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The Arrival by Shaun Tan - A complete novel study created by Sharing Sharon. This is a beautiful novel with no words. It's the perfect novel to share with struggling readers or students who just haven't fallen in love with reading. This book captures the hearts of artistic and visual learners. This package includes full comprehension questions, vocabulary building , critical thinking questions, writing activities as well as 4 culminating projects based on the book. You may use all or some of th

Study Skills/ Organizational Skills course created by Sharing Sharon This package is designed as a 10 week Organizational / Study Skills course. It can be used in any capacity you choose, but the purpose is to bring students through a series of self reflections about how they learn, if they are organized, how to become organized, how to study, how to find the main ideas and if they're optimistic or not. This package is designed to help students become better students and to take more respon

Autobiography Scrapbook - created by Sharing Sharon This is a great project to evaluate and see what your student's are capable of the first few weeks of school. Students choose 5 "chapters" to write about their own life. They must choose chapter 1 which is called In the Beginning but then they can choose any other 4 chapters from a choice of 11 chapters. It is a very open ended and creative project that students often get very excited about. Students love talking about themselves and sharin

Three in one bundled products by Sharing Sharon Study Skills/ Organizational Skills course. This package is designed as a 10 week Organizational / Study Skills course. It can be used in any capacity you choose, but the purpose is to bring students through a series of self reflections about how they learn, if they are organized, how to become organized, how to study, how to find the main ideas and if they're optimistic or not. This package is designed to help students become better students and t

Frindle by Andrew Clements - A complete Novel Study created by Sharing Sharon This package includes full comprehension questions, vocabulary building , critical thinking questions, writing activities as well as 8 culminating centers based on the book. You may use all or some of the activities for your students depending on their needs and abilities. Questions for each chapter and then 8 centers upon the completion of the book with Marking schemes. Perfect for Grades 4-6.

Time Capsule created by Sharing Sharon This activity is great for all elementary school aged students. Students love filling this out at the beginning of the year, burying it and then digging it up again at the end of the year. Get students to redo the same sheet at the end of the year to compare. Great first week of school activity, get to know you activity as well as getting a sample of your new students' writing abilities.

This is the second course I've put together to help students learn how to study, be organized and reduce stress. This course is designed for students in grades 6-12 to help recognize and develop positive study habits. This course teaches students to be more organized, plan their time, understand how they learn best, how to reduce stress and strategies to study more effectively and efficiently. There are lots of self reflections, surveys, tips and practice sheets. Great as a stand alone course or

Character Education Course - 8 Week Package created by Sharing Sharon This package is designed as an 8 week Character Education Course. It can be used in any capacity you choose, but the purpose is to bring students through a series of self reflections about what kind of person they are, how they solve conflict, how they see themselves in relation to others, taking responsibility, friendships, life rules and more. This package is designed to help students become more aware of themselves and o

Christmas Language Arts Centres created by Sharing Sharon These are a perfect ideas for Christmas Language arts activities leading up to Christmas vacations when students are excited and ready for a break. The package includes 8 different activities with answer key. The skills focus on spelling, grammar, homophones, editing, paragraph writing, and creative writing. These can be used as Centres, folders, independent work or extra work for fast finishers. They can be done individually or in group

Math Test for the year - 7 math units created by Sharing Sharon You have just saved yourself HOURS of work. Included in this package are pre-made tests for 7 math units. Each unit has a choice of tests depending on the strength of your students. Perfect for Grades 4-6. Great package for teachers teaching a split grade or with students of varying Math abilities as different students can write different tests on the same unit. Contents: Place Value Test #1 (hard) Place Value Test #2 (medium)

5 great activities for the first week of school. NO PREP - ready to go activities that will help to get to know your students and help your students get to know each other! These are sure to be great start of the year activities that everyone will enjoy.

Human Bingo is a great ice breaker game for the first week of school. It's a great way for students to meet each other and get to know the other students in their class. They walk around with their bingo card and a pencil. They ask each other if they can sign a square that pertains to them. The goal is to get each square signed by someone different.

Halloween Language Arts Centers created by Sharing Sharon. This package includes 8 Language Arts Activities that can be used as Centers. Fun and creative activities great for a few weeks leading up to Halloween. Students are usually so excited this time of year, it's nice to do something fun while meaningful at the same time. Activities focus on grammar, editing, following directions, writing paragraphs, finding words and creative writing. Perfect for Grades 2-6.

All About Me Newspaper - created by Sharing Sharon This is a perfect get to know you activity for the first week of school. Students love to see their work in a finished "newspaper" format. Students fill in the brainstorming page and then I usually type in the finished product onto the template. You can have students type it in as well. There is a sample of a finished product on the preview page.

This package is designed to help with writing activities. It can be used in any capacity you choose, but the purpose is to allow students some creativity and open ended writing tasks. This package is perfect for enriching your students, used as focus of writing through a daily 5 activity or for your fast finishers. There are 30 different writing activities. Can be used as story prompts, journal writing or in any other regard. Best to cut and laminate for long lasting use. Great for grades 2-6

These courses are designed to help your students study and become more independent and engaged learners. These courses take students through activities, self reflection and quizzes to find out what type of learner they are and how to use that knowledge to be more efficient studiers. Students look at ways to cope with stress, how to tackle studying, time management and self awareness of what they need in order to succeed. Learning how to ask for support and finding ways and tricks to learn how to

Here is a set of 6 Spelling Rules that your students can use in their every day writing and will improve spelling and reading. These rules are not tricks or tips, they are simply English patterns that are true for all English words. The rules include when to use and , when to use and , when to use and , when to use soft and hard and and when to double a one syllable consonant at the end of a word. There is enough material here for at least 10 spelling sessions. Are you sick of your student

Mastering Mystery task cards created by Sharing Sharon These task cards are fantastic to motivate students to research, think and investigate on their own. The way I like to use them is to set up a ranking system with each student's name and level. The ranks are: Deputy, Commander, Superintendent, Inspector, Sergeant and Constable. But you can create your own ranks if you want. Each student needs to complete 10 tasks in order to move up to the next rank. This really seems to motivate students

This rule explains what letters to double at the end of a one syllable word with one short vowel. These rules are designed to help students understand why words are spelled the way they are. Great for all students but especially for students with Dyslexia or Language Based Learning Disabilities. Are you sick of your students memorizing pointless lists of words without understanding why words are spelled the way they are? Do you want your students to understand English spelling rules and pattern

Complete Poetry unit designed by Sharing Sharon This package is designed as a complete 10-12 week poetry unit. Can be used once a week or as a unit study every day.This package includes poetry terms and exercises to practice the terms, a teacher's lesson plans for the entire unit as well as student handouts to go with each lesson. The package also includes a Poetry Project outline as a culminating activity with a marking scheme.This type of package is great for differentiated learning as each st