Vocabulary Sentence Assignment and Rubric. This vocabulary assignment has students write vocabulary words in a meaningful sentence and illustrate. First page has space for six vocabulary sentences and drawing boxes. Second page has additional four sentences and a place to write a paragraph and illustrate. Third page is a rubric to use to evaluate sentences. - HappyEdugator

Verb Suffixes Word Search. Twenty words that end in either -ize, -ise, or -yze are hidden in this word search puzzle. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Literary Terms in Context PowerPoint. This interactive PowerPoint has 30 questions about literary terms in context. May be used individually, with a whole group, or with teams. Students must read the quote and answer the question, then click to check. Includes terms for poetry and literature, including figurative language, rhyme scheme, story elements and point of view. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Word Pyramid PreWriting Activity. Back to school creative writing using their name! Fun anytime, but also a back to school or good beginning of the year writing activity. Handout will stimulate thinking and may have your students running for the dictionary! Students will have to think of words of various lengths to describe themselves, and then come up with a sentence using one of the words.Fold the flap up over the name and have other students read them and try to guess who wrote it. Later, students can write a personal memoir about themselves, and they have already had a jumpstart on their thinking and writing. - HappyEdugator

Homophones - Homophones Interactive PowerPoint. Interactive. 25 practice sentences for students to find the correct homophone and then check. A fun way to practice. Project on overhead, use on tablets, chromebooks, or on a computer. Animated graphics. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1g Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).

Parts of Speech. Students identify parts of speech in context in this quick print and go activity. Can be used for practice or assessment. Student identify the the part of speech of the 25 underlined words in the passages, and write the answers on their own paper. Key included. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Short e Sound - Sounding Out Words PowerPoint. CVC words. Teach reading with phonics and decoding using word families! Short e Word Family. Slides introduce the sound of short e and have students practice blending short e sound with consonants to form one syllable CVC words. Students read the slides and get rewarded with fun shouts and cheers. This is the next step to reading after students learn consonant sounds and the sound of short a. This animated PowerPoint has 17 slides of practice, with a slide of nonsense words and a slide of real words at the end of the presentation for teacher assessment.

Spelling Words with Silent Consonants Worksheet. This worksheet gives your students a strategy to use to remember spelling words that have silent consonants. Included are examples and practice exercises with ten such word pairs. The practice exercises have them write the ten pairs and underline the silent or sounded consonants, match words from the list to their definitions, and complete some analogies with the new words.

Owl Bookmarks - Set of Six bookmarks: Inspiring and colorful bookmarks to give your students anytime to instill a love of reading. Fun way to tell them you love them. Cute sayings like "Owl Keep Your Place." Editable so you can personalize with student names. Print out on cardstock or tagboard and laminate for a bookmark that will last. Nice gift from teacher to student instead of a card. Three per page. Make good last minute Christmas or birthday presents!

Watership Down Parts I - IV with Author and Character Notes BUNDLE. Includes all four of the Vocabulary and Question sets and the Author and Character Notes. Buy the complete set and save! - HappyEdugator

Good Readers Remember To...PowerPoint. Reminders for good readers to preview, predict, visualize, question, connect, infer, summarize, reflect, and respond to fiction and nonfiction text. May be used as a PowerPoint lesson or printed out as posters to hang for back to school or at the beginning of the year.

Christmas - Letter To Santa Writing Activity. Writing a friendly letter, students must tell Santa Claus the one thing they want, why they deserve it, and how they will use it to better the world. Letters must include compound sentences, complex sentences with adjective and adverb clauses, vocabulary words, figurative language, and the parts of an informal letter. 100 points, easy to grade. No prep. Print and go. Enjoy!

I'm Done! What Will I Do Now? Editable Slide Set. PowerPoint slide poster set which can be printed or projected on your Smartboard. Five different background styles: Solid Blue, Chevron, Rainbow, Blue Sky, and White. Editable, so you can type what you want in the callouts. - HappyEdugator

That's a Fact, Jack! Award Certificate - Camouflage theme. Great award to hand to a student for behavior, academic accomplishments, etc. Great for end of year! Fun Summer Camp Award! Place to write name of student. Print out, laminate, and enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Winter Word Wall - Also Winter Word Sort. A set of 150 cards that have a theme of winter, cold, and staying warm. 75 cards are the words in uppercase letters with a winter background design. 75 cards are the same words in lowercase letters on photo background of the word. May also be used as a matching game or concentration. Can be printed out on cardstock and laminated for future use. The cards can be used as a classroom word wall, a winter word of the day, or as a word sort. Students can sort the words into different categories such as things you wear, things you do, weather, etc. Words can be used to develop vocabulary for reading fluency, or to give students ideas for writing. Blank template for adding your own words included. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

gypt - Lined Writing Paper - Egyptian Pharaoh Theme. Perfect for your little ones to write stories about ancient Egypt. Solid lines with dotted lined in the middle. Borders with pharoahs and Egyptian theme. - HappyEdugator

Watch the classic Thanksgiving movie based on the book the Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater. Your students will probably recognize Peter Billingsley, the little boy from the movie A Christmas Story! Use this viewer's guide for before the movie discussion questions, during the movie comprehension quesitons, and a writing activity after viewing. A fun Thanksgiving activity to do on the day before the holiday. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Billy Budd Final Test - Essay Examination. This is a final essay test or examination for the novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville. There are five questions that are based on theme, symbolism, characterization, and relationships in this classic book. This can be used as a take-home open book examination. Also included is a grading form and a key of possible essay answers.You can use this for backwards design, and use the teacher's guide/answer key to drive your class discussions. Test is editable for your specific needs. -HappyEdugator

Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint. Interactive. 25 practice sentences for students to find the correct verb and then check. Includes sentences that have indefinite pronouns. A fun way to practice. Animated graphics and sound. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Sentences; All About Sentences PowerPoint. Animated. Sentence types and sentence structure. Interactive. Describes kinds of sentences (such as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative), subjects and predicates (simple and compound), fragments and run-ons, simple, compound, and complex sentences, and adverb and adjective clauses. Great test prep! Has everything students need to know about sentences and sentence structure and gives short practice exercises which can immediately be checked. Teaches common core standards. Students can also copy notes on each lesson, and a list of subordinating conjunctions, and more. Each of the thirteen sections with practice and feedback can be a separate minilesson! - HappyEdugator