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Back to School Common Core RL.7.4 resources
Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Fun ELA Activities Middle School Summer
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect after-testing activities fun!This Reading Comprehension set includes 6 mystery picture activities.The sets have 20 short reading passages with 48 multiple-choice text-dependent questions students have to solve to discover a surprise picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices
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4th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passages Mystery Picture | Summer | Print & Digital
Looking to make reading comprehension fun and exciting? Mystery Pictures are the perfect solution. The summer mystery picture activity includes 2 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction) and 8 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture. Once students answer the text-dependent questions, they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices. This fun color-by-number activity is an engaging way to rein
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5th - 8th
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Back to School First Day Jitters Reader's Theater Script for Grades 4-8
First Day Jitters? If you love the back-to-school book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg, your students will love performing the reader's theater script even more. Based on the events from the silly picture book, I have created a reader's theater and reading literature toolkit that BIG KIDS will love to perform in those first days of school.This First Day Jitters for BIG KIDS resource includes:• 2-page 4-character reader's theater script• context clue word work• reader response questions• po
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: Text-Based Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Activities Bundle
Socratic Seminar: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Standards Aligned
This Socratic seminar contains a great message for the beginning of the school year! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. Introduce your students to Socratic seminar with this easy-to-implement, step-by-step resource. This 32-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar to include pre and post activities featuring the poem “A Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This resource includes a well-organized protocol fo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Back to School Blues: CCSS Reader's Theater for Grades 4-8
Back to School Blues is a reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating back to school themes into your language arts instruction. This 13 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This 19-page CCSS reader's theater resource includes:• an 8-page, 13-character script• reader response questions• context clue word work• c
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Context Clues Mystery Picture | Reading Comprehension | Print & Digital | FREE
Help your students practice context clues in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect addition to your classroom reading comprehension practice.This exciting reading comprehension mystery picture activity includes 4 short passages and 8 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture.Once students answer the context clues questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices. Thi
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5th - 8th
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Classroom Etiquette Reader's Theater and Literature Toolkit
If you are looking for the perfect resource to start your school year that incorporates reading, responding, using context clues, summarizing, and journaling, all while setting up classroom expectations and etiquette, then this is the perfect tool for you!The start of the school year is an incredibly exciting time. It is full of anticipation of what is to come, but also filled with establishing routines and expectations for students. This Classroom Etiquette reading literature toolkit combines
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Back to School ELA Activities for Middle School
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson Read Aloud Activities
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson is an engaging picture book that is perfect for students of all ages. The activities in this product are perfect for older students. Celebrate this book for a week or two with all of the wonderful activities provided. Pre-reading, vocabulary, figurative language, questions, inferencing, tone, theme, and self exploration are all included. Print and go or use TPT’s digital overlay tool and provide your students with a great digital option.*****Please fee
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Mentor Text Bundle Going Down Home with Daddy and The Day You Begin
LITERARY ELEMENTS SUMMER REVIEW - DIGITAL & PRINTABLE
Looking to help your students have a fun, interactive review over the summer or once they return from summer break? These ZERO PREP Digital AND Printable activities allow just that as they review important literary elements.Simply share the link with your kiddos or print and pass out! Check out the freebie to see what's included.The elements reviewed:• Exposition• Rising Action• Climax• Falling Action• Resolution• Main Idea• Supporting Details• Theme• Point of View• Inference• Author’s Purpose•
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5th - 8th
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Walk-Up Song Lesson Plan | First day activity | First day lesson plan
Start your first day of English Language Arts class with an engaging and community-building activity. Students analyze MLB walk-up songs for tone and mood and then choose a song to represent themselves that you can play during the year to celebrate students.Instead of starting the year going through your disclosure and syllabus, start class by starting to teach literary analysis with tone and mood, writing, partner and group discussions, and have a fun experience helping students connect with t
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6th - 12th
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Novel Study
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Novel Study: My complete unit, full of fun and engaging activites that are CCSS aligned for grades 6-8.
This is such a great book - yet students think they will be bored when they hear the title and see the cover! I love the surprise on their faces from the very first page!!!!
Activities in this unit include:
Interactive Journal Prompts
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Blog Prompts
Instructions for creating and managing your class blog
The True
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6th - 8th
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The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Novel Study
The City of Ember Novel Study: My complete unit, full of fun and engaging activities. CCSS aligned for grades 6-8.
Activities Include:
Interactive Journal Prompts
City of Ember Blog Prompts
Instructions for creating and managing your class blog
City of Ember Daily Quotes
Socratic Seminar Activity
Elements of Literature Review Activity
Decipher the Message
City of Ember Assessments
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6th - 8th
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Novel Study
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Novel Study: My complete unit, full of tons of fun and engaging activities.
CCSS Aligned for grades 6 - 8.
Activities include:
Character Trait Tracker
Interactive Journal Prompts
Roll of Thunder, Hear MyCry Blog Prompts
Instructions for creating and managing your class blog
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Quotes
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Socratic Seminar Activity
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Assessments
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6th - 8th
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Greek Mythology Research Project
It's Back to School time - plan ahead for a great school year!
Multiple Intelligence activities offer students choice of a variety of assignments to complete a Greek Mythology project. Student choice in both topic and activities makes this a highly motivating project.
CCSS Aligned Grades 4-8
Unit Includes:
Multiple Intelligence Theory Tic-Tac-Toe board assignment
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Handout
Project Handout
Tic-Tac-Toe Project Board
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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CCSS Middle School ELA Standards | I Can Learning Targets Banner BUNDLE
Included in this classroom decor and learning tool resource is a pennant with an "I Can" learning target statement for every Common Core State Standard for grades 6-8 ELA. Print, cut, punch, and string together the pennants to create your own banner to display current learning targets for students! With patterned pennants included as well, the banner is a fun piece of classroom decor that students will enjoy noticing and reading, reminding them of their learning goals. Simply swap out the learn
Grades:
6th - 8th
Your Personal Symbol! | Back to School! | Great First-Day Activity!
Hit the ground running on the first day of school with "Your Personal Symbol!", a dynamic activity that combines personal discovery and literature! This resource is designed to engage students immediately, encouraging them to think about literature while fostering connections within the classroom.Ideal for Middle and High School English classes, this activity serves as a memorable ice-breaker and lays a strong foundation for future literature studies. It offers an exciting and interactive experi
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5th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Back-to-School Bundle: Dive Into Characterization, Symbolism & More
Reading Literature Common Core Choice Boards
Give your students a choice in how they are assessed with these versatile choice boards! Simply print and go! Each choice board is tailored to fit each common core standard to assure students have an understanding and mastery of the skill. Have students complete one or multiple items on each choice board. You can also use them to reference if you struggle generating your own assessments to meet common core literature standards. Includes 1 choice board for EACH ELA Common Core Standard (6th-12th
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6th - 12th
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Back to School Common Core Standards Reading Literature We Can Posters
Reading Literature Common Core State Standards Posters. Summarizes the standards for reading literature in grades 6, 7 and 8. Use as WE CAN posters or as a slide show. You can go over the standards with your students, and afterwards you can print out the slides and laminate them to post in your classroom. Kid friendly language with colorful graphics. The main Common Core State Standards (CCSS ) for grades 6 and 8 are the same. Only the level of complexity changes, so feel free to use them for al
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Common Core Standards ELA We Can Posters - BUNDLE
Figurative Language Posters Superhero Theme
Add color and visual appeal to your classroom with these vibrant figurative language posters. The superhero theme makes it fun and inviting for students to refer to the posters during class work or group projects. These figurative language posters are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Included in this set are posters with CCSS for grades 3-8 emphasizing the use of figurative language in the curriculum. This poster set includes the following titles with definitions and examples:Figurati
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Figurative Language Task Cards - Back to School Activity
If you're looking for a fun figurative language activity to introduce, practice, or review metaphors, similes, idioms, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia, here it is! The Back to School Figurative Language Task Cards includes 2 versions-color and black and white.The back-to-school-themed task cards can be used in a variety of ways: centers, stations, whole-class, partner work, early finishers, as bell ringers or exit cards, and more! Get your students up and out of thei
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4th - 7th
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Middle School Figurative Language Interactive Notebooks - No Prep!
It's Back to School Time - plan ahead a for a great school year!
Not sure you want to try interactive notebooks because of all the prep involved, but you like the way interactive notebooks get right to the heart of Common Core?
Here's your solution:
Interactive Notebooks that require no prep - just make a few copies!
Take a systematic approach to teaching an abstract concept, one day at a time. This unit helps you to scaffold the learning for all of your students, and build the critical think
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Word Relationships/Analogies Interactive Notebooks - No Prep!
It's Back to School time - plan ahead for a great school year!
Middle School Common Core! Not sure you want to try interactive notebooks because of all the prep involved, but you like the way interactive notebooks get right to the heart of Common Core?
Here's your solution:
Interactive Notebooks that require no prep - just make a few copies!
Take a systematic approach to teaching an abstract concept, one day at a time. This unit helps you to scaffold the learning for all of your students, and
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6th - 8th
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Greek Mythology Project
Greek Mythology with Common Core Fun!
Students Research and write about...
The Titans
The Olympians
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
The gods’ significance in every day lives of the Ancient Greeks
Choose a myth and show how elements of this story are still found in our literature of today
Choose a god/goddess – Roman Counterpoint – Planet or space object named for this god/goddess
Includes a graphic organizer for each topic
Grading Rubric
Step by Step Instructions
Common Core Standards Addressed
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Back to School/Beginning of Year Quote Goal Setting Activity
Help your students to feel excited about the new school year and think about their goals for the year with this fun get-to-know and informal goal-setting you activity.
Students will choose a quote, either from the given list or from independent research. This is a great opportunity to briefly introduce/remind students about figurative language, and to preassess their reading comprehension and written communication skills at the beginning of the year. Because the quotes vary in their level of abs
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4th - 7th
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