This complete cursive alphabet writing book gives easy instructions to write beautiful cursive letters! Cursive writing helps train the brain to integrate visual, tactile information, and fine motor dexterity. The regions of the brain that are activated during reading are "activated during hand writing, but not during typing." Cursive writing is not a lost art! Students find this a calming activity. Get the free download here! *********************************************************************
Have students read the inference clues and solve the riddle! It's a fun way to learn about inference! **************************************************************************** How to get your TPT credit to use on future purchases: Make sure to provide feedback on every item you buy. Click on the Provide Feedback button and give a rating and comment about the product you purchased. TPT gives a credit that you can use to lower the cost of future purchases. *Click here to become a follower. (We
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
These phonemic poems for grades 2-5 are perfect for the reader who needs a little more practice with vowel pairs, diphthongs, silent e words, soft g and c words, consonant-le, words, and -tion/ -sion endings. The poems are all original and provide rich context in addition to phonemic studies. Each page encourages the student to visualize the reading and then provides daily exercises. Each page can be used for an entire week because of the variety of exercises provided with each poem. These exer
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti
What is an interactive book study?An interactive book study is the way to greatly improve reading comprehension because book studies engage students on a different level. It's more than just a boring page of writing answers to questions. It takes reading comprehension to another level! The book study guide begins by showing the student how to get started. Then, it guides each student to read or listen to the first few chapters and answer some questions. From there, they begin getting creative a
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Contained in this unit: Unit 2: Toys, Games, and Inventions Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromote
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivi
This Chasing Vermeer Interactive Book Study was created to help understand the story and think more deeply about what is being read which leads to better reading comprehension. What is an interactive book study?An interactive book study is a way to greatly improve reading comprehension by engaging students on a different level. It's more than just a boring page of writing answers to questions. It takes reading comprehension to another level! The book study guide begins by showing the student ho
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivi
Read the prompts on the hilariously quirky cards and sketch what is being described. Will the judge be able to figure out what was written on your card?Read It-Sketch is a Fun game for groups of 3-6 players. Cards are cut out and mixed up. Each person receives one card except for the selected judge. Printed on the game cards are descriptions of odd events. Set a timer and have students sketch what is described on their card. When time is up, the judge then guesses what each student drew. No hint
2nd - 6th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Teaching inference does not need to be tricky! This Bingo game is a fun way to engage student learning. Students will begin to see the connection of using the text and their background knowledge to infer meaning. Your students will have fun and gain a better understanding of inference! **************************************************************************** How to get your TPT credit to use on future purchases: Make sure to provide feedback on every item you buy. Click on the Provide Feedbac
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Don't let the term, "drama" scare you off! Process dramas are simple to employ while they inspire creativity in your students. Review making predictions, summarizing, inferencing, and visualization in the story with this fun activity. While reading the story, students form groups and respond to the text through tableaux. Make your reading time come alive and keep busier students engaged in higher order thinking about the story! Just push the tables away, get them into groups, grab the book,
This product engages students in a variety of ways to learn sight words. It is a creative, out-of-the-box approach to learning sight words. Students are visually distinguishing correct and incorrect options, rolling dice to move their bodies in different ways while spelling the words, cutting the letters out and putting the "puzzle" back together. A brain engaging, FUN way to LEARN SIGHT words! This product has all 3 Sight Word Smarts pages. Set #1 includes the sight words: he, the, get had, &
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactiv
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies : Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredacti