Save yourself time and engage your students with these What The Road Said activities. This jam-packed book companion is quick and easy to use - Just print and go! Read on to learn more about all that is included in this standards-based interactive read aloud packet based on the children’s book, What The Road Said by Cleo Wade. TO SAVE YOU TIME, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU! 1. We chose vocabulary words & kid-friendly definitions. 2. We selected mentor sentences & specific grammar skills for each. 3. We wrote 30 book-based writing prompts (that cover 10 genres of writing). 4. We identified an SEL focus / character education topic based on events in the story. 5. We constructed strategy-based reading comprehension questions and created no-prep, print-and-go reader response worksheets. YOU ONLY NEED TO DO 3 QUICK & EASY STEPS: STEP 1: PLAN Simply customize your What The Road Said lesson plans using the ideas in the teaching guide and choose from the 15 standards-based activities. STEP 2: PREP Prep can be as simple as printing the activity pages (or assigning the included digital version) and finding a free video of the book being read aloud online. OPTIONAL: If you want to dive deeper into a book study, you’ll find our teaching ideas and slides make it easy to create mini-lessons, anchor charts, and slideshows. STEP 3: TEACH Engage your students with an interactive read aloud by reading or streaming the picture book. Practice reading comprehension strategies with text-based discussion questions. We even wrote the What The Road Said comprehension questions for you! Some teachers like to assemble and assign independent work packets. Others prefer to dive deeper into the story with vocabulary, grammar, SEL, and writing lessons that can span over several days. The best thing about our 500+ book companions is the flexibility they provide you. We’ve packed them with a variety of teaching ideas and activities so you have the option to use them in the way that works best for you and your students! We have over 500 picture book companions to choose from? ➔ ➔ SEE THEM ALL HERE THE WHAT THE ROAD SAID BOOK COMPANION FOCUSES ON: ◼️READING STRATEGIES ☐ retelling ☐ making connections ☐ author's purpose ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ mindfulness ☐ worry ☐ resilience ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ question marks ☐ commas ☐ proper nouns WHAT THE ROAD SAID SUMMARY A young girl is walking when she thinks about doing things differently. She wants to make a change, but seems hesitant. The Road tells her to be brave and to be strong. As the girl continues to question about these decisions on the path, the Road reminds us that the most important thing is to keep going. This beautiful story is told by a poet and activist, partnered with beautiful illustrations that will engage readers of all ages. This story shares that we are all capable of making the best decisions for ourselves and that it is important to take risks. HOW THIS RESOURCE SAVES YOU TIME and IMPROVES STUDENT LEARNING: ♥ The comprehension questions are grouped by reading strategies for easy lesson planning. ♥ It is standards-based and covers all aspects of language arts instruction. ♥ The activities were designed to be open-ended for easy differentiation and modification. THE BOOK COMPANION PACKET CAN BE USED FOR: → sub plans → reader's workshop → guided reading → small group instruction → independent work → literacy centers → informal assessment → writer's workshop → RTI → word study → guidance lessons for social emotional learning → for remote learning, distance learning, or paperless work in the classroom INCLUDED READ ALOUD LESSON IDEAS & PICTURE BOOK ACTIVITIES: ➜ Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy; text-dependent ➜ Social Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story ➜ Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions ➜ Grammar Topics selected to align with the text ➜ Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing ➜ Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space ➜ Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution ➜ Making Words Activity Page use any word from the book ➜ Focus Sentence copy work, identifying elements of the sentence, rewriting ➜ Design a New Book Cover demonstrate understanding of the text by creating an illustration ➜ Predicting Activity primary-ruled and wider-ruled versions ➜ Summarizing Somebody → Wanted → But → Then → Finally ➜ Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram ➜ Cause and Effect analyze how events affect one another ➜ Visualization illustrate visualizations from the story and support thinking with text-based evidence ➜ Making Connections identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections ➜ Thematic Writing Paper Use with the Writing Prompts... Makes a Great Bulletin Board ➜ 2 Sequencing Activities First → Next → Then → Last and Beginning → Middle → End ➜ 2 Vocabulary Activities Vocabulary Booklet and Word Mapping ➜ 2 Character Trait Activities listing traits and supporting traits with text-based evidence ➜ 30 Text-Based Writing Prompts 3 prompts for each of the following types of writing: narrative persuasive / opinion descriptive expository / informative creative / story writing procedure / how-to list making letter / postcard writing poem book reviews INCLUDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES: ➜ 5 Teaching Slides with clipart from the story to use for instruction (add questions, vocabulary, instructions, etc) ➜ 15 Student Pages for use in Google™️ Classroom or as editable files to create customized printables The 20 slides above can be exported to be used with PowerPoint, Seesaw™️, or another platform. THESE BOOK COMPANIONS HAVE BEEN USED AND LOVED BY. . . → classroom teachers → school librarians / media specialists → reading specialists → homeschool families → special education teachers → ELL / ESOL teachers → school counselors → speech language pathologists → reading interventionists → literacy coaches → substitute teachers VISIT OUR LET'S GET CONNECTED PAGE TO CHOOSE FROM . . . ◼️THE EMAIL CLUB → weekly freebies ◼️FACEBOOK GROUP → a supportive community of elementary teachers ◼️THE TPT STORE → new resources 50% off ◼️THE BLOG → teaching tips and ideas ◼️INSTAGRAM → a look behind the scenes STANDARD ALIGNMENT FOR ALL STARTS WITH A STORY BOOK COMPANIONS This resource can be used to teach any state standards. We aligned it with the CCSS, TEKS, and FLORIDA B.E.S.T. STANDARDS below. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FIRST GRADE CCSS READING LITERATURE: CCSS.RL.1.1 CCSS.RL.1.2 CCSS.RL.1.3 CCSS.RL.1.4 CCSS.RL.1.7 CCSS.RL.1.9 READING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS: CCSS.RF.1.1 CCSS.RF.1.1a WRITING: CCSS.W.1.1 CCSS.W.1.2 CCSS.W.1.3 CCSS.W.1.5  LANGUAGE: CCSS.L.1.1 CCSS.L.1.1a CCSS.L.1.1b CCSS.L.1.1c CCSS.L.1.1eCCSS.L.1.1f CCSS.L.1.1h CCSS.L.1.2a CCSS.L.1.2b CCSS.L.1.2d CCSS.L.1.2e CCSS.L.1.5c CCSS.L.1.6      SPEAKING AND LISTENING: CCSS.SL.1.1 CCSS.SL.1.1a CCSS.SL.1.1b CCSS.SL.1.1c CCSS.SL.1.2 SECOND GRADE CCSS READING LITERATURE: CCSS.RL.2.1 CCSS.RL.2.2 CCSS.RL.2.3 CCSS.RL.2.5 CCSS.RL.2.6 CCSS.RL.2.7 CCSS.RL.2.9 READING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS: RF.2.3 RF.2.4.c WRITING: CCSS.W.2.1 CCSS.W.2.2 CCSS.W.2.3 CCSS.W.2.5 LANGUAGE: CCSS.L.2.1 CCSS.L.2.1e CCSS.L.2.3 CCSS.L.2.4a CCSS.L.2.6      SPEAKING & LISTENING: CCSS.SL.2.1 CCSS.SL.2.1a CCSS.SL.2.1b CCSS.SL.2.1c CCSS.SL.2.2 CCSS.SL.2.3      THIRD GRADE CCSS READING LITERATURE: CCSS.RL.3.1 CCSS.RL.3.2 CCSS.RL.3.3 CCSS.RL.3.4 CCSS.RL.3.5 CCSS.RL.3.6 CCSS.RL.3.7 CCSS.RL.3.9 READING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS: RF.2.3 RF.2.4c WRITING: CCSS.W.3.1 CCSS.W.3.2 CCSS.W.3.3 CCSS.W.3.4 CCSS.W.3.5 CCSS.W.3.10 CCSS.W.3.1a CCSS.W.3.1b CCSS.W.3.1c CCSS.W.3.1d CCSS.W.3.2a CCSS.W.3.2b CCSS.W.3.2c CCSS.W.3.2d CCSS.W.3.3a CCSS.W.3.3b CCSS.W.3.3c CCSS.W.3.3d LANGUAGE: CCSS.L.3.1    SPEAKING AND LISTENING: CCSS.SL.3.2 CCSS.SL.3.3 CCSS.SL.3.4  CCSS ANCHOR STANDARDS (ALL GRADES) LANGUAGE: CCSS.CCRA.L.1 CCSS.CCRA.L.2      READING: CCSS.CCRA.R.1 CCSS.CCRA.R.2 CCSS.CCRA.R.3 CCSS.CCRA.R.4 CCSS.CCRA.R.9      SPEAKING AND LISTENING: CCSS.CCRA.SL.1 CCSS.CCRA.SL.4   ANCHOR STANDARDS FOR WRITING: CCSS.CCRA.W.1 CCSS.CCRA.W.2 CCSS.CCRA.W.3 CCSS.CCRA.W.4 CCSS.CCRA.W.5 CCSS.CCRA.W.10   TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS FIRST GRADE TEKS DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING FOUNDATIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS: TEKS.1.1.C TEKS.1.1.D TEKS.1.1.A TEKS.1.12.C.iii TEKS.1.12.C.iv TEKS.1.13.B AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND CRAFT: TEKS.1.10.A TEKS.1.10.B -EKS.1.10.C TEKS.1.10.D COMPOSITION: TEKS1.11.A TEKS.1.11.B.i TEKS.1.11.B.ii TEKS.1.11.D.ix TEKS.1.11.x TEKS.1.11.E TEKS.1.12.A TEKS.1.12.B TEKS.1.12.C COMPREHENSION SKILLS: TEKS.1.6.B TEKS.1.6.C TEKS.1.6.D TEKS.1.6.E TEKS.1.6.F RESPONSE SKILLS: TEKS1.7.A TEKS1.7.B TEKS1.7.C TEKS1.7.D TEKS1.7.E TEKS1.7.F MULTIPLE GENRES: TEKS1.8.A TEKS1.8.B TEKS1.8.C TEKS1.8.D SECOND GRADE TEKS DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING FOUNDATIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS: TEKS.2.1.A TEKS.2.1.C - TEKS.2.1.D TEKS.2.1.E TEKS.2.3.B AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND CRAFT: TEKS2.10.A TEKS2.10.B TEKS2.10.C COMPOSITION: TEKS.2.11.A TEKS.2.11.D.xi TEKS.2.11.E TEKS.2.12.A TEKS.2.12.BTEKS.2.12.C COMPREHENSION SKILLS: TEKS.2.6.B TEKS.2.6.C TEKS.2.6.D TEKS.2.6.E TEKS.2.6.F TEKS.2.6.G TEKS.2.6.H RESPONSE SKILLS: TEKS.2.7.A TEKS.2.7.C TEKS.2.7.D TEKS.2.7.E TEKS.2.7.F MULTIPLE GENRES: TEKS.2.8.B TEKS.2.8.C TEKS.2.8.D THIRD GRADE TEKS DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING FOUNDATIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS: TEKS.3 .1.A TEKS.3.1.C TEKS.3.1.D TEKS.3.1.E TEKS.3.3.B AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND CRAFT: TEKS3.10.A TEKS3.10.B TEKS3.10.C COMPOSITION: TEKS.3.11.A TEKS.3.11.D.xi TEKS.3.11.E TEKS.3.12.A TEKS.3.12.B TEKS.3.12.C COMPREHENSION SKILLS: TEKS.3.6.B TEKS.3.6.C TEKS.3.6.D TEKS.3.6.E TEKS.3.6.F TEKS.3.6.G TEKS.3.6.H RESPONSE SKILLS: TEKS.3.7.ATEKS.3.7.C TEKS.3.7.D TEKS.3.7.E TEKS.3.7.F MULTIPLE GENRES: TEKS.3.8.B TEKS.3.8.C TEKS.3.8.D FLORIDA B.E.S.T STANDARDS READING / FLORIDA B.E.S.T STANDARDS ELA PRINT CONCEPTS: ELA.1.F.1.1 PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: ELA.1.F.1.2 PHONICS AND WORD ANALYSIS: ELA.1.F.1.3, E

This Balaam's Talking Donkey Printable craft will help children learn about Balaam story in the Book of Numbers. Inside this craft, you'll discover origami instructions for creating a Fortune Teller (Cootie Catcher) Donkey, along with the text of what the Donkey said to Balaam from his mouth. Cute and fun activity for your elementary school kids. best for grades 1-6. Or great to use at your Church in Kids Ministry or Sunday School! or for a homeschool activity. See other Bible Story Pintables in the Bible Story Section of My Store: https://www.etsy.com/il-en/shop/HorizonsPrintables?ref=seller-platform-mcnav WHAT'S INCLUDED? You will receive: 1. Cootie catcher designs 2. Instruction page how to fold the cootie catcher. Available in Size A4. This is a digital download- no physical product will be sent. After purchase you will receive an email receipt from Etsy with a link to download your purchase. You can also download your files from the “Purchases and Reviews” section of your Etsy profile. PLEASE REMEMBER - This item is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD item. - NO PHYSICAL item will be shipped to you. - Digital items cannot be returned so we do not offer refunds. - The file is yours once you purchase, so you can print it as many times as you like, but please do not distribute. This is for personal use only! You will receive high resolution PDF image files designed to fit on regular A4 size paper. TERMS OF USE Product cannot be reproduced, resold or distributed. The artwork in this shop is the property of Van Isle Market. The artwork offered here is for personal use only.

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Based on a popular synthesis activity for AP Language and Composition, this updated version uses current social media trends (SnapChat, Intagram, etc) to get students to think critically about source credibility and synthesize different perspectives to develop a unique argument.

Ellen Javernick’s What If Everybody Said That? is an excellent read aloud for introducing students to the power of their words. This set of companion activities is great for students to continue making the connection between their words and their impact. It can be used for establishing positive classroom/schoolwide culture and community and for giving […]

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English Language Learners are very resourceful students. You may notice your ELLs checking the name plate that's hanging outside your door to spell your name correctly, or referring back to a read-aloud you did last week because they've forgotten what a carved pumpkin is called. Developing this ability to independently retrieve information is critical for ELLs. As teachers, we can help them become more proficient with this skill by creating and posting quality anchor charts in our classrooms. Anchor charts reflect the learning that is going on in a classroom. They might outline a classroom routine or procedure so that students can remember what to do. Or, they may review content vocabulary so that students can refer to these words in their speaking and writing. ELLs rely on these charts to help them remember what's expected of them. Anchor charts help orient ELLs in the unfamiliar language environment of the classroom. Anchor charts lose their utility, however, if students can't quickly locate needed information. Sometimes our walls become so full of words and lists that students become overwhelmed. When designing charts with ELLs in mind, it's critical to make it as easy as possible for your students to find and interpret the relevant information. Below are some ways you can help students get what they need from your anchor charts. 1.) Get rid of the clutter. Only post charts containing information that students will need to refer back to. You'll know you've made a great anchor chart when you see students getting out of their seats to check it, or see them glancing at the chart while working. Rotate anchor charts depending on students' needs and the units you're teaching. Try not to let your walls get so crowded that the most important information is lost in a sea of words. 2.) Categorize. Rather than charting lists upon lists, try organizing your charts using categories. For example, instead of simply listing alternative words for "said" (a lesson many of us teach every year during narrative writing units), group those words into categories by their emotional connotations. This way, students can start to understand the nuances that different words carry in their reading and writing. Even something as simple as color-coding different categories makes it easier for ELLs to quickly see which words belong together. ELLs' writing will be clearer when they make deliberate decisions about which word to choose in order to convey their character's feeling. In reading, students can make better inferences when they understand the subtle differences between these words. 3.) Label. Labels are especially helpful to ELLs because they allow you to convey the most important information with the fewest words. Labels can be particularly helpful in creating anchor charts for classroom rules and procedures. The visuals make it easy for students to quickly find the appropriate chart to remind them what they should be doing. You can use charts like the one below to display class routines, such as what to do during reading block, writing block, partnerships, in the hallway, etc. Even beginner students can be held accountable for classroom rules and routines. Simply point to the appropriate part of the diagram to remind students of the behavior you expect. Did you find this post useful? Here are some other posts you might like! For ideas about how to promote reading comprehension in ELLs and communicate expectations to parents, click here. This post explains the importance of using graphic organizers to help ELLs structure their thinking. Click here to take a quiz to see how well you're amplifying for the ELLs in your classroom, and here for some ideas to help you amplify further.

Teaching your kids the stories of the Gospels is so important, and I always find that kids learn the best when I make it fun and relevant for them! We have the story of Jesus

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Julia Cook books are awesome stories for teaching and modeling social emotional skills we want our students to learn. This resource bundles companion activities and lessons for seven of my favorite books of hers: I Can’t Believe You Said That! (note: this resource is also included in my Positive Communication bundle) Bubble Gum Brain That […]

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