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Middle school The New Year literature printables
All About Me Selfie + Writing | w/ End of the School Year Reflection Activity!
All About Me "selfie" drawing and writing activity for classroom teachers and art teachers. This activity is a great way to start the year with an introduction and end the year with a reflection! This resource also includes Halloween and New Years selfie activities!This All About Me resource is a teacher favorite. It's a great first week of school / back-to-school activity that is also useful at other times of the year—Back to School, Halloween, New Years, and End of the Year. My student selfie
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2nd - 9th
Also included in: Back to School ART INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES Bundle for CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Character Traits & Analysis Graphic Organizers Character Map & Development
Get ready for an amazing reading resource tailor-made for your 3rd, 4th or 5th-grade students: "Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers"! These awesome graphic organizers are designed with captivating layouts to grab your students' attention and take their understanding of characters in literature to the next level.This reading resource will help your students delve deep into the story's characters. Your readers will visually organize important traits and relationships, while also keepi
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Character Graphic Organizers Bundle: Printable and Digital Resouce
Back to School Goal Setting Activities Students Worksheets First Day of School
Help your students keep a growth mindset and set meaningful goals this back to school as you launch into the new school year. As a new school year begins, it's a great opportunity for students to set goals and create a plan for success. One way to help them stay focused on their goals and motivated throughout the year is by choosing one special word that will guide their actions and decisions. Use this collection of resources to help your students set goals and also choose one word for this tha
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3rd - 6th
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Classroom Library Alphabetical Book Spine Labels for Class Library Organization
Looking for classroom library labels to organize your library? These book spine labels are the perfect way to keep your classroom library in alphabetical order, just like books are organized in bookstores and libraries! This product includes six different options to help keep your library organized! You need access to PowerPoint to use this product!OPTION 1: BLANK Classroom Library Book Spine Labels (These are the original book spine labels!)This option allows you to label your classroom library
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Alphabetical and Informational Classroom Library Book Spine Label Bundle
Reading Log Alternative: "Tower of Books" {An Independent Reading Challenge}
Replace that hum-drum reading log and Infuse new life into students’ independent reading, at school or at home, with the “Tower of Books” Challenge! Perfect for a summer reading challenge or an alternative to the stuck-in-a-rut reading log assignment. Printable and digital versions included!The challenge is built on two core ideas: to encourage students to read some different genres of books and authors they may not try otherwise, and to give them a fresh and motivating way to keep track of thei
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1st - 6th
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Holes Novel Study Unit | Comprehension Questions with Activities and Tests
This novel study for Holes, by Louis Sachar, contains 124 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by chapter, reading response activities, assessments, and more. Focus standards include figurative language, theme, character analysis, plot, and opinion writing.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with your pur
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Holes and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | Novel Study Bundle
Reading Interactive Notebook: Literature Activities | Literary Elements
Reading Interactive Notebooks Literature - Literary Elements for Common Core. This Reading Interactive Notebook is the true original - over 55,000 copies sold!After learning about interactive notebooks two summers ago, I resolved to use this technique for every concept I taught to my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade literature students. Now that I’ve used this in my classroom for over a year, I have compiled all of my reading interactive notebook lessons for teaching literary elements here.Each of the 2
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5
Cereal Box Book Report Project Fiction Book Report Template & Activities Rubric
Ready to try a different approach to the traditional book report? Your students will love this Cereal Box Book Report! This packet has everything, including printable book report templates and rubrics, you need to get your students started on this exciting project. Please click on the preview above for a better look at the contents of this resource.Click HERE to save 20% by purchasing this resource as part of the popular Book Report Projects Bundle.This best-selling cereal box book report proje
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Book Report Templates & Projects Bundle Story Map Graphic Organizers
The Outsiders Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis
The Outsiders Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, The Outsiders, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! ****Now it includes the digital learning version. ****This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle include
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
"We Are All Connected" All About Me Tessellation | Community Building Activity
This Art with Jenny K. original tessellation project is the perfect "All About Me" community-building activity for your class. It is a great activity for that first week back to school or for any team-building lessons. Works great for Harmony Day!It connects the individual with the group through tessellations where everyone is connected. It has a ton of "wow factor" and presents a powerful message for your bulletin board, wall, or hallway when complete!It's fun for kids and easy for you as the t
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Book Activities BUNDLE | Reading Response Fiction Nonfiction | Print & Digital
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This resource is a BUNDLE of Book Activities to use with Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. There are 20+ activities that can be used with fictio
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3rd - 6th
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Quick Notes®: ELA BUNDLE for Interactive Notebooks
Quick Notes® for Interactive Notebooks are simply 2D pages that match the information from each lesson in the Interactive Reading Literature Notebook. They come in 3 versions: 2D student-filled templates, 2D pre-filled templates, and digital interactive notebook templates. These ELA Quick Notes® can work right along with my interactive notebooks, or even in lieu of - please read entire description for details!NOTE! This is a completed bundle. ALL components are included with your download immed
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4th - 8th
Charlotte's Web Novel Study Unit - Comprehension | Activities | Tests
This novel study for Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White, contains 135 pages of resources, including comprehension questions and vocabulary activities, creative activities, assessments, and more!Focus standards include figurative language, setting, character analysis, theme, and plot.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with your pu
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little | E.B. White Novel Study Bundle
2024 New Year's Activities - Resolutions Foldables and More! Updated Yearly!
Check out the preview and thumbnails!A new year (or a new school year) is a great time to turn over a new leaf, try new things, and end bad habits. Right around winter break (or at the beginning of a new school year) have a class discussion about resolutions. Brainstorm goals that are attainable and share some of your own. Have students create the foldable and then hang them for others to read.* This activity is great for all students!* Wonderful for goal-setting discussions and character educat
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Vision Board Student Workbook, Goal Setting, New Year's Resolutions
This Vision Board Student Workbook starts the year with a great goal setting activity for back to school; with plenty of engagement and creativity! Writing for the end of the year reflection? Teachers will love promoting a growth mindset while completing the workbook pages. It gets exciting because the vision board workbook pages turn into a student poster! Your students will love their vision boards! Visual inspiration to kick off the school year! UPDATED: Now includes 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Hatchet Novel Study Unit | Comprehension Questions with Activities and Tests
This novel study for Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, contains 136 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by chapter, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include figurative language, opinion writing, character analysis, plot, and point of view.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins | Novel Study Bundle
Wonder Novel Study Unit | Comprehension Questions with Activities and Tests
This 243 page book study for Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, contains comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative standards-aligned reading response activities, assessments, free writing journal pages, and much more!You will find this complete literature unit to be teacher and student friendly. It contains a wide variety of question types, along with open-ended graphic organizers and unique activities, all carefully crafted for this particular story. Focus standards include figurative la
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Wonder and Out of My Mind Novel Study Bundle
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 6th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, 6th GradeGrab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for 6th grade reading! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 6, but they can absolutely be used in grades 5-8 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 6 using short stories that I promise you
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5th - 7th
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The Lightning Thief Novel Study - A Percy Jackson Unit - Comprehension & Tests
This Percy Jackson book study for The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, contains 194 pages of resources, including comprehension by chapter, vocabulary, reading response activities, assessments, and more! Focus standards include character analysis, theme, figurative language, setting analysis, point of view, and more.You will find that this study's layout is student-friendly, and that the questions and activities are easily adaptable for every learner. All Common Core activities have the code li
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4th - 6th
New Years 2024 Goals Hats 3D Writing Activity
2024 New Year's Goals for students is a fun goal-setting activity new year! Students write their goals and decorate the 3-D New Year's Goal Hats! 3-D NEW YEAR'S GOAL HATS...Make goal setting FUN for kidsAre the perfect writing activity for JanuaryCreates the cutest bulletin board for the new yearGets students excited about their goals!WHAT'S INCLUDED?Photo directions for easy use8 different options for the first half of the "Goal Hat"13 different options for the second half of the "Goal Hat"Blan
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Prompts Writing Crafts Writing Activities 3D Writing Bundle
Poetry Interactive Notebook: Poetry Activities for Common Core Grades 4-8+
This Poetry Interactive Notebook is a companion to my TpT best seller, Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks.Do you dread teaching poetry? Do your students dread it even more? Spice things up this year with poetry activities and poetry lessons that are fun to teach and fun to learn.This resource is now part of an interactive notebook bundle. Find the bundle here.Download the preview file for samples, a table of contents, and Common Core alignment for grades 4-8. Please view the topics listed
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5
Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages Short Stories Story Elements Plot
It’s difficult for a student to truly analyze a story without a firm grasp on the elements of a story and plot. My Story Elements and Plot Reading Passages are intentionally written so that students begin to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Students will learn to recognize the structure of a story and learn when authors begin introducing characters, setting, action, conflict, a climax, and the resolution. With lack of recognition of these plot elements, students will struggle
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3rd - 6th
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Context Clues and Vocabulary Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages
Determining the meaning of unknown words is a daunting task for many students - and we see them just skip over unfamiliar vocabulary frequently. My Context Clues Passages are designed so that students can use context clues from the text to determine the meaning of new vocabulary. I have intentionally included vocabulary that will be unknown or only vaguely familiar to students, so that they are forced to rely on restatements, synonyms, antonyms, inferences, examples, and parts of speech to deter
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3rd - 6th
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