Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Passages - Close Reading contains nine informational texts for your students to read to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Can be used at any time of year, including around Maritn Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month. Following each text are series of activities that your students can complete in class or as homework, including classroom discussions, interactive activities, and worksheets with thought-provoking questions that will get your students thinking about civil rights and what it means to have and protect them. Texts included: Slavery in the Southern United States The Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks: First Lady of Civil Rights Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Early Years The Peaceful Protests I Have a Dream After the Speech Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy President Barack Obama Close Reading is a central focus of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Students learn to immerse themselves in the text, think about what the author is saying, and pick out important details in the text in a methodical way. I really appreciate your purchase, and I hope your students enjoy reading the informational texts and learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Check my other close reading packets: Back to School Reading Passages - Close Reading Halloween Reading Passages - Close Reading Thanksgiving Reading Passages - Close Reading Christmas Reading Passages - Close Reading Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Passages - Close Reading Valentine's Day Reading Passages - Close Reading St. Patrick's Day Reading Passages - Close Reading Easter Reading Passages - Close Reading Earth Day Reading Passages - Close Reading End of the Year Reading Passages - Close Reading All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Interactive Math Notebook Bundle for 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade and algebra - 954 pages! This bundle of interactive notebooks contains four interactive notebooks for math. These notebooks are completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in these journals includes a divider for the standard that is covered in the chapter, a hands-on activity for students to put in their interactive notebooks, and at least one page that you can use as an assessment or as a worksheet for additional practice. In addition, each chapter has a page of graphics that your students can color, cut out, and paste into their interactive notebooks. There are also pictures of students using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your Common Core notebooks. All Common Core for math are covered in this bundle for sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade and algebra. Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach in your classroom! This bundle is valued at $63.80 and comes with a 10% discount. All graphics are originals and created by myself. Thanks for visiting my store, Yvonne Crawford

Interactive Glyphs Bundle are included in my Interactive Glyphs Bundle which contains tons of interactive glyphs for your students to complete. Try my Valentine's Day interactive glyphs in my new growing bundle. Interactive Glyphs Bundle is a growing bundle that contains interactive glyphs for your students to complete for different seasons and holidays like winter, Christmas and more. Each picture will tell a story about each student’s likes and dislikes. To complete each glyph, students should read a question, then find the number of the question on the coloring page and fill in the corresponding area based on how they responded to the question. When they are finished, the students can write short essays based on their answers to the glyph questions. In this bundle you will find these interactive glyphs: Autumn Back to School Easter Spring Earth Day End of the Year Mother's Day/Father's Day Summer Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas winter Valentine's Day St. Patrick's Day In each packet you will find: Four interactive coloring pages Four question and answer pages with season/holiday specific questions Four essay pages that are season or holiday-themed. This bundle comes with a nice discount to save you money! If bought individually they would cost $45! Have a great school year! All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for visiting my store, Yvonne Crawford

The Crayon Colors Creative Craft is a fun and interactive craftivity for your students to complete individually or as a group. First, students will cut out and fold the crayon boxes to serve as folders for their crayons. Next, they will cut out the individual crayons, and then draw pictures or write words of items of that particular color inside each crayon. You can brainstorm colorful ideas as a class or you can have your students come up with their own ideas. After completing the nine crayons, your students can paste the pieces of the crayon container together to make an envelope. Finally, your students can store their colorful crayons in the folder. There are two versions of this booklet; a pre-colored version that students can cut out and use, and a black and white version with which students can color their crayons themselves. All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Interactive Addition Activity: Build a Spaceship is a fun and easy craft for your children or students to put together and either paste in their math journals or hang up as a decoration on the wall of the classroom. Cut out the parts of a spaceship and piece them together, then add up the numbers in each spaceship part to come up with a sum to enter into the tailpiece of the spaceship. The spaceship parts can contain easy (single digit) or challenging (double digit) numbers, and can be printed out in color or in black and white so that your students can complete the coloring themselves. And it's Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned. I hope you and your students enjoy this math craft! All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Halloween Common Core Math Puzzles for the fifth grade. Are your students bored of doing the same old math problems? Try this book that has unique types of math puzzles all with a Halloween theme. All puzzles are Common Core Aligned for the fifth grade. Halloween Math Stories - Math Stories combine reading and mathematics in a fun and silly way! Until you solve the math problems, you’ll never know how the Halloween story goes. (division and multiplication - 5.NBT.5, 5.NBT.6) Witches’ Brew Comparing Decimals - Compare the fractions in the witches’ brew, then you will create your own Halloween picture. (decimals, 5.NBT.3) Halloween Picture Math - Draw a picture using equal parts of your imagination and math. (adding decimals, 5.NBT.7) Halloween Math Grid Puzzles - Draw different items onto a grid depending on the answers to the math problems. (division and multiplication, 5.NBT.5, 5.NBT.6 ) Halloween Math Number Search - Solve some addition and subtraction problems, then search for them in a grid full of numbers (addition and subtraction of decimals, 5.NBT.7). This packet also works as a review for sixth grade. All graphics are originals and designed by myself. Thanks for looking at my products, Yvonne Crawford

Halloween Common Core Math Puzzles for the fourth grade. Are your students bored of doing the same old math problems? Try this book that has unique types of math puzzles all with a Halloween theme. All puzzles are Common Core Aligned for the fourth grade. Halloween Math Stories - Math Stories combine reading and mathematics in a fun and silly way! Until you solve the math problems, you’ll never know how the Halloween story goes. (division and multiplication - 4.NBT.5, 4.NBT.6) Witches’ Brew Comparing Fractions - Compare the fractions in the witches’ brew, then you will create your own Halloween picture. (fractions, 4.NF.2) Halloween Picture Math - Draw a picture using equal parts of your imagination and math. (division, 4.NBT.6) Halloween Math Grid Puzzles - Draw different items onto a grid depending on the answers to the math problems. (division and multiplication, 4.NBT.6, ) Halloween Math Number Search - Solve some addition and subtraction problems, then search for them in a grid full of numbers (addition, subtraction, 4.NBT.4). This packet also works as a review for fifth grade. All graphics are originals and designed by myself. Thanks for looking at my products, Yvonne Crawford

Halloween Common Core Math Puzzles for the third grade. Are your students bored of doing the same old math problems? Try this book that has unique types of math puzzles all with a Halloween theme. All puzzles are Common Core Aligned for the third grade. Halloween Math Stories - Math Stories combine reading and mathematics in a fun and silly way! Until you solve the math problems, you’ll never know how the Halloween story goes. (division and multiplication - 3.OA.7)) Witches’ Brew Comparing Fractions - Compare the fractions in the witches’ brew, then you will create your own Halloween picture. (fractions, 3.NF.3d) Halloween Picture Math - Draw a picture using equal parts of your imagination and math. (division, 3.OA.7) Halloween Math Grid Puzzles - Draw different items onto a grid depending on the answers to the math problems. (division and multiplication, 3.OA.7) Halloween Math Number Search - Solve some addition and subtraction problems, then search for them in a grid full of numbers (addition, subtraction, 3.NBT.2). All graphics are originals and designed by myself. Thanks for looking at my products, Yvonne Crawford

Halloween Common Core Math Puzzles for the second grade. Are your students bored of doing the same old math problems? Try this book that has unique types of math puzzles all with a Halloween theme. All puzzles are Common Core Aligned for the second grade. Halloween Math Stories - Math Stories combine reading and mathematics in a fun and silly way! Until you solve the math problems, you’ll never know how the Halloween story goes. (addition and subtraction - 2.OA.2, 2.NBT.5) Witches’ Brew Comparing Fractions - Compare the fractions in the witches’ brew, then you will create your own Halloween picture. (comparisons, 2.NBT.4) Halloween Picture Math - Draw a picture using equal parts of your imagination and math. (subtraction, 2.NBT.5) Halloween Math Grid Puzzles - Draw different items onto a grid depending on the answers to the math problems. (subtraction, 2.NBT.5) Halloween Math Number Search - Solve some addition and subtraction problems, then search for them in a grid full of numbers (addition, subtraction, 2.NBT.5). This packet also works as a review for third grade. All graphics are originals and designed by myself. Thanks for looking at my products, Yvonne Crawford

Halloween Common Core Math Puzzles for the first grade. Are your students bored of doing the same old math problems? Try this book that has unique types of math puzzles all with a Halloween theme. All puzzles are Common Core Aligned for the first grade. Halloween Math Stories - Math Stories combine reading and mathematics in a fun and silly way! Until you solve the math problems, you'll never know how the Halloween story goes. (addition and subtraction - 1.OA.6) Witches' Brew Comparing Fractions - Compare the fractions in the witches' brew, then you will create your own Halloween picture. (comparisons, 1.NBT.3) Halloween Picture Math - Draw a picture using equal parts of your imagination and math. (subtraction,1.OA.6) Halloween Math Grid Puzzles - Draw different items onto a grid depending on the answers to the math problems. (subtraction, 1.OA.6) Halloween Math Number Search - Solve some addition and subtraction problems, then search for them in a grid full of numbers (addition, subtraction, 1.OA.6). All graphics are originals and designed by myself. Thanks for looking at my products, Yvonne Crawford

Halloween Fun Frames will get your students thinking about Halloween, writing details about themselves on a fun printable, and participating in classroom discussions with other students. There are three printables included with this packet: The first printable includes questions about Halloween. Students can answer the questions and then color in the printable as they wish. You can then display the various printables your students have created on the classroom wall. The second printable is a frames-only page with the labels removed that you can use to enter your own questions about Halloween, the fall or autumn season, trick-or-treating, the month of October, or any other topic you choose. Students can color in the printables when they have finished answering the questions you have given them. The third printable is a coloring page based on the question-and-answer printables. This page is available if you want to give students a fun coloring activity for Halloween without having them use their question-and-answer printables. Students can color in their printables and then include them in their school binders or paste them into their interactive notebooks. All artwork is original and created by myself. Thank you for visiting my store, Yvonne Crawford

Using the Fraction Cafe, your students can learn about fractions in a fun and creative way by associating a numeric fraction (written on a fraction kid) with a visual representation of that fraction (a number of pieces of a certain type of food equal to that fraction). Included: Body Parts of the Fraction Kids Fraction Cafe Menu Food divided into 8ths(pizza, cherry pie, blueberry pie, birthday cake, cookies and donuts) Chef hat that you can print, then your students can attach construction paper around it to create their own chef hat. Fraction Master Chef Certificate Fraction Cafe Scorecard for the students All graphics are original and designed by myself. Thanks for looking at my products, Yvonne Crawford

Figurative Language - Close Reading In this packet you will find reading passages that cover these figurative language types: clichés, alliterations, onomatopoeias, assonances, metaphors, personifications, idioms, hyperboles, and similes. Included are six original stories that exhibit all of these types of figurative language. There are 6 activities that go with each original story. Works great for 4th through 8th grades. All artwork is original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Interactive Grammar Notebook for Fourth Grade has 200 pages! This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards. Topics covered: Grammar and Mechanics Relative Pronouns Progressive Verb Tenses Modal Auxiliaries Order Adjectives Prepositional Phrases Fragments and Run-ons Confusing Words Capitalization Commas and Quotation Marks Commas and Coordinating Conjunctions Spelling Choosing Words and Phrases Choosing Punctuation Formal and Informal English Word Meaning Greek and Latin Affixes Consult Reference Materials Similes and Metaphors Idioms, Adages and Proverbs Antonyms and Synonyms Domain-specific words Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom! All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for visiting my store, Yvonne Crawford

Father's Day Writing Centers is a fun way to introduce Father's Day vocabulary to your students while helping them increase their language skills. This booklet can be used at writing centers or workstations in a classroom. You can laminate the cards, then place them at different stations to help your students remember the words. Each writing center might feature one of the four different writing activities. Another option is to hang the cards on your word wall or bulletin board and use the writing activities as daily activities that students can complete during the class period. Included: 16 Father's Day word cards 4 different writing activities: Father's Day Acrostic Poem All About My Dad A Letter to Your Father A Book About My Father All graphics are original and created by myself. Thank you for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Father's Day Math Journal Prompts is a packet of 10 math journal prompts with an Father's Day theme for June. These are perfect for students in kindergarten or 1st grade. All you need to do is cut out the prompts and your students can paste them into their math journal. The prompt is printed multiple times on one sheet for ease of printing and organizing your class. Just print out as many as you need. The different skills covered in the packet are: grids addition subtraction higher level thinking writing numbers in words comparison money All artwork is original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Father's Day Math Journal Prompts is a packet of 10 math journal prompts with an Father's Day theme for June. These are perfect for students in 4th or 5th grade. All you need to do is cut out the prompts and your students can paste them into their math journal. The prompt is printed multiple times on one sheet for ease of printing and organizing your class. Just print out as many as you need. The different skills covered in the packet are: grids addition subtraction higher level thinking writing numbers in words Roman numerals money All artwork is original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Father's Day Math Journal Prompts is a packet of 10 math journal prompts with an Father's Day theme for June. These are perfect for students in 2nd or 3rd grade. All you need to do is cut out the prompts and your students can paste them into their math journal. The prompt is printed multiple times on one sheet for ease of printing and organizing your class. Just print out as many as you need. The different skills covered in the packet are: grids addition subtraction higher level thinking writing numbers in words Roman numerals money All artwork is original and created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford

Mother's Day and Father's Day Interactive Glyphs contains four interactive glyphs for your students to complete. Each picture will tell a story about each student’s likes and dislikes. To complete each glyph, students should read a question, then find the number of the question on the coloring page and fill in the corresponding area based on how they responded to the question. When they are finished, the students can write short essays based on their answers to the glyph questions. In this packet you will find: Four interactive coloring pages (2 glyphs for mother's day and 2 glyphs for father's day) Four question and answer pages with mother's day and father's day specific questions Four essay pages that are mother's day and father's day themed. Have a great Mother's Day! All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for visiting my store, Yvonne Crawford

Farm Writing Centers is a fun way to introduce Farm words vocabulary to your students while helping them increase their language skills. This booklet can be used at writing centers or workstations in a classroom. You can laminate the cards, then place them at different stations to help your students remember the words. Each writing center might feature one of the four different writing activities. Another option is to hang the cards on your word wall or bulletin board and use the writing activities as daily activities that students can complete during the class period. Included: 16 Farm word cards (ex. cow, barn, horse, harvest, etc.) 4 different writing activities: First Thoughts Writing Activity On the Farm Shape Poem Farming Skills Letter What I see on the Farm Book All graphics are original and created by myself. Thanks for visiting my shop, Yvonne Crawford