Monthly Archives: October 2015


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Draw Me for Thanksgiving–Hangman (Indoor Recess)”

by Teacher’s Open House

2nd – 3rd Grade

 

thanksgiving hangman

 

My kids LOVE to play this game…it helps them with spelling, letter imprint, and vocabulary and they have no idea that they are still learning! I use this in my word work center and also pull them out for rainy recess days! Hope you enjoy it!

Jenn
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Language Arts: Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students (NO PREP)

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2 weeks of thinking done for you. This unit is appropriate for grades 8-10

Looking for a meaningful and effective way to teach poetry? This unit is a fun way to learn and experiment with figurative language. It uses a mixture of contemporary songs and traditional poetry to teach students about themes and to help them learn the various forms of poetry. The creative, hands-on activities also focus on the importance of having a voice and using it properly.

The unit covers subjects such as: bullying, courage, standing up for yourself and for others, standing up for one’s convictions and discovering what is important to students.

This unit uses poetry to help students have a better understanding of themselves and to stand up for things they believe in.

The files are in PDF format and are zipped for convenience.

-1 set of « I HAVE, Who has? » cards to help students remember figurative language in a fun way. (1 set of instructions for the game)

-A comprehensive teacher guide with 11 complete and detailed lessons (no prep required) – (8 pages) – EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU

-A student package that contains ALL notes, poems, and handouts students will need for the unit (18 pages)

-An end unit evaluation (with detailed evaluation rubrics and step by step instructions for students – one for the written component and one for the oral component). The end unit evaluation is in Word format along with the evaluation rubric for easy modifications. The final unit evaluation is a written poem and poetry reading, where students’ voices can be heard.

-A detailed Answer Key with notes, annotated poems, and answers to questions and activities. (8 pages)

Poems studied include:
– Song lyrics – Jessie J’s “Domino” (Goal : review figurative language and analyze messages found in popular media.)
– Jonathan Reed’s “The Lost Generation”
– Selena Matis’ “Ability”
– Robert Frost’s “The Road not Taken”
– Robert Hayden’s “ Those Winter Sundays”
– Song lyrics “True Colors”
– Emily Dickenson’s “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
– Rudyard Kipling’s “If”
– Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman”
– There are also video links added to the unit to enhance learning in the classroom


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “I Am Thankful poem template”

by Diamond Mom

1st -3rd Grade

 

thankfulpoem template

 

This is a framework for a Thanksgiving poem. I find it a standard at this time of the year.

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Give Thanks Math and Language Activities
Math Addition Task Cards
I Was So Scared
Seasonal Interlined Templates

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON: The Debate in Frankenstein

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The Frankenstein Debate Package includes topics for students, a Procedure Sheet to help teachers take notes during the debate, as well as an evaluation sheet.


FREE MATH LESSON – “Slope Intercept Stars”

by Activities by Jill

7th – 9th Grade

 

slope stars

 

This FREE star themed activity is great to use any time of the year, but is perfect for the Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa season.

Students will rearrange equations into slope-intercept form (solve for y in terms of x). Then they will identify the slope or y-intercept.

Make practice more fun with this eight question self-checking activity!

An answer key is included along with an optional student outline for showing work.

The download includes both color and black-and-white copies of the worksheet.

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Check out this bundle packed with fun and useful activities: Slope and Linear Equations Bundle

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON: Analysing Poetry

 

 

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FREE LESSON – This mini unit on Walt Whitman’s” I Heard the Learned Astronomer” and “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”, teaches students how to analyse poetry. Students must learn to observe, connect, make inferences, and draw conclusions on themes.

This mini guide includes:

-a detailed lesson plan for the teacher
-poems for students
-answer key and poetry annotation


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Thanksgiving Grocery Store Trip {CBI}”

by Mrs Ds Corner

1st – 3rd Grade

 

thanksgiving grocery trip

 

This activity was created to accompany my students on our Thanksgiving Curriculum Based Instruction (CBI) trip.

Here is how I used it:
– First, print the pages on card stock and laminate. Cut them out and Velcro the backs of the small aisle pieces. This makes it easy for students to graph the data in the grocery store, rather than writing it down.
– When you are in the grocery store, each student will get 1-4 pieces of the larger pictures of food to locate inside the grocery store. I laminate these and use a key ring to hold them together.
– As students are locating the items in the grocery store, have them take note of what aisle or where they found the items. I, also, have students write the prices of the items, or at least say the price and I will keep track of the record of prices.
– When the CBI is finished and we are back at school (same day or next day), we sequence the day. Then we take a look at where we found each item. We make a graph to see if we found any of the items in the same aisle or department of the store.
– We then look at the prices of each food. I have students make a hypothesis of what they think our Thanksgiving meal would cost to purchase. We use our estimating/rounding skills to get a general idea of how much money it would be. We, then, use calculators (I teach Life Skills) to add up the cost.

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Language Arts – Frankenstein Unit (complete – NO PREP)

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This unit has been created with the teacher in mind. The material is geared toward senior students with a focus on the construction of arguments. It also teaches the importance of historical context as well as literary allusions in the development of themes.

The thinking has all been done for you. The lesson plans are detailed and comprehensive. The student guide is visually appealing and facilitates the teacher’s job. In addition, the answer key is comprehensive and detailed. All the teacher needs to do is to purchase this unit and photocopy it.

Take a look at the preview for more information.

What the unit contains:

1) The Teacher Package (17 pages)

-contains 21 detailed lessons (60-90 minute lessons)
-leading discussion questions and skill building activities (with detailed instructions for the teacher)
-important chapter notes on analysis
-the teacher package helps the teacher stay on task and stay organized because the planning has been done for you.

2) The Student Package (11 pages)

-pre-reading activity
-study guide questions
-a fact sheet regarding the Prometheus myth
-an activity on the use of nature in romantic literature
-an activity based on the symbols in the novel
-several activities that teach argument development
-an activity on theme development

3) A comprehensive answer key (25 pages)

-detailed answers for ALL student activities and work
-an annotate copy of the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and activity answer key.

4) Also included:

-a PowerPoint introducing the novel’s historical context and the author
-class posters with key elements in the novel
-a copy of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

5) Various evaluations are also included: ALL EVALUATIONS ARE IN WORD DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO MODIFY FOR CLASSROOM NEEDS.
– Test on letters 1-4 and chapters 1-10 (choice between multiple choice OR development questions)
-Test on chapters 11-18 (choice between multiple choice OR development questions)
-Unit evaluation (Choice between and essay, a debate, a unit test – all work process is included)
ANSWER KEYS AND EVALUATION GRIDS ARE INCLUDED FOR ALL EVALUATIONS.

*As a bonus, I have included two automatic comment generators for Word documents (with drop down boxes.)This unit has been created with the teacher in mind. The material is geared toward senior students with a focus on the construction of arguments. It also teaches the importance of historical context as well as literary allusions in the development of themes.

The thinking has all been done for you. The lesson plans are detailed and comprehensive. The student guide is visually appealing and facilitates the teacher’s job. In addition, the answer key is comprehensive and detailed. All the teacher needs to do is to purchase this unit and photocopy it.

Take a look at the preview for more information.

What the unit contains:

1) The Teacher Package (17 pages)

-contains 21 detailed lessons (60-90 minute lessons)
-leading discussion questions and skill building activities (with detailed instructions for the teacher)
-important chapter notes on analysis
-the teacher package helps the teacher stay on task and stay organized because the planning has been done for you.

2) The Student Package (11 pages)

-pre-reading activity
-study guide questions
-a fact sheet regarding the Prometheus myth
-an activity on the use of nature in romantic literature
-an activity based on the symbols in the novel
-several activities that teach argument development
-an activity on theme development

3) A comprehensive answer key (25 pages)

-detailed answers for ALL student activities and work
-an annotate copy of the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and activity answer key.

4) Also included:

-a PowerPoint introducing the novel’s historical context and the author
-class posters with key elements in the novel
-a copy of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

5) Various evaluations are also included: ALL EVALUATIONS ARE IN WORD DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO MODIFY FOR CLASSROOM NEEDS.
– Test on letters 1-4 and chapters 1-10 (choice between multiple choice OR development questions)
-Test on chapters 11-18 (choice between multiple choice OR development questions)
-Unit evaluation (Choice between and essay, a debate, a unit test – all work process is included)
ANSWER KEYS AND EVALUATION GRIDS ARE INCLUDED FOR ALL EVALUATIONS.

*As a bonus, I have included two automatic comment generators for Word documents (with drop down boxes.)

 


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Free Turkey Craft”

by Faith Siegrist

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

turkey craft

 

Fun!! Footprints for the body….write what they are thankful for on the feathers!!

 

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Language Arts: Poetry Unit for Senior Students (No Prep)

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For grades 11 and 12

Many teachers hate teaching poetry because they don’t know where to begin. This unit will make you and your students love poetry. This complete, no prep unit is a great way to start! This 2 and a half week unit includes a student guide, 12 detailed lesson plans, 2 multimedia presentations (no internet connection required), a detailed answer key with annotated poems, and an end of the unit evaluation with answer key.

Just print it and teach it.

This HUGE bundle includes:

This poetry unit has been devised to teach students the importance of :

  • Figurative language (its uses and effects)
  • How to read poetry
  • How to understand and apply symbolism and imagery
  • The importance of rhythm
  • The importance of tone and attitude in a poem
  • Types of poetry
  • How to analyse poetry
  • How to appreciate poetry (even when you don’t understand it)

This unit’s focus is the analysis of poetry and teaches students how to make inferences, which is a skill they must learn for their other subjects as well.

Poems include authors such as: Emily Dickenson, Dorothy Parker, Maya Angelou, Thomas Gray, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Alfred Noyes, T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Frost, Pearl Jam, Langston Hughes, and Walt Whitman. The Unit includes 21 different poems.

The unit has been conceived to last 12 days – with 65 minute periods (although they are easy to modify).
The unit contains:

1 – The teacher guide (Contains 12 comprehensive lesson plans to teach the poems included in the unit. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU. )

2 – The student package (Contains students’ notes , poems, and questions) (26 pages)

3 – The answer key includes annotated poems and answers to all student activities (saving you time).

4 – Included is a test with multiple choice questions as well as a development question. All answers are included. (Word format for easy changes)

5 – 2 PowerPoint presentations – one multimedia presentation to introduce the unit (17 slides) and the second to reinforce the use of imagery and symbolism (19 slides) – NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED

A total of 63 pages + 36 slides are included in this package.

This unit is complete, and does all of the thinking for you. All you need to do is to print out and photocopy the student package and you’re set.


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Turkey and Feathers Farm Figurative Language Activity {FREEBIE}”

by Realistic Teacher

1st -5th Grade

 

turkey feathers farm

 

The Turkey and Feathers Farm is busy sorting similes and metaphors. Help them decide which is which with this quick worksheet!

 

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “ZOO ANIMALS: Comparing Polar Bear & Brown Bear science lesson, writing, FREEBIE”

by Marcelle’s KG Zone

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

polar-brown=bear

 

This freebie includes a complete science lesson on comparing Polar bears and Brown bears. It is an extract from my ZOO MEGA PACK and I am sharing it here.

I teach through the arts and incorporate artistic expression into almost every core subject. This lesson was very successful with my young kindergarten students and they loved it so much and learned a great deal from it that I want to share this with the world!

When I create new story telling/element units or various language, science and math teaching tools I often post them as samples for free so please tune in for more to come! If you like this, please consider these other FREEBIES:

RAINBOW FISH FREEBIE
THE-LITTLE-RED-HEN-FREEBIE
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STAND TALL MOLLY LOU MELON MATH AND ENGLISH LESSON FREEBIE
FARM ANIMAL RIDDLES-POEMS FREEBIE
INSECTS NARRATIVE POWERPOINTS FREEBIE

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I hope you Enjoy
Happy Teaching
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Make a Letter Blend Thanksgiving Meal”

by Sara Ipatenco

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

thanksgiving letter blend

 

This activity, by Sara Ipatenco, is a fun way to help students practice letter blend sounds. The worksheet asks students to think of Thanksgiving foods that start with different letter blends. It includes 9 common blends with cute turkey graphics!

If you like this activity, check out my Draw-A-Feather Turkey Addition Packet, my Letter Blend Turkey Packet and my Thanksgiving Alphabetical Order Learning Center. THANKS for looking!!

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Thanksgiving I HAVE, WHO HAS with Rhyming Words”

by Denise Hill

2nd – 4th Grade

 

thanksgiving rhyming words

This FREEBIE set of I Have Who Has contains 25 cards with Thanksgiving themed background and words! Great for a meaningful & fun game to celebrate Thanksgiving!

Prints great in gray scale.

For longer lasting cards, print on card stock and laminate. Store in a ziplock back, or hole punch and store on a key ring.

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Gratitude Challenge {Freebie}”

by Jungle Learners

1st – 12th Grade

 

gratitude challenge

 

Challenge your students to think of 100 things they are thankful for! Included is an idea list to make it a little easier.

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Let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful day!

Happy Thanksgiving!
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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Science Experiment Posters”

by Holly Rachel

1st – 5th Grade

 

science experiement posters

 

Grab this fantastic freebie for your students to follow as they carry out a science investigation. I display these posters in class and my students refer to them throughout the investigation to remind them of the steps involved.

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Halloween Math and Literacy Fun, freebies and Blog Hop with great prizes!


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Happy almost Halloween everyone! I am so excited to be participating in this Halloween Blog Hop! There are lots of great teacher tips, lessons and freebies along the way, so I hope you’re able to visit each store for inspiration and (who’s kidding who!) the awesome freebies! And check this out:

Prize

You’ll see the Rafflecopter machine a little further down. But first, I thought I’d take you down memory lane..

Did you used to sing the classic song 99 Bottles of Beer, with its stick-in-your-brain-forever melody and uncanny ability to teach even the most math-challenged among us to rote count backwards from 100?

I did, and it stuck so much that, years ago, I changed the words and created an activity to go with it. Its adhesive quality remains.

The activity:

  1. Print enough freebies for your entire class, and one for yourself. You’ll also see options for the color version at the bottom of this post.
  2. Plan enough time for each student to take a turn at the board. You’ll see why in a minute!
  3. Have some early finishers color and cut out your freebie, mount on sturdy paper, laminate if you wish, and place magnets on the back for use on a magnetic surface.
  4. Gather the class and draw a wall for your characters to stand on. If you have not read the story with them (optional purchase pictured below), then introduce the activity by discussing their thoughts regarding standing on high walls, predictions about what could happen etc. Throughout the course of the song, one character will be falling at a time.
  5. Now, warm up that singing voice! “Mi, mi, mi…”
  6. Give each child a chance to make a character fall from the wall as you sing this song:

Hal Fr 1  5 Halloween friends on the wall,
5 Halloween friends …
Hal Fr 2  If 1 of these friends has a big fall,
How many friends are left on the wall?

Hal Fr 3 4 Halloween friends on the wall,
4 Halloween friends …
Hal Fr 4 If 1 of these friends has a big fall,
How many friends are left on the wall?

Hal Fr 53 Halloween friends on the wall,
3 Halloween friends …
Hal Fr 6 If 1 of these friends has a big fall,
How many friends are left on the wall?

And you simply continue this way until there is one friend left on the wall.

7.  Invite your students to discuss what they noticed or found interesting about the song / story. Were there any patterns? Does anyone think that there was math in the story? How could a number sentence be written about what just happened?

8. Have fun!

Now back to the fun for the grown-ups!  Here’s the secret word for the Rafflecopter machine…


Potion

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Catch a Turkey: Sight Words”

by A Neighborhood Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

catch a turkey

 

Thanksgiving sight word practice can be fun with this game! I created this freebie to help my K5 students master sight word recognition. Students read the sight words and “catch” a turkey with the matching net! The freebie includes an original chant and suggestions for using the activity with your class! Great for whole group, small group, literacy centers, etc! I hope you enjoy it!
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Sight words included are:
we, to, see, a, the, I, like, and, come, me, with, my, on, are, is, that

 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Turkey Smartboard Freebie – Skip Counting by 2 Sequencing Puzzle”

by Smart Kinder Kids

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

turkey smartboard

 

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy this freebie from Smartkinderkids!

With this freebie, you get a brightly colorful and happy smartboard puzzle. Students can work whole group, small group, or individually to sequence the puzzle from 2-20 (skip counting by 2s).

This freebie can also be used as an Assessment Tool by teachers to determine if students can count by 2s.

If you like this product, please consider leaving positive feedback in my TpT store and checking out more Smartboard products! I love Smartboard files because I ensure that my students are actively engaged in their learning, are developing fine motor skills as well as technology skills. The biggest plus as a teacher, besides knowing your kids are learning and having fun, is that you don’t have to search for space to store the items as in traditional center games – just save to a thumb drive and VOILA – you are set for next fall. I hope you enjoy!

Sincerely,
Leigh Majer

 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Free Downloads Thanksgiving Math Games! Multiplication and Division Facts!”

by Alferi

3rd – 5th Grade

 

thanksgiving math

 

This free product has 2 games, Turkey Multiplication and Turkey Division! Both review multiplication and division facts. Students will move around the turkey game board, choose cards, and review basic facts!
Fun and engaging!
Thanksgiving Theme!
Each game has 24 cards.
Directions included!
All clipart is from mycutegraphics.com
Thank you for downloading and I hope your students find much success with basic facts!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I also have these games for review of addition and subtraction facts.
Kimberly Sullivan

 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Expanded Form- CCSS2.NBT.A.1”

by Janetta Hayden

2nd – 3rd Grade

 

expanded form

 

This product contains two worksheets based on the Common Core Math Standards for Second Grade.

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Thanksgiving Literacy / Word Work Center – FREEBIE!”

by Mr and Mrs

1st – 3rd Grade

 

thanksgiving word center

 

FREEBIE ALERT!! Spruce up your literacy/word work centers with this adorable (and better yet, free) turkey themed word sort. It focuses on the ee and ea spelling patterns. Perhaps, one of the best parts is that it is common core aligned! I hope you love it, and please remember to leave feedback!!

You may also like my common core aligned November Seat Work:

Common Core November Morning Seat Work Pack

How about 20 word work activities to use with any word list?
Word Work Pack

Or my Fabulously Phonics: Long Vowels Edition?
Fabulously Phonics Long Vowels Pack

Tag Titles: word work, literacy center, thanksgiving, common core.

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Turkey Toes Fact Book Freebie!”

by Fantabulous Firsties

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

turkey toes

 

This “Turkey Toes” fact book freebie is an informational book about turkeys.

This goes along with the “My Turkey Fact Book” that is included in my “Turkey Toes” Thanksgiving unit on TPT. Be sure to check it out at the following link:

Turkey Toes! A Thanksgiving Unit

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Thanksgiving Activity Freebie”

by KinderDolls

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

turkey KWL

 

FREEBIE of one of the worksheet you will find in my November Mini Unit.

Check that out here:
November Mini Unit

Please provide feedback and tell me what you think!

 

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ELA ON SALE! Five Minutes to Fluency Practice Level 2.1: Aligned to the Common Core Standards

Screen Shot 2015-10-13 at 7.15.05 PM Screen Shot 2015-10-13 at 7.15.39 PM Screen Shot 2015-10-13 at 7.15.45 PM Screen Shot 2015-10-13 at 7.15.58 PMFive Minutes to Fluency: Level 2.1 is a research-based program that is easy to fit into every busy school day. Five minutes, from start to finish, as students peer read one-minute, strategically worded, passages and stories, partner review and then provide instant feedback.

This is the ideal activity to move struggling readers to grade level fluency – complete with comprehension practice. Intended to bring second and third graders up to grade level proficiency, it is also appropriate for English Language Learners or older students who need fluency practice.

The instructions are easy to follow, the program is motivational for students and the activities quickly incorporate into any schedule.

Perfect for classroom use or easily incorporated into take-home, parent involvement activities. This program is effective in group settings, as a series of homework activities, or as one-on-one activities aides or older students can administrator.

The passages include grade-level phonics sounds, non-fiction and fiction material and are Common Core Standards aligned.

The quizzes are a combination of comprehension and higher order thinking questions

Five Minutes to Fluency: Level 2.1, is the second in a series of intervention handbooks designed around moving struggling readers to grade-level reading proficiency and beyond.

Again, Five Minutes to Fluency: Level 2.1 offers a quick, easy and inexpensive way to increase student fluency and comprehension.

This is intervention the entire class can benefit from! Quick and painless…easy to differentiate…and effortlessly adaptable into any classroom or Response to Intervention program.


FREE MATH LESSON – “Fall Shape FREEBIE!”

by A Neighborhood Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten

 

fall shapes

 

Cute vocabulary cards to help teach shapes during the Fall! Perfect for Halloween! If you like these, be sure to check out the full set of Fall shape centers and activities in my tpt shop!

 

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October Teacher Talk

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

We’re so pleased to introduce you to the changes in our  “Sharing is Caring Teacher Blogging Collaborative!”  Our blog hop will now be known as “Teacher Talk.” We’ll be putting our ideas together to make your monthly planning not only easier but more timely, creative, and fun!.

There are so many dedicated teachers in our group who use new and different techniques to reach their students and we’ll be sharing them with you. So please join us each month when we bring you such topics as bully prevention, classroom management,  collaborative learning techniques, poetry lessons, math ideas, Freebies,  and so much more….

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Halloween Spooks-Creative Writing for Middle School

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving has always been one of my favorite tales.. When I was a child, we would often visit my Uncle Marty who had a farm near Tarrytown New York. Whenever we were up there, I would think of the Headless Horseman because that’s where the story took place. I could always visualize the Horseman with head in hand, chasing poor puny Ichabod Crane.

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A Simple Strategy to Teach About Goals

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Teaching class goal setting makes an abstract concept more concrete. This simple strategy teaches children to break down a goal into manageable steps.

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Interactive Notebooks and CinderHazel

By Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti of Elizabeth’s Lessons

Engaging Halloween Book Unit on CinderHazel that includes Interactive Notebook pages, printables and a whole lot more.

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By Mary Moore of Moore Resources

One of the largest things I had to do teaching middle school math was to find ways to engage students in math that absolutely did not like math or struggled with mathematics. Following are some strategies I utilized to assist my students.

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By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Ideas for bullyproofing your class this month.

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By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas of Those Who Love Teaching

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By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Five fun & fabulous Halloween-themed STEM challenges that can be modified for use with grades 2-8!


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Solving Behavior Issues in the Community Meeting

By Tammy Roose of tarheelstate teacher

Need a simple way to improve poor student behavior in the context of your classroom environment? I’m talking about those times when it seems that the class in general is falling apart. Read all about the LOW PREP reflection process I use during classroom meeting to help students correct poor behavior and get our learning environment back on track.

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Teacher Talk: Homework

By Marypat Mahoney of Just Add Students

Homework: It can be a hot topic. Here are some tips for using, assessing it, and helping students get the most from it.

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Close Reading in the Classroom and a Freebie!

My Marcy Howe of Its a Teacher Thing

Looking to begin Close Reading in your classroom? Check out what’s happening in my classroom, how I introduced Close Reading, and where I’m going from here. You’ll find links to my newest Close Reading freebie!

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Best Tips to Help those Struggling Readers

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

Here is what I cover during at risk conferences for approaching readers. It’s about tips, tricks, web sites and apps that can help.

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By Thia Triggs of Print Path

Our special kiddoes frequently have oral defensiveness and associated nutrition and dental hygiene issues.

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Fear Practice-Adverse results

By Carmen Doerr of The Bilingual Teacher

The administrator’s behavior affecting teachers’ work.

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Thanks so much for stopping by…..Chaio for now!

and don’t forget to be on the lookout for our November Teacher talk.




FREE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON – “Thanksgiving Around the World FREEBIE”

by Wise Little Owls

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

thanksgiving around the world

 

Other countries have Thanksgiving too! Included is one country that celebrates giving thanks. Great way to learn about other cultures and holidays they celebrate! Differentiated written activities included! Perfect for PreK-2nd grade!

The country comes with:

Information Sheet
3 Differentiated Retelling Sheets
Find and Color the Country
Activity or Craft

For other full Thanksgiving Around the World with 10 countries from Wise Little Owls, go to

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Around-the-World-1528212

 

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Thanksgiving FREEBIE: Thank It Forward!”

by Shari Beck

Pre-Kindergarten – 10th Grade

 

thank it forward

 

Thanksgiving FREEBIE: Thank It Forward

This Thanksgiving FREEBIE will first get students to focus on being thankful during this season for certain people or things in their lives. They will choose one or more “Thank It Forward” certificates to fill out to hand to someone who has influenced what they are thankful for as described on the certificate.

With each “Thank It Forward” certificate, the student will include a blank “Thank It Forward” certificate for the recipient to complete and hand forward to someone else – sending the thankfulness forward to another person.

This FREEBIE version contains 4 different “Thankful For” certificates. For a set of 16 different certificates, please see this item in my store. Thanksgiving Thank It Forward Certificates.

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