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Realistic Fiction Writing Unit

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This realistic fiction writing unit includes the following lessons: 1) Making a writing goal and generating ideas for a realistic fiction story 2) Generating Ideas: Imagining Stories from Ordinary Moments 3) Selecting a seed idea/story idea 4)

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

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Unit Plans, Handouts, Assessment

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Team Building Energizers - Building Classroom Community Games and Activities

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This product includes forty games and activities you can play with students to build your classroom community. Each game is described thoroughly so you can successfully play them with your students! The games that are included are: 1) Hangman 2)

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Problem Solving, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Mystery Writing Unit Plans

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These mystery writing unit plans include the following minilessons: 1) What makes a good Mystery story? 2) Planning Problem/ Solution 3) Planning Clues 4) Planning Characters 5) Planning Setting 6) Planning story: plot beginning, middle, and

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

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

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Unit Plans, Handouts, Assessment

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Classroom Discussion and Debate Rubrics

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This is a rubric you can use to evaluate students during a discussion. By using this assessment during a discussion, students can earn positive points for positive behaviors and can earn negative points for negative discussion behaviors. It is a

Subjects:

Reading, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management

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

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Activities, Assessment, Printables

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How a Bill Becomes a Law Children's Book Activity

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This activity requires students to think deeper about how a bill becomes a law because they will need to write a book about it for children. Here is part of the prompt provided in this product: Soon you too will be the author of a children’s book!

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects, Activities, Handouts

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Inferences Minilesson - Garbage Bag Inferences (Powerpoint)

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This is a unique and engaging way to introduce how to make an inference with your students. For this lesson you will tell students that you want them to help you solve a mystery. Tell them that you have some new neighbors that you have never met

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Historical Fiction Book Club Project: Quilting the Past

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After my students finish reading their historical fiction book club book, I have them complete a project called "Quilting the Past." The description of this project is below: You and your book club have been reading your book critically and looking

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Rubrics

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Paper Airplane Activity

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During this activity students will create two different models of paper airplanes and then conduct an experiment to discover the design that flies the longest using what they know about air resistance, force, motion, and design. The product

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

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

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Memoir Introduction Minilesson - Powerpoint

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This PowerPoint gives students an introduction to what a memoir is. It lays out the expectations for a typical memoir writing unit. It includes the following: 1) Brainstorming page about what a memoir is and why people write memoirs 2) A reading

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Greek Myth Graphic Organizer and Rubric

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I have my students write and perform Greek myths during our unit on ancient Greece. I have them fill out the organizer that is apart of this product before they write their myths. Once they are written, I have students perform them. A rubric is

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Realistic Fiction Writing Unit Powerpoint

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This is a unit you can use with your students to help them write well developed and interesting realistic fiction stories! The minilessons in this unit include: 1) Goal Setting and Generating Ideas 2) Imagine Stories from Ordinary Moments 3)

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Reading Pack for Grades 3-8 (Customizable)

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This product includes files that every reading teacher should have. This fifty-seven page document includes the following: 1) Friday follow-up assessments: These are quick forms of assessments I use every Friday to make sure students are capturing

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Fluency Lesson, Rubric, Practice Chart, and Letter to Parents for Grades 1-6

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This product includes a fluency lesson and rubric you can use to assess your students' fluency with. The fluency assessment is a great way to get a baseline assessment on your students' fluency. The rubric assesses the following: 1) Fluidity 2)

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Assessment, Printables

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Schema Lesson Powerpoint

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This Powerpoint thoroughly explains what schema means and how to use it as a reading strategy. This smartboard compares your schema (background knowledge) to a spider web because like spider webs, our brains "trap" information that help us become

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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Mapping Activity - Make Your Own Continent!

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This mapping activity allows students to put their creativity to the test! Students will practice developing their own physical, political, climate, or economic/resource map. Students will work on the following skills while doing this activity: 1)

Subjects:

Geography

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

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Activities, Printables

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Inferences Minilesson - Garbage Bag Inferences (Smartboard)

By The Middle School Classroom

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

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Open House Smartboard - Welcome to Our Classroom!

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This is the Smartboard I use when students meet me for the first time at open house at the beginning of the year. The Smartboard includes: 1) A welcome screen that tells students what to grab from the table and what they need to turn in to me (this

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Jeopardy Review Game for Space Test

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I use this jeopardy game to help my students review for their space test. The categories in this game are: 1) Sun-Moon-Earth 2) Seasons 3) The Sun 4) Day/Month/Year or Stars 5) Misc. If you feel the questions and answers don't fit your

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

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

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Study Guides, PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Out of the Dust Unit Plan for 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade

By The Middle School Classroom

This is a resource for teachers doing a book club unit on the book "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse. This unit includes theme questions and lessons that incorporate book club curricular areas such as comprehension, literary aspects, composition, and

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

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Parent Teacher Conference Pack for Grades 3-8

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This parent teacher conference pack is based around student led conferences. It includes: 1) A self-reflection sheet for students to fill out. This two-page reflection will be what they use for "talking points" at the conference. They reflect on:

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Printables, For Parents

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