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Genre Doodle Notes are the perfect introducing or reviewing genre. When students color or doodle, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time- refreshing, reenergizing, and refocusing students on the content. There are many proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheet by coloring, doodling, and connecting. Students can add these notes t

Rules is a heartwarming novel that teaches study the power of acceptance. This novel study is sure to engage students, while encouraging teamwork, critical thinking, and showing students reading is FUN! This product has limited worksheets, instead it is jam packed (more activities than you could ever use in one year) with activities such as: kinesthetic movement discussion activities games artful thinking writing close reads and much, much more! Love this novel study... be sure to check out

The Young Man and the Sea is an energetic novel that teaches students nothing comes easy! This novel study is sure to engage students, while encouraging teamwork, critical thinking, and showing students reading is FUN! This product has limited worksheets, instead it is jam packed (more activities than you could ever use in one year) with activities such as: kinesthetic movement sorts game board story circle summary relays two voice poem template project based learning and much, much more!

Do your students struggle with writing sentences that show rather than tell? Perfect for whole class instruction, centers, or mentor sentence activities, this game will help your students identify descriptive sentences that are appealing to readers while having FUN! My students love this game and I know yours will too! Includes: Student Directions 24 different setting cards (48 cards total) Exit Ticket

Are your student’s getting ready to write a short story?... If so this is the perfect unit for you. This unit was created for middle school students, but could easily be adjusted for upper elementary and high school students. This unit helps guide students through the writing process and helps them think about the different characteristics of short stories. Let their creativity explode!

Here is a great product, I use in my classroom everyday! Brain Breaks are a great opportunity to get kids up and moving, to incorporate teambuilding activities throughout the year, and to simply give students a well deserved break! These cards are easy to use, easy to keep at your finger tips for any time of day, and student friendly! What’s included: 54 cards (a full deck!) 54 brain breaks A complete list of explanations for each brain break. Just print and go! Topic’s: Student choice Exe

This activity was developed to help students work collaboratively to discuss the story in greater depth. This lesson pairs with the short story Ghost of the Lagoon by Armstrong Sperry. Students will rotate around to 5 chat stations at the conclusion of the story to discussion higher-leveled questions. Questions have been differentiated into two levels. There are 10 stations included in this lesson: 5 difficult and 5 easy. This activity is student approved, classroom tested:) Enjoy!

This product will help bring fun competition into the classroom. Games Galore pairs perfectly with any task card set, worksheet, or quiz. Your students will no longer complain about having to review or complete a worksheet! My students BEG to play these games on a daily basis! There are 18 different games included in this pack (more to come) that can be played whole class, small group, in pairs, OR can easily be implemented into weekly centers. Just purchase, print, and play (please note: t

This is the perfect print and go product! Turn discussion day, into game day! These discussion activities are sure to engage and excite your students! Many of these activities have been used during observations and have received high remarks! Activities Included: Body Webbing ERASE On Top Speed Date Face-off Learning with Legos ... and more! Each activity comes with everything you need to implement discussion, including step by step directions and hand-outs!

This novel study was designed with Literature Circles in mind. This is not your typical worksheet/test packed novel study! This unit is sure to engage students! Literature Circle roles are included as well as engaging, challenging activities to complete in-between literature circle meetings. You will find five sections: Literature Circle Roles, Mentor Sentences, Novel Activities, Exit Tickets, and Final Project Ideas. This has been tested in a 6th grade classroom and the students loved not

Context Clues Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they practice the critical skill of Context Clues. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! Included: 20 stations 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in case a student is unable to participate)

Figurative Language Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they practice the critical skill of figurative language. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! Included: 20 stations (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopeia) 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in

This is one of my favorite lessons to teach! My kids LOVED it and I know yours will too, but of all THEY NOW UNDERSTAND PLOT, which has helped not only reading comprehension, but their writing as well! Engage students using a kinesthetic simulation activity to learn the different elements of plot! This activity has a storyline designed to bring students on a journey up Plot Pyramid to locate the answer (resolution) to a question that has sparked debate for years! Of course there will be plen

This activity was developed to help students work collaboratively to discuss the novel in greater depth. This lesson pairs with the novel Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Students will rotate around to 3 chat stations at the conclusion of chapter 6 to discussion higher-leveled questions. Questions have been differentiated into three levels. There are 9 stations included in this lesson: 3 difficult, 3 medium, and 3 easy. This activity is student approved, classroom tested:) Enjoy!

The Iditarod comes at the perfect time of year... when we get into a lull of teaching and need to spice things up again. It is also when our classroom management tools that were working, no longer seem to be! I have used this product for FIVE years in my classroom and it is my favorite, along with my student's! This product takes students on an Iditarod Simulation ride as they work in teams to race across the vast terrain of March:) The best part- it is not only highly motivating for student

End of the Year Awards! Do you have a kinesthetic classroom? These end of the year awards are a great way to celebrate your student's success throughout the year! The product includes 100 awards for you to choose from. Most awards have a boy and a girl version. There are two different versions included: cursive and elementary print. Each award includes a bright background and corresponding clipart! Your students will love these awards! Planning sheets included! Example of an award: Burped

Classroom Transformation Math Race! Your students will LOVE this easy classroom transformation activity that review subtracting whole digit numbers (not across zeros and across zeros option available). Students will race an opposing team around the room solving subtraction problems. The answer to the card will lead them to the next card (self-checking:)) opportunity. It gets better...Every time they hear the whistle blow, they owe some jumping jacks. The possibilities are endless with this

This was the PERFECT activity to complete before winter break! My students had some much fun completing their poems, some even came to school that last day just to finish them! As for me, I couldn't believe the outcome! Never did I image I could get this quality of work from my students the week before Christmas and we were able to review many concepts from the first half of the year in one activity! My students loved this activity and I know yours will too! This product comes complete with

Dog of Pompeii Boom Review Game is a fun and engaging way to have students review and analyze the story. This "ZAP" game is especially perfect to have students comprehend their understanding of the text incorporating level 1, level 2, and level 3 questions to require various levels of thinking. Play as a whole class or a small group, your students will beg to play again and again! This game includes 30 question cards, 6 BOOM cards, an answer key, and an exit ticket!

Homophones Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they practice the critical skill of homophones. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! Included: 20 stations (you're, your, to, too, two, there, their, they're, its, it's) 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in case a student is unable to p