Reading Strategies PowerPoint Presentations (by date, oldest first)

Explicit strategies for teaching word meaning to students.

• Words in the Dictionary
• Words in Context
• Words with Greek and Latin Roots
• Replacing words to be more effective.

This lesson includes a PowerPoint Lesson, accompanying student notes for the lesson and practice questions. Everything you need to get students started when decoding new words or words they encounter while testing.

What is it?

Micro texts are made with the intention of getting to the skill or the practice students need FASTER. Each text is less than 400 words. All of the 16 questions is aligned to finding the "bullseye" and helping students think critically about the answer choices and how they can apply critical thinking to get the right answer every time. It also encourages students to read each question and not choose an answer that "feels right".

What's included?

• Google Slides (56 slides)

• PowerPoint (56 slides)

• PDF (26 pages)

• Editable Word file

• Four total passage

• Two micro argumentative texts

• Two micro informational passages

• 16 questions

• Teaching Slides

• Bullseye for students to practice the strategy

• A simple answer key is included as well as a detailed rationale page.

Who's it for?

- Middle and high school

- Teachers who want to teach test strategies before exams

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Word Meaning with Nonsense Words

Why teach word meaning through nonsense words (context clues only)?

• Students must use critical thinking to solve
• Students must read the whole passage for context clues
• Students must problem solve to find the best word that makes the most sense.
• They can't find the answer except through problem solving.

All of these are things we want every student to do! This is something that is already adapted for high and low learners.

Starting with three nonsense words gets students going so they can work in groups or independently to decode the meaning of 7 REAL words (selected from the SAT vocabulary list).

This is a perfect activity for group problem solving and critical thinking!

Finding the meaning of words: in context, with a definition and from the Latin or Greek base. Four teaching pages are included for self-guided learning along with 7 student pages for practice with various shortened reading passages.

INCLUDED:

• 3 Self-grading Google Forms
• Editable Word Doc
• PDF
• Reading Passage
• Teaching pages
• Answer Key

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Word Meaning with Greek & Latin

✔️Need to teach Greek & Latin along with Context Clues?

✔️Looking for way to get your students thinking critically & making connections?

✔️Need to integrate vocabulary in a meaningful way?

This activity includes worksheets, task cards and Google Quizzes for vocab practice

Students will use key words from the definitions in the first activity to determine the meaning of the Greek or Latin prefix. By recognizing the prefixes in words they recognize (and some they won't) students will begin making connections to other words they hear and read. This is a natural way to build in vocabulary to daily instruction that includes context clues and the Greek and Latin.

Included:

• Greek & Latin Roots Exploration: Dive into 45 carefully selected words, each featuring 9 impactful prefixes from the rich realms of Latin and Greek languages.
• Word Definitions: Equip your students with a solid understanding of each word, laying the foundation for deeper language comprehension.
• Fill in the Blank Sentences: Immerse your class in the learning process with cloze sentences that challenge them to apply their newfound knowledge in context.
• Task Cards: Make learning interactive and enjoyable with task cards that encourage independent exploration and reinforce language skills.
• Google Quizzes: Easily accessible quizzes that provide instant feedback, saving you valuable time and promoting a tech-savvy learning environment.

Vocabulary Starter

NEED TO TEACH VOCABULARY IN YOUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

You came to the right place! I have been teaching for 5+ years, I have my Master's in Education with a focus on Literacy and I didn't know where to start.

So, I went back to everything I learned in my graduate program and re-read everything I could find.

I wrote & designed a student-engaging template to help students in my classroom to deeply internalize a word. I gathered key word lists when I didn't have a word from our daily reading, and thought about how to teach vocabulary so my love of etymology and words could be shared with my 10th graders. I've included all that and a guide to help other teachers get started with implementing and teaching vocabulary in THEIR classrooms.

Is this book for me?

• You want to teach vocabulary explicitly
• You want flexibility to choose your words daily based on what you’re reading
• You need versatility to choose your own words from a given list
• You want your students to deeply internalize the vocabulary they learn
• You’re not sure where to start

Then this book is for you!

Adaptable to every classroom in every situation, this is more than a fill-in-the-blank activity. Your students will have a guide to build a vocabulary for a lifetime of learning.

WHY TEACH VOCABULARY EXPLICITLY?

Generating curiosity and delight in playing with words supports long-term memory, enhances the connection between orthography and meaning, and develops a disposition which stimulates word consciousness. It also builds vocabulary! All of these are a part of a vocabulary rich classroom environment.

This power point goes through the different aspects of comedies found in Shakespeare's plays. A great resource to use before reading one of his comedies, put into an easy-to-understand lesson. Students may take notes from the power point and it includes examples of the concepts found in different plays.

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A powerpoint going through some background information on the novel Frankenstein. Includes information about the author, historical context, story behind the creation of Frankenstein, themes, symbols, and characters. Great before reading activity or as a review.

Covering the Twelfth Night? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire play of Twelfth Night !

Great for differentiation.

Includes:

⭐Flip Book Study Guide

⭐Shakespeare Comedies Power point

⭐Twelfth Night Characterization Book

⭐Twelfth Night Act 1 Quiz

⭐Twelfth Night Act 2 Quiz

⭐Twelfth Night Act 3 Quiz

⭐Twelfth Night Act 4 Quiz

⭐Twelfth Night Act 5 Quiz

⭐Twelfth Night Soliloquy Analysis: Viola

⭐Twelfth Night Escape Room

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Complete Teaching Unit for Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.

Everything you need to cover the entire play with your students. Comes complete with answer keys. Differentiated instruction to ensure comprehension to meet your students needs.

Includes:

Much Ado About Nothing Context Powerpoint

Much Ado About Nothing Interactive Flipbook

Much Ado About Nothing Escape Room

Much Ado About Nothing Characterization

Much Ado About Nothing Act 1 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 3 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 4 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing : Benedick Soliloquy Analysis

Shakespeare Comedies Power point

Much Ado About Nothing Final Project and Rubric

Studying The Tempest? Don't know where to get started? We have you covered from start to finish with this bundle.

Everything you need for a fun and successful unit on Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Great for differentiation! Suits the needs of multiple learners.

Includes:

The Tempest Interactive Flip book Study Guide

The Tempest Interactive Characterization Flip book

The Tempest Acts 1-5 Quizzes

The Tempest: Epilogue Analysis

The Tempest Escape Room

Shakespeare Comedies Power point

Covering the As You Like It? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire play of As You Like It !

Great for differentiation.

Shakespeare Ultimate Bundle. Includes resources for the following plays: Hamlet, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, and The Twelfth Night. Great for covering Shakespeare at multiple grade levels or multiple plays. Includes different activities, study guides, games, and more. Works great as a school resource.

Looking to differentiate instruction? Get students excited and moving? All while teaching Shakespeare. Look no further.

The Midsummer Night's Dream Complete Teaching Unit includes everything you need for a fun, interactive, and student-centered unit around this play. It includes a flip book study guide, flip book characterization book, an escape room, an introduction to Shakespearean comedies power point, a quiz for each Act, and two soliloquy analysis worksheets . Answer keys are also included.

In need of engaging activities for a novel study? Teaching Frankenstein but don't know where to get started? We bundled some of our best resources here for Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein (also known as The Modern Prometheus) to help you and your students have a successful novel study.

Frankenstein Introduction Power Point which introduces your students to concepts and themes present within the text.

Frankenstein Flipbook Study Guide ensures your students are keeping track with key ideas and details of the text.

Frankenstein Characterization flipbook ensures your students understand characterization and character development.

Graphic Organizers for ANY Novel! ensures your students are keeping track of the Plot, Vocabulary, Theme, Symbols, and aid in comprehension of the text.

Film Analysis Worksheet for Novels Helps your students analyze one of the many Frankenstein Films.

This is a growing bundle. It currently includes a powerpoint, study guide, characterization flipbook, escape room, and quizzes. More shall be added as I finish more products.

Students need to be proficient at connecting the sounds in language to the visual grapheme or phonogram within text. Available as both a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (download) and a Google Slides presentation (link in PDF), this resource can be quickly and easily navigated to provide your students with the skills to become fluent with phonics!

The presentation includes 338 slides. The slides are fully editable if you would like to delete or add to them. The navigation buttons will take you to the phonogram drills below.

SINGLE LETTER PHONOGRAMS

ALL SINGLE LETTER PHONOGRAMS:

• Each consonant sound is shown once with the exception of the frequently confused letters b, d, p, and q, which are shown twice.
• Each vowel is shown twice for extra practice.

CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• All single letter consonant phonograms shown once with the exception of b, d, p, and q (frequently confused).

VOWEL PHONOGRAMS:

• Each vowel (a, e, i, o, u) is shown three times.

VOICED CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• Ask students to gently place their hands on their throats and feel the vibration when saying these phonograms. 

Phonograms included: b, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v, y, w, and z.

UNVOICED CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• Contrast the vibration felt with the voiced when you practice saying these unvoiced phonograms. 

Phonograms included: c, f, h, k, p, s

STOP CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• Some sounds cannot be stretched. Practice saying these phonograms without adding a vowel sound. 

Phonograms included: b, c, d, g, j, k, p, t.

CONTINUOUS CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• These phonograms can be stretched or sung for as long as your longs will hold out!

Phonograms included: f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z

TRICKY CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• These tricky sounds don’t fit neatly into a category but should still be practiced!

Phonograms included: h, q, w, x, y

SINGLE SOUND CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• Once you learn these letter phonograms there will be no surprises! They only make one sound! 

Letters included: b, d, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, t, v, w, z

MULTI SOUND CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• These six letters make more than one sound. Learn them all! 

Letters included: q, y, s, c, x, g

MULTI LETTER PHONOGRAMS

CONSONANT DIGRAPHS:

• The most common consonant digraphs. 

Included phonograms: sh, ch, th, tch, wh, ph

VOWEL DIGRAPHS:

• Vowel digraphs are divided into two sets. Set one includes the more common digraphs and set two includes less common and more difficult digraphs and diphthongs.

Phonograms included: Set 1: ai, ay, ee, ea, ow, oa, ou, / Set 2: au, aw, oo, ew, oi, oy, igh

r-CONTROLLED VOWEL PHONOGRAMS:

• Common and not so common combinations including r.

Phonograms included: ar, er, ur, ir, or, wor, ear

CONSONANT BLENDS:

• Not technically individual phonograms but important to practice. 

Phonogram combinations included: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, qu, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tr, spl, spr, squ, str

SILENT-E PHONOGRAMS:

• Also considered a syllable type, these phonograms can be practiced along with short vowel sounds. 

Phonograms included: a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e

SILENT LETTER CONSONANT PHONOGRAMS:

• Practice in isolation will make these phonograms not so GHOSTLY when they appear in text!

Phonograms included: wr, gn, mb, mn, kn, gh

VOWEL + NK/NG PHONOGRAMS:

• These commonly encountered phonograms can be practiced to make them more recognizable within text.

Phonograms included: unk, ung, ank, ang, ink, ing, onk, ong

Elkonin boxes are a great way to teach phonemic awareness to children who are not yet able to break apart, blend or otherwise manipulate words. This interactive PowerPoint uses adorable farm animals and coordinating backgrounds to engage children in the activity of breaking words into three separate phonemes. Each slide can be modeled and repeated as many times as needed until children have mastered the skill of phoneme segmentation. Click on the links below for more Elkonin activities! Elkonin Boxes with Pictures - 2-Phoneme Words (Phonemic Awareness) Projectable Elkonin Boxes (2 and 3 Phoneme Words) Thank You!

Back to School reading program made easy!

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Accessing Reading Materials

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Reasons to Abandon Books

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This resource is the complete first twenty days and is meant for the junior and intermediate classes. Part Fountas and Pinnell, part collaboration, this resource will help you take your students on the next step, beyond the primary level reading workshop. This is a digital accompaniment for my teacher's guides: First 20 Days of Reading - Junior/ Intermediate ELA and First 20 Days - Reading Workshop & Writing Workshop (Bundled). The bundled item is my best selling item on TeachShare!

This file includes both the PPT and a PDF version of the resource.

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Make phonics practice fun and interactive with this set of ckla 50 PowerPoint slides designed to help students blend CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant) step by step! Perfect for kindergarten through 3rd-grade, this resource enables students to build essential reading skills by blending sounds in words like “cat,” “dog,” and “sit.”

Each slide guides students through the process of blending sounds, with a simple click to reveal the next sound, helping them understand how individual letters form words. This is ideal for developing phonemic awareness, decoding skills, and confidence in reading.

Features:

• 50 CVC words for blending practice
• Clickable slides for sound-by-sound progression
• Great for independent work, small group, or whole-class instruction
• Builds phonics, decoding, and early reading fluency

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• Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade students
• Teachers looking for no-prep, interactive phonics practice
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This interactive PowerPoint is perfect for introducing and reinforcing digraphs ch, sh, and th in a fun, engaging way. Ideal for kindergarten through 4th-grade classrooms, this resource includes over 100 words that help students practice recognizing, reading, and using digraphs in context.

Why it’s great for teachers:

• Morning Warm-Ups: Start your day with quick, engaging slides that prepare students for literacy lessons while activating their phonics knowledge.
• Save Time: This ready-to-use resource requires no prep—just click and go! It’s an excellent time-saver for teachers and a quick way to keep students on task during transitions.
• Boost Engagement: Interactive features let students click to reveal words and sounds, making learning hands-on and dynamic.
• Versatility: Perfect for whole-class instruction, literacy centers, or small group work. It's also a great tool for independent practice or early finishers!
• Fun and Educational: Students will have fun as they interact with the slides, keeping them engaged and focused on improving their phonics skills.

Why Teachers Love It: This PowerPoint keeps students engaged while reinforcing key literacy skills. It's especially useful for morning routines, gaining valuable time to prepare for the day while students are actively learning. You can use it for quick warm-ups, review sessions, or to fill in extra time during transitions.

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Introducing how to identify different types of figurative language and incorporate them in writing has never been easier! This comprehensive resource focuses on identifying and using figurative language in writing. Additionally, it demonstrates how figurative language adds voice, word choice, and sentence fluency. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.

This resource explains the entire process of incorporating thorough and concise examples of figurative language in writing. The slide show and worksheets allow students to practice and develop their writing skills. The detailed lesson plans make implementing the assignment easy for teachers.

Numerous examples of figurative language as literary devices are included on the worksheets, so students can make corrections and identify writing elements.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The PowerPoint can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This lesson about how to use and identify Figurative Language has:

Lesson Plan with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on lesson plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies

Worksheet with:

• Explanations and examples of figurative language in writing.
• Opportunities for students to practice guided note-taking
• “Now It's Your Turn” section for students to practice skills learned

Slide Show Presentation with:

• Introduction slides with explanations of figurative language
• Guided note-taking sections
• Examples of figurative language used in sentences
• Interactive slides for student participation

Google Slides™

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The lessons in the High School Figurative Language Unit include:

• Figurative Language Introduction
• Hyperbole
• Idioms
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Word Choice

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Introducing how to identify strong word choice and incorporate it in writing has never been easier! This comprehensive resource demonstrates how advanced word choice adds voice and sentence fluency. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.

This lesson explains the entire process of incorporating thorough and concise word choice in writing. The slide show and worksheets allow students to practice and develop their writing skills. The detailed lesson plans make implementing the assignment easy for teachers.

Numerous examples of word choice are included on the worksheets, so students can make corrections and identify writing elements.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The PowerPoint can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This lesson about how to use and identify Word Choice in Figurative Language has:

Lesson Plan with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on lesson plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies

Worksheets with:

• Explanations and examples of word choice in writing.
• Opportunities for students to practice guided note-taking
• “Now It's Your Turn” section for students to practice skills learned

Slide Show Presentation with:

• Introduction slides with explanations of word choice
• Guided note-taking sections
• Examples of word choice used in sentences
• Interactive slides for student participation

Google Slides™

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The lessons in the High School Figurative Language Unit include:

• Figurative Language Introduction
• Hyperbole
• Idioms
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Word Choice

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