$5 - $10 Literature Centers (by price, low to high)

This Gingerbread Man unit is filled with fun activities that promote literacy learning and math skills for Preschool and Kindergarten.

Printable Gingerbread Man flannel (felt board) story Printable book “What the Gingerbread Man Saw” in both color and B/W Word cards for pocket charts that support both the book and flannel story Gingerbread man writing paper with story prompts “5 Little Gingerbread People” poem with printables for a flannel board or story telling props Measuring activity using non-standard units of measurement “5 Little Gingerbread People” supplemental math activity (counting down and writing numbers) Representing numbers 1-10 with numerals, drawings and ten-frames “Roll and Color” dice game Dice board game

A power point which serves as an introduction to archetypes. This goes over character archetypes, situational archetypes, and symbolic archetypes. A great addition to any unit on literary archetypes.

Reading Response Journal Prompts for student's daily reading time.

Do you want to increase your students' retention of what they are reading? Journaling is a great way to encourage them to reflect about what they've read.

A Reader's Journey ~ This is a FULL YEAR Reading Journal notebook for students. If you're looking for EASY TO USE reading journals put together in a student friendly format of graphic organizers, then this is the journal that you're looking for! Topics include:

Identifying Parts of Speech

Making Predictions

Character Studies

Time Period Studies

Fact vs. Fiction

Setting

Venn Diagrams

Radio Commercials

Problem Solving

Synonyms/Antonyms

Comic Strips

Book Reviews

Quote Reactions

AND MORE!

Students complete daily activities as they focus on learning more from what they read. This is a great resource for a reading class!!

Can be printed in color OR black & white.

Studying The Great Gatsby? Are students having problems with some of the vocabulary words? Then this product is for you! Includes a vocabulary list and quiz for each chapter. Great to help students with vocabulary words as they read the text! Comes complete with answer key. For Google Drive version click here

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!

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Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!

The focus of this breakout is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the book. A great review game before a test or quiz. Comes complete with answer key.

What does your middle school poetry unit look like? If you want to incorporate verse novels, but don't know where to start, this resource is a perfect fit!

This Starbooks Virtual Book Tasting with Verse Novels resource introduces students to a variety of popular verse novels, allowing them to browse and rate their favorites.

Each novel provides the following:

• Title
• Author
• Cover
• Synopsis
• Link to video book trailer
• Ratings page

This DIGITAL resource has EDITABLE PARTS in Google Slides™

Included in this resource:

• Title Page
• Table of Contents (for the teacher)
• Note to the Teacher (for the teacher)
• Thank You (for the teacher)
• Student Introduction (welcome/introduction)
• Menu (list of verse novels, linked to their respective slides)
• Book Tasting Pages (one slide to show the book preview and one slide for ratings/reviews)

Verse Novels Included:

Flooded by Ann E. Burg

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg

Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

Addie on the Inside by James Howe

And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard

The Language Inside by Holly Thompson

Booked by Kwame Alexander

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

House Arrest by K. A. Holt

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

May B. by Caroline Starr Rose

The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge

Unbound by Ann E. Burg

BLANK template slides are included to help you add your own verse novels, based on your classroom availability!

The Google Drive link will bring to a folder with the old and new versions - pick whichever one you'd like!

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This bundle is a great addition to your fall math and literacy centers. The letter task cards have both Uppercase and lowercase letters. The students can practice matching the correct letters together by clipping the clothes pins onto the lowercase letter that matches the Uppercase one on each card. The number task cards have different numbers of fall-themed items on each one. Your students will count how many items are on each card and then clip the clothespin onto the correct number. The fall items and colors are so fun and make these learning activities a little more fun and inviting! Below is a list of each set of fall-themed task cards included in this bundle.

- Pumpkin Task Cards

- Fall Leaf Task Cards

- Apple Task Cards

- Acorn Task Cards

I would print these activities out and laminate them before use for durability.

With our Wuthering Heights Escape Room, your students will be able to experience the novel in a whole new way, as they work to solve puzzles and clues to unlock each task. The included answer key provides a clear and detailed guide to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

This escape room is perfect for high school English teachers looking to add an interactive and engaging element to their lesson plans. The tasks are designed to challenge students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while also reinforcing important literary concepts.

So why wait? Add our Wuthering Heights Escape Room to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that your students will talk about for years to come

This 27-page product includes four unique tasks designed to challenge your students' knowledge and understanding of the novel. The tasks cover important literary elements such as plot, characters, close reading, and an encrypted message. Each task is designed to be completed in a group, encouraging collaboration and teamwork among your students.

With our Frankenstein Escape Room, your students will be able to experience the novel in a whole new way, as they work to solve puzzles and clues to unlock each task. The included answer key provides a clear and detailed guide to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

This escape room is perfect for high school English teachers looking to add an interactive and engaging element to their lesson plans. The tasks are designed to challenge students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while also reinforcing important literary concepts.

So why wait? Add our Frankenstein Escape Room to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that your students will talk about for years to come

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!

The focus of this breakout is Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the play. A great review game before a test or quiz. Comes complete with answer key.

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!

The focus of this breakout is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the book. A great review game before a test or quiz. Comes complete with answer key.

With our Dracula Escape Room, your students will be able to experience the novel in a whole new way, as they work to solve puzzles and clues to unlock each task. The included answer key provides a clear and detailed guide to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

This escape room is perfect for high school English teachers looking to add an interactive and engaging element to their lesson plans. The tasks are designed to challenge students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while also reinforcing important literary concepts.

So why wait? Add our Dracula Escape Room to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that your students will talk about for years to come

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!

The focus of this breakout is The Grapes of Wrath. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the novel. A great review game before a test or quiz. Comes complete with answer key.

Task #1 Plot

See if your students can figure out the overall plot for the story using a diagram and plot cards. When put in the right order students get a secret code.

Task #2 Characters

A way for your students to work together figuring out who is who from the novel with character cards and an answer sheet. Once solved students gain a code word.

Task #3 Close Read

Students must close read an excerpt from the novel and acurately answer questions about the excerpt to reveal the last code word.

Task #4 Encrypted Message

Using all the clues from the previous three tasks students must solve the encrypted message to escape the room.

Your students will love competing against the other groups in their class to solve these knowledge based puzzles around the novel.

With our Crime and Punishment Escape Room, your students will be able to experience the novel in a whole new way, as they work to solve puzzles and clues to unlock each task. The included answer key provides a clear and detailed guide to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

This escape room is perfect for high school English teachers looking to add an interactive and engaging element to their lesson plans. The tasks are designed to challenge students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while also reinforcing important literary concepts.

So why wait? Add our Crime and Punishment Escape Room to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that your students will talk about for years to come

The focus of this breakout is both Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the play. A great review game before a test or quiz. Great for Distance Learning! Comes complete with answer key.

Looking for the classroom edition in pdf format? It's here: Hamlet Escape Room

Reader's Theater is a fun ways for students to practice reading aloud with fluency and expression. They also get the opportunity to perform in front of an audience without the stress of memorizing lines.

This product includes 7 different reader's theater scripts is a book companion to help your students enjoy the picture books even more!

The Night Before Summer Vacation

In the style of Clement Moore’s familiar Christmas poem, this story tells of a family’s last-minute preparations for summer vacation.

There are roles for three students.

Big Shark, Little Shark

Big Shark has big teeth, Little Shark has little teeth. Big Shark swims fast, Little Shark swims slow. But they are both hungry. Will they find a tasty snack?

This reader’s theater is a quick two page reader’s theater to use with emerging readers. It has two parts.

I Don't Want to Be Big

Little Frog does not want to grow up, and he gives his father all sorts of reasons why being small is best.

This reader’s theater is 3 pages long. There is one version included for three students - Child, Adult, and Pig.

I Don’t Want to Be a Frog

A frog that yearns to be any animal that is cute and warm discovers being wet, slimy, and full of bugs has its advantages.

This reader’s theater is 4 pages long. There is one version included for three students - Child, Adult, and Wolf.

The Night Before Class Picture Day

It's the night before class picture day, and kids all down the block are getting ready. Everyone wants to look perfect for the photo. They fix their hair, practice smiles, and choose outfits. At school the next day, they try to stay picture-perfect. Will everything look perfect for the big moment when they say, “Cheese?”

There are four versions included. Two of the versions have roles for three students. One version is three pages and the other version has four pages. The other two versions have roles for four students. One version is three pages and the other version has four pages.

Splat the Cat and the Quick Chicks

When Splat takes home his class project of fertilized chicken eggs, the eggs hatch and chicks wind up all over the place, forcing Splat to round them up. Based on the series created by Rob Scotton.

This reader’s theater is 4 ½ pages long. There are two versions included; one version has roles for two students and the other version has roles for three students.

There's Nothing to Do! Bonus File

This reader’s theater is 4 pages long. There is two version included in this reader's theater. The first version is for three students - Child, Adult, and Other Animals. The other version is for 7 students - Child, Adult, Rabbit, Girl Frog, Cat, Owl and Pig.

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!

The focus of this breakout is The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the novel. A great review game before a test or quiz. Comes complete with answer key.

Task #1 Plot

See if your students can figure out the overall plot for the story using a diagram and plot cards. When put in the right order students get a secret code.

Task #2 Characters

A way for your students to work together figuring out who is who from the novel with character cards and an answer sheet. Once solved students gain a code word.

Task #3 Close Read

Students must close read an excerpt from the novel and acurately answer questions about the excerpt to reveal the last code word.

Task #4 Encrypted Message

Using all the clues from the previous three tasks students must solve the encrypted message to escape the room.

Your students will love competing against the other groups in their class to solve these knowledge based puzzles around the novel.

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Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!

The focus of this breakout is The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald. The activities in this breakout game are designed to help students review what they have read in the novel. A great review game before a test or quiz. Comes complete with answer key.

Are you an English teacher looking for a fun and unique way to engage your students with the classic novel, Ethan Frome? Look no further than our Ethan Frome Escape Room!

This 27-page product includes four unique tasks designed to challenge your students' knowledge and understanding of the novel. The tasks cover important literary elements such as plot, characters, close reading, and an encrypted message. Each task is designed to be completed in a group, encouraging collaboration and teamwork among your students.

With our Ethan Frome Escape Room, your students will be able to experience the novel in a whole new way, as they work to solve puzzles and clues to unlock each task. The included answer key provides a clear and detailed guide to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

This escape room is perfect for high school English teachers looking to add an interactive and engaging element to their lesson plans. The tasks are designed to challenge students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while also reinforcing important literary concepts.

So why wait? Add our Ethan Frome Escape Room to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that your students will talk about for years to come