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Make your own book template! Kids love writing their own stories. This is an easy to print document that students can put together themselves to make their own book. Working on vocabulary or spelling words? Have students copy them at the beginning of the book and then use them throughout the story. Have students share their own stories with others in the class to encourage reading skills. All you need to do is print out a copy for each student, and let their own imagination soar.

This no prep Google Slides project works perfectly with almost any middle grade/YA fiction novel. While students are highly engaged and thinking creatively they are simultaneously analyzing text elements such as the plot, conflict, resolution, theme, and point of view of various characters. This resource includes directions, an editable yearbook template, and a teacher exemplar in case students need ideas bringing their work to life. Integrates seamlessly to Google Classroom!

The ELA department at my school uses independent projects like these in our choice boards as students finish their work early. This would also be great to replace book reports or as an extension or passion project!

If you are looking to explore non-fiction text structures, this "What Was The Donner Party?" book report project digital product for 3rd and 4th-grade students is perfect. It's designed to enhance non-fiction reading comprehension and book report writing skills!

This resource includes:

• Comprehensive Google Slides digital lesson for reading comprehension and book report writing support
• 9-page printable PDF book report flip book template

Please see the product preview for more visual details.

NOTE: You need a (free) Google account to access the digital lesson, and you will need access to the book "What Was The Donner Party" by Ben Hubbard to complete the digital and printable activities.

Students will dive into the historical context of The Donner Party, gaining a deeper understanding of this significant event in world history. The digital lesson guides students through key facts, timelines, and the impact of these events.

How to use this resource:

• Have students read the book, "What Was The Donner Party?"
• Print the book report flip book template
• Open and present the Google Slides digital lesson
• Follow the intuitive prompts, which will take you through each step of the book report. For example, if it's time to work on the "facts" page, there is a series of multiple-choice questions on specific facts detailed in the text that will help refresh the students' memories and comprehension. Then students can fill in the facts they found most interesting.
• Have fun guessing the mystery puzzle between each section of the book report!

The printable PDF book report flip book template provides creative book report ideas, such as summarizing the events, using critical thinking skills, and creating a timeline. It can be used with any non-fiction book. Students will also use a book review template to evaluate The Donner Party's significance. Overall, this project offers an engaging way for students to explore non-fiction text structures while learning about a crucial event in history.

The non-fiction book report flip book pages include:

   ✏book title info

   ✏rating & review

   ✏vocabulary

   ✏facts

   ✏text ideas

   ✏series of events

   ✏making life connections

   ✏what I learned

   ✏questions I have

   ✏setting & subject

   ✏interesting event

   ✏important event

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Want a fun way to help your learner's focus on their interests? This resource breaks down a learning project into mini steps that aren't overwhelming for young learners. Just choose a topic to explore and let the learning begin.

This resource includes:

- A KWL chart-

- Two options for facts gathered when doing research from an online source or a book of your choice

- A space to create a rough draft

- A cover sheet to create an illustration to go along with your learning project

- Two options for writing paper to allow for different aged writers

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The Creative Writing & Speaking Proposal & Rubric Kit

Struggling to craft compelling proposals for creative writing and speaking projects? Look no further! This comprehensive kit equips you with the tools to:

• Craft winning proposals: Build strong arguments, showcase your ideas, and secure project approval with ease.
• Develop engaging rubrics: Establish clear expectations and ensure successful project completion.
• Spark creativity: Find inspiration and ignite your inner voice with practical tips and engaging exercises.

This kit includes the following activities:

Collaborative Projects

1. Capitalization Cup Showcase - Decorate cups with different capitalization rules and create a display to showcase their cups.
2. A Bite Into A Tasty Paragraph - This engaging project tackles two key areas: reading comprehension and verb tense mastery.

Creative writing and speaking

1. Character Profile - Make a character profile by identifying nouns and their character traits.
2. I Am Looking Forward To ____ (year) - Students can write down 2 New Year’s resolutions (or what they are “looking” forward to) this (2025-2027)
3. My Thankful Heart -Students can express their thankfulness by listing at least 10 things they are thankful for (comin year). Integrated topics: Identifying Nouns, Common and Proper Nouns, Abstract and Concrete Nouns
4. A Rainbow of Words - Students can describe themselves using adjectives.

World Read Aloud Day Crowns

These crowns are the perfect addition to any classroom on World Read Aloud Day. Help students realize their love for reading by sharing it with others!

- These crowns come without a year listed to use anytime OR with years through 2030.

- Writing and illustrating prompt is included

- Students can color and/or decorate crowns

- Attach crowns using sentence strips

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eschool to Kindergarten ALPHABET SNACK Mats with activities that teach the alphabet in an innovative and fun way! Fine motor skills are improved. Fill the bowl with snacks or use cut out manipulative beginning sound images.

Students become engaged when you tell them that they should, “Eat the Alphabet.” Use this product for Letter of the Week, Healthy Eating, Centers, playdough mats, and take-home. All in Color and Black and White.

What you get:

• Mats w/beginning sounds
• Mats plain
• Alphabet Soup letters
• Make a snack word sheets.
• Striped alphabet cards
• Thin-lined alphabet cards
• Alphabet Cut & Paste

Preschool/Kindergarten Learning Objectives:

• Letter and letter word recognition
• Learn beginning sounds.
• Make simple words.
• Improve Fine Motor Skills and improve hand strength.
• Increase Attention Span.

Product Ideas:

• Room Library – make an alphabet book
• Laminate (or sheet protectors) for Center use
• Snack time.
• Include Manipulatives or stickers.
• Use as coloring pages.

Alphabet Images are:

• Apple
• Banana
• Carrot
• Durian
• Eggplant
• Fig
• Grapes
• Honeydew
• Iceberg lettuce
• Mango
• Nut
• Orange
• Pumpkin
• Quince
• Radish
• Strawberry
• Tomato
• Urad Beans
• Vegetables
• Watermelon
• Ximenia
• Yam
• Zucchini

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This is a newsletter about Ruby Bridges as an African American Artist and Black Changemaker. Students can use this as a jumping off point for a research project or for Black History Month or Women's History Month.

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Arthur Turns Green is a great book for students to read to discuss saving the planet, reducing, reusing and recycling, how you can save the planet at school, home, and in the community, etc. Students are presented with a variety of comprehension questions based on what happens in the book, Arthur Turns Green. Students can answer these questions as the book is read to them, as they read the book independently or they can use the text for lookbacks once the book is finished.

This product features a creative and contemporary assignment in which students create their own music playlist for a novel by analyzing the lyrics of their favorite songs and synthesizing them with literary elements of their chosen book. This is a great activity that encourages students to think beyond the traditional 5 paragraph essay and consider literary elements in a deeper and more creative way. Your students will thank you for giving them a chance to have fun as they apply higher-order thinking skills!

Product includes:

• Assignment with Concise Directions
• 3-Page Template for Playlist
• Comprehensive Rubric
• Exemplary Student Example

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Also, check out these great resources that can be adapted for any novel by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Characters in the Hot Seat!

⭐ Figurative Language Challenge Game

⭐ Literature Circle Task Cards

⭐ Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

⭐ Book Recommendation Form

⭐ Differentiated End of Year Reflection Activities

⭐ Differentiated Essay Prompts for use with ANY Novel

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Get students involved in your class reading or begin writing their own skits! This product allows students to participate in your classes more through SKITS & READER'S THEATRE! This product can be used for 6th - 12th grade students. Check it out!

This Product Includes:

1. 2 STYLES of WORKSHEET ACTIVITIES

2. 4+ Pages of Clarification and Explanation if Uses of this Item

will help to make your classroom GREAT!

This product includes;

*Student Nonfiction Research Packet

(Geared towards research on animals but one page is without headings for you to adjust as you'd like)

-There are sections for Habitat, Young, Physical Features, Food, Interesting Facts, and an extra blank form.

-Schema

-Questions you have on the animal

-Important words

-Resources Page

*Final Product RAFT Menu

*Rubric for Grading

Feel free to see more in depth on this product and how it is used on my blog at

http://firstgradefabulosity.blogspot.com/2014/03/nonfiction-research-project.html

Differentiate Novel Response - 7 different responses for students to choose from. This has been used as an accountability piece for students. Many of the options are also applicable to media literacy studies, so marks could be given for both reading and media.

Learn to Have FUN with Poetry!

Add this introduction to your unit on poetry to engage your students in reading and writing several different styles of poetry. Your students will learn the basic elements of poetry and how to write some of the most common and fun kinds of poems! Spark a love of poetry in your students with this engaging unit!

Includes 20 pages that cover:

• Elements of Poetry
• Haiku
• Limerick
• Cinquain
• Acrostic
• Free Verse

Print and Google Slides Versions Included

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Figurative Language Bundle

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Persuasive Essay Writing Process Organizer

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Looking for FUN activities to go along with your Children’s Church Bible Story Lessons? These Bible Stories Word Search Puzzles will provide an engaging follow-up activity to any biblical lesson in Sunday School! 

Bible Stories Word Search Puzzles | Bible Story Activities For Sunday School & Church Includes 16 Word Search Puzzles For the Following Bible Stories:

• Creation
• Adam and Eve
• Noah's Ark
• Jacob and Esau
• Joseph's Coat of Many Colors
• Baby Moses
• Moses Frees his People
• Birth of Jesus
• Fruits of the Spirit
• Young Jesus at the Temple
• Jesus Feeds the Crowds
• Twelve Disciples
• Zacchaeus
• Jesus Performs Miracles
• Nicodemus
• Jesus's Death and Resurrection

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⭐ These are a wonderful supplement to our old testament study.

More Fun and Engaging Resources from Dovie Funk:

• Noah’s Ark Bundle 
• Bible Escape Room Bundle
• The Good Samaritan Bible Lesson

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If you are looking to explore the topic of immigration in American history, this "What Was Ellis Island?" book report project digital product for 3rd and 4th-grade students is perfect. It's designed to enhance non-fiction reading comprehension and book report writing skills!

This resource includes:

• Comprehensive Google Slides digital lesson for reading comprehension and book report writing support
• 9-page printable PDF book report flip book template

Please see the product preview for more visual details.

NOTE: You need a (free) Google account to access the digital lesson, and you will need access to the book "What Was Ellis Island" by Patricia Brennan Demuth to complete the digital and printable activities.

Students will dive into the historical context of Ellis Island, gaining a deeper understanding of this significant immigration event in world history. The digital lesson guides students through key facts, timelines, and the impact of these events.

How to use this resource:

• Have students read the book, "What Was Ellis Island?"
• Print the book report flip book template
• Open and present the Google Slides digital lesson
• Follow the intuitive prompts, which will take you through each step of the book report. For example, if it's time to work on the "facts" page, there is a series of multiple-choice questions on specific facts detailed in the text that will help refresh the students' memories and comprehension. Then students can fill in the facts they found most interesting.
• Have fun guessing the mystery puzzle between each section of the book report!

The printable PDF book report flip book template provides creative book report ideas, such as summarizing the events, using critical thinking skills, and creating a timeline. It can be used with any non-fiction book. Students will also use a book review template to evaluate the significance of Ellis Island and America's history of immigration. Overall, this project offers an engaging way for students to explore non-fiction text structures while learning about a crucial moment in history.

The non-fiction book report flip book pages include:

   ✏book title info

   ✏rating & review

   ✏vocabulary

   ✏facts

   ✏text ideas

   ✏series of events

   ✏making life connections

   ✏what I learned

   ✏questions I have

   ✏setting & subject

   ✏interesting event

   ✏important event

If you liked this product, you might also like . . .

   ✏What Were the Salem Witch Trials? Non-Fiction Book Report Project 4th Grade

   ✏Non-Fiction Book Report Template Project 4th Grade | What is Climate Change?

   ✏What Was The Plague? Non-Fiction Book Report Project 4th Grade Reading Comp.

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Trying to find creative ways to introduce a new alphabet letter? Why not reinforce it with your snack time? This product gives numerous ideas for every letter and a place for you and your students to add ideas and recipes.

Not only will you be able to introduce letters at snack time but you will get many healthy recipes to use any time. Each page has a letter with a name of a food. There is a space for your recipe cards and a space for recipes from you children. Editable recipe cards included.

Check out “Eat the Alphabet” and “Exercise the Alphabet” for more fun teaching healthy eating.

Summary of what you will get:

1-26 Letters A-Z foods, eating ideas and recipes (Color or B/W to save ink)

2-3 choices of recipe cards to print off

3-Space on the page to attach your own recipes and ideas

4-Cover page to create product as a binder book

Images are: A: Apple B: Banana C: Cauliflower and Carrots D: Dill Pickles E: Eggplant and Eggs F: Fruit G: Grapes H: Ham Sandwich I: Iced Fruit Pops J: Juice K: Kiwi L: Lettuce Salad M: Muskmelon N: Nuts O: Orange P: Peppers Q: Queso and Quinoa R: Rice S: Squash T: Tomato U: Ugli Fruit V; Vegetable Soup W: Watermelon X: X-mas cookies Y: Yams Z: Zucchini

⭐️ Are you looking for an engaging and interactive way to teach Spanish syllables to your students or children? Try our "Silabas con "a" + "e" Flipbook! Great for homework or a centers activity. ⭐️

¿Estás buscando una forma atractiva e interactiva de enseñar sílabas en español a tus estudiantes o hijos? ¡No busques más que nuestro Flipbook de "Silabas con a" + "e"! Ideal para tarea en casa o como actividad de centro.

✨ Inside the flipbook, you'll find a collection of Spanish syllables featuring the letters "a" and "e." From simple syllables like "a" and "ba" to "e" syllables like "me" and "pe," this flipbook covers it all. Each syllable is accompanied by vibrant illustrations to aid in visual learning and retention.

✨ Dentro del flipbook, encontrarás una colección completa de sílabas en español que presentan las letras "a" y "e". Desde sílabas simples como "a" y "ba" hasta sílabas con "e" como "me" y "pe", este flipbook lo cubre todo. Cada sílaba está acompañada por ilustraciones vibrantes para ayudar en el aprendizaje visual y la retención.

✨ Creating this flipbook is a breeze with our easy-to-follow directions. Simply staple along the top to allow for easy flipping, and use the included symbols for hassle-free assembly.

✨ Crear el flipbook es muy fácil con nuestras instrucciones fáciles de seguir. Simplemente engrapa a lo largo de la parte superior para facilitar el volteo, y utiliza los símbolos incluidos para un montaje sin complicaciones.

✨ Whether you're a teacher looking for a hands-on teaching aid or a parent wanting to support your child's language development, our "Silabas con A y E" Flipbook is the perfect choice. Make learning Spanish syllables a joyful experience with our interactive flipbook today! This innovative learning tool is designed to make learning fun and accessible for young learners, making it great for homework or practice work.

✨ Ya seas un maestro/a buscando un recurso didáctico práctico o un padre ansioso por apoyar el desarrollo del lenguaje de tu hijo, nuestro Flipbook de "Silabas con A y E" es la elección perfecta. ¡Haz del aprendizaje de sílabas en español una experiencia alegre con nuestro librito interactivo hoy mismo! Esta tarea de aprendizaje está diseñada para hacer que el aprendizaje sea divertido y accesible para los estudiantes más jóvenes, lo que lo convierte en ideal para tareas o prácticas.

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Arthur and the True Francine is a great book for students to read to discuss being honest, a good friend, working as a team, etc. Students are presented with a variety of comprehension questions based on what happens in the book, Arthur and the True Francine. Students can answer these questions as the book is read to them, as they read the book independently or they can use the text for lookbacks once the book is finished.

Need a fun game to go along with your Bible story of Moses, the Ten Commandments and the Golden Calf? This Moses Bible Activity is great for mixed ages in Sunday School or Children’s Church. Included, you will find a board game and a variety of other fun and engaging activities to use with your Sunday School groups!

Moses, 10 Commandments & Golden Calf Game | Moses Bible Activities for Sunday School Includes:

• Moses, 10 Commandments & Golden Calf Board Game
• Color By Letter
• Color By Number
• Word Search 
• Maze Puzzle
• Roll & Color
• 2 Comic Book Activities for Story Retelling

To play, students will draw cards and move around the game board. The goal of the game is to tear apart the golden calf idol. Each time they land on a corner piece they get to tear off a piece of the idol. The person to tear off the final piece wins the game! Students will love this engaging game for learning all about Moses, the 10 Commandments & the Golden Calf! Use the other activities to supplement your Sunday School lessons. 

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⭐ This was such a fun game for the early elementary kids at my church to do during our unit on Exodus. Thank you for the engaging ideas!

⭐ My students loved this resource! They were engaged throughout my lesson, and they loved playing the game. Thank you for making this resource available! 

⭐ This was exactly what I needed for my Sunday School class.  The younger kids loved playing the Golden Calf game!

More Fun and Engaging Resources from Dovie Funk:

• The Good Samaritan Bible Lesson & Activities
• Jonah and the Big Fish Bible Lesson & Activities
• Noah’s Ark Bible Lesson & Activities

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