Dandelions by Eve Bunting Tic Tac Think. Differentiated assignment menu to use as an extension writing activity for the book. In this activity, students choose a task from each horizontal row. Students have a choice, but will have to make different text connections in each row. In some cases the teacher may want to specify certain tasks for individual students. You may challenge some students to complete all the squares for enrichment. PowerPoint format. You can display on whiteboard or print out slides as handouts. Included is a writing checklist for assessment. - HappyEdugator

Good Writers Will Have Success - Traits of Good Writing Posters. Success becomes an acronym for the traits of good writers. 6 Traits include Ideas and Content, Word Choice, Fluency, Voice, Organization, Conventions, and Presentation. These can be printed as a handout, made into a transparency, projected by LCD, or even blown up into a poster. Students will be reminded about what it takes to be a successful writer. Hang up at the beginning of the year to get your students thinking before they write. - HappyEdugator

The White Giraffe - Webquest Comparing South Africa and England. Students research and compare the countries of South Africa and England, and write their results in the T-chart. This activity goes along well with the book The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John. Students have to research facts about England - United Kingdom and South Africa and write them in the chart. Builds background knowledge about the setting of the story. Students get their information from a reliable source - the world factbook at cia.gov. After they complete the webquest, students will see some interesting differences between the countries that can be fun topics for discussion. Enjoy. - HappyEdugator

Storms - Wild Weather Word Scramble. This storm word scramble has words related to storms or precipitation. All the letters in the stormy words have been mixed up, and students need to figure out the correct words in the jumble. Can be used for a science unit on meteorology or weather or to go with a reading assignment. This is a fun sheet to use with any unit on weather, storms, disasters, or as a supplement to a story or book with bad weather, such as The Cay by Theodore Taylor, Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen, Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow, or Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens. Twenty words. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Christmas adjective clause worksheet with 15 different sentences. Students have to identify the adjective clauses in the sentences related to the winter holiday. Useful in December to keep focused on the learning, even when the holidays are coming! Helps students understand sentence structure. Can be used in class or as homework practice. Common core standard in Language Arts. No prep. Print and go. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Reading Connections Chart. A useful graphic organizer which allows students to record their text connections to other texts, to self, to the world, and to school. Making connections is a reading strategy that helps students comprehend what they are reading. You can use with reading journals or as an extension activity for independent reading. - HappyEdugator

Standards Tracker - Use this excel file to keep track of standards and student mastery. You can adapt it to use for a variety of uses. - Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Simple Subjects and Complete Subjects Worksheet. Finding subjects and predicates is made easier with practice. Students will identify simple subjects and complete subjects. This will help them identify complete sentences. Simple and easy to understand directions. Ten sentences for simple subject, and ten for complete subject. Answer key included. - HappyEdugator

Christmas - Adverb Clauses. Christmas Combining Sentences with Adverb Clauses Activity. Winter practice building sentences with adverb clauses. First sheet is a handout on adverb clauses and common subordinating conjunctions, the second sheet is a practice activity in combining sentences (Christmas theme) and the last page is a key, which you can project with an LCD for students to check sample sentences. I like to assign the practice to groups, but it can be used for individual work as well. Good for keeping on task in December. No prep. Print and go. Key included. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Adverb Clauses Graphic Organizer. This four quadrant graphic organizer helps explain adverb clauses so students will have a better understanding of how to identify them in a sentence and how to punctuate them as well. First page can be projected while students fill in the blanks on their copy. Advanced students can just fold a piece of paper into quadrants and take notes. Useful as a reference when students are working with adverb clauses. This can also be used as a handout. Supports common core.

Beginning of the Year Student Survey and Poster. Beginning of the Year or First Day of School print and go handout. Includes an 8 question student survey about classroom expectations from a student perspective, and a poster you can hang about new beginnings. This that will help you get to know your students and help them focus on what is important. Share results of the survey with your students and discuss how they fit in to classroom rules and procedures. - HappyEdugator

Exit Slip Ticket Out - Pac Man Summarizing Activity Ticket Out. Ticket out the door? Use this summarizing activity to have students take notes on what was important to have learned in your lesson. Students summarize by filling in the thought bubbles and take additional notes at the bottom. Can be given out at the beginning of the week and students fill in the bubbles daily Monday through Thursday and review for assessment on Friday. Also great for summarizing independent reading or chapters of novels. - HappyEdugator

Halloween PowerPoint! A fun Halloween Mad-Lib activity! Use this Halloween Mad Lib to practice parts of speech...project it on your whiteboard. Students can number one through twelve on their own paper and come up with names, nouns, and other parts of speech as per the directions, and then volunteers read the following slide with their substitutions to make silly Halloween stories. Lots of fun, and students get to use their knowledge of parts of speech as well! Happy Halloween!- HappyEdugator

Earth Day Cooperative Learning Activity - Committee to Reduce Environmental Pollution. Works well as a post reading activity for The Lorax by Dr. Seuss or The Wump World by Bill Peet. Students will meet in groups (or committees) to analyze several different scenarios and to determine which type of polluter is the most destructive to the environment. Students will compare their individual results with their group results, and then the groups will compare their results with other groups in the class. The final activity is to see if the class can come to a consensus. Extension activity - discuss possible solutions.

Adjective Clauses Graphic Organizer. A four quadrant graphic organizer for students to use for notes on adjective clauses. Project the completed one while students can fill in the blanks on their copy, or have them fold a piece of notebook paper into four quadrants and have them copy notes (for more advanced students). First box is the definition, the second box explains how to identify, the third box gives examples, and the last box explains their function. Useful reference tool for students to use when they are working with adjective clauses. Supports common core. L.7.1a L.7.1c - 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. - HappyEdugator

Exit Slip Ticket Out - Snoopy Summarizing Activity Ticket Out. Ticket out the door. Use this summarizing activity to have students take notes on what was important to have learned in your lesson. Students summarize by filling in the thought bubbles and taking additional notes at the bottom.Can be given out at the beginning of the week and students fill in a thought bubble each day Monday through Thursday and review for assessment on Friday, or works well for summarizing reading and chapters of novels. Enjoy!

Of Mice and Men Final Test - Essay Examination. A final essay test for Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Questions are based on the writer's life, style, including characterization and organization. Students should be able to identify theme and symbolism. You can choose to have students answer all of the questions or let them select. This can be used as a take-home open book examination. Grading form and answer key included. You can use this for backwards design, and use the answer key to drive your class discussions. - HappyEdugator

Standards Based Technical Writing Rubric. A rubric developed for writing instructions, friendly letters, formula poems, or thank you notes. This rubric, in addition to measuring that the student follows the rules of Standard English, also evaluates whether a student creates or follows an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context, whether or not they exclude extraneous and inappropriate information, and if they follow an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition. Editable for your classroom use. - HappyEdugator

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!