Tone and Mood: These task cards are a great way for students to improve their vocabulary as well as their skills with tone and mood. This activity has students reading a vocabulary word and then giving its definition and stating the mood of that word. Moods: Happy, Anger, Arrogant, Sad, Fear, Neutral Vocabulary: Scornful Elated Incredulous Morose Apathetic Erudite Haughty Foreboding Forthright Savage Pessimistic Detached Melancholy Indignant Candid Exuberant Caustic Ecstatic Facetious Somber Malicious Jubilant Insolent Jovial Flippant Content

Transition Words: These task cards are a great way for students to improve their vocabulary as well as their skills with using transition words. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 20 in total, and then asked to choose the correct transition word to use. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.

Nouns and Verbs: This bundle includes cootie catchers for Nouns and Verbs as outlined below: How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 32 in total, and then asked to identify the noun or verb through multiple choice answers. These lessons sell individually for $3.9; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3.10!

Nouns Verbs and Adjectives: This bundle includes cootie catchers for Nouns, adjectives and Verbs as outlined below: How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 48 in total, and then asked to identify the noun, adjective or verb through multiple choice answers. These lessons sell individually for $5.85; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4.5!

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with idioms and their meanings. Idioms: This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is and its meaning. Idioms included: All ears Apple of my eye Break a leg Cat got your tongue Costs an arm and a leg Crying my eyes out Crying over spilled milk Head in the clouds It’s written all over your face Let the cat out of the bag Lost my head Money talks On cloud 9 Open a can of worms Raining cats and dogs The cat is out of the bag Time flies Two heads are better than one Walking on eggshells When pigs fly Zip your lips

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with the different types of informational text structures. This activity has students reading 20 short passages to each other and then asked to determine which type of text structure was used. A recording sheet with an answer key is provided. Text Structures Included: Sequence Compare/ Contrast Cause and Effect Question/ Answer Problem/ Solution Description

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practice their skills with interpreting metaphors. This activity has students reading 20 metaphors which asks them to interpret the meaning of a metaphor used within each sentence. Students are given multiple choice options as well as a version without multiple choice. A recording sheet with an answer key is provided.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different parts of a book. This activity has students reading the descriptions of the different parts of a book and then asked to identify the term. Vocabulary: Copyright page, Spine, Index, Front cover, Table of Contents, Bibliography, Glossary, Title Page, Caption, Heading, Publisher, Illustrator, Preface, Dust Jacket, Dedication, Footnotes, Epilogue

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning about different examples of personification. This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is. The following examples of personification are included: The rude alarm clock woke me up My feet are tired The clock shouted the time The tree limbs reached out and grabbed me The sun rays reached out and welcomed me The trees were dressed in snow The wind whistled a tune My heart raced My laptop died The cupcake called my name The leaves danced in the wind The flower begged for water The sun peeked through The wave attacked/swallowed the boat Diamonds are a girl's best friend

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with identifying point of view. A recording sheet and answer key is included. This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then determining which type of point of view was used: First, Second, Third Person Limited, Third Person Objective, Third Person Omniscient

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while increasing their reading comprehension and writing skills. This activity engages students by posing questions about any piece of literature they have just read. These Reading Comprehension task cards utilizes questions within Bloom's Taxonomy: 1. Knowledge Questions 2. Comprehension Questions 3. Application Questions 4. Analysis Questions 5. Synthesis Questions 6. Evaluation Questions

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while analyzing and discussing any story they have read. There are 26 reading response questions that allow students to think critically about the story they are reading in class. The reading response questions are great to use for close reading, reading journals, guided reading groups, literature circles, partner discussions, literacy centers, and others.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their sequencing skills. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided. This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to identify the correct event which occurred before or after another event. Fictional and non-fictional events are used. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with making inferences. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided. This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to identify the setting in which the passage takes place. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while reviewing many examples of similes. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided. This activity has students reading the beginning of 26 different similes to each other and then asked to choose the correct word to complete the ending. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with understanding the different types of story elements. This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to identify the story element that best fits the passage. A recording sheet and answer key is provided. Story elements used: Character, Setting, Conflict, Resolution, Theme

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their summarization skills. This activity has students reading 16 informational text passages to each other and then asked to summarize the passage in 13 words or less. Students may record their summaries on the provided answer sheet. An answer key with suggested example answers is also included.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while finding the theme of a story. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided. This activity has students reading 16 passages to each other and then asked to identify the theme out of two possible choices. There is also a version where students may come up with their own judgement as to what the theme is.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to identify the different literary genres. A recording sheet with an answer key is included. This activity has students reading 16 passages to each other so that they can identify the following genres: Biography Fantasy Historical fiction Informational Mystery Poem Realistic fiction Science fiction

This grammar bundle includes all of the task cards listed below. Recording sheets and answer keys are provided with all products. Important: All these Task Cards sell for $80; as a bundle they are 50% off, for $39! Grammar Task Cards Bundle Contents (33 Products): ♦ Adjective Identification ♦ Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative ♦ Adverbs ♦ Appositives ♦ Apostrophes ♦ Capitalization ♦ Clauses ♦ Commas ♦ Conjunctions ♦ Contractions ♦ Mentor Sentences ♦ Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural ♦ Nouns: Collective ♦ Nouns: Common and Proper ♦ Nouns: Irregular Plural ♦ Nouns: Plural Nouns ♦ Nouns: Possessive Nouns ♦ Parts of Speech ♦ Prepositions ♦ Prepositional Phrases ♦ Pronouns: Identification ♦ Pronouns: Possessive ♦ Pronoun Antecedent Agreement ♦ Quotation Marks ♦ Sentence Types ♦ Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons ♦ Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex ♦ Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound ♦ Verb Identification ♦ Verb Tenses ♦ Verbs: Helping ♦ Verbs: Irregular ♦ Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement