Simply Literacy

Thinking of low prep and effective ways to determine students' understanding of standards can sometimes be difficult. This activity set is no-prep, simple to understand, and will allow you to measure your students' knowledge quickly! Just print and go! **This activity set aligns with AL Course of Study ELA standard 38c.**This activity aligns with Open Court Unit 3 Lesson 3.

Reading at home is SO important for children. What better way to promote this than by making it FuN? Grab this *freebie* to send home with your students. The possibilities of using this product are endless! Here are a few ideas: *Send home on Monday. Students return it completed on Friday and receive a prize/reward! *Send home with no set return date. When students bring it back with a BINGO, or complete, they receive a prize/reward! *Send home with a *class competition* set up! Have prizes/rewa

Help your students dig into their fictional texts a little deeper! They will enjoy analyzing their favorite character with these activities. These character analysis activities are perfect for: -Early Finishers -Centers/Stations -Learning about Characters

Enjoy this freebie to practice sorting adverbs by when, where, how, and how often! Your students have the option to cut and paste their adverbs, OR write them in the blanks. Each template is included, along with an answer key!

How to be a Lion by Ed Vere is the perfect book for back to school, and to use for teaching about friendship and being yourself! In this bundle you will find: Discussion questionsMaking Connections lift-the-flapAnchor chart character comparisonVocabulary cards4-Square vocabulary activityVocabulary Close readLion directed drawing with writing activityWriting promptFriendship/Classmate interviewSequencing activity

Eve Bunting's book, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, is the perfect book to use for teaching about perspective/point of view! This product contains a sheet to be used with the book as a fiction resource. There are also two differing points of view passages about turkey hunting to use for a nonfiction paired resource! I hope that your students enjoy this activity to prepare for Thanksgiving!

Do you need an assessment to check students' understanding of text features? This 10 question assessment aligns with text feature standards! The interesting article about honey bees and yellow jackets is written to be engaging, while also being full of text features. There is an answer key included. The digital version is through Google Forms.

If you are teaching a unit on natural disasters, add this passage and activities to your lesson plans! Included: -Informational Passage with Text Features Throughout -Comprehension Questions with Answer Key -Brainstorming Web -Informational Question Flip Book -Close Read with Fill-in-the-Blanks -Vocabulary Cards (Can be used in a pocket chart, or put them in a station for a memory match game!) I hope that you enjoy using this product in your classroom! I'd love to hear your feedback :) Check out

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR EVERYTHING INCLUDED! If you are teaching natural disasters, why not add this bundle to your unit? Earthquakes and tsunamis are natural disasters that are not only important for students to learn more about but will also leave them wanting to learn more. Included in this purchase: -KWL Charts -TWO informational passages with text features -TWO sets of comprehension questions (one for each passage) -An earthquake and a tsunami knowledge web -TWO flip book interactives

Fractioni's Pizzeria is an engaging, fun, interactive lesson that deals with two awesome things: pizza and fractions! This activity can be used at the beginning of a fraction unit, or at the end to review! *****Included in this resource***** -Directions for setting up Fractioni's Pizzeria -Simple student directions -Black and white AND color options for each item -Pizza and toppings templates -Table numbers and signs -Menus -Guest checks -Worksheets/questions for after the activity Please chec

This is a quick partner or individual activity to check for understanding of pronoun antecedent agreement. The sentences are all winter themed. I used this to go along with a week of snow activities. I hope your students enjoy!

This is a simple data tracking notebook for students. Research proves that students gain accountability by tracking their own assessment scores, behavior, attendance, etc. This is a great tool for students to learn to take control over their learning! These binders can be used in parent/teacher conferences, morning meetings, IEP meetings, etc.! The uses are endless! I have included options for 9 weeks or 6 weeks, depending on your district calendar. I have also included IXL, Horizons, STAR, iRe

This packet is full of activities to help students learn about hurricanes! -3 page informational passages with text features throughout (maps, captions, photographs, charts, etc.) -Comprehension questions -Vocabulary cards (use these in a pocket chart, or use these as a memory match game!) -Vocabulary matching activity -Sequencing cut and paste -Fill-in-the-blank Close read -Answer Keys I hope that your students enjoy learning all that they can about hurricanes. Please let me know how your stu

Natural disasters occur all over the world. Tornadoes are an interesting study topic! This packet includes: -A KWL Chart -An informational passage with text features about tornadoes -Comprehension questions -Vocabulary cards -Vocabulary context clue activity -A Main Idea activity to follow along with the passage -Two tornado informational passages with a Venn diagram to compare and contrast -Tornado sequencing activity I hope that this product helps make your life easier, as well as helps your s

Your students will enjoy learning about blizzards in this engaging text! This packet includes: -An informational passage with text features -Vocabulary cards -Comprehension questions with an answer key -Two non-fiction paragraphs with a compare and contrast Venn diagram focusing on two United States past blizzards I hope that your students love learning about blizzards! If you enjoyed this product, check out my other natural disaster informational packets!

This is a packet designed especially for studying about natural disasters, such as dust storms. Included is a passage, vocabulary cards, questions set, and cause and effect activity page. There is also an answer key! I hope that your students enjoy reading about dust storms!