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Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Giver
Reading and Responding to The Giver and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple
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6th - 8th
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Depth and Complexity Novel Study for Number the Stars
Reading and Responding to Number the Stars with Depth and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, ca
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5th - 7th
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Figurative Language Flipbook | Figurative Language Activity | Digital & Print
Figurative language cn be a challenge for students to learn. Help them understand so they can interpret text better. This flipbook will help you introduce the different types of figurative language to your students. What do you get?✔ 9 Page PDF Flipbook: Just print and go!✔ 9 Page Flipbook in Google Slides✔ Answer Key✔ Instruction Sheet✔ Teacher NotesFeatures of the Flipbook✔ Introductory page to introduce the different types of figurative language✔ A page dedicated to each type of figurative l
Grades:
4th - 7th
RACES WRITING STRATEGY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK PRACTICE TEMPLATES
Easy-to-follow RACE, RACER, & RACES Writing Strategy Resources are all included! Use these ready-to-go printable templates with any reading comprehension passage that requires text evidence within a basic written response question. This resource provides practice templates for getting students comfortable with the process of writing one-paragraph answers. Once that happens, writing multi-paragraph answers will be much easier for students to grasp. What's included?Separate RACE, RACER, and R
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3rd - 7th
Also included in: RACES Writing Strategy Posters, Interactive Notebook, Practice Bundle
Depth and Complexity Novel Study for Tuck Everlasting
Reading and Responding to Tuck Everlasting with Depth and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ende
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6th - 8th
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Differentiated PLOT Diagrams for PIXAR Shorts, plot elements, graphic organizers
Who says you can’t use animated shorts with upper elementary kids to further strengthen their fiction comprehension skills?! Using short animations is growing in popularity in the classroom, and for good reason, they work! Shorts are an amazing resource for furthering reading and comprehension skills.This Resource includes 16 graphic organizers and activities geared towards the upper elementary and intermediate student. Each one comes in two different levels to provide differentiation and scaffo
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Expository Writing graphic organizers | step by step informative writing 4th,5th
This expository writing graphic organizer resource will help explain how to write an informative essay for your 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th-grade students. This resource gives step-by-step directions for the different parts of an expository paper. Also included are additional resources for students to learn how to write an effective introduction & conclusion. This expository essay project will explain the steps needed to write a strong expository paper.To begin, the teacher will use the model p
Grades:
4th - 6th
Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Sign of the Beaver
Reading and Responding to The Sign of the Beaver with Depth and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Elizabeth George Speare’s The Sign of The Beaver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic orga
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4th - 6th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mats {For all subjects!}
These “Thinking Mats” present open-ended and engaging opportunities related to 11 “Thinking Tools” ( Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking. They can be utilized with practically any subject and/or topic in a variety of learning settings (small group, pairs, whole group, independent, etc.). There are 11 double-sided “Thinking Mats”; one for
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Reading Comprehension Interactive Strategy Cards
I made these reading comprehension strategy cards based on my all-time favorite professional development book; Strategies that Work, by Harvey and Goudvis. These cards can be used in multiple settings (e.g., Guided Reading, Shared Reading, etc.) and with any level text. I print them on colored card stock, laminate, and the kids use post-its on them. However, they can also be printed on plain paper and used as traditional graphic organizer.There is one card for each strategy:-Determining Impor
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Teach Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement TOGETHER! Practice and Quiz
Teach Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent together! This packet includes notes, practice, and a quiz (two formats) for both Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.
The charts on the practice pages and quiz require students to slow down and identify the subject/antecedent and determine whether it is singular or plural. Then students identify the verb and determine whether it is singular or plural using a simple trick. Finally students chart the pronoun and whether or
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8th - 12th
Text Structure Worksheets Graphic Organizers for Any Nonfiction Book
Are you looking for a way to closely examine each text structure in a way that engages your students to critically analyze the text itself? Students will examine each text structure to discover its elements by using the INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK PAGE included in this product. They will then use the GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS to analyze a text to discover the elements for themselves! Click here to FOLLOW ME for all of my newest releases at 1/2 price for 24 hours!Included in this product are:• Cause and Effe
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Depth and Complexity Novel Study for Hatchet
Reading and Responding to Hatchet with Depth and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in
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5th - 7th
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Parts of Speech | Interactive Notebook Foldables
Review the parts of speech in a fun, engaging, and hands-on way with these interactive notebook foldables. Simplify your lesson planning with this low-prep resource that includes 22 foldables and suggested answer keys.This download includes 22 foldables:Overview Foldable: Noun, Verb, Adjective, AdverbNoun: Person, Place, ThingNoun: Person, Place, Thing, IdeaNouns: Common vs. ProperNouns: Singular vs. PluralIdentifying Nouns in a sentencePronouns: definition & examplesPronouns: singular vs. P
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2nd - 5th
Fall Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 1st 2nd Grade Close Reading
This close reading resource includes 10 fall themed close reading passages for primary grades. Download Close Reading Preview FilePlease download the preview file for a sample view of this resource. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Each passage includes a simplified multiple choice version, an expanded writing response version for differentiated learning, and a related visual diagram.All content is in black and white (including pictures) for easy pr
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Primary Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities Bundle
GRIT Gifted and Talented GATE Enrichment Logic Puzzles SEL Activities Worksheets
✨Grit & Growth Mindset Challenges: Build Resiliency Skills✨ Most growth mindset activities, posters, bulletin boards, coloring pages, positive affirmations or worksheets only discuss what Growth Mindset is or the Power of Yet... These fun Brain teasers & Logic Puzzles encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, GRIT, and a Growth Mindset allowing students to better understand and apply these theories by practicing them in the learning pit.Click Here to Read the Blog PostGRIT and
Grades:
4th - 7th
First Day of School GRIT Growth Mindset Lesson Plan Math Small Group Activities
✨Grit & Growth Mindset Challenges: Build Resiliency Skills✨ Most growth mindset activities, posters, bulletin boards, coloring pages, positive affirmations or worksheets only discuss what Growth Mindset is & its importance. These Math Logic Puzzles encourage GRIT and a Growth Mindset allowing students to better understand and apply these theories by practicing them in the learning pit. ✅ Of all the things we teach our students, it’s hard to think of a concept or objective in the curricul
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5th - 8th
Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Lightning Thief
Reading and Responding to The Lightning Thief with Depth and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-end
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4th - 6th
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Paragraph Puzzles File Folder Activity and More
Students learn about the important components of paragraph writing through this hands-on activity. This printable includes everything you need to create a learning experience that will help students identify and use the different sentences within a paragraph.what's included?•6 color coded paragraphs These paragraphs vary in complexity and are appropriate for grades 2-5. The paragraphs feature the following titles:*How to Make an Ice Cream Sundae (purple)*Protecting the Environment (green)*Taking
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Vocabulary Builders Journal
This vocabulary journal with graphic organizers and a suggested routine for teaching vocabulary is a resource your students can use all year!IF YOU OWN ANY OF MY VOCABULARY UNITS- DO NOT PURCHASE THIS. The vocabulary journal is part of each of my vocabulary units. I have had so many people ask me to sell the journal separately because they are required to use a certain list of vocabulary words but they love my routine and printables.Included:-a suggested daily vocabulary lesson routine-direction
Grades:
2nd - 5th
PROVE IT! Citing Text Evidence Like a Text Detective
CCSS RL1 and RI1 ask students to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as a basis for the answers. This is what led me to create my PROVE IT! Text Detectives unit! In this unit, students will learn to refer to the text when answering text-based questions. I have included everything you need to introduce your students to citing the text in an answer!
The following are included in this unit:
--My lesson plan for introducing students abo
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Logical Fallacies Mini-Unit: Visual Notes, Quiz, and Teacher Presentation
*Updated in December 2021 with editable teacher's presentation and visual notes guide and revised teacher's directionsOVERVIEWEmpower your students to identify logical fallacies in the real world and avoid using them in their own arguments. This mini-unit includes a visual notes activity with 10 logical fallacies, their definitions, and a task to go along with the fallacy. Students will complete the tasks on the visual notes to engage with these fallacies. A 20-slide teacher’s presentation is in
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Depth and Complexity Novel Study for Where the Red Fern Grows
Reading and Responding to Where the Red Fern Grows with Depth and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Wilson Rawls’s Where the Red Fern Grows. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers
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5th - 6th
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Fact and Opinion Task Cards & Unit Plan | Perspective & Bias | Digital + Print
This 153 PAGE UNIT provides ENGAGING TASKS, TASK CARDS, LESSONS and RESOURCES to teach students the difference between FACT and OPINION as READERS and WRITERS through proven teaching strategies fostering CRITICAL THINKING and RESEARCH SKILLS. ⭐ AN ESSENTIAL MEDIA LITERACY SKILL FOR THE "MISINFORMATION" ERAWHAT'S INCLUDEDFact & Opinion Mini-Lesson and overviewLink to Google Slides Version for independent/interactive use16 Fact and Opinion Discovery Task cards (Digital + Print)16 Fact & O
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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