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20+ activities to learn about and celebrate the 2026 Big Game! Patriots vs. Seahawks! This product will be updated from the previous year, so buy it once and have activities each year with the two football teams! Football themed literacy and math activities including informational text, graphic organizers, opinion writing: Who Would Win?, reading charts, Roman numerals, syllables, compound words, nouns & verbs, math/graphing and text dependent questions! Designed with 2nd graders in mind! *All a

Mr. Peabody's Apples is a great story to teach students about the power of their words and not spreading rumors or gossip. This activity would be great to incorporate into your back to school lesson plans and/or character education resources. Included with this product is a full interactive read aloud lesson plan with pre-made questions to print on post-its, a variety of resources including home-to-school connection and parent letter, listening center, response pages and more! Here's What's Incl

Milk Goes to School is a fun back to school read aloud all about friendship. This collection features 25 reading response pages - plenty to choose from to reinforce, revisit, and discuss the text. Skills Focused On:ConnectionsRetellingVocabularySummarizingProblem & SolutionLesson of the StoryCharacter StudyCharacter TraitsFavorite Part Author's MessageAuthor's CraftPreviewing & PredictingFriendly Letter to a CharacterPrepping for a Book TalkRecalling Story EventsCreating a Movie PosterComprehen

Emmanuel's Dream is a must read for bringing SEL and social justice discussions into your classroom. This product has been designed to use as an interactive read aloud; one of the best ways to expose your students to higher level questioning - thinking within, beyond, and about a text that is slightly above their independent reading level. These resources include a focus on elements of nonfiction and research, text features, social studies connections, vocabulary, author's purpose, opinions, rec

March Madness fun for the primary classroom! Who loves a good theme day? This product brings a variety of engaging basketball themed, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan activities to your students. Great for a review day/test prep or theme day. Plenty of print-and-go activities to choose from! Click on each product to view sample pages of the activities included. Includes:Biography textsInteractive read aloud resourcesWorksheets/printables for ELA and MathWriting response pagesFun stuff (word sear

Ready to dive into rich phonics instruction but not quite sure of all the science behind the sounds of our complex English language? This cheat sheet is a great resource to help you map out all the phoneme (sounds) and their corresponding graphemes (letters). As a bonus, a few word mapping resources are also included! If you're looking for more stop by my store for more SOR resources! ✨ Follow me✨ to check out all that I can offer: interactive read aloud 2nd grade text sets, room transformation

Extreme Weather! Hurricanes - As we work our way through hurricane season, this no prep resource features lots of learning opportunities. Students will learn all about hurricanes, how they are categorized, what makes them so destructive, and how to stay safe when a hurricane approaches. What's Included?Cover page for a research packet or lap bookFull informational text article - longer passageText dependent comprehension questions6 different graphic organizers: can/have/are, main idea & details,

Gail Gibbons is a fantastic children's book author and illustrator. This collection features over 100 pages of activities and resources to use while studying her craft through an author/illustrator study. The resources include pages of non-specific Gail Gibbons texts such as a biography, book tasting, nonfiction response pages, listening center QR codes, as well as resources for 6 specific texts (6 activities for each of the books). Check out the preview for all the activities. Here is what is i

Salt in His Shoes, a Michael Jordan story, is a must read for bringing SEL discussions into your classroom. This product has been designed to use as an interactive read aloud; one of the best ways to expose your students to higher level questioning - thinking within, beyond, and about a text that is slightly above their independent reading level. These resources include a focus on connections, vocabulary, author's purpose, opinions, recalling facts and so many more literary elements! A huge coll

Opinion writing made easy with these fun OREO writing templates, planning pages, writing response options and student resources for adding detail to their writing. Prepare your students for their upcoming standardized assessments - where sharing opinions and supporting with reasons and evidence is required. With a variety of formats and differentiated writing pages with varying levels of scaffolding, your students will enjoy sharing their opinions using the OREO technique. ✨ Follow me✨ to check

Learn about the famous Michael Jordan with this fun research unit. Students can read a short biography (or brochure), collect facts, answer comprehension questions, create a timeline, and write a mini-research report. Also included is a "Write around the Room" activity where students can be inspired by reading and collecting some of Michael Jordan's famous quotes! Looking for an interactive read aloud to go along with his? Check out Salt in His Shoes - a book about Michael Jordan's childhood.

2026 Winter Olympics Reading Comprehension | Informational Text, Questions & Graphic Organizers | Grades 3–5. Bring the excitement of the 2026 Winter Olympics into your classroom with this engaging nonfiction reading comprehension resource! Students will learn about the Winter Olympics while practicing essential reading skills such as main idea, supporting details, questioning, and written responses. This resource includes an updated informational text about the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy (M

Reading Strategy Bookmarks featuring a cute boho rainbow theme! Science of Reading approved! Includes: six strategies that encourage primary readers to work through tricky words independently using what they know about how graphemes, phonemes and words work. Print two sided for best outcome! Looking for the posters to hang in your classrooms? Here they are: Reading Strategy Posters SOR | Boho Rainbow Themed Reading Posters. This is part of a BOHO RAINBOW CLASSROOM DECOR BUNDLE- check it out! H

A multigenre collection of both nonfiction and fiction text resources - everything you need for teaching a unit about jellyfish. Included: 8 Text resources & QR codes 17 Nonfiction response pages 10 Nonfiction text & questions 5 Fiction read aloud responses 12 Specific to text read aloud responses 13 Writing responses and writer's workshop resources Craft template/ideas

Nonfiction "All About Elephants" unit. All the printables you need to launch a study of this amazing animal! Includes several reading passages, mini books, flip books, interactive notebook resources, write around the room, graph, poem, writing response options and writer's workshop books, crafts and more! Check back often as I work to add more "All About _" animal research products to my store. Currently Available: Elephant, Giraffe, Sloth & Zebra (July, 2022). Enjoy! ✨ Follow me✨ to check out

Famous American, Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players in American history. Included are all the resources to easily print and implement for shared research in the primary classroom. Start with questioning, close reading, taking notes, using a graphic organizer, reading/creating a timeline of important events, and wrapping it up with writing a topical paragraph. *Designed with second graders in mind*Included: Pre-research questioning pageBabe Ruth article (print 1-2 sided)Comprehens

Malala Yousafzai has a remarkable story! Her desire to help change the world and provide opportunity and peace for all makes her a notable woman in history. This product provides a variety of resources to study her story, research, collect facts, prepare a research paragraph and make connections to her book Malala and the Magic Pencil. Check out the preview to see all that's included. Designed with second graders in mind! Activities Included:Biography - 2 leveled text formats (word count listed

Creating a reader’s notebook for students is a great way to encourage writing about reading. Students can respond to their independent reading or read aloud books by choosing a topic from the menu boards.  In my classroom students use a 3-ring binder for their Reader’s Notebook. Make several copies of the response pages you want your students to use, or choose to differentiate by using different pages. You can also staple pages for each month or quarter to collect their writing responses.A Reade

Using mentor sentences can accelerate your instruction of grammar. This adjective lesson plan uses mentor sentences from the trade book Dragon Knight by: J.R. Krause. This lesson plan is outlined with emphasis on student-led learning and guided, authentic practice. Included: 3-5 day lesson plan QR code for Dragon Knight Writing prompt activity (x2) Student anchor chart Author's Word Palette extension activity ✨ Follow me✨ to check out other writing resources and units, SOR resources, sound wal

Reading Strategy Posters featuring a cute colorful chevron theme! Science of Reading approved! Includes: six posters that encourage primary readers to work through tricky words independently using what they know about how graphemes, phonemes and words work. This is part of a SCIENCE OF READING BUNDLE - check it out! Happy reading! Enjoy! ✨ Follow me✨ to check out what I've been creating: interactive read aloud 2nd grade text sets, phonics pages, SOR resources, Sound Wall, room transformations, r