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Weekly Mentor Sentences from popular stories model after Patterns of Power by Jeff Anderson. Included: -2nd Nine Weeks Mentor Sentences slides -Six different mentor sentences. Each mentor sentence includes: -Book title, picture, author -Focus phrase (Example: "I use pronouns to substitute for nouns") -Day 1: Invitation to Notice -Day 2: Invitation to Compare & Contrast -Day 3: Invitation to Imitate -Day 4: Invitation to Edit

Weekly Mentor Sentences from popular stories model after Patterns of Power by Jeff Anderson. Included: -1st Nine Weeks Mentor Sentences slides Six different mentor sentences, each including: -Book title, picture, author -Day 1: Invitation to Notice -Day 2: Invitation to Compare & Contrast -Day 3: Invitation to Imitate -Day 4: Invitation to Edit

Stop & Jots are a helpful skill to teach students to monitor their thinking while reading. Stop & Jots can be used for a variety of purposes including: active participation, reading accountability, concept check, self-monitoring, share out, and much more. Included: -Stop & Jot poster visual -What goes on a stop & jot?

Weekly Mentor Sentences from popular stories model after Patterns of Power by Jeff Anderson. Included: -3rd Nine Weeks Mentor Sentences slides Nine different mentor sentences, each including: -Book title, picture, author -Day 1: Invitation to Notice -Day 2: Invitation to Compare & Contrast -Day 3: Invitation to Imitate -Day 4: Invitation to Edit

Weekly Mentor Sentences from popular stories model after Patterns of Power by Jeff Anderson. Included: -4th Nine Weeks Mentor Sentences slides Four different mentor sentences, each including: -Book title, picture, author -Day 1: Invitation to Notice -Day 2: Invitation to Compare & Contrast -Day 3: Invitation to Imitate -Day 4: Invitation to Edit

Number talks are an important aspect of any math block! Number talks get your students thinking before a mini lesson and build their mental math skills. Included: -54 number talks -Number Talk Hand Signals posters Concepts Covered: -Place Value -Rounding -Addition -Subtraction -Counting Money -Multiplication Strategies

This fun interactive game can be used to introduce or review fractions, models, numerators, & denominators. How To Play: 1. Divide your students into two 'teams' 2. Call a player from each team up to the board 3. Two fractions will be displayed - either in pictorial form or numerator/denominator 4. Call out one of the fractions Ex: " 1/3" , " 1 of three parts", "a fraction with a 3 in the denominator" etc. 5. The first player to slap the correct fraction gets a point for their team

This is a great resource for students working on an animal research writing project. Can be used digitally or as a hard copy for in person learners. Included: -Cover Page -Table of Contents page -Introduction page -Physical Characteristics page -Diet page -Habitat page -Adaptations page -Life Cycle page -Fun Facts page -Conclusion page -Glossary page

This activity is a great way to assess your students Map Skills. Can also incorporate perimeter. Can be used as an independent or partner activity or a summative assessment. Included: -Direction slide: Directions for each day of the week (Example: Monday- create a title and compass rose) -map grid -compass -key -scale After students have created their map they will create 3 directions, using cardinal directions, for getting from one place to another on their map. This is a great digital act

How do I wrap up my Poetry Reading Unit? With this fun, engaging scavenger hunt. Students can work with a partner or independently to 'hunt' for basic poetry characteristics, patterns, and meanings. Included: -Directions -Poetry Scavenger Hunt Activity page -10 topics to hunt for

Plant Adaptations research assignment. Students will use provided website and/or web to research four different ecosystems of their choice and explore the adaptations plants have in each of those ecosystems. Included: -Website link -Student recording sheet w/ four boxes for four ecosystems

Text previews are an important reading skill for all ages. Get your students thinking BEFORE reading by making a text preview! "I can preview a text" poster visual with sentence stems. Students can use this to help get them thinking, talking, and sharing when making text previews.