Incorporate reading into your science block with one of these amazing and informative states of matter books for kids.
Need Wonder activities for your classroom or home school Wonder teaching resources? We have Wonder lesson plans, Wonder worksheets, and more ideas for book projects, kindness activities for middle school, and diversity lessons to make a great study unit for students using both the novel by RJ Palacio and teaching with movies (including the popular precepts project!).
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These Reading Journal PDF printables help you track your reading and easily crush your book goals, even if you lack time or inspiration.
Students explore matter and its interactions by using their sense of touch and sight to conduct investigations about the physical world around them.
Abuse is not always straightforward and in-your-face, however, quiet verbal abuse can have the same impact on your psych nevertheless, maybe even more.
Each classroom brings students of multiple learning styles and backgrounds. It is our job to provide opportunities that reach all of the many different learning styles that come to us. For this reason, it is
Read through a short passage and answer comprehension questions focusing on theme, summary, and context clues. Click here to get started!
Reinforce text connections using picture books and oral questioning (questions
What book and print awareness concepts does a young reader need to know? Check out this list...from A to Z!
Teaching states of matter in kindergarten can be a tricky! Here are some resources to help students gain a solid understanding of the topic!
Use this picture book list to increase literacy skills and comprehension of science concepts in your grade 4 5 6 classroom.
101 Guided Math read Aloud Books for K-2. A comprehensive list of guided math read aloud books to enhance any math topic.
Wanting to revamp your independent reading program? Try using a classroom book club, which is a great way to enrich, engage, and differentiate in secondary.
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How often do you ask your students to think about thinking? If I am honest with myself, I have done it far less in the past than I am doing...
Preschool STEM camp! Use science experiments and activities to learn about states of matter, a famous artist, read a book, make your own art, and more! These science projects and activities are perfect for summer camps, homeschool, maker spaces, art lessons, preschoolers, and even older kids!
Teaching with picture books is remarkably effective. Here are some of the best picture books for principals to read aloud so you can make a different too.
If you’re working on a States of Matter Unit like we are, you may like to incorporate these FREE States of Matter Learning Pages. They come from my larger States of Matter Unit Study for K-2 Learners. *This post contains affiliate links. **The free pages can be found towards the END of this post by clicking ... Read More about States of Matter Learning Pages {FREE!}
Free, fun and useful Kindergarten - 1st Grade, Common Core aligned lesson plans, math games, calendars, behavior charts, materials and more!
Add a fun twist to your journaling activities with this fun Roll It and Write Dice Game! Such a fun and creative journal idea even for reluctant writers!
The Hate U Give lesson plans for project based learning books about racism for kids, exploring Black Lives Matter movement, and critical consciousness studies and diversity discussions good for high school students (grades 9-12). Here are 59 The Hate You Give project ideas and activities using the novel and the movie for watch, read, write, and think unit plans.
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9th grade summer reading list for 14-15 year olds entering high school, including realism, historical fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels.
I love the book Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash. Any age student can practice elements such as predictions, inferring, real vs. make-believe, and sequencing.
Ahoy Pirates! Transform your classroom with perfect resources- Pirate reading passages, an elementary breakout, a STEM Challenge, & nonfiction task cards!
There's something super-comforting about reading a familiar story, knowing its characters inside out and chuckling at your favourite joke for the fiftieth time. Here are seven books you can read over and over again...
What Makes a Parent Love a Teacher ... and it's not what you might think! Read this terrific post by Jennifer Gonzalez to find out what really matters to parents. Be sure to download her free "deep data" chart for organizing your student data!
Graphic organizers are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in your classroom. This pack includes 100 graphic organizers that can be used with any fiction books or reading passages. If you are looking for a paper and digital version, click here! This resource is packed full of a wide variety graphic organizers to practice skills and strategies needed while reading fiction! These organizers have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 1-6. Take a peek at some of the fiction graphic organizers in the preview! WHAT'S INCLUDED: *100 Reading Fiction Graphic Organizers Total* Topics (More detail included in Table of Contents in the product preview): • Story Maps • Plot Diagrams • Setting • Character Traits • Analyzing Characters • Character Relationships • Conflict/ Problem & Solution • Sequencing • Theme • Cause & Effect • Compare & Contrast • Summarizing • Using Text Evidence • Using Illustrations • Dialogue • Using Reading Strategies • Vocabulary • Using Context Clues • Point of View • Book Response • Ending Extension • Protagonist vs Antagonist • Round vs Flat Characters • Retelling • Character Perspective • Types of Conflict • Reading Strategies (Recently Added) • Making Predictions (Recently Added) • Visualizing (Recently Added) • Asking Questions (Recently Added) 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: Fiction Digital 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 Graphic Organizers: Nonfiction Graphic Organizers More Fiction Reading Resources: Fiction Reading Crafts Fiction Word Wall Fiction Posters & Anchor Charts ⓒ Raise the Bar Reading
Hi Friends…. The past two weeks we have been working on Prefixes and Suffixes in our second-grade classroom! My kiddos were having such a good time brainstorming words with prefixes and then figuring out the meaning. They really had a strong grasp of the concept… I was pretty impressed. After our whole … Prefixes, Suffixes and a FREEBIE Just for YOU! Read More »
This past week my students worked hard to make sure they filled their book bins with good fit books! We spent all week practicing and reading those good fit books. My kids have quickly fallen in love with read to self and we make sure we get our 15 minutes in each day. Here is how we learned how to find our good fit books: First, we read the book, "Goldie Socks and the Three Librarians." In the book it talks about how Goldie Socks found her good fit book and it just so happened to be the little bears books! As we read the book, we talked about why she kept choosing those books and why she wasn't choosing Mamma or Pappa Bear's books. After we read the book, I asked the kids to just look through their books today during read to self and think to themselves if they thought their book was or was not a good fit book. After read to self, we closed the lesson with a quick discussion of why some of our books were or were not good fit books.. Some of the kids knew right away that their book was WAY too hard. On day 2, I introduced this poster to the kids which will hang in our classroom all year. Then, I modeled how to go through a book using the good fit book test. Afterwards, the students went back to their seat and looked at the books in their book bin to see if they were good fit books. If they were not, they set them beside their book bin. Afterwards, I spread out the book baskets around the room and the students went shopping for new good fit books! We then, did read to self and as we were doing it, a kiddo went to our recycle bin (AKA book mark bin), got a marker and wrote a number 5 on the paper. Came up to me and said, "Mrs. Hursh, I made myself a good fit book mark so I never forget to use the good fit book rule." *Happy Teacher Moment.* This sparked an idea for the activity the following day because my kids are always wanting a bookmark *proof they're actually reading*! I was going to print and laminate some, but it becomes so much more meaningful & purposeful for the students when they create something themselves. I modeled how to trace our hand, and place numbers on our fingers. I modeled some fun coloring and then off they went. After students were finished, I laminated their hands so they could use them all year long. Next week, we'll learn this poem as a beginning of the week refresher! I may use it as one of our transition songs too! ;-) I'd love to hear how you introduce good fit books to your kids too! Feel free to comment below! Grab your freebies from this blog post below!
Another center that is really popular in my class is Read, Visualize, Draw . It's a great way to practice visualizing while reading, which...
In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage students to follow three simple steps when writing reading responses, each with sentence frames and prompts to use: Step 1: What did you read? While reading... In chapter __ of... On page __ of... During today's reading of... Step 2: What happened in the text? Tell what a character said. Tell what a character did. Tell what a character thought, felt, or learned. Describe the setting. Describe an important event that occurred. Explain a problem that was encountered. Step 3: What did you think? This made me think... This made me realize... Based on this, I can infer... Based on this, I can predict... This reminded me of... I can relate to this because... I could visualize... I now understand... This three-step process encourages students to not only tell what happened in a text, but also reflect on what they thought or felt about what they read. Here is a sample response using these steps: I have included a FREE handout for you to share with your students to help guide them in writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. Click HERE download this FREEBIE. If you are looking for more resources for reading response, check out my Reading Response Journals for literature and non-fiction texts. These resources include anchor charts for different reading strategies and skills, as well as more specific sentence frames for the different skills. Click on the pics to learn more. Writing thoughtful reading responses is not always easy, but with a bit of guidance from using sentence frames and prompts, it will soon become second nature for students!!
What do you do when your students aren't completing their reading logs? This post outlines effective alternatives to reading logs for teachers
