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Ready to incorporate a little media into your literacy program? This two week unit lets your students explore the world of Cookie Commercials! Your students will BEG to do a slide or two each day! Focus is on the purpose and intended audience of the Oreo advertisements. Good opportunities to discuss the difference between overt and implied messages. Each of the Oreo ads linked to the slides has a different intended audience, and a unique implied message. Students LOVE these jingles and will love

This 58 page resource offers both digital (1-29) and print (30 - 58) options. You will find everything you need to examine, discuss, demonstrate and evaluate procedural writing in your classroom! Included you will find: easy to understand definitionsstudent checkliststeacher examplesvideo links geared to more junior level learners (hilarious!)demonstrations from Kid President and Kids Art Hubidea boardtemplates for two different types of procedural writing - students can choose the template tha

Looking for a complete Data Unit for Grade 4 that is Digital??? This resource has 81 pages of Slides! Inside you will find everything you need to teach, assign and assess all of the expectations in Data Collection, Organization and Visualization. This unit is ready to roll. - review bar graphs, double bar graphs, pictographs, and stem and leaf plots - students learn to gather, display and analyse data and draw their own conclusions - learn the difference between qualitative and quantitative

Looking for a fun, back-to-school, no-prep resource to get your students writing? Inspired by Amy Husband's book, Dear Teacher, this resource lets your students learn about the five parts of a letter while letting their creativity shine. It's a GREAT way to have some silly fun at the beginning of the year while getting to know your new bunch. This goofy activity is a hit with grades 3 to 6, and lets your students run wild with their imaginations while giving you a chance to assess their entry

This digital patterning unit is easy and fun for your students to navigate and makes teaching and assessing this patterning and relationships strand a breeze! Inside you will find: 43 Google slides - no-prep, just load and go! teaching slidesstudent work slidesfun coded pages - lightbulb icons show teaching pages and anchor charts, pencil icons show student work sheetslinks to fun videos to help teach the expectationsHelpful Hints for studentsTeacher Tips growing and shrinking patternsrepeating

You asked and now you've got it! This junior Media Literacy resource is based on my best-selling digital resource of the same name! Now in print, you can copy the student workbook and bring this ridiculously fun unit into your classroom! Looking for a fun unit to engage even your most reluctant learners? This is it!! This two week unit lets your students explore the world of Cookie Commercials! Your students will BEG to do a slide or two each day! Focus is on the intended audience and the i

This unit on Summary Writing will give your junior students everything they need to write clear, concise summaries without all the confusion about what to include/omit. Included you will find: print and digital (Google slides) options, as your needs can change year to yearbrief teaching slide to introduce the topicSWBST method - somebody, wanted, but, so, then ...teacher example with unlimited opportunities to complete many summaries togethereasy release of responsibility - from teacher-led, to

My students were struggling with reading response short answers. Some weren't remembering to include part of the question in the answer. Some weren't remembering to find evidence from the text. Some were giving me those things, but not explaining their thinking, or extending it. This resource addresses those issues and gets your students writing complete, detailed reading responses! This 21 page google slide deck is perfect for your digital classroom, but can be printed on 8.5 x 11. Inside yo

Are you struggling to deliver appropriate and interesting curriculum to your grade 4 ELL and IEP learners? I feel you! I was forever looking for grade 4 social studies resources that were geared to my students who were not at grade level. I also wanted it to look like their peers' activities. This resource is the second in the series for Early Societies ELL/IEP. There are 16 slides made for Google that cover the main research points in easy to understand language, with visuals and video links fo

This basic book review format is colourful and engaging for the students, but generic enough to be used by many grades, over many years! In my Distance Learning classroom, we have used these slides together in large groups for our class novels (teacher read aloud) as well as independently. Reading logs help students keep track of days/pages read, and the graphic organizers make 'the dreaded book report' a whole lot of fun! Whether your student is reading A Boy Named Bat or The Cat in the Hat, th

These google slide templates will provide you with a full year of organization and peace of mind. 75 slides you can customize and edit to suit your needs! Options include: daily agendagood morning newsplanner notesreminderssubject specific slideswhat are we doing?class scheduleto-do listhomeworkannouncementsstudent shout-outsgroup assignmentspartner pair upsexpectationsrubricsplus many slides decorated and ready for you to title and insert what you need to presentSlides are great for in person

This resource shows students how to write their own opinion piece, from brainstorming through to final draft. Perfect for distance education or a paper-free classroom activity! Sample product included with 'search and find' activity that gets your class looking for the important markers of an opinion article.

Looking for a procedural writing activity and assessment suitable for your IEP students and English Language Learners? Look no further! I like to make sure that while my literacy program is differentiated, my students still feel like a cohesive bunch. I want my IEP and ELL friends to feel included and successful while completing similar tasks to their classmates. Included in this resource you will find: 28 google slides - teaching and workingpicture prompts to help your IEP and ELL students s

50 Google slide templates to use to organize your google meets/breakout rooms online! Working online is the new norm. But how do we organize small group work? How can I help one group of students while checking in on others? How can I have reading or project groups going without the struggles and the hassles? What about when students are partnered for tasks ... where do they go so that the teacher can keep an eye (or an ear) on them? These google slides can be used in so many ways! 'Link' icons

Do your students struggle with the hamburger paragraph? Are you frustrated that no matter how many times you go over the formula, they still aren't writing proper paragraphs? Mine were too. Then I tried something new. I gave them graphic organizers for each step of the way. I showed them how to colour their fonts so that each part of the paragraph stands out and is easy to see. Easy to see = easy to self-check! This resource gives you a week of morning work/paragraph building. Designed to be a

Do your students struggle with the hamburger paragraph? Are you frustrated that no matter how many times you go over the formula, they still aren't writing proper paragraphs? Mine were too. Then I tried something new. I gave them graphic organizers for each step of the way. I showed them how to colour their fonts so that each part of the paragraph stands out and is easy to see. Easy to see = easy to self-check! This resource gives you a week of morning work/paragraph building. Designed to be app

Want an easy, no prep writing package for this week? Grab it here! 14 Google slides are ready to go, days of the week are labelled so you can upload this to your classroom and go! Different writing focus each day, from letter writing to procedural, descriptive to narrative! I've even included an ad students must write to try and sell a haunted house! Take one thing off your plate this week!

Blank templates ready for your graphing activities online. tally chartbar graphdouble bar graphpictographstem and leaf plot

These Google attendance slides make it easy and fun for your students to check themselves in twice a day, so you don't have to do roll call. These kid-tested, teacher-approved slides are fun for both primary and junior students, with themes, seasonal images, holiday and everyday images that are easy to edit to suit your needs. Looking for an extra report card comment for your learning skills? *Name demonstrates responsibility by locating and checking *his/her/their attendance daily. Switching to

Reader's need a place to share their thoughts about what they've read. Often, in my junior classroom, I have IEP and ESL students who need a simpler, pared-down version of a reader's notebook. That's why I made this resource! Students can listen to reading, use Google Read and Write, or simply read a text at their level, and record their thoughts and opinions about what they have read. This resource helps get our struggling writer's a chance to write about their own opinions, which is often more