Three Fall-themed glyphs ready to go for your class. Each glyph has it's own set of directions and an image to start with.
1) Fall Tree - students add leaves, pumpkins, and a cute animal in the tree's hole.
2) Pumpkin - students put a cute face on their pumpkin and personalize it with leaves, colored, stem and ribs.
3) Scarecrow - students give this cute scarecrow a new shirt, overalls, and hat design along with possibly even a crow on his arm.
These gylphs are seasonal and not Halloween
This highly differentiated guided reading packet includes a biography section on du Bois and 6 questions for each chapter based on the 6 levels of questioning (Bloom's Taxonomy). Questions are also aligned to Common Core ELA standards for intermediate grades. This makes it extremely easy to focus on and support students at the type of questioning that they struggle most with and allow them to shine independently as they are ready. There are 9 pre-made and differentiated extension activities with
3rd - 6th
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Literature
These winter glyphs are non-denominational and will be a blast for your students. Whether it's a time filler or executive functioning activity, these glyphs are a perfect fit!
This word search includes 20 top immigration curriculum related words. Supports executive functioning skills along with reviewing word study and vocabulary.
This file includes guided reading questions for each chapter of the Newbery Award winning book,The Twenty-One Balloons.
The beginning of this packet includes a medium length text on du Bois' life that provides MANY hints into The Twenty-One Balloons text!
Each set of 6 questions includes one question for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy. This makes it extremely easy to differentiate based on student readiness and track successfulness and gained independence over time.
If you're looking for ex
Let students shine using their talents! The extension activities included in this file are modern and differentiated so that students can choose a best-fit project to express their comprehension in an interesting way.
There are 9 total extension activities to choose from and a few extra suggestions with a blank rubric. Each project is out of 25 total points and explicitly lists project expectations.
Projects include:
Up, Up and Away! (balloon construction)
What's For Dinner (themed restaura
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Literature
Need a few quick activity options to celebrate Valentine's Day? This package has two activities that are the perfect combination of celebrating and learning, too!
Activity 1:
Valentine's Day text will give background knowledge and current facts about the holiday appropriate for children. There is also an option 4 question activity sheet. Three questions will require students to use the text and one question prompts students to make text-to-self connections.
Activity 2:
Cupcake of Love glyph.
Students can use this 1/2 page document to thank a classmate for something that was "bucket filling". It is a phenomenal activity for self-reflection and recognition of good in others.
I have a pocket chart with each student's name that these slips can be placed into very much like a mailbox. My students love bucket filling time!
We all love an entertaining round of I Have, Who Has?! This 50 States Version of this familiar game will guide students through identifying states based on shape, nickname, region, play on words, fun facts, physical features, etc.
A teacher guide walking you through the clue cards, clues and answers is included so it's a print and use file!
This is sure not to disappoint and will keep your students laughing, loving, and learning!
Your students will love these two St. Patrick's Day glyphs, word search and Irish saying by number activity and it's no wok for you! The first glyph is based on a rainbow and the other allows students to personalize a leprechaun head. The word search is based on St. Patrick's Day common words and the Irish saying requires students to read a chart and transfer a letter based on numbers to complete words letter by letter.
Two additional coloring sheets, or images you could create glyphs for, are
This worksheet is designed to be paired with an interactive bulletin board with a Boggle board with numbers instead of letters. The boxes can also be filled in by a teacher and copied for a class and used without a bulletin board.
My students LOVE this activity and so will yours!
This package includes game boards similar to the traditional Boggle game. The difference is that these boards include numbers and specific questions related to the math focus. In this case, questions are related to adding and subtracting decimal numbers.
There are three levels of game boards each increasing in complexity. Each game board comes with a ready-to-use answer key. Also included is a blank game board that is easily customizable.
Looking for creative writing to fill the halls and homes? These acrostic poem organizers will set your students up for success and showcase their creativity in differentiated ways. It doesn't matter what holiday your students celebrate or if they just recognize the season, this set of words is appropriate for all students in any grade.
Acrostic words:
Christmas
Decorations
Sleigh
Rudolph
Ornament
Singing
Happiness
Presents
This I Have, Who Has? game focuses on 20 important solar system vocabulary words that will lead students to a more in-depth understanding of solar system components and concepts.
The following vocabulary words are included:
orbit
rotate
revolution
equator
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
axis
planet
sun
moon
season
mass
force
solar system
phase
cycle
North Star
direct rays
indirect rays
gravity
A teacher guide is also included that charts vocabulary words, clues, and answers so studen
This worksheet is meant to be paired with the Ellis Island/Immigration Virtual Tour video from Scholastic. It can be found on their website.
This worksheet can also be completed WITHOUT the video if other sources of information are provided to students.
Great for introduction, pre-assessment, within unit, or final assessment purposes.
This simple questionnaire is the perfect way to start the year gaining the trust of your students and learning important details about them. Have students complete it on their own, build it into a get-to-know-you activity, or send it home for parents to see. It's versatile in all situations.
Have fun getting to know your students!
This single page document has 3 "If - then" lines. Can be used with velcroed pictures or laminated/put in a page protector and written on with dry/wet erase markers.
This document can be used in endless ways. Can be used as a initial intervention technique to change behavior or be build into an IEP plan.
This two page worksheet reviews factor pairs and strings, prime numbers, building and solving array problems, and division. Best used as a pre-assessment, review page, or final assessment.