This word search on R Controlled Vowels (or words) also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Acorn ♦ Cord ♦ Cork ♦ Corn ♦ Fork ♦ Horn ♦ Horse ♦ Porch ♦ Storm ♦ Sword ♦ Thorns ♦ Torch

This word search on R Controlled Vowels (er words) also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Burger ♦ Clover ♦ Feather ♦ Finger ♦ Flower ♦ Hammer ♦ Ladder ♦ Lumber ♦ Perch ♦ Shower ♦ Spider ♦ Tiger

This word search on R Controlled Vowels (ir words) also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Bird ♦ Birthday ♦ Dirt ♦ Dirty ♦ Girl ♦ Shirt ♦ Skirt ♦ Squirt ♦ Stir ♦ Swirl ♦ Thirty ♦ Twirl

This word search on R Controlled Vowels (ur words) also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Burger ♦ Burn ♦ Church ♦ Curl ♦ Curtain ♦ Fur ♦ Nurse ♦ Purse ♦ Spur ♦ Turkey ♦ Turn ♦ Turtle

This word search on ck digraphs also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Chick ♦ Clock ♦ Duck ♦ Lock ♦ Pickle ♦ Rock ♦ Rocket ♦ Sock ♦ Stick ♦ Tack ♦ Track ♦ Truck

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Similes: These similes cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about different Similes. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is. The following similes are included: Cool as a cucumber Face lit up like a light bulb Fast as lightning Slept like a log Blind as a bat Toes were as cold as ice His anger erupted like a volcano Proud as a peacock Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike who provided the images

End of the Year: These end of the year cootie catchers are a great way for students to reflect about their year and the progress and achievements they have made while having fun at the same time. End of the Year Cootie Catchers Contents: 1. Two end of the year cootie catcher versions 2. The same cootie catchers in black and white (low ink version) 3. A blank cootie catcher for students to create their own questions. 4. Playing and Folding Instructions are Included.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with simple, compound, and complex sentences. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Problem Types: 1. Students identify simple, compound, and complex sentences 2. Students add or take away phrases to change the sentence type as well as combining or separating sentences. These require students to be familiar with independent and dependent clauses and conjunctions.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their comparing and contrasting skills. This activity has students reading 16 text passages (some are informational passages) to each other and then asked to compare and contrast the information within the passage. Students may record their answers on the provided answer sheet. An answer key is also included.

Conjunctions: These conjunctions cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify conjunctions within sentences. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 16 in total, and then asked to identify the conjunction. Half of the questions give multiple choice options. ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ Reading Strategies: Authors Purpose Cause and Effect Character Traits Compare and Contrast with Pictures Compare and Contrast Creative and Critical Thinking Drawing Conclusions Fact or Opinion Figurative Language Fluency Generalizations Genre Identification Genre Types Idioms Inference Literary Devices Main Idea Metaphors Nonfiction Text Features Paraphrasing Parts of a Book Personification Point of View Predictions Reading Comprehension Reading Response Questions Restating the Question Sequencing Setting Similes Story Elements Summarizing Text Structures Text Structures: Informational Text Structures Theme Writing Prompts ♦ Vocabulary: Analogies (Grades 3-5) Analogies (Grades 6-8) Analogies (Grade 9) Antonyms Compound Words Context Clues Greek and Latin Roots Homophones Homonyms Multiple Meaning Words Prefixes Root Words Shades of Meaning Spelling Suffixes Synonyms Tone and Mood Transition Words ♦ Grammar: Adjective Identification Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Appositives Apostrophes Capitalization Clauses Commas Conjunctions Contractions Mentor Sentences Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural Nouns: Collective Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns: Plural Nouns Nouns: Possessive Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Pronouns: Identification Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quotation Marks Sentence Types Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound Verb Identification Verb Tenses Verbs: Helping Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement

Tone and Mood: These task cards are a great way for students to improve their vocabulary as well as their skills with tone and mood. This activity has students reading a vocabulary word and then giving its definition and stating the mood of that word. Moods: Happy, Anger, Arrogant, Sad, Fear, Neutral Vocabulary: Scornful Elated Incredulous Morose Apathetic Erudite Haughty Foreboding Forthright Savage Pessimistic Detached Melancholy Indignant Candid Exuberant Caustic Ecstatic Facetious Somber Malicious Jubilant Insolent Jovial Flippant Content

Spelling: These commonly misspelled words cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while identifying the correct spelling of many commonly misspelled words. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students identifying the correct spelling, given multiple choice options, of 16 different commonly misspelled words outlined below: Acceptable, Accommodate, Argument, Calendar, Commitment, Consensus, Embarrass, Existence, Foreword,, Inadvertent, Judgment, License, Neighbor, Occasion, Occurrence, Privilege, Proceed, Schedule, Separate Withhold ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ Reading Strategies: Authors Purpose Cause and Effect Character Traits Compare and Contrast with Pictures Compare and Contrast Creative and Critical Thinking Drawing Conclusions Fact or Opinion Figurative Language Fluency Generalizations Genre Identification Genre Types Idioms Inference Literary Devices Main Idea Metaphors Nonfiction Text Features Paraphrasing Parts of a Book Personification Point of View Predictions Reading Comprehension Reading Response Questions Restating the Question Sequencing Setting Similes Story Elements Summarizing Text Structures Text Structures: Informational Text Structures Theme Writing Prompts ♦ Vocabulary: Analogies (Grades 3-5) Analogies (Grades 6-8) Analogies (Grade 9) Antonyms Compound Words Context Clues Greek and Latin Roots Homophones Homonyms Multiple Meaning Words Prefixes Root Words Shades of Meaning Spelling Suffixes Synonyms Tone and Mood Transition Words ♦ Grammar: Adjective Identification Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Appositives Apostrophes Capitalization Clauses Commas Conjunctions Contractions Mentor Sentences Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural Nouns: Collective Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns: Plural Nouns Nouns: Possessive Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Pronouns: Identification Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quotation Marks Sentence Types Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound Verb Identification Verb Tenses Verbs: Helping Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement

These parts of speech cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of parts of speech. Contents: 1. Students identify the part of speech from its definition (an example sentence is given in the answer with the part of speech underlined) 2. Students identify each part of speech within a sentence (The correct words are underlined in the answer section) 3. Students identify the part of speech from example words The following parts of speech are used within this product: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ Reading Strategies: Authors Purpose Cause and Effect Character Traits Compare and Contrast with Pictures Compare and Contrast Creative and Critical Thinking Drawing Conclusions Fact or Opinion Figurative Language Fluency Generalizations Genre Identification Genre Types Idioms Inference Literary Devices Main Idea Metaphors Nonfiction Text Features Paraphrasing Parts of a Book Personification Point of View Predictions Reading Comprehension Reading Response Questions Restating the Question Sequencing Setting Similes Story Elements Summarizing Text Structures Text Structures: Informational Text Structures Theme Writing Prompts ♦ Vocabulary: Analogies (Grades 3-5) Analogies (Grades 6-8) Analogies (Grade 9) Antonyms Compound Words Context Clues Greek and Latin Roots Homophones Homonyms Multiple Meaning Words Prefixes Root Words Shades of Meaning Spelling Suffixes Synonyms Tone and Mood Transition Words ♦ Grammar: Adjective Identification Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Appositives Apostrophes Capitalization Clauses Commas Conjunctions Contractions Mentor Sentences Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural Nouns: Collective Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns: Plural Nouns Nouns: Possessive Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Pronouns: Identification Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quotation Marks Sentence Types Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound Verb Identification Verb Tenses Verbs: Helping Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practice their skills with identifying the main idea of a passage. This activity has students reading 16 short and interesting informational text passages to each other and then asked to identify the main idea out of two possible choices. Some passages allow students to come up with their own judgement as to what the main idea is. The whole set is also available as non-multiple choice as well. A recording sheet with an answer key is provided.

Author's Purpose: These fun authors purpose cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the concept of the Author's Purpose. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading short passages to each other and then determining which of the following types of the author's purpose is being described: Persuade, Inform, Explain, Entertain, Describe

Prepositions: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their grammar skills by identifying prepositions. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the preposition through multiple choice answers. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.

Inference: These inferences cootie catchers are a fun way to practice inference. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading 16 short passages (over 2 cootie catchers) to each other and then asked to make an inference based off the passage. Students are also asked to support their answers with details from the passage. ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ Reading Strategies: Authors Purpose Cause and Effect Character Traits Compare and Contrast with Pictures Compare and Contrast Creative and Critical Thinking Drawing Conclusions Fact or Opinion Figurative Language Fluency Generalizations Genre Identification Genre Types Idioms Inference Literary Devices Main Idea Metaphors Nonfiction Text Features Paraphrasing Parts of a Book Personification Point of View Predictions Reading Comprehension Reading Response Questions Restating the Question Sequencing Setting Similes Story Elements Summarizing Text Structures Text Structures: Informational Text Structures Theme Writing Prompts ♦ Vocabulary: Analogies (Grades 3-5) Analogies (Grades 6-8) Analogies (Grade 9) Antonyms Compound Words Context Clues Greek and Latin Roots Homophones Homonyms Multiple Meaning Words Prefixes Root Words Shades of Meaning Spelling Suffixes Synonyms Tone and Mood Transition Words ♦ Grammar: Adjective Identification Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Appositives Apostrophes Capitalization Clauses Commas Conjunctions Contractions Mentor Sentences Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural Nouns: Collective Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns: Plural Nouns Nouns: Possessive Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Pronouns: Identification Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quotation Marks Sentence Types Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound Verb Identification Verb Tenses Verbs: Helping Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement

Mentor Sentences: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice analyzing well crafted sentences, known as mentor sentences. There are 8 cards that analyze the first passage and another 8 cards that analyze a second passage for a total of 16 cards. For each passage, students identify the following: figurative language Word meanings Parts of speech Sentence Types Grammatical Tense Students are given multiple choice options to the questions and a recording sheet and an answer key are included.

These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their paraphrasing skills. This activity has students reading various fun trivia sentences about Science, History and the world in general to each other and then asked to paraphrase the sentences in their own words. Example paraphrased answers are included. Example: Original: Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one out of an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe. Paraphrased: There are about 100 billion billion galaxies in the universe, which includes our Milky Way.