A double-sided worksheet for Wildfires that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes; an illustration section, two different vocabulary practices, a topic, main idea, supporting sentences activity or a Wildfires comic (according to teacher choice), comprehension questions (4), and a 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Created April 2016

A double-sided worksheet for Sing to the Stars, as published in Houghton and Mifflin Reading 4, that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, a vocabulary practice (10 words), a story map or a "paint a picture" in the reader's mind activity (according to teacher choice), comprehension questions (5), and a 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Created Feb 2015

Introduction to past continuous tense with three scaffolded exercises. Perfect for a review and practice.

This is a double-sided worksheet for Gloria Estefan , as published in Houghton Mifflin 4, that is tri-folded into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, five comprehension questions, a vocabulary practice (10 words), and a make a timeline or a crossword puzzle (according to teacher preference). An instruction page and suggested answer key are included.

A presentation and group practice of adjectives. Includes a brief explanation and some practice. Both Apple Keynote and Microsoft Powerpoint versions are provided. PDFs of the slides are also included.

This is a double-sided worksheet for Happy Birthday, Dr. King! that is tri-folded into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, five comprehension questions. a vocabulary practice (10 words), and a making inferences or cause & effect activity (according to teacher preference). An instruction page and suggested answer key are included.

A double-sided worksheet for Salmon Summer that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes an illustration section, a vocabulary practice (10 words), a sequence and summarize activity or a crossword activity (according to teacher choice), comprehension questions (3), a getting the details section, and a 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Created April 2016

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Mrs. Brown Went to Town as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing activity, a summarizing activity, a reality vs. fantasy activity, a prediction activity, a vocabulary puzzle, and a create a for sale sign activity. Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Mrs. Brown Went to Town Sequence and Summarize sentence strips activity and poster. Created Aug 2015

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Dragon Gets By as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, a story map, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing activity, a summarizing activity (2 versions), a vocabulary puzzle, an informational reading extension about Healthy Eating and a healthy meal activity. (12 pages total) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Dragon Gets By Sequence and Summarize sentence strips activity and poster. The preview provides a good overview of the product including Common Core standards. Created Aug 2015.

A step by step, scaffolded approach to teaching your students how to write an opinion paragraph with a topic sentence, two supporting sentences with two examples each and a closing sentence. There are two writing models; "Exercise and Eating Healthy" and "Think of Others". Each model has a graphic organizer to aid students in deconstructing the paragraph. This process helps students to intuit the structure of an opinion paragraph. It draws special attention to a six-step writing process; brainstorm, draft, share, edit, revise and publish. There is a checklist to aid students in monitoring their progress through a writing process. The workbook is printed on loose leaf notebook style paper. Two pages of some pages are provided to account for US/UK spelling variations. __________

Fantastic Mr. Fox Workbook has "comic style" worksheets and novel study activities for the story by Roald Dahl. There is a cover page with a background knowledge activity, vocabulary activities (5 pages), comprehension activities (5 pages) and creative activities (2 pages). There are twenty pages including answer key. The creative activities are; Creating a Newspaper Designing an Underground Home A blank questions page and blank vocabulary page are included so you can write in your own content. An answer key is provided for most pages. Clipart is intentionally absent from this workbook. It is designed so students can add their own artwork. __________ Fantastic Mr. Fox Comic Style Workbook by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Ant by Rebecca Stefoff as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.2. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, a KWL chart, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing activity, a main idea/supporting details activity, a synonym activity, an antonym activity, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, a cloze reading activity, an informational reading activity "Insect or Arachnid", and a categorizing and classifying activity. (13 pages of activities) Revised Jan 2015 __________

Common Core aligned worksheets to supplement The Lost and Found as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 3.1. Included are: two vocabulary activities which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions with a focus on higher order thinking skills and creativity, a sequencing review, a sequencing activity ,a summarizing activity, an adventure story map, a getting the details crossword puzzle, and an informational reading extension about Giant Squid. (12 pages of activities) An answer key is included.

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing activity, a summarizing activity, two compare and contrast activities, a vocabulary puzzles and an informational reading extension; Ants versus Grasshoppers. (16 pages of activities) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Henry and Mudge Sequencing and Summarize sentence strips activity and poster. An answer key is included. Created Sept 2015

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Big Bushy Mustache as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a problem solving activity, a sequencing and summarizing activity, a main idea activity, a vocabulary puzzle, an informational reading extension; Cinco de Mayo and a template for a self-portrait activity. (16 pages of activities) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Big Bushy Mustache Sequencing and Summarizing sentence strips activity and poster. Revised Jan 2016

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement A Trip to the Firehouse as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a KWL chart, a sequencing activity, a summarizing activity, a main idea and details activity, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, a fire safety poster activity, and a firefighter comic activity. A suggested resources page is also provided. (12 pages of activities) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: A Trip to the Firehouse Sequencing and Summarizing sentence strips activity and poster. Revised Jan 2016

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing activity, a summarizing activity, two categorizing and classifying activities, a vocabulary puzzle and an informational reading extension; Different Kinds of Animals. (15 pages of activities) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? Sequencing and Summarize sentence strips activity and poster. An answer key is included. Created Sept 2015

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett as published in Houghton Mifflin Reading 2.1. Common core aligned activities include: two vocabulary activities (6 words each) which focus on using a combination of dictionary skills and context clues, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, two KWL charts, two fact and opinion activities, a vocabulary puzzle and an informational reading extension; Urban Forest Creatures. Two additional publishing sheets are included for creative activities. (13 pages of activities) An answer key is included. Created Sept 2015

Uniquely designed KIM Charts in portrait and landscape. Great for your student's vocabulary development. Purpose: Identify and explain word meaning the meaning of key words and concepts; create visual representation of words and learn new words. The KIM chart is a simple strategy for teaching vocabulary words and new concepts. A KIM chart has three columns: K-Key Word or Concept I- Definition of the word or information that matches the key idea M-Memory clue, a picture or visual representation of the concept _________ These uniquely designed graphic organisers are licensed for use in your classrooms, home schools, sewing circles and revolutionary enclaves etc., (^_^) __________ They are not for commercial use or redistribution but feel free to leave me message on TPT should you have a request. KIM Chart Set by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License __________ Source: Literacy for Learning: A Handbook of Content-Area Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers by Berry, Gregory, Ed.D pg. 264.

Adventure story map focuses students attention on the unique characteristics of an adventure narrative. The concepts are hero/heroine, a difficult journey, challenges a final challenge and character transformation are addressed in this graphic organizer. Please take the time to review and to follow my store on TES. (^_^) I also have a blog where you can get other freebies from time to time. ThinkingLearningCreating.com ____________________ Adventure Story Map by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.