Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Thunder Cake 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, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing and summarizing activity, a story map, a vocabulary puzzle, and a write a sense poem creative activity. (15 pages of activities) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Thunder Cake Sequence and Summarize sentence strips activity and poster. The answer key will be completed and uploaded later. Until then the price is discounted to $4 from the usual $5. Created Mar 2016

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.

Common Core aligned worksheets and activities for The Legend of the Persian Carpet by Tomie dePaola as published in Scholastic Literacy Place. 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 and creative activities, a story map, three cause and effect activities, a sequencing activity, a complex sentences activity and a vocabulary crossword puzzle. (12 pages) Created Aug 2015

Common Core aligned worksheets and activities for Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie W. Sharmat as published in Scholastic Literacy Place. Common core aligned activities 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 and creative activities, a story map, a fact versus opinion activity, two vocabulary puzzles and an informational reading extension. (10 pages of activities) Created Aug 2015

Common Core aligned worksheets and activities for Dragon in the Rocks by Marie Day as published in Scholastic Literacy Place. 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 and creative activities, a story map, a sequencing activity, a summarizing activity, a nouns and adjective activity, a creating similes activity, two vocabulary puzzles and a Fossil reading extension with questions. (12 pages of activities) Created Aug 2015

D'nealian style animal themed ABC posters designed for all elementary grade levels. The posters have both a print and cursive example. Photographs, rather than clip art, add a bit of realism so these are especially nice for slightly older English language learners. Best of all there are no chevrons, polka dots, stripes nor bubble headed stick figures anywhere on these posters. (Not that there is anything wrong with that) (^_^) Designed in A4 size but can be printed half or a quarter that by adjusting your printer settings. __________ ABC Animal Posters by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Zaner Bloser style animal themed ABC posters designed for all elementary grade levels. The posters have both a print and cursive example. Photographs, rather than clip art, add a bit of realism so these are especially nice for slightly older English language learners. Best of all there are no chevrons, polka dots, stripes nor bubble headed stick figures anywhere on these posters. (Not that there is anything wrong with that) (^_^) Designed in A4 size but can be printed half or a quarter that by adjusting your printer settings. __________ ABC Animal Posters by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A uniquely designed set of ten reader responses for short fiction. This is great to have in your reading center or to use as individual worksheets for short fiction. The booklet includes; ▢ Choose your Activity Checklist ▢ Design a Book Cover ▢ Create a Character Sketch ▢ Draw and Describe the Setting ▢ Map the Story ▢ Sequence the Story ▢ Summarise the Story ▢ Email the Author ▢ Create What Happens Next ▢ Write an Alternate Ending ▢ Review the Story __________

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Brothers and Sisters 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, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a making generalizations review and activity, a writing an opinion paragraph mini-lesson, a vocabulary puzzle, and a create a family tree activity with multiple templates to reflect different family structures and terminology. (15 pages of activities) The preview provides a good overview so take a look. (^_^) The answer key will be completed and uploaded later. Until then the price is discounted to $4 from the usual $5. Created Mar 2016

Common core aligned worksheets to supplement Carousel 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, ten comprehension questions/activities with a focus on Bloom's Taxonomy, a sequencing and summarizing activity, a making inferences review and practice activity, a making judgements activity, a vocabulary puzzle, and a create a carousel animal creative activity. (15 pages of activities) Included in this purchase is a BONUS: Carousel Sequence and Summarize sentence strips activity and poster. The answer key will be completed and uploaded later. Until then the price is discounted to $4 from the usual $5. Created Mar 2016

The Magic Finger Workbook has "comic style" worksheets and novel study activities for the story by Roald Dahl. It includes; a cover page with a background knowledge activity, details activities for character and setting, vocabulary (2 pages), idioms (1 page), comprehension questions (3 pages), a comic creating activity and a crossword puzzle (with answer key). Also included is a blank questions and a blank vocabulary page so you can add you own content. Clipart is intentionally absent from this workbook. It is designed so students can add their own artwork. __________ The Magic Finger Comic Style Workbook by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Persuasive, Expository, Comparison and Contrast, Descriptive and Narrative writing are covered by this brightly coloured set of A4 landscape posters. Nine posters detailing the types of writing. Mentor texts are included with the posters making them great teaching tools. Poster headings include; Five Types of Writing What is an Essay? Persuasive Expository Comparison and Contrast Descriptive Narrative Fictional Narrative Non-fiction Narrative These look great when printed on photo quality paper. __________ Types of Writing Poster Pack by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Picture writing prompts are a great way to spark students' creativity. This set includes twenty humorous pictures (four per A4 sheet) that can be printed, cut and laminated for use in your writing workshop or in a center. There are two versions of each picture; one with "starter questions" on the back of the prompt to get students going. The other with a "starter sentence" written on the front of the prompt. Chose (or allow students to choose) which is best for them. A matching set of twenty loose leaf notebook paper style publishing papers with a black and white version of each visual writing prompt is also included. __________ Visual Writing Prompts (Funny) by Michael Allen Kelly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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 The Ballad of Mulan 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, a sequencing activity, three making inferences activities, two vocabulary puzzles and an informational reading extension about China. (12 pages of activities) An answer key is included.

Detail based multiple choice quizzes, a test and crossword puzzles for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This is a bundle to two resources available separately; Hatchet Quiz and Test Pack Hatchet Crossword Puzzle Pack HATCHET QUIZ AND TEST PACK Detail based multiple choice quizzes and a test for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Each quiz has ten multiple choice questions and a four question short summary section. The final quiz (test) has 20 multiple choice questions, a sequencing section, and a long answer question. The quizzes are not single answer multiple choice questions. Some of them have more than one answer so they are bit more difficult than usual multiple choice quizzes. The quizzes are for chapters 1 to 4, 5 to 8, 9 to 12, 13 to 16, and 17 to Epilogue. Answer keys are included. __________ HATCHET CROSSWORD PUZZLE PACK Detail and vocabulary based crossword puzzles for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This is a fantastic addition to your novel study. Works great as an activity to encourage students to read closely. Also great as an open book pop quiz. There are five puzzles one each for; Chapters 1 to 4 Chapters 5 to 8 Chapters 9 to 12 Chapters 13 to 16 Chapters 17 to Epilogue. The answers to the puzzles are single or multiple word answers. Answer keys are included. Combined in May 2016

The Enormous Crocodile Workbook has "comic style" worksheets and novel study activities for the story by Roald Dahl. There is a cover page with a prediction activity, comparative and superlative adjectives introduction, vocabulary with comparative and superlative adjectives practice, vocabulary with a focus on verbs, ten questions, a secret plan and clever trick comic creating activity and two puzzle pages. There are sixteen pages. An answer key is included. Also included is a blank question page and vocabulary page so you can add some content of your own. Clipart is intentionally absent from this workbook. It is designed so students can add their own artwork. __________ The Enormous Crocodile 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 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.