These are great lists of more advanced vocabulary words to help jazz up writing pieces. If you are trying to move your students away from primary words to a more sophisticated writing technique, these are the words to use in your classroom, They'd work great as handouts to put in Interactive Notebooks or for a Writing Center. Meets CCSS .ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts There are lists for: Compare/Contrast Words Sequence Words Conclusion Words Evidence Words

This is a handy Common Core aligned guide to help you complete a close reading activity with your students. I have included an article about tigers and all of the materials needed to conduct a close reading lesson. Included in this resource: 1. Introduction of how to complete a close reading lesson. 2. The Main Plan printable to help you and your students go through the close reading steps. 3. Tag it Up printable to help your students understand how to annotate the text. 4. 3 versions of the Terrific Tigers article for differentiation. (4th, 5th, and 6th grade levels) Lexile Levels and Word Counts can be found on each version. 5. Text Dependent Questions broken down for use after each reading, with a bonus extension writing activity and answer keys. 6. Graphic organizers for note taking, main idea, and context clues to be used with or in stead of the text questions.

This is a great Common Core aligned resource for general conflict and resolution work in middle school. There is a PowerPoint to introduce the terms, 7 types of Character vs. _______ conflicts and internal and external conflicts. There are also several graphic organizers that can be used with any book. In the PowerPoint: * Intro to the words conflict and resolution * Character vs. Character * Character vs. Fate/Gods * Character vs. Nature * Character vs. Self * Character vs. Society * Character vs. Supernatural * Character vs. Technology * Internal Conflict *External Conflict There are graphic organizers for: * Identifying types of conflict (3 levels for differentiation) * Listing all conflicts in a story * Weighing arguments to see which characters' is stronger * C.O.R.E./C.A.R.E. ( Conflict Obstacles Resolution Extend and Conflict Actions Resolution Explain) * Seeing how small problems lead to the major conflict

This is a complete Common Core aligned Close Reading Unit focusing on famous women. It will take about a month to complete the entire unit. There is no prep required and all are Common Core aligned. There are 10 articles, each with 3 levels of differentiation (grades 5, 6, and 7). Each article has a set of Key Ideas and Details Questions, Craft And Structure Questions, Integration of Ideas and Knowledge Questions and an extension question. There are 3 graphic organizers as well: Note Taking, Main Idea, and Context Clues. Included: 1. The Main Plan - how to use the articles in your classroom 2. Tag it Up - how to annotate texts 3. 10 articles with 3 levels of differentiation for each 4. All articles are based on famous women (Jane Goodall, Human Computers, Misty Copeland, Wilma Mankiller, Koko the Gorilla, Malala, Aung Sang Soo Kyi, Sonia Sotomayor, Sheryl Sandberg, Benazir Bhutto) 5. Key Ideas and Details Questions for each article 6. Craft and Structure Questions for each article 7. Integration of Ideas and Knowledge Questions for each article 8. Extension Question for each article 9. Note Taking graphic organizer 10. Main Idea graphic organizer 11. Context Clues graphic organizer 12. Answer Key for each article

These discussion questions are generic and work well with any novel. If you need questions that children in different groups can answer simultaneously or if you want students to choose their own discussion questions, these questions will work well for you. There are 65 different questions in 8 different categories: Characters – 19 questions Setting – 5 questions Connections – 14 questions Conflict – 4 questions Evaluation – 5 questions Visualizing – 9 questions Plot – 7 questions Questioning – 2 questions The questions combine various skills and mediums. They can be done with paper and pencil or on the computer.

These are all the form I use at the beginning of the year. Most of them are editable so you can personalize them for your classroom! They use primary colors or black and white and are more suitable for older kids as they use fewer clip art pictures. Editable Forms Include: 1. Meet the Teacher in red, yellow, blue, and black and white. You can edit your name, subject, classes, content and add a picture. 2. Supply List in color and black and white. You can edit the list. 3. Welcome to the Class Newsletter in red, blue, yellow, and black and white. You can edit the title and content. 4. All About Me student info sheet in color with multicultural boys or girls. Also in black and white with super hero boys or girls. You Can edit the title and categories for the kids to fill in. 5. Wishlist in list format or on small chalkboards to hang up on PTC or Back to School Night for parents or guardians to take with them. You can edit the lists. 6. Schedule - class or daily schedule on a chalkboard or red, yellow, and blue tables. You can edit the schedules. Non-Editable Pages Include: 1. Website Passwords 2. Parent/Guardian Contact Info

This is a handy guide to help you complete a close reading activity with your students. I have included an endangered animal article about elephants and all of the materials needed to conduct a close reading lesson. Included in this resource: 1. Introduction of how to complete a close reading lesson. 2. The Main Plan printable to help you and your students go through the close reading steps. 3. Tag it Up printable to help your students understand how to annotate the text. 4. 3 versions of the Exciting Elephants article for differentiation. (4th, 5th, and 6th grade levels) Lexile Levels and Word Counts can be found on each version. 5. Text Dependent Questions broken down for use after each reading, with a bonus extension writing activity and answer keys. 6. Graphic organizers for note taking, main idea, and context clues to be used with or in stead of the text questions.