Wisdom and Wonder

This set of 15 "Would You Rather" prompts is perfect for teaching opinion writing, and for encouraging higher order thinking. Use as a literacy center or a stand-alone writing lesson. Prompts include: Would you rather live in the desert or the Arctic? Would you rather be a pencil or a crayon? Would you rather eat only your favorite food for a month, or not eat it at all?

Perfect for intermediate teachers who use Reader's Workshop in the classroom, these Reader's Response Prompt Headers provide reader's journal prompts that can be used with any fiction book. Just copy the prompt you want them to write about that day, and students glue or staple it in their journal and write their little hearts out. Cuts down on the amount of time students take copying things from the board, and provides an easy reference for teachers and parents about what each entry is supposed

These reader's response prompts can be used with any piece of literature that your students are reading. Originally designed as journal prompts for independent reading journals, the prompts can be used as away from group activities for guided reading, or as a written response to reading for a story shared whole group.

This game board pack includes six different sight word games, each with ten first grade sight words. If you have access to color printing, print one for each student. This cuts down on pieces bumping into each other. Or print and laminate one board for students to play on together. Included in this pack are: Cars-men, about, five, same, need, again, kind, know, color, draw Flamingos-open, how, try, into, his, more, nice, ate, word, any Bees-give, just, three, girl, name, your, some, new, ask, d

This Greek and Roman Word Parts Unit contains: 36 Word Part Lists sorted loosely by category Powerpoints for each unit introducing the word parts A Word Part Note-Taking Sheet for each list 36 Word Part Word Sorts (1 for each list) 36 Word Surgery Activities (1 for each list) 18 RAFT activities (I for every other list) A menu of other activities for working with words that students can choose from Forms for most of the activities on the menu

150 sight word phrases created using the Dolch sight word list. Each phrase is accompanied by a picture cue for students who need visual prompts for decoding.

BANG: A Sight Word Game, Dolch Primer Words provides your students with a fun way to practice those important sight words. The game can be used as a center during guided reading, or for a small intervention group. Print, laminate, and cut apart the game cards. To play, place all of the cards into a basket, plastic jar, or just spread them out face down on a table. Students choose a card. If the student can read the word, he/she keeps the card. If the student cannot read the word, it goes back i

This collection of graphic organizers is designed for use with informational text. Included in the set are: Responding to Informational Text Visualizing Vocabulary Question/Answer T-Chart Summarizing Informational Text Comparing Informational Text In My Own Words-Paraphrasing

These Sight Word Coloring Pages give students practice in recognizing sight words. These are a combination of words from the Dolch, Fry, and Jolly Phonics lists. Students fill in the blank with the missing letter, and color the shapes according to the code.

This literacy center is appropriate for kindergarteners and first graders who are learning about phonemes and how they are blended to make words.

This literacy center is designed to help early readers identify short vowel word families, practice making words using word chunks, and identify real words from pseudo-words. The word family cards can be laminated and used with dry erase boards, or copied and given to the students as a record sheet.

Students practice reading sight words while playing a fun game of bingo. This product includes 40 sight words on six different cards. Perfect for intervention groups, literacy centers, even indoor recess! Words included are: does, ask, new, some, just, three, girl, name, your, give, same, five, about, color, know, men, again, need, draw, kind, our, want, what, very, with, got, been, ten, cut, friend, open, how, try, into, his, more, nice, ate, word, any

This literacy center is designed to help early readers identify short vowel word families, practice making words using word chunks, and identify real words from pseudo-words. The word family cards can be laminated and used with dry erase boards, or copied and given to the students as a record sheet. This center includes: 20 Short Vowel Word Family Cards Letter squares including L blends, R blends, S blends, and consonant digraphs

Most word sorts give students the category and ask them to classify the words. In this sort, students must not only classify words, but figure out what the categories are as well! It adds a layer of complexity to the task, but most students should still be able to complete the activity independently, making this a great literacy center! Laminate the word cards, cut them out, and put them in a plastic baggie. Students read and sort the words, independently or in pairs, and then record the words

150 sight word phrases created from the Dolch sight word list for students to practice.

These question stems are organized according to the revised Bloom's Taxonomy. The number of stars on each stem indicate the level of thinking required to answer questions using that stem. These thinking stems can be used by students when developing questions based on things they are reading, or by teachers to create questions for students to answer that reflect every level of thinking.

BANG: A Sight Word Game, Dolch Primer Words provides your students with a fun way to practice those important sight words. The game can be used as a center during guided reading, or for a small intervention group. Print, laminate, and cut apart the game cards. To play, place all of the cards into a basket, plastic jar, or just spread them out face down on a table. Students choose a card. If the student can read the word, he/she keeps the card. If the student cannot read the word, it goes back i

This pack includes ten coloring pages, each with four different kindergarten level sight words. The sight words are a combination of words from the Dolch, Fry, and Jolly Phonics lists. Students must find each word on the sheet and color the shape the correct color.

Need ideas for math centers or math games to spice up your math instruction? Do your students get tired of fact worksheets or flash cards? Well then these games are for you! Students roll the dice, and either add or multiply the numbers to fill in spaces on their game sheet. Included are: Addition #1-3: Adding two numbers Addition #4-6: Adding three numbers Multiplication #1-2: Basic multiplication facts

This collection of resources includes: A bibliography of mentor texts for opinion A Fact/Opinion literacy center 2 graphic organizers Writing frames for three mentor texts 2 Book review forms 16 opinion writing prompts