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This guessing game is a great activity to get your students speaking and listening by describing common fruits and vegetables using vocabulary from the following categories: Season, color, adjectives, fruits, vegetables. Your students will have a blast guessing the food! Sometimes it's difficult for students to organize their vocabulary words in order to accurately describe a fruit or vegetable. For this reason, I've included a student brainstorming worksheet where words can be brainstormed and written down before the activity or as a homework assignment the day before. Included in this set there is also flip book where word "hints" are provided in case they get stuck and don't know how to describe the word or if students are doing the activity on their own in groups without the help of a teacher. It's a great “Ice breaker activity" and is also a fantastic way to review vocabulary. This game is always a hit in my ESL classes.  What's included in this download: 12 different Fruit "What am I?" cards 12 different Vegetable "What am I" cards Descriptive Vocabulary Brainstorming Worksheet B & W flapbook full color flap book  View a preview of this resource HERE.  This resource is also available for purchase on Teacher Pay Teachers. If you prefer to purchase it there, follow this link. How to assemble and use this resource:  After printing the resource, I recommend laminating the cards and flap book before cutting. This increases durability and ensures that you can continue using this set again and again. The student brainstorming worksheet can be printed in black and white and attached to student notebooks. How will you receive the resource? After your payment has processed you will be redirected to a download page where you can immediately download the file and save it to your computer. You will also receive an email containing a link to the resource. * Due to the digital nature of this product. Hot Chocolate Education does NOT offer refunds. Once the product has been downloaded, it can't be returned and refunds can not be issued.

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Behavior and Classroom Management Forms for Teachers Are you looking for an easy way to keep track of students who don't follow school rules? Or how to help students who just don't seem to know how to organize or keep track of their assignments? My forms will help! PLEASE NOTE: THIS PACKET HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND MANY NEW FORMS HAVE BEEN ADDED. IF YOU PURCHASED IT BEFORE JULY 29, 2016, PLEASE DOWNLOAD IT AGAIN, FREE OF CHARGE! Some forms are for school use only and some are sent home to be signed by parents. Detailed descriptions of how to use the forms, are included. The following forms are included in this packet. 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Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) I'm a teacher/author and offer Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, American History, Novel Packets, Grammar, Back to School, Holidays, Writing, Poetry, Spelling, Teacher forms products and more! Read my Teachers Pay Teachers profile if you'd like to learn more about me. Have a question? Contact me by clicking on the Ask a Question tab. :) Take a stroll over to my blog, Teacher Park, where you'll find more teaching ideas resources, products and freebies. Teacher Park The following are just some of the resources I offer on Teachers Pay Teachers. To find more, look for CUSTOM CATEGORIES on my store pages and select a subject. ALL TIME FAVORITES Book Report Trifold Use with any book or story. Bloom Ball Reports Use with any fiction, nonfiction or subject. Based on the latest Bloom Taxonomy verbiage. 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Use the activities in this packet to keep your students focused as they watch videos in class. Add these sheets to your sub folder! Nonfiction Bingo A great way for students to become very familiar with nonfiction features. Novel Response Cards This is one of my VERY popular resources that teachers and students love. Read their comments. Laminate the cards for future use Number the Stars 19 Page Packet This is now a 70 page packet. An informational article about World War II for pre reading, activities, was added with questions and answers. Also included are maps of Europe and Denmark with questions and answers. Poetry Task Cards Even your reluctant students will join in the fun! Each card has a definition and sample poem. Similes Metaphors and More Use with any book or story! Examples and definitions are given on each page. BOOK REPORTS AND OTHER REPORTS Book Report Trifold Use With Any Novel Use the pages year to year with any fiction book or story. Students will be motivated to work for the extra bonus points that are offered! A note to parents is also included with all the instructions about the report and a slip to send back to you. Complete instructions are included. Design a Game Book Report An amazing book report. Students create games based on stories they've read. All time favorite activity loved by students, their parents, teachers and administrators! Encourages students to read different genre. Have a Game Day! Bloom Ball Reports Inspires students to “think out of the box” to create reports for any subject, book, or story. Based on the latest verbiage of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Students, their parents, teachers and administrators LOVE these reports! COMMON CORE The following resources can be used with any book or story! Common Core ELA Informational Text PostersCommon Core Figurative LanguageCommon Core Reading ThemesCommon Core Reading Standards Main IdeaCommon Core Setting ComparisonsCommon Core Foundational Skills Task Cards Great informal assessment to determine who needs review or who has achieved mastery. Use year to year Common Core Character ComparisonsCommon Core Problems and SolutionsCommon Core Cause and EffectNONFICTION Close Reading Informational Text Polar Bears This is the perfect informational text, no prep resource, to connect English Language arts with social studies and science! The article about polar bears’ lives in the arctic regions of Earth and how they survive, will inspire your students to research these beautiful animals on their own. Creative activities! Questions and answers are included. Nonfiction Bingo A great way for students to become very familiar with nonfiction features. Nonfiction Detective Task Cards Nonfiction Find It and Check It This packet helps to reinforce nonfiction text. Common Core Informational Text Article (Cheetah) FREE! LITERATURE GUIDES AND BOOK ACTIVITIES Al Capone Does My Shirts A Wrinkle in Time Literary Activities A Wrinkle in Time Whole Book Assessment and Extension Activities Bridge to Terabithia Student Worksheets Brians Winter Student Worksheets Gary Paulsen's survival books keep students on the edges of their seats! Chasing Vermeer 65 Comprehension Activities Task cards Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith Dogsong by Gary Paulsen Fairy Tales Worksheet PacketFun! Imagine Cinderella's glass slipper is a sneaker and she arrives to the ball in a limo. Students love these activities! Frindle Literature Guide 87 pages. Includes an informational article about the Bill of Rights and Freedom of Speech with questions and answers. Is freedom of speech different in the classroom than what is says in the Constitution? From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Activities Hatchet Student Worksheets Holes by Louis Sachar Student Worksheets Hoot Student Worksheets Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell Lord of the FliesLove that Dog,Test Maniac Magee 32 Page Packet Maniac Magee Task Cards Maniac Magee Bullying Maniac Magee Vocabulary Maniac Magee Fortunate and Unfortunate Events If you purchased my Maniac Magee packet, please do no purchase this. It is in the packet. Moby Dick The Kite Runner The Tiger Rising Activities Where the Red Fern Grows Activities Woodsong Packet VOCABULARY DETECTIVES Who doesn't love a contest? You'll notice that even your most reluctant readers will join in this weekly fun! See the links for more details. Vocabulary Detectives Task Cards 4 Pronouns, Proper Nouns, Conjunctions Vocabulary Detectives Task Cards 5 Similes, Metaphors, Personification Vocabulary Detective Task Cards 6 Common Proper Nouns and ContractionsGRAMMAR AND SPELLING Parts of Speech Animal Theme Posters Laminate for future use! Subject and Predicate ActivitiesIrregular Past and Participle Forms of Verbs Adjective Adverb Game Common Core SupplementAdjective Adverb Task CardsCommon and Proper Nouns Practice for the Common CoreSpelling Activities To Use with Any Spelling ListHow to Spell Plural Nouns FREE! Common Proper Nouns Game Scoot Games Get your students moving! Great way to informally assess your students and they don’t even know it because they’re having FUN! Play a game with them and they’ll be surprised teachers also love to have fun! Scoot Fun! Adjectives Scoot Fun! Nouns Scoot Fun! Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Scoot Fun! Prepositions Scoot Fun! Subjects Predicates Scoot Fun! 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