Short Stories Resources

Please check out the video preview for my line of Socratic Seminars!

This bundle includes every product in my Socratic Seminar Bundle line. Multiple novels and short stories are included for grades 6-12! My students LOVE Socratic Seminars, and I often use them as their final assessment grade. The can be used in small literature circle groups, or with a full class. Please ask if you have any questions!

Welcome to the ultimate Earth Poetree Education 2023 - 2024 Academic Bundle! This comprehensive bundle includes everything we've created and discussed, tailored for a variety of educational needs. As a Grade 2 teacher and with the collaboration of my partner, a kindergarten teacher, we have crafted resources that cater to elementary students, extra-curricular activities (ECAs), and younger learners. Enjoy a 20% discount on this extensive collection designed to enhance teaching and learning throughout the academic year.

Bundle Highlights:

1. SMART Goals Worksheet:

• Three-page worksheet guiding students to understand and set SMART goals in overall school life, math, and ELA.

1. First Day | Soft Start | Get To Know Your Class | Welcome Packet | Bundle:

• Includes baseline tests, Euro 2024 football worksheet, "Walk Me Through the Life of You" worksheet, getting to know you workpacket, welcome packet template, magical meet the teacher template, design your own planet activity, getting to know the class bingo, and a space-themed registration guide.

1. Magical Meet The Teacher Template Editable | Meet the Teacher Co-teacher Letter:

• Enchanting editable template to introduce teachers and co-teachers with a cover page, introduction, and fun facts.

1. Get To Know You Bingo | Meet the Class | Ice Breakers | Back to School | Summer:

• Interactive 5x5 bingo grid to encourage students to find classmates who match specific prompts.

1. Doctor Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Doctor Pretend Play | My Pretend Hospital Bundle:

• Includes play doctor checklist, tray labels, poster and printables, DIY first aid box, and doctor/nurse ID cards with a fake credit card.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Play | My Pretend Restaurant Bundle:

• Features station posters, DIY pizza kit, pizza order checklist, pizza shop tray labels, chef/waiter ID cards, and a comprehensive menu with interactive check marks.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Restaurant Bunting Italian:

• Vibrant bunting spelling "RISTORANTE" with Italian restaurant symbols.

1. Earth Day Activities:

• Includes a speaking and listening activity where students design their own planet, Earth Day bunting craftivity, and Earth Day escape room.

1. Morning Book:

• A 20-page (one month) morning book with weekly check-in pages, mindful coloring, community activities, word boggle pages, and more.

1. Writing Portfolio Workbook:

• Focused on fable writing, covering narrative standards with activities like idea development, mindmapping, fable structure analysis, and more.

1. Reading Workbook:

• Eight-week workpack covering RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.6, and RL.2.9 standards with diverse fables and folktales.

1. Classrooms & Chimeras Resources:

• Includes the Student's Handbook, Chimera Compendium, Classroom Master Guide, interactive presentation for the Portals of Possibilities campaign, character creation templates, premades, and bonus Gorbhash the Feathered Fury card.

1. Classrooms & Chimeras - Monster Card Probability Games:

• Probability dice game trial with 8 monster cards and engaging attributes.

1. Teacher Toolbox Labels:

• Boho pastel and vibrant color labels for organizing classroom supplies.

1. 4th of July Crafts:

• Includes toilet roll streamers, collaborative flag poster, butterfly puppets, and patriotic wind catchers.

1. Juneteenth Coloring Page:

• Features a lively street festival scene with space for students to draw their own interpretation of Juneteenth.

1. Interactive Reading Story Game:

• A Twine-based story game where students solve puzzles to escape a hotel room, promoting reading comprehension and problem-solving skills.

1. Alphabet Flashcards:

• A-Z flashcards with letters on one side and pictures, phrases, and words on the other, including an American 'k' option.

1. Jolly Phonics Roll and Write Printout Centers:

• Worksheets for Groups 1-7, helping students practice phonics through engaging roll and write activities.

1. Create Your Own Pokémon Activity:

• A four-step process for students to design their own Pokémon, including quizzes, drawing, and writing activities.

1. Zones of Regulation Inside Out & Inside Out 2 Poster:

• Teaches emotions through mood monsters, an emotions rollercoaster, and a volcano-themed zones of regulation chart.

1. Earth Poetree Education Blogpost:

• Provides an overview of the resources and their benefits for teachers, parents, and students.

1. Doctor Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Doctor Pretend Play | Hospital Bunting:

• Includes 8 letters spelling out "HOSPITAL" and 2 hospital symbols to enhance the dramatic play environment.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Play | My Restaurant Menu:

• Comprehensive menu with drinks, food items, and desserts, each with a picture, flavor text, and check mark circles for interactive play.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Play | My Chef Waiter ID Card:

• Includes male and female chef ID cards, waiter and waitress ID cards, and a fake credit card for roleplay transactions.

1. Thank You Tags:

• Black and white and color tags with customizable spaces for teachers to write personalized messages.

1. St. Patrick's Day Crafts:

• Includes four festive crafts: toilet roll streamers, collaborative flag poster, butterfly puppets, and patriotic wind catchers.

1. April Fools Test:

• Fun and engaging test where the answers spell out "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS," with a trick to only complete the first question and then draw on the back.

1. Aquarium | Terrarium Design Planning Template:

• Planning template for students to design their own aquarium or terrarium, fostering creativity and environmental awareness.

1. Radio Workpack for ECAs:

• Comprehensive workpack for setting up and running a classroom radio station, perfect for ECAs and enhancing speaking and listening skills.

1. Noun Hunt Scavenger Activity:

• Follow-up activity to a 60-second grammar YouTube video, where students hunt for and identify nouns in their environment.

1. Report Card Comment Cheat Sheet:

• Uses ChatGPT 3.5 to generate whole class comments in minutes, covering homeroom, ELA, math, health, science, and social studies.

1. Geometric Maths Sprints:

• Fast-paced and engaging math sprints focusing on geometric concepts to boost students' math skills.

1. Homophone Heartbreaks:

• Match the hearts with the correct homophones in this fun and educational activity with 14 different pairs.

1. Whole Class Human-Sized Monopoly:

• Based on America for International Day, with poster templates for various states and research pages to help students learn about each state.

1. Fallout 4 - Create Your Own Vault Dweller Character:

• Creative writing workbook where students build their character with SPECIAL attributes and write their backstory and adventure.

1. Classrooms & Chimeras Daily Planner:

• Themed daily planner with reminders for meals and water, a lesson plan page with sections for objectives, vocabulary, activities, and assessments.

1. Parts of Speech Posters | Adventure Classroom Decor:

• Includes Article Airport, Adjective Energy, Noun Town, Verb Suburb, Adverb Attractions, and Conjunction Junction, with a map theme to aid in teaching grammar.

1. Juneteenth Coloring Page:

• Lively street festival scene with musical performances, a barbecue area, and flags, with space for students to draw their interpretation of Juneteenth.

1. Get to Know You Football:

• Euro 2024-themed activity where students draw their favorite color, animal, food, football team, film/TV show, game, subject, and their name inside a football.

1. Meditation Video and Rainbow Breathing Activity:

• 2-minute 28-second video with a calm soundtrack, square breathing exercise, and rainbow coloring activity to help students focus and calm down.

1. Create Your Own Fable Project:

• Guides students through crafting their own fables with embedded morals and rules, including a wanted poster in Chinese for their animal character.

1. Quarter 1 Writing Portfolio Workbook:

• Focused on fable writing, covering narrative standards with activities like idea development, mindmapping, fable structure analysis, and more.

1. Blank Fable Template:

• Ready-to-use template for students to plan and write their own fables.

1. Triphase Fable Assessment Rubric:

• A standards-based rubric for assessing students' fable writing at three critical stages: emergence, development, and performance.

1. Earth Day Acrostic Poem Worksheet:

• Features examples of summer acrostic poems and space for students to write and illustrate their own poems.

1. Design Your Own Pokémon Activity:

• A four-step process for students to design their own Pokémon, including quizzes, drawing, and writing activities.

1. Meditation Video and Rainbow Breathing Activity:

• 2-minute 28-second video with a calm soundtrack, square breathing exercise, and rainbow coloring activity to help students focus and calm down.

1. Zones of Regulation Inside Out & Inside Out 2 Poster:

• Teaches emotions through mood monsters, an emotions rollercoaster, and a volcano-themed zones of regulation chart.

1. Alphabet Flashcards:

• A-Z flashcards with letters on one side and pictures, phrases, and words on the other, including an American 'k' option.

1. Get to Know You Football:

• Euro 2024-themed activity where students draw their favorite color, animal, food, football team, film/TV show, game, subject, and their name inside a football.

1. Juneteenth Coloring Page:

• Lively street festival scene with musical performances, a barbecue area, and flags, with space for students to draw their interpretation of Juneteenth.

1. Pizza Checklist Worksheet:

• Students ask customers about their preferred pizza base and toppings, and rate their pizza.

1. Pizza Shop Tray Labels:

• Eight different labels for pizza toppings: peppers, onions, olives, mushrooms, bacon, pepperoni, basil, and pineapple.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Play | My Chef Waiter ID Card:

• Includes male and female chef ID cards, waiter and waitress ID cards, and a fake credit card for roleplay transactions.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Play | My Pretend Restaurant Bundle:

• Comprehensive bundle of all restaurant-related roleplay items, including station posters, DIY pizza kit, pizza order checklist, tray labels, and a menu.

1. Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Restaurant Bunting Italian:

• Vibrant bunting spelling "RISTORANTE" with Italian restaurant symbols.

1. Earth Day Escape Room:

• Interactive escape room where students solve riddles and puzzles related to the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.

1. Earth Day Speaking and Listening Activity:

• Students design their own planet and present it to the class, enhancing creativity and public speaking skills.

1. Earth Day Bunting Craftivity:

• Printable craft where students write "Recycle, Reduce, Reuse" on a stem with leaves and create a bunting for classroom decoration.

1. St. Patrick's Day Crafts:

• Includes four festive crafts: toilet roll streamers, collaborative flag poster, butterfly puppets, and patriotic wind catchers.

1. St. Patrick's Day Wordsearch:

• Engaging word search activity featuring words related to St. Patrick's Day.

1. St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold Counting Activity:

• Printable activity where students count coins and place them in a pot of gold.

1. St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt:

• Fun scavenger hunt with six icons related to St. Patrick's Day.

1. Meditation Video and Rainbow Breathing Activity:

• 2-minute 28-second video with a calm soundtrack, square breathing exercise, and rainbow coloring activity to help students focus and calm down.

1. Zones of Regulation Inside Out & Inside Out 2 Poster:

• Teaches emotions through mood monsters, an emotions rollercoaster, and a volcano-themed zones of regulation chart.

1. Alphabet Flashcards:

• A-Z flashcards with letters on one side and pictures, phrases, and words on the other, including an American 'k' option.

1. Get to Know You Football:

• Euro 2024-themed activity where students draw their favorite color, animal, food, football team, film/TV show, game, subject, and their name inside a football.

1. Juneteenth Coloring Page:

• Lively street festival scene with musical performances, a barbecue area, and flags, with space for students to draw their interpretation of Juneteenth.

1. Teacher Toolbox Labels:

• Boho pastel and vibrant color labels for organizing classroom supplies.

1. April Fools Test:

• Fun and engaging test where the answers spell out "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS," with a trick to only complete the first question and then draw on the back.

1. Aquarium | Terrarium Design Planning Template:

• Planning template for students to design their own aquarium or terrarium, fostering creativity and environmental awareness.

1. Radio Workpack for ECAs:

• Comprehensive workpack for setting up and running a classroom radio station, perfect for ECAs and enhancing speaking and listening skills.

1. Noun Hunt Scavenger Activity:

• Follow-up activity to a 60-second grammar YouTube video, where students hunt for and identify nouns in their environment.

1. Report Card Comment Cheat Sheet:

• Uses ChatGPT 3.5 to generate whole class comments in minutes, covering homeroom, ELA, math, health, science, and social studies.

1. Geometric Maths Sprints:

• Fast-paced and engaging math sprints focusing on geometric concepts to boost students' math skills.

1. Homophone Heartbreaks:

• Match the hearts with the correct homophones in this fun and educational activity with 14 different pairs.

1. Whole Class Human-Sized Monopoly:

• Based on America for International Day, with poster templates for various states and research pages to help students learn about each state.

1. Fallout 4 - Create Your Own Vault Dweller Character:

• Creative writing workbook where students build their character with SPECIAL attributes and write their backstory and adventure.

1. Classrooms & Chimeras Daily Planner:

• Themed daily planner with reminders for meals and water, a lesson plan page with sections for objectives, vocabulary, activities, and assessments.

1. Parts of Speech Posters | Adventure Classroom Decor:

• Includes Article Airport, Adjective Energy, Noun Town, Verb Suburb, Adverb Attractions, and Conjunction Junction, with a map theme to aid in teaching grammar.

1. Juneteenth Coloring Page:

• Lively street festival scene with musical performances, a barbecue area, and flags, with space for students to draw their interpretation of Juneteenth.

1. Get to Know You Football:

• Euro 2024-themed activity where students draw their favorite color, animal, food, football team, film/TV show, game, subject, and their name inside a football.

1. Create Your Own Fable Project:

• Guides students through crafting their own fables with embedded morals and rules, including a wanted poster in Chinese for their animal character.

1. Earth Poetree Education Blogpost:

• Provides an overview of the resources and their benefits for teachers, parents, and students.

1. Classrooms & Chimeras - Monster Card Probability Games:

• Probability dice game trial with 8 monster cards and engaging attributes.

1. Teacher Toolbox Labels:

• Boho pastel and vibrant color labels for organizing classroom supplies.

1. Geometric Maths Sprints:

• Fast-paced and engaging math sprints focusing on geometric concepts to boost students' math skills.

1. Jolly Phonics Roll and Write Printout Centers:

• Worksheets for Groups 1-7, helping students practice phonics through engaging roll and write activities.

1. St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold Counting Activity:

• Printable activity where students count coins and place them in a pot of gold.

1. St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt:

• Fun scavenger hunt with six icons related to St. Patrick's Day.

1. SMART Goals Worksheet:

• Three-page worksheet guiding students to understand and set SMART goals in overall school life, math, and ELA.

1. Create Your Own Pokémon Activity:

• A four-step process for students to design their own Pokémon, including quizzes, drawing, and writing activities.

1. Thank You Tags:

• Black and white and color tags with customizable spaces for teachers to write personalized messages.

1. Fallout 4 - Create Your Own Vault Dweller Character:

• Creative writing workbook where students build their character with SPECIAL attributes and write their backstory and adventure.

1. Interactive Reading Story Game:

• A Twine-based story game where students solve puzzles to escape a hotel room, promoting reading comprehension and problem-solving skills.

1. Juneteenth Coloring Page:

• Lively street festival scene with musical performances, a barbecue area, and flags, with space for students to draw their interpretation of Juneteenth.

1. Homophone Heartbreaks:

• Match the hearts with the correct homophones in this fun and educational activity with 14 different pairs.

1. Classrooms & Chimeras Resources:

• Includes the Student's Handbook, Chimera Compendium, Classroom Master Guide, interactive presentation for the Portals of Possibilities campaign, character creation templates, premades, and bonus Gorbhash the Feathered Fury card.

1. Morning Book: - A 20-page (one month) morning book with weekly check-in pages, mindful coloring, community activities, word boggle pages, and more.

Why This Bundle Is Essential:

• Comprehensive Coverage: Includes a wide range of activities and assessments to start the school year on a strong note.
• Builds Community: Encourages students to get to know each other and their teachers, fostering a positive and inclusive classroom environment.
• Engages Students: Offers fun and interactive activities that capture students' interest and make the first days of school enjoyable.
• Supports Assessment: Baseline tests help you understand each student's starting point, allowing for tailored instruction from the outset.
• Easy to Use: Ready-to-print and editable resources save you time and effort in preparing for the new school year.
• Valuable Bonus: The Pokémon Go workpack adds extra value and excitement, providing engaging content for a whole week's worth of activities.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking for a diverse collection of educational resources.
• Educators aiming to create engaging and interactive learning experiences.
• Parents and caregivers wanting to support their children's learning at home.

Enjoy a 20% discount on this extensive bundle and equip your classroom with the ultimate set of educational resources from Earth Poetree Education! This comprehensive resource ensures you have everything you need to make the first days of school productive, engaging, and fun, setting the stage for a successful year ahead.

All the Kickstarter academic content is included in this bundle. Explore the full range of resources from our Kickstarter campaign, "Classrooms & Chimeras," which you can view here. This ensures you have access to all the innovative educational tools and materials we've developed to create engaging and dynamic classroom experiences.

Growth Mindset Activities Multi-Level MEGA BUNDLE: OVER 1700 PAGES

This growth mindset multi-level bundle includes my four largest GROWTH MINDSET BUNDLES for 1st-6th grade.

If you teach multi-level classes, this is the best value (you get MORE THAN 30% OFF the original cost of the individual products when you buy this bundle).

You will find 40 PRODUCTS that are included in the following BUNDLES:

• Activities BUNDLE #1 for Upper Grades
• Activities BUNDLE #2 for Upper Grades
• Activities BUNDLE for Lower Grades
• Growth Mindset Picture Book MEGA BUNDLE

Individual product files for each BUNDLE can be found here:

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES BUNDLE #1 for Upper Grades:

• COLORING POSTERS: AFFIRMATIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE GRADES
• AFFIRMATIONS POSTERS (with cursive)
• PRIVACY FOLDER OFFICE
• FLIP BOOKS
• NOTES FROM THE TEACHER
• STICKY NOTES FROM THE TEACHER
• BOOKMARKS
• AWARDS
• PRINT AND FOLD REFLECTIONS BOOKLETS
• VOCABULARY CARDS FOR A WORD WALL OR BULLETIN BOARD

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES BUNDLE #2 for Upper Grades:

• ROLL-A-STORY CREATIVE WRITING
• WORD OF THE WEEK INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
• GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATION POSTERS: LLAMA THEME
• AFFIRMATIONS: RIP-N-GROW
• NOTES FOR PARENTS
• SORTING ACTIVITY
• SORTING ACTIVITY ON STICKY NOTES
• JOURNAL PROMPTS
• DAILY CLASSROOM PLEDGE

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES BUNDLE for Lower Grades:

• COLORING POSTERS: AFFIRMATIONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES
• AFFIRMATION POSTERS for PRIMARY GRADES SET #1
• AFFIRMATION POSTERS for PRIMARY GRADES SET #2
• AFFIRMATION AWARDS FOR PRIMARY GRADES
• JOURNAL PROMPTS FOR PRIMARY GRADES
• YOUR FANTASTIC ELASTIC BRAIN (LOWER GRADE VERSION)
• AFFIRMATIONS POSTERS (NO cursive)
• BRAG BRACELETS
• THE ABC’S OF GROWTH MINDSET
• GROWTH MINDSET POSTERS: MONSTER THEME

GROWTH MINDSET MEGA BOOK COMPANION BUNDLE:

• Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak (upper grade version)
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
• We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
• Bubble Gum Brain by Julia Cook
• Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
• The Dot by Peter Reynolds
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
• What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
• What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada
• What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada

Please check individual links for product information. You can also scroll through the preview for more detailed images of each product. This mega bundle file contains over 1,600 pages of activities, posters, and information.

Please note that this bundle DOES NOT INCLUDE my growth mindset bell ringer warm-ups! That multi-level bundle must be purchased separately. Please let me know if you have questions PRIOR to purchasing this product as I am happy to help you in any way that I can!

This giant bundle includes all the poetry analysis foldables I offer in my store at a great discount. At this time there are 85 poems included, but I'm always adding more! Please watch the video on how to use my line of poetry analysis foldables, and ask if you have any questions!

Please help my little business grow!

Did you know that you can receive $ credit towards future TeachShare purchases by reviewing this product? Please leave a review at the product page or through "My Purchases" under "My Account" at TpT. Thank you!

AP SPANISH LANGUAGE BUNDLE

This bundle includes many activities, project, reading opportunities, workbooks

to help students practice and feel comfortable with reading and writing in Spanish.

Save more than 35% off by purchasing this BUNDLE!

WONDERS GRADE 4 UNITS 1-6 These introductory lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Inc

Earthquakes

Crash Course in Forces & Motion

Kids in Business

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo Are Back

Spiders

Poetry

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

Mama, I'll Give You the World

Apples to Oregon

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

A Drop of Water

Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings

The Game of Silence

Valley of the Moon

Energy Island

The Big Picture of Economics

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

• Vibrant Vocab slides(see individual lesson for vocabulary)
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

Fourth grade McGraw Hill introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for Units 1-6:

The Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Incorporated

Earthquakes

A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist

Kids in Business

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo are Back

Spiders

Poetry-The Sandpiper, Bat, The Grasshopper Springs, Fireflies

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

Mama, I'll Give You the World

Apples to Oregon

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

A Drop of Water

Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings

The Game of Silence

Valley of the Moon

Energy Island

The Big Picture of Economics

2017 edition

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text. (look over each individual lesson for vocabulary words)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging digital escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom for use with Google Drive.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate 12 of our popular digital escape rooms at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (thereby cutting down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted bundle of resources. Each escape room is skills-based so that with these fun activities, learning is not sacrificed. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so these escape rooms aim to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of language arts skills.

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your digital classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive

- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and interactive worksheets

- Digital Student Answer Booklet

- Digital Teacher Answer Key

Suggested Escape Room Progression:

• August - Back to School ELA Digital Escape Room for Distance Learning
• September - Back to School Grammar Digital Escape Room
• October - Halloween Digital Escape Room
• November - Thanksgiving ELA Digital Escape Room
• December - Christmas ELA Digital Escape Room
• January - Escape from Dystopia Digital ESCAPE ROOM & PowerPoint
• February - Valentine's Day ELA Digital Escape Room
• March - Spring Break Digital Escape Room
• April - Digital Poetry Escape Room
• May - Shakespeare Digital Escape Room
• June - End of Year ELA Digital Escape Room
• July - The Lottery Digital Escape Room

Purchasing this bundle saves 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students. Note that these products require free accounts through Google Drive and are completely paperless.

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This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom - third edition.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 12 full-length ELA Escape Rooms. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with each escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklets (small and large options)

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Suggested Escape Room Progression:

• August - Back to School Poetry Escape Room
• September - The Raven ESCAPE ROOM
• October - Halloween Grammar Escape Room
• November - Veterans Day Stations Activity
• December - A Christmas Carol ESCAPE ROOM
• January - Macbeth ESCAPE ROOM
• February - Valentine's Day Poetry Escape Room
• March - March Basketball ELA Escape Room
• April - The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM
• May - Memorial Day Stations Activity
• June - The Alchemist ESCAPE ROOM
• July - End of Year Grammar Escape Room

Purchasing this bundle saves over 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out volumes 1 & 2 as well as our digital escape room bundle:

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 2

⭐ Full Year of Digital ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE

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This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom - second edition.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 12 full-length ELA Escape Rooms. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with each escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklets (small and large options)

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Suggested Escape Room Progression:

• August - Back to School Grammar Escape Room
• September - Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
• October - Halloween Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
• November - Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
• December - Hanukkah Kwanzaa Christmas Diwali ESCAPE ROOM
• January - New Year's ESCAPE ROOM
• February - Valentine's Day ESCAPE ROOM
• March - St. Patrick's Day ESCAPE ROOM
• April - Easter ESCAPE ROOM
• May - A Midsummer Night's Dream ESCAPE ROOM
• June - End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
• July - End of Year ELA Escape Room - Second Edition

Purchasing this bundle saves over 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out volumes 1 & 3 as well as our digital escape room bundle:

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 1

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 3

⭐ Full Year of Digital ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE

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WONDERS grade 4 McGraw Hill introductory Google Slide lessons UNITS 1-5 provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

The Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Incorporated

Earthquakes

A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist

Kids in Business

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo are Back

Spiders

Poetry-The Sandpiper, Bat, The Grasshopper Springs, Fireflies

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

Mama, I'll Give You the World

Apples to Oregon

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

A Drop of Water

Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings

2017 edition

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

Purpose: These introductory lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Inc

Earthquakes

Crash Course in Forces & Motion

Kids in Business

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo Are Back

Spiders

Poetry

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

Mama, I'll Give You the World

Apples to Oregon

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

A Drop of Water

Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT:
• Title slides
-genre, author photo and short bio.

• 2 setting slides
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

• Vibrant Vocab slides(see individual lesson for vocabulary)
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition

• Differentiated Vocabulary Worksheet/Answer Key-used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet practice link
• Part of speech sort
• Word connotation discussion slide

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

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Celebrate October, the season of Edgar Allan Poe, with this collection of comprehensive literature guides for seven of Poe's notoriously chilling stories! This bundle includes literature guides with engaging and varied activities, thoughtful materials, and student-tested lesson plans for: "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat," "The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Materials will last you well over a month and ensure that your unit on the Father of Horror will never get dull. Purchase this bundle and you will get the seven literature guides all aligned to the Common Core for 20% off the cover price.

The Tell-Tale Heart Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation guide - "Debate Statements"

- Vocabulary

- Vocabulary drawing activity

- Comprehension questions

- Freytag’s pyramid worksheet

- Literary elements worksheet

- Figurative language worksheet

- Creative writing assignment - "Through the Old Man's Evil Eye"

- Full answer keys for teacher use

The Black Cat Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation guide - "Debate Statements"

- Vocabulary

- Vocabulary drawing activity

- Comprehension questions

- Freytag’s pyramid worksheet

- "History of the Black Cat" extension article and comprehension questions

- "Putting it all Together" short essay question

- Literary elements worksheet

- Figurative language worksheet

- Full answer keys for teacher use

The Raven Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation guide

- Vocabulary

- Vocabulary drawing activity

- Comprehension questions

- Freytag’s pyramid worksheet

- Literary elements worksheet

- Figurative language worksheet

- Full answer keys for teacher use

The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation Guide - "Creative Quick-Write"

- Vocabulary Worksheet

- Sensory Detail Drawing Activity

- Sensory Detail Chart

- Sensory Detail Analysis Open Response

- Comprehension Questions

- Literary Elements Chart

- Figurative Language Worksheet

- Symbolism Activity

- Socratic Seminar Materials

- Full Answer Key for Teacher Use

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Anticipation Guide

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Sensory Detail Study

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Symbolism Worksheet

The Cask of Amontillado Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation Guide - Debate Statements

- Vocabulary

- Comprehension Questions

- Literary Elements Chart

- Irony or Foreshadowing?

- Family Crest Activity

- Symbolism Activity

- Full Answer Key for Teacher Use

- Student Examples of Symbolism and Family Crest Activities

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Family Crest Activity

The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation Guide - "Numbered Heads"

- Vocabulary Worksheet

- Comprehension Questions

- Literary Elements Chart

- Plot Diagram Activity

- Figurative Language Worksheet

- Symbolism Drawing Activity

- "Snap Chat!" Activity

- Full Answer Key for Teacher Use

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Anticipation Guide

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Symbolism Drawing Activity

The Masque of the Red Death Literature Guide Includes:

- Anticipation Guide - Debate Statements

- Vocabulary Worksheet

- Vocabulary Drawing Activity

- Comprehension Questions

- Literary Elements Chart

- Figurative Language Worksheet

- Symbolism Drawing Activity

- "Twitter" Activity Graphic Organizers (in color and in black and white)

- 12 Reader Response Task Cards

- Conversation Builder Cards for use with literature circles

- Full Answer Key for Teacher Use

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Anticipation Guide

- Suggested Lesson Plan for Symbolism Drawing Activity

- Suggested Lesson Plan for "Twitter" Activity

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**Now with newly added material! - Annabel Lee Escape Room!**

This mega bundle features 9 of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms on Edgar Allan Poe and his horrifying tales!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! These meticulously-crafted resources feature all of the materials you need to conduct 9 full-length Escape Rooms on the Father of Horror and some of his most popular stories and poems. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but these products provide everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. The activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

Each Escape Room Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Welcome Sign for Your Door
• Materials for 5-6 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and necessary information to be kept at stations
• Student Answer Booklet
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Escape Rooms Included: Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Pit & the Pendulum, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Annabel Lee

Purchasing this mega bundle saves 30% off the cover price of the 9 escape rooms. Suitable for middle-high school students.

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Purpose: These fourth grade McGraw Hill introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for Units 1,2,3, and 4:

The Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Incorporated

Earthquakes

A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist

Kids in Business

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo are Back

Spiders

Poetry-The Sandpiper, Bat, The Grasshopper Springs, Fireflies

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

2017 edition UNIT 1

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

These introductory MCGRAW HILL WONDERS GRADE 4 UNITS 1-4 POWERPOINT lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Inc

Earthquakes

Crash Course in Forces & Motion

Kids in Business

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo Are Back

Spiders

Poetry

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

Looking for fun middle school ELA reading comprehension activities for the first days or week back to school? These will become you go-to sub plans for anytime you need it! Keep early and fast finishers busy after state testing and even at the end of the year with these 2 fun no-prep bundles. Get them now for over 20% off!

These are game-changers in my classroom! Students know to grab their packets and work on them if they finish their work early or if I have to leave the room for a meeting. They're amazing for some quiet work after testing as well! Don't miss out on this lifesaver resource that will make your new school year a breeze! Grab it now and watch your students thrive while you boost your classroom productivity.

1. Figurative Language Short Passage Bundle

This includes four passages with 3 close reading and writing worksheets each - for a total of 12 high-quality worksheets! Answer Keys Included!

Figurative Language Short Passage Sets are a no-prep, printable close reading activity that's perfect for middle school and high school. Each passage has between 206-226 words and is filled with between 14-19 examples of figurative language, such as hyperbole, metaphor, simile, and personification. I’ve found that although my students can tell me the definition of these terms, simile is the only one they can truly pick out in a text. As a result, their writing is filled with overused similes that need work! These figurative language passage sets are rigorous, use higher-level words and phrases, and in addition to merely identifying the different types, students will be asked to discuss the impact it has on the reader, as they’re asked to do on standardized testing.

Simply print and go! There is truly no preparation needed, which is why this set is perfect to leave for sub plans, bell ringers, homework, test prep, review or assessment!

Activity:
Students can complete all three worksheets in each set as part of a packet, but I suggest using one each day. If you teach allusion, alliteration, idiom, or onomatopoeia, you can ask students to include those in Task 2 where they will be asked to continue the passage using a similar writing style. I have left some blanks on the checklist for this very purpose.

Reflection:
The class can review the answers and comments as a whole group when the activity is complete. You’ll be surprised how much better they’ll get at figurative language after being exposed to some high-quality examples!

WHAT'S INCLUDED...

**
12 Printable Worksheets**

Each set includes...

► Task 1: Read and Highlight a Figurative Language Passage

► Task 2: Write a Similar Figurative Language Passage Using a Checklist

► Task 3: Figurative Language Analysis Graphic Organizer

► Answer Keys

2. Pop Culture Mega BUNDLE

This fun bundle features 8 sets of activities: a total of 48 printable worksheets! Packed with engaging activities, these ready-to-use sets are ready for your sub tub, and designed to ease the burden of substitute teacher planning while keeping students engaged and motivated. Use them any time you don't feel like lesson planning!

WHAT'S INCLUDED…

6-Page Article & Activity Sets - Includes 8 Sets!

Each set includes...

► 1-page pop culture article

► Reading Comprehension - 7 multiple choice questions

► Critical Thinking - 5 short answer questions

► Crossword Puzzle

► Design Page

► Impossible MAZE

HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS FOR TEENS...

⭐️ Crocs

⭐️ Netflix

⭐️ Takis

⭐️ Fortnite

⭐️ MrBeast

⭐️ Air Jordans

⭐️ TikTok

⭐️ OpenAI

This Pop Culture Bundle for Middle School will make your students WANT to work and stay on task as they read about high-interest trending topics among teens.

You'll get stand-alone resources that are designed to offer a print-and-go sub-plan solution for ELA teachers who don't have time to prep their lessons. These lesson sets will definitely engage even the most reluctant readers, while challenging your more advanced ones.

Students read an original pop culture article and you get lessons that include both reading comprehension and writing. Two fun puzzles are also included, as well as a design page that allows students to get creative and offers differentiation. There's a little bit of everything!

The estimated Lexile measure of these sets range from 900 to 1100.

► I made these creative activities because I needed fun independent work that I could use in my classroom that I knew students would actually LIKE doing!

► Simply print and go! These packets can be used in a multitude of ways! Keep them on hand to use later!

►There is truly no preparation needed, which is why these sets are perfect to leave for:

• fun lessons
• early finishers
• after testing
• group work
• sub plans
• bell ringers
• homework
• test prep
• review
• assessment

HOW TO USE THESE SETS...

Students can complete all six worksheets of each set as part of a sub packet, but if you don't see them for a full block then assign only one page each day you're out (you'll get even more bang for your buck!) This packet has so many uses beyond sub work - use it any time of year for a no-prep, yet FUN learning activity that kids will enjoy doing! All answer keys are included!

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This big bundle includes every Ray Bradbury product in my store. It includes materials to teach Fahrenheit 451 as well as 5 different short stories, including:

1. "Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed" ("The Naming of Names")

2. "There Will Come Soft Rains"

3. "The Veldt"

4. "A Sound of Thunder"

5. "All Summer in a Day"

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This bundle includes 7 more of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your short story unit featuring A Sound of Thunder, To Build a Fire, The Pit & the Pendulum, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Necklace, The Veldt, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 7 full-length Escape Rooms for A Sound of Thunder, To Build a Fire, The Pit & the Pendulum, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Necklace, The Veldt, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way based on the short story they feature.

Each Escape Room Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and supplementary materials for each station
• Student Answer Sheets
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Purchasing this bundle saves an incredible 30% off the cover price of the 7 escape rooms. Suitable for middle and high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out Volume 1 or build your own bundle!

⭐ Short Story Escape Room Bundle - Volume 1

⭐ Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE

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