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Figurative Language Worksheets: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Idiom, and More!

By Deb Hanson

You've taught your students the seven most common types of figurative language... now what? Next comes lots of practice! These no-prep figurative language worksheets are ready to go for you. Just print and go! A worksheet that focuses on each of

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Context Clues Practice Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Activities | 4th 5th 6th

By Deb Hanson

This context clues bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary students engaged as you teach them how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words as they read. The activities in this bundle make learning how to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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RL.4.4, RL.5.4, RL.6.4

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Figurative Language Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Games, Craft Activities

By Deb Hanson

This figurative language bundle of worksheets and activities has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn about seven types of figurative language. It includes a PowerPoint, a flipbook,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5

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$16.00

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Main Idea and Supporting Details Craftivity: Ice Cream Cones Sorting Activity

By Deb Hanson

Keep your kids engaged as they learn how details support the main idea with this main idea craftivity. Your students will match three detail sentences to each main idea sentence. The finished products can be used to make a creative bulletin board or

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Activities

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RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2, CCRA.R.2

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Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions: 3rd Grade BUNDLE

By Deb Hanson

This resource contains 20 reading comprehension passages (10 nonfiction passages, 8 fiction passages, and 2 poems). Following each passage, there are six multiple-choice comprehension questions. These passages are written for students reading at a

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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3^rd, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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$11.99

158

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Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions: 4th Grade and 5th Grade (Set 1)

By Deb Hanson

This resource contains 20 reading comprehension passages (10 nonfiction passages, 9 fiction passages, and 1 poem). Beneath each passage, there are six multiple-choice comprehension questions. These reading passages can be used in so many ways! Some

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Printables

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RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.6, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.5...

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Inferencing Bundle: Activities and Lessons for Making Inferences

By Deb Hanson

This inference bundle has everything you need to keep your students engaged as they learn how to infer as they read. The inferencing activities in this bundle make practicing this skill fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

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RL.3.1, RL.4.1, RL.5.1, RL.6.1

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$12.00

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Summarizing Nonfiction Texts Bundle: Practice Passages, PowerPoint, Worksheets

By Deb Hanson

This nonfiction text summary bundle will help you teach students how to write a summary of a nonfiction text. It can be used for introduction or review of the skill. It includes a Summarizing Nonfiction PowerPoint, an interactive notebook activity,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.4.2, RI.5.2, RI.6.2

$13.25

$7.75

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Author's Perspective: 6 Worksheets with Practice Passages

By Deb Hanson

This resource contains six worksheets that focus on identifying the author's perspective. It also includes a bonus poster that you can use as you are introducing this topic to students. After reading each passage, students identify the author's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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RL.3.6, RL.4.6, RL.5.6, RI.3.6, RI.4.6, RI.5.6

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Author's Purpose Task Cards PIE'ED: Analyze 24 Passages 4th, 5th, 6th Grade

By Deb Hanson

This resource contains 24 task cards that focus on identifying the author's purpose for writing a passage. This important reading skill often appears on standardized tests, and these author's purpose task cards are designed to help you prepare your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.R.6

$3.00

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Story Elements Worksheets with Plot Diagrams: 3 Practice Passages

By Deb Hanson

These three worksheets with reading passages are designed to give your upper elementary students an opportunity to practice identifying story elements and plot elements. If you want, you can use one of the passages as an assessment!After reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3

$3.00

134

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Perspectives and Differing Points of View Worksheets and Craftivity

By Deb Hanson

Keep your students engaged as they practice identifying contrasting points of view in a short story! Your students will read FIVE short passages and identify the two differing perspectives presented in the story.I begin this lesson by reminding my

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.5

$3.00

1,119

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Context Clues Task Cards: 32 Practice Passages for 4th and 5th Grade

By Deb Hanson

Context Clues Task Cards: This set of 32 task cards is designed to give your upper elementary students an opportunity to practice using context clues to decipher the meaning of an unknown word. Each task card consists of a sentence with an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.4.4, RL.5.4

$3.00

459

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Context Clues Practice: Worksheets and Exit Tickets for 4th and 5th Grade

By Deb Hanson

Build vocabulary with these context clues worksheets! These worksheets will provide your upper elementary students with practice using context clues to define unknown words. As your fourth- and fifth-grade students complete the worksheets in this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.4.4a, L.5.4a, L.6.4a

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934

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Main Idea & Supporting Details Task Cards: 10 Passages & 30 Questions 4th 5th

By Deb Hanson

This set of 30 task cards is designed to provide students an opportunity to practice main idea (central idea) test questions. Identifying the main idea and key supporting details is a challenging task for many students, and lots of practice is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2

$3.48

762

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Main Idea Activity for Thanksgiving: Turkey Craftivity for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade

By Deb Hanson

This engaging Thanksgiving-themed main idea activity will be a hit in your upper elementary classroom! Students will practice identifying the main idea sentence and its supporting detail sentences! Students match 4 supporting detail sentences

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Thanksgiving

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2

$3.00

1,507

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Context Clues Practice Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Activities for 2nd & 3rd

By Deb Hanson

This context clues bundle has everything you need to keep your second and third grade students engaged as you teach them how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words as they read. The activities in this bundle make learning how

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.3.4

$25.75

$14.00

606

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Reading Notebook Anchor Charts: 2 sizes of each chart!

By Deb Hanson

This resource includes 37 personal anchor charts and 37 full-page anchor charts that feature the key reading skills and comprehension strategies that you likely cover in your upper elementary classroom. Each page of the personal anchor chart file

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Posters, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.6, RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.6, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4...

$10.99

827

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Cause and Effect: Worksheets with Practice Passages, Poster, and Craftivity

By Deb Hanson

Do your students struggle with differentiating between the cause and the effect? Keep your students engaged as they learn to identify cause and effect relationships within sentences and reading passages with this set of four worksheets and optional

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Activities

CCSS:

RI.3.3, RI.3.5, RI.4.3, RI.4.5, RI.5.3, RI.5.5

$3.50

663

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Figurative Language Task Cards: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, & More! 4th 5th

By Deb Hanson

Figurative Language Task Cards: This set of 42 task cards will give your upper elementary students an opportunity to practice reading a sentence and identifying the type of figurative language used by the writer. Students will differentiate between

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.4.5, L.4.5a, L.5.5, L.5.5a, L.6.5, L.6.5a, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5

$3.75

545

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have 16 years teaching experience. I began my career as a 2nd grade teacher. The majority of my career (13 years), I have worked as an elementary ESL teacher. In that capacity, I worked with students from kindergarten through grade 6 at all language development levels, but I most frequently worked with 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade students. I was an upper elementary Reading Teacher (grades 4-5) for two years, as well. I have also spent some of my summers teaching graduate classes at a local university for teachers seeking an ESL endorsement.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in hands-on activities with lots of visual aids and graphic organizers! Most of my products include picture clues for my ESL students! I am constantly creating and making learning materials that will support the unique needs of my students and engage them so that they can experience success and know that learning can be fun!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I have been asked to present half-day professional development seminars at a nearby school district. For my own local school district, I was asked to present two "Teacher Toolkit" seminars for my colleagues, focusing on student engagement and formative assessment. I have served as a mentor teacher to five first year teachers and several teachers new to an ESL position.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a B.A. degree in Elementary Education with an endorsement in Early Childhood. I have a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in English as a Second Language.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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Learn more about me by watching my YouTube video! Email me at deb@crafting-connections.com.

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Science, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Economics , Character Education, Word Problems, Library Skills, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, Informational Text, End of Year