they would say, do and wish for if they knew they only had an hour left to live.

This powerpoint can be used to review what goes in a 5 paragraph essay. In my Reading classes, we write a 5 paragraph essay every other week, so I use this powerpoint as a quick review/reference for my students and then include the writing prompt for the essay.

This is a powerpoint designed to help outline a 5 paragraph essay for writing a biography about a famous person.