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INFORMATIONAL READING PASSAGES FOR OPINION WRITING: Video Games
This is a text-based opinion writing prompt. It includes 2 "articles" about the pros and cons of video games. The articles are at a 5-7 grade reading level, but younger students can understand the material with support. The articles are written to give students all the information they need to write an opinion essay. Links to additional articles and videos are provided. Also included is an opinion writing rubric aligned to the Common Core and the SBAC, a self-assessment rubric and a prompt
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4th - 7th
SBAC PREP VOLCANOES: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including 5 different types of texts, are included as well as a reference page of links to additiona
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4th - 8th
Complex Sentences - Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
This product focuses on complex sentences and identifying independent and dependent clauses. There is a variety of activities for your students to practice identifying the independent and dependent clauses of a complex sentence. Your students will be challenged and learning needs will be met. It’s a comprehensive look at complex sentences and how they are different than compound sentences as well. These are great activities for the classroom for in-class work, small group work, or homework. All
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5th - 7th
Claim, Reasons & Evidence Google Slides Lesson DISTANCE LEARNING
I created this to go with my unit on Argument Writing. Students need to be able to understand how an author makes a claim. They also need to understand the difference between reasons and evidence. I give explanations and examples of each, and I also provide 4 different examples of claims with a reason and evidence for each. For my students, I added another slide where I put a short article I found online on the left and a note taking side on the right where they need to write the claim, reasons,
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Superhero Close Reading & Writing Theme Unit {Bundle}
Unleash your student's close reading powers with this superhero themed bundle. Inside you will find SIX passages for close reading, homework, assessments, and guided reading instruction. I have designed this unit to meet common core complexity ranges for grades 2-5.
It can also be used to encourage close reading and citing textual evidence in secondary grades.
Each passage has 5 activities (1 Graphic Organizers, 3 pages w/ dependent questions, snd an extended writing response).
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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3rd - 9th
You Be the Judge - analyzing Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how they apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.
This activity is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of Rights by h
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7th - 11th
Middle School 3D Art Paper Mache Bird Sculptures - Painted Recycled Art Lesson!
Painted Recycled Art for Middle School Art or a 3-D High School Art Unit! Easy Papier Mache Bird Sculptures! ⭐Papier Mache is a fun art project that can be made almost for free! An engaging 3-D Spring or Summer-themed Lesson or timely Mother's Day gift item! Cardinals and Winter Birds could be created as well!Cross-curricular science lesson! Bird Anatomy!Student-tested with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students will have a great time making this easy-to-teach bird sculpture while learning about
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Paper Mache Sculpture Lesson BUNDLE! Middle School 3-D Art Project Ideas
Pronouns and their Antecedents - No Prep
Understanding pronouns and their antecedents is another important area of learning in the classroom. These activities will give your students a variety of ways to learning this. It will challenge and teach your students. They will be great for in-class work or for homework. All you have to do is print and go!These activities include finding the pronoun and the antecedent and writing in their own pronoun to complete each sentence that agrees with the antecedent. If you like this resource, ple
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5th - 8th
Pronoun Case {Subject, Object, Possessive} Foldable, PowerPoint, Chart, and Quiz
Pronoun case {subjective, objective, and possessive} is HUGE in sixth grade. However, you could easily use this file as a preview or review of pronoun case. This file contains:
***A PowerPoint of pronoun case with examples
***A foldable for students' interactive journals or notes WITH a blank version, a Cloze Notes version, an answer key, and teacher tips
***A classification chart that you can use for ANY mentor text, short story, poem, or class novel
***A quiz over pronoun case WITH an answe
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5th - 7th
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1st Quarter | Middle School Vocabulary Words and Word Work | Nine Weeks
Download a FREE two-week sample here!Kick off the academic year with a robust vocabulary unit! 1st Quarter Middle School Vocabulary Words and Word Work is designed to help your middle school students expand their vocabulary in a strategic, engaging way.Every week, students will explore six new words and their associated synonyms, recognizing patterns and the nuances of language. This dynamic approach not only equips students with a wider vocabulary but also cultivates a keen understanding of con
Grades:
6th - 8th
Math Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzle Games Worksheets in Print or Digital
Here's how to keep your gifted and talented sports fanatic engaged with logic puzzles and math brainteasers. These 10 challenging sports puzzles provide great math brain teasers with fun for kids! Quick and easy setup provides no prep ease for teachers, too. Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the Middle School Math bundle.Students will love solving these printable or digital worksheets and will ask for more. These worksheets will engage students with whole or small
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers in Print or Digital Worksheets
ELA PRONOUNS Subject/Object, Possessive, & Reflexive/Intensive PowerPoint PPT
This is a 24-slide PowerPoint presentation to introduce pronouns to students. It covers subject/object, possessive, and reflexive/intensive pronouns.The presentation is editable to delete slides for which your students don't need instruction.The presentation includes:1) an overview of subject pronouns (with examples);2) an overview of object pronouns (with examples);3) practice identifying subject and object pronouns (with answers);4) an overview of possessive pronouns (with examples);5) practi
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4th - 8th
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Drawing Conclusions
Engage and challenge your kids with nonfiction reading passages to teach English or social studies students how to make inferences about real events! These eight drawing conclusions reading passages with questions concern people, events, or procedures related to American history and will give your kids the critical thinking practice they need to make inferences or form conclusions from reading. Higher-level short pieces help students think outside the box, and your kids will love them! Click her
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7th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
The Fallacy Detective Bundle
The "Study Guide" resource uses the book's questions with supplemental discussion/questions. It covers all chapters(1-38) thoroughly.The "Writing and Thinking" resource has brief questions on chapters 4-37.This one though only needs the student to read the chapters. The book's questions are not used nor referred to, so it can stand alone.They both have different questions. I use one for homework and one for class time.They both supplement the text and stimulates discussion and comprehension.This
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6th - 12th
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Quiz and Answer Key Pack
This quiz and answer key packet is for the first novel in the Percy Jackson series, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. The questions and answers follow Florida Standards AND Common Core Standards. ALL of the question stems come from FSA and Common Core released test specs. The quizzes require the students to apply their reading skills at a high level. Created by Julie Grunther, masters in reading education and current 5th grade teacher.
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4th - 7th
Ethos Pathos Logos Notes Worksheet, Unit Slideshow Introduction Powerpoint
This is a fun introductory ethos pathos logos slideshow and note-taking guide/ worksheet to introduce ethos pathos logos to your middle or high school students. This is my go-to slideshow that I use with my tenth graders when I introduce ethos pathos logos on the first day of our rhetoric unit. The included editable 51 Google Slides review Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals in depth so that students gain a strong understanding of ethos pathos logos and begin building a solid foundation for eac
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7th - 12th
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
7th Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment (CCSS / TEKS) Reading level test
This is a diagnostic reading assessment appropriate for use with 7th grade aged children. It is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to the required reading skills identified by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The assessment includes reading and response tasks based on reading literature, reading informational texts, and reading argumentative or persuasive texts. Moving beyond skills taught in the lower grades, this assessment emphasizes more complex comprehensi
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6th - 8th
ELA SUBJECTS & PREDICATES Simple, Complete, & Compound PowerPoint PPT
This is a 29-slide PowerPoint presentation on subjects and predicates. It can be used in two separate teaching sessions (one session for subjects and another for predicates), or it can be used as review of both subjects and predicates. If you prefer, I have separate PPT presentations for subjects and predicates that cover the same concepts.
The presentation includes:
1) an overview of subjects;
2) an overview of simple, complete, and compound subjects (with examples and independent practic
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3rd - 8th
Sixth (6th) Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment (CCSS / TEKS) Reading level test
This is a diagnostic reading assessment appropriate for use with sixth grade aged children. It is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to the required reading skills identified by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The assessment includes reading and response tasks based on reading literature, reading informational texts, and reading argumentative or persuasive texts. Moving beyond skills taught in the lower grades, this assessment emphasizes more complex comprehen
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5th - 7th
Middle School Five-Paragraph Essay
About this UnitKnowing how to write a 5-paragraph essay is essential, especially when testing week rolls around. This unit is designed to help your students relearn the basic elements of the 5-paragraph essay while enhancing their writing skills. This unit follows the E.P.G.I. strategy! · Examples· Practice· Guidance· IndependenceThis step-by-step E.P.G.I. strategy WORKS in providing just enough scaffolding to get your students from baby steps to long-distance running in NO TIME.Why You’ll Love
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6th - 8th
Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? An Investigation and Essay Activity
It’s a story familiar to every American child: John Smith, captured by Powhatan Indians, was about to have his head smashed in when suddenly the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, laid her head on his and begged her father not to kill Smith, thereby saving his life. But is it true?
The answer to that is simple: nobody really knows. In this activity, students will examine both sides of the question, analyze the arguments made for and against the veracity of Smith's story, and decide for themselves wh
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7th - 11th
Mesoamerica: the Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Presentation
4,000 years ago the Olmec civilization rose to prominence in Central America. They became the mother civilization for all of Mesoamerica. Their religion was adopted and modified by all the other cultures, as were their agriculture practices and architectural structures. As sudden as their appearance, the Olmec disappeared leaving behind many questions about their civilization.Featuring: -academic vocabulary and concepts-reflection-discussion-academic writing-questions with answersIntroduce yo
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient History Growing Mega Bundle
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