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A story like Letters From Rifka deserves an engaging activity that requires deep thought, classroom discussions, and a deep understanding of Rifka's journey. If you're looking for a completely immersive, engaging, thought-provoking way to teach Letters From Rifka, you've come to the right place. Using this entire bundle in one day (comprehension packet, vocabulary study, and an extension activity) takes about an hour of class time. This resource is accessible for all students, simple, and can be

Calling all Swiftie Teachers! This 17-page activity is filled with inspiring quotes by none other than TSwift herself. These quotes may be used as teaching points, conversation starters, and SEL activities for your students to enjoy. Students can collaborate on some of the pages, while others ask students to reflect and look within. This activity can act as an ice breaker, morning meeting, beginning of the year fun, and SO much more! *FULL PRODUCT INCLUDED IN PREVIEW*

This sweet poem is a great introduction to poetry for your learners. It doubles as a social-emotional / reflective activity that is great for any age. This poem was adapted by Levi Romero & it is sure to be an easy yet effective method for students to better understand poetry while having a sentimental keepsake for the future--a great item to hang on "The Fridge"!

This versatile product is PERFECT for test prep, class engagement, or just a mid-year review. These task cards / scoot activity review mainly 4th grade fiction text, informational text, grammar, and writing concepts. Use this product in small groups, in partners, or individually. My students love working in teams, so I assign this scoot as classroom stations and monitor as they work together. Let me know how YOU use this product! What's Included:Teacher instructions to guide you through how to u

Are you ready for it? Turn your students into lyricists with this engaging digital activity! Students are provided with a Taylor Swift lyric, then are asked to identify the parts of speech in each sentence. They will replace one of Taylor's nouns with one of their own, and the same for any subjects, verbs, or adjectives in the lyrics. Once students have replaced the given parts of speech, their new lyric will look completely different than the original, and probably provide them with some laught

A story like Letters From Rifka deserves an engaging activity that requires deep thought, classroom discussions, and a deep understanding of Rifka's journey. This activity is sure to make your students think deeply about history, practice empathy for Rifka and her family, and understand immigration at a deeper level. Comprehension questions range from grabbing text evidence to support their answers, analyzing quotes, summarizing chapters, providing their own thoughts on the story plot, AND MORE!

A story like Letters From Rifka deserves an engaging activity that requires deep thought, classroom discussions, and a deep understanding of Rifka's journey. These extension activities can be used as a free-time activity, graded activity, or a "show what you know" to go along with the novel. Here are quick descriptions of each activity: IMMIGRATION JOURNAL: students put themselves in the shoes of an immigrant by creating their own fictional story, following the plot of Rifka's story (if they cho

These quick activities are SO much more engaging than writing a summary or answering a comprehension questions. Students will love creating a text thread between characters, creating alternate endings, or creating their own book covers in this digital or print activity!

A story like Letters From Rifka deserves an engaging activity that requires deep thought, classroom discussions, and a deep understanding of Rifka's journey. This activity paints a unique picture as we follow Rifka's journey by allowing them to understand unfamiliar words in the text. This story is full of unfamiliar words such as bubbe, rucksack, bolshevik, bleakness, typhus, and so much more. This activity is accessible to ALL students because of its engaging format. Students are guaranteed

Look no further for a cute, engaging way to learn about the RACE Method with your students! This anchor chart and template can be used with ANY passage or short answer/extended response question. Can be used as digital or print!

If you're looking for end of year... Morning MeetingsSEL ActivitiesEarly Finishers"Time Fillers"Classroom EngagementEnd of Year Fun... this EOY Memory Book is perfect for that! The book gives students opportunities to socialize with each other, reflect on the school year, record memories, write letters, and so much more. Your students will love working on this with their classmates, and even keeping this book as a keepsake to look back on when their older. Use ALL 25 activities for the complete

This sweet, reflective activity is a great way to re-center students on their first & last days of school. With prompts that promote growth, self-reflection, and deep thinking, students can celebrate the school year together. I encourage students to hold onto their letters so they can even read them years down the road--such a special keepsake!

Regardless of age, coloring sheets are a fantastic way to welcome students back for the school year! These will pair perfectly with ANY classroom theme you have, and are sure to get kids excited for another school year! This style is available from "Welcome to Pre-K/Pre-school" to "Welcome to 8th Grade" -- I also like to hand out these coloring sheets whenever I get a new student to make them feel extra welcome!

Your students will LOVE engaging with social studies vocabulary with these silly and creative prompts. There are five different options that you can use to quickly assess after a lesson, or just for fun. They can be used over and over again, in different units!

Make sharing relatable & interactive for students with Summergram! Students can creatively share summer memories by creating a profile, a bio, posts with captions, and more. Students can do this independently, or collaborate with classmates in this print & digital activity!

Regardless of age, coloring sheets are a fantastic way to welcome students back for the school year! These will pair perfectly with any groovy, retro, modern, calm, neutral, or earthy classroom theme you may have, and are sure to get kids excited for another school year! This style is available from "Welcome to Pre-K/Pre-school" to "Welcome to 8th Grade" -- I also like to hand out these coloring sheets whenever I get a new student to make them feel extra welcome!

This is a perfect back-to-school activity for students to ease into their first day back, morning work, or as an early finisher! Students will love working with a new friend or on their own to find all the back-to-school themed words. Who doesn't love a good word search?