Uplifting in Upper Elementary

Host a 'Book Tasting' in your classroom to introduce characteristics of all of the different genres. We host in the learning commons with the entire grade level, and use a room transformation to create an engaging learning experience for our students. It is used to cover the five main genres covered in upper elementary according to the TEKS: -Fiction -Literary Nonfiction -Drama -Poetry -Informational This product includes: Invitations to book tastingWelcome sign to project on boardStarbooks B

If you use kernel essays from Gretchen Bernabei, then this resource is for you! It contains graphic organizers for kernel essays with 3, 4, and 5 kernels and includes both PDF and digital versions of everything.

NOTE: THIS RESOURCE IS CENTERED AROUND THE TEXAS READING TEKS. THE TEKS ARE LISTED AS A PART OF THE NOTEBOOK RESOURCE! This product includes everything you need to set up your students' data notebooks or folders. I use these to help promote ownership and responsibility in the classroom both with their academics and their behavior, and it allows them to track and monitor their progress and set goals for themselves. This product includes: Cover sheetGraph Data Tracker for reading and ELAHomewor

This resource is a spiral review of revising skills modeled after STAAR questions. There are 20 digital task cards that download directly onto your Google Drive. This can be used for distance learning, as a station activity, or as an assessment. Your students will see digital task cards, and they will fill out the Google Form accordingly. Once they submit it, they will be able to see which cards they got correct or incorrect so that they can self reflect. These task cards cover the following sk

Studying biographies? These discussion boards are the perfect guide for a small group discussion! It contains four questions to have the group think on, discuss, and share out their answers with the rest of the class. Four questions are: What did this person do to make an impact? What is the theme of their life? How have they impacted our world today? How can I make that kind of an impact? This forces higher level thinking to take what they learned about the person through the biography an

These cards are a great tool to display the different transition words on the board. These specifically are ones that are most commonly seen on the 4th grade Writing STAAR test. As I'm introducing the different transition words, I will take the card and insert it into a sentence to show my students how it functions. This resource includes: -18 transition cards

These sticky note graphic organizers are perfect for a quick check during guided reading! I have 6 different options including summary, vocabulary, main idea, inferences, and character traits! They are super quick and easy to use, and the kids love them!