This week I'm sharing a packet of materials on using and making dichotomous keys. You'll find a page of informational text, directions for using a key, directions for making a key, and two different student worksheets. Here's a sneak peak at the contents. Download Dichotomous Keys. I hope you get a chance to use these in your home or classroom. Please let me know if you try these and how you like them! **Updated January 2019. Please note that in the updated version the Blue-footed Booby has been replaced with another animal.
January is here! A NEW YEAR and so much to learn! I am super excited to continue our learning for this school year and start the calendar year off strong!
Creating a middle school syllabus shouldn't be intimidating, but I know from experience how hard it is to condense all of your classroom guidelines and
OSI model and TCP/IP model are two layered conceptual models for describing network communications. What's the difference between osi and TCP/ip? Learn more now!
Right here at this post we made a resume from a text presented in class about the Three Newton's Laws Click on "more information" to get fu...
‘Phrasal verbs’ are a combination of words with a meaning beyond the individual words. They are verbs that are followed by a preposition or an adverb. They can be confusing if English is not your first language. Phrasal verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts. We should avoid using them in formal […]
The Best Anchor Charts for your ELA classroom all together in one place! You will find outlines to utilize in Reading Literature, Reading Informational, Writing and Language. Explained in this blog post is about the purpose of utilizing anchor charts in your daily instruction. Along with tips to organize your charts. Below is a collection […]
Graphic organizers can be used to break down nonfiction summarizing, main idea and supporting details, text features, text structures, and so many more important nonfiction reading comprehension skills. They are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in nonfiction reading comprehension. These graphic organizers are very flexible in that there are multiple options for each skill and they can be used with any nonfiction text. They have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 2-6. For a closer look, take a peek at some of the nonfiction graphic organizers in the preview! If you are looking for these printable graphic organizers along with a digital, Google Slides™ version, click here. WHAT'S INCLUDED: *125 Reading Nonfiction Graphic Organizers Total* Topics: (More detail included in Table of Contents in the product preview): • Facts & Key Details • Determining Importance • Compare & Contrast • Main Idea & Details • Multiple Main Ideas • Summarizing Nonfiction • Quoting & Paraphrasing • Nonfiction Reading Response • Nonfiction Book Report • Hamburger Paragraph Model • RACE Organizer • Using Nonfiction Text Features • Identifying Nonfiction Text Structure • Cause & Effect • Sequencing • Author’s Point of View • Author’s Argument • Using Quotes • Finding Text Evidence • Citing Text Evidence • Claims & Evidence • Gathering Evidence from Multiple Sources • Vocabulary • Using Context Clues • Background Knowledge/KWL • Making Inferences • Asking Questions • “How to” Response • Biography Response • Comparing Multiple Accounts • Firsthand vs. Secondhand Accounts British/Australian spelling also available upon request by e-mail to [email protected]. Just e-mail me with your order number and I will send them along! This product is also discounted as part of these bundles: Nonfiction Reading and Paper Graphic Organizers Bundle Reading Comprehension Strategies, Nonfiction & Fiction Graphic Organizers Bundle Digital and Paper Reading Comprehension Strategies, Nonfiction & Fiction Graphic Organizers Bundle More Reading Resources: Fiction Graphic Organizers Informational Writing Unit Nonfiction Posters & Anchor Charts
Synonyms and Antonyms Anchor Chart! This blog post contains the material to create this anchor chart, plus a FREE interactive notebook entry for synonyms and antonyms!
I am back with a freebie! There are so many different instances in which a comma should be used. I have just released a handy student reference chart that students can attach inside of their student notebooks or place inside of a folder.Click Here To Access It.
In this worksheet your student will answer questions after drawing inferences from a picture.
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How are you doing with teaching non-fiction, informational texts? Do you feel you have a good grasp on expository text structures? With the Common Core ELA standards, students are expected to be proficient in reading complex informational texts. State assessments are also becoming more non-fiction focused, to evaluate student abilities in navigating these complex texts. So what can we do to help our students meet these standards? The purpose of this post is to provide a few resources for teaching non-fiction, in preparation for the higher levels of achievement students are expected to reach! The ideas shared are perfect for upper
Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks ~ Literary Elements for Common Core Grades 4-8 After learning about interactive notebooks last summer, 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 a year, I have compiled all […]
Teach EVERY reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard using inspirational and engaging short films and video clips! For an entire year of highly engaging, no prep…
I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!
I have been working on putting together some activities that focus on nonfiction texts. One area we I want to focus on is text structure. I found a great site called Literacy Leader with tons of great resources for teaching text structure. They have a great poster of signal words and questions. Click on the picture for a link to the pdf. Be sure to check out all their other GREAT resources here. For Comparing and contrasting I love the hula hoop Venn diagrams I have seen out in the bloggy world but I wanted one my kids could to take back to their desks. I headed to the Dollar Tree and found the perfect thing for making desktop version! A snip here and a snip there.. and viola! the perfect portable venn diagram! Here are some of the books I'm going to put out for the kids to use. I whipped up an activity sheet and put it all together in a gallon bag to use as a literacy center. Click the picture to get a copy. Now your ready for some nonfiction fun!
Check out these great ideas for teaching conjunctions including a video lesson with an organizer, posters with rules, and anchor charts.
There are so many engaging resources and activities that can be used to help 2nd grade students master verbs!
We've been learning about the parts of speech in the most fun ways. A parts of speech printable and flip book, writing our own mad libs, and more.
Children will practice using context clues as they identify the correct homophone in this grammar and spelling worksheet.
How are you doing with teaching non-fiction, informational texts? Do you feel you have a good grasp on expository text structures? With the Common Core ELA standards, students are expected to be proficient in reading complex informational texts. State assessments are also becoming more non-fiction focused, to evaluate student abilities in navigating these complex texts. So what can we do to help our students meet these standards? The purpose of this post is to provide a few resources for teaching non-fiction, in preparation for the higher levels of achievement students are expected to reach! The ideas shared are perfect for upper
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Are you working on parts of speech this school year? This printable pack includes a game for finding the difference between a noun and a verb, nouns vs. proper nouns, multiple parts of speech, and a create your own option. Even better, this is a free printable pack! Each game includes its own set of rules and printable word cards to go with it. There are even two game boards to offer some variety in game play.
A riveting piece of journalism provides the text for this context clue worksheet.
