Supporting Lit

To use as you teach how to add supporting evidence to writing. This can be used with Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Grade 3,4, or 5. It is a simple organizational chart that you can change to what works for you.

This interactive notebook page outlines the causes and effects of the French and Indian War as it led to the American Revolutionary War. *******Answers******* 1. England 2. land 3. furs 4. farm/live on the land/ survive 5. England 6. owned 7. debt

Tired of the same old icebreakers? This is a resource for ELA teachers to use to get to know students in a whole new way. Included is a powerpoint with instructions for an activity that can take 30 minutes on one of the first days of school. It is a resource to get to know your students' personalities without having to do an icebreaker.

If you are using Peer Reviews in writing workshop, this simple 5 question checklist will help your students monitor another friend's writing. Trying to give peer feedback is tough for younger students, and it is hard to even know where to begin. This should be a guideline for your students to help each other in a focused way. it is editable if you want to add more into this resource. This can be printed and cut in half so each partner has a piece OR you could have students review two peer piec

After Spring Break, ease back into the day and learn all about your student's week off with this flipbook. As you gear up for the end of the year, this will help your students with SMART goals as they set 2 goals and think of 3 ways they will make their goals happen.

If you use note taking and have a minilesson on how to write conclusions, this short page will be perfect for you to download and print for your class. It is brief, small enough to cut down to fit into a composition notebook, and goes along with Lucy Calkins writing grades 3 and 4 (with my own twist, not word for word with her language). I made this file type a document so you would be able to adapt it and change to meet your personal language needs.

Cumulus, Cirrus and Stratus cloud song to the tune "The Wheels on the Bus"