A double-sided worksheet for Skylark that tri-folds into a pamphlet. It includes; an illustration section, two different vocabulary practices, a making inferences activity or a letter writing activity (teacher choice), comprehension questions, an effects of a drought activity and a 5 star review/recommendation section. An instruction page and answer key are included. Created April 2016

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

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.

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.

Write an acrostic poem, create a post card and solve a crossword after reading or listening to the picture story book, "On a Beam of Light" by Jennifer Berne. The template makes it easy for students to create an acrostic poem. There are two versions one for Albert and a second for Einstein. The post card template has a space for writing a short letter, writing an address (optional) and/or drawing an illustration for the back. The crossword is a little difficult but not too much I think. I'd love to do more of these for free but I need your help. Provide a bit of feedback and follow my shop and I'll be motivated to do more!! (^_^) "On a Beam of Light" by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky is a beautifully illustrated whimsical account of the life and accomplishments of Albert Einstein. Read a full review at ThinkingLearningCreating.Com Follow my shop on TES. (^_^) Visit me at Thinking, Learning, Creating