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Delve deeper into Salina Yoon's heartwarming tale of friendship with our Penguin and Pinecone: A Friendship Story worksheets. This pack of 5 worksheets is designed to supplement your child's understanding and engagement with the story.

The first component of the pack includes a list of vocabulary words extracted from the book to help your child improve their linguistic skills.

The second component is a worksheet that can be used during guided reading sessions, or alternatively, it can serve as a comprehension quiz/test to measure your child's understanding of the story.

To incorporate an element of fun, we have also included 2 imaginative color worksheets. These allow your child to express their creativity and relate it personally to the story of Penguin and Pinecone.

The final inclusion in this pack is a 2-page story sequence worksheet. This will aid your child to follow the narrative in a cohesive manner and understand the progression of events and the impact those events have on the characters' dynamics.

Encourage your child to utilize these worksheets while reading Penguin and Pinecone for a wholesome and enriching learning experience.

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I Like Myself

Grab these 16 opinion writing worksheets with cute coloring pages and watch your students' love for writing soar! The class can choose the coloring page they like, and then write about their favorite foods. They will love it so much, they will want to choose more coloring pages and write about all their favorite foods!

These opinion writing worksheets are perfect for:

• homework
• morning work
• reluctant writers
• differentiated writing activity
• independent work
• fun group work

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This is an excellent worksheet to give prior to having students read Shakespeare's play "As You Like It". It has historical information about the play and 7 short answer questions. *** You may also like my study guide for As You Like It *** As You Like It Interactive Flipbook

These printable worksheets are designed to help grade 3 students practice spelling when adding suffixes to root words. Suffix practice for changing the y to i when adding -es, doubling the final consonant of 1-1-1 words, and dropping the final e when adding -ed or -ing.

Benefits

• 3 weeks worth of practice - work on each skill daily with 5 pages of practice!
• Perfect for initial suffix lessons
• Great for reviewing previously learned skills in upper elementary grades
• Includes student information sheet for each skill that can be posted for student reference, or sent home with students to aid in homework
• Includes answer key for each page

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

To implement this product in your classroom, simply print out the worksheets and distribute them to students. You can use them during whole group instruction to introduce or review suffixes, as independent practice, or send them home as homework assignment.

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Help students explore the world around them with our Color the Senses worksheets! This interactive My Five Senses activity encourages young learners to match senses words to corresponding pictures and color them to reinforce their understanding. Students will also be challenged to identify multiple senses for each object, enhancing their critical thinking skills. These 5 senses worksheets are perfect for preschool, Kindergarten, and early elementary classrooms.

What's included in this Five Senses activity:

• Coloring senses words to match objects with the correct sense(s) like sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch.
• Opportunities for students to identify and label objects that may engage more than one sense.

This resource is an excellent tool for teaching sensory awareness, offering hands-on practice that blends learning with creativity! Ideal for classroom centers or home use, these coloring and matching senses worksheets will spark curiosity and deepen understanding of the five senses.

10 Vocabulary Choice Boards for Vocabulary Practice with 90 Different Prompts

Engage your students with these fun and interactive vocabulary choice boards! Each board offers 9 unique activities to help students understand and reinforce their vocabulary words. Perfect for in-class activities or homework, these boards encourage creativity and critical thinking.

Sample prompts include:

• Vocabulary Comic Strip: Create a comic strip where characters use your vocabulary words in their dialogue to show their meaning.
• Synonym Search: Find three synonyms for your vocabulary word and use them in sentences that reflect their meanings.
• Word Riddle: Write a riddle using your vocabulary word that others must solve.
• Vocabulary Haiku: Write a haiku (5-7-5 syllables) that reflects the meaning of your word.
• Word History: Research the origin of your vocabulary word and explain where it came from and how its meaning has changed over time.

With 10 different boards to choose from, students will enjoy a variety of activities to strengthen their vocabulary skills!

This is a bundle of three dice roll writing assignments. This bundle includes assignments about author's purpose, rhetorical appeals, and character reading response which works for any book.

With these assignments, students roll a die to determine the format, topic, and character/rhetorical appeal/purpose they will use for their writing piece. These assignments offer a lot of flexibility and options for students. They are fun and engaging! This resource includes writing rubrics for the character reading response and author's purpose assignments.

This product (Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules- Cause and Effect) is a sample of my book companion for the book Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules by Steve Herman. It allows students to reflect on their own behavior in the classroom around the topic of personal attitude. 

Unlock the Full Potential: Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules (by Steve Herman) Social-Emotional Activities

The full book companion, Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules (by Steve Herman) Social-Emotional Activities, can be found in my TeachShare store. It is full of SEL and ELA activities for helping children learn about why we have rules and the importance of following them, while also building specific ELA skills.

What Awaits You in the Full Book Companion:

• An explanation of the CASEL 5 Standards (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making).
• Support for adults and suggestions on how to teach and support children in learning about why we have rules, why the same rules apply to everyone, and the impact of our choices.
• Specific SEL learning objectives that are covered in this book companion.
• Guided questions for before, during, and after reading the text.
• A variety of book companion activities that address both ELA and SEL skills.
• ELA skill sheets/posters
• Note to families explaining the skill we are working on in class and letting them know how they can help at home.
• Brag Tags for celebrating improvement and success

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Learn More: Interactive Readalouds for SEL and Literacy Skills

Discover the power of interactive read-alouds in promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) and literacy skills in children. Explore the benefits of reading to kids for their academic success and emotional intelligence. Whether you’re a teacher or a caregiver, learn how interactive read-alouds can positively transform young lives with this blog post: Interactive Readalouds: How to Use Them to Promote SEL and Literacy Skills.

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Do your students struggle with capitalizing titles of books, songs, and movies? This activity is the perfect way to practice these skills! This activity can be completed at once or broken up into 3 segments. Students have the opportunity to tell the difference between a title that is correctly capitalized and one that is not, and then use these skills to write titles correctly. A great resource for morning work, homework, or as a "must do." The donut theme adds a touch of fun!

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Transform how you track student reading progress with this Ten Frame Reading Log! Perfect for elementary teachers looking for an engaging, visual approach to logging books, this resource combines math and reading to motivate young readers while keeping parents and teachers informed.

What’s Included:

• Ten Frame Reading Logs to visually track books read, making it fun and accessible for early readers.
• Seasonal designs each month features a themed image that students can color.
• Book tracking pages for students to log completed books and reflect on their reading experience.

Key Features:

• Visual format: The ten frame system helps younger students easily see their progress, making reading at home fun and motivating.
• Great for early readers: Ideal for K-3 students, especially those still developing their reading habits and stamina.
• Easy to Use Teachers and Parents can use the provided book cards to fill the ten frame, or use stamps, stickers, or simply write a checkmark for each square.

This Ten Frame Reading Log is the perfect alternative to traditional reading logs, keeping students excited about reading while allowing teachers to monitor progress in a simple, effective way. Promote a love of reading with this visual, easy-to-use tool for any elementary classroom!

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This mini book report is a perfect edition to your classroom! It is a single page that students can fill out when they are done reading a book. It can be used as homework, early finisher work, small group instruction / centers activities, and much more! The page includes a section where students share:

- Title

- Author

- Characters

- Setting

- This book made me wonder about...

- Would you recommend this book to a friend?

- How many stars (out of 5)
- Summary of the book

- Draw a comic strip of your favorite parts of the book

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These worksheets are the perfect way for your students to practice the drop the final e rule when adding -ed & -ing suffixes. Includes 5 worksheets for student practice as well as an explanation sheet that can be copied for student reference or posted as an anchor chart. 5 practice pages are included- perfect for a week long practice of this skill!

Perfect for introduction of the drop the final e spelling rule or great for a review as well. Can also be used as independent practice or sent home for homework practice.

Answer key included in paid download.

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Permission is granted to copy pages for use by teachers/students use by the original purchaser. This product was sold for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses for use in multiple classrooms.

Make learning about the five senses engaging and interactive with our Draw a Line to the Senses worksheets! These fun and educational 5 senses worksheets are perfect for preschool, Kindergarten, and early elementary students. In this activity, students will draw a line from a person displaying a sense to the matching body part (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or hands). Additionally, they will identify and match the correct word that corresponds to the sense being displayed.
What's included in this My Five Senses activity:

• Line-drawing worksheets that ask students to connect a person’s sense-related action to the correct body part.
• Word identification practice to reinforce vocabulary related to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
• Visual prompts to help students understand how each body part corresponds to a specific sense.

This Five Senses activity is perfect for reinforcing sensory learning while also enhancing fine motor skills. Ideal for classroom centers or at-home learning, these draw a line to the body part worksheets offer a fun and interactive way to teach young learners about the five senses!

This set of 10 engaging worksheets (answer keys included) is designed to help learners master identifying and labeling subjects and action verbs in sentences. Perfect for grades 3-6, these worksheets are ideal for classroom activities, homework assignments, or supplemental practice.

Ideal For:

• Teachers seeking effective resources for literacy instruction
• Parents looking for extra practice for their children at home
• Tutors needing supplemental materials for their sessions

This resource should accompany Kwame Alexander's novel The Door of No Return. There are 8 journal prompts total. One should be completed before starting the story, and one after finishing the story. Cover pages are included. This resource contains 18 PDF pages. 9 sheets are in color, and 9 are black/white.

The questions in this journal are related to the story. They ask students to predict, characterize, think about text structure and author's choice, and compare this story to others about slavery. There are many lines for students to use while journaling to organize their writing.

This product, 'Baditude! My Self-Evaluation,' offers a glimpse into my comprehensive book companion for Julia Cook's 'Baditude!' It provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their classroom behavior, particularly focusing on personal attitudes.

Unlock the Full Potential: Baditude! (by Julia Cook) Social-Emotional Learning Activities

If you love this sample, please take a look at the complete book companion/interactive read aloud, Baditude! (by Julia Cook) Social-Emotional Learning Activities. This resource is a treasure trove of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and English Language Arts (ELA) activities designed to help children transition from a 'baditude' to an attitude of gratitude, all while honing essential ELA skills.

Within the full book companion, you'll discover:

• An in-depth explanation of the CASEL 5 Standards, covering self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
• Support and recommendations for educators on teaching and nurturing a positive attitude in children.
• Clear SEL learning objectives integrated into this book companion.
• Thoughtful guided questions to facilitate discussions before, during, and after reading the text.
• A diverse array of book companion activities that bridge ELA and SEL skills.
• ELA skill sheets and posters.
• Informative notes to families, elucidating the skills being developed in class and offering guidance on how they can support at home.
• Celebratory Brag Tags for recognizing and applauding improvements and achievements.

Explore More Resources for SEL and ELA Skills Development

I invite you to explore my store for more book companions that will aid your classroom in cultivating SEL and ELA proficiency.

For the best value, consider exploring my comprehensive bundle of book companions, Social Emotional Learning Activities By making a single purchase, you'll gain access to all current book companions and receive notifications for downloading future full book companions at no extra cost.

Learn More: Interactive Readalouds for SEL and Literacy Skills

Discover the power of interactive read-alouds in promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) and literacy skills in children. Explore the benefits of reading to kids for their academic success and emotional intelligence. Whether you’re a teacher or a caregiver, learn how interactive read-alouds can positively transform young lives with this blog post: Interactive Readalouds: How to Use Them to Promote SEL and Literacy Skills.

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These worksheets are the perfect way for your students to practice the change the y to i and add -es rule. Includes 5 worksheets for student practice as well as an explanation sheet that can be copied for student reference or posted as an anchor chart. 5 practice pages are included- perfect for a week long practice of this skill.

Perfect for introduction of the change the final y to an i and add -es review as well. Can also be used as independent practice or sent home for homework practice.

Answer key included in paid download.

Please leave feedback for this product to receive TeachShare credit that can be used for future purchases!

Permission is granted to copy pages for use by teachers/students use by the original purchaser. This product was sold for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses for use in multiple classrooms.

Cutting and Pasting Five Senses Webs: My Five Senses Activity
Engage your students with this fun, hands-on Cutting and Pasting Five Senses Webs activity! Perfect for preschool, Kindergarten, and early elementary learners, these 5 senses worksheets help children explore the senses of taste, smell, hearing, touch, and sight by cutting out pictures and pasting them into the correct sensory web. This My Five Senses activity is an interactive way for students to learn and categorize everyday objects based on what they can taste, smell, hear, touch, or see.

What's included in this Five Senses activity:

• Cut-and-paste worksheets that allow students to build sensory webs for each sense.
• Visual prompts to help children categorize objects under the correct sense, enhancing their understanding of how the senses work together.
• Opportunities for students to explore multiple senses for certain objects.

This resource is perfect for classroom centers or home activities, offering a creative and engaging way to deepen sensory learning. These cutting and pasting five senses webs help develop fine motor skills while reinforcing key concepts about the senses!

Make spelling practice exciting with this 90-prompt Spelling Choice Board! Packed with creative and hands-on activities, this resource helps students improve their spelling in fun ways. Students can choose from a variety of prompts like:

• Write a short story using spelling words.
• Build words with playdough or sidewalk chalk.
• Create a comic strip using spelling words.
• Spell words out loud while jumping or clapping.

Perfect for classrooms, homework, or independent work with options that require a parent's signature!

**Activities Included: **

1. Creative Writing Activities
2. Hands-On Activities
3. Kinesthetic Activities
4. Artistic Activities
5. Games and Puzzles
6. Technology Activities
7. Word Study Activities
8. Partner or Group Activities
9. Challenge Activities

With this activity, students will use a die to determine the format, topic, and purpose to use in their writing assignment. Students should have a solid understanding of what it means for an author to persuade, inform, or entertain before diving in to this activity. A rubric is included. This is meant to be a fun, amusing exercise for students learning about author's purpose. Both the instructions and the rubric come in color and b/w.

Check out my free Ethos, Logos, Pathos Dice Roll Writing Activity, and my Character Reading Response Dice Roll Writing Activity as well!