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Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree CRAFTivity
This is a fun and beautiful Christmas art project to pair with Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry. This mixed-media activity includes both art and story sequencing in one! Students color/paint characters from the story (character prints provided), build a Christmas tree (construction paper templates provided), number the story sequencing (number print outs provided), and decorate Mr. Willowby's Christmas tree. NOTE - Detailed instructions with pictures provided in the printable.
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Writing pencil goals (editable)
This pack comes with different coloured pencils which can be used to display student's individual writing goals. The pencils come in different colours if you want to coordinate it to match group colours. There are 10 goals provided, such as 'neat handwriting, 'finger spaces', 'sounding it out', and many more. These goals are editable so that you can change it to suit your class. There is space for 4 ticks down the side, and my students get a reward once they have it full.I use these in my Litera
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K - 2nd, Not Grade Specific
Just Me and My Flamingo- Journal
Just Me and My Flamingo journal. The journal is a great tool for free writeassignment or a communication log between you and the student.Also, this journal is a great tool for educators who feel need support in navigatingeducational landscape. Everyone needs a tool to remove some of the stress of teaching in order to finish the academic school year.
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Common Core Aligned Flee Map Pre-Writing Organization Tools Across Genres
Use of Thinking Maps within schools is a beneficial tool for responding to text across genres and grade levels. This is a pre-writing document that includes Flee Map posters and black lines for explanatory/informative, opinion, and narrative prompts!
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- A Flee Map explanation poster
- Explanatory/informative, narrative, and opinion writing standards poster that can be used on any focus wall, included on a bulletin board, etc.
- Flee Map black line (A Flee Map, derived from Thi
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Literary / Rhetorical Devices & Figurative Language Posters or Cards (Set of 30)
This poster set (which can also be used as a student reference card set) contains 30 unique, colourful posters highlighting a wide variety of literary/rhetorical devices and figurative language techniques. Ideal for English literature and creative writing classrooms of all ages. Each poster comes with a definition and unique example from real poems, books and beyond, representing a wide array of authors and voices. Each poster also has a unique design relevant to the quote and device. These post
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Celebrate Graduation Journal Writing pages | Blank Draw and Write Pages
These Graduation-themed blank journal writing pages with drawing boxes are perfect for elementary writers! Emerging writers will enjoy the simple design and find space to express themselves through drawing and writing.Includes:-Handwriting and writing lines for primary grades-Differentiated pages-Boxes for creative drawingFREE Graduation Day coloring page included!Themed Background Images for Presentations:Fantasy Dragon Background Slide ImagesUnicorn Background IllustrationsMarch Background Sli
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Readers' Workshop Rotation PowerPoint - CHALKBOARD
Guided Groups & Rotations Made Easy!
This PowerPoint Presentation is set up so you can have it automatically play while you are meeting with groups. It will keep time for you and notify you when it is time to switch to your next rotation/group. This is appropriate for all age groups and could be used with reading or writing activities.
Benefits of using this tool:
• Students know the task for each rotation, helping them to be self-directed, allowing teacher to work with groups.
• Timer for
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SEL Book Study and Lesson
The Bear Essentials by Hal Price is an excellent resource for teaching SEL to young children. Get the book and use this ready made book study and lesson.
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Individual Writing Goals - 70 Writing Goal Bookmarks
In this resource you will find 70 specific individual writing goal bookmarks PLUS 2 individual goal tracker charts to help your students think about and improve upon their writing skills.These bookmarks are written in easy to understand child friendly words and are suitable for all ages. Simply slide a specific writing goal bookmark into your students workbooks telling them the focus goal you would like them to concentrate on for that writing session. The specific goals are not age specific, m
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World Creation
The aim of these uploads is to show the importance of setting as it relates to the theme of a story. I have included group assessment sheets where students are able to use the sheets to discuss and edit their work together using a series of prompts that include, pathetic fallacy, dichotomies, the significance of particular settings such as the forest, and creating a purpose that is evident in the setting. There are a range of tasks that require the development of vocabulary and an emphasis on
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The Three Billygoats Gruff TEACHER STICK PUPPETS, story telling
The Three Billygoats Gruff stick puppets12 Puppets in total!Perfect for storytelling.color and black and whiteEach image is on an 8inch by 8 inch full-size pageThese can be printed out very large for teachers, or you can bring them into a document program and resize them smaller. I have also included one sheet that has all of them together if you wanted them in a smaller size.This would work great on magnetic boards or felt boards.You can use craft sticks, popsicle sticks, or the free paint stic
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Also included in: Teacher Stick Puppets Bundle color & black and white GROWING bundle
Can We Talk? One Pager
This quick one page project can be used with any piece of literature. Students will formulate a conversation between two characters from the story. Paragraph prompts included.
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Kids' Story: SHEEMA: THE GIRL WHO LOVED FLOWERS
Dear Readers:Habile-Grace stories for kids have multiple objectives. Primarily, they revolve around specific themes focused on moral values, imparting valuable lessons to young readers so as to instill positive values in them. Moreover, they enhance children's vocabulary by introducing them to new words and expressions. Furthermore, these tales are suitable for lively and engaging performances in school tableaus, allowing students to bring the narratives to life through dramatic presentations.Th
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Also included in: CHILDREN'S STORIES' BUNDLE (A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF FIVE STORIES)
Time and the Structure of Fiction
Under the heading 'Time and Structure,' I look at key areas of storytelling such as, repetition, pace, waiting, time pressure and processes of association. Each topic is explained with examples given of fiction that relies on specific techniques. There is also analysis of techniques that can be used to create this type of structure, or there are ideas on why these structural techniques are incorporated. Each section includes a story topic that should consolidate the techniques, or concepts dis
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
The SOS File by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers! Short Stories!
Have you ever needed to call 9-1-1, but you couldn't get to a phone? Have you ever needed to run, but your legs were like spaghetti? Have you ever needed to yell "help!" but your throat was dry with fear?
Laugh, cry, and panic with Mr. Magro's class as they listen to twelve exciting SOS tales.
In The SOS FILE, twelve of Mr. Magro's students have written about their biggest emergencies and tucked them into the SOS file. Now it's time to read the stories out loud and try to guess whose contribut
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Children's Story Assignment/Requirements
Giving students of any age a chance to write a children's story provides them opportunity to reflect on their own childhoods, and create a story for others to learn valuable lessons in life. It allows them to tap into writing creatively, and writing for an audience that all can relate. Take this plan and make it your own, or use it exactly as it is. I used this for many years with my seniors in high school, a very diverse group socio-economically and racially, and of which represented many d
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Secrets and Structure of Stories
These lessons take students through a series of exercises to help them understand the importance of secrets, dramatic irony, and the use of symbolism rather than explanation. Lessons break down the types of secrets and who is privy to them that propel or structure a plot. Lessons involve guided group discussion and writing activities.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Goodnight Moon Craftivity
This is a fun art project to pair with "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown. This activity includes both art and writing in one! Students build their own green room window scene, then write a few sentences to the starter "In the great green room..." introduction.
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Monster Adjective Writing
This fun activity will have your students practicing their cutting skills while also engaging them in the creative writing process. Students will practice their use of adjectives to describe their monsters.
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Using Genre to develop a Story Structure.
This lesson allows students to think about generic conventions and how they might use them in developing individual stories. It shows how working within a genre can give them the scaffolding to explore individual ideas. It uses reading, discussion, guided story topics and reflection.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
"What Happens Next?!" Graphic Organizer - Print-and-Go Sub Plan!
Working on predicting and want to include some group work in your writing lessons? Looking for a fun and engaging sub plan that isn't boring? Check this one out! Choose a picture book that has a great climax, but don't read all the way to the end. "Mr. S" by Monica Arnaldo is an excellent choice with its plot twist ending.Divide students into groups of four. If there is a group of three, simply cross out the "Next" box. If there is a group of five, have one student create a title page.Provide st
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Discussing Education: Sustainable Development Goal 4
We created this resource to help kids connect with and understand the global social and environmental justice goal of “Quality Education” as defined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #4 in an age-appropriate way.Picture books are a great entry point to many challenging conversations with our kids. We have structured this resource to be used with multiple age groups in both formal and informal educational settings.In addition, you will find creative social sciences activities to
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The Green Book Reading Guide
This guide has critical thinking questions for each chapter of The Green Book by Jill Patton Walsh. This book is perfect for all ages, is a quick read and illicit some deep conversations. There are many projects to be done once this book is read so use your imagination and enter a future world!
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Practica de Escritura-Oraciones completas
Have your students practice their sentence writing with these Elkonin boxes. Students will first choose an option from the first row, then write the complete sentence two times.Please print on both sides for students to practice their powerful sentences!
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