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Balanced literacy Common Core L.3.5a resources
Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint and Worksheets Figurative Language
You'll love teaching figurative language with this Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint and Worksheets set. The PowerPoint is highly visual and has 45 slides, jam-packed with animation, sound effects, and interactive activities. Seven printable sheets, including worksheets and two mini-posters, are included to reinforce and consolidate new figurative language concepts.Help the spies identify and use metaphors and similes. The use of whiteboards and interactive activities make learning fun and engagi
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Figurative Language PowerPoints, Worksheets, and Activities Bundle
Simile and Metaphor Sorting Game With Print and Digital TpT Easel
Looking for a fun way to help students learn to differentiate between the two elements of figurative language - similes and metaphors? This sorting game provides a mix of similes, metaphors, and outlier phrases to help check their understanding as they play the game.☝ Click on the preview to learn more!Note: This resource has been updated with the TpT Easel option that allows you to assign activities for completion online. If you would prefer to modify the number of sheets, that option is also
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Simile and Metaphor Bundle of Lesson Plans and Activities
Metaphor/Simile Sorts and Practice Literacy Center
If you are looking for a practical way students can practice recognizing similes and metaphors in context with a quick and easy format, this is it. There are thirty metaphors/similes with three sorts to cut and glue as well as a page to identify, explain, and illustrate a metaphor and a simile. I consider this to be a distance learning resource since it is a print and go, and easy to implement. It's also a grand way to have students participate in an activity that is not on a computer screen, w
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2nd - 5th
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3rd Grade Language Arts Skill Packet Review for State Test
Prepare students for the 3rd Grade Guarantee by providing rich, common core aligned practice for your students before state testing whether it be on the OST, PARCC, AIR, SMARTER BALANCED, or other! 48 questions focusing on key skills such as cause/effect, figurative language, making predictions, using context clues, story elements, central message, and more are set up in an 8 box format on 2 sided review sheets. Created to be very versatile; this product is perfect for quick assessments, small
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade STATE TEST Prep for Language Arts BUNDLE
Adages: Teaching Figurative Language Task Cards
Need to teach about adages and figurative language as a part of your ELA curriculum? Struggling to find a fun yet effective way to do it? Check out these task cards--all geared toward helping students recognize and understand adages.What is an adage? An adage is a form of figurative language that consists of a short phrase or proverb that teaches a life lesson or speaks a general “truth”. It is a saying that has been passed down over time and is generally recognizable in meaning. Students who
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3rd - 6th
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Figurative Language Digital Boom Cards
These 24 interactive digital task cards on the BOOM Learning website review six types of figurative language. Figurative language can be tough for students to understand. These cards make reviewing figurative language easy and fun!Two card formats are included. Please view the preview to see examples.Definition Cards (6 cards) Example Cards (18 cards) The types of figurative language covered include: simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole and idioms.These digital task cards
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3rd - 5th
Literacy Centers YEAR LONG Bundle 3rd Grade
This YEAR-LONG Literacy Center pack has everything you need to successfully run engaging and effective literacy centers. There are materials for 5 different centers: independent reading, reading response, shared reading, word study, and writing. What's Included Inside This Bundle● Detailed teacher directions● Examples of completed pages● Developmentally appropriate reading, writing, and word study activities● Engaging centers that can be used again and againThese centers follow the same set-
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3rd
Vocabulary Interactive Notebook and Worksheets for Any Words
Print and Digital! Get maximum engagement with vocabulary words! These 16 activities (to use with any vocabulary list) are an effective way to increase understanding and retention of new words our students encounter! And it comes in 2 versions!The first version is for an Interactive Notebook. Student directions with sample pictures are included (half-sheet size that can be laminated and placed on a ring in a word work center, or can be placed on the front of file folders containing the activity
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Vocabulary Google Docs Worksheets Bundle | Context Clues Homophones Synonyms
Lighten your workload with these easy-to-use vocabulary worksheets. With questions based on CCSS standards for Grades 3-4, feel at ease as you can practice a range of vocabulary questions with the knowledge that nearly all of the work will be done for you.INCLUDES:Context Clues, Defining Words, Fill the Blanks, Homophones, SynonymsVocabulary Review:The product includes 27 tests, and each test contains 23-25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices. There are a handful of pictures on ea
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3rd - 4th
The TTQA Strategy Turn the Question Around Task Cards with Easel Pages
If you need a resource to provide students with extra support and preparation for standardized testing specifically with writing, this one will be an immense help. The resource has the kinds of questions important for test-taking in grades 3-5 and an opportunity to practice responses .This resource is not meant to be a comprehensive study. It is however, an introduction to some of the skills important to testing and I believe it is helpful exposure. I used it every year to sharpen my student'
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2nd - 5th
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RL4.5 - 4th Grade Poetry Egg Hunt
Get your students moving and learning with this fun 4th grade poetry egg hunt! This class favorite has students interacting with poetry and figurative language review questions. Hide the mini task cards inside plastic Easter eggs, hide the eggs (inside or out), and watch your students LOVE learning and reviewing poetry. In pairs they'll answer 4th grade poetry elements, poetry vocabulary, and figurative language questions. With these 30 task cards your students will review:RhymeRepetitionAllite
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Adding and Subtracting Fractions & Poetry Egg Hunt Bundle
Thanksgiving Metaphors/Similes Sort and Practice
Just in time for Thanksgiving! If you are looking for a practical way students can practice recognizing similes and metaphors in context with a quick and easy format, this is it. There are ten metaphors/similes with a sort to cut and glue as well as a page to identify, explain, and illustrate a metaphor and a simile. It's just enough for early morning work on the day before Thanksgiving break. Hope you like it.Core standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5Demonstrate understanding of figurative languag
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2nd - 5th
Figurative Language - Idioms, Similies & Metaphors Visualization & Illustration
Figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words. Figurative Language includes simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idioms, and cliches. Why use Figurative Language for Visualization and Illustration? Research tells us when children illustrate something, it internalizes their understanding. Illustrating figurative language encourages the children to visualize the true meaning of the language, an
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Hands-on Bundle of Activities
Folktale Passages with Tall Tales, Figurative Language Lessons and Dioramas
Students read five folktales about famous tall tale legends. Each passage features a different figurative language lesson. As a culminating activity, kids create engaging pop-up book dioramas. Read about Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and Pecos Bill while studying hyperbole, idioms, metaphors, similes, and personification. I have also added a lesson about Davy Crockett, which introduces the genre of folklore to your students. Each of these heroes has their own lesson, complete with a
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2nd - 4th
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Figurative Language Interactive Notebook 3rd Grade
This includes 5 different activities that could be included in a Language or Reading interactive notebook. The activities focus around figurative language, specifically idioms, homonyms, personification, and similes. It includes 2 activities for idioms and one activity each for the other figurative language types.
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Reinforces common core standards RL.3.4, L.3.4, L.3.5.a
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2nd - 4th
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker Novel Study (#2)
Want to add rigor, structure, and critical thinking to your Stink unit? This novel study, with CCSS-aligned, rigorous, text-dependent questions and a wide variety of graphic organizers and note-taking templates will guide students as they read Stink's second crazy adventure!
Each chapter has a before, during, and after question section, along with vocabulary builders and graphic organizers to boost critical thinking and reading strategy skills! Teachers will love the thorough answer key, whi
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Elmer and the Dragon Novel Study - Literature Study
You and your students are going to LOVE reading the novel "Elmer and the Dragon" and completing this novel study together.Don't let the adorable tab book format fool you! This novel study for "Elmer and the Dragon" is chock full of reading strategies, differentiation options, and enrichment activities.Here's what's included:22 Student Pages with at least one page per chapter.Two Differentiation Options - Sentence Frame and Constructed ResponseExtension ActivitiesFull Answer KeyFull Lesson PlanCo
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2nd - 3rd
Also included in: My Father's Dragon Literature Unit BUNDLE - All Three Novels
Adages & Proverbs Comprehension & Language Development (L.4.5.B & L.5.5.B)
Ten common adages & proverbs are featured in this Common Core State Standard aligned reading comprehension and language development product. The activities provided in these materials promote active engagement in the reading process as students identify adages exemplified in short stories that portray scenarios familiar to 3rd – 5th grade students.
This product provides students with several opportunities to familiarize themselves with common proverbs & adages. The first ten pages follo
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3rd - 5th
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Language Arts Doodle Notes for 3rd Grade
Third Grade Language Arts Note SheetsThese doodle notes are perfect for mini-lessons, interactive notebooks, or small groups. Introduce third grade language concepts with these notetakers. These note sheets contain fun doodle graphics that will engage students. The notes can be complete independently or whole group. Each sheet is made to be colored in and and completed after a lesson. These notes can be used to glue into interactive notebooks or place into binders. Use your own examples as well
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Idioms Practice, Find, Draw, & Identify Plus Digital Easel Pages
DIGITAL & PRINTABLE! If you are looking for a resource for idioms that define, identify, and practice both in a printable version and DIGITALLY this resource might be helpful for you. I included an idiom definition poster, sections for students to practice what idioms seem to say vs. what they really mean, sections to identify idioms by writing yes or no, a section for using idioms in context. The digital version has a few sentences for students to define.The PDF has a page for students to d
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: GRAMMAR QUIZZES BUNDLE EASEL DIGITAL PAGES AND PRINTABLE PDF
The Dragons of Blueland Novel Study
You and your students are going to LOVE reading the novel "The Dragons of Blueland" and completing this novel study together.Don't let the adorable tab book format fool you! This novel study for "The Dragons of Blueland" is chock full of reading strategies, differentiation options, and enrichment activities. Here's what's included:22 Student Pages with at least one page per chapter.Two Differentiation Options - Sentence Frame and Constructed ResponseExtension ActivitiesFull Answer Key Full Les
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: My Father's Dragon Literature Unit BUNDLE - All Three Novels
3rd to 4th Grade Literacy Pack Only No Prep Pack
Looking for something to keep those third grade literacy skills in your student's brain this summer? Look no further. Summer to Fourth Grade Literacy Pack includes activities that your child should be able to complete before entering fourth grade. These activities are quick and easy and require little to no prep. Practicing these skills throughout the summer will ensure your child is ready for Grade 4. This Pack Includes the Follow Common Core StandardsReading StandardsComprehension: Read and Re
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3rd
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3rd Grade Summer Math and Literacy Digital Packet
This is a file of 50 summer themed math and literacy activities for 3rd grade students (entering 4th grade next year) to complete digitally using Google Slides. Perfect for the end of the school year!These skills are featured in the activities:Literacy:Sounds of -ed -- move each word to tell the sound its suffix -ed makesSounds of sion and tion -- move the watermelon over the words in which the suffix makes the /shun/ soundSyllabication (v/v syllable pattern) -- move the words to the lemonades t
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3rd
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Seasonal and Holiday Digital Packet Bundle
Literal vs Nonliteral Worksheets
RL.3.4 & L.3.5.A - Literal vs Nonliteral Language: This fun worksheet bundle includes 5 worksheets, with a corresponding answer key on literal vs nonliteral! The pdf is high resolution, and is made to fit 8.5" 11" paper seamlessly.In this set we cover RL.3.4 & L.3.5.A! Students match phrase with idioms, determine whether a sentence is literal or non-literal, rewrite sentences using idioms with their actual meanings, and match words to their simile.You can use these as in-class teaching m
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2nd - 4th
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