$10 - $20 English Language Arts Lesson (by rating)

1. Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes Craft

Unleash creativity and motor skills with this engaging, multi-faceted craft activity inspired by Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes!

Creative Sewing Activity: After enjoying the beloved story, students can make Pete's shoes come to life by sewing yarn to create laces on their very own shoe templates. This hands-on project is perfect for developing fine motor skills while allowing students to engage with the story in a tactile way.

Colorful Collage Option: For those who prefer a different creative approach, students can color their shoe template and then add vibrant paper strips as laces. This option encourages artistic expression while letting students experiment with different textures and materials.

Early Finishers Activity: Keep early finishers entertained and engaged with a relaxing coloring sheet of Pete's shoes, giving them the freedom to explore different colors and patterns.

This Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes craft is perfect for classrooms looking to combine storytelling with creative expression

This resource includes:

• Bulletin board displays
• 3 lesson plans
• Objectives
• Assessment
• 2 Pete the Cat shoes activity
• Coloring page
• Posters
• 31 Scripted Slideshow with teacher's guide

Introducing our vibrant and engaging Pete the Cat I love my white shoes back to school craft, designed exclusively for teachers like you! Pete the Cat is not just any cat; he's the coolest cat around.

Our craft and bulletin board set brings Pete the Cat I love my white shoes charm and charisma straight into your classroom, making back to school craft a breeze while igniting your students' excitement for learning.

Engage students with color vocabulary through this enjoyable Pete the Cat activity! This resource is perfect for whole-group instruction, small-group work, or literacy centers for pre-k and kindergarten students. It complements the story "Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" wonderfully. After reading the story, have the children color the shoe in their favorite hue and then complete the worksheet about colors and the worksheet about empathy.

2. Pete the Cat I love my white shoes craft

Getting ready for the new school year has never been more fun! Here's what our Pete the Cat I love my white shoes craft set offers:

1. Interactive Craft Activity: Your students will love getting hands-on with our easy-to-follow craft activity, creating their very own Pete the Cat to adorn your bulletin board. With step-by-step instructions, this craft is perfect for Kindergarten and Grade 1 learners.
2. Bulletin Board Decorations: Transform your classroom bulletin board into a vibrant display of Pete the Cat's adventures! Our set includes colorful cutouts, posters, and banners featuring Pete. Making your classroom feel lively and welcoming from day one.
3. Versatile Usage: Whether you're a preschool teacher, elementary educator, or homeschooling parent, our Pete the Cat I love my white shoes Craft and Bulletin Board set is a versatile resource that can be tailored to suit your classroom needs.

This resource includes:

• 2 Bulletin board displays
• Empathy worksheet - 3 options
• 3 lesson plans + rubrics
• Pete the Cat shoes
• Pete the Cat craft
• Step-by-step drawing
• Coloring page
• Flashcards
• Posters
• 25 slides

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Make this back-to-school season unforgettable with Pete the Cat leading the way! And get ready to witness your classroom come alive with creativity and joy. Don't miss out on the chance to make learning an adventure with Pete the Cat I love my white shoes by your side!

September Preschool Lesson Plans

Overview: Welcome to September’s exciting curriculum for preschoolers! This month’s lesson plans are designed to engage young learners through a variety of hands-on activities, creative exploration, and meaningful interactions. Our themes include ABC & 123s, the 5 Senses, All About Fall, All About Apples, and All About Leaves. Each week, students will enjoy a blend of large group activities, small group lessons, and individual exploration to enhance their learning experience.

September Lesson and Small Group Plans intended for the GA Pre-K Program. Each Lesson Plan includes: 2 Stories, Phonological Awareness, Whole Group Literacy, Music with Movement, Large Group Opening Activity, Theme Topic and Closing Activity.

Elements of Suspense Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8)

Description:
Dive into the spine-tingling world of suspense with this engaging lesson plan! Students will analyze the key elements of suspense—pacing, foreshadowing, red herrings, danger, and more—through guided notes, interactive activities, and media examples like film trailers. This resource is perfect for Halloween or any time you want to keep your students on the edge of their seats. Ideal for introducing or reviewing the genre of suspense.

Elements of Dystopia Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8)

Description:
Welcome to the dark side of fiction with this comprehensive dystopian literature lesson. Students will explore themes like totalitarian regimes, environmental disasters, survival, and rebellion. Using multimedia examples and text excerpts, students will analyze how these elements create powerful dystopian worlds. This resource is perfect for introducing dystopian fiction or as a review of the genre, making it a great fit for discussions on social justice or government control.

Elements of Science Fiction Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8)

Description:
Blast off into the universe of science fiction! This lesson plan introduces students to the exciting elements of sci-fi, including futuristic technology, space exploration, time travel, alien life, and parallel universes. Students will analyze these elements through guided notes, multimedia, and text excerpts. Whether you're teaching the genre for the first time or reviewing it with your class, this resource is out of this world!

Elements of Fantasy Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8)

Description:
Step into magical realms with this enchanting lesson plan on the elements of fantasy. Students will explore key components such as world-building, magical systems, mythical creatures, quests, and good vs. evil. Using guided notes and multimedia, students will be transported into the fantastical worlds of dragons, wizards, and epic quests. This resource is perfect for immersing students in the magic of fantasy fiction, sparking their imaginations and developing their literary analysis skills.

Elements of Mystery Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8)

Introduce your students to the mystery genre with this 60-minute, print-and-go lesson plan that includes everything you need to kick off a mystery unit! This engaging lesson features guided notes, teacher slides, a one-page mystery story, and answer keys. Students will explore key mystery elements, such as clues, suspects, and red herrings, and apply their knowledge by solving the included mystery. Perfect for grades 6-8, this resource makes it easy to teach critical thinking and deduction skills while introducing a fun and interactive genre.

Are you looking for a way to truly engage your students while fostering empathy, understanding, and critical thinking?

This Wonder Novel Study is more than just worksheets; it was created by someone who intimately understands what it’s like to live with a facial difference and raise children with similar experiences.

This novel study for Wonder by R.J. Palacio includes printable and digital versions.

There are over 100 pages of student work, plus answer keys! This novel study covers all 8 sections of the novel, and it also includes a Google Slides option for some of the novel study assignments.

INCLUDES:

Overview

Background info about the author

Learning about Facial Differences

Analyzing the Plot

Character Maps for main characters

Social media activity- create a social media profile for the main characters

Figurative Language

Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt

Book vs Movie Activities

Venn Diagram - Book vs. movie

Reflection Questions

Point of View Activity

Textual evidence prompts

Textual evidence exercise

Vocabulary from the Book: Parts 1-8

Printable vocabulary flashcards

Vocabulary activity for each section with answer keys when applicable

Vocabulary Bingo game with words from all sections which comes as a separate file from the novel study.

Comprehension questions for parts 1-8 with answer keys

Empathy and Kindness project and activity options

Design your own Choose Kindness T-shirt

Art and music connection activity option

Facial differences discussion questions

Journal prompts

Acrostic poem template

Precept poster activity

ALIGNS WITH COMMON CORE:

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WHAT IS INCLUDED:

3 files:

112 Printable PDF Pages of the Wonder Novel Study

28 Printable PDF -Wonder Vocabulary Bingo Game- covers vocab from all 8 sections

PDF with link to access the Google Slides - 32 pages

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Learn with the Bible! Bundle and Save 20%!

ALL THE LETTERS & ACTIVITIES- only $13.00!

Bible Letter of the Week Mini Books

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Bible Letter of the Week : Hand Writing Practice

If you are an online teacher looking for lessons to teach in your digital classroom without all the work it takes to create them, look no further! In this product of four phonics and sight words lessons, it has everything you need to have a fun, engaging, and productive class. These are the same lessons I use in my long-standing online classroom which has given feedback of over 600 5-star reviews from happy parents and students. Use these lessons to save you BOATLOADS of time, so you can keep your energy up to have fun with your students!

Who would use these lessons?

• online teachers
• in-person teachers
• substitute teachers
• tutors

Who or what are the lessons for?

• Advanced kindergartners
• Newly first-graders
• Summer school brush-up

There are four lessons in this product. Each lesson includes:

• four or more focus/sight words practice
• sight words phonics isolated and within words
• identifying sight words in a group of words and sentences
• mystery puzzle
• hello & goodbye slides
• fun & versatile icebreaker
• one worksheet reviewing the focus/sight words

How long will the lesson last?

I use this lesson in my 30-minute classes. For one-on-one tutoring, I can take my time and really practice, or for larger groups I will gage the level of my students and skip some parts to fit time. There is also the option of extending the class time depending on your teaching style.

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• Teachers may NOT resell this as their own.
• Teachers MAY use this for in-person or online teaching while earning commercially, BUT it must be part of a lesson rather than used as a feature. While you may earn money using these lessons, you may not claim them as your own.
• Please write in your class listings that the curriculum comes from “Teacher Bethanie” - thank you!
• The files come in a ‘Forced Copy’ form so teachers can change the order of slides, etc. However, you may not change the presentation slides in order to re-sell them.

Please utilize the Q&A section of this product for any questions you may have about this product. Thank you!

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Author's Purpose Lesson Plan and PowerPoint | Reading Comprehension PIED

About This Resource

★ Author's Purpose

★ No Prep Packet

★ Print and Digital

★ 56 pages and 35 PowerPoint slides (Total of 91 pages)

★ Excellent for grades 5-9 and lower-level Special Ed, and ELL High School students

★ Duration: 2-3 days

This resource includes:

★ In-depth Author’s Purpose Lesson Plan

★ EDITABLE Hard Copy Lesson Plan

★ Author’s Purpose PowerPoint (35 slides)

★ Do Now/Launch Worksheet and Answer Key

★ Author's Purpose PIED Worksheet Guide

★ 2 Mini Lesson Passage Worksheets and Answer Keys

★ 2 Guided Practice Worksheets and Answer Keys

★ Differentiated Formative Assessment Slips and Answer Keys

★ Groupwork Interactive Activity (2 Flap Book variations)

★ Final Assessment | Test (Multiple-Choice) and Answer Key

★ Lesson Reflection Worksheet and Sample Response

★ Groupwork Reflection Worksheet

★ 3 Video Links

★ 2 Google Slide Links for PowerPoint and Lesson Worksheets

Interactive Partner Activity Packet and Answer Keys

★ Teacher Directions Page

★ 2 Author's Purpose Flip Card Sheets (contains 9 Flip Card Text Boxes on each Sheet)

★ 2 Author's Purpose for Writing Sheets

★ Colorful Bulletin Board Task Display Page (for this activity)

★ 2 Rubrics (to score the activity)

★ Answer Keys

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Engaging Author’s Purpose Lesson, Activities, and PowerPoint for Middle and High School Classrooms

Take your students on an interactive journey to master Author’s Purpose with this comprehensive lesson packet designed for middle and high school classrooms! This resource includes everything you need to teach, practice, and assess the four main purposes of writing: **Persuade, Inform, Entertain, and Describe (PIED). **The PowerPoint and lesson worksheets are also available in Google Slides! This format gives you the flexibility to easily share the slides with your students.

What’s Included:

❤️ Author's Purpose Lesson Plan:

✅ This resource includes a 6-page, step-by-step lesson plan with supplemental worksheets to help you teach Author’s Purpose. The plan provides detailed guidance for each part of the lesson and even includes images of the worksheets to be used at each stage.

✅ An editable version of the hard copy lesson plan is included, allowing you to customize it for your students or use it for an observation.

❤️ PowerPoint Presentation:

✅ A visually engaging and easy-to-follow presentation (35 slides) that explains Author’s Purpose with examples and guiding questions.

❌ The PowerPoint slides are not editable due to copyright restrictions.

❤️ Author's Purpose Activities and Worksheets:

✅ Hands-on activities like the Author’s Purpose Word Flip Card Game to encourage collaboration and critical thinking.

✅ A Flap Book Activity for students to categorize and write examples for each purpose.

✅ Reflection sheets to help students analyze their understanding and participation.

❤️ Formative and Final Assessments:

✅ Matching and multiple-choice questions to evaluate comprehension.

✅ Differentiated worksheets for higher and lower-level learners.

❤️ Rubrics and Answer Keys:

✅ Detailed rubrics for groupwork, participation, and assessments.

✅ Answer keys for all activities and assessments to save you time.

❤️ Author's Purpose Interactice Flip Card Activity

In this engaging and interactive activity, students can work in pairs or independently to read 18 short Author's Purpose descriptions (or texts) and determine the author's intended purpose for writing each one. Students will decide whether the examples reflect the purpose to Persuade, Inform, Entertain, or Describe. They will then cut out Author’s Purpose Word Flip Cards and glue them onto the text boxes that best match the author’s purpose for each piece of text.

This resource also includes **two rubrics **for scoring the Author’s Purpose Flip Card Charts! One rubric is designed for use when assigning the activity as a pair task, and the other is for independent work. Additionally, a visually appealing **Bulletin Board Task Display Page **is included, making it easy to showcase students’ completed work right away!

Step-by-Step Teacher Instructions with Images Included!

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Engaging and Flexible: Perfect for middle and high school students, this packet adapts to various skill levels and learning styles.
• Standards-Aligned: Meets ELA standards for identifying and analyzing Author’s Purpose.
• Ready-to-Use: Everything is prepped and ready, with step-by-step instructions for seamless implementation.
• Collaborative and Fun: Includes activities for groupwork, independent practice, and creative reflection.

Transform how your students think about writing with this all-in-one Author’s Purpose packet! Whether you’re teaching a single lesson or a multi-day unit, this resource will help your students confidently identify and analyze an author’s intentions while keeping them engaged and excited to learn.

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This 90-page EDITABLE unit has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The daily quizzes, discussion questions, exercises on literary devices, and writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and unlock profound interpretive insights!

Hold your students accountable for completing the nightly homework by beginning every class with a quick vocabulary and reading quiz. Challenge students to explicate textual details using a wide range of interpretive lenses: formalist, historicist, feminist, psychoanalytic, etc. Facilitate dynamic discussions that inspire students to arrive at a whole new depth of insight!!

Everything you’ll need to teach Douglass's memoir is included in this 90-page bundle:

• Unit & Pacing Guide: Suggestions for how to pace the reading homework and organize the classwork for Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. (2 pages)

• Discussion Questions: Fifteen pages of higher-order discussion questions guaranteed to inspire profoundly thoughtful class discussions! This unit features double-sided handouts with 8-10 discussion questions for each section of Douglass's Narrative! The discussion questions are the beating heart of this curriculum. Every question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to think critically about their significance. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence — leading to keen interpretive insights! Guaranteed to foster deep thinking and dynamic discussions! (15 pages)

• Discussion Questions ANSWER KEYS: The answer keys to the discussion questions are informed by cutting-edge scholarship by professors who specialize in African-American literature and especially Frederick Douglass: Henry Louis Gates, Saidiya Hartman, Fred Moten, David Blight, etc. Of course, there is rarely a single "correct" answer for any question; rather, the discussions questions are made up of higher-order questions designed to foster lively exchanges and interpretive debates among students. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments supported by carefully selected textual evidence. (35 pages)

• Vocabulary Lists: Lists of 10-12 vocabulary words for every section of the book, complete with definitions and sample sentences with each word as used in Douglass's Narrative. A total of over 60 SAT-worthy words. (5 pages)

• Vocabulary & Reading Quizzes: Build students’ vocabularies while holding them accountable for the nightly reading homework. Each quiz contains 7 questions on vocabulary words plus another 3 questions on reading comprehension. Grading these quizzes is simple and quick. They’re an easy way to log an additional 5 grades into your gradebook. Answer key included. (10 pages)

• Literary Devices Quiz: This quiz challenges students to identify the literary devices used in thirty quotations from Douglass's memoir_._ The literary devices include metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, apostrophe, allusion, and more. This bundle also features a glossary with definitions of the literary devices as well as examples of how each device is used in Douglass's memoir — so you can review the devices with students before they tackle the quiz. The quiz can be used either for assessment or as a fun refresher. Answer key included. (5 pages)

• Academic Scholarship: Excerpts from scholarly articles and monographs focused on specific scenes from Douglass's memoir. (1 page)

• Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Douglass's powerful memoir. Let students choose amongst 5 thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop an original topic of their own. Writing schedule included. Rubric included. (5 pages)

• Poetry Pairing: Seven thematically relevant poems by three twentieth-century African-American poets: Robert Hayden, Lucille Clifton, and Natasha Trethewey. (9 pages)

This unit is filled with dozens of visual images that shed light on important scenes from Douglass's memoir: illustrations from early editions of Douglass's memoir, documentary photographs of antebellum plantations, lyrics from the slave song that motivated Douglass to liberate himself, the masthead of Douglass's abolitionist newspaper, etc. But what really distinguishes this curriculum is how the discussion starters and writing prompts deepen students' thinking and help them arrive at profound interpretive insights!

This resource packet will come to you in two separate formats: Word docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word docs are editable, you'll be able to customize them to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to use the PDF version — which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

Finally, I believe that teachers should be able to see what they'll be getting before they purchase. So the preview for this resource provides direct access to dozens of actual pages from the unit. Click on the green “preview” button to see exactly what you’ll get...

Thank you for choosing “Rigorous Resources”!!

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Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for resources on American literature. Every unit was designed by a Ph.D. with a research specialization in American literature. Feel free to check out these complete units on canonical texts by diverse American authors:

Complete Unit on Tommy Orange's There There

Complete Unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Complete Unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Complete Unit on Nella Larsen's Passing

Complete Unit on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

Complete Unit on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

Complete Unit on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

Complete Unit on Octavia Butler's Kindred

Complete Unit on Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese

Word Meaning with Nonsense Words

Why teach word meaning through nonsense words (context clues only)?

• Students must use critical thinking to solve
• Students must read the whole passage for context clues
• Students must problem solve to find the best word that makes the most sense.
• They can't find the answer except through problem solving.

All of these are things we want every student to do! This is something that is already adapted for high and low learners.

Starting with three nonsense words gets students going so they can work in groups or independently to decode the meaning of 7 REAL words (selected from the SAT vocabulary list).

This is a perfect activity for group problem solving and critical thinking!

Finding the meaning of words: in context, with a definition and from the Latin or Greek base. Four teaching pages are included for self-guided learning along with 7 student pages for practice with various shortened reading passages.

INCLUDED:

• 3 Self-grading Google Forms
• Editable Word Doc
• PDF
• Reading Passage
• Teaching pages
• Answer Key

BUNDLE & SAVE: ELA Test Prep, Study Guide & Activities Bundle

Word Meaning with Greek & Latin

✔️Need to teach Greek & Latin along with Context Clues?

✔️Looking for way to get your students thinking critically & making connections?

✔️Need to integrate vocabulary in a meaningful way?

This activity includes worksheets, task cards and Google Quizzes for vocab practice

Students will use key words from the definitions in the first activity to determine the meaning of the Greek or Latin prefix. By recognizing the prefixes in words they recognize (and some they won't) students will begin making connections to other words they hear and read. This is a natural way to build in vocabulary to daily instruction that includes context clues and the Greek and Latin.

Included:

• Greek & Latin Roots Exploration: Dive into 45 carefully selected words, each featuring 9 impactful prefixes from the rich realms of Latin and Greek languages.
• Word Definitions: Equip your students with a solid understanding of each word, laying the foundation for deeper language comprehension.
• Fill in the Blank Sentences: Immerse your class in the learning process with cloze sentences that challenge them to apply their newfound knowledge in context.
• Task Cards: Make learning interactive and enjoyable with task cards that encourage independent exploration and reinforce language skills.
• Google Quizzes: Easily accessible quizzes that provide instant feedback, saving you valuable time and promoting a tech-savvy learning environment.

Vocabulary Starter

NEED TO TEACH VOCABULARY IN YOUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

You came to the right place! I have been teaching for 5+ years, I have my Master's in Education with a focus on Literacy and I didn't know where to start.

So, I went back to everything I learned in my graduate program and re-read everything I could find.

I wrote & designed a student-engaging template to help students in my classroom to deeply internalize a word. I gathered key word lists when I didn't have a word from our daily reading, and thought about how to teach vocabulary so my love of etymology and words could be shared with my 10th graders. I've included all that and a guide to help other teachers get started with implementing and teaching vocabulary in THEIR classrooms.

Is this book for me?

• You want to teach vocabulary explicitly
• You want flexibility to choose your words daily based on what you’re reading
• You need versatility to choose your own words from a given list
• You want your students to deeply internalize the vocabulary they learn
• You’re not sure where to start

Then this book is for you!

Adaptable to every classroom in every situation, this is more than a fill-in-the-blank activity. Your students will have a guide to build a vocabulary for a lifetime of learning.

WHY TEACH VOCABULARY EXPLICITLY?

Generating curiosity and delight in playing with words supports long-term memory, enhances the connection between orthography and meaning, and develops a disposition which stimulates word consciousness. It also builds vocabulary! All of these are a part of a vocabulary rich classroom environment.

A week of engaging and comprehensive learning with this Figurative Language Bundle Lesson Plan! Perfect for 4 grade and up, this bundle includes five lesson plans for a full week, interactive worksheets, and videos designed to enhance students’ understanding of figurative language concepts.

Key Features of the Figurative Language Bundle:

• Comprehensive Coverage: Explore key elements of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, idioms, and more.
• Interactive Learning: Students will stay engaged with dynamic worksheets, thought-provoking activities, and multimedia content that bring figurative language to life.
• Structured Weekly Plan: Each day focuses on a specific aspect of figurative language, building skills progressively throughout the week.
• Multimedia Support: Includes curated videos to visually explain concepts, making lessons accessible and engaging for different learning styles.

What’s Included:

1. Lesson Plans: Five detailed plans, each with clear objectives, standards alignment, and step-by-step instructions.
2. Interactive Worksheets: Fun and challenging exercises that reinforce figurative language concepts with practical examples.
3. Videos: Handpicked videos that break down abstract concepts into easy-to-understand visuals.

How It Works:

• Start the week with an introduction to figurative language and its importance in communication and writing.
• Dive deeper each day, focusing on specific types like similes, metaphors, and idioms with tailored activities and group discussions.
• Use videos and worksheets to supplement instruction, ensuring students grasp the nuances of figurative language.
• End the week with a summative activity or assessment that allows students to apply their knowledge creatively.

Perfect For:

• Language arts teachers looking for ready-to-use, standards-aligned lesson plans.
• Students who benefit from a mix of traditional and multimedia resources.
• Educators aiming to make figurative language fun, interactive, and memorable.

Elevate your teaching and foster a deeper understanding of figurative language with this all-in-one lesson bundle!

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Looking for a way to help your students practice the skill of decoding? With blending lines, you can do just that. This quick no-prep digital or paper activity can have your students practicing decoding (sounding out) words in a snap. These blending lines are phonics focused and are great for whole-group or small-group learning. I’ve based these lists on Wiley Blevins’s suggestions for blending lines.

In this resource you will find:

3 different variations of blending lines for each short vowel CVC pattern. Each variation offers a little change of words and a higher level of challenging words and sentences.

Each set of vowels is offered with:

· digital

· paper, full sheet, with or without guides

· paper, double sheet, with or without guides.

Please see individual sets for a more in-depth look at what's included and watch a preview of the digital option.

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⭐ Short Vowel Say, Tap, Write, Build Bundle
⭐ Short Vowel Flip, Tap, Write, Use Bundle
⭐ Short Vowel Word Builders Bundle

Are you looking for a comprehensive literacy book for Kg level or grade 1? This one is perfect for your students. It includes practice on alphabet writing and reading, high frequency words with engaging colorful stories including them, as well as coloring and tracing activities.

What is included?

A printable Pdf file with 198 pages 

• Colors posters
• Coloring pages
• Alphabet letters tracing activities with illustrations 
• Days of the Week poster
• Seasons Poster
• High Frequency words activities
• Stories including the high frequency words (I, can, the, we, a, like, see, and, you, do, my, are, she, was, is, he, little...) 
• Size words and sensory words
• Blending sounds and Writing 
• Phoneme isolation activities 
• Independent writing activities 
• Social Emotional Learning activities 

And much more! 

This resource is great for:

• In-Classroom Teaching (Displaying for the Whole Class)
• Online Learning
• Homeschooling
• Sharing on Google Classroom or Other Platforms as a Tool for Revision

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This is a novel study of Gary Paulsen's Brian’s Winter (The sequel to Hatchet). In this product, there are completed lesson plans (and a blank one if you need to write your own), a slideshow that includes everything for each chapter (introduction, review of content, copy of the doodle notes, copy of the end of chapter activity/discussion outline, and the closure question), the Doodle Notes outline for each chapter, and the End of Chapter/Discussion activities. This novel study is for 4th-grade to 7th-grade students.

****I would recommend reading Hatchet before Brian's Winter. Since it is a sequel, having the prior knowledge would help a lot. I also have a novel study to go along with Hatchet!**

Completed Lesson Plans

Each chapter comes with a completed lesson plan! The lesson plans include an I can statement (Chapter Goal), the materials needed, what students will be doing as a preview to the chapter, what they will be doing during the read, the activity after the chapter, some differentiation ideas, the assessment, and a closure. There is a spot for standards, but I did not include one because of different state standards. They are also all editable! It was made using Google Slides, so if you open the file in Google Slides or PowerPoint you can edit each lesson plan to fit your class's needs!

Doodle Notes and End of Chapter/Discussion Activities

Each chapter comes with doodle notes and an End of Chapter/Discussion Activity. Doodle notes are notes students take that involve more drawing than writing. Students will have a prompt to help them know what to focus on while listening/reading the chapter and what to take notes on. The activities focus on multiple different skills, Central Idea, Supporting Details, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Summaries, Story Elements, Inferences, and more. There are also 5 discussion activities where students will need to work in groups discussing a prompt about the chapter.

Slideshow

To go along with the book, there is a Slideshow that includes an outline for each chapter! It includes what is written in the lesson plans. So there are introduction slides for each chapter, a copy of the doodle notes and chapter activities, and a slide for the closure. The slides are also editable! So if you would like to add/adapt anything to fit your class/lesson better, just open the file in Google Slides or PowerPoint. ***There is a slide, that you will need to edit. It is the “Discussion Expectations” slide. This is because each class will have different expectations for discussions.***

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at ateacherssidekick@gmail.com

Learning letters, numbers, Easter words, uppercase, lowercase, matching and sorting is made easier for Preschool to Kindergarten with Easter images and fine motor fun added! The student will color, write and use scissor skills with this easy to use BUNDLE.

EASTER ACTIVITIES BUNDLE has 6 fun products:

• Easter Cards Making Craft
• Match uppercase to lowercase
• Easter Finger Sight Word Cards
• Easter Match and Sort Cards
• Easter Pictures Tracing Pages
• Math and Literacy Worksheets and Activities

This is a Google Slides™ product!

This is a five part bundle on writing professional emails. The entire package is listed below with descriptions: 

Lesson 1: Introduction to Emails

• Bellringer
• What is an Email?
• Who Will You Send a Professional Email to? (at school and as an adult)
• Why Send an Email? (at school and as an adult)
• Business Hours
• Emails vs Texting
• 2 Good vs Bad Examples of an Email
• Closure

Lesson 2: Parts of an Email

• Bellringer
• Parts of an Email
• Subject (clear capitalization instructions)
• Greeting (formal and informal punctuation)
• Body (format tips)
• Closing & Signature (good and bad examples with tone examples)
• Review Questions (give students the opportunity to reflect with structure!)
• Closure

Lesson 3: Clear & Polite Emails

• Bellringer
• Formal Writing (things to avoid, sentence starters and frames for professional writing)
• Purpose (model email with a good and bad example)
• Rewriting Informal Emails (three practice examples)
• Closure (rewrite informal lines to be more professional)

Lesson 4: Emotions vs Emails (Writing responses to frustrating emails)

• Bellringer
• Brainstorm Emotional Situations (not a moment to gossip about everyone and everything that is frustrating - general situations)
• Safeguards (vent but don't send, let time pass then answer, have a trusted advisor help you word your response)
• Purpose & Kindness (encouraging comments mixed with direct ones with two different email examples)
• Important Things to Remember (remember your place either in authority or under it and the impact of your words, words have power and can never be taken back, cautions in choosing your words, be careful not to make endless excuses)
• Practice (1 example, 2 practice opportunities, word choice and tone)
• Closure (mind map to recall details)

Lesson 5: Producing and Reflecting upon Final Emails

• Bellringer
• Brainstorm
• Write a Normal & an Emotional Email
• Review Work
• Send!
• Personal Reflections
• Closure

Guided Reading is a research-based instruction process whereby the teacher works with small grouping of students being equal in a particular reading achievement level. The teacher provides for each reader's development of effective reading competencies. However different than in the earlier days of reading groups, small and temporary groups are flexible and dynamic. The observance and evaluation of the progress of readers are done by teachers on a systematic basis. Thus, grouping and regrouping students is based on the strengths of students and the intense changing needs throughout their reading development.

In the 1960s in New Zealand, Guided Reading was developed. It was enhanced over the years after it arrived in the United States thanks to educators like Gay Su Pinnell and Lesley Fountas. In 1996, Fountas & Pinnell published their enormously influential book, Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children (Heinemann). This book changed how reading was taught, and it is still taught today to over a million teachers worldwide. The aim of Guided Reading lessons is to develop effective readers.

A set of 13 books is bundled together with all 13 worksheets of the Guided Reading series for grades KG-12. There are lesson plans and different activities for every grade, with the answers in the end section of the worksheet.

This bundle includes lessons for all stories in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh. The stories are not included in this resource. Lessons are focused on the following stories:

- How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by Matt De La Peña

- The Difficult Path by Grace Lin

- Sol Painting, Inc. by Meg Medina

- Secret Samantha by Tim Federle

- The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist

- Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains by Tim Tingle

- Main Street by Jacqueline Woodson

- Flying Lessons by Soman Chainani

- Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by Kwame Alexander

- Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers

Each lesson includes WORKSHEETS and a PRESENTATION. Worksheets come in color and b/w. Presentations include answer keys.

Each lesson contains:

- Pre-reading journal prompt

- Story vocabulary (except Main Street)

- Tiered reading questions

- Questions focused on one particular ELA standard

- Answer keys

BONUS ESSAY WRITING PROMPTS ARE INCLUDED!

If you teach 90 minute block classes, you would likely get through one lesson per day. If you teach 50 minute classes like I do, each lesson could take two days. This bundle could last from 2 weeks to 4 weeks depending on your schedule.

This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Edgar Allan Poe's tale of the original haunted house, The Fall of the House of Usher. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the story's themes, characters, vocabulary, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. This activity bundle provides a week's worth of material to bring the story to life!

Included in this Bundle:

• The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide: This resource features a comprehensive Common Core-aligned literature guide for use while reading the story. The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourages students to think critically about Poe's use of literary elements, figurative language, plot elements, and symbolism. Also included is a creative "Snap Chat!" activity that will bring the story to life in the 21st century. A full answer key is provided along with two bonus student-tested lesson plans. The wide range of activities in this guide will keep your students engaged in this difficult story and help them to gain a deep understanding of one of the most shocking tales of American literature.

• The Fall of The House of Usher Anticipation Guide and Lesson Plan (also included within Literature Guide): This resource features an anticipation guide for the story and a detailed lesson plan that I believe is the absolute best way to approach a new story. Using a non-intimidating method called "Numbered Heads", this activity will get your students thinking, writing, conversing, and reporting about themes you will be encountering during your study of The Fall of the House of Usher and your overall Poe unit. This lesson is particularly useful for Poe's tale which can be difficult for students to understand at first. I am confident that your students will enjoy this thoughtful, engaging activity and beg you to begin reading Poe's tale of the most haunted of houses!

• The Fall of the House of Usher ESCAPE ROOM: This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Fall of the House of Usher. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. It is the perfect activity for Halloween, Poe's Death Day on October 7, or any day you want to shake it up with your students without sacrificing learning. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

• The Fall of the House of Usher Socratic Seminar: This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for The Fall of the House of Usher. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding The Fall of the House of Usher... and no preparation is required by you at all.

• Full Text of the The Fall of the House of Usher

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Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice for each short vowel family!

Word Families included:

Short A

Short E

Short I

Short O

Short U

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

This back to school bundle will help you start the new school year with ease! This bundles includes presentations, printable resources, and posters.

⭐️ These resources are aligned with the new 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum.⭐️

Bundle Includes:

Reading and Writing Workshop Bundle - 100 pages of lessons to help you successfully set up your reading and writing lesson blocks. PDF and Slidedeck files included.

Digital Media Literacy Lessons - 60 pages of lesson plans, worksheets, templates, rubrics, and printables that you need! 10 total lessons, plus summative task. PDF files.

Word Study for Middle School Students - Vocabulary Builder Lessons/Activities - 55 pages of vocabulary building lessons and activities. PDF and Powerpoint files included. The Word Study resource will continue to grow, as lessons are developed. There will be 5 units in total.

Click on each resource to learn more!

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