A set of 16 picture books read alouds for the month of March to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes books related to St. Patrick’s Day. QR codes can be used with iPads, iPods, Smartphones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Enjoy:) Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through the video.link filter. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or search YouTube. Make sure that your school does not block Youtube or these codes won’t work. Sometimes Youtube videos are taken down and the links stop working. If this happens please let me know and I will fix them and re-submit a new copy that you can re-download this product for no charge.

A set of 32 Fairy Tale picture books read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. All codes are run through a safe filter called video.link so that students can only see the intended read aloud on YouTube. They will not be able to search through YouTube or see anything else on YouTube. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes Fairy Tales and Fractured Fairy Tales that include QR codes that can be used with iPads, iPods, Smart phones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. A Fairy Tale anchor chart is also included. These were designed to use with a Fairy Tale unit. Great to use to compare and contrast Fairy Tales. Enjoy:) Please make sure that if your codes are not working at school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Sometimes Youtube videos are taken down and the links stop working. If this happens please let me know and I will fix them and re-submit a new copy that you can re-download this product for no charge. Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through a safe filter called video.link. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or search YouTube.

A set of 28 Christmas picture books read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books, or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes Christmas read alouds that include QR codes that can be used with iPads, iPods, Smartphones, Android devices, or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Enjoy:) Please make sure that if your codes are not working at your school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Also, from time to time Youtube videos are taken down, which will prevent the code from working properly. If you find a code that is not working please let me know and I will change it and send you a new copy:) Directions: Print on card stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App Store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through video.link. These sites only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or search YouTube.

A set of 28 Back To School picture books read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes books related to back to school and social skills that include QR codes that can be used with iPads, iPods, Smart phones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Please make sure that if your codes are not working at school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Sometimes Youtube videos are taken down and the links stop working. If this happens please let me know and I will fix them and re-submit a new copy that you can re-download this product for no charge. Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open Your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through the video.link filter. This site only allows your Students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or Search YouTube.

A set of 32 social skills picture books read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes social skills read alouds that include QR codes that can be used with iPads, iPods, Smart phones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Enjoy:) Please make sure that if your codes are not working at your school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Also, sometimes Youtube videos get taken down so please let me know if any code is not working and I will change it and send you a new copy. Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through the video.link filter. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or search YouTube.

A set of 30 February themed picture book read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books, or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes February read-alouds that would be great to use with Valentine’s Day, Dental Health Month, and Black History Month. These QR codes can be used with iPads, iPods, Smartphones, Android devices, or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Please make sure that if your codes are not working at your school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Also, some Youtube videos get taken down so please let me know if any code is not working and I will gladly change the codes and send you a new copy. Directions: Print on card stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App Store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through video.link. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links, or search YouTube.

A set of 28 picture books read alouds for the month of November, during Harvest or the autumn season to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books, or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes books related to Thanksgiving, turkeys, and pilgrims. QR codes can be used with iPads, iPods, Smartphones, Android devices, or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Enjoy:) Directions: Print on card stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App Store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through video.link. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links, or search YouTube. Make sure that your school does not block Youtube or these codes won’t work. Sometimes Youtube videos are taken down and the links stop working. If this happens please let me know and I will fix them and re-submit a new copy that you can re-download this product for no charge.

A set of 32 Halloween picture books read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes Halloween books that include QR codes that can be used with iPads, iPods, Smart phones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Please make sure that YouTube is not blocked at your school. Sometimes Youtube videos are taken down and the links stop working. If this happens please let me know and I will fix them and re-submit a new copy that you can re-download this product for no charge. Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open Your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through View Pure. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or search YouTube.

A set of 28 January (snow themed) picture books read alouds to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes January read alouds that include QR codes that can be used with iPads, iPods, Smart phones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Enjoy:) Please make sure that if your codes are not working at your school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Also, some Youtube videos get taken down so please let me know if any code is not working and I will change it and send you a new copy. Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR Code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through the video.link filter. This only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or search YouTube.

A set of 28 picture books read alouds for the month of April to use during your Daily 5 listen to reading station, to tape on matching books or to send home for extra student resources. These are also great to use when students finish their work early. This set includes books related to April Fool’s Day, Easter, Spring and Earth Day. QR codes can be used with iPads, iPods, Smartphones, Android devices or any tablet that a QR scanner can be downloaded on. Enjoy:) Please make sure that if your codes are not working at school that you check with your IT person to make sure that Youtube is not blocked at your school. Sometimes Youtube videos are taken down and the links stop working. If this happens please let me know and I will fix them and re-submit a new copy that you can re-download this product for no charge. All links have been run through the video.link filter so that students can only access each individual video on Youtube. It also eliminates ads, pop-ups and won’t allow students to surf YouTube. Directions: Print on card-stock and laminate for a center activity or cut and tape on to the matching book. Make sure that you have a QR code reader that takes you directly to the site. (I like QR reader for iPad or Scan- both free in the App store or Google Play store). Open your QR scanner and hover over the code. The reading will begin. All YouTube videos are run through video.link. This site only allows your students to see the book. They are not able to click on ads, links or Search YouTube.

The Secret Service Agents: Secret Acts Of Kindness PBL is a project-based learning opportunity where students become secret service agents who complete random acts of kindness at home, school and throughout the community. Students are given a TOP SECRET envelope that includes their missions. Task #1: Setting up and stuffing student envelopes (including envelope tags, RAK bingo, 7-day kindness challenge, mission reflection forms and Secret Agent badges) Task #2: Intro: Hype It Up! and Student TOP SECRET 7 day kindness challenge, RAK ideas, TOP SECRET RAK brainstorming, and Mission Reflection Forms Task #3: 7 Kindness Vocabulary Posters and Recording Forms Task #4: Classroom Kindness Agents Project (Tag, You’re It! Tags, Classroom Kindness Brainstorm, Classroom Kindness Ideas) Task #5: Community Kindness Agents Project (Community Kindness Brainstorm, Community Helper Ideas, Community Helper Kindness Ideas, Community Helper Project Task #6: Kindness Narrative and Random Acts Of Kindness Award

Student Debate News Segment PBL This resource is one news segment of my student run newscast Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets. This segment focuses on opinion and persuasive writing, reading informational texts using textural evidence, debate, research and the Universal Constructs. This resource is complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each job is centered around completing tasks that when put together, create a complete news segment. Students choose a question/topic with their partner but work through their jobs individually. All jobs, when put together, create a debate news segment. Each segment is centered around engaging tasks that give students a voice and choice in their investigations that are highly engaging and motivating! Project Description: Debate is designed to teach students about the importance of a good debate. Students are required to create persuasive speeches related to a controversial topic of their choosing. Students will develop and defend their opinion with facts while preparing for arguments from the opposing view. Students will learn that there are always two sides to every story. In this project, students work with a partner to engage in investigations on a topic of their choice. They will choose a topic together to debate against their partner. Each partner chooses an opposing position and will conduct research using facts to back up their claims. Both students will build a strong argument using facts, protect their claim and develop possible counterclaims and rebuttals. Both partners will present in a debate fashion. This project may be completed in a few weeks with a focus on a specific issue, or may be spread out across a semester or entire school year to using multiple issues.

Project Description: Check out our final Math Is Everywhere News Segment All too often math is seen as a subject that is in a world of it’s own, taught in isolation with little to no real world connection. Math is all around us. Often we don’t realize it. This project focuses on how the math skills that the students are learning in their everyday math instruction are used in the real world. Math can help us shop wisely, read maps, plan travel, buy the right car, keep us healthy, excel in sports and follow our dreams. In this project, students engage in investigations on a topic of their choice of how the math skills they are learning in the classroom are used in real life. They work to complete individual tasks as well as work together as a group to collect data and research the real world application of how math is used in our community, nation and across the world. Students reflect and engage in conversations about different jobs that require a specific math skill and how knowing the math skill helps within that job. They work to find specific real world examples of how math is used in life. This project may be completed in a few weeks with a focus on a specific math skills, or may be spread out across a semester or entire school year to capture more real world examples of how math is used in our world today. Final Product(s): Students use what they learn about how math is used around the world to create a print, digital or video to share with their class, school, community or the world. Each student completes a job that will become a section of the final presentation. Their jobs include a visual and written and spoken description related to math is everywhere. Students are required to use 2 sources, report facts, cite sources and will get their stories approved by the teacher before reporting. Considerations: •Students MUST keep their audience in mind in choosing stories to report on. If it doesn’t interest them, it won’t interest their audience. •This project focuses on answering the the following questions. •Why is this math skill important? •Why do we need to learn this? •When will I ever use this? •Where can I find a real world example? •How does this math skill help people in our community, throughout our nation and across the world? Type of Project: Simulation/ real student run News Program Driving Question: How does a newscast help us communicate with one another? How is math used in the real world? Tangible Outcomes: Student Newscast Segment: Math Is Everywhere Timeframe: This project is designed to take 2 weeks but may be extended over a longer time period) We produce a new broadcast every 2 weeks for the entire school year. Materials Needed: Video camera, laptops, PowerPoint, projector, tripod, iPad, lanyards, video creation tool such as iMovie, segment props. This can be adapted as an individual or group presentation.

I have been using the SRSD research-based strategies with my students and didn’t love their posters or graphic organizers so I created my own to use with teaching POW+TREE opinion writing and POW + TIDE informational writing. I created versions for both upper and lower elementary-aged and middle school students. Included in this resource: POW Superhero posters - 2 versions TIDE Posters- 5 versions POW + TIDE graphic organizers - 3 versions POW + TIDE Graph it- 1 version TREE Posters (TREE & TREE+LL) - 5 versions TREE Graphic Organizers (TREE, TREE+LL) 5 versions TREE vocabulary assessments (POW+TREE, TREE, TREE+LL) 5 versions TREE Graph It! ARMS revision strategy poster (student’s 1st read through of their writing) COPS editing strategy poster (student’s 2nd read through of their writing) Superhero SWAG strategy poster (student’s 3rd read through of their writing) ARMS, COPS & SWAG editing checklist

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This is a complete set of all of my listening centers. The students simply use a QR code reader app, scan the code and a Youtube video of the book reading begins. These are great to tape to the matching books or to use as a listening center. I like to use these during my Daily 5 rounds. All codes have been run through the video.link filter so students can only see the book they scan. It doesn’t allow them to surf Youtube or access any other video on Youtube. Back To School- 28 Books Halloween- 32 Books Thanksgiving/Autumn/Harvest- 28 Books Christmas- 28 Books January (Winter) - 28 Books February (Valentine’s Day/Black History/ Dental Health) -30 Books March (St. Patrick’s Day)- 16 Books April (April Fools/ Easter/ Spring/ Earth Day) -28 Books Social Skills- 32 Books Patriotic (Veteran’s Day/ Military/ Memorial Day)- 32 Books Fairy Tales- (Fractured Fairy Tales/ Cultural Fairy Tales) -32 Books President’s Day/Groundhog Day-20 Books