5 Spelling Choice Boards: Differentiated spelling activities to meet the learning styles of your upper elementary an middle school students. I have included 5 different choice boards. Each board contains 25 choices. There are repeated activities on each board, but each board has unique choices. There are more than 60 different activities, including some you may have never seen before. You can use these Choice boards as a differentiation menu of homework or classwork activities for students to choose from. You can set your requirements any way you like. These boards will work for any length of list. I currently have students in 20, 15, and 8 word lists in my 4th grade class. These boards will work for any of my lists. The boards include a variety of activities that require memorization, grammar, writing, creativity, art, math, word study, etc. My students love the choices! The boards can be used over and over again. This product works best for grades 3-7.

First Day Jitters: Story questions based on the story First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. This activity is a 2 page worksheet with questions that include the following skills: •author and illustrator •main character •point of view •multiple meaning words •locating details •answering questions in complete sentences This activity page works well for grades 3, 4, and 5 to review very basic skills at the beginning of the year and ease them into completing classwork again. This activity worked great for my 4th graders! Includes an answer key.

Shared Theme Activity. This literature activity is used with 2 stories that share the same theme. It can be used with any 2 stories that you choose. Students will identify the shared theme and answer a question that requires close analytic reading. Students must locate details in each story to support the theme. They will use this evidence to answer the question. This activity can be used with the whole group, for enrichment, or in a literature center. You can use stories in your anthology or picture books. I have used this activity in my own class to prepare for PARCC assessments. The students really benefited from this used in a guided activity. I selected 2 picture books with a shared theme to help teach this lesson. The lesson was super!

Measuring lesson to supplement the Leo Lionni story book Inch by Inch that includes a read aloud, discussion, and hands on measurement. Students will measure using inches, centimeters, and millimeters. This activity combines literature, math, and science. My students loved this simple, yet engaging lesson to review measurement. You will find the needed materials easily in your home or classroom- no need to buy a thing!

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: Literature Center contains 3 literacy activities for the book by William Steig including student and teacher friendly activities. The center is easy to assemble and follow. This product includes: •Center poster/signs •Student directions •Teacher notes •Writing activity- students write about a favorite collection •Reading comprehension- Cause and Effect cut & paste activity •Word work- Context clues task cards matching activity +record sheet This center was created for 3rd, 4th , and 5th grades.

Cherries and Cherry Pits: Literature Center contains 3 literacy activities for the book by Vera B. Williams including student and teacher friendly activities. This center is easy to assemble and follow. This product includes: •Center poster/signs •Student directions •Teacher notes •Explore the Setting Activity •Adjectives task cards matching activity + record sheet •Draw and Write creative writing activity •answer keys if applicable This center was created for 3rd and 4th grade. It will also benefit higher level 2nd grade students that need enrichment.

Summer Bucket List activity is a super FUN end of the school year writing craftivity! This craft includes writing cutting coloring art and assembly. The writing prompts ask students to finish statements about their big summer plans. This activity is easy and requires materials that all teachers have on hand in their classrooms. This is perfect for the last days of the school year to complete during reading, language arts, ELA time. The prompts will require students to make goals for making summertime the best it can be.

Character Activities: These activities can be used with any fiction story you choose that contains characters. Students can choose a character from a story, describe the character using adjectives, complete a graphic organizer that requires students to locate text evidence, and locate details to support and answer a question that requires close analytic reading. There is also a Venn diagram comparison included that can be used to compare any 2 characters in a story. These activities can be used in a whole group classroom lesson, for enrichment, or in a literature center. You can use stories in your anthology, novels, or picture books. I have used this activity in my own class to teach character traits, supplement my anthology stories, and prepare for PARCC assessments. The students really benefited from this used in a guided activity. Made for upper elementary and middle school levels.

Goggles: Literature Center contains 3 literacy activities for the book by Ezra Jack Keats including student and teacher friendly activities. The center is easy to assemble and follow. This product includes: •Center poster/signs •Student directions •Teacher notes •Reading comprehension-Sequence Summary, cut & paste •Word work- Verbs, task cards matching activity + record sheet •Setting- Drawing, mapping, writing This center was created for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.

This packet of writing assignment activities includes writing prompts for students to write essays, work through the writing process, or answer prose constructed response questions/prompts (PCR) about Martin Luther King Jr. This packet can be used to compliment an upper elementary or early middle school reading or social studies unit on MLK. The writing prompts focus on Martin’s character traits or his challenges/hardships he faced. The prompts help students to practice a research simulation activity. There are prompts that can be used if students are reading multiple sources on MLK or if they are only reading one story about him. My prompts use wording that is very similar to what you will find on the PARCC assessment and other Common Core materials. You decide if you want to make the assignment a 1 sitting response to a PCR prompt, a one-time writing of an essay, or work through the entire writing process. You can use this packet to teach the way you want and in the time frame you have. This packet includes everything you need to teach a quality Common Core writing lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. The packet includes CCSS standards, teacher notes, possible resources to use, lots of graphic organizer choices, anchor charts, and rubrics. 1 Cover Page 2 Table of Contents 3-5 Teacher Notes 6 CCSS Standards 7-8 Resource List 9-23 Writing Prompts and Papers 24-25 Gathering Evidence 26-27 Brainstorm 28 Gather Ideas 29-30 Writing Organizers 31 Character Traits 32 Helpful Writing Words 33 The Writing Process 34 Proofreading Checklist 35 How to Answer a PCR Prompt 36-39 Rubrics 40 Credits Total Pages 40

Narrative Writing: Donuts! Treat your students to a yummy iced donut while they write! Students will choose from 24 donut themed writing prompts to get their ideas flowing. They will write a narrative story using a graphic organizer and anchor charts. My students LOVED this activity! I introduced the lesson by reading a fiction book involving donuts titled "Who Needs Donuts?" by Mark Alan Stamaty. Then, as they began to work, I brought a tray of donuts out from the back of the room for them to eat while writing. They had so much fun! I had fun too because I ate a donut along with them! This narrative writing activity includes: 13 page download includes: 24 writing prompts Lesson introduction/list of narrative writing components Narrative Story graphic organizer Hooks Proofreading Checklist The Writing Process chart Helpful Writing Words Chart Stationery Narrative Writing Rubric This activity will be a great supplement to the following books: Who Needs Donuts by Mark Alan Stamaty The Donut Diaries by Dermot Milligan Homer Price by Robert McClosky Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller Doughnuts for a Dragon by Adam Guillain The Fake Donut by Evelyn Chedekel The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond If You Give a Dog a Donut by Felicia Bond Leo's Lost Donut by Sophie Corrigan The Case of the Missing Donut by Alison McGhee The Doughnut Tree by Astrid Yrigollen

Picture book activities designed specifically for the Caldecott winning book “Extra Yarn” by Mac Barnett. This unit includes 18 comprehension, vocabulary, and language activities to create a guided reading group, weekly whole group unit, individual book study, enrichment lesson, or learning center. It would also work great for substitutes and includes answer keys! My units stand out for their high quality and rigorous lessons to help support the CCSS and state curriculums. This unit includes the following activities: 1. Story Map + answer key 2. Story Questions + answer key 3. Vocabulary Word Cards 4. Vocabulary Words Chart + answer key 5. Vocabulary Practice + answer key 6. Vocabulary Discussion Cards 7. Vocabulary Practice 8. Close Reading Questions 9. Guided Close Reading Questions + answers 10. Journal Prompts 11. Point of View 12. Proofreading Sentences 13. Compound Words 14. Parts of Speech 15. Contractions 16. Summary/Sequencing 17. Genre- Realistic or Fantasy 18. Theme Comparison w/ The Quiltmaker’s Gift 19. Theme Comparison w/ Miss Rumphius 20. Coloring Activity