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Kathryn Grimmick

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” :)

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Gooseberry Park Guided Reading Packet, CC-Aligned!

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Wringer Guided Reading Packet, Jerry Spinelli

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To Kill a Mockingbird Poetry Mini-Unit

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Creating a Utopian Society -- inspired by Lois...

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Wonder Precept Project

By Kathryn Grimmick

I love this project! It shows such great creativity and thinking from my middle schoolers.Upon completing Wonder by RJ Palacio, have your students compose a precept postcard, like Mr. Browne encourages his own students to do. Students will come up

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Gift of the Magi: Pre-Reading Activity

By Kathryn Grimmick

Enjoy this two-page activity prior to beginning your "Gift of the Magi" (O. Henry) unit. Could be used as a gift-giving lesson without reading the story as well. Students think about what gifts are, who they give them to, how they afford them,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables

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Esperanza Rising: Creating a Yarn Doll

By Kathryn Grimmick

This one-page document guides students through creating their very own Mexican yarn doll, just like the one created in the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. The document contains images walking students through each step. All teachers will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities

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Unbroken (Hillenbrand), Survival at Sea journal entries

By Kathryn Grimmick

This is one of my favorite activities to complete with my students while reading the novel Unbroken. Students compose journal entries imagining they are Louie, Mac, and Phil stranded at sea. This document guides students through 7 journal entries,

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities

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The Sisters Grimm Guided Reading Book Club

By Kathryn Grimmick

I have included a fun, in-depth guided reading packet to accompany the novel The Sisters Grimm (book 1) by Michael Buckley. This packet addresses all chapters in depth and detail, and also includes a reading schedule page, brief pre-reading

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Guided Reading Books, Lesson

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Bud, Not Buddy Chapter Quizzes for Entire Novel

By Kathryn Grimmick

I have bundled together all of my Bud, Not Buddy reading comprehension ("DIRT"/Did you read this?) quizzes for all of the 19 chapters in the book. Quizzes range from 3-10 questions. Some include additional bonus questions, which my students love.

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Assessment

$5.00

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Gooseberry Park Guided Reading Packet, CC-Aligned!

By Kathryn Grimmick

This is a fun, Common Core-aligned, guided reading packet to go with the novel Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant. This packet stretches the entire novel. Each chapter is represented with questions and responses. This packet addresses:

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Creative Writing, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.4.1, RL.4.4, RL.5.1, RL.5.4, W.4.3, W.5.3, L.4.4, L.4.5, L.5.4...

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Class Participation Rubric

By Kathryn Grimmick

Enjoy this class participation rubric I use with my students. I show this to students and parents at the beginning of the year to establish expectations, as well as to justify participation grades. Could easily be used or adapted for several grade

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Classroom Management

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Parents

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The Word Eater Guided Reading Pack -- CC Aligned!

By Kathryn Grimmick

This is a fun, Common Core-aligned, guided reading packet to go with the novel The Word Eater by Mary Amato. This packet stretches the entire novel. Each chapter is represented with questions and responses. This packet addresses: comprehension

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.4, RL.4.6, RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.5.6, RL.6.1, RL.6.4, W.4.2, W.5.2, W.6.2...

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A Long Walk to Water Pre-Reading

By Kathryn Grimmick

Enjoy this pre-reading document to be used with Linda Sue Park's novel, A Long Walk to Water. This two-page document assesses students background knowledge about Sudan in a general way (ie: where is it, what is it, what does it look like?). The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Guided Reading Books

$1.50

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Holes Multiple Plot Map Organizers

By Kathryn Grimmick

Please enjoy the guided plot maps I assembled for the novel, Holes by Louis Sachar. Students can feel overwhelmed by the three separate plot lines running through the novel (Stanley at Camp Green Lake, Madame Zeroni and Stanley's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers

$5.00

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"The Gift of the Magi" -- Irony notes & lesson

By Kathryn Grimmick

Enjoy this "The Gift of the Magi" product which walks students through guided notes understanding each of the three types of irony, then asks them to respond to one type of irony they see in the short story. A great first lesson on irony, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$2.25

$2.00

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"No rose without thorns." Understanding Theme &Human Rights in Esperanza Rising

By Kathryn Grimmick

This 3-page document is to be used at the end of the novel, Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan. One page is a chart requiring students to link the specific challenges Esperanza and her family faces to specific human rights. This chart also

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers

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CC Aligned -- All the Broken Pieces Guided Reading, by Ann E Burg

By Kathryn Grimmick

This is a Common Core-aligned, guided reading packet to go with the novel All the Broken Pieces by Ann E Burg. This packet stretches the entire novel, providing text-dependent comprehension questions, as well as addressing inferencing, analysis of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, World History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.5.6, RL.6.1, RL.6.4, RL.7.1, RL.7.4, RL.8.1, RL.8.6, W.5.1, W.5.3...

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Haunted House for Sale Rubric

By Kathryn Grimmick

This product aligns with another product I have in my store: Haunted House for Sale. This item is the rubric for assessing the paper which is written using another product in my store. It will be only 75 cents until Halloween! Happy Haunted

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment

$1.00

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Creating a Utopian Society -- inspired by Lois Lowry's The Giver

By Kathryn Grimmick

I have put together a packet of the materials I use with my middle schoolers when they create their very own utopian societies! We complete this project after reading The Giver, though any similar dystopian novel would work. Students plan and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Activities

$4.50

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Holes Final Exam

By Kathryn Grimmick

Please enjoy this thorough 86-question exam for the novel, Holes by Louis Sachar. It includes true/false, matching, cause and effect, multiple choice, ordering, a Venn diagram, and extended response (requiring support!). It also includes a bonus.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

$5.00

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A Long Walk to Water: Dinka Scarification

By Kathryn Grimmick

My students are fascinated with the concept of scarification presented in chapter 3 (and throughout) of A Long Walk to Water. I put together a quick slideshow to show them what it actually looks like, and I read from a script to explain the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$1.50

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Esperanza Rising, cheat sheet of Spanish words and their meanings

By Kathryn Grimmick

I have prepared a quick "cheat sheet" for teachers using the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. This novel uses many Spanish phrases, and I have translated each, by chapter, for quick reference. Though we often tried to infer the meanings

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Cultural Activities

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Common Core Aligned Guided Reading, Numbering all the Bones by Ann Rinaldi

By Kathryn Grimmick

Enjoy this fun, common core aligned guided reading for the novel Numbering all the Bones by Ann Rinaldi. This packet includes each chapter in the novel, as well as a pre-reading KWL chart about the Civil War, reading schedule, and two optional

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.5.1, RL.5.3, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.6.1, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.7.1...

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