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Understanding Menus Unit 1 - Reading Menus & Menu Math - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
This resource features five realistic menus for students to explore. Designed for differentiation, this resource offers two levels of engagement focusing on real-world text comprehension and money math skills. The first level involves cut-and-paste activities with simpler questions, focusing on menu comprehension and basic price identification. The second level challenges students with write-in responses, encouraging critical thinking and analysis. Students tackle questions about menu item costs, ingredients, and comparisons of prices. They also practice calculating totals for orders and determining the correct amount of change. This comprehensive resource aims to enhance students' real-world understanding of menus, prices, and basic financial skills, preparing them for practical decision-making and equipping them with valuable life skills.
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This download includes:
Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words
Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions - Multi-part questions
40 different worksheets and 149 questions per set.
A total of 80 different worksheets.
Featured Menus:
Sushi Restaurant
Pizza Restaurant
Sandwich Shop
Burger Restaurant
Bagel Shop
As extension activities, students can use classroom money to present the correct amount of money. Students can calculate sales tax and or tip.
Check out the other units!
Understanding Menus Unit 2
Understanding Menus Unit 3
Understanding Menus Unit 4
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Escape Room
By Educate and Create
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.
Need more resources for The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
Look no further...we got you covered!
The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Introduction Power Point
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Characterization Flip book
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Escape Room
By Educate and Create
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.
Animal Farm: Flip book Study Guide
By Educate and Create
Introducing the ultimate study guide for Animal Farm the classic novel by George Orwell! The Animal Farm study guide flipbook contains everything you need to understand this masterpiece of British literature.
With 18 pages of comprehensive material, the study guide is divided into three main sections, including Questions by Chapter, Historical Context, and About The Author.
The Questions by Section includes detailed questions for the novel's chapters designed to help you focus on key plot points, character development, and themes. Each question is thoughtfully crafted to promote critical thinking and analysis, allowing you to delve deeper into the novel and gain a deeper understanding of its complexities.
The Historical Context section provides important historical background information about the time and place in which the novel is set. This section explores the political, social, and cultural context of the novel, helping you to better understand the novel's themes and ideas.
The About The Author section provides insight into the life and work of George Orwell.This section explores the author's biography, his literary influences, and his writing style, giving you a deeper appreciation for the novel and its place in British literature.
Best of all, our study guide flipbook includes an answer key for all the questions, so you can check your answers and make sure you are on the right track.
Whether you are a student, a literature enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of this classic novel, our Animal Farm study guide flipbook is the perfect tool to help you achieve your goals. So why wait? Order your copy today and start exploring the world of Animal Farm.
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The Count of Monte Cristo : Escape Room
By Educate and Create
Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!
The focus of this breakout is The Count of Monte Cristo. 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.
Need more resources for The Count of Monte Cristo?
Look no further...we got you covered!
The Count of Monte Cristo: Introduction Power Point
The Count of Monte Cristo: Characterization Flipbook
The Count of Monte Cristo: Flip book Study Guide
The Count of Monte Cristo: Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes
The Count of Monte Cristo : Vocabulary Crosswords
The Count of Monte Cristo: Graphic Organizers
A Midsummer Night's Dream Escape Room
By Educate and Create
Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!
The focus of this breakout is both Shakespeare’s A Midsummer's Night Dream. 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.
Shakespeare Tragedies (All Plays)
By Educate and Create
This power point covers the elements of tragedy found in all Shakespeare's tragedies. It goes over important elements such as iambic pentameter, irony, poetry vs prose, character foil, symbolism and more. It gives some brief background on Shakespeare as well as his influences. This is an excellent way to introduce any Shakespearean Tragedy in your class. If you are teaching a specific play feel free to check out my bundles to save even more. ************************ Want to earn credits for future TeachShare purchases? Write us a review. Your feedback is important and appreciated.
Introduction to Archetypes Powerpoint
By Educate and Create
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.
Alaska Research Project with Reading Comprehension and Time Line
By Jennifer Connett
Learn about the history of Alaska and its state symbols with this state research project. This Alaska research project contains cards with real pictures, reading passages with comprehension questions, and two forms of research recording activities. Students can use the passages, posters and cards to answer the research questions in the two books, or conduct their own research through books or the internet. The preview shows a sampling of each part of this packet.
What is included?
Basic State Poster
State Symbol Cards with real photographs where available
History Time Line Cards with real photographs where available
Reading Comprehension Passages
Fun Facts and Information Pages
Writing Activities
State Research Flip Book Pages
State Report Book Pages (Choose the pages according to what your focus is.)
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Reading and Writing Program Launch | First 20 Days - Grades 5-6
By Amanda G
Kickstart your school year with this engaging reading and writing program launch for grades 5 and 6. Perfect for the first twenty days of school, our daily lessons ensure a smooth transition back to school, fostering critical skills and a love for learning. Empower your students with the tools they need for academic success!
Updated to support Ontario 2023 Language Curriculum
This bundle has everything you need to set up your Readers' and Writers' program! This bundle includes teacher printable and slide decks - making your first 20 days easy to plan and implement.
Writers' Program includes:
This resources included everything you need to set up your Writers' program.
Reading Program includes:
This resource includes all the required lesson plans, BLMs and anchor chart ideas.
Among the lessons included are:
Bonus: Creating Book Trailers
Buyer Feedback:
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Spooky, Creepy Halloween – Hauntings, History, Safety (Reading Comprehension)
By Reading Club Fun
Enjoy a Halloween-themed Two-Page Activity Set, two Word Search Puzzles, and Puzzling Bookmarks with this fun packet! Includes:
Spooky, Creepy Halloween Two-Page Activity Set – Learn about how the Halloween tradition started, the legend of Jack-O'-Lanterns, and paranormal investigations in haunted houses. Includes tips for a fun, safe Halloween.
Halloween Vocabulary Word Search – reinforces vocabulary from the Activity Set (plus encourages healthy treats for Halloween)
Skeleton Celebration Consonant Blends Word Search – Dozens of fun Halloween vocabulary words with consonant blends!
Halloween Puzzling Bookmarks – Complete the puzzles within these bookmarks, then cut them out to use in your favorite books! Includes Mini-Word Search Puzzle and Mini-Crossword Puzzle.
FREE BONUSES:
Halloween Fun Times and Rhymes – Fill in the crossword puzzle with the rhyming words
Halloween Reading Log & Certificate Set – Encourage reading accomplishment with this colorful set.
Haunted House Puzzle Set - Synonyms, Euphemisms Fun Anytime
By Reading Club Fun
What does it take to sell a haunted house? A lot of creativity! And, a bit of persuasive writing.
Our unique puzzle pack challenges kids to follow the lead of Zombie Brothers Real Estate as they learn about the tools needed to sell a haunted house – the nouns, verbs, synonyms and euphemisms that make a sale! It's great fun for Halloween!
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Halloween is Here Kit – Trick-or-Treat, Costumes, Rhymes (Reading Comprehension)
By Reading Club Fun
Halloween is here! Enjoy an exciting, vocabulary-rich, Halloween-themed puzzle pack that includes:
Halloween is Here Two-Page Activity Set – character costume crossword and word search, rhyming fill-in, find twin ghosts puzzle and Halloween etiquette.
Matching Word Search Puzzle – reinforces 40 vocabulary words from the Activity Set
Halloween Rhyming Words Crossword Puzzle – fill-in puzzle with words that rhyme with the clues.
Costume Choices Word Search Puzzle – features broad array of cool characters and creatures for potential Halloween dress-up
Creating Costumes Word Search – materials and tools you can use to create Halloween costumes
Who Will We Be? Crossword Puzzle – match costume items to each character, then complete the crossword.
Valentine's Day craft activity mailbox printable, 100th day, writing paper 2nd
By Simply Read
This Valentine's day craft activity bundle includes 4 February holiday printables that are ready to go, easy and require no prep
Great for:
100th Day of School Craft
Valentine's Day Self Love and what I love about my school
Writing Paper
Valentine's Day Mailbox Decorations for 2nd Graders
February Planning and fun crafts taken care of!
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Authors Purpose / Main Idea - 20 Non Fiction Texts, Worksheet & Slides - Set 2
By Mark Holmes
Description
Elevate your students' reading comprehension skills with this comprehensive lesson on identifying and understanding author's purpose. This resource is designed to help students in grades 6-8 develop critical thinking skills and become more effective readers by analyzing various elements of a text, such as word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas.
The package includes:
A detailed, 40-slide presentation covering:
The importance of understanding author's purpose
The three main types of author's purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain
How word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas contribute to author's purpose
Practical tips and strategies for identifying author's purpose in various texts
Two example passages with in-depth analysis of author's purpose, word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas
Recap of key points and encouragement for students to practice their skills
20 carefully curated non-fiction texts from diverse genres, such as opinion pieces, advertisements, and informative essays, providing ample opportunities for students to apply their learning
A versatile worksheet that guides students through analyzing each text, focusing on:
Text Titles:
Literary Nonfiction
Journalism
Academic Writing
Practical Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction
Additional Engaging Topics
Exploration of the Ancient Civilization of Egypt - Delving into their culture, technology, and contributions to modern society.
Science Behind Natural Disasters - Understanding earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes through a scientific lens.
The Evolution of Music from Classical to Modern Pop - Tracing how music has changed over the centuries and its influence on society.
By working through this lesson and completing the accompanying activities, your students will:
Gain a deep understanding of author's purpose and its significance in reading comprehension
Learn to identify and analyze the elements of a text that contribute to author's purpose
Develop critical thinking skills by examining word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas
Improve their ability to summarize and interpret various types of non-fiction texts
Become more confident and engaged readers, equipped with strategies for tackling complex texts
This resource is perfect for English Language Arts, Reading, or Writing classes, as well as for test preparation and literacy intervention programs. The slides and activities can be easily adapted to suit your classroom's needs and can be used for whole-class instruction, small-group work, or independent practice.
Empower your students to become skilled, critical readers with this comprehensive lesson on author's purpose. Purchase now and unlock the key to improved reading comprehension!
Authors Purpose / Main Idea - 20 Non Fiction Texts, Worksheet & Slides - Set 1
By Mark Holmes
Elevate your students' reading comprehension skills with this comprehensive lesson on identifying and understanding author's purpose. This resource is designed to help students in grades 6-8 develop critical thinking skills and become more effective readers by analyzing various elements of a text, such as word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas.
The package includes:
A detailed, 40-slide presentation covering:
20 carefully curated non-fiction texts from diverse genres, such as opinion pieces, advertisements, and informative essays, providing ample opportunities for students to apply their learning
Text Titles:
A versatile worksheet that guides students through analyzing each text, focusing on:
By working through this lesson and completing the accompanying activities, your students will:
This resource is perfect for English Language Arts, Reading, or Writing classes, as well as for test preparation and literacy intervention programs. The slides and activities can be easily adapted to suit your classroom's needs and can be used for whole-class instruction, small-group work, or independent practice.
Empower your students to become skilled, critical readers with this comprehensive lesson on author's purpose. Purchase now and unlock the key to improved reading comprehension!
By Language Arts Excellence
If you are looking for the perfect way to review the hero's journey with your students using a rigorous yet engaging activity, look no further than this Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Hero's Journey Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, 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. 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!
How does it work?
Though your students have been learning about the 12 stages, 8 archetypes, and countless examples of the hero's journey through literature and film, it is time for them to become heroes themselves by escaping your classroom! In order to do this, they must work in small teams to solve 5 different puzzles related to the hero's journey, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing assignment
This escape room is ideal for reviewing the hero's journey in your classroom. Students will need to know the 12 stages and the 8 archetypes in order to complete the activity.
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Also, check out this great product for your hero's journey unit:
⭐ Hero's Journey Socratic Seminar
⭐ Hero's Journey Anticipation Activity
Can't get enough of escape rooms? Many more ELA Escape Rooms here:
⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐The Handmaid's Tale ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM - Pop Culture Edition
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
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By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features all the materials you need to conduct a full length escape room for Walter Dean Myers' acclaimed novel, Monster.
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, 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. Your students won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying during this activity!
How does it work?
Your students have worked hard throughout the unit following the Steve Harmon trial and today, their knowledge will be tested with an escape room covering the characters, plot, vocabulary, and elements of Monster.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on Monster and a great way to review for the final test.
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Save over 20% on this resource when you purchase as part of a bundle of all Monster products by Language Arts Excellence:
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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on Monster:
⭐ Monster (Myers) Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
⭐ Monster (Myers) Breaking News Article Assignment
⭐ Monster (Myers) Literature Guide
⭐ Monster (Myers) Quizzes for Entire Novel
⭐ Monster (Myers) Social Media Materials
⭐ Monster (Myers) Socratic Seminar Lesson & Materials
⭐ Monster (Myers) vs. Murder on a Sunday Morning Compare Contrast Project
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Nonfiction Text Structures Review Game Show for Informational Text
By That One Cheerful Classroom
Make reviewing nonfiction text structures fun with this engaging, collaborative game show! This text structures game show includes graphic organizer examples, passages, definitions, titles and clue words. Quick and easy setup, plus clear directions makes this game perfect for centers or substitute days, too!
Lead your students to practice differentiating between nonfiction text structures by exploring it through relatable topics. Students will love exploring informational text structures while working in teams with friendly competition, and won't even realize how much they're learning!
Here's what you'll get:
Your students will love practicing nonfiction text structure concepts with their teammates. They'll be engaged in discussions, and having friendly competition while reviewing their learning.
Prep is quick and easy... Just copy student recording sheets, display the game on the board, and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!
IMPORTANT!
You must have PowerPoint installed on your computer. Also, this file is not editable.
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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
Author's Purpose Review Game Show Activity for Reading ELA Practice
By That One Cheerful Classroom
Make reviewing author's purpose fun with this engaging, collaborative game show! This author's purpose game show includes examples from high interest categories of video games, sports, candy, history, and dinosaurs. Quick and easy setup, plus clear directions makes this game perfect for centers or substitute days, too!
Lead your students to practice the different types of author's purpose by exploring it through interesting topics. Students will love exploring author's purpose while working in teams with friendly competition, and won't even realize how much they're learning!
Here's what you'll get:
Your students will love practicing author's purpose concepts with their teammates. They'll be engaged in discussions, and having friendly competition while reviewing their learning.
Prep is quick and easy... Just copy student recording sheets, display the game on the board, and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!
IMPORTANT!
You must have PowerPoint installed on your computer. Also, this file is not editable.
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Copyright © That One Cheerful Classroom.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.