Staleyin7th

This spelling homework is differentiated, and includes homework for Approaching, On Level, and Beyond. This template can be used for all lists. Students copy their list onto the paper for the first activity, and all homework is completed on that same paper. I included 3 activities (or nights of homework). I also included a lined paper page, which I copy onto the back of the Spelling homework. This allows the students to write directly onto the back of their homework. This is nice because st

Students will develop and understanding of growth and fixed mindset. The lesson first has the students watch a video of kids who possess growth mindsets. The students will then be asked to come up with adjectives to describe the kids in the video (collaboration activity, which also get students moving around!). After a discussion about the things that people with fixed mindsets say and what people with growth mindsets say, the students will create their own goal. With the goal, they will wri

Students write a formal letter to their favorite local business. Included is a Google Slide presentation for teaching, an example for students to analyze, a rubric, and a graphic organizer. Teaching notes and suggestions are in the speaker notes. CC.1.4.6:Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

A very important part of growing as a reader is learning to share and discuss texts. On this graphic organizer, students will respond to his/her own text before sharing the response. Students will take turns being the person sharing and the person actively listening. Each partner will come up with follow up questions to ask before rating his/her level of interest in the text that was shared. Students can turn in the graphic organizer, adding accountability to the discussion.

This graphic organizer will work for any text dependent analysis (TDA) prompt. The organizer helps the students focus and organize before and after reading the passage.