Schenkel's Stuff

Students cut apart words and place each part into a category- root words, prefixes, or suffixes. All words are on a 2nd grade level.

This packet includes chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions for Tuesdays at the Castle. Cause and effect, context clues, summarizing, character traits, and compare and contrast are only a few of the skills incorporated.

This purchase includes a printable journal and a Word document that should be uploaded to a Google Doc to share with your students. For each chapter, students are given a task to complete in the journal with the help of online research. Skills include making predictions, critical thinking, researching with informational text, and similes.

This webquest on the Magic Treehouse book about an African adventure includes skills like compare and contrast, making predictions, and summarizing. It gives students a chance to do individual or small-group research using the links provided throughout the chapters, and can be used as enrichment during center time. Print out the journal for students to write in, and share the Google Doc with each student to allow individualized learning and promote research skills.

This packet contains questions for every chapter of the first book in the series. Context clues, cause and effect, character traits, and setting are only a few of the skills incorporated.

After reading the first book in the Shredderman series, students will create a "website" showcasing nice and kind behavior found in your classroom.

In this project, students will plan out a zoo using the information given. After planning an overhead view of their zoo, students will calculate the area and perimeter of the exhibits.

This printable contains brain breaks for elementary classroom use. There are 22 different activities and several blanks to write your own. Print on colored paper and let students pick from the pile. Most require little to no other resources and can be done in under three minutes. Enjoy!