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Free 7th grade balanced literacy task cards
Free Analogies for Grades 3-6
Word analogies are one of the most effective ways to build vocabulary while simultaneously developing critical thinking skills. Unlike vocabulary activities that require students to memorize word definitions, word analogies develop a deep understanding of a word meaning by exploring the relationships between words. When students form logical connections between words, they create a mental network of ideas, which deepens understanding and increases retention. While solving word analogies, student
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4th - 7th
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Free Analogies for Grades 7-10
Word analogies are one of the most effective ways to build vocabulary while simultaneously developing critical thinking skills. Unlike vocabulary activities that require students to memorize word definitions, word analogies develop a deep understanding of a word meaning by exploring the relationships between words. When students form logical connections between words, they create a mental network of ideas, which deepens understanding and increases retention. While solving word analogies, student
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6th - 10th
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ELA Bell Ringers Free Week - Team Trivia, Puzzles, and Riddles - ELA Warm Ups
These fun and challenging bell ringers (or exit tickets) are a mix of ELA trivia, riddles, puzzles, and quizzes about books, movies, and music. Your students will work in teams to collaborate, earn points, and eventually try to win the class competition. This is a great way to build classroom community!This freebie contains five mini-quizzes and an answer key.Students will tackle:✅ Riddles & word games✅ Classic lit with a twist✅ YA fiction & pop cultureCheck out these complete sets:Each
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Bell Ringers - Collaborative ELA Trivia and Puzzles for Classroom Community
Spring Activities
Spring Activities Freebie: Spring Activities Responding to Reading Cards...'Tweet About It!'
This Spring Activities freebie includes really cute little birds who like to ‘tweet.’ They can be used in lots of ways. One thing I am going to do is have my students ‘tweet’ about their independent reading each day. This is a great way for me to quickly assess the kinds of things they are thinking as they read. It also shows me what they think is important from their reading. I like that there is
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2nd - 8th
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40 Inference Task Cards and Write Your Own Mystery Cards - ELA
INFERENCE TASK CARDS AND WRITE YOUR OWN MYSTERY CARDSThis resource will have your students practicing their reading and writing skills. Firstly, they will read a short mystery and then they will then use inference to solve the mystery. Secondly, they must write down their answer using evidence from the text to support their argument. Finally, they can write their own inference mystery for their friends, teacher, or family to solve. Students will practice three main skills: reading, writing and s
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Summary Sentence Stems
Provide scaffolding to help develop a students classroom discussions and writing. These sentence stems are developed to assist in Summary building with fiction and non fiction. These can be used as extra help for each student, in groups to help guide discussion or as a way to guide students writing.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Middle School Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
This is a resource to review the following six types of figurative language:-Simile-Metaphor-Personification-Hyperbole-Alliteration-OnomatopoeiaIn my classroom students use these task-cards as a small group station. I also use them for independent practice. I laminate the sheet of task cards, cut, and put them in plastic baggies so that we can reuse them often. This creates an easy station for a partner or small group to work through each card and discus which type of figurative language it is
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Writing Hook Imagery FREEBIE (Starting With Impact) American English
Free writing hook task cards for imagery (5 senses). Sentence starters and prompts that teach students how to start their writing with impact and keep their reader entertained right from the start! Both fiction and non-fiction sentence starters are included.
This is the American English version. Click here to view the Australian/ British English version
★★★Teach students how to use imagery to start their writing with impact using this FREE prompt cards pack.★★★
Writing an interesting start t
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Daily Journal Writing Prompts - FREE Samples
Daily Journal Writing Prompts is a collection of daily prompts to help inspire students to write. Though Journal Writing is generally a free topic in my class, some students feel stuck without direction. That’s where the prompt cards come in handy. They were a staple in my class when I taught Grade 2 and 3, but essentially could be used in any grade level. They work well in a binder (inside sheet protectors) or else cut out and laminated as cue cards. The download includes:16 journal writing pr
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K - 8th
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Beyond the Highlighter- Reading Annotation Task Cards
Students will love these annotation cards to show their thinking during whole group or guided reading instruction. Students are engaged and develop critical thinking skills that will continue to help them grow as readers.
Includes annotation cards for:
-Important Information/Main Idea
-Exciting Information
-Question
-I agree
-I disagree
-Vocabulary
-Thinking to Discuss
-Connection
-Evidence
-Feelings/Theme
-Plot
-I'm thinking..
What is an annotation? A reading annotation is a sym
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K - 8th
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Bookmark for Annotating Text
This is an easily accessible bookmark to remind students of what they need to highlight and summarize as they read. Students are expected to highlight characters, setting, imagery, figurative language, and standard common core expectations, and then ask and comment on the margins of the book. This bookmark helps students interact with the text they are reading. Students find this useful when reading literature and informational texts. The bookmark has been created for use in middle school,
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Vocabulary Work Station Calendar
Vocabulary has been a hot button topic with a few teachers in my districts lately. And with the Common Core State Standards, it's something we need to be aware of as teachers and be explicitly teaching to our students.
More about vocabulary instruction and what words to teach can be seen in the document.
But hopefully, this document gives you an idea for a Vocabulary Work Station that will sustain itself for the rest of your school year!
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Summer Reading Comprehension Calendar
This is a 4 week summer reading comprehension calendar. After reading for 20 minutes there is a comprehension activity to complete. The first 2 weeks repeat to create a routine. Enjoy!
Grades:
K - 8th
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Valentine's Day Poetry Task Cards
With this differentiated set of task cards you can address learners of all levels(including Gifted and Talented, ESL, and Special Education) and styles from grades 3-8. The poems selected are bright, entertaining, and cheery. The tasks are adaptable and cover speaking, writing, reading, illustrating, and listening. Did I mention, this product is also FREE!?! Happy Valentine's Day!
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3rd - 8th
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LITERATURE CIRCLE ROLE CARDS UPPER PRIMARY
LITERATURE CIRCLE ROLE CARDS UPPER PRIMARYA literature circle (a.k.a a rigorous and structured book club) is a small group instructional approach to support the development of comprehension, independence and enjoyment. To prompt student thinking, the following role cards may be used.The roles include:- Director- Connector- Creator- Vocab Detective- Literary Observer- Summariser
Grades:
4th - 7th
Can You Picture This?
CLOSE Picture Reading printables are designed to create an interactive activity to review common core reading content standards and reinforce the reading comprehension skills of text-dependent questions, making observations, inferenceing, cause and effect, drawing conclusions, and making judgments. The printables can be used as independent work or group work.
This package includes over 30 picture printables and 2 blank picture printables.
In addition, a CLOSE reading chart and a Text Tal
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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The Borrowers - Thinker's Keys
Here is a number of Thinker's Keys activities all based around the book The Borrowers by Mary Norton.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Metaphor in Aru Shah and the End of Time
Independent lesson on metaphor using Aru Shah and the End of Time
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Task and Command Words
Task and command words used in test and exam questions. This words give instruction in how to answer questions. Available in two different colours either in A4 or cue cards. Display task words around room, use in literacy games or as entry tickets.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Task Cards Freebie!
*8 Ready-to-Print Common Core Aligned Task Cards
*Fits with any text
*Creative way to have students analyze and reflect on what they have read!
Grades:
5th - 11th
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Topic Audience Purpose
A printable to show students the writing skill of choosing a quality topic, considering their audience, and focusing on the purpose of your writing.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Discussion Guide Bookmark
It is the culture we create in the classroom and the strategies we employ to generate discussion that helps students engage meaningfully with complex text. However, many times, students don't quite know what to do or where to begin when it comes to academic conversations. These student-friendly, printable bookmarks are a great way to provide students with a checklist-styled guide on what to do before, during and after a group discussion as well as sentence frames to refer to to help them overc
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Discussion Activity for Twilight Zone Ep: The Obsolete Man
Essential questions for a rich discussion of the Twilight Zone Episode: The Obsolete Man. Great, thought provoking, open-ended questions. Frames the episode's central themes and previews the dilemmas presented in the installment. Best used before screening the episode.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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