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A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write a five-paragraph biographical essay. There is a writing model from which students complete a graphic organizer to guide them in deconstructing the biography. This process helps students to intuit the structure of a biography. There are graphic organizers for fact finding, citing sources, introduction and conclusion. There is an editing symbol guide and a "How to Cite Sources" guide. It draws special attention to a five

A step-by-step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write a three-paragraph personal narrative with a; beginning (problem), middle, end (solution and transformation). There are two writing models. Each of which has a graphic organizer to aid students in deconstructing the structure of the narrative. This process helps students to intuit the structure of the writing. It draws attention to a five-step writing process; plan, draft, edit, revise and publish. There are check boxes t

A double-sided worksheet for Grandfather's Journey, as published in Houghton and Mifflin Reading 4, that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, a vocabulary practice (10 words), a sequence and summarize activity or a sequence and create a comic activity (according to teacher preference), comprehension questions (5), a 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Revised February 2024 ___________________ Houghton Mifflin 4 Full Ye

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write an adventure story with the following elements; a hero or heroine, motivation (problem), a journey with three challenges, a final challenge, the goal (solution) and the hero/heroine's transformation. There are two writing models, a longer more complex one and shorter simplified one. Students complete a story map to guide them in deconstructing an adventure story. This process helps students to intuit the structure of the

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students a descriptive paragraph about an animal with a topic sentence, supporting sentences and closing sentences. There are two writing models; Snow Monkeys and Puffins. Each model has a graphic organizer to aid students in deconstructing the paragraph. This process helps students to intuit the structure of a descriptive paragraph. It draws special attention to a five-step writing process; brainstorm, draft, share, edit, revise and publish

Uniquely designed Venn Diagrams in landscape and portrait, with and without lines. Purpose: Visually organize and arrange the similarities and differences between two or more topics. This makes it easier to understand the topics when comparing and contrasting. Useful in addressing the following Common Core Standards; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI 3.9, 4.6, 5.5, 6.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL. 3.9, 4.6, 4.9, 5.3, 5.9, 6.7, 6.9 Overview: Two overlapping circles is the most recognizable form of a Venn Diagram

A step by step, scaffolded approach for teaching your students how to write a four-paragraph comparison and contrast essay. There is a writing model from which students complete a graphic organizer to guide them in deconstructing the model essay. This process helps students to intuit the structure of a comparison & contrast essay. There are graphic organizers for compare & contrast words and phrases, fact finding, a Venn Diagram, introduction and conclusion. There is also an editing symbo

Common Core aligned worksheets to supplement The Ballad of Mulan as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 3.1. Included are: two vocabulary activities which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions with a focus on higher order thinking skills, a sequencing activity, three making inferences activities, two vocabulary puzzles and an informational reading extension about China. (12 pages of activities) An answer key is included. Bundle wit

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write a biography, a comparison and contrast and a descriptive essay. All have two writing models with graphic organizers to aid students in deconstructing the writing. This process helps students intuit the structure of the writing. All three draw special attention to a five-step writing process; plan, draft, edit, revise and publish. There is a checklist to aid students in monitoring their progress through a writing process.

Picture writing prompts are a great way to spark students' creativity. This is a discounted bundle of; Visual Writing Prompts (Animals) Visual Writing Prompts (People) Visual Writing Prompts (Funny) See the individual products for more complete preview. This set includes twenty animal pictures, twenty pictures of people in various settings and twenty pictures of funny situations (four per A4 sheet) that can be printed, cut and laminated for use in your writing workshop or in a center. There

This is a double-sided worksheet for Lou Gehrig The Luckiest Man that is tri-folded into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, three comprehension questions, a fact vs. opinion activity, a vocabulary practice (10 words), and a make a baseball field timeline or a crossword puzzle (according to teacher preference). An instruction page and suggested answer key are included. The preview provides a complete overview so please download it. ___________________ Houghton Mifflin 4 Full Yea

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write an opinion paragraph, a descriptive paragraph and a personal narrative. All three workbooks have two writing models with graphic organizers to aid students in deconstructing the writing. This process helps students intuit the structure of the writing. All three draw special attention to a five-step writing process; brainstorm, draft, edit, revise and publish. There is a checklist to aid students in monitoring their progre

Water Cycle Reading Activity Pack is a ten page science themed reading activity focusing on the water cycle; transpiration, evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. The first three pages deal with the water cycle as a broad concept without much complexity. They are designed so students can intuit the concepts by matching clues in the diagrams with key words and phrases from the vocabulary and reading sections. The next five pages deal with each of the stages in the water cycle i

A double-sided worksheet for Finding the Titanic that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, a vocabulary practice (10 words), a making inferences activity or an opinion writing activity about the Titanic (according to teacher preference), comprehension questions (3), a write a synopsis section and a 5 star review/recommendation section. A graphic organizer with sentence starters for prewriting the opinion piece is included. Revised and updated Mar 2024 _________________

A double-sided worksheet for Akiak, A Tale from the Iditarod, as published in Houghton and Mifflin Reading 4, that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, a vocabulary practice, a story map OR a crossword puzzle, comprehension questions write a synopsis and 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Houghton Mifflin 4 Full Year BundleHM4 Reading Comprehension Foldables Complete BundleTheme One Houghton Mifflin Reading 4Journeys

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write an opinion paragraph with a topic sentence, two supporting sentences (reasons) with two examples each and a closing sentence. There are two writing models; "Exercise and Eating Healthy" and "Be Kind and Think of Others". Each model has a graphic organizer to aid students in deconstructing the paragraph. This process helps students to intuit the structure of an opinion paragraph. It draws special attention to a five-ste

A double-sided worksheet for My Name is Maria Isabel, as published in Houghton and Mifflin Reading 4, that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, a vocabulary practice (10 words), making inferences activity or winter traditions writing activity (according to teacher choice), comprehension questions (5), and 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Revised May 2024 ___________________ Theme One Houghton Mifflin Reading 4Journe

NEW PRODUCT ON SALE!! The Lemonade War Vocabulary Workbook is a vocabulary based novel study supplement to the book by Jacqueline Davies. It focuses on five vocabulary words per chapter for a total of seventy words for the entire novel. A master vocabulary list is included. There are fourteen uniquely designed vocabulary worksheets. To complete the vocabulary activities students find the quote in the story that uses the word and note the page number, then they practice their dictionary skill

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write an adventure story, descriptive paragraph, opinion paragraph, and personal narrative. All four workbooks have two writing models with graphic organizers to aid students in deconstructing the writing. This process helps students intuit the structure of the writing. All three draw special attention to a five-step writing process; brainstorm, draft, edit, revise and publish. There is a checklist to aid students in monitoring

Fantastic Mr. Fox Workbook has "comic style" worksheets and novel study activities for the story by Roald Dahl. There is a cover page with a background knowledge activity, vocabulary activities, comprehension activities and creative activities. The creative activities are; Writing a Newspaper Article Designing an Underground Home Clipart is intentionally absent from this workbook. It is designed so students can add their own artwork. Comic Style Workbooks for Roald Dahl stories include: The T