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ELA Back to School MUST Have Resource

If you are a junior or intermediate ELA teacher this resource is a true must have to get your year off to a great (and easy!) start. Modelled after Founts and Pinnell and the work they have done in the primary grades, my junior and intermediate reading/writing resource has everything you need to get your workshops up and running for the year! This resource came about after working at a literacy coach for five years. This was the answer to all the questions I was getting from teachers about how to set up and start their workshops for the year.  It is also the resource I have used in my own classroom. (Click image to be taken to the resource)

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Each lesson is laid out in a non-nonsense, easy to use format.

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Writers’ Workshop includes:
This resources included everything you need to set up your Writers’ Workshop program.
Among the lessons included are:
Set-up
Revising/Editing
Peer Editing
Abandoning Writing
Author’s Chair
Generating Ideas
Conferencing

Reading Workshop includes:
This resource is the complete first twenty days and is meant for the junior and intermediate classes. Part Fountas and Pinnell, part collaboration, this resource will help you take your students on the next step, beyond the primary level reading workshop. This resource includes all the required lesson plans, BLMs and anchor chart ideas.
Among the lessons included are:
Accessing Reading Materials
Listening to Your Inner Voice
Reasons to Abandon Books
Leaving Tracks of Your Thinking
Different Kinds of Non-Fiction
Reading Response Journals
Creating a List of Your Reading
Book Talks

Bonus: Creating Book Trailers

82 pages of AWESOMENESS! How is that not the best way to get your year off and running.

First Twenty Days of Reading and Writing Workshop Bundle

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New Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lord-of-the-Flies-Unit-No-prep-required-2679414

 

Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

For ease of use, the Lesson plan bundle, the answer key, as well as the Student booklet are all modifiable in a Word document. Add to it, change it, and make it your own.

Everything you need to teach The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is found in this unit.

• Includes journal prompts to further students’ understanding and to further understand thematic development in the novel.
• PowerPoint presentation with historical context and background information
• (Optional) PowerPoint presentation about the origins of evil furthering understanding of Golding’s themes
• Guess Who? Game to help students trace character development in a fun and practical way
• Student work book with all of the photocopies, student activities, comprehension and thematic questions, etc… (Photocopy the booklet once and you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the unit.)
• Links to audiobooks for easy chapter reading.
• The Answer Key for all student work.
• Includes comprehensive chapter notes to help with reviewing chapters previously read and allowing students to take notes concerning important information.

All tests have two versions – which is nice when you teach more than one group at a time.

• Test on the first 7 chapters (2 different versions – both in a Word document for easy modifications. Answer keys provided for both evaluations.)

• Final evaluation includes 2 different options. Option 1: 2 different unit test versions (two different tests – answer keys for both are included), Option 2: an Essay with all materials included (evaluation grid, outline package, etc.…)

• 17 complete and detailed lesson plans to guide and orient your students. Journal prompts with ideas to further discussion, step by step instructions… This makes for super easy planning.
• A Jeopardy Game (on PowerPoint) to review the novel and to prepare for the final evaluation

The unit includes 103 pages and 76 slides.

Guide to lessons’ focus points:
Lesson 1: introduction of background and historical context
Lesson 2: Focus on leadership
Lesson 3: Introduction to the symbolism in the novel
Lesson 4: Characterization
Lesson 5: Writing exercise (paragraph and argument development)
Lesson 6: Reading period
Lesson 7: Civilization vs. Savagery (Includes cyberbullying and dangers of social media, etc.…) Practical applications from the novel.
Lesson 8: Review analysis skills
Lesson 9: Test on chapters 1-7 (Choice of multiple choice questions or development questions)
Lesson 10: Reading period
Lesson 11: Thematic Meaning activity
Lesson 12: Characterization (character development)
Lesson 13: Literary conflicts in the novel
Lesson 14: Symbolism
Themes: 15: Themes
Lesson 16: Novel review and Jeopardy game
Lesson 17: Evaluation (Choice of two unit tests or an essay)

You’ll never have to worry about what you will be teaching on any given day, and the unit is modifiable for your convenience.

It’s teaching made easy!

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN THE ZIP FILE, PLEASE
E-MAIL ME at teachwithpassion101@gmail.com . Be sure to include your e-mail address and buyer’s name. I will send you an attachment directly to your e-mail address.

Wishing you the best at Teachers Pay Teachers,

Louise Cassidy

Total Pages
103 pages and 76 slides
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Month

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Robert Munsch “Fifty Below Zero” Worksheets”

by Peter D

1st – 5th Grade

 

Robert Munsch %22Fifty Below Zero%22 worksheets

 

This is a 10-page set of worksheets for the story “Fifty Below Zero” by Robert Munsch. The worksheets include:

* comprehension questions
* fill in the blanks
* vocabulary practice
* story analysis
* picture practice
* story map
* crossword puzzle
* fallen phrases puzzle
* word search

Worksheets for Robert Munsch stories:
* Robert Munsch: A Bundle of Worksheets (40 Stories)
* A Promise is a Promise
* Aaron’s Hair
* Alligator Baby
* Andrew’s Loose Tooth
* Angela’s Airplane
* David’s Father
* Fifty Below Zero
* From Far Away
* Get Me Another One
* Get Out of Bed!
* I Have to Go!
* Jonathan Cleaned Up
* Lighthouse
* Love You Forever
* Makeup Mess
* Millicent and the Wind
* Mmm, Cookies!
* Moira’s Birthday
* More Pies
* Mortimer
* Mud Puddle
* Murmel, Murmel, Murmel
* Pigs
* Playhouse
* Purple, Green and Yellow
* Ribbon Rescue
* Smelly Socks
* Something Good
* Stephanie’s Ponytail
* The Boy in the Drawer
* The Dark
* The Fire Station
* The Paper Bag Princess
* The Sandcastle Contest
* Thomas’ Snowsuit
* Up, Up, Down
* Wait and See
* We Share Everything
* Where is Gah-Ning?
* Zoom

 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Robert-Munsch-Fifty-Below-Zero-worksheets-487863

 

 

 

 

 

 

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