Elementary School Writing Literature Circles

Should schools ban soda? This is an argumentative essay prompt, three articles, and outline sheet. Your kids will all have their own opinions about sugary drinks and whether or not schools should ban soda. This comes complete with rubric. This product works great in any digital classroom. This is editable in Google Docs. You must have Google Drive to use this product! You may sign up for Google drive for free Visit here for help with Google Drive.

This 31 page middle grade lesson plan comes ready to implement with easy to follow, color coded examples and activities for teaching, learning, and mastering author's style and types of sentences. Includes: History of Writing and Changes in Styles (1400s and 1700s to current) Models for writing great author's style and types of sentences Practice activities for sentence lengths and varieties Types of sentences (basic, compound, complex, compound-complex) Colorcoded examples of sentences Tips for writing Peer workshopping activities Excellent for homeschool, flipped classes, Gifted & Talented/Pre-Ap/AP, literacy centers, project based classrooms, and test prep. Meets CCSS and state guidelines for ELA. Requires critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Editable writing awards and certificates for any occasion! 60 fun writing themed editable Writing Awards and Certificate Templates ideal anytime awards or certificates for during the year. Use the editable writing award and certificate templates to recognise, acknowledge and celebrate student success and achievements. You can easily personalize the templates for any purpose - in any language. Great for writing projects and recognizing young writers who achieve their goals.

This collection of fun Writing Award and Writing Certificate templates are editable and you can personalize each one to suit your use or message. Simply edit, personalize, print and present. The templates offer variety and choice. Hopefully they will save you time, energy and money.

All template text is editable so they are great for international languages and multi-lingual use too - edit text to French, Spanish, German, Japanese - any language you choose!

You can:

• Edit text
• Edit font
• Edit font color
• Remove current text and replace with your own
• Insert logo, graphics or photos as needed into the blank templates
• Export your edited pages as PDF or picture format to use digitally with your

students

Included in this Set: 60 Editable Writing Award Templates

• 10 Different Templates (Editable)
• 5 Different Styles (Blue Lines, Big Spots, Black Pattern, White and Ink-Savers
• Each Template is Unique - 60 different options
• 5 Plain Color Templates
• 5 Plain Black and White Award Templates

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These editable award templates are in PowerPoint form. You will download files in a flattened and secured PowerPoint file format. This format will allow editing and rearranging of text, text changes and editing font colors, etc. You can rearrange the lines and add logos and clipart where room allows. Please note that Clipart is not editable.

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You can change the font to whatever you prefer - I know I have favorites! The font used in the templates are free font. Potato Chips font and Poppins fonts are used and can be downloaded for free (personal use only) by clicking on the links.

The Writing Awards or Certificates are designed to fit on 8.5" x 11" paper and can be reduced or enlarged at the time of printing if needed or can be printed 2 or 4 per page using your printer's settings. If A4 size is needed then you can adjust the template to fit A4 paper size at the time of printing by clicking FIT TO PAGE. Border-free printing will depend on your printer's capability and settings.

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Toddler to Kindergarten will love this fun non-competitive way to identify the lower and upper case letters and the sounds they make. The student will see the letters, hear the sounds, and feel the cards in their hands. Numbers are included as these games can use numbers as well.

What’s included:

3 different sets each in B/W and color with:

• Lower case letters
• Upper case letters
• Beginning sound pictures
• Numbers 0-20
• Math symbols
• Blank cards

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Bring the fun and creativity of limerick poetry into your classroom with these comprehensive Interactive Notebooks for limerick poetry—available in both print and digital formats! Designed to engage young learners, this resource is perfect for teaching students how to understand and write limericks while developing their poetry writing skills.

FEATURES

✏️ BLACK & WHITE PRINTABLE activities including flippable interactive notebooks

✏️ DIGITAL ACTIVITIES that are interactive & engaging

✏️ Includes a MENTOR TEXT

✏️ Digital & print activities for the FOCUS VOCABULARY

✏️ Digital & print COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES linked to the mentor text

✏️ Digital & print activities for RHYMING WORDS and SYLLABLES

✏️ Digital & print activities for PLANNING and WRITING limerick poetry

✏️ SELF-GRADING online class quiz

✏️ NO PREP activities, just print or assign online

✏️ Includes a HOMEWORK TASK so you don’t have to worry!

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Are you looking for a hands on, easy, no prep cut and paste activity? Do you want a simple, yet effective way to explore and compare the text features of information and narrative texts? This three page resource, with teacher answers is aligned to the Australian Curriculum V9 and is ready to print and use in your classroom today!

How can you use this cut and paste activity:

• independent task at the start, middle or end to consolidate learning
• small group, or work 1 on 1 with a student
• a quick review
• reading/literacy block group activity
• formative assessment tool

What's included in this text feature activity:

• 3 black and white printable activity pages (to identify and differentiate between the unique features of informational and narrative texts)
• 3 ANSWER sheets - to guide or mark student work

Why you'll love this text feature cut and paste:

• no prep - great for busy teachers!
• aligns to the Australian Curriculum V9
• print and go - ready to use
• hands on engaging activity
• promoting fine motor skills
• effective way to reinforce key concepts in a fun, interactive way

I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "Horrible Harry Goes to Sea" by Suzy Kline. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 530L

Guided Reading Level: L

AR Level: 3.3

AR Quiz Number: 54479

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A Book Study for MEGAMONSTER by David Walliams

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities. This is a 86 page literacy unit designed to promote thinking and comprehension.

The unit includes printable and digital versions.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context.

The unit is formatted in the order of the book, so that teachers can provide follow-ups after every reading session. The Unit can be followed chapter by chapter.

Each Chapter has a set of questions, with an extra response included after every second chapter.

The unit includes a range of activities and responses that can be assigned to individuals or groups of students. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The full range of activities can be viewed in the preview.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

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Gangsta Granny by David Walliams

The Christmas Pig by J.K Rowling

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Check out Toddler to Preschool NO PREP Letters and Numbers Playdough Activities Mats for developing fine motor skills. Singing Letter Sounds and Numbers teach letter sounds and number recognition**.** Letter Sounds and Number Detective Notebooks are perfect for finding letters and numbers in a fun, creative way.. NO PREP Letter Sounds and Number Coloring Pages were developed to teach the alphabet and math skills in a fun and simple way. Toddler Letter and Number Puzzles are a great addition to any classroom! Print, laminate and cut out for use year after year. Look for the 10-foot alphabet and an 8-foot number puzzle! These products are great for teaching lessons, free time, Literacy Centers., and even outdoors! ENJOY!

Most pages are in COLOR AND B/W.

Looking for a fun and easy way to teach limericks? This Limerick Poetry Bundle has you covered! With teaching slides to explain the rules and writing process of limerick poems, interactive notebooks for hands-on practice, and assessments to track student progress, this resource makes learning about limericks a breeze! Perfect for grades 3-4, it’s designed to engage students and make poetry exciting. Whether you're introducing limericks or reinforcing key concepts, this bundle has everything you need!

FEATURES

TEACHING SLIDES

✏️ MENTOR TEXT for limerick poetry

✏️ FOCUS VOCABULARY word of the week

✏️ Explicit teaching, examples & class activities for RHYMING WORDS & SYLLABLES

✏️ Explicit teaching, examples & class activities for PLANNING, DRAFTING & WRITING limerick poetry

✏️ Online self-grading CLASS QUIZ

✏️ HOMEWORK task

INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS

✏️ DIGITAL & PDF versions

✏️ COMPREHENSION questions linked to the mentor text

✏️ VOCABULARY PUZZLE linked to the word of the week

✏️ RHYMING DETECTIVE activity

✏️ SYLLABLE SORT activity

✏️ UNJUMBLE THE LIMERICK activity

✏️ FILL IN THE BLANK activity

✏️ PLANNING, DRAFTING & PUBLISHING templates

✏️ Silly limerick PROMPTS

✏️ Self-grading online STUDENT QUIZ

✏️ HOMEWORK task

✏️ PDF FLIPPABLE interactive notebooks

ASSESSMENT TEMPLATES

✏️ DIGITAL & PDF versions

✏️ 10 TYPES of assessments

✏️ TEACHER, PEER & SELF assessments

✏️ Digital version includes MOVABLE ICONS & DIGITAL STICKERS

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I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "Magic Tree House: Abe Lincoln at Last! #47" by Mary Pope Osborne. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 470L

Guided Reading Level: M

AR Level: 3.5

AR Quiz Number: 148462

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A Novel Study Companion for Baby Sitter's LITTLE SISTER #01 Karen's Witch.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 2, 3 and 4 ELA Common Core State Standards in context.

The Baby Sitters unit has been planned so that over the course of all the chapters, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities and is designed to promote thinking and comprehension.

The unit includes printable and digital versions.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. This Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Each chapter has a page of comprehension activities and a page with an extra literacy response. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

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Dog Man #1 by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #2 Unleashed by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #3 A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #4 Dog Man and Cat Kid

Dog Man #5 Lord of the Fleas

Dog Man #6 Brawl of the Wild

Dog Man#7 For Whom the Ball Rolls

Dog Man #8 Fetch-22

Dog Man #9 Grime and Punishment

Diary of a Wimpy Kid No.16 - Big Shot

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This Preschool Alphabet and Numbers Detective mini-book is a fun literacy activity! Your Letter and Number Detectives will love searching indoors and outdoors for objects that have the beginning sound letter, quantities and numbers. There is a “write in” version for early writers and a checklist version. See an ant? Write the word or just check off a mark on the “A” page. There is a take-home/ink-saving copy. You can have the children use pencils, crayons, and markersYour students will love being little detectives. They can check off what they see or get help writing it down, You can work together as a team building on individual strengths. Use mini-clipboards, ring clips, or staples to make these little detective books.

What you get:

• A-Z write in Color and B/W
• A-Z check off Color and B/W
• Numbers 1-10 check off
• Number Words 1-10 check off
• “WHERE TO LOOK” Posters

Alphabet Images used:

• A-apple
• B-backpack
• C-crayons
• D-dog
• E-elephant
• F-fish
• G-glue
• H-heart
• I-igloo
• J-jam
• K-kangaroo
• L-lion
• M-mitten
• N-notebook
• O-owl
• P-pear
• Q-quarter
• R-rose
• S-snail
• T-tree
• U-unicorn
• V-vest
• W-whale
• X-x-ray
• Y-yarn
• Z-zoo

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I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "The Big Wave" by Pearl S. Buck. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 790L

Guided Reading Level: Q

AR Level: 5.2

AR Quiz Number: 5209

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A Book Companion for Geronimo Stilton LOST TREASURE OF THE EMERALD EYE.

This 47 page resource is an engaging and comprehensive unit that allows your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 2, 3 and 4 ELA Common Core State Standards in context.

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities and includes printable and digital versions.

The Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualising, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analysing, synthesising, understanding vocabulary in context.

• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view, venn diagrams, writing, point of view, vocabulary work, idioms

• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme,

• Book response - creative responses, written responses,

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

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Dog Man Series

Geronimo Stilton The Great Rat Rally

Fantastic Mr Fox

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ENJOY THIS FREE SAMPLE! Math and Literacy WORKSHEETS is full of alphabet letter practice, numbers and counting, writing, colors, CVC word creation, and shapes in worksheets and activities. Activities include “cut and paste”, mini-books, color by number, bar graphs, matching, and tracing to name a few. Use for morning work, Math and Literacy Centers or homework. Have close at hand for substitute teachers.

THE FULL BUNDLE INCLUDES THREE PRODUCTS:

• Product One: Math Worksheets
• Product Two: Literacy Worksheets
• Product Three: Math and Literacy Mini-Books

Skills being taught:

• Letter Recognition
• Number Recognition
• Writing
• Counting
• Follow Directions
• Fine motor – cutting/coloring/cut and paste
• Reading

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I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "A Jigsaw Jones Mystery Super Special #1: The Case of the Buried Treasure" by James Preller. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 490L

Guided Reading Level: N

AR Level: 3.2

AR Quiz Number: 62261

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A NOVEL STUDY Book Companion for MAGIC TREE HOUSE #28 High Tide in Hawaii by Mary Pope Osborne.
This resource is an engaging and comprehensive unit that allows your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 1, 2 and 3 ELA Common Core State Standards in context.

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities and includes printable and digital versions.

The Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualising, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analysing, synthesising, understanding vocabulary in context.

• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view, venn diagrams, writing, vocabulary work.

• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.

• Book response - creative responses, written responses.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!

Dragon Masters - Rise of the Earth Dragon

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Diper Overlode

Spaceboy by David Walliams

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Spend less time preparing for class for your Toddler to Kindergarteners with this huge variety of Center Ideas, worksheets, crafts, card games and finger cards with sight words. This product will provide hours of learning and fine motor practice on a budget! Enjoy!

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VALENTINES Math and Literacy Worksheets

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VALENTINES Math and Literacy Centers

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VALENTINES Match uppercase to lowercase

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I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "Come Back, Amelia Bedelia" by Peggy Parish. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 430L

Guided Reading Level: L

AR Level: 2.1

AR Quiz Number: 7310

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