Greek and Latin Roots Task Cards | Distance Learning | Google Slides and Forms
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These task cards are perfect for a literacy center, small group activities, or as a review. Each task card contains a short paragraph or question using words with Greek and Latin Roots.
This resource includes 36 task cards for Greek and Latin Roots
36 Task Cards Greek and Latin Roots
Context Clues – based
Grades 4-6
Available in Color & Black and White
Standards Addressed:
4th Grade: L.4.4.BUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph)
5th Grade: L.5.4.BUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
6th Grade: L.6.4.BUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
I hope you enjoy this resource as much as we did! As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please email me at help@theliteracyloft.com.
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Get your students excited about opinion writing! This complete opinion writing unit includes daily lesson plans, notebook charts, mentor texts and more. This unit takes your students through the whole writing process. Students will begin with getting ideas and end with a published piece of opinion writing. The opinion writing lessons included can be used in two ways:
This opinion essay unit provides basic opinion writing teaching points and resources based on the Common Core Writing Standards for Grades 3-5. The lesson plans are divided into three parts:
1. Basic Teaching Points: Lessons that can be carried from writing a self-selected opinion piece to writing in response to text. These begin with generating ideas and end with a published piece of opinion writing.
2. Bonus (mini) Mini Lessons: Lessons to be used in small group, conferring, or whole group depending on the needs of your students.
3. Writing in Response to Text: Lessons to be used when writing in response to text or a prompt
This unit provides topic ideas and resources for any opinion piece. You could use a text as a basis for the opinion piece or use this unit to simply kick off opinion writing in your classroom. The writing lessons do not need to be taught in the exact order. Also, some of the teaching points you could use as small group lessons if you find that only some of your students need the lesson.
✏️Writing Minilessons:
The minilessons can be skipped, moved around, modified as needed based on your students' needs.
Study a Mentor Text
Getting Ideas
Collect Entries
Writers rehearse
Reasons and Evidence
Structure of Opinion Writing
Make a Plan Using Boxes & Bullets
Using Transition Words
Hook the Reader (Opinion Statement)
Reason Paragraph (Planner to Paragraph)
Precise Word Choice
Expert Words (Domain-Specific Vocabulary)
Elaboration
Craft a Conclusion
Revise: Eliminate Unnecessary Words
Edit
Polish & Publish
Bonus Minilessons
18. Strong, Bold Thesis Statements
19. Addressing the Audience's Concerns
20. Address Counterclaims
21. When, Why, How to Use Transitional Words and Phrases
22. Choosing Convincing Reasons
23. Endings: Restate Opinion + Call to Action
24. Strong Evidence
25. Color Code the Text to Identify the parts of an essay
26. Using repetition
Writing in Response to Text
27. Unpack the Prompt
28. Close Read a Text to Collect Evidence
29. Use Charts and Text Features as Evidence
30. What Makes Strong Evidence?
31. Citing Text Evidence
✏️ PowerPoint:
For each lesson above, PowerPoint slides are included that can be used to model and teach the lesson.
✏️Notebook Charts/Binder Charts for Students (see full list below):
For each lesson, a notebook chart is included to support student learning.
✏️ More Writing Resources Included:
Rubrics & Checklists
Graphic Organizers
Mini Word Wall
Reasons + Evidence Sort
Teacher Example Essay + Planning
Mentor Text Recommendations
Publishing Paper
✏️ Writing Notebook Anchor Charts
The anchor charts included in this product are meant for students to have anchor charts at their fingertips in their Writer’s Notebooks. I don’t know about you, but wall space is always an issue in my classroom. Not only that but storing and keeping track of large chart paper can sometimes stretch our organizational skills to the limits! I have found one of the best ways to support my students is to treat their notebooks like a tool in which they can find the strategies and skills taught whenever they need it. In this way, what we teach our students is not just a one-day occurrence, but they have a “forever tool.”
Characteristics of Opinion Writing
Writing an Opinion Essay
Topic Ideas for an Opinion Essay
Getting Ideas for an Opinion Essay
Debatable Topics
Opinion Vocabulary
Reasons vs. Evidence Sort
Opinion Writing Structure (2 Reasons)
Opinion Writing Structure (3 Reasons)
Transition Words for Opinion Writing
Transition Words from Pig Parade Mentor Text
The Hook
Paragraphs with Purpose
Color Code Your Text
Word Choice
Opinion Sentence Stems
Writers Use Expert Words
Transitional Phrases for Evidence & Elaboration
Crafting a Conclusion
Instead of Says
Using Text Evidence
Quoting or Paraphrasing the Text
Using Quotations from a Text
Opinion Writers Checklist
Peer Editing
Thesis Statement for an Opinion Essay
Planning a Thesis Statement
Rebuttal, Response, & Counterclaims
Repeat Your Opinion
Close Reading Strategies
Writers Choose Strong Evidence
Consider Your Audience
Language & Tone to Validate Your Argument
Opinion Writing Editing Checklist
Solving Your Spelling Problems
Opinion Writer's Checklist
Sorting My Evidence
4 Square Graphic Organizer
Writers Celebrate 3-2-1 Style
Do you need opinion writing prompts and text sets to go with this unit?
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Enhance the math literacy in your classroom with a colorful Math Vocabulary Word Wall. This product includes math vocabulary for Grades 3-4 for the ENTIRE YEAR. Each colorful word card contains pictures and visual elements to help students gain a deeper understanding of math concepts as well as the definition for the word. This word wall is appropriate for grades 3-4.
This Vocabulary Card set will print on a half sheet page in a landscape format. To make these work in your classroom, you can simply print, put on a background such as construction paper or card stock (optional), laminate (recommended) and either post on your Math Word Wall, use for instruction, and/or stock as a resource in your Math Center. Additionally, there is a sign you can use to post as part of the display or as a label in your Math Center. The words are separated by Big Ideas for organizational purposes, although some may overlap. On the following page, you can see the Big Ideas and words contained in this set. Each section also contains a label for the big idea. This may be helpful when you store these when they are not in use or to organize in your math center.
This Math Word Wall is available for the following grade levels:
**If you are interested in this Math Word Wall in a FULL SIZE version, you can find itHERE!**
MATH TERMS INCLUDED: Place Value & Number Sense
add
difference
digit
odd
even
parentheses
order of operations
inverse operations
number line
pattern
pattern unit
term
Associative Property of Addition
addition
subtraction
addend
benchmark
period
place value
word form
expanded form
standard form
estimate
round
sum
compare
order
greater than
less than
tenth
hundredth
Identify Property of Addition
Commutative Property of Addition
counting number
Multiplication & Division
Zero Property of Multiplication
multiplication
division
multiply
divide
equal groups
rows
columns
tape diagram
bar diagram
bar model
array
compatible numbers
Identity Property of Multiplication
Associative Property of Multiplication
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Distributive Property of Multiplication
factor
product
partial product
regroup
related facts
inequality
multiple
quotient
fact family
expression
equation
divisible
formula
mental math
dividend
divisor
partial quotient
remainder
common factor
common multiple
prime
composite
known fact
partition
Fractions & Decimals
unit fraction
numerator
denominator
fraction
common denominator
benchmark fraction
decimal system
compose
decompose
equivalent
equivalent fractions
fraction greater than one
decimal
decimal point
simplest form
equivalent decimals
Measurement & Data
mile
perimeter
tally table
temperature
frequency table
square unit
area
unit square
scale
unit
time interval
hour
minute
second
elapsed time
data
A.M.
P.M.
analog clock
digital clock
pictograph
pie graph
line graph
bar graph
capacity
line plot
Celsius
Fahrenheit
fluid ounce
gallon
half gallon
liquid volume
ounce
pound
ton
variable
height
weight
length
width
yard
foot
grid
liter
milliliter
decimeter
millimeter
centimeter
calendar
inch
gram
kilogram
meter
kilometer
key
cup
mass
pint
quart
Geometry
line segment
acute angle
line
line of symmetry
obtuse angle
right angle
ray
intersecting lines
straight angle
parallel lines
perpendicular lines
line symmetry
polygon
counterclockwise
clockwise
quadrilateral
trapezoid
parallelogram
rhombus
rectangle
square
degree
protractor
vertex
closed shape
diagonal
octagon
endpoint
hexagon
pentagon
triangle
vertical
horizontal
point
plane
right triangle
obtuse triangle
acute triangle
equilateral triangle
scalene triangle
isosceles triangle
three-dimensional figure
two-dimensional figure
base
cube
pyramid
prism
square prism
rectangular prism
sphere
triangular prism
edge
face
congruent
attribute
cone
cylinder
composite figure
Add-on Words for 3rd Grade
fact family
related facts
perimeter with formula
area with formula
volume with formula
unknown
justify
groups of
tiling
half inch
quarter inch
properties
rhombi
** Add-Ons as of 06/09/23**
-half hour -quarter past
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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {October} | Distance Learning | Google Slides
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Pumpkins, spiders, and bats, oh my! This resource will take the spook out of reading! This morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.
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Monthly Text Sets (Bundle) Print + Google Slides/Forms
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What are monthly text sets?
The monthly text sets are two or more texts based on the same topic. Each monthly text set can be used for both reading and writing. The topic of each text set is high-engaging nonfiction topics. Each text set supports opinion or informational based writing in response to reading.
These pair perfectly with the following Writing Units:
Writing Prompt to be used with the texts in an essay format
Writing Plan Example
Teacher Example Essay (editable)
Teacher Example Essay in Google Doc
Differentiated for Grades 3-5
Standard Alignment in Google Sheets
What topics are included for each month? The topics included are thematically related to that month. However, the text sets can be used at any time of the year based on your needs.
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Each monthly packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:
sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings
Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.
Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.
⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️
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Please reach out if you have any questions or I can support you in any way.
This packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:
sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings
Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.
Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.
What’s included in this packet: ELA Finding Main Idea: Spiders Identify Relative Pronouns Use Relative Pronouns Use Relative Adverbs Writing: Creepy Creatures Nocturnal Animals Using Transition Words Progressive Verb Tenses Similes & Metaphors Writing: Candy Ban Comparing and Contrasting Owls Spidey Senses: Sensory Details Modal Auxiliaries Prefixes and Suffixes Writing: Party Planner! Context Clues Modal Auxiliaries II Character Traits & Feelings Text Structure: Bat Benefits Writing: Batty Point of View
Math Renaming Numbers Adding Whole Numbers Multiplication Comparison Comparison Problems Multiplying Tens, Hundreds, & Thousands Multiplication Mummies: 1d x 2d Numbers Multiplication Mummies: 1d x 3d Numbers Multiplication Mummies: 1d x 4d Numbers Multiplication Mummies: 2d x 2d Numbers Expressions and Products What’s the Rule? Multiples Division Magical Multiples Dividing with Remainders Dividing with Remainders II Pumpkin Patch Division: 3d ÷ 1d Numbers Pumpkin Patch Division II: 3d ÷ 1d Numbers Distributive Property Division Modeling Division
Social Studies/ Science/Health Major Native American Tribes The Navajo Sacagawea Mound Builders The Cherokee The Brave Warrior Tecumseh The Inuit Earth’s Rotation and Revolution Moon Phases Space and Technology People on the Moon Matter’s Physical Properties States of Matter Physical and Chemical Changes Magnets Self Compassion Time Management Active Listening Viruses Your Brain
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This is an informational newspaper style text fun to use around Thanksgiving. Included in this product are Bingo sheets which have questions from the entire newspaper. This activity can be used over a few days. Students read facts and information about the history of Thanksgiving from the newspaper and then write their answers in the bingo grid. The bingo grid comes in 26 different versions. Having each student use a different version of the answer grid will allow you to reinforce the content of the informational text by playing a game of bingo…possibly on the day before Thanksgiving break. The questions range from vocabulary, finding the main idea, using text features, as well as finding key details.
How to Play: The first page is an answer key, which can be used to play the game of bingo. Cut up each square, place in a Ziploc bag or container of your choice and call out questions. Students must answer the question correctly and have 5 in a row. Up, down, or diagonally.
We hope you enjoy this festive activity as much as we did!!! Please know that the information from the text has been gathered from various online reliable sources. Please see the resource list. There are some wonderful websites which might be a way to integrate more than one source and possibly have students write an informational essay OR just nice to wander through other information.
You might also enjoy these other Reading Comprehension Bingos:
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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {December} I Distance Learning I Google Slides
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This morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.
Save money by purchasing the growing bundle and get all future months of morning work:
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This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:
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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {November} | Distance Learning | Google Slides
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This morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.
Save money by purchasing the growing bundle and get all future months of morning work:
🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.
This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:
I hope this resource works for you! Please be sure to FOLLOW US so you get the email when the rest of this series comes out! As we continue to work on the rest of this series, we would love to hear what works for you. You can contact us at help@theliteracyloft.com with any questions, comments, or feedback.
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Text Structure Task Cards {Scientific Concepts} | Distance Learning | Google Slides and Forms
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Why you and your students will LOVE this product...
Are you struggling to fit it all in? As an intermediate teacher, this is my constant struggle. At a time when standardized testing can seem to dominate the curriculum, I am always trying to find a way to integrate Science and Social Studies into my ELA Block. My 4th graders love learning about Science and we can't seem to get enough of it throughout the year with such a heavy push for the Reading, Writing, and Math. My students also LOVE task cards because they are not simply another worksheet or passage with comprehension questions. They are short and quick to help them practice a skill. This resource marries these two loves and creates a cross-curricular activity. As a busy teacher, you get more bang for your buck! Science and Reading? Win-win.
These task cards are perfect for a literacy center, small group activities, or review. Each task card contains 2-3 sentences that uses the words in context.
What does this resource include?
*36 Text Structure Task Cardswith a short paragraph that explains a scientific concept. Students determine the text structure used in the paragraph
*Answer Sheet & Answer Key:The Answer Key provides the word that was used on the card as well as the answer.
*Text Structure Notebook Anchor Charts- Additionally, I have included 5 charts for students' notebooks for Text Structure. These charts come from my Reading Notebook Anchor Charts (Nonfiction) resource. Students can use the charts to help them identify the Text Structure.
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This mini-bundle of resources includes: Informational Writing Student/Peer Checklist Informational Writing Teacher Rubric for grading purposes (2 versions) Narrative Writing Student/Peer Checklist Narrative Writing Rubric for grading purposes (2 versions) Opinion Writing Student/Peer Checklist Opinion Writing Rubric for grading purposes (2 versions) Language Arts Short Response Rubric Character Feelings and Traits Notebook Charts Transitional Words and Phrases Notebook Chart Words We All Should Spell Correctly Chart Writing an Opinion Essay Chart Writer’s Celebrate! 3-2-1 Style
This product is one that I see myself continuously updating and adding new material. hope you enjoy and I would love to hear your feedback about this product! I am always open to ways I can improve my products:)
How to use the Checklists: The checklists are used to help students understand what is expected of them as they move through the writing process. In addition, the checklist requires them to reflect on themselves as a writer. In my classroom, I introduce the checklist shortly after we have started the unit so they can monitor themselves as we go along. As we move towards publishing our final draft, the “I’m done” declarations dwindle. I have found the checklist reiterates specific things students can work on as a writer. Furthermore, they are required to consult one another through peer editing and revising.
The Rubrics Reading and Writing grades are not so quick and easy anymore. Although I have the abstract mind of a Language Arts Teacher, when it comes time for grades and assessments- the “measurement” of my student’s progress can be a bit gray and I have struggled with giving my students’ a fair grade. The Writing rubrics included in this product are aligned to the checklists and allow you as the teacher to attach a grade to their final writing piece in an objective manner.
The Language Arts Short Response Rubric is a new one I am trying out this year and am very excited about!!! No longer are our assessments simply multiple choice-you got it or you don’t, a quick and easy grade. Questions and tasks are open-ended, which requires students’ to think more critically. In many standardized district or state assessments, students are required to respond to a task in an essay form AND ALSO a short response. As a teacher, assigning grades isn’t so easy anymore. I have often wondered how my classroom assessments are aligning to the district and state assessments as well as the standards overall. Alas, this product was born.
I don’t know about your students, but when my kiddos get a short response it is…definitely short!! They either answer in 2-3 words or a sentence or two that may or may not answer the question. No more! This rubric will help you get students in the habit of answering short responses in complete sentences and require them to efficiently and quickly reflect on their work. Because after all, it is a SHORT response I use these at least once a week with a question about the current text or Read Aloud we are using in the classroom. They respond in their Reading Response Journal (or Reading Notebook). An added bonus is that throughout the year you can watch your students grow and become not only better readers, but also better writers
The Charts Charts, charts, charts-I Love Charts. The problem is that we run out of wall space in our classrooms. I have found that students are sometimes more likely to use charts when they are at their fingertips- in their notebooks. I try to create the charts that they can continually refer to in their Reading and Writing work into half sheet versions they can simply glue into their notebooks. This product includes charts students can use in both Reading and Writing as well as a sample of charts found in the product My Opinion Matters!
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This packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:
sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings
Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.
Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.
⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️
What’s included in this packet: ELA Point of View Making an Inference Text Features Sentence or Fragment? Main Idea Hansel and Gretel Compound Sentences Run-On Sentences Spelling Patterns: -or, -ar Spelling Patterns: Soft G and Hard G Spelling Patterns: -al, -le Sequence Events Context Clues Simile or Metaphor? There, Their, or They’re? Reasons and Evidence Cause and Effect Author’s Opinion To, Too, or Two? What Really Happens at Santa’s Workshop..
Math Naming Fractions Equivalent Fractions Equivalent Fractions II Fractions on a Number Line Common Denominators Benchmark Fractions Benchmark Fractions II Factors and Multiples Candy Cane Arrays Peppermint Punch Gingerbread Division: Dividing Hundreds Gingerbread Division II: Dividing Thousands Reindeer Division: 3d ÷ 1d Reindeer Division II: 4d ÷ 1d North Pole Problems North Pole Problems II Holiday Treat Unknowns Decompose Fractions True or False? Merry Multiplication: 2d x 2d
Social Studies/Science/Health What is Energy? Types of Energy Light Energy Chemical Energy Electrical Energy Hydroelectric Energy Wind Energy Renewable Energy Types of Energy Sort What is Economics? Costs and Benefits Opportunity Cost Banks Supply and Demand Standing Up for a Friend Drinking Enough Water Protein Christmas Around the World Hanukkah Kwanzaa
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This resource is an engaging and effective way to integrate a fun fall twist into your Science curriculum. I created this resource to use in my 4th Grade classroom during our Physical Science Unit. We used pumpkins to discover, study, and discuss physical properties of matter. We then continued our study into physical vs. chemical changes. This investigation can last between 1-10 days (or more), depending on how you structure the activities.
We used small pumpkins to investigate the physical properties of the pumpkin. Students worked in groups of 2-4 to investigate size, mass, color, shape, texture, hardness, and density of the pumpkin.
We used a large class pumpkin to investigate physical vs. chemical changes. We also used the large pumpkin to discuss the physical properties of the inside of the pumpkin, such as smell.
What is included? *The Physical Properties of Matter {Notebook Chart} *Physical Properties of a Pumpkin {Notebook Recording Chart} *Physical vs. Chemical Changes {Notebook Chart} *Physical vs. Chemical Changes {Notebook Recording Chart} *See Think Wonder {Notebook Recording Page} *Rotting Pumpkin Observation Pages
Please see the preview for photos of how this might look in the classroom.
You might also LOVE these other 3rd-4th Grade Resources:
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If you find that any words you need are NOT included, please email me at help@theliteracyloft.com. I would be happy to add these words for you! :)
***This bundle has been updated as of 1/11/2016 with the new Opinion Writing Charts***
This bundle contains our Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Units. Click the links below or inside the preview to check out the individual units.
If these units do not include something particular you are looking for, please email us. We are always looking for ways to improve the quality of our products!
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Summer Learning Packet (4th Grade) Google Slides + Print
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This packet is a 20 day Summer Learning Packet for 4th Graders (soon-to-be 5th graders) to continue practicing reading, math, science, social studies skills over the summer.
This packet is filled with a variety of skills that your soon-to-be fifth graders can practice over the summer so that they are ready for the upcoming school year.
This packet includes 20 activities each for:
ELA
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Octopuses)
Compare & Contrast (Dolphins + Porpoises)
Literature Reading Comprehension: Ask and Answer Questions Literature (Pele)
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This resource includes 50 Reading Genre Posters for your Reading area, bulletin board, or anywhere you want to help your students identify and choose books of varying genres. The genre posters included are listed below.
Posters Included: Folktales Fairy Tales Mythology Tall Tales Fables Legends Nonfiction Historical Fiction Biography Autobiography Fantasy Realistic Fiction Science Fiction Comedy Humor Horror Scary Drama Poetry Mystery Sports Classics Adventure Graphic Novel Everybody Romance Dystopian Fiction Junior Fiction Animals Animal Story History Science Suspense Christian Christmas Holiday Caldecott Newbery Memoir Narrative Nonfiction Fractured Fairy Tale Nature Travel Expository Text Nature Travel Buddy Reads Inspirational Comics How-To Relationships Multicultural Technical/Procedural Text Genre (as a display header)
If you are looking for any posters that are not listed, please email us at help@theliteracyloft.com and we will be happy to add them for you.
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Math Key Words for Problem Solving {Notebook Anchor Chart}
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This notebook chart is a 4 Square Organizer filled with Key Words for each of the four basic operations.
This chart could be used in several ways:
Teach your students how to determine what operation the Math problem is asking them to do by looking for key words. I have my students BOX the Math words in every problem- this would include the key words as well as the numbers they will work with.
As a Poster in your Math Center to go with task cards or other Math activities.
Glue into Math Journals as a tool for students to use during Independent Practice.
Send home with parents as a helpful guide to assist their students with homework.
Use the blank charts to generate the list of words with your students at the beginning of the year.
I hope you find this resource helpful for you and your students! Please take the time to visit my store and leave feedback! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
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Please reach out if you have any questions or I can support you in any way. help@theliteracyloft.com
Who doesn't love snail mail? These Welcome Postcards are perfect to mail to your students when you get your class list. Your students will be so excited to get mail from their new teacher!
1. Edit the postcard to include your name and message on the mailing side. Or delete the text box if you want to hand write a message.
2. Copy back to back with your grade level.
3. Add a stamp and your students' addresses and you're all set!
The postcards include a cover for grades 1-6 and are editable using PowerPoint
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This packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:
sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings
Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.
Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.
⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️
What’s included in this packet: ELA Types of Sentences Spelling Patterns: /âr/ and /îr/ Theme Proverbs and Adages Coordination Conjunctions Nouns Spelling Patterns: /ûr/ Describing Events Synonyms Finding Evidence Personal Pronouns Silent Letters Firsthand vs. Secondhand Account Antonyms Find the Opinion Action Verbs Plurals Sequencing Academic Vocabulary Opinion Reasons
Math 2D Figures Lines, Rays, and Angles Types of Angles Naming Angles Classify Triangles I Naming Triangles I Naming Triangles II Types of Lines Line Plots Classify Triangles II Classify Triangles III Classify Triangles IV Factors Finding Factors Naming Quadrilaterals Classify Quadrilaterals Symmetry I Symmetry II Symmetry III Symmetry IV
Social Studies/Science/Health Industrial Revolution Steam Engine Katherine Johnson Dolores Huerta The Great Delano Grape Strike Rachel Carson Seed Drill Self-Control Strategies for Self-Control Self-Control Scenarios Building Self-Esteem Meditation Mindfulness Instinctive Behaviors Learned Behaviors Plant Behaviors How do Rainbows Form? Frog Life Cycle Bird Beaks Animal Adaptations
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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {August} | Distance Learning | Google Slides
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This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.
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This set contains 2 weeks of Camping-Themed morning work for the month of August. The morning work is focused on ELA 4th Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover those Language Standards as well as enhance Vocabulary and Comprehension skills.
Meaningful Monday: Monday is focused on making meaning. Tasks will focus on synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary words, context clues, and making meaning in a short amount of text. Some tasks may require students to make meaning in the text (inference, message, adages, proverbs, etc) or build vocabulary skills.
Text Structure Tuesday: Tuesdays will have a paragraph that requires students to identify the text structure, signal words, and a question or two related to main idea, author's perspective, or vocabulary.
Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include working with shades of meaning, homophones, or a short writing task using pictures or a word bank.
Throwback Thursday:Thursday is all about grammar usage and conventions.
Figurative Friday: Figurative Friday tasks include working with various types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, idioms, and more!
I created this resource after seeing success with the Math version in my 4th grade classroom that you can find HERE!
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This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:
I hope this resource works for you! Please be sure to FOLLOW US so you get the email when the rest of this series comes out! As we continue to work on the rest of this series, we would love to hear what works for you. You can contact us at help@theliteracyloft.com with any questions, comments, or feedback.
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Comic Strip Book Response
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This resource is a fun and interactive way to have your students respond to a book they have read. You might use this after finishing a Read Aloud or when students finish their Book Club or Independent Reading Book. This resource leaves a lot of room for creativity and individual response. I used this project in my classroom after we finished the book The Landry News by Andrew Clements. Students used their Reader’s Response Journal to take notes throughout the book. Once we finished the book, students jotted ideas in their notebooks about which characters changed (how and why). The theme charts included in this product are charts my students keep in their Reader’s Response Journals. You can find more charts like this here. These charts were especially helpful in planning for this project.
Students used their notes (although you could do this any way that works for you:) ) to answer the questions. Then, they created a rough draft sketch of their comic strip. Finally, students illustrated a colorful comic strip demonstrating their understanding of the text. This product lends itself to much creativity and is wonderful for an end of the year, keep-your-students-engaged activity! If you ever have any questions or concerns, please contact us at help@theliteracyloft.com.
Happy Reading!
Current Event Newspaper Assignment-What's the SCOOP? | Google Slides + Print
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Current Events are a nice way to integrate Social Studies, Reading, and Writing. Additionally, they are a wonderful way to keep your students connected to the community and world around them.
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This resource addresses the following Common Core State Standards:
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of the text.
This product includes:
What’s the Scoop? Directions, Rubric, and Checklist? This page gives the student directions for their assignment and then offers a checklist/rubric. In this way, students know exactly what is expected of them and how they will get their grade. This is also helpful for the teacher when grading the assignment.
What’s the Scoop? This part of the assignment requires students to find a newspaper article and then answer Who, What, When, Were, and Why questions based on the article.
The Author’s Craft This portion of the assignment requires students to think about the author’s perspective, angle, and word choice in the text/about the topic. Students will identify the author’s tone (positive, negative, neutral) and then give examples of the author’s word choice. Students will also identify two new words, give the sentence from the article that used the word, meaning of the word, and create a new sentence using the word.
Sum it Up! Students will use the article as well as the answers to the previous questions to write a summary of their article.
Story Elements {Posters + Bookmark}
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Keep your kids grounded in the basics!
This resource includes 5 Posters + a bookmark for the 5 Elements of a Story.
Story Element Posters: *Characters *Setting *Conflict *Theme *Plot
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This packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:
sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings
Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.
Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.
⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️
What’s included in this packet:
ELA
Strong Verbs Ordering Sentences Relative Pronouns Character Feelings Word Sort: Long i Spelling Patterns /ch & /tch Spelling Patterns th, sh, ph, wh Spelling Patterns spr, scr, str, shr Story Elements Bobbing for Homophones Making Inference Context Clues Describing Characters Parts of a Sentence Capitalization Rules Using Commas 4 Types of Sentences Dictionary Skills Main Idea Reading a Poem
Math Football Place Value Writing Numbers Football Rounding Reading Numbers Number Match Renaming Numbers Rounding Numbers Expanded Form Sum Apples SUMmore Apples Multi-Digit Subtraction Astounding Rounding Astounding Rounding II Expanded Form Comparing Numbers Ordering Numbers Rounding Numbers Value of a Number Apple Problems Football Problems
Social Studies/Science/Health Science Tools The right tool for the Job Science Skills Opinion, Inference or Evidence Making Observations Collecting Data Conducting an Experiment Labor Day September Patriot Day U.S. Territories Midwest Northeast Southeast Southwest West Eating Breakfast Food Allergies Healthy Lunches 5-Second Rule Drinking Water
🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.
Please reach out if you have any questions or I can support you in any way.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CC.RA.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
This product is a fun way to get your students excited about persuasive writing. Your students will write this piece from the point of view of an elf working in Santa’s Candy Cane factory. They are an elf who is put in charge of the factory when things take a turn for the worst. Your elves really want to keep their jobs (it is getting close to Christmas!)
This set includes the following items: - Teacher Lesson Outline - Student Scenario Page - Three Planning Pages - Transition Words Sheet (plain and holiday versions) - Hook Santa In Printable - Endings Printable - Two Letter Outline Printables
Multiplication Properties Posters
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Empower your students with #mathliteracy with the Properties of Multiplication. This resource includes posters for each of the 5 multiplication properties:
*Mix and Match Set (Navy, Lime Green, Orange, Teal, Pink) *Navy *Lime Green *Teal *Orange *Pink *Black
Looking for a different color? That's an easy fix! Email me at help@theliteracyloft.com.
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