Over twenty years teaching, developing lessons and conducting professional development - coupled with fiction and film writing - is who I am. Family, education and writing define what I love.
Over twenty years teaching, developing lessons and conducting professional development - coupled with fiction and film writing - is who I am. Family, education and writing define what I love.
No Prep Novel Unit with section summaries, quizzes, Socratic Seminars, activities...differentiated.
Also contains, study guide, activity templates, vocabulary and Common Core aligned lessons to accompany Mary Shelley's classic novel "Frankenstein".
The comprehension activities included herein are designed to spark learning and thinking, while partner activities will inspire critical thinking in both challenged and Advanced Placement learners. Dozens of reproducible student lessons are included as well as notes on chapter content, theme, genre and much more.
This interactive teacher's guide will help you help your students gain a better understanding and appreciation of Mary Shelley and one of the greatest literary works of all time...Frankenstein.
Frankenstein Lessons for 21st Century Learning
Creativity, Communication, Cooperation and Critical Thinking.
This book is designed with both repeating and scaffolding activities to help teachers help all learners access this timeless classic.
This No Prep Book Unit is based on The Persian Cinderella and contains 39-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class.
Cinderella Elements
#1 Draw A Title Page
#2 Questions Along the Way
#3 In My Opinion
#4 Constructed Response Questions
#5 Story Connectors
#6 Character Analysis
#7 Math Connections
#8 Make Up My Own World Problems
#9 Correct the Grammar Errors
#10 Comprehension Questions
#11 Character Conflicts
#12 Sentence Sorting
#13 Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing Enrichment
#14 Dictionary Skills
#15 Quick Write: Compare and Contrast
#16 About the Author
#17 Story Summary
#18 Character Changes
#19 Text to Text – Cross Fiction Story Analysis
#20 My Thoughts While Reading…
#21 Inferring Character Feelings
#22 Cause and Effect
#23 Compare and Contrast – Cinderella and Settareh
#24 Think, Question, Analyze
#25 The Persian Cinderella Report Card
#26 The Persian Cinderella Book Review
#27 Sentence Sorting Traditional Cinderella
Rubrics for Constructed Response
Answers
These Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and help to foster the 21st Century higher order thinking skills necessary in today's world. Not your ordinary multiple-choice bell-ringers, but learning tasks designed to engage students and get them thinking.
Over 130 in all, these Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups are themed for an entire school year and are written at reading levels from 3rd through 5th grades. Perfect as Early Finishers, Bell Ringers, Warm-Ups and more.
Cross-Curricular.
A no-prep novel unit for Harper Lee's classic -- "To Kill a Mockingbird". With quizzes, comprehension, literary device study, interactive notebook pages, universal access assignments, source document analysis, social studies tie-ins, and much more, this handbook is the perfect solution for the 21st Century classroom. Differentiated activities and lessons abound in this comprehensive and complete novel study.
134-pages
This No Prep Book Unit is based on Cindy Ellen: A Wild West Cinderella and contains 39-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class.
Table of Contents
Cinderella Elements
#1: Cindy Ellen Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page
#2: Cindy Ellen Character Traits RL.3
#3: Joe Prince Character Traits RL.3
#4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page
#5: Ask and Answer Questions from the Story RL.1
#6: Inferring RL.6
#7: Cindy Ellen – What do you think? RL.1 and 3
#8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5
#9: Critical Thinking Questions
#10: About Cindy Ellen RL 1 and 2
#11: Recounting Cindy Ellen
#12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5
#13: Idioms: RL.4
#14 Cindy Ellen: Character Conflicts RL.1 and 3
#15 Sentence Sorting RL.2
#16 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing RL1 and 2
#17: Quick Write: Compare and Contrast RL.9
#18: Text-to-Text RL.9
#19: I Can Answer Questions About the Text RL.1
#20: Theme
#21: Moral RL.2
#22: Inferring RL.6
#23 Retell the Story through your Favorite Drawings RL.7
#24: Cause and Effect
#25: Cindy Ellen Report Card
#26; Cindy Ellen Book Review
Rubric for Constructed Response
This No Prep Book Unit is based on Cendrillon by Robert D. San Souci and contains 37-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class.
Table of Contents
Cinderella Elements
#1: Cendrillon Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page
#2: Cendrillon Character Traits RL.3
#3: Godmother Character Traits RL.3
#4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page
#5: Ask and Answer Questions from the Story RL.1
#6: Inferring RL.6
#7: Cendrillon – What do you think? RL.1 and 3
#8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5
#9: Critical Thinking Questions
#10: About Cendrillon RL 1 and 2
#11: Recounting Cendrillon
#12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5
#13: Non-Fiction Quick Write: French Creole
#14 Cendrillon: Character Conflicts RL.1 and 3
#15 Sentence Sorting RL.2 Answers: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 7, 6
#16 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing RL1 and 2
#17: Quick Write: Compare and Contrast RL.9
#18: Text-to-Text RL.9
#19: I Can Answer Questions About the Text RL.1
#20: Theme
#21: Moral RL.2
#22: Inferring RL.6
#23 Retell the Story through your Favorite Drawings RL.7
#24: Cause and Effect
#25: Cendrillon Report Card
#26; Cendrillon Book Review
Rubric for Constructed Response
This No Prep Book Unit is based on Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Allan Schroeder and Illustrated by Brad Sneed. and contains 37-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class.
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Table of Contents
Cinderella Elements
#1: Smoky Mountain Rose Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page
#2: Smoky Mountain Rose Character Traits RL.3
#3: Character Traits RL.3
#4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page
#5: Ask and Answer Questions on Illustrations RL.7
#6: Inferring RL.6
#7: Smoky Mountain Rose – What do you think? RL.1 and 3
#8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5
#9: Critical Thinking Questions
#10: About Smoky Mountain Rose RL 1 and 2
#11: Recounting Smoky Mountain Rose
#12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5
#13: Visualize the Future
#14 Smoky Mountain Rose: Character Conflicts RL.1 and 3
#15 Sentence Sorting RL.2 1,4,3,5,7,6,2
#16 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing RL1 and 2
#17: Quick Write: Compare and Contrast RL.9
#18: Text-to-Text RL.9
#19: I Can Answer Questions About the Text RL.1
#20: Theme
#21: Moral RL.2
#22: Inferring RL.6
#23 Retell the Story through your Favorite Drawings RL.7
#24: Cause and Effect
#25: The Smoky Mountain Rose Report Card
#26: The Smoky Mountain Rose Book Review
Rubric for Constructed Response
A perfect companion to any "Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland" book study is this Plot Diagram Teaching PowerPoint and student template.
This plot diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, used to map the events of a story. This mapping of the plot structure of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" helps students visualize the key features of the story and serves as an engaging, interactive tool.
Check out my other “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” resources and a big Bundle at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/elizabethpinotti
This thematic unit contains science, math and literacy across the curriculum activities – as students classify, analyze, inquire about and research snowflakes: including what snow is, snowflake categories, read along research, paragraph writing, 32-math and science task cards and more.
Also included is a PowerPoint presentation to help teach 1st and 2nd graders the process of paragraph writing.
Table of Contents
Page 2 Looking for Winter Instructions and Standards Tie-‐in
Page 3: Looking for Winter – What are the Clues? ELA
Page 4: Looking for Winter: Snowflake Adjective Printable ELA
Page 5: Five Senses ELA/Science Printable
Pages 6-‐7: Adding Snowflakes. Wintery Word Problems. Math
Page 8: Snowflake Science printable. Students read about snowflakes and their shapes. Teacher should read this aloud, as students follow along, and then pair up students to re-‐read and then complete the associated activities. Science, research, ELA
Page 9 -‐ 10: More printables for Snowflake Science. Classification. Two separate activities. Science
Page 11: Mittens Read-‐along Research. Read this page aloud as your students read it silently. Pair students, have them re-‐read the passage and begin their Helping Hand essay. Social Studies, literacy across the curriculum, ELA
Page 12: Instructions for Helping Hand Paragraph on Mittens. ELA, literacy across the curriculum
Page 13: Helping Hand Paragraph Template. ELA, literacy across the curriculum
Page 14-‐15: Mitten Writing Template for students to recopy their Mitten essays and decorate for display.
Page 17-‐18: Snowman Math: Addition number sentences.
Pages 19-‐21: Differentiated Passages. The passages, Mittens (page 11) and Snowflake Science (page 8) are re-‐written to be easier for struggling readers and English Learners to read and comprehend.
Page 22-‐23: A Flurry of Math – Math Game. Math
Bring in March with 20 original nonfiction March-themed Reading and Writing
Warm-ups for Fifth Graders. Each passage is written at three levels: above
grade level, at grade level and below grade level. Sixty passages in all.
Why Reading and Writing Warm‐Ups? Adding just one daily Reading and Writing
Warm‐Up to your schedule takes less than ten minutes a day, promotes the higher
order thinking skills necessary of today’s student and helps build reading fluency
and comprehension skills.
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards, these passages help promote
literacy in all subjects, while providing opportunities for higher order thinking and
reasoning. A reading, Common Core and Bloom’s Taxonomy boost all in one ten
minute a day assignment.
Passages are written to promote vocabulary acquisition. Content vocabulary
repeats allowing readers to familiarize themselves with the same word in different
sentences.
Students learn to write by writing, every day…sentences, paragraphs, essays and
stories. Students also learn to read fluently and across the curriculum by reading
every day…take an extra ten minutes a day to promote that proficiency.
This workbook is designed to cover one-quarter of the Common Core State Standards in English for the 9 and 10th grades. The writing requirements should be used to teach and emphasize all of the Common Core State Standards for Language - as proper grammar usage must be relevant and applicable to real world settings.
This unit is perfect to teach the short fairy tales of the Brothers’ Grimm – Hans in Luck and The Golden Bird. This unit contains a 37-page Interactive Reader – with lessons, quizzes, project-based learning opportunities and more plus 2 PowerPoints – one for the Golden Bird and one for Hans in Luck.
Table of Contents
The Golden Bird page 5
Theme CCSS 9-10 RL.2 page 11
Character Analysis CCSS 9-10 RL.3 page 12
Author’s Choice n Text Structuring CCSS 9-10 RL.4/5 page 13
Digging Deeper: Critical Thinking for 21st Century page 14
Summary Writing CCSS 9-10 W.4/5 page 15
PBL: Multimedia Project page 16
Who Were the Grimm Brothers? Information Text (RI.2) page 17
Hans in Luck page 18
Literary Devices CCSS 9-10 RL.6 page 23
Multi-Media Comparison CCSS 9-10 RL.7 page 25
Writing Arguments CCSS 9-10 W.1 page 26
Non-Fiction: Around the World 1812ish CCSS 9-10 RI.2/7 page 27
PBL CCSS.W1 and W.7 and RH.2 and RH.3
Appendix page 29
Writing Rubric page 30
Critical Response Rubric page 31
References page 32
Counter the December Dilemma with rich lessons and links on Christmas, the Native American Miwok Big Time Festival, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Christmas, traditions and holidays in general in a culturally competent context. Also included: an original story about a group of children who combine their holidays into one that focuses on the central themes of all: peace, good will to men and hope.
Table of Contents
#1 Countering the December Dilemma
Photos for Brainstorm – Fourth of July
#3 Miwok Big Time
#4 Student Page: Indian Grinding Rock
#5 Photo for Indian Grinding Rock Activity
#6 Student Page: Chaw’se
#7 Student Page: Miwok Roundhouse
#8 Hanukkah
#9 Student Page: The Dreidel
#10 Student Page: Make a Dreidel
#11 Ramadan
#12 Student Page: Ramadan
#13 Student Page: Good Deed Quilt
#14 Kwanzaa
#15 Student Page: Kwanzaa
#16: Christmas
#17 Student Page: The Origin of the Christmas Tree
#18 Student Page: My Christmas Tree Origin Story
#19: Student Page: Traditions I Do
#20 Student Page: My Traditions Comic Strip
#21 Holiday RAFT Assignment
#22 What is a R.A.F.T.?
#23 RAFT Rubric
#24 My Investigation
#25 Holiday Cutouts for My Investigation
#26 Holiday Cutouts for My Investigation
#27 Kwanmisadomakuh Big Time: Literature Unit
Original Illustrated Story
Common Core Aligned Literature Study Worksheets
This is an engaging No Prep Unit for Groundhog’s Day that includes: Readers’ Theater scripts, Science Literacy and Comprehension activity, vocabulary, labeling, story writing, graphic organizers and more.
19-pages of fun!
Can you Name 4 states that begin with the letter "S" in 30 seconds?
Can you Name 4 types of precipitation?
Can you Name 4 parts of the sun?
Engaging game for the entire class, as a,center activity, or for partner play. The premise is simple – a team or student draws a card and answers the question by naming four.
Questions based on information students need to know for school success in 5th Grade.
There are:
81 – History/Social Studies Cards
45 – Science Cards
63- Math Cards
45 – English/Language Arts Cards
Winter themed Boogle Word Search. Goes great with my Waiting for Winter -- Snowflake Science lesson! 41 cards in all.
Students love this fast-paced game for work student and spelling and reading reinforcement.
Word Seek -- Boggle is great for whole class or partner play, early finishers, literacy centers, bell ringers and warm-ups. Boggle can even be given as homework.
The rules are easy:
• Players have three minutes to find as many words as they can on a 3 x 3
• grid.
• Players have four minutes to find as many words as they can on 3 x 4 and 4 x 4 grids. Players have five minutes to find as many words on a 5 x 5 grid
Word letters must be adjoining in a chain. (Letters in the chain may be adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Words must contain at least three letters.
Scoring: The first two letters of each word do not count for score. Each player gets 1 point for each letter after the second.
For example:
• won = 1 point
• come = 2 points
• change = 3 points
Word Seek is great for partner play, early finishers, literacy centers, bell ringers and warm-ups.
This is a 37-page Project-Based Learning Unit were student work cooperatively and independently to create their own government. This unit fosters 21st Century Learning Skills, is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and culminates in students deciding on a classroom government structure.
In this unit students will learn
The Basic Forms of Government
How to Research and Create a Video
How to Storyboard
How to Discern Creditable Information from the Internet
Research and Inquiry Skills
Writing Process Skills
How to think critically
Technology Skills
Cooperation
Communication
Table of Contents
Project Explanation “The Ruling Class Project” page 4
“Who Rules” Student Worksheet page 5
“Before You Begin” Browsing the Web Worksheet pages 6-7
“Where are They?” Internet Search Practice Sheet on Various Governments – Then and Now pages 8—11
“Types of Government” Worksheet with explanations on Autocracy, Democracy,
Theocracy, Oligarchy, Totalitarian, Dictatorship and Anarchy pages 12-14
Student Reference and Internet Resources Page page 15
“Our Classroom Government” Worksheet page 16
Create a Public Service Announcement Standards and Student Outcome Page page 17
PSA Checklist and Student/Teacher Monitoring Notes page 18
“My Classroom Government Planning Sheet” Worksheet page 19
“Research Template” and Fact Sheet Citation Page page 20
Public Service Announcement Script Outline Page 21
Script or Screenplay Writing 101 – A Quick and Dirty Guide to a Screenplay Page 22-23
Storyboard Information Sheet that Can Be Used as a Close Reading Assignment Page 24
“Storyboard Template” – Copy Multiple for Each Student Page 25
“Now What?” Instructions on What to Do Next Page 26
“Was I Convinced” Peer PSA Video Watching Review – Multiple for Each Student Page 27
“Name That Government Type” Group Quiz Page 28
“PSA Self-Reflection Sheet” Page 29
Answer Sheets Page 30-37
This No Prep Book Unit is based on “Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella” and contains 36-pages of interactive, cross-curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class.
Table of Contents
#1: About Jouanah…In My Opinion
#2: Jouanah Story Connectors
#3: Story Characters – Jouanah
#4: Jouanah Grammar Fix
#5: Sentence Sorting – Cinderella
#6: Jouanah Sentence Sorting
#7: From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing
#8: Jouanah Dictionary Skills Activity
#9: Comprehension Quiz for Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella
#10: Questions Along the Way
#11: About: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella: In My Opinion…
#12: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella: Constructed Response #12
#13: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella -- Character Conflicts
#14: Quick Write Compare and Contrast
#15: About the Author
#16: Story Summary
#17: Character Changes
#18 Text to Text: Connection Fiction Texts
#19: My Thoughts While Reading Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella
#20: Inferring Character Feelings
#21: Cause and Effect
#22: Compare and Contrast Cinderella and Jouanah
#23: Think, Question and Analyze
#24: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella Report Card
#25: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella Book Review
#26: Lights, Camera, Action
These are 14-print-and-go Earth Day Themed Task Cards. They are engaging and aligned with the Common Core State Standards in ELA.
This resource contains 3-mini posters and 14-Task Cards - **Silly Sentence, Parts-of-Speech and Combining Sentences. **
Print-and-Go Readers – Grades 5-8 – is a series of English Language Arts lessons that allows students to incorporate engaging and essential ELA themes and standards while learning about fun places to visit. Perfect for centers, early finishers, ESL, intervention, whole class, SPaG and more.
High interest, engaging content.
Disneyland Resort Pirates, Pirates, Pirates– contains 14 print and go pages of activities that include: fluency practice, comprehension, word play, informational text, grammar, study and more.
Perfect for whole class, groups, pairs, intervention, centers and more. Use with the entire Journey series for a comprehensive fifth grade program. Works for summer school as well.
• Fourteen pages in color and also in black and white for printing ease
• Great for students learning English
• Great for early finishers
• Work in pairs for intervention
Students practice reading, writing, grammar, critical thinking and 21st century skills
• Access their creativity
• Learn new words
• Learn about new places
Table of Contents
2. Fluency
3. Comprehension Assessment
4. Grammar: Contraction Practice and Adjective and Alliteration Practice
5. Pronouns
6. Words, Words, Words
7 and 8. Vocabulary practice
9. Figurative Language: Metaphors
10. Grammar: Proof reading practice
11. Sentences and Personification
12 -13. Sentence Writing Practice
14. Answers
This is a 26-page turnkey, print and go unit for early finishers, literacy centers or whole class instruction. It is differentiated and color coded. Students will practice CCSS for Informational Text and:
NGSS 4.4 and 5.5