I’m back for my next installment on close reading! I am so excited to FINALLY share what I have been working so hard on. A few weeks back, I asked my Facebook followers to rate their understanding and knowledge of close reading. I was shocked to learn that so many teachers didn’t really know much […]
I’m back for my next installment on close reading! I am so excited to FINALLY share what I have been working so hard on. A few weeks back, I asked my Facebook followers to rate their understanding and knowledge of close reading. I was shocked to learn that so many teachers didn’t really know much...
Take close reading to the next level in your classroom. Use the six Close Reading steps guide from Appletastic Learning for a deeper understanding of text.
I’m back for my next installment on close reading! I am so excited to FINALLY share what I have been working so hard on. A few weeks back, I asked my Facebook followers to rate their understanding and knowledge of close reading. I was shocked to learn that so many teachers didn’t really know much...
If you do not have the time to cover Beowulf in its entirety but still want to foster a deep understanding of the text thanks to close reading, this is the product for you! Your download of this product gains you instant access to over 800 lines from the original poem as well as 2 rigorous and engaging worksheets to aid student understanding. This product includes: Part One of the original text (approx. 400 lines) spanning the beginning of the text to Beowulf's slaying of Grendel Part One Worksheet Part Two of the original text (approx. 400 lines) spanning the aftermath of Beowulf killing Grendel to Beowulf's funderal Part Two worksheet This can be a challenging text, so the worksheets are designed with academic progression in mind. The first worksheet is designed with DoK levels 1 and 2 questions primarily to ensure student comprehension. Part Two then focuses on higher-level thinking skills such as annotating and prioritizing textual evidence. Don't miss your chance for an affordable, ready-to-print lesson you can use in your classroom today! ** Please note: Pages 1-5 and 7-11 are completely customizable. The creation of the worksheets on pages 6 and 12 require more effort to make changes, though they are possibly by adding text boxes. This is a relatively simple process --- and not one that you'll necessarily need --- but I like to make this disclaimer upfront with as many of my products as I can!
Hello! It's Allison from Stuckey in Second ! I wanted to share a popular post that I recently had on my own blog. It was a big hit and I hea...
Those Shoes: Reading Unit for Those Shoes- Have you read the amazing and warm-hearted story Those Shoes by Mary Boelts? This reading activities pack is the perfect way to introduce this amazing book. You and your students will love this Those Shoes Reading unit! This week-long unit is packed with reading comprehension activities, crafts, responding to literature writing, vocabulary, quick prints, and soooo much more! They’ll love the fun and you'll love the academic focus this unit has! INCLUDES DIGITAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES! ******************************************************************** ✊ Buy the bundle and SAVE BIG!!! ✊ Ready to have your students fall in love with books by following a meaningful and deep reading routine ALL YEAR? Close Reading All Year Growing Bundle ********************************************************************* What's Included: Lesson Plans- A five-day lesson plan outline with suggestions of ideas for a close reading routine of the book and daily writing. Question Cards- After reading the book, use these question cards to check for basic understanding of the text. Questions range from levels 1-3 on Webb’s Depth of Knowledge scale. Shoe Story Elements- Students work to identify the text's story elements, including the characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end. Shoe character actions-Students use the text to understand how the main character changes from the beginning of the story to the end. Shoe Theme- Students work to better understand the theme of by using clues from the story. Includes option with a supported answer and one without. Question Marks Reference poster- Help students understand how quotation marks are used in a text to showcase dialogue. Quotation marks Cut and Paste- students read sentences and glue quotation marks around the dialogue. Quotation Marks Printables- students practice adding quotation marks around dialogue and quoted text. Quotation Marks Hands-on- Students read the sentence cards then use macaroni to build quotation marks around the dialogue and quoted text. Shoes Writing- students work on one of four writing prompts. Each prompt includes a self-checking rubric. Shoe Craft- students choose their shoe printout and decorate it how they like. Then, use it to publish their writings. See a Close Reading Unit in action! >>>Cranky Monster Close Reading!<<< ******************************************************************** ◼️ Click here to view a Video about this unit and all my other Close Reading Units!
If our students are not actively engaged in their learning, how much are they actually learning? There are so many great student engagement strategies to keep your students on task throughout your entire lesson. #13 is always my go-to!
Articles of Confederation Reading Comprehension - Close Reading Activity - for your 4th-8th grade classroom. Click to learn more!
BLANK KNIT VERTICAL Coloring Page : Printable File * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is a DIGITAL PRINTABLE FILE for you to download. No physical item will be shipped to you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is my original drawing of a piece of stockinette stitch knitting. Its "blank", with no design, so you can use it as a blank slate to work out your own designs - fair isle, stripes, checks, whatever! There are 19 stitches across, and 37 rows down. This is a vertical format. The stitches are purposely hand drawn and not all exactly the same, to give it a more 'hand knit' feel. The "horizontal" blank knit coloring page is here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/485140119/blank-knit-horizontal-coloring-page SIZE: 8.5" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) (close to A4 size - slightly longer) You will receive a pdf file and a jpg file. You can resize the jpg file to be smaller if you have the right software and know how to do that. (You could color them and make greeting cards.) The art on both files is the same. Its just up to you which format you prefer. USE: Once you've downloaded the files, you can print this drawing out onto any kind of paper you like, and use colored pencils, crayons, markers, or paint to make it your own unique colored illustration! I recommend using a card stock paper if you're going to use any 'wet' media, as it will absorb the paint or markers better. If you'd like a 'warmer' look you can print it out onto buff or tan colored paper. You may use and enjoy this file for you own personal use only. Print and color as many as you like! Give them away! Make crafts! Go crazy! But please do not make copies to redistribute or sell, or sell the colored art. Please read my complete Terms of Use in my Policies: https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/drawingsofknitting/policies OTHER STUFF: If you have any questions about what you're purchasing, or don't understand what a digital file is, please 'convo' or email me before you make your purchase, since I'm not able to issue a refund after you purchase due to the nature of the item (instant digital download). If you have any problems after downloading, please let me know and I'll do whatever I can to help. The blue "© Paula Pertile" will not be on your digital file. See more COLORING PAGES here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/drawingsofknitting?section_id=18669051 KEEP SHOPPING: http://www.drawingsofknitting.etsy.com Follow on Facebook or Twitter to be the first to know about new additions to the shop! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drawingsofknitting Twitter - @knittingpaula
I've been working on improving sentence structure and sentence fluency lately. I started by doing a bunch of mini lessons about complete vs....
Understanding characters can be tricky! Learn my favorite strategies for helping students master character traits and changes.
We're almost done with our 6 part Classroom Management series! I hope you are all learning some useful tips and tricks to use this year. This week, I am back to share a few things to teach your students how to be transition quickly and easily. Transitions are very important in any classroom. If they are not taught consistently at the start of the school year and reinforced daily throughout the year, valuable learning time will be lost each day. Last year, I purchased a wireless doorbell on Amazon. I used it as an attention getter, but the doorbell that I purchased had songs on it. It could be used as a way to transition your students from one thing to the next. There were 50 different ringtones and songs. There are holiday songs and regular children's songs. I think this would be a really fun way to have students move from one thing to the next. In my school, we use Class Dojo. It has a built in timer that is perfect for everything! I use it all the time for helping students transition from one thing to the next. If you don't have Class Dojo, there are tons of other timers floating around the internet. I saw this idea last year on Amy Groesbeck's Instagram and I personally thought it was genius. If your students are struggling with transitions, I think this is a great way to help students visualize where they need progress. You highlight the goal on the bottom of the chart and the objective is to stay below that goal. You may even throw in a little reward for them if they meet their goal a set number of times. Students LOVE a good challenge! This one kind of goes hand in hand with tracking their transitions. This is simple. Challenge your students to transition under a certain amount of time. If they continue to meet the challenges, let them earn a little treat. I would even continue to lower the transition time to increase the challenge. Fourth and Ten has this amazing powerpoint of transition songs for different things! How cute is this!? Any time they need to cut something out, she clicks and plays the little song for that. There is a song for lining up, cleaning up, moving to your seats, and more. I LOVE this! You can click HERE to head to her blog and read more about it. Tell me you love this as much as I do! Totally making one for myself this year... Okay, this is just an oldie, but a goodie. Just count back slowly from a number that you determine. Kids need to be where you need them to be and that's that. For all of these ideas to work, you need to have set clear expectations with your students for how it will work and also what will happen if they do not follow the expectations. That is up to you. These are just ideas for you to think about as you plan your year. I hope you were able to learn a little something new today! I'll be back next week with the last part of the series on ideas for Class Organization. Part 1 {Talking} Part 2 {Blurting} Part 3 {Tattling} Part 4 {Following/Listening to Directions} Part 6 {Classroom Organization}
Hi everyone! Just popping in today with a little freebie for you to show how much I appreciate you all! This freebie is a great way to ch...
Junior Intermediate Close Reading Annotation Symbols Posters Colorful. Let's get reading, and understanding, and connecting! These Junior/Intermediate close reading annotation posters reinforce successful reading strategies for your students. Visually a little more mature than the typical primary/junior offerings. Download comes with one posters! Full Color coded system This poster can be used as an anchor chart for your classroom. It can be used a a reference to remind students how to annotate a text during close reading. Want more reading resources? Check out the link below: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Miss-Cats-Classroom/Category/Reading-302337 Remember the future of the world is in your classroom today! XO Miss Cat
Designed for an AP or pre-AP class (but easy to use for other levels as well), this assignment pushes students to examine Douglass' language and style in order to gain an understanding of the function of diction, syntax, figurative language, and tone in his narrative. It includes carefully selected ...
Week 3 of Unit 1 of Benchmark Advance National Version Power Points for 4th grade(editable). This PowerPoint follows the Benchmark lessons! It includes word work, vocabulary, mini lessons, close reading, small- group reading, writing mini lessons, and apply understanding. It is very easy for the stu...
Help your students sharpen their close reading skills and understand the significance of the Federalist Papers #10, 51, 78 in a new way with this resource. In this resource you will find: 3 – Before Reading activities 2 – During Reading activity for each Federalist Paper 1 - After Reading activity for each Federalist Paper ***Includes: ANSWER KEYS for all Federalist Paper activities *** I have also included some informative and interesting websites to help you teach these primary sources. COMING SOON! - I will add Federalist Paper #2, written by John Jay, February. Follow me on TpT to get updates on the newest FREEBIES and other great resources! ************************************************************************************************************* Customer Tip: Did you know you can get TpT credit for providing feedback? Go to the "My Purchases" page. Next to each purchase is a thumbs up symbol and a "Provide Feedback" button. Click the button and you will be taken to the feedback page. Here you can give a quick rating and write a short comment. Each time you provide feedback TpT gives you credit to use toward future purchases. We would love for you to rate this resource after downloading it. Feedback is VERY important to us. Thank you. :-) Follow me on: Twitter Instagram www.customteachingsolutions.com
