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The Penguins of Madagascar Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' The Penguins of Madagascar. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., & Smith, S. J. (Directors). (2014). The Penguins of Madagascar [Film].DreamWorks Animation
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., McGrath, T., Vernon, C., Stiller, B., Rock, C., & Schwimmer, D. (2012). Madagascar 3: Europe's most wanted.DreamWorks Home Entertainment
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Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., & McGrath, T. (Directors). (2008). Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Film]. DreamWorks Animation; PDI/DreamWorks
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Madagascar Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., & McGrath, T. (Directors).(2005).Madagascar [Film].DreamWorks Distribution
Ratatouille Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Anyone can cook!
This is an activity to go along with Pixar's Ratatouille. This is a great movie watch along to work on main idea and theme with your students and keep them focused and engaged during the movie. It has 2 sheets. The first sheet will focus on main idea and providing supporting details, and the second sheet will focus on the theme of the movie.
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits
Bird, B., & Pinkava, J. (2007). Ratatouille. Buena Vista Pictures
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The Lego Movie - Movie Watch Along: Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!
This is a movie watch-along to go with Warner Bros. The Lego Movie! This is a great resource to practice Main Idea and Theme, while keeping your students focused and learning while watching a movie!
What's Included
There are 2 worksheets in this product. On the first page, students will be identifying the main idea of the movie and providing 2 supporting details for the main idea. Then on the second page, students will be drawing the theme of the movie and then describing it in their own words, and also providing supporting details.
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits
Lord, P., & Miller, C. (Director).(2014).The Lego Movie [Film].Village Roadshow Pictures;Warner Bros. Pictures
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Any Novel chapter Summary Pages
By Meggen Loew
Utilize any of these three summary pages as a way for students to record summaries of a chapter in any novel they read.
Instruct students to complete the pages as needed.
These are the directions I typically give for filling out summaries:
Print off as many pages as your student will need to complete chapter summaries for each chapter in their book or each assigned section of their reading in order to summarize their book accurately.
I have also provided a cover page, allowing students to collect all their pages together and submit a completed project. A basic rubric is included as well.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - Novel Study
By A Teachers Sidekick
This is a novel study of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. 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.
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 that will be the best place to edit the lesson plans.
Doodle Notes/End of Chapter Activities & Discussions
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 8 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 Canva or PowerPoint. I also made a Google Slides File that is easier to edit on Google Slides, however, you cannot edit as much. ***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.**
Thank you for your support! I hope you enjoy it.
Please rate and review.
Credits
Lewis, C, S. (1978). The CHRONICLES Of NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE . New York: HarperCollins Publishers
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Novel Study
By Meggen Loew
This novel study is for "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum. L. Baum offers students the chance to examine the origins of Santa Claus in this classic novel. Students will examine the novel in-depth with Doodle Notes for each day's readings, and they will have extension activities that dig deeper into literary elements within the novel. Students will also develop vocabulary work through several vocabulary activities. An introduction essay and a final test round out this novel study, making it perfect for the Holiday season or any time of year. This zip drive download contains 2 PDFs. One contains all the student pages, and the other contains all the instructor pages, including answer keys and lesson plans.
Includes:
Student PDF (36 pages total): Introduction Essay with Rubric, Student Novel Worksheets (8 pages), Doodle Notes (15 pages), Vocabulary Worksheets (6 pages), and a Final Test (5 Pages)
Instructors Guide PDF (42 pages): Quick View Weekly Lesson Plans (3 pages), Daily Lesson Plans (6 pages), Teachers Notes and Answer Key Pages (10 pages), Doodle Notes Answer Keys (11 pages), Vocabulary Answer Keys (7 pages), Final Test Answer Keys (5 pages).
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Novel Study
By Meggen Loew
This novel study is for "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum. L. Baum offers students the chance to examine the origins of Santa Claus in this classic novel. Students will examine the novel in-depth with Doodle Notes for each day's readings, and they will have extension activities that dig deeper into literary elements within the novel. Students will also develop vocabulary work through several vocabulary activities. An introduction essay and a final test round out this novel study, making it perfect for the Holiday season or any time of year. This zip drive download contains 2 PDFs. One contains all the student pages, and the other contains all the instructor pages, including answer keys and lesson plans.
Includes:
Student PDF (36 pages total): Introduction Essay with Rubric, Student Novel Worksheets (8 pages), Doodle Notes (15 pages), Vocabulary Worksheets (6 pages), and a Final Test (5 Pages)
Instructors Guide PDF (42 pages): Quick View Weekly Lesson Plans (3 pages), Daily Lesson Plans (6 pages), Teachers Notes and Answer Key Pages (10 pages), Doodle Notes Answer Keys (11 pages), Vocabulary Answer Keys (7 pages), Final Test Answer Keys (5 pages).
Present Tense Grammar Activities - Simple, Continuous, Perfect & Perfect Continuous
By The Kidz Lab
Make mastering present tenses fun and effective with this engaging and ready-to-use worksheet bundle! This comprehensive Present Tense Grammar Activity Pack is ideal for ESL, ELA, and grammar-focused classrooms from grades 4 and up. Designed with both clarity and creativity, this resource offers 80+ fill-in-the-blank questions and 4 dynamic grammar activities that target all four forms of the present tense:
✅ Present Indefinite (Simple Present) ✅ Present Continuous (Progressive) ✅ Present Perfect ✅ Present Perfect Continuous
What’s Included:
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File Type: PDF (ready-to-print) Pages: 10+ high-quality printable activity pages
Past Tense Mastery Worksheets : Mixed Tense Cloze Paragraphs for Practice
By The Kidz Lab
This comprehensive Mixed Tense Cloze Paragraph activity is a perfect resource to help students grasp and master past tenses in English grammar. Designed for learners of all levels, this exercise provides a dynamic approach to practicing Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect Continuous tenses. Through a fun and engaging paragraph format, students are required to fill in the blanks with the correct verb tense, reinforcing their understanding of how each tense is used in context.
Ideal for ESL learners, high school students, and anyone looking to solidify their understanding of English verb tenses, this activity allows for practical application and deepens comprehension. The cloze-style format provides students with the opportunity to analyze and choose the appropriate verb forms based on context, making it a great tool for grammar practice or as a review exercise.
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Perfect for:
Enhance your students’ grammar skills and build their confidence in using past tenses with this easy-to-follow and engaging exercise. It’s an essential addition to any English grammar curriculum!
Past tense practice, past tenses worksheet, cloze test, ESL grammar exercises, mixed tenses activity, past perfect tense, past continuous tense, verb tense practice, English grammar worksheets for students.
The Cloud Who Couldn’t Cry - Story Retell and Reflection Activity,Comprehension
By The Kidz Lab
Engage students in a creative and reflective activity with "The Cloud Who Couldn’t Cry!" This comprehensive activity encourages critical thinking, emotional connection, and artistic expression.
What's Included:
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Note: This activity includes both a drawing and writing component to keep students engaged while exploring the deeper meanings of the story. It can also be used as a group activity or individual reflection task.
Bible Word Search Puzzle – 10 Faith-Based Activities
By Little House Puzzle
Religious Word Search Puzzle Pack - 15 Printable Activities in One ZIP File
This zip file contains a rich collection of 15 Bible-inspired puzzles, ready to print and ideal for children, Sunday school, homeschooling, and faith-based classrooms.
🧩 Contents:
10 individual puzzles in PDF format (A4 size, printable)
Topics include: Moses, Noah, the Prophets, , Passover, the Ten Commandments, Angels, the Parables of Jesus, Lent, and more.
Answer keys included for each puzzle
Designed for ages 8 and up
🎯 Suitable for: ✔️ Sunday School ✔️ Homeschooling Activities ✔️ Bible Study Groups ✔️ Christian Education
🖨️ Simply download the ZIP file, extract the PDF files, and print as needed!
Make It Make Sense! Funny Editing & Revising Practice w/ 10 Nonsensical Writing
By Shy's Sunshine Room
The entire product is featured in the thumbnails!
Make It Make Sense! - Funny Editing & Revising Practice with 10 Nonsensical Writing Passages
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Printable Graphic Organizers for K–5 | 12 No-Prep Templates
By Creative State of Mind
Make student thinking visible--with zero prep.
This set of 12 black-and-white, kid-friendly templates helps students organize their thoughts, build comprehension, and express ideas clearly across any subject. Perfect for elementary classrooms, these versatile tools are ideal for reading, writing, math, science, and social studies activities.
No prep required – simply print and go!
Designed for K–5 learners, including emerging readers and writers.
Included Graphic Organizers:
Each organizer features:
Why Teachers Love It:
Research-backed and classroom-tested, graphic organizers are proven to improve comprehension, critical thinking, and language development—especially for multilingual learners. Whether you’re working with a full class or supporting a small group, these templates help every learner engage and succeed.
Perfect for:
Whether you're teaching story structure, comparing facts, or planning a science report, these graphic organizers are a must-have tool you'll use again and again.
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
Learning to read is one of the most important milestones in a child's education. One of the earliest and most effective strategies for teaching reading is through the use of CVC words. CVC stands for Consonant-Vowel-Consonant. These are simple three-letter words that follow a predictable pattern, making them ideal for young learners and beginner readers.
CVC words help children understand how individual sounds (phonemes) come together to form words. They provide a solid foundation for phonics, blending, and decoding skills. For example, in the word "cat," children can learn to blend the sounds /k/, /a/, and /t/ to read the whole word.
This ebook is designed for early learners, ESL students, and anyone who is beginning their journey into reading and spelling. It includes 50 of the most common CVC words, each with a clear definition and example sentence. Following the word list, you will find a student worksheet with 30 fun and educational exercises that help reinforce the material. Answers are provided at the end for self-assessment or teacher use.
Let the learning begin!
The Emperor's New Groove Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch along to go with Disney's The Emperor's New Groove. This watch along is focused on the main idea and theme of the movie. Either during the movie or after, students will identify the main idea of the movie and provide supporting details for the main idea. They will also draw the theme of the story and then describe the theme with supporting details.
This is a great product for keeping students engaged during a movie on a fun Friday, practice for main idea/theme, and something to do after testing. And it is always good to practice main idea and theme!
I hope you and your students enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Disney, W. (Director) & Disney, W. (Producer).(2000).The Emperor's new groove [Motion Picture].Walt Disney Pictures
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Mix, Match, & Master - 10 Complete Sentence Worksheets - S/AV/DO/Adjectives
By Shy's Sunshine Room
This set includes 10 fun worksheets to help students creatively build sentences!
- 5 worksheets with subjects, action verbs, and direct objects
- 5 worksheets with subjects, action verbs, direct objects, and adjectives
Students can mix and match words to create many different sentences while practicing grammar skills.
Perfect for independent work, centers, or small groups!
Easter Color By Code | Easter Coloring Sheets | Noun and Verb Sort | Easter Grammar Worksheets
By Rainbow Lessons
This fun and engaging Easter Coloring Pages , Easter Worksheets or Noun and Verb Sort Activities are great for your Easter Activities, Easter Grammar, Easter morning work , Grammar lessons or grammar stations.
These Nouns and Verbs worksheets are perfect for Grades 3 to 5.
Each worksheet has a distinct picture to color based on Easter theme.
Includes:
10 Color By Code Worksheets
10 Answer keys
• Bunny behind a wall
• Hot Cross Buns
• Hatching Chick
• Bunny and Easter Eggs
• Easter Eggs Basket
• Lambs
• Easter Lilies
• Easter Eggs
• Happy Easter
• Easter Candles
Hope you and your students enjoy this resource!
We really appreciate your sparing a few moments to review this resource.