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Charlotte's Web Spelling Lists Includes: 🕸 10 spelling words and 3 challenge words per list! 🕸 Words that come directly from the novel! 🕸 Multiple lists per page for easy cutting! 🕸 3rd-4th grade level words! Only need 1?? Check out the single spelling list version at my store!

Inspire creativity and kindness this season with the Christmas Chore Book! A charming, student-made gift that loved ones will truly appreciate. After learning about kindness, giving, and the joy of helping others, students can personalize their own booklet filled with thoughtful chores, helpful actions, and heartfelt surprises. Perfect for classroom holiday projects, this activity encourages generosity and reinforces the idea that the best gifts aren’t bought—they’re given from the heart.Bring

Charlotte's Web Spelling List Includes: 🕸 10 spelling words and 3 challenge words! 🕸 Words that come directly from the novel! 🕸 Multiple lists per page for easy copying and cutting! 🕸 3rd-4th grade level words! Need more than 1 list?? Check out the 3 WEEK spelling list version at my store!

Create your own "Word Web" with words right from the novel, Charlotte's Web! 🕷 Keep students engaged with Charlotte's unique words! 🕷 Introduce each word as you read or keep these in the hallway for a fun bulletin board! 🕷 Includes 8 large print words, 1 per page 🕷 Simple & easy, cut & go!!

Charlotte's Web Response to Reading 🕸 Constructed Response Walks Students Through A.P.P.E.! 🕸 Includes sentence starters!! Fold or cut in half to easily differentiate! 🕸 Character Development question! 🕸 Perfect for partner or station work! 🕸 Use during the first few weeks of the novel study!

My students absolutely LOVED this! Pass out surgical gloves, masks, scissors, and glue and you've got yourself a wonderful hook to a lesson about formatting paragraphs. This resource walks students through when to start a new paragraph. The resource uses mentor sentences from the novel, Shiloh, to help students see when to format a paragraph. Print out the last page on large poster paper to have students cut and paste into shorter paragraphs. All included with answer keys!

"It's your lucky day! No homework pass" Perfect for rewards or incentives in the classroom. I printed these on colorful paper so they can stand out! 1 digital download PDF file, 4 passes per page.

A 3-step guide to creating a chimpanzee's habitat. A great way to introduce this topic is viewing Jane Goodall's video on Youtube and talking about her job as a primatologist and anthropologist. Follow it up with the Disneynature's Chimpanzee. As an additional activity, the class can also research and debate the ethical issue of chimpanzee testing for research. This is a 5-page PDF file containing an "operation habitat" guide on building a comfortable habitat for a chimpanzee. Skills include c

This resource includes one PDF file for Units 4-6 in 5th grade Wonders reading curriculum. I used these in my classroom for my reading focus wall! This resource aligns perfectly with the Wonder's Reading Curriculum. The posters include the Skill of the Week, Essential Question, Spelling, Genre, Anchor Text, Shared Read, and Vocabulary words with their definitions. Check out my other resources for Wonders 5th Grade Reading Units 1-3! **Editable documents available upon request.

This resource includes one PDF file for Units 1-3 in 5th grade Wonders reading curriculum. I used these in my classroom for my reading focus wall! This resource aligns perfectly with the Wonder's Reading Curriculum. The posters include the Skill of the Week, Essential Question, Spelling, Genre, Anchor Text, Shared Read, and Vocabulary words with their definitions. Check out my other resources for Wonders 5th Grade Reading Units 4-6! **Editable documents available upon request.

Two-page PDF includes "If Dogs Could Talk" poem with writing activity. Students create their own poem using a past, present, or future pet! Students have the option to draw an illustration to company their poem. Perfect no prep sub plan for your writing block!

Teach your students the difference between a subject and a predicate with this interactive notebook vocabulary chart. Students are able to fill in their own definition of each term and create examples that they can remember! This is a downloadable PDF file. 2 charts per page.

This "get to know you" activity features 12 questions that students answer about themselves. Students can answer the questions and trade with a partner to learn something new about someone! This activity is also great for a game of "Guess Who?" during the first few weeks of school. Have students fill out the questionnaire and stand by their seats. Collect the papers and pick one out of the stack. Go through each quality/response until there is one person left standing! A great way to encourage a

These posters are filled with interesting and fun facts for learning all about dinosaurs! The comparisons and characteristics on each dino poster are "elementary" friendly, with vocabulary that is aligned with common core standards. The dinosaurs featured in this download are: -Stegosaurus -Velociraptor (raptor) -Triceratops -Microceratops -Apatosaurus (brontosaurus) -Tyrannosaurus Rex This is a 6 page downloadable PDF file. Comes in color with clear graphics! Enjoy! :-)

Detailed directions: Choose a fluency skill to focus on as your partner reads-color in the skill below. As your partner reads, pay attention to the fluency skill. Rate your partner using the radar below. Circle the criteria that best matches how your partner is reading. Fluency skills include: -Accuracy -Pace -Expression -Punctuation -Phrasing *Great to stick in a station with a leveled reader!

Perfect to stick by your reading centers or groups. Set purpose for your stations! Descriptions are included for the skill of the week, response to literature, nonfiction, listening, and buddy reading. Each poster answers the question, "Why are we doing this?"

Includes 9 formatted fables with colored borders and some include illustrations!

You can use this resource with any list of spelling words! Spelling practice for Monday-Thursday. I used this as spelling homework nightly in my classroom!

Perfect to hang in your classroom library. Keep your library organized by creating a spot to return your books!

"Welcome! You are O-Fish-Ally in middle school!" A wonderful way to welcome your middle school kiddos during the first week of school! Print on cardstock paper with some tape and add these labels to a small bag of Goldfish crackers. The labels are in color, 2X5 on one sheet. ****If you would like these customized to say a different message, for example "you are o-fish-ally a third grader" please purchase and shoot me a message with the saying you would like. I will send you a personalized PFD