Sentence Structure: 4 Kinds PowerPoint. PowerPoint about sentence structure. Explains independent and dependent clauses (subordinate clauses), sentence fragments and complete sentences. Defines simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Practice slide with 8 questions at the end for assessment where students have to identify the sentence structure of the sentences. Interactive...they can check their answers with the last slide. 15 slides. - HappyEdugator

Desert Adaptations PowerPoint. Strategies that plants and animals use to survive in the desert, including examples of some specific animal and plant adaptations. 18 slides. - HappyEdugator

Poetry Graphic Organizer. This poetry graphic organizer helps students understand the difference between sensory language and figurative language when used in poetry. Figurative language includes Metaphor,Simile, Personification, Hyperbole, and Idioms. Sensory language or poetic devices include Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Assonance, Consonance, and Rhyme. Print out or project. - HappyEdugator

Misplaced Modifiers Worksheet. This worksheet explains what a modifier is, and then it gives examples and practice identifying them. In addition, it explains how misplaced modifiers can change the meaning of a sentence. Students then have to pick the correct sentences that do not have misplaced modifiers. Supports common core standards. This is a skill that is important to clear writing and it is often tested on standardized tests. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Science Fair or Social Science Fair Project PowerPoint. How to research a science fair project and/or a social studies fair project from start to finish. Specific details. Editable for your classroom use Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts teachers can use the different parts of this presentation to teach students the expectations of a high quality science project or research paper. Example photos of prize-winning projects included.

Reading - Activating Thinking Strategies for Reading. Includes posters for SLANT and SETTING. Twelve simple ideas to help you engage your readers by activating their thinking, connecting to their world, stimulating schema or background knowledge and grabbing their interest. Reading strategies you can really use! These are especially useful for lesson planning in Learning Focused classrooms. - Happyedugator

Short Story Unit Culminating Activity. This is an assignment sheet for a culminating activity for a unit on short stories. Students have the option of choosing to write a short story or a children's book. Details are given about specific requirements, along with teacher directions. Includes the rubrics for the short story and the children's book, which are also available for sale separately. - HappyEdugator

Adverbs - Finding Adverbs in a Sentence Interactive PowerPoint. An animated PowerPoint on identifying adverbs in sentences has introductory slides on adverbs that tell how, where, when and to what extent, with examples. Includes common comparative-superlative forms. Students can take notes on the introductory slides. The rest of the PowerPoint has students actually practice finding adverbs in 25 different sentences by writing them down on their own paper and checking themselves after each question. They can use their notes to help.Great addition to your parts of speech unit. Instant feedback! There is also a key at the end for them to double check. - HappyEdugator

Peak by Roland Smith Introductory PowerPoint Presentation. This book is about a boy who climbs Mt. Everest. The PowerPoint presentation introduces students to the novel Peak by Roland Smith. Information about the author of the book, an overview of the plot, a list of main characters, slides on setting (the Woolworth building, Bangkok, Everest and base camp), themes, and a few important vocabulary words to get started. The last slide has students make a prediction about the book and gets them ready to READ! Just updated with new slides...a total of 34 slides! Includes information on climbing Mt. Everest, specialized equipment needed, dangers and expenses, routes to the top with links to video, and a short history of climbing Mt. Everest, including the youngest person to make the summit in 2010. Enjoy - HappyEdugator

Writing an Advice Column - Writing Assignment and Rubric. This is a writing assignment where the student has to pretend to be a newspaper advice columnist and respond to a reader's question. A word bank of suggested words will help the writer get started on offering ideas and advice to the reader to help solve their problem. You will get two pages. The first is the student assignment sheet and the second is a rubric for grading guidelines. - HappyEdugator

Poetry Concept Map. When introducing a poetry unit, this concept map graphic organizer will help your students understand the relationship of graphics, sound devices, and figurative language to poetry as a whole. Each of these are further broken down to show terms related to them. For example, sound devices are alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia. I have used this as a transparency, projected on an LCD, or blown it up and made it into a poster to hang in the classroom. - HappyEdugator

Martin Luther King Jr. Vs. Malcolm X Venn Diagram. Students must research and compare the two civil rights activists using the Venn diagram provided. Students research Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, and can use this Venn Diagram to report on their findings, or as a graphic organizer for writing a comparison contrast paper. Good for black history month, MLK day, or any time for a study of the two different leaders and how they were similar and different. For differentiation, one page is blank where students have to fill in both sides, and the other page has the MLK side completed so students just have to complete the information on Malcolm X. The last page is a key with both sides completed and the central question answered.

New Year Around the World. Happy New Year! PowerPoint on traditions and customs of the New Year's holiday in 21 different countries: United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Australia, India, Israel, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Good for first day back from break. Great follow up to your Christmas Around the World unit. Animation and lots of interesting fun facts! A nice way to start off your new year when you return from the Christmas break. Fun! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Penguin Digraph Sort Literacy Center Activity. Fun winter activity with penguins. Students match the pictures on the eggs to the penguin with the correct digraph. Four penguins: TH, CH, SH, and WH. 32 eggs to match. Print out penguins and eggs on cardstock,and cut out and laminate for durability. Have students match the pictures on the eggs to the penguin that has the correct digraph. Some cards have the digraph as an ending sound and some as a beginnig sound. Example – tooth matches the penguin with TH on his tummy Store pieces in a gallon size zipper lock bag. Directions and key included. - HappyEdugator

The Gift of the Magi PowerPoint. Animated PowerPoint on The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, a classic Christmas story that is a good resource for the holidays. Focus on figurative language. Complete lesson with before, during, and after reading activities. Includes background information about the author, twelve critical vocabulary words, review of foreshadowing and suspense, and a link to read the story online. Students close read to find foreshadowing and suspense, and focus rereading on discovering figurative language. Includes definitions and examples of figurative language in the story, such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and idiom. Discussion questions, explanations with examples of irony and allusion, and concludes with a short story writing activity with a 100 point rubric. Includes a quick interactive comprehension check. - HappyEdugator

Reading - Poetry Reading Process Handout. Comprehension strategy for reading poetry: a handy guide on how to read poetry. Promotes close reading. Reading poetry can be difficult for students, but these guidelines will give them a strategy to use when reading poems that will help their poetry comprehension. Supports common core state standards. - HappyEdugator

Persuasive Writing Recipe PowerPoint. We use recipes for many things, why not persuasive writing? This powerpoint gives students a “recipe” to follow when writing a persuasive essay, and gives them the basic framework for a persuasive writing piece, starting with an introductory paragraph that ends with a thesis statement, at least three well-supported paragraphs that have a topic sentence related to the thesis statement, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and calls the reader to agree and take action. Reminds students to be prepared for counter arguments, and to write with strong ideas, voice, fluency, organization, presentation, and conventions. Revised and updated 2013 with added information on the writing process, animations and graphics. - HappyEdugator Supports Common Core ELA Writing Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1a Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1b Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1c Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1d Establish and maintain a formal style. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1e Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.

Setting Detail Chart. This graphic organizer can be used with any book to analyze setting. Use with your novel study. Besides direct references to dates and places, setting is also conveyed through details about daily life and culture. Students fill in the chart with details that give clues about the setting of a book, and will gain a better understanding of setting. Starts out with Time and Place. Categories include: Jobs, Shelter, Clothing, Entertainment, Technology, Men's/Women's Roles, Transportation, and Other. Nothing fancy, but gets the job done! Have students practice first by projecting a photograph (one included on the cover) or use a cover from the book they are reading and have them try describing it. - HappyEdugator

End of Year - Summer Jumbled Words PowerPoint Game. Fun end of the year interactive word scramble game with summer words. Words will appear in scrambled form for students to try to puzzle out. Click for a clue, then click for the answer. Click again to go to the next slide. Fun activity for the end of the year , last day of school, or for summer camp. 18 slide PowerPoint Skill Level - EASY

End of the Year Activities - Ice Cream Writing PowerPoint. These end of the year activities are a fun jump into summer! Ten different writing activities that are related to ice cream. Use for whole group on the projector, or print out and laminate for centers or small groups. If you set up your printer first, you can print out on index cards. Varied levels for differentiation. Celebrate student writing accomplishments with presentations and a real ice cream social. Nice way to end the year or use as an activity for summer camp. Includes activities that incorporate creative writing, narrative writing and expository writing.