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Elevate your Scythe novel study with thi Exit Tickets and answer key freebie for chapter 1! Designed for no prep assessment, the exit ticket features 6 thought-provoking questions aligned with key curriculum standards.

Empower your students' comprehension and critical thinking skills with this comprehensive resource, complete with a time-saving answer key for quick and efficient grading!

Scythe Exit Tickets for Chapters 1-5

Directions:

• Students will respond to the exit ticket following the reading of Chapter 1.

• Use the answer key to grade their responses.

What's Included:

• An exit ticket for Chapter 1 with six questions
• Answer key

A choice board for final projects. Perfect for ending a novel unit. Works well with any novel.

FREE! Decipher the context clues and symbols to figure out the words to famous Christmas movie titles, such as: Elf Night Before Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus is Coming to Town Frosty the Snowman Nutcracker Home Alone White Christmas Little Drummer Boy Polar Express Plus, have fun writing your own inferencing and logic Christmas movie puzzle at the end. Fun activity for small/whole group with colorful illustrations and Answer Key (at end).

Beyond the primary grades teachers often seem to forget about checking students reading fluency. This is a simple to use form for students to provide themselves a self-feedback on their read aloud fluency. Teachers can then use the same form to provide their own feedback on the students reading fluency. File states to use Audacity (a free download online) but other recording programs/devices may be used - this is just a personal choice/what is available on our school computers. Included in this package is how I used this program successfully in my classroom. Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store!

This is an activity to do while your students watch Disney's Inside out. Students will be identifying the main idea and theme, providing 2 supporting details for both of those. Then, once they have finished the movie, they will write a summary of the movie.

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This file contains directions and a planning sheet for a story map the students will create for chapter 6, specifically pages 90-95, of The Outsiders. The purpose of the story map is for the kids to choose the 6 most important events that they will summarize on their visualization story map in 6 panels. Included is the handout with directions and a planning sheet, as well as a grade sheet that you could use as a student checklist/ success criteria and/or a teacher rubric.

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1. Narrative Writing Scene: Students choose one of the options and write a missing scene from the novel mimicking Hinton's style and staying true to the voice of the characters.

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2**. Indirect Characterization chart for The Greasers-** great for the beginning of the book when the reader is first meeting the boys!

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3. An in-depth analysis of the Socs for after chapter 7:

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4. Socratic Seminar: can be used as the final assessment!

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5. Characterization: Ponyboy's self- image (works best after chapter 4):

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6. Found Poem (works best after chapter 4):

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Fun prepositional activity to get kids up and moving! Insert a map of your school campus, have kids illustrate their path, and travel the school as kids write sentences with prepositions that match their walk. Before teaching, use chairs and have students actively demonstrate prepositions: Stand beside the chair, go over the chair, in front of, behind...

This is a movie watch-along activity to go with How to Train Your Dragon. Students will identify the main idea of the movie and also the theme. They will need to provide supporting details for the main idea and the theme.

This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused while they watch the movie, and provide some practice for main idea and theme!

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Print and go resource.

Do you have literacy buddies with a younger class? Do you sometimes find your students off topic when they should be reading? Want to make life easier for yourself...and your buddy teacher? This package is for you.

This Literacy Buddy Handbook has been classroom tested and worked very well with my grade 6 class, working with a grade 3 class.

Common Core standards listed for grade 4, also meet standards for grades 5 and 6.

Included is:

* expectation sheet,

*questions to for students to ask their buddies,

* graphics reminders,

* reading log.

What others are saying:

• Great Resource! My students found this to be helpful. (Keshana M)
• Easy to use! (Dustin's Delights)

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Enhance vocabulary in any class or content area with this AVID-inspired vocabulary awareness chart in Google Sheets. This vocabulary awareness chart allows students to check their awareness and knowledge of words found in the content they are learning about.

Directions

• The vocabulary self-awareness chart allows students to assess themselves on class vocabulary words.
• In my classroom, we chose our words from the words students have come across in their reading.
• Students write the vocabulary words, determine how well they know the word (checking a checkbox in the correct column), and type any notes or definitions they have for the word.
• Simply duplicate the chart in Google Sheets when you are ready for students to make a new self-awareness chart over new content you are learning so that students can keep a log.

What's Included

• One Google Sheets document where students will duplicate and log their vocabulary awareness across all the readings completed in your class.
• In the document, students will include:

- Name

- Date

- What the vocabulary is for

- Word

- Students will check a box for the following: know it well & can explain it, heard it or seen it before, no Clue

- Notes/Definitions

*This resource is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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This passage provides a detailed account of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster, which occurred on January 28, 1986.

The text describes the events leading up to the launch, the sudden breakup of the shuttle just 73 seconds after liftoff, and the tragic loss of all seven crew members on board.

The passage also highlights the causes of the disaster, including a faulty O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters, and the subsequent investigations and changes made to the space program.

The text is written at a level appropriate for upper elementary or middle school students and includes important historical context and vocabulary related to space exploration.

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On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed one of the most devastating nuclear accidents in history at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. This worksheet provides engaging passages and questions about the causes, effects, and aftermath of the disaster, helping students understand the severity of the incident and its long-lasting consequences.

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Women's History Month is a time to celebrate and honor the contributions of women throughout history. Reading comprehension activities are an effective way to educate students about the remarkable achievements of women and inspire them to strive for their own successes.

In This Bundle You will Get Reading comprehension Activities For :

• Rosa Parks
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• Maya Angelou
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• Shirley Chisholm
• Katherine Johnson
• Toni Morrison
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Jane Goodall

With comprehension questions and answers included, this resource is a great way to learn about this incredible woman's legacy during Women's History Month.

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• 50+ Bonus Pages

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• Great for kids, boys and girls

Keywords : Women's History Month, coloring sheets, printable, notable women, inspirational quotes, March, April, educational, creativity, celebration, historical figures, fun, family, friends, appreciation, contributions, society.

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This worksheet features five informative passages about Oprah Winfrey's journey from her humble beginnings in rural Mississippi to becoming one of the most influential women in entertainment and media.

Each passage highlights a different aspect of her remarkable story, such as her challenging childhood, her rise to fame on television, her groundbreaking talk show, her inspiring philanthropic work, and her impact on popular culture.

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Description: This worksheet provides engaging passages and questions about Ronald Reagan's fascinating life, from his early years as a Hollywood actor to his two terms as President of the United States. Students will gain insight into his political beliefs, significant policies, and lasting legacies, including his role in ending the Cold War and his famous phrase "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

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• Shirley Chisholm Reading Comprehension
• Katherine Johnson Reading Comprehension
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• Ella Fitzgerald Reading Comprehension

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 5 Pages

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• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

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In their first year of middle school, 6th graders embark on a new phase in their education, facing fresh challenges and changes. In many ways, 6th grade marks an important transition for students, as they apply the skills they have learned before to engage in more complex and self-guided learning in deeper and more demanding ways.

While collaboration continues to be an important element of the curriculum, students often need to produce more detailed independent assignments, especially in writing. This requires improved independence and organizational skills, and it will probably necessitate some adjustment and practice at the beginning of the school year.

The main goal of the 6th grade reading curriculum is to have students interact with increasingly difficult texts over the year, preparing them for high school, advanced studies, and future professions. Students examine a variety of texts and different genres, including fiction, drama, poetry, and non-fiction.

This ebook offers a detailed lesson plan for guided reading along with activities tailored for your sixth-grade classes. Suggested replies are also provided.

Seventh graders can concentrate better on enhancing the skills they started to cultivate in 6th grade without the extra pressure of adapting to the new middle school setting. By 7th grade, it is anticipated that students have adjusted to middle school life and are thus expected to operate more autonomously while managing their time and schedules with diminished (but still some) support.

Typically, in 7th grade, students expand upon the abilities they acquired in 6th grade by engaging with more intricate and lengthy texts and essays in both writing and reading. This effort will equip them for 8th grade, where they will solidify and enhance their skills, ultimately positioning them for success in high school.

In 7th grade, learners enhance their skills in analyzing the texts they read and supporting their analysis with evidence from the text. In particular, 7th grade students focus on scrutinizing texts more thoroughly and utilizing details from the text to formulate ideas, conduct analysis, and draw inferences.

This ebook contains a comprehensive 90-minute lesson plan, featuring activities and suggested answers.

During their final year of middle school, 8th graders engage in preparing for high school by refining and enhancing skills acquired in previous middle school years, while also acquiring new (and frequently more challenging) abilities.

In numerous ways, 8th grade serves as a transitional year since students are anticipated to have mastered middle school skills and start evolving into “high-schoolers.” In particular, 8th graders are anticipated to be self-sufficient thinkers and doers, evaluating and articulating what they understand in both their written and spoken communication.

In the 8th grade, students further develop various skills acquired in previous grades, particularly focusing on aspects such as text evidence, language, and comparisons across different genres of text. Nonetheless, 8th graders deepen their text analyses by exploring the details and writing structures while evaluating how these aspects influence the text.

This ebook contains an in-depth guided reading lesson plan complete with activities, which takes around 90 minutes to complete. Proposed responses are also included.

This file contains directions on how to write a found poem, and requires students to write one for a book they are reading independently. The students will choose a passage in their novel that they'd like to summarize using a found poem, then they identify words and phrases from the text that they'll incorporate.It includes the directions, a writer's checklist, a reflection for the students to complete after their poem, and a question at the end that requires them to switch poems with a partner where they have to summarize the section of text their partner wrote about. If they can, their partner's poem was successful in summarizing the text! If not, their partner should go back and revise.

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The following file contains 8 text-based questions that require students to infer, analyze, recall, predict, and support their answers. The directions state the students need to use text evidence to back up their answers. This set of questions pertains to chapters 9, 10, and 11 of The Giver. An answer key is included.

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