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This uplifting project encourages students to celebrate themselves, strengthen their writing skills, and contribute to a warm, connected classroom community. It makes a meaningful and eye-catching display that works beautifully any time of year. Through this activity, you’ll learn more about your students while helping them build confidence in both who they are and how they express themselves. Inspired by Wendy Ewald’s wonderful book, students will choose the part of themselves they value most a

The "Best Part of Me" writing activity, inspired by Wendy Ewald's book, encourages students to reflect on their positive attributes by focusing on a specific body part they admire. The activity typically involves reading the book, selecting a personal "best part," and then writing a descriptive paragraph explaining why they chose that part, often including a picture or drawing. These slides will help you present the activity to your class with ease!

Reading Notebook resources made with Google Docs that follows "Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Theme," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. This listing includes: Unit Learning Targets; half page resources for lessons 1-9, 11-13, 15, and 17-19; and an end of unit reflection. Simply print, cut in half, and have students glue or tape into their Reading Notebooks! I find that these resources are great for students as they are practicing and honing the skills taught

The "Best Part of Me" writing activity, inspired by Wendy Ewald's book, encourages students to reflect on their positive attributes by focusing on a specific body part they admire. The activity typically involves reading the book, selecting a personal "best part," and then writing a descriptive paragraph explaining why they chose that part, often including a picture or drawing.

An interactive Writing Notebook made with Google Slides that follows the beginning of the year Writing Unit "Narrative Craft," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. The notebook includes a resource for each of the lessons from Bends 1 and 2 and additional revising/editing mini-lessons for the following skills: Crafting Leads; Adding Details to Help Readers Visualize; Balancing Action, Dialogue, Description, and Inner Thinking; Writing Dialogue; Varying Sentence Length

An interactive Writing Notebook made with Google Slides that follows "Journalism," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. The notebook includes resources and an "Active Engagement" assignment for each of the 16 lessons. When assigned through Google Classroom, teachers can monitor student's work and engagement with the content. Includes a Table of Contents with live links to the lesson pages, an uneditable background so students do not accidentally erase the day's anchor

Reading Notebook resources made with Google Docs that follows "Moving Up Levels of Nonfiction," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. This listing includes: Unit Learning Targets; half page resources for lessons 1-10 and 12-19; and an end of unit reflection. Simply print, cut in half, and have students glue or tape into their Reading Notebooks! I find that these resources are great for students as they are practicing and honing the skills taught in mini-lessons. They g

An interactive Reading Notebook made with Google Slides that follows "Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Theme," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. The notebook includes resources and an "Active Engagement" assignment for lessons 1-9, 11-13, 15, and 17-19 . When assigned through Google Classroom, teachers can monitor student's work and engagement with the content. Includes a Table of Contents with live links to the lesson pages, an uneditable background so student

An interactive Reading Notebook made with Google Slides that follows "Tackling Complexity: Moving Up Levels of Nonfiction," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. The notebook includes resources and an "Active Engagement" assignment for lessons 1-10 and 12-19 . When assigned through Google Classroom, teachers can monitor student's work and engagement with the content. Includes a Table of Contents with live links to the lesson pages, an uneditable background so students

An interactive Reading Notebook made with Google Slides that follows the beginning of the year Reading Unit "Maintaining an Independent Reading Life," a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Unit for Grade 5. The notebook includes a resource for each of the 18 lessons and an "Active Engagement" assignment. When assigned through Google Classroom, teachers can monitor student's work and engagement with the content. Includes a Table of Contents with live links to the lesson pages, an unedita

This lesson includes a PowerPoint slideshow, resources, and activities to help students understand the following Big Ideas: 1. There would be many serious consequences if schools, communities, and our country tried to function without government and rules or laws. 2. People institute governments for many reasons such as safety, promoting the common good, and protecting individual rights. 3. The Constitution describes how the government is organized.

Looking for ways for students to be reflective and set goals for future learning? Here are two self-reflections for students, one to use at the end of the first semester, and the other for end of the year use. Perfect to include with student report cards to parents!

This sign perfectly accompanies your "Best Part of Me" display for Curriculum Night, Open House, Meet the Teacher Night, or simply to add to your classroom community!