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This 21 slide powerpoint walks students through how to write an effective paragraph in a fun way. It includes opportunities for student practice, a name that book ending game and a hamburger paragraph graphic organizer. -Here is a detailed list of the contents: -Opening Slide -Importance of learning how to write a good paragraph -Top bun- introduction sentence -Chart of different openings for writing -Student practice- write a introduction sentence -Student practice- now rewrite the sentence to

This 55 slide powerpoint goes through questions from the official 5th grade SBAC practice test. It includes two reading passages, A Cure for Carlotta and New Homes for Hermit Crabs, along with the corresponding questions and answers. The questions include: multiple choice, multiple answer and constructive response questions. The rubric and sample responses are also provided for each score. The answers for all questions are on separate slides. This lesson works great in a virtual classroom or in

This 49 slide powerpoint goes through questions from the official 6th grade SBAC practice test for the ELA portion of the test. It includes reading passages along with the corresponding questions and answers. The questions include: multiple choice, multiple answer and constructive response questions. The answers for all questions are on separate slides. This lesson works great in a virtual classroom or in a traditional setting. I have found that students understand the format of the test best,

This 43 slide power point goes through questions from the official 4th grade SBAC practice test. It includes the reading passage, A Rainy Day at the Farmer's market and Coyote Tries to Steal the Honey, along with the corresponding questions and answers. The questions include: multiple choice, multiple answer and a constructive response question. The rubric and sample responses are also provided for each score. The answers for all questions are on separate slides. This lesson works great in a vir

This 25 slide, interactive powerpoint on text, purpose and audience includes a web quest and text message examples (just for fun). This powerpoint is perfect for a virtual classroom or use with a smart board. This lesson focuses on applying task, purpose and audience rather than just defining what it is. It contains the following: -Task, purpose, audience examples and definitions -T.V. Show example -Importance of task and purpose -Fill in the blank question -Student practice: provide examples o

This 18 page powerpoint introduces the R.A.C.E. strategy (Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite Evidence and Expand). This lesson walks students through the steps in RACE using guided practice. At the end of the lesson, a question and text is provided to allow students to practice using R.A.C.E. on their own. This powerpoint contains the following: -Introduction -Common Core Standards (you can edit it to fit your grade level) -Discussion question -Textual evidence defined -Textual evi

This 19 slide interactive powerpoint teaches students (or even adults) about culture and ethnicity. This lesson contains information regarding the current view of America as a tossed salad as opposed to a melting pot. Several slides contain discussion questions and images. Here is a detailed list of what the powerpoint contains: - cover slide - culture discussion question - culture: defined - what is ethnicity? - map of US with question - culture adventure slide - traditions - diverse world - m

This interactive 43 slide powerpoint teaches students what the penny, nickel, dime, quarter is and the value of each. This is a great tool to use in the virtual classroom or with the smart board. Each coin is introduced and students learn the value of each coin through repetition, poems, a coin matching activity, guided practice and student practice. I also included a link to a money counting game that has 3 different levels. One slide includes a list of dollar bills and corresponding values. T

This fun lesson helps your students become better descriptive writers. Students are asked to draw a monster and write a detailed descriptive paragraph of their monster. Next, students give their descriptions to another student. The student must draw the monster based on the description but without seeing the drawing of the monster. After the monsters are drawn, the fun part is matching the new monsters with the original. My students love this lesson each year and it really motivates them to be

This 24 slide powerpoint, takes a fun approach to learning and using the following poetic devices and figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, true rhyme, and anaphora. Students also compare listening to the song to reading the words. Contents: -Common core objectives -Figurative and literary meanings differences -Simile definition and examples -Metaphor definition and examples -Personification definition and examples -Hyperbole definition a

This 30 slide ppt lets the students be the teacher! Students get to grade several constructive response answers. This lesson is very effective in showing students how important it is to cite evidence from the text. Students get to see what it takes to get a perfect score, as well as what a low score looks like. This lesson lends itself to a lot of discussion since students do not always agree on a grade. This powerpoint contains the following: - Intro slide - Today's goals - Question: What do

This powerpoint contains exemplar text and aligns with the following 4th grade common core standard: RL 4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. The power point contains excerpts of 4th grade exemplar text and contains the following: -Introduction -Common Core Objectives -Brain Pop Slide (if applicable) -First person point of view description -First person point of view interactive

This powerpoint is from the official SBAC practice testing materials. Students must read informational text from 3 sources. They take notes on each source and are asked to do 3 short constructive response questions and one essay. I included all the directions and sources in an easy to read format. I also included sample responses and the score each response received from SBAC. This will provide a great opportunity to discuss with students what score the students would give and compare it with t

This powerpoint is perfect for use with a smart board or in a virtual classroom. This mini lesson is a quick review of appropriate transition words. It contains a fill in the blank activity and multiple choice questions. This powerpoint was created to use with students before taking a Study Island Quiz on Appropriate Transitions.

This 28 page powerpoint covers sequential, description, cause and effect, copmpare and contrast and problem/solution informational text structures. It can be used in the virtual classroom or in a traditional setting. This lesson contains the following: -Opening slide -Common core objective stated: Informational text, under Craft and Structure CCSS.RI.4.5 -Students are asked to think of words they may see in a sequential text -Students are asked what kind of graphic organizer would they use -De

This 18 slide powerpoint, includes informational text and corresponding questions. The questions include a two-part question, multiple choice, checklist with multiple correct answers and an essay question. Each question is on an individual slide with the answers on the following slide. The text and questions are at a 6th grade level but depending on the needs of your students, this can also be used with 5th or 7th graders. Thank you and I appreciate your ratings!

This powerpoint introduces sensory details, goes over the 5 senses with writing, includes a sample writing web, compares two paragraphs (one with sensory details and one without). This lesson is interactive and includes questions for students to ponder and answer. This sensory details powerpoint aligns with the common core curriculum for 4th grade. It can also be used for 3rd and 5th grade, depending on your needs. This lesson would work well in a virtual classroom or with a smart board. If y

This 24 slide powerpoint, takes a fun approach to learning and using the following poetic devices and figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, true rhyme, and anaphora. Students also compare listening to the song to reading the words. Contents: -Common core objectives -Figurative and literary meanings differences -Simile definition and examples -Metaphor definition and examples -Personification definition and examples -Hyperbole definition a

This powerpoint is based on the short story, "The Dog of Pompeii" by, Louis Untermeyer. The lesson starts out with an introduction, map and photos of Pompeii. It contains 3 multiple choice questions related to the story. This powerpoint also goes over inference and contains discussion questions. At the end, students have a break-out room activity making inferences on specific lines in the text. The lesson closes with a two-part exit ticket question based on the text. I originally used Franklin f

This context clues powerpoint contains the following: -Brain Pop slide (you can easily delete if you don't have an account or sign up for a free trial) -Context clues introduction -Context clues tips -Steps to finding context clues -Context clues using opposites -Interactive activity: Guided practice (3 slides) -Interactive activity: Guess missing word in text message (2 slides) -Interactive activity: Multiple choice (3 slides) -Closing slide