Freak the Mighty Tic Tac Toe Board. A fun project or menu board to go with the book Freak the Mighty.

Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Reading Activity. Informational text on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the creation of the Martin Luther King Day holiday. Use as a supplemental resource to your unit for enrichment or fluency. One page reading sheet about Dr. King and his belief in nonviolence, one page with open ended questions, one page reading about the creation of the holiday, a timeline of the events that led up to the creation of the holiday, and a writing journal prompt. Print and go. NO PREP. - HappyEdugator

Golf Vocabulary and Quiz. Learn golf vocabulary! Includes a handout for basic vocabulary for the game of golf, like birdie, bogey, eagle, etc., and a short matching quiz over the basic terms. Useful in as a summer golf camp activity or in physical education. Also great for building background knowledge for reading selections that involve the game of golf or when reading biographies of famous players of the game. Key is included. Enjoy! - 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

Clauses - Identifying Clauses Worksheet or Quiz. After reading passage, students will write the letter of the term that correctly identifies the underlined group of words in each sentence. Students will have to be able to differentiate between adjective clauses and adverb clauses, independent clauses, simple sentences, compound sentences and complex sentences. Ten multiple choice questions. This can be used as a practice sheet or as a quiz. Key included.

A standards based rubric for a character analysis. At the highest level of performance, student must be able to make an in-depth character analysis. He/she used textual evidence to made several statements about character traits, motivations, and emotions that were only vaguely alluded to in the text. He/she also made several general statements about character traits, motivation, and emotions and supported these statements with specific evidence from the text. - HappyEdugator

Standards Based Narrative Account or Short Story Rubric. Use this rubric for when students have to write a short story narrative. Includes engaging the reader, organization, sensory details, range of strategies including figurative language or dialogue, excludes extraneous information, provides a sense of closure, and conventions. Grading scale included. - Happyedugator

Confusing Parts of Speech Worksheet. Teaching parts of speech? Students often have trouble identifying the parts of speech. They often confuse possessive nouns and contractions, adverbs and adjectives, prepositions and prepositional phrases, and correlative and coordinating conjunctions. On this sheet, students have to practice with possessive nouns and contractions, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, and coordinating and correlative conjunctions. -HappyEdugator

Standards based persuasive writing rubric: use to measure students ability to write an argument persuasively by engaging the reader, stating a clear position, supporting details, excluding irrelevant information or arguments, creating an organizing structure, anticipating counter-arguments, providing closure, and following writing conventions. - Happyedugator Supports common core standards for writing an argument.

Homophone Match Worksheet. This is a challenging homophone matching activity for upper grades. Have students work in individually or in groups with a dictionary to look up unknown words. Words and definitions are chunked into groups of six. - HappyEdugator

Correct Verb Form Worksheet. This test prep grammar worksheet has twenty sentences for practicing usage of irregular verbs. Students need to determine whether the past or the past participle form of the verb should be used. This could also be used as an assessment as well. Answer key is included. Supports Common Core! - HappyEdugator

PUMPKINS Writing Paper - Lined Paper - Pumpkins Theme. Eight different pumpkin designs, two different sizes of lines for writing at different ability levels. Fun paper for Thanksgiving or anytime. Students will have fun writing with some cute little pumpkins to inspire them. - Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Word Search. This Thanksgiving wordsearch has 28 words related to Thanksgiving for students to find. This is a fun vocabulary building activity for students to do on days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My students like to use highlighters instead of trying to circle the words with a pen or pencil. Answer key included. - HappyEdugator

Fairy Tales Story Pattern. How to write fairy tales! This is a simple story pattern that can be used to help students write their own fairy tale. They can fill in the blanks to create a story sketch, which they can then elaborate and expand on to create their own personal fairy tale. Good to use as a follow up to a unit on fairy tales, or after reading a fairy tale, like those written by Hans C. Andersen or the Brothers Grimm. Helps students avoid writer's block by scaffolding and gives them the confidence to complete their own story. Writing practice is essential to the CCSS (common core state standards ) in Language Arts. Example included.

Chromebooks Keyboard Shortcuts - Essential guide for using Chromebooks in the classroom. If your school is using Google Chromebooks in the classroom, you can use these quick keyboard shortcuts for using notebooks in the classroom to help your kids and yourself navigate on a Chromebook. Keep them handy...share this file with your students to keep as a handy reference tool, or project them on your SMARTBOARD or whiteboard and go over them with your kids before you begin. Useful for any subject, and especially helpful in computing classes. Hope you find it helpful! - HappyEdugator

Valentine's Day Crossword Puzzle. Cross word is slightly challenging for middle grades students. Made for middle grades and up. Enjoy! Solution included, of course. Examples of the types of clues and level of difficulty below: cardboard greeting = CARD often written to lovers = POEM sweet confections = CANDY the act of seeking a partner = COURTSHIP love story= ROMANCE stunningly beautiful =RAVISHING has the power of attracting = CHARM the blossoms of plants = FLOWERS like sugar = SWEET without end = FOREVER inspiring approval = ADMIRABLE boyfriend = BEAU term of endearment = DARLING symbol of love; at the center of = HEART - HappyEdugator

Alaska Study Questions Webquest. Includes an Iditarod Webquest, too. Students must answer 10 basic questions about the state of Alaska. Includes a list of safe websites for researching the questions. Questions are about location, climate, demographics, resources, etc. Iditarod webquest has 10 questions with a website to use for a guide. Students can complete as a webquest or do research to find the answers. Answer key for the teacher is included, which can be used as a guide for class discussion as well. A photo of bears fishing and the famous red lantern included to share with students. - HappyEdugator

Signal Word Posters. Set of 6 reading comprehension strategy posters to help students spot signal words or transition words in reading that show main idea, compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequencing, inferences, and fact and opinion. Hang up at the beginning of the year for back to school decorating with a purpose. Supports common core! - HappyEdugator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3c Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3c Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3c Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

Research Skills Vocabulary Practice Sheet. This worksheet is an introduction to research vocabulary. Students will need to understand the basic vocabulary they will need when conducting research in a library or media center. This short fill-in-the-blank activity will give them practice with some of the terms they will encounter when writng a report or on state tests. - HappyEdugator

Commonly Confused Words and Practice Sentences. Good spelling help! Includes a handout of twenty commonly confused words that are often seen on state tests. Includes common homophones like there, they're and their; frequently confused words with usage errors such as its, and it's and should have vs. should of; as well as words such as sit and set and lie and lay. Also includes sentence practice to really make them think. Five sentences per page on four pages...students must fill in the blanks. Can be projected on the overhead or printed. Hand out the list on Monday, then use for a week of warm-ups, and then test on Friday.