POWER Prep

Need a short story that can be read in one period? Looking for an appropriate story to share with your kids for Halloween? Look no further...... A favorite for my 6th graders, this lesson is perfect for Halloween. While you read the scary story "Family Dinner," play scary music to set the mood. The story is sure to engage students. There are questions that follow, that most students will be eager to do after reading the story. This is probably one of my favorite lessons to do with my kids.

Scary Halloween lesson for "The Jigsaw Puzzle" by J.B. Stamper. There is a do now, guided notes, guided practice, a demonstration of learning, stop and jot questions (to lead to theme), pre-reading, and then independent practice with the story where students find the theme and two pieces of evidence to support their theme. The lesson is a little long (~60 minutes), but a lot can be cut out. The longest part will be reading the story. I am planning on doing this lesson on Friday with my kids

Text: Death By Scrabble Multiple choice questions for making inferences (8.10F19D)Demonstration of Learning with 6 questions for the text aligned with guided practice questionsComes with a DO NOW & Guided practice (any video with a PLOT can be used)Bonus activity included after DOLGreat for test prepAligned to Texas standardsSTAAR question alignedKEY Included for multiple-choice questions at the end of document

The best way to teach students how to break down a prompt! This was easily one of the best writing lessons for my students. My sped/lep students loved this because it broke everything down enough for them to understand.

Using the Brown V. Board article, teach students how to respond to articles using sentence stems (perfect for LEP and SPED students, as well as struggling readers). This lesson offers scaffolding for struggling students, but can easily be adapted to increase rigor. The worksheet also utilizes AVID strategies (3-2-1 Nonfiction) Request the ppt in the comments section!

Text: Greek Mythology (Arachne)Tiered activities to go with assignment3 assignments for different tiersTexas STAAR aligned questions for FictionCharacters actions and how they effect the plot (characterization)Generic all in learning scantron included on worksheetContext clues do now includedClip used for the "I DO" was a clip from "What Happened to Monday?," which can be found on youtube. Any other video clip could be used for the second chart

Worksheet and companion powerpoint poetrytopic: gun violence and deathcomes with DOL on separate poemfirst poem can be found by googling PDF Lost Count: A Love Story (if you want students to read along with the video)Ppt comes with videos, and instructions for students

Hello, here is the companion powerpoint for the worksheet listed under the same name. Since the powerpoint itself is very basic, I will be selling it for only $0.50. Includes : DO NOW videostimersinstructionsexample LO/DOL to use

Two articles on sleep paralysis with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for F19E (summarizing) independent practiceexpositoryguided practice

Two articles on crime scene investigations and blood spatter analysis with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for 8.10D (making connections among ideas)independent practiceexpositoryguided practice6 multiple-choice question demonstration of learning

Two articles on "Why do we fart?" with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for 8.10C (organization of ideas and structure) independent practiceexpositoryguided practicemultiple choice questionsPowerschool/unified classroom generic scantron included on worksheet (can be deleted if your school does not use this program)

Two articles on "Why do we cry?" with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for 8.10A (main idea and supporting details) independent practiceexpositoryguided practicemultiple choice questions

Guided LessonCan be used to reviewMaking inferences based on character actions and dialogueMultiple choice questions with story4 question demonstration of learningTEXAS STAAR aligned question stemsCan be used with any videoEasy to edit for your classIncludes expository text review DO NOWPlease note: if the word formatting messes up when downloaded, I've included a PDF version as well.

Companion PowerPoint for "Sleep Paralysis" worksheet on summarizing. I would change the video for the DO NOW, if your school is more strict on language. Any video should work for the same do now. instructionsvideostimersthink-pair-shareshelps walk-through how to teach the worksheet

PowerPoint to go with Death by Scrabble worksheet. Includes: videostimersinstructionsexemplar LO/DOL

Review packet for Thanksgiving. Covers multiple reading standards. Sorry I only have the PDF, which is why this activity is only $1. Hope it helps!