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Check out this freebie for the word "the" that is included in my 1-100 of Fry's High Frequency Words resource!

1-100 HFW Resource

This resource is presented in an easy to use, kindergarten or first grade friendly format. Perfect to use after explicit instruction in the spelling pattern or irregularities associated with words that are sometimes not decodable!

Students use a variety of modalities to orthographically map the the word including:

• Finger trace
• Find and circle
• Write
• Color
• Read it in 2-3 easily decodable sentences
• Draw it
• Use in a sentence - A perfect way to introduce sentence stems!

This resource is perfect to use in ELA small group stations as it provides a visual reminder of what to do in each section for non-readers.

We all know that memorizing words is not the best practice as it relates to the Science of Reading. Using these sheets after explicit instruction will help young learners retain and practice their skills!

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Looking to spark creativity in your classroom this Thanksgiving season? These 10 Thanksgiving-themed story starters are perfect for getting your students' imaginations flowing! Designed for grades 4 and up, these engaging and open-ended prompts let students craft their own festive, adventurous, and even magical stories.
Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for November or Thanksgiving-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “While preparing the Thanksgiving feast, you discover the turkey is enchanted! It starts talking and asks you to help it break a 100-year-old curse. What will you do?”
• “A UFO lands in your backyard on Thanksgiving Day. The aliens are friendly, but they want to join your dinner. What happens next?”
• And 8 more fun and imaginative prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Easy to Use: Simply print and go! Perfect for quick lesson planning.
• Engaging & Fun: Each prompt is designed to capture students’ attention and foster creative thinking.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for writing centers, bell work, or independent writing projects.
• Perfect for November: Add a festive twist to your writing lessons during the Thanksgiving season.

This FREE resource will keep your students engaged and excited about writing. Download today and watch their Thanksgiving tales come to life!

This product, 'Baditude! My Self-Evaluation,' offers a glimpse into my comprehensive book companion for Julia Cook's 'Baditude!' It provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their classroom behavior, particularly focusing on personal attitudes.

Unlock the Full Potential: Baditude! (by Julia Cook) Social-Emotional Learning Activities

If you love this sample, please take a look at the complete book companion/interactive read aloud, Baditude! (by Julia Cook) Social-Emotional Learning Activities. This resource is a treasure trove of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and English Language Arts (ELA) activities designed to help children transition from a 'baditude' to an attitude of gratitude, all while honing essential ELA skills.

Within the full book companion, you'll discover:

• An in-depth explanation of the CASEL 5 Standards, covering self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
• Support and recommendations for educators on teaching and nurturing a positive attitude in children.
• Clear SEL learning objectives integrated into this book companion.
• Thoughtful guided questions to facilitate discussions before, during, and after reading the text.
• A diverse array of book companion activities that bridge ELA and SEL skills.
• ELA skill sheets and posters.
• Informative notes to families, elucidating the skills being developed in class and offering guidance on how they can support at home.
• Celebratory Brag Tags for recognizing and applauding improvements and achievements.

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I invite you to explore my store for more book companions that will aid your classroom in cultivating SEL and ELA proficiency.

For the best value, consider exploring my comprehensive bundle of book companions, Social Emotional Learning Activities By making a single purchase, you'll gain access to all current book companions and receive notifications for downloading future full book companions at no extra cost.

Learn More: Interactive Readalouds for SEL and Literacy Skills

Discover the power of interactive read-alouds in promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) and literacy skills in children. Explore the benefits of reading to kids for their academic success and emotional intelligence. Whether you’re a teacher or a caregiver, learn how interactive read-alouds can positively transform young lives with this blog post: Interactive Readalouds: How to Use Them to Promote SEL and Literacy Skills.

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This cactus themed Color by CVC Word freebie is a preview of our full size Color by CVC Word units. This freebie comes with a "short a" puzzle featuring the words cat, mad, jam, and pan. Students can use the picture clue puzzle or the word clue puzzle. In the picture clue puzzle, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue puzzle, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color. No prep! Just print and go.

**This freebie comes with short a only, but the full units come with all five vowel families, each in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total.**

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*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

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Media Literacy and Print Advertising This resources is the perfect way to take a quick look at print advertisements. This could be used as a diagnostic or a summative, depending not he grade level. Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store! Follow me to get the most up to date information and heads up on upcoming sales. Every new product is 50% off for the first 24 hours. Another great reason to follow my store.

This product (Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules- Cause and Effect) is a sample of my book companion for the book Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules by Steve Herman. It allows students to reflect on their own behavior in the classroom around the topic of personal attitude. 

Unlock the Full Potential: Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules (by Steve Herman) Social-Emotional Activities

The full book companion, Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules (by Steve Herman) Social-Emotional Activities, can be found in my TeachShare store. It is full of SEL and ELA activities for helping children learn about why we have rules and the importance of following them, while also building specific ELA skills.

What Awaits You in the Full Book Companion:

• An explanation of the CASEL 5 Standards (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making).
• Support for adults and suggestions on how to teach and support children in learning about why we have rules, why the same rules apply to everyone, and the impact of our choices.
• Specific SEL learning objectives that are covered in this book companion.
• Guided questions for before, during, and after reading the text.
• A variety of book companion activities that address both ELA and SEL skills.
• ELA skill sheets/posters
• Note to families explaining the skill we are working on in class and letting them know how they can help at home.
• Brag Tags for celebrating improvement and success

Explore More Resources for SEL and ELA Skills Development

Please visit my store for other book companions to help your class develop both their SEL and ELA skills! To get the best value, take a look at my growing bundle of book companions, Social Emotional Learning Activities. Pay once, get all of my current book companions, then receive a notification to download each new full book companion at no additional cost to you!

Learn More: Interactive Readalouds for SEL and Literacy Skills

Discover the power of interactive read-alouds in promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) and literacy skills in children. Explore the benefits of reading to kids for their academic success and emotional intelligence. Whether you’re a teacher or a caregiver, learn how interactive read-alouds can positively transform young lives with this blog post: Interactive Readalouds: How to Use Them to Promote SEL and Literacy Skills.

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This AVID Costa's Levels of Thinking Early Finisher Packet includes a variety of critical thinking activities for middle and high school students. It features a passage with leveled questions, a creative "Finish the Story" activity using Costa’s levels, and an exercise where students categorize questions by thinking level. Perfect for classroom use or independent practice, this packet helps deepen understanding and encourages higher-level thinking!

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✨Costa Bundle

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What's Included

1. Passage with Leveled Questions

• Overview: This activity provides students with a short, engaging passage followed by questions categorized by Costa's Levels of Thinking.

2. Costa’s "Finish the Story" Activity

• Overview: This creative writing activity allows students to apply Costa’s Levels of Thinking as they finish a partially written story. Each stage of the activity corresponds to a different level of thinking.

3. Categorizing Costa's Questions Activity

• Overview: In this activity, students are given a set of questions related to a topic and must categorize them into Costa’s Levels of Thinking. This helps students learn how to identify different types of thinking questions.

Bonus Features

• Answer Key: An answer key is provided for teachers to quickly check the categorization activity and leveled questions.
• No-Prep, Print-and-Go Format: Just print and distribute!

Perfect For:

• Early finishers
• Enrichment activities
• Critical thinking lessons
• Independent or small group work
• Sub plans

If you teach the best-selling novel "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds, then these FREE Motivational Quote Posters are the perfect addition to your classroom! NO PREP - Just print and go!

The minimalistic aesthetic is subtle, yet eye-catching, as it matches the color scheme of the novel - while the runner silhouettes match the theme of the story itself!

Includes:

• 4 motivational quote posters
• Implementation suggestions

Hang these posters before, during, and/or after reading this amazing novel with your class!

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These Academic Language Scripts are perfect in an AVID classroom setting. It is used to build classroom discussion and improve how students respond to each other during discussion. These are used as questions stems to add to discussion during socratic seminar or philosophical chairs.

*Available in two colors brights and primary colors

This Resource is Great For:

✨Socratic Seminar

✨Philosophical Chairs

✨Classroom Discussion

✨Literature Circles

✨Promoting Critical Thinking

✨Building Classroom Community

✨Student Centered Results

How to Use:

*Print cut in half

*Laminate

*Cut out and Hole punch

*Can be used as bookmarks!

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Use this graphic organizer to help students prepare for any Socratic Seminar. Students will write or come up with an essential question, Costas level of thinking questions for each level (1 ,2 ,3), thoughts, and personal experiences.

Students will be able to use this form to help guide the Socratic Seminar.

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Grade 3 / 3rd grade standardized / state test prep for tests such SBA, CAASPP, FAST, PARCC, NYS etc.

Help students practice the the skills and question types for standardized testing.

Easy to use test prep for grade 3 ELA standardized assessments!

Designed to be used to do one question a day. 5 days worth of questions. Great for a warm-up, review, small group instruction, or assessment.

Looking for more? Check out my set of 50 questions!

Skills included: editing, revising, language, vocabulary, research in a variety of question formats.

Includes both a printable PDF download (each question is on one page to be used as a "question of the day". There is also a link to make a copy of a Google Slides presentation to post for students on Google Classroom.

The no prep digital Google Slides version is embedded as a link that will create a new copy for you in your Google Drive. It can then be shared with students or posted on Google Classroom.

Please note a Google account is needed to access the Google Drive version. Please reach out with any questions!

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Permission is granted to copy pages for use by teachers/students use by the original purchaser. This product was sold for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses for use in multiple classrooms.

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I created this worksheet to go along with UFLI for students who need additional practice with the focus letters, practicing heart words, and reading words.

Directions: Roll the dice. Read the word. Color the box.

Includes:

Letters: A, a

Heart Words: the

Alphabet Fun is a great resource for teaching letter recognition and sounds. It includes two pages for each alphabet letter, one review page for every two letters and a "watch" for children to wear home encouraging their families to ask about the letter sound they mastered that day. This FREEBIE includes four pages for the letter A only so you can try it out! You can find the full resource HERE. It includes over 100 pages of worksheets, watches and flash cards.

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Need a quick and fun way for students to review a book they have recently read? Looking for a quick way to check students comprehension? With this Emoji Book Review, students can choose an emoji to represent how the book made them feel as well as answer 4 questions about the book.

Are you reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in your classroom? This little bundle is perfect! Whether you are doing a novel study or just a class read aloud, this bundle is for you. It includes two popular Charlie and the Chocolate Factory products: Pre-Reading Reflection Questions and Writing Prompts. It includes 41 pages total.

More details about this product:

Pre-Reading Reflection Questions: This resource is the perfect pre-reading assignment for the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It includes six statements where students need to decide if they strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, and strongly disagree. They then have to give their reasoning. These six pre-reading reflection questions get students' brains activated and thinking about various themes, lessons, and ideas they will come across in the novel. It is great to see what students are thinking on these big topics before they begin the novel!! Not only is it fun and engaging for your students, the responses students give are also very interesting to read as a teacher! This product comes with a printable version (pdf) and a Google Drive (Google Slides) version for a total of 4 pages.

Writing Prompts: This product for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory contains over 19 pages of unique writing prompts and writing pages for both a printable (pdf) version and a Google Drive version (Google Slides). The printable version includes 12 unique prompts for students to complete both during and at the completion of this novel, 6 extra themed writing pages, and 1 blank page where you can use to to create your own prompts if desired. The Google Drive version of this product comes with 18 pages of prompts and writing pages. In total, this product has 37 pages. A must have if you are doing a novel study on Wonder or reading the book in class!

★ This product is great for Distance Learning. Simply assign the Google Slides to students on Google Classroom or your classroom digital platform. It can be accessed at school or home and requires no prep at all!

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Engage your 4th-grade students with a spooky, Halloween-themed reading passage! "The Mystery Of The Missing Candy" is a fun and slightly spooky fiction story perfect for the Halloween season. This engaging passage will spark imagination while reinforcing key reading skills.

What’s Included:

Fiction Reading Passage: Halloween-themed 5 Multiple-Choice Questions: These questions assess students' comprehension, ability to make inferences, and recall important details.

2 Discussion Questions: Open-ended questions that encourage critical thinking and class discussion about the characters and events in the story.

Possible Uses in the Classroom:

Independent Reading Practice: Assign as a fun and seasonal comprehension check during reading block or centers.

Guided Reading: Perfect for small-group instruction, allowing students to discuss the story and explore their understanding together.

Whole-Class Discussion: Use the included discussion questions to promote classroom dialogue and encourage students to express their ideas and make connections.

Homework or Early Finisher Activity: Ideal for independent practice outside of class or for students who finish their work early.

Halloween Literacy Fun: The spooky theme makes this a great seasonal activity to keep students engaged while building essential literacy skills.

Engage your students with this Halloween-themed passage that’s both fun and educational, and help them master key reading skills while celebrating the season!

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Learning how to build sentences can be fun whether at school or virtually! With this drag and drop activity, students can learn to make simple, 2 word sentences where they either drag/drop the noun or verb. There is a cover page and a review page on nouns and verbs followed by 10 activity slides.

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Letter sound fluency is an important foundational skill for reading success. This activity gives students a quick and engaging way to practice and improve their letter sound fluency. Students point to colorful grasshoppers along a path as they say the letter sounds. They can use the same strips repeatedly and work to increase their speed. This file contains 18 different lower case letter strips. Simply print, cut apart and laminate the strips. Pass out individual strips for a quick warm up before guided reading groups, use them as a reading center, or keep them available in the classroom for practice. GET THE BUNDLE AND SAVE 30% This product is included in my Letter Sound Fluency BUNDLE TERMS OF USE Thank you for purchasing this item. Purchasing this file entitles the buyer the right to reproduce the items for use in a single classroom. Distribution, editing, sharing or selling this item is not permitted. Looking for similar items? Check out my Letter Sound Fluency Fish

Do your students struggle with capitalizing titles of books, songs, and movies? This activity is the perfect way to practice these skills! This activity can be completed at once or broken up into 3 segments. Students have the opportunity to tell the difference between a title that is correctly capitalized and one that is not, and then use these skills to write titles correctly. A great resource for morning work, homework, or as a "must do." The donut theme adds a touch of fun!

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