Study guide and quiz on Chapters 1 - 8 of the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. - Greg Smith

Study guide and quiz on Chapters 9 - 16 of the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. - Greg Smith

If you are studying the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, you can use this study guide and final test on the novel to assess student learning. Thanks. Greg Smith

This PowerPoint will help your students analyze themes in the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. Use it after having read the book to have class discussion about the themes of friendship, appearance, and acceptance in the novel. Includes journal writing prompts, group work, homework, and a whole class hands-on activity to do to understand challenges facing people with disability. - Greg Smith

Kids will love this Christmas Write the Room. Cards and Recording sheet. 8 words to write for a fun Thanksgiving activity: Santa elves gifts tree fireplace chimney reindeer sleigh

This resource is a helpful language activity for students with special needs, autism, or English language learners, because it helps build common everyday vocabulary and language with word picture cards. Students use the picture words to fill in the blanks of the story. Includes flash cards of all the picture words used for practice in fluency. - Greg Smith

This place setting craft is a fun way to practice holiday writing! Hang the Thanksgiving Placemats up for a great bulletin board or hall display before sending them home for parents to enjoy this Thanksgiving Day. Includes all the material needed to be glued onto large size fall-colored construction paper (brown, orange, red, yellow - a variety is nice). A great way to integrate writing into your plans, and kids will enjoy this color, cut and paste activity. Plates Header Silverware There are several different styles and options for differentiation. Four levels: No lines, single line, primary and intermediate lines. Three different styles of plates: I am thankful for... Happy Thanksgiving! Our Feast ©2016 Greg Smith.

Fun gnomes writing paper for your little gnome writers. Gnomes can also be used for elves! 7 different styles. In color and black and white, with the option of no borders. Includes a friendly letter template. All papers have a place for name and date. Your students will be able to write letters, stories, poems, and more with this set of papers. Great to go with books on gnomes, like No! No! Gnomes, or to write letters to desk gnomes. Enjoy! - Greg Smith ©2016 Greg Smith.

Student sight word practice booklet. This power words packet is based on the IRLA 1G level words. Includes a cover page, weekly power words for reading practice, weekly writing sheets, word work practice and word family race game. Enjoy! - Greg Smith ©2016 Greg Smith.

Kids will love this Election Day Write the Room. Cards and Recording sheet. 8 words to write for a fun Election Day activity: vote election ballot debate booth candidate President poll Two recording sheets - one with pictures and one without for differentiation. Recording sheet has primary lined paper (with dashed middle lines). Includes color and black and white versions. - Greg Smith

Kids will love this Veterans Day Write the Room. Cards and Recording sheet. 8 words to write for a fun Veterans Day activity: flag veterans Air Force Marine Army Navy freedom parade Two recording sheets - one with pictures and one without for differentiation. Recording sheet has primary lined paper (with dashed middle lines). Includes color and black and white versions. - Greg Smith

Kids will love this Halloween Write the Room. Cards and Recording sheet. 8 words to write for Halloween: ghost pumpkin monster spider candy skeleton cauldron vampire Two recording sheets - one with pictures and one without for differentiation. Recording sheet has primary lined paper (with dashed middle lines). Includes color and black and white versions. - Greg Smith

Kids will love this Thanksgiving Write the Room. Cards and Recording sheet. 8 words to write for a fun Thanksgiving activity: cornucopia turkey dinner turkey pilgrim Indian corn headband piece of pie Two recording sheets - one with pictures and one without for differentiation. Recording sheet has primary lined paper (with dashed middle lines). Includes color and black and white versions. - Greg Smith

Coretta Scott King - Her Life Story. This PowerPoint presentation highlights the main events of the life of the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and her fight for justice and peace. A quick overview of her life and her legacy. - Greg Smith

A fun supplement to your Christmas Around the World unit...a word search puzzle with different names of Santa Claus from different countries around the World. Includes answer key. Enjoy! - Greg Smith

Students will enjoy the traditional Columbus Day poem that starts with "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue..." illustrated with this animated PowerPoint. Afterwards, they can learn a song set to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb, that will help them remember what they learned. - Greg Smith

Subject Verb Agreement practice and review. Students will have fun with the Jeopardy style PowerPoint game. Students play it similar to the game show...by answering with the question. Enjoy! - Greg Smith

Students will enjoy reviewing some books in a quick book round. Directions: Make enough copies of the book round to give to each student. Pass out books. You can divide the class into groups, or pass out enough books so that everyone has one. Tell students to preview the book they have. They should read the book flaps, look at pictures, read a few lines from each chapter, etc. Then they can fill out the form for their first impression of the book. I usually time it for five - ten minutes. When time is up, students pass the books they have to the next person, and the timer starts again. If you do short rounds, it will take about 30 minutes (25 plus transition time). If you do long rounds, plan to spend an hour. Students will enjoy checking out new books this way. - Greg Smith

Ready made basic sight word flash cards for second grade. Just print, cut out, and laminate for durability. No pictures...just the words. Black and white, ink friendly. Good for acceleration in first grade and remediation in third grade, too. - Greg Smith