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Make your life easier! This resource is a quick and handy way to get students started on creating a character for assignments in which they are required to write an original story. For a very affordable price you have access to a list of character traits using descriptions that are at the middle school level. The list is also separated into personality and appearance character traits. Other ways to use this chart: Enhance students' understanding of what character traits are vs. a character's c

This is a two day guided reading lesson plan for the book, Alfie the Apostrophe. This book is guided reading level N. The lesson plan includes instructions and a script for before, during, and after reading the text. Additionally, it includes the reading level of the text . Each lesson ends with a writing assignment worksheet (included). Day One is main idea and details and phonics worksheet for the 'ph' digraph. The phonics worksheet includes images to help support ESL and Special Ed students.

Use this handy FREE resource to review the structure of an essay with students prior to teaching them how to write one. It simultaneously gives students an overview of the writing steps to "build" the essay while also serving as a quick reference sheet so students can self-monitor as they write their essay. This resource connects to the R.A.C.E. writing strategy and allows teachers to demonstrate how excelling at RACE writing strategy will help students writing the largest part of an essay - the

This is a FUN two day guided reading lesson plan for the book, 'Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!' The lesson plan includes instructions and a script for before, during, and after reading the book each day. This resource also includes multiple types of reading level indicators (Lexile; DRA; Step; Guided Reading). Each lesson ends with an independent writing assignment that can be used as an assessment: Day One - Word Sort graphic organizer for the hard 'g' and soft 'g' sound. (An answer key is

Teaching students to write - made easy! This resource is a carefully constructed, detailed graphic organizer that will guide students into building a well-written analytical essay.For a very affordable price, you have access to a product that organizes students' writing step by step with detailed explanations for each step. Additionally, students learn how to construct a R.A.C.E. paragraph with clear, easy-to-follow, directions. This product is an excellent resource to support either the Expedi

Make your life easier! This resource is a quick, handy way to teach students about author's purpose.For a very affordable price you have access to a chart that not only breaks down the difference between the three main reasons authors write texts (P-I-E), but also provides tips and keywords to help students identify the author's main purpose for writing the text they are reading. Other ways to use this chart: Helps students organize their thoughts regarding the different reasons authors write t

This is a fun two-day guided reading lesson plan for the book - It's Spring.The lesson plan includes instructions and a script for before, during, and after reading the book each day.This resource also includes multiple types of reading level indicators (Lexile; DRA; Step; Guided Reading).Each lesson ends with an independent writing assignment that can be used as an assessment:Day One - Word Sort graphic organizer for the digraph OW: long ō and ou sounds. (An answer key is included for the Word

Teaching students to write - made easy! This resource is a carefully constructed, detailed graphic organizer that will guide students into building a well-written personal narrative.For a very affordable price, you have access to a product that organizes students' writing, prompts students to generate ideas, thoughts, and key details, AND incorporates learning about the five story elements and plot stages/story structure in a clear, easy-to-follow, manner. This statement is based on classroom e

This resource is an interactive notebook that helps students learn deeply about figurative language and its use. The presentation includes: an explanation of what figuarive language is, a PDF file that includes definitions and examples, and twelve types of figurative language to explore: alliteration, allusion, assonance, consonance, hyperbole, idiom, irony, metaphor, ononmatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, simile. The format of this resource makes it perfect for either remote learning OR

Make your life easier! These reference charts are colorful, detailed, and well designed to support students with key information needed to comprehend literature. They are a quick and handy way for middle school students to dig deeper when learning about the five story elements.For a very affordable price, you have access to anchor charts that also provide support to ELL students with sentences in some students' home language (Haitian Creole, French, Spanish).Additionally, these resources can be

This cheerfully designed Punctuation Worksheet helps students practice using five commonly used punctuation marks. This is the type of skill students should understand to enhance their reading and writing skills!Once students are taught how to use various punctuation marks, this resource can be used as a check for understanding or an assessment.There are 10 sentences that help students practice correctly using five types of punctuation marks: the period, the question mark, the comma, the exclama

This resource is an interactive notebook that allows students to write responses to their independent reading. The presentation includes: a list of fiction & nonfiction questions that promotes student choice; 10 slides with a total of 40 opportunities for students to respond to their independent reading. The format of this resource makes it perfect for either remote learning OR in-person learning! Suggestions for use in Google Classroom Make a copy of the entire presentation - Teacher Copy ver

Make your life easier! This resource is a quick, handy way for middle school students to dig a little deeper when learning about the narrator's perspective.For a very affordable price you have access to a chart that not only teaches the difference between the three narrator perspectives, but also provides tips and keywords to help students identify the POV of the text they are reading.Other ways to use this chart: Help students organize their thoughts regarding the different narrator POVs.Teach

Make your life easier! This resource is a quick and handy way for middle school students to dig a little deeper when learning about the plot of a story.For a very affordable price, you have access to an anchor chart that also provides support to ELL students with sentences in some students' home language (Haitian Creole, French, Spanish).It also includes graphic organizers to enhance comprehension not only for ELL students, but also for Special Education students.Additionally, this resource can

This is a two day guided reading lesson plan for the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. This book is guided reading level M. The lesson plan includes instructions and a script for before, during, and after reading the text. Additionally, it includes the reading level of the text . Each lesson ends with an included worksheet (adjectives and main idea) and answer key that helps include some writing in the guided reading lesson. For additional noun-adjective-verb wo

This is a three day guided reading lesson plan for the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. This book is guided reading level M. The lesson plan includes instructions and a script for before, during, and after reading the text. Additionally, it includes the reading level of the text . Each lesson ends with a writing assignment that summarizes the text. The Beginning-Middle-End worksheet is included with the lesson plan.

Make your life easier! This reference chart is colorful, detailed, and well designed to provide students with key information needed for an overall comprehension of the literature they are reading. It is a quick and handy way for middle school students to get an overview of the four major literary genres and compare and contrast them.For a very affordable price, you have access to an anchor chart that can support students with just about every lesson throughout the entire school year. Additiona

Teaching students to write - made easy! This resource is a carefully constructed, detailed graphic organizer that will guide students into building a well-written argumentative essay.For a very affordable price, you have access to a product that organizes students' writing step by step with detailed explanations for each step. Additionally, students learn how to construct a R.A.C.E. paragraph with clear, easy-to-follow, directions. This product is an excellent resource to support either Expedit

Have you ever had to teach middle school (or above) students, beginning reader skills? The challenge is most material at the beginning reader level is made for younger students. The topics therefore are NOT geared towards tweens and teens. This can make older students who are struggling or beginning to read (Special Education & ESL) keenly aware that they are reading "baby books" and resistant to using the materials that they actually need. This is a ten page booklet that students can cut out an

Have you ever had to teach middle school (or above) students beginning reading skills? The challenge is most material at the beginning reader level are made for younger students. The topics therefore are geared towards young children and not for tweens and teens. This can make older students who are struggling or beginning to read (Special Education & ESL) keenly aware that they are reading "baby books" and resistant to using these materials that they actually need. This is a ten page booklet th