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Enhance your understanding of media's impact on food choices with this comprehensive set of teaching slides designed to align with the Ontario healthy eating curriculum. Students will evaluate how advertising, food marketing, and media influence food choices and develop strategies for making healthier decisions.

These 50 dynamic teaching slides adhere to the Grade 5 Ontario Health and Physical Education curriculum, providing an in-depth look at how media, advertising, and marketing strategies affect food choices.

The focus includes:

• Analyzing the role of media in shaping perceptions of health and nutrition.
• Exploring cultural, societal, and marketing influences on dietary habits.
• Developing critical communication skills for advocating personal and collective well-being.

Educational Objectives:

• Critically assess media and advertising techniques that influence consumer behavior, enhancing media literacy with an emphasis on healthy eating.
• Understand the complex factors, including cultural and societal influences, that contribute to food choices, promoting a nuanced approach to nutrition education.
• Build essential digital and oral communication skills by creating and presenting persuasive content, encouraging effective information sharing and advocacy for healthy living through media and food choices.

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This essential Racism and Antiracism Collection BUNDLE provides a powerful suite of resources to help children grasp complex concepts like racism, skin color, and anti-racism in an age-appropriate way. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, interactive worksheets, and an engaging self-portrait craft to encourage self-reflection and empathy. With these tools, educators can guide students in understanding equality, respect, and the importance of standing up against racism.

Why Should You Use This?

Teaching children about racism and equality lays the foundation for a more inclusive world. This bundle gives you the materials to facilitate honest, meaningful discussions on racial differences, empathy, and fairness. It creates a safe space for students to explore their identities and learn to appreciate others. These activities foster awareness and a commitment to respect, which students can carry forward in life.

What Skills Are Students Working on with This Resource?

• Empathy and Respect: By discussing skin color and experiences with racism, students develop empathy and learn to see the world from others' perspectives.
• Critical Thinking: The interactive worksheets encourage students to think critically about racial issues, promoting discussions that challenge stereotypes and misconceptions.
• Social Awareness: Through engaging activities, children learn the social impact of discrimination and the value of standing up for equality.
• Self-Reflection: The self-portrait craft encourages personal reflection on identity, helping students appreciate their uniqueness while valuing others.

This collection includes the following resources:

• Resource 1: Racism (Skin Color) Antiracism PowerPoint Presentation
• Resource 2: Racism (Skin Color) Antiracism PowerPoint Presentation
• Resource 3: Racism (Skin Color) Antiracism Self-Portrait Craft

Are you a teacher looking for a comprehensive resource to teach your students about instruction design? This digital product is specifically tailored to meet the needs of elementary classrooms.

This engaging and interactive resource contains 65 pages of valuable content, including:

• a workbook for students,
• assessment
• teacher's notes,
• cut-outs and,
• answer keys for all documents.

With this comprehensive booklet, you'll have everything you need to effectively teach the topic of instruction designing in an engaging and informative way.

The "Designing Instructions" booklet covers various topics, ensuring that your students develop a thorough understanding of the main components of instruction design.

Through carefully crafted exercises, students will explore creativity and collaboration in the context of designing instructions. They will learn about the language that must be used in instructions and how it impacts the clarity and effectiveness of communication.

One of the highlights of this resource is the scaffolded worksheets provided for a group project. These worksheets guide students through the process of designing instructions step by step, ensuring that they develop a strong foundation in this essential skill. A Google Slides template is included, allowing students to showcase their projects digitally and further enhance their learning experience.

With this product, you'll be equipping your students with valuable skills that extend beyond the classroom. They will develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills while engaging in hands-on activities that foster creativity and collaboration.

Enhance your literacy focus wall with these editable, colorful Reading Genre Posters! Each ELA poster features student-friendly definitions and engaging visuals, helping elementary students identify and remember fiction and nonfiction genres.

Looking to refresh your ELA focus wall or classroom library?

These vibrant, engaging genre posters not only brighten your space but also help students easily understand different genres as they dive into reading.

Struggling to make genre instruction exciting?

These interactive, editable posters make genre teaching fun and easy, helping students engage with various literary types.

Tired of recreating your resources each year?

Save time and effort with these ready-to-print posters, designed to add clarity and vibrancy to your ELA classroom decor.

⭐️ NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!

Click here for the Spanish Version of these Genre Posters.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

★ 31 Full-Size Posters (11" x 8.5"): In color and black-and-white for flexible printing.

★ 31 Mini Posters (5" x 4"): Perfect for interactive notebooks or small displays.

★ Digital Genre Word Wall: Interactive with clickable links to each genre in Google Slides™ and PowerPoint.

★ Editable Posters: Customize the genre definitions using PowerPoint or Google Slides™.

Note: Only the definitions are editable. Graphics, headings, and titles are not modifiable.

INCLUDED GENRE POSTERS

✨ Adventure ✨ Autobiography ✨ Biography ✨ Drama ✨ Expository Text ✨ Fable ✨ Fairy Tale ✨ Fantasy ✨ Fiction ✨ Folktale ✨ Historical Fiction ✨ Horror ✨ Humor ✨ Informational Text ✨ Graphic Novel ✨ Legend ✨ Literary Nonfiction ✨ Literary Text ✨ Memoir ✨ Mystery ✨ Myth ✨ Narrative Nonfiction ✨ Nonfiction ✨ Nursery Rhyme ✨ Persuasive Article ✨ Poetry ✨ Realistic Fiction ✨ Science Fiction ✨ Tall Tale ✨ Traditional Literature ✨ Trickster Tale

✨️ October 2024 Update: Now includes Graphic Novel, Nursery Rhyme, Memoir, and Literary Text (alternate title for Fiction).

Note: Some posters offer multiple title options, including Expository Text/Informational Text, Narrative Nonfiction/Literary Nonfiction, and Fiction/Literary Text. Choose the ones that fit your curriculum best!

WHY TEACH GENRE TYPES?

Teaching genre types can boost reading comprehension and give your students the tools they need to navigate various texts. Reluctant readers can discover new favorites, and students will make informed book choices that match their interests. Plus, genre knowledge fosters critical thinking and prepares your students for future academic success

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✅ Editable & Customizable: Modify each poster's definition to align with your specific curriculum and students' needs.

✅ Year-Long Reference: Keep these posters up all year for continuous student engagement.

✅ Versatile Use: Use in literacy centers, word walls, or as part of your classroom library to help students make informed reading choices.

WHO ARE THESE POSTERS FOR?

These posters are perfect if you’re an elementary teacher looking to boost genre understanding while creating an engaging and visually appealing learning environment. Designed for K-3 classrooms, they serve as a valuable visual aid to help students build reading skills and foster a love for genre exploration.

Looking for more? Check out the Reading Genre Anchor Charts & Interactive Templates for an in-depth look at genre elements. Perfect for 3rd-6th grade, this resource provides detailed, student-friendly definitions and explores each genre's unique features.

Want both resources? SAVE with the BUNDLE of Genre Anchor Charts & Posters and get everything you need to teach genres with confidence!

Not sure yet? Try my Fiction and Nonfiction Poster Freebie to see how these posters can enhance your genre lessons.

Organize your classroom library with the Classroom Library Labels by Genre & Topic to help students easily find books by genre! These labels pair perfectly with your genre posters for a cohesive, organized space.

WHAT TEACHERS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING

⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “These posters are absolutely wonderful! I love the option to edit in certain areas on the posters in case there are things I want to add to suit my class!” -Marissa T. 2nd Grade

⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Great genre posters, I use them on a weekly basis as we go over the genre of the week. Very student friendly.” -Brenda V. 3rd Grade

⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“This is amazing! I love using the posters as a display in my classroom, and it really helps my students understand the genres we cover.” -Madeleine C. 2nd Grade

⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I use these posters as an anchor chart in my classroom. We refer to them every time we read a new book and it helps my students get "the minds ready" for the type of text we are about to read. They are also adorable!” -Kaylan R. 3rd, 4th, 5th grade

WAYS TO USE GENRE POSTERS:

Some effective ways to maximize the impact of these Genre Posters:

1. Introduce New Genres: Display posters when teaching a new genre and explicitly teach its characteristics.
2. Foster Active Engagement: Encourage students to interact with texts by using posters to examine genre-defining features.
3. Year-round Reference: Keep genre posters on your literacy focus wall as a constant resource for students.
4. Promote Independence: Give students personal copies for their notebooks to encourage self-directed learning.
5. Review Genres: Use posters to quickly revisit previously taught genres before reading related texts.
6. Durable and Reusable: Laminate posters for long-lasting use year after year.
7. Assess Prior Knowledge: Display posters to gauge students' genre familiarity before exploring new texts.
8. Flexible Placement: Position mini or full-size posters at literacy centers for easy student access during independent work.
9. Digital Integration: Incorporate digital poster versions in mini-lessons or share the digital genre wall for virtual and in-class reference.
10. Customization: Tailor the editable posters to fit your classroom’s specific needs.
11. Enhance Your Classroom Library: Place posters in corresponding sections to guide students in selecting books.

DIGITAL GENRE WORD WALL

Introducing the Digital Genre Word Wall:

• Ready to use with Google Slides™ or PowerPoint—no setup needed!
• Assign through Google Classroom™ for easy access.
• Includes a clickable table of contents with 28 genres.
• Fully functional links in presentation mode for seamless navigation.
• Perfect for whole-class reviews, independent work, or virtual learning.

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FILE

With your purchase, you'll receive a zip file containing:

• Full-Size Posters PDF: Color and black-and-white versions.
• Mini Posters PDF: Flexible for different uses.
• Google Slides Access: Editable posters and digital genre word wall.
• 2 PowerPoint Files: Editable genre anchor charts and digital genre word wall

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⭐ Classroom Library Labels by Genre & Topic

⭐ Reading Genre Anchor Charts & Interactive Templates

⭐ Bundle of Genre Anchor Charts & Interactive Templates

⭐ Addition & Subtraction Strategies- Anchor Charts & Posters

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at samantha@sporesources.com. I am always happy to help!

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Create an engaging learning space where genre exploration is easy and fun with these reading genre posters for your ELA classroom!

Reading Comprehension Strategies (Fiction question Stems) to practice and prepare students for the state reading test. These fiction questions can be used as a pre-or-post assessment for reading comprehension. It covers understanding a text, answering questions about the story using the 5W's, and determining the central message, lesson, and moral.

-These are the three anchor standards students must master by the end of the 2nd-5th. It can be used throughout a Reader's Workshop fiction unit or for a quick assessment.

This fiction question will help you stay organized and provide you with a quick assessment as a pre-and-post one.

This resource can be used with 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.

⭐ It can assess students' fiction skills with any picture book.

⭐ U_se it as_ a partner activity to encourage students to discuss their thinking.

⭐ Use one section a day as their turn-and-talk activity.

⭐ It can be assigned as their reading independent work.

⭐ Reuse and drill their fiction skills and thinking with this worksheet, Google Slides, or Google Forms as often _as you need t_hroughout the unit.

⭐ Assess them weekly to collect data and measure growth.

Included in this Resource:

⭐ A detailed lesson plan

⭐ Standards 1st-3rd

⭐ 24 -Teacher's Question Cards to use Before, During, and After Reading

⭐ How-to

⭐ Printable -Spanish and English (Question Stems and The 5W's )

⭐ 8 -T_ask Cards-Spanish and English_

⭐ Google Slides -Spanish and English

⭐ Google Forms- Spanish and English

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Ready for an Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study that you can prep in minutes instead of all weekend? Ready to engage your students in reading Al Capone Does My Shirts using reading comprehension questions that spark deep thinking? How about top-notch Al Capone Does My Shirts activities as easy as hitting the print button? This no-prep novel study for Al Capone Does My Shirts is exactly what you’re looking for! 

This no-prep Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study by Gennifer Choldenko includes vocabulary and reading comprehension questions by chapter. The activities in this Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study also include the opportunity to practice reading strategies, reading comprehension skills, literacy skills, respond to writing prompts, and review language skills. 

The flexible format makes it a breeze to assign reading comprehension skills to match the needs of your students, the literacy concepts most in need of reinforcing, or even the reading and writing skills demanded by the curriculum calendar. 

WHAT’S INSIDE THIS AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS NOVEL STUDY? 

Teaching instructions and ideas for implementing in your classroom

13 assignments for vocabulary and comprehension questions by chapter

19 reading skills assignments including:

• visualization
• inference
• prediction
• similes and metaphors
• sensory images
• connecting to text
• summarization
• generating questions
• character traits
• main idea and details
• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• fact and opinion
• figurative language
• elements of plot
• signposts
• plot diagram
• theme
• historical context

6 writing prompts and response pages including:

• response to reading
• letter writing
• poetry
• persuasive writing
• narrative writing
• how-to writing

4 language/grammar skills including:

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives and antonyms

• adverbs

✅ A link to a bonus Google Slides digital version of this Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study is included.

You will absolutely love this Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study because it works well as a distance learning alternative, in a Daily 5/CAFE setting, as a literature circle reading group log, as well as in a traditionally structured reading class. Or even leave it as a reading activity for the substitute.

Quick and easy…just print and pass out! The ease of prep and format make this Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study perfect for Read with Someone stations, independent classwork, or send-home packets. Students will be eagerly interacting with the text and growing as readers! The hardest part of this Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study will be keeping students from reading ahead.

What teachers just like you are saying about novel studies by Curious Classroom Adventures:

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “Loved this! The kids were engaged and looked forward to what was next.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “This was a great novel study. The questions were clustered in nice, readable chunks for the students.  They were also well-thought-out questions, not just easy comprehension questions.  It also looks fun and inviting to the students.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “I love how this novel study accesses higher-order thinking skills. Will be using this as a book study with my enrichment students. Thank you for saving me so much time. :) ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “An excellent novel study with a comprehensive abundance of activities and skills. I really enjoyed using it with my class this year.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I appreciated all the CCSS-aligned content. This is definitely a novel study I can use year after year, focusing on a variety of standards.”

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Reflection Sheets | Reflection Worksheets | Reading and Writing Reflections

ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Reflection Sheets Bundle

★ 47 pages

★ Includes 5 products

★ Print and Digital

★ Excellent for Upper Elementary, Middle and High School Students

★ Can be used in ANY subject area

★ Worksheets come with and without graphics

This Bundle includes:

★ 6 Behavior Reflection Sheets

★ 4 Groupwork Reflection Sheets

★ 3 Accountable Talk Reflection Sheets

★ 5 Reading Reflection Sheets

★ 4 Writing Reflection Sheets

★ 1 Writing Skills List Sheet

★ Google Slide Links

Products included in this BUNDLE:

▶️ Writing Reflection Sheets

▶️ Reading Reflection Sheets

▶️ Accountable Talk Reflection Sheets

▶️ Groupwork Reflection Sheets

▶️ Behavior Reflection Sheets

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✅ Students' reflection on group learning, reading, writing, discussion, and behavior helps them identify areas and skills that need both improvement and enrichment. These reflection sheet packets encourage students to reflect about their experiences during the learning process and develop an appreciation for particular skills involved.

✅ These Reflection Sheets are student-friendly making it feasible for students of all levels to think and write about their reading, writing, behavior, and overall participation in both an independent setting or a collaborative learning environment. Reflection Sheets contain images, sentence starters, and questions to really help students answer the reflection questions and think about their overall learning experiences in the classroom. They are especially student-friendly for SPED and ELL students!

✅ All products in this bundle include reflection sheets WITH and WITHOUT graphics!

✅ Displaying students' reflection sheets side by side their work assignments/projects can greatly enhance the overall visual aspect of your bulletin boards!

✅ This bundle includes both print and digital versions (with text boxes already created)! You can assign reflection sheets to students in person or remotely – either way works!

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This set of 180 picture writing prompts inspires daily creativity and excitement in your students. These quick writes build writing skills through describing and inferring 180 engaging photos. Perfect for daily journaling, morning meeting activities, literacy centers, morning work and more! Encourage descriptive storytelling, expand vocabulary and boost critical thinking as students create quick narratives from diverse images all year long!

What's Included:

• 180 Pictures (1 for each school day) with "who? what? where? when? why?" Guiding Questions.

Uses:

• morning writing
• journaling
• creative writing class
• ELA
• literacy centers
• small group
• whole group
• homework writing assignments
• collaborative writing
• quick writing prompts
• paragraph writing practice
• extensions for GT, or accelerated learners
• teaching writing skills (Leads, paragraphs, grammar, editing)
• substitute activities
• and much more!

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*Note this product may be used in brick an mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

This document contains 9 sets of irregular past tense verbs. It reviews 72 different irregular past tense verbs in total. Inside each set, there are matching, sorting, and filling in the missing verb activities. This is a great resource to have students complete as a Do Now, Bellringer, or review before class.

Historical Novel Pre-reading and Post-reading Bundle

**Before reading, engage your students with a comprehensive PRE-READING HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION for The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis. The Digital Google Lesson seamlessly presents this novel’s significant setting with critical world events of the time. This resource greatly improves comprehension while aligning to standards, ensuring a richer literary experience for all learning styles.

**After reading, our HISTORICAL BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE has been pre-designed to create the perfect culminating book project. Completely editable, the digital slides include prompts and images which guide the student through the creation of an organized book presentation.

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PREREADING GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON:

1. **Author Photo and Short Biography** Providing students with a personal connection to the author, enhancing their engagement and understanding of the writer’s influence behind the story.

2. **Historical Fiction Genre** Preparing students to critically analyze how real-world events of the time-period are portrayed through creative storytelling.

3. **Location Facts, Photos, and Maps** Providing students with a concrete understanding of the setting, enriching their grasp of the historical and geographical context of the story.

4. **Time-period Facts, Photos and Links** Helping students visualize and comprehend the novel’s historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.

5. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.

6. **Links to Historical Video Clips** Bringing history to life, providing visual imagery and helping students better understand the events and people of the time-period.

7. **List of Books Written by this Author** Reading other books by the same author is important because it allows students to explore similar themes and styles, fostering a greater interest in literature and a deeper connection with the author's body of work.

8. **Pre- and Post-Printable Assessments with Answer Key** Crucial for the digital introduction lesson helping to gauge students' initial knowledge and track their progress, ensuring their understanding of the novel.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage

· Add to electronic notebooks

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DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDE BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE  - This editable Google Slide template has been designed to assist students in the creation of an upper-elementary historical fictional book report. The end product may be shared as a presentation or graded for assessment.

• The 12 editable slides are highly organized, each with titles of story elements needed for a thorough project.
• Questions and story mapping prompts are included on each slide to provide structure.  These headings guide students so that all critical elements are included in the end product.
• Fictional plot diagram titles include:

           exposition, rising action, climax, turning point, falling action, resolution 

• Reflection slides include:

            favorite quote, main & minor character traits, theme, and student rating

• The slides are logically organized and allow for adding photos or drawings. Teachers can adapt the template to their needs and the needs of their students. Slides can be deleted, and others added where needed.
• The digital template is the perfect scaffolded support needed by Special Education students, ESL students, struggling students, or to guide the entire class!  

This Google Slide template will allow all students to complete their Reading Project, book report, or Reading assessment and present an end product of which they are proud! Also available in Powerpoint 

   Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

This Back to School Bundle includes 12 printable and digital Scoot Task Cards, 40 editable Name Bookmarks for kids to color, 15 Writing Prompts with Zentangle Borders for fast finishers to color, and printable Writing Activities and One Pager Templates. Build relationships in your new classroom community quickly with this bundle of activities that infuse creativity, SEL, and rich writing prompts.

What's included?

40 Back to School Editable Name Coloring Bookmarks

Back to School Activities: Writing Activities, Graphic Organizers, & One Pagers

Back to School Scoot: Printable, Digital and Editable BTS Scoot Task Cards

15 Back to School Writing Prompts with Zentangle Borders to Color

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The Cinco de Mayo ELA Bundle (2nd|3rd|4th) is a perfect way to celebrate the holiday while also learning! This bundle contains two sets of activities specifically designed to help primary-level English learners improve their language skills and learn more about the holiday. The worksheet collection includes engaging activities that help improve reading and writing skills, while the lapbook project focuses on creating a fun and interactive learning experience. With the Cinco de Mayo ELA Bundle, students can practice their English language skills while also learning about the history and traditions of the holiday.

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Looking for a spooktacular way to reinforce text structure while engaging your students this Halloween season? This Halloween Text Structure Interactive Game is the perfect resource for grades 3-5! With 62 fun and educational slides, your students will practice identifying text structure signal words (cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, chronological order, and description) while immersed in a festive Halloween theme.

This resource is versatile and can be used in whole group instruction, small group centers, or even as a fun, interactive game. Encourage collaboration, deepen comprehension, and strengthen writing skills with signal words, all while embracing the Halloween spirit!

Key Features:

• Engaging Halloween theme to capture students' attention
• Focus on all 5 text structures (cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, chronological order, and description)
• Reinforces and reviews text structure signal words
• Encourages class discussions with highlighted signal words in answer slides
• Perfect for 3rd-5th grade students
• Available in PowerPoint and Google Slides formats

What's Included:

• 1 Review Slide: Reinforces the importance of recognizing text structures.
• 30 Passage Slides: Each slide contains a short passage for students to determine the text structure.
• 30 Answer Key Slides: Includes highlighted signal words to promote discussion and support understanding.
• Halloween-themed printable signs (#1-4): Perfect for classroom games or station rotations!

Transform your text structure lessons with a fun and festive Halloween twist, and watch your students excel in identifying key signal words and structures!

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This basic ESL English bundle is designed to enhance conversation skills and vocabulary expansion. With included writing and project ideas centered around favorite sports, hobbies, activities and adventure planning, students have the opportunity to practice new vocabulary both orally and in written form. This resource offers a low-prep solution for whole class discussions, partner activities, or even as a substitute plan.

Included:

- Teacher overview with slides to guide the projects step by step

-New vocabulary with engaging images and sentence starters

-Over 65 suggestions for "Questions of the day" or “Bell ringers”  

-Writing or project ideas including two backpack templates and several graphic organizers

-Includes moveable calendar and weather charts 

Resource 1:

Vocabulary:

Sports and activities

Clothing

Weather vocabulary

Calendar vocabulary

Present tense verbs 

Optional use of the conditional

Resource 2:

This ESL English resource helps to encourage speaking and writing about outdoor sports and activities. There are engaging templates included which focus on planning an outdoor adventure. Students respond orally to each question, as they add on to their “adventure” plan. This “print and go” resource takes the stress out of planning. This could also work as a step by step substitute  or sub plan.

Students enjoy being creative as they add artwork and sentences to their paper bag backpack (templates included as well as other writing options).

Basic Vocabulary:

Outdoor activities

Limited list choices for location and wildlife

Basic personal information (emergency card)

Simple sentence structures (I want to go, I want to eat etc…)

Helpful with backpack template:

Scissors, glue, tape, colored pencils, printed templates and a paper bag for each student

Resource 3:

The final resource has several of the same features as the basic 3D paper bag backpack. This resource has more intermediate sentence structure with editable options. Teachers can change the questions to work with your class. The printable backpack template may also be better suited for older students.

This activity bundle can be done over several classes, by starting your ESL class off each day with a question of the day. Students write a sentence each day to add to the writing templates.

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

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This Digital Poetry Writing Activity is perfect for any poetry unit! This interactive resource allows students to create their own digital poetry portfolios, showcasing their unique poems.

Each type of poetry featured in this activity includes:

• An explanation slide to introduce the form
• An example slide to demonstrate the style
• A writing slide for students to craft their own poems

The types of poetry covered in this comprehensive slideshow are:

• Bio Poem
• Diamante
• Word Cinquain
• Syllable Cinquain
• Haiku
• Favorite Place Poem
• Portrait Poem
• Five W's Poem
• Five Senses Poem

As a teacher, you have the flexibility to customize the slideshow by deleting any slides to better meet the needs of your students. This poetry writing activity is a perfect addition to any poetry unit and will inspire your students to express themselves through the art of poetry.

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Do your students struggle with answering text-dependent questions? Introducing them to the RACE writing strategy could be a total game-changer for you and your students!

RACE Stands For:

Restate the question

Answer all parts of the question

Cite evidence to support your answer

Explain how your evidence proves your answer

What's Included:

• Google Slides Presentation | Graphic Organizer | EDITABLE
• Printable Presentation | Graphic Organizer
• Printable Bookmarks Checklist | Color & Black and White
• Printable Guided Notes | Color-Coded & Black and White
• Color-Coded Printable Bulletin Board Posters Set

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Are you looking to make reviewing figurative language fun? Do you want your students to be engaged and motivated to learn? Then download this BUNDLE Similes Onomatopoeia and Alliteration a Figurative Language Activity! Well suited for the Language Arts or ELL classroom, your students will be having so much fun they will forget they are learning!

Students roll a die and find the corresponding instructions to create their own sentences using figurative language! The first one to complete a row or column wins the game! Can be played virtually or in-class - Virtual dice included! This activity can be played repeatedly as each game is unique. Laminate your gameboards and they can be used for years.

✔ Figurative Language covered in this activity: onomatopoeia, alliteration, similes, and metaphors.

✔ Each resource includes:

• Instructions
• Google docs digital/online gameboard (with a link to a digital single die roller on Youtube)
• Printable in-class game board (you will need an individual die for each group)
• 27 unique questions (and 3 “Take A Break” spots)
• ‘Answer Sheet’ for students to write their sentences
• Terms of Use

✔Examples:

• Write a simile using a color
• Write a metaphor about the weather
• Finish this metaphor: “Today, school was….”
• Finish this simile: “The test was…..”

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Are you looking for online resources to assign your students so they can continue learning from home? Look no further! This comprehensive GOOGLE DRIVE research project BUNDLE is everything you need in order for students to complete independent research from home or paperless assignments at school. This product encourages research skills using National Geographic Kids & various graphic organizers, content-specific vocabulary knowledge, and self-reflection skills! This resource comes with over 12 pages per product of graphic organizers (with examples!), vocabulary terms, and Google Survey/Quizzes for easy grading. It is easy to use and an awesome independent research project that your students will love! Be sure to check out the individual products for a more detailed description / preview of what is included :)

This bundle includes:

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What is included?

- Access to all 4 Google Drive products, each containing 8-9 resources (30 files total!!):

• How-to-Use Guide - Includes main ideas, student outcomes, materials, standards/curriculum connections, and assessment/grading.
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• Vocabulary Terms - ½ sheet definitions of 8 vocabulary words related to each project.
• Vocabulary Quiz - This 8 question quiz assesses the students on their knowledge of the vocabulary words from the vocabulary terms given.
• Individual Research Graphic Organizer - Graphic organizers for students to record their individualized research. It includes an example.  
• Student Checklist and Project Reflection - This is the final part of the research project. Students are asked to fill out a checklist marking if they completed all aspects of the research project. They then can reflect on a few short answer questions.
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Puns Activities: Puns Task Cards & Worksheets Figurative Language Review

This puns task cards product is an engaging figurative language word play activity for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

This puns wordplay product includes:

• Two instructional pages
• 30 task cards (two per page)
• Task card answer sheets
• Task card answer keys
• Four puns no prep printable activity sheets

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

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