El Chino Test. 20 question multiple choice test with answer key to support the book El Chino by Allen Say. The students will not only be asked to recall events from the story, but to make inferences and demonstrate understanding of critical vocabulary. - HappyEdugator

Reading Test Prep. Reading comprehension practice using an excerpt from the short story The Corrector of Destinies by Edward Wellen. Includes excerpt of story, vocabulary fill-in the blank activity, graphic organizer for story elements, and 12 multiple choice questions about the story setting, characters, plot, author's purpose, theme, and figurative language. Questions support standards tested on standardized tests. Supports the rigor required of common core. Can be done independently or as guided practice. Good for a substitute activity as well. Key included. Grades 7 - 12. - HappyEdugator

Smartboard Create a Story. Spin a Story. This Smartboard activity helps students write a short story. This story idea generator works when students click on the spinners to generate story elements. Who What Where and When...Character, Plot, and Setting. Will create thousands of variations. Great for differentiation. Can be used to generate a whole class writing assignment or use for student journals. Graphic organizer for adding details included, which can be printed or projected on the whiteboard. When all the story elements have been generated, students write a story by adding their own details. - HappyEdugator

Supply Labels - Owls and Chevron. EDITABLE 67 supply labels, 2 sizes, and blank labels with editable textboxes so you can also just type in what you need. Includes ready made labels for: Awards Band-Aids Batteries Beads Bears Binder Clips Binder Rings Bingo Daubers Brass Fasteners Calculators Chalkboards and chalk Clay Clipboards Colored Pencils Composition Notebooks Cotton Balls Craft Sticks Crayon Boxes Crayons - Assorted Dry Erase Markers Envelopes Erasers Fancy Scissors Glue Bottles Glue Sticks Highlighters Hole Punches Index Cards Magnet Boys Marker Boxes Markers - Assorted Masking Tape Notebook Paper Notebook Binders Paint - Finger Paint - Poster Paint Brushes Paper Bags Paper Clips Pencil Cap Erasers Pencils Pens - Assorted Pens - Black Pens - Blue Pens - Red Permanent Markers Push Pins Rubber bands Sandwich Baggies Scissors Shape Punches Spiral Notebooks Staplers Staples Stickers Tape Dispensers Tape Washi Tape Watercolors Wet Erase Markers Whiteboards Whiteboards Erasers White Out Writing Pads and Sticky Notes Yarn Just print and copy how many of each style or size you need and laminate for durability if you desire. HappyEdugator

Labels - Owls and Chevron. Editable classroom labels with blank textboxes so you can just type in what you need. Includes: 8 large decorative frame 8 large rectangular blank labels (2 per page = total 16) 8 decorative nameplates with writing lines (2 per page = total 16) 8 smaller rectangular blank labels(2 per page = total 16) 8 smaller rectangular labels with writing lines(2 per page = total 16) 3 large square blank labels (2 per page = total 6) 3 smaller square blank labels (4 per page = total 12) 4 small circular labels (4 per page = total 12) 4 large circular labels ( 2 per page - total 8) Just print and copy how many of each style or size you need and laminate for durability if you desire.

Inspirational Posters - Bird Theme. 10 Motivational posters with isnpirational quotes for your clasroom decor. Sized 81/2 X 11. Print and laminate, or project on your whiteboard as a daily message for students to see as they walk in the door. These can also be used as daily writing prompts. Have students reflect on the meaning of the poster and the image. Set 1 of 4 sets. Also available as a bundle. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Zoo by Edward Hoch Supporting Materials. Activities for the short story Zoo. Includes: Anticipation Guide 2 Column Notes or Double-Entry Response Character Chart Vocabulary Practice Quick Write with Peer Review Vocabulary Quiz with key and Partner Activity. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Haiku Tanka and Renga Poetry. How to write Haiku, Tanka, and Renga poetry. Includes slides on the history of haiku, famous Japanese poets, descriptions, rules, and examples of each type of poetry, graphic organizers for students to write their own poems, and nature word lists that include 1 syllable nouns, 2 syllable nouns, and 3 syllable nouns to give students ideas for completing the graphic organizers. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Leaning Checklist - self evaluation sheets for daily learning for the classroom, homeschool, or summer school. Lots of uses. Can be used in cooperative groups, centers, or as exit ticket for whole group instruction. Great learning tool for interactive notebooks. Students can use the checklist to monitor their own progress. Includes a checklist for Monday - Saturday. Each checklist has a box for - I read, I wrote about, I investigated, I discovered , I created, I practiced, I completed, My favorite activity, and My overall effort. A large box at the bottom of each page allows for drawing, additional writing, notes, or comments. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator.

Mother's Day Songs! Fun and easy to sing songs you can have kids learn to sing for Mother's Day! Great for circle time, or any time you want to add some fun to your day! Familiar tunes make these easy to remember. Enjoy! Slides can also be printed out and made into unique cards for Mom, or kids can learn serenade their mothers or even take video of themselves singing for Mom to make a unique keepsake for Mom.

Word Families - Common English Phonograms PowerPoint. Using word families, teach phonics to emergent readers. Make flowers with the word families and put on your bulletin board. Students can make their flowers using the word family cards. Templates included. Some of the most common word families or phonograms (and the symbol representing the sound of the key vowel) in English. Includes CVC words, CVC-e words, and CVVC words. A word family or phonogram is a series of letters that is consistently used to form words. Students should study these slides in order to learn the many different words derived from the same sounds. Animated graphics. 30 word families. Color slides and slides with white background for easier printing. Use on a projector, or print out on index cards and make flash cards with them! Sunflowers and butterflies theme. Teachers can also use the slides for centers. Supports common core standards. P.S. If you have never printed PowerPoint slides onto index cards, here is how: Go to file, print, click on properties, select postcard printing, paper size index card 4 x 6, then Okay. Then before you print, select print slides, check the box scale to fit paper. I always use print preview to make sure it is set up the way I want. Load index cards in your printer, and print them out and laminate for durability. - HappyEdugator

Pretend to Be an Animal Cards. A fun circle time dramatic play activity. Students come up and draw a card on a stick (or just a card if you do not wish to use sticks) and then act out the animal they selected in the middle of the circle. They may ask for ideas from other students if they do not know how to act like the animal they chose. When finished, the student selects another classmate to select a card. Play continues until all the students have had a turn. There are a total of 32 cards to choose from. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Spider Alphabet Letters. Fun printable spider themed cards that can be used in many ways. Perfect to project on whiteboards to use as whole class flashcards. Great for Halloween or anytime. You can also: Print them out in full size and laminate for classroom décor. Use for alphabet practice. Print them out smaller and use as desk labels and edit the names for your own class. Use as bulletin board or door decorations and edit the names for your own class. Print them out on cardstock using 6 or 9 slides per page to make cards and use them for games like concentration (memory game where you take turns to turn them over and find a matching card) or war ( a = lowest, z = highest...see who wins most of the cards Use print outs in Centers - Students pick a card out of a cute container (plastic pumpkin, cauldron, etc. ) and practice writing that letter. Older students can try to write as many words they can think of that begin with the letter. Some may wish to draw and name their own spiders or write their name. Included in this set: 1 set of non-gender specific spider alphabet cards 1 set of girl spider alphabet cards – with girl names 1 set of boy spider alphabet cards - with boy names Editable for classroom use! - HappyEdugator

February Famous Author Birthdays PowerPoint. To engage your readers and inspire your writers, show them the slides on these famous authors who had birthdays in February such as Langston Hughes, Jerry Spinelli, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Charles Dickens, to name a few. Each slide tells a little about the classic author and their most famous works. This winter, engage them in reading and writing! Have them choose from three writing assignments about these authors and their works on the last slide. - HappyEdugator

Spelling: Ex-Spelled Spelling GAME. This is a fun way to review a list of spelling or vocabulary words, or to use as an activity for a substitute teacher. Students have to spell words correctly or they have to sit down. Who will be the last one standing? The catch...each student only gives one letter! At the end of a word, the next student gets ex-spelled! Yikes! A fun word list is included to get things started. Supports Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2d Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2e Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2b Spell correctly. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2b Spell correctly. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2c Spell correctly.

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. Two versions of a final test for the short story. Includes constructed response questions. The first version includes vocabulary and has three sections: Fill-in the Blank, Multiple Choice, and a Constructed Response requiring evidence from the text to support the answer. 25 total questions, plus a constructed response. 5 Fill in the blank questions, and 20 multiple choice, with key. Grading scale given for constructed response. This test assesses understanding of story vocabulary, literary elements, and reading comprehension. The second version of the test does not assess vocabulary, but also has three sections: Multiple Choice, Short Answer Constructed Response, and Essay. All of the constructed response questions require text evidence, critical thinking, and are of the rigor expected for the new standards. 16 multiple choice questions, 3 short answer questions, and 1 essay. They are on separate pages, so you may choose which parts of the test you wish to give. - HappyEdugator

MLA Format Handout. A reference guide for students when making citations in essays using Modern Language Association (MLA) format. Includes general guidelines for margins, font and spacing, how the heading, title and page numbers should be formatted, and how to make citations for both long and short quotations, which are defined. An example included. - HappyEdugator

EDITABLE Teacher Binder Covers - 63 Different Ready Made Binder Covers and Spines for back to school. Choose which ones you wish to use, print out and slip into your binder front and spine. Also includes an editable cover and an editable spine, so you can add your own words if you need to! These can also be used as dividers in a larger teacher binder (cover for that included) and the spines can double as page tabs. Just print out the pages you need and put in page protectors. Print out the tabs on card stock, laminate if desired, and attach with clear packing tape to protect and make durable. Pink polka dot background. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator With the EDITABLE BLANK covers and spines, you can create your own binders for anything you wish. Also includes ready made covers for: 504's Art Assessments Benchmarks Calendar Class Rosters Common Core Standards Conferences Curriculum Maps Cursive Data Department Duties ELL English Language Arts Evaluations Extracurricular Activities Field Trip Information Foreign Language Geography Gradebook HIstory IEP's Lesson Plans Mathematics Meeting Notes Modifications Music Newsletters Parent Guardian Contacts Passwords/Tech Information Professional Development Reading Schedule Science Social Studies Spelling Standards STEM STEAM Student Information Substitute Syllabus Teacher Binder Transportation Website Information Work Samples Writing AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY HOLIDAYS TESTING

EDITABLE Teacher Binder Covers - 63 Different Ready Made Binder Covers and Spines for back to school. Choose which ones you wish to use, print out and slip into your binder front and spine. Also includes an editable cover and an editable spine, so you can add your own words if you need to! These can also be used as dividers in a larger teacher binder (cover for that included) and the spines can double as page tabs. Just print out the pages you need and put in page protectors. Print out the tabs on card stock, laminate if desired, and attach with clear packing tape to protect and make durable. Multicolor chevron background. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator With the EDITABLE BLANK covers and spines, you can create your own binders for anything you wish. Also includes ready made covers for: 504's Art Assessments Benchmarks Calendar Class Rosters Common Core Standards Conferences Curriculum Maps Cursive Data Department Duties ELL English Language Arts Evaluations Extracurricular Activities Field Trip Information Foreign Language Geography Gradebook HIstory IEP's Lesson Plans Mathematics Meeting Notes Modifications Music Newsletters Parent Guardian Contacts Passwords/Tech Information Professional Development Reading Schedule Science Social Studies Spelling Standards STEM STEAM Student Information Substitute Syllabus Teacher Binder Transportation Website Information Work Samples Writing AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY HOLIDAYS TESTING

Supply Labels - EDITABLE 67 supply labels, 2 sizes, and blank labels with editable textboxes so you can also just type in what you need. Multicolored chevron theme. Includes ready made labels for: Awards Band-Aids Batteries Beads Bears Binder Clips Binder Rings Bingo Daubers Brass Fasteners Calculators Chalkboards and chalk Clay Clipboards Colored Pencils Composition Notebooks Cotton Balls Craft Sticks Crayon Boxes Crasyons - Assorted Dry Erase Markers Envelopes Erasers Fancy Scissors Glue Bottles Glue Sticks Highlighters Hole Punches Index Cards Magnet Boys Marker Boxes Markers - Assorted Masking Tape Notebook Paper Notebook Binders Paint - Finger Paint - Poster Paint Brushes Paper Bags Paper Clips Pencil Cap Erasers Pencils Pens - Assorted Pens - Black Pens - Blue Pens - Red Permanent Markers Push Pins Rubberbands Sandwich Baggies Scissors Shape Punches Spiral Notebooks Staplers Staples Stickers Tape Dispensers Tape Washi Tape Watercolors Wet Erase Markers Whiteboards Whiteboards Erasers White Out Writing Pads and Sticky Notes Yarn Just print and copy how many of each style or size you need and laminate for durability if you desire..