🎃 October Resources

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1st Grade ELA Morning Work (October) | Google Slides

$5.75

*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

How can you cover a LOT of critical content in a LITTLE amount of time? This ELA morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 1st Grade Grammar, Phonics, and Reading Comprehension skills.

⭐️ BUNDLE + SAVE:
The monthly morning work is part of the following BUNDLES:

Would you like to try it before you buy it?
Click HERE to grab your FREE WEEK of 1st Grade ELA 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.

What is included?
This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning. The morning work is focused on ELA 1st Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover Phonics, Grammar, Language, and Vocabulary.

•Meaningful Monday: Monday is focused on making meaning. Tasks will focus on vocabulary and comprehension. At the beginning of the year, tasks will include drawing a picture to go with the sentence, matching words to pictures, write about the picture, real or nonsense words, and match the sentence to the picture. Some tasks may require students to make meaning in the text, word families, and build vocabulary.

•Take a Try Tuesday: Tuesdays lead to Text Structure Tuesday in the above grade levels. In 1st Grade, students will write about the text, write about the picture, complete the sentence, and move into comprehension questions and vocabulary as the year progresses.

•Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include phonics activities and word work.

•Throwback Thursday: Thursday is all about grammar usage and conventions.

•Fluency Friday: Friday is dedicated to building fluency. Students will work with sight words, complete cloze reading activities, and poetry activities. Students build fluency through poems, rhyming words, and repeated reading.

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-10 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

ELA Bundles

ELA Weekly Assessments

Math Bundles

Math Weekly Assessments

ELA + Math Bundles

Let’s connect!

Click here to shop the morning work and daily review for Grades 1-10

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.

-Jessica

1st Grade ELA Morning Work (October) | Google Slides

ELA Daily Review 7th Grade {October} | Google Slides and Forms

$5.75

*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES AND FORMS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

Hello, ELA! This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up at the beginning of your ELA block.

Each month contains 4-5 weeks of ELA bell work, which will have a theme around the season, national holidays, or events associated with that particular month. The morning work is focused on ELA 7th Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover language standards as well as enhance vocabulary and comprehension skills.

⭐️ BUNDLE + SAVE:
The monthly morning work is part of the following BUNDLES:

Each week follows a predictable and engaging structure:

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, main idea, author's perspective, or vocabulary, or any other question types related to the Craft and Structure standards.

Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include working with shades of meaning, homophones, spelling, prefixes, suffixes, roots, and other word skills.

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, poems, alliteration, structures of poems and more!

🛑 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.

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-10 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

ELA Bundles

ELA Weekly Assessments

Math Bundles

Math Weekly Assessments

ELA + Math Bundles

Let’s connect!

Click here to shop the morning work and daily review for Grades 1-10

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.

-Jessica

ELA Daily Review 7th Grade {October} | Google Slides and Forms

ELA Daily Review 8th Grade {October} | Google Slides and Forms

$5.75

*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES AND FORMS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

Hello, ELA! This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up at the beginning of your ELA block.

Each month contains 4-5 weeks of ELA bell work, which will have a theme around the season, national holidays, or events associated with that particular month. The morning work is focused on ELA 8th Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover language standards as well as enhance vocabulary and comprehension skills.

⭐️ BUNDLE + SAVE:
The monthly morning work is part of the following BUNDLES:

Each week follows a predictable and engaging structure:

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, main idea, author's perspective, or vocabulary, or any other question types related to the Craft and Structure standards.

Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include working with shades of meaning, homophones, spelling, prefixes, suffixes, roots, and other word skills.

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, poems, alliteration, structures of poems and more!

🛑 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.

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-10 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

ELA Bundles

ELA Weekly Assessments

Math Bundles

Math Weekly Assessments

ELA + Math Bundles

Let’s connect!

Click here to shop the morning work and daily review for Grades 1-10

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.

-Jessica

ELA Daily Review 8th Grade {October} | Google Slides and Forms

October 9th Grade ELA High School Reading Comprehension Spiral Review Grammar

$5.75

Imagine your 9th grade ELA students walking into their high school English class and getting right to their October daily review! Practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar through spiral review in print or digital resources! ✨ A specific theme for EACH day makes it quick and easy for you to set up a daily ELA routine! ✨

❤️ You will love this daily review because it:
✨ establishes an effective routine
✨ consistently covers critical content
✨ engages your students in a positive learning environment
✨ Short & Sweet, BUT Rigorous ✨

This daily review will help you consistently focus on critical content and build a routine for you and your students. Because the daily review is short and sweet but rigorous, it really maximizes those first few minutes so that you can set a peacefully productive tone for your class.

✅ This daily review includes:

4 weeks
5 daily themes
Printable PDFs
Google Slides
Google Forms
Answer Keys

⛅️ Daily Themes ⛅️
Daily themes help you consistently cover critical content AND keep your students engaged.

**✏️ Meaningful Monday:**
Monday focuses on determining meaning within texts, addressing vocabulary acquisition and use. Tasks will involve analyzing synonyms, antonyms, and context clues to determine word meanings in both literary and informational texts. Students will engage in making inferences, identifying central ideas, themes, and the meanings of adages and proverbs, while strengthening their vocabulary skills.
Standards Typically Addressed: L.9-10.4, RL.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2

**✏️ Text Structure Tuesday:**
Tuesdays are centered on understanding the craft and structure of texts. Students will analyze a paragraph, identifying its text structure (chronological, cause/effect, compare/contrast, etc.), using signal words as a guide. Tasks may include questions on the main idea, author's purpose and perspective, and vocabulary in context.
Standards Typically Addressed: RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.2, L9-10.4

**✏️ Wordy Wednesday:**
Wednesday focuses on deepening understanding of word relationships and nuances in meaning. Activities will include tasks such as analyzing shades of meaning, working with homophones, and applying knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Spelling and morphology will also be emphasized to enhance word recognition and comprehension.
Standards Typically Addressed: L.9-10.5, L.9-10.4

**✏️ Throwback Thursday:**
Thursday is dedicated to the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage. Students will review and apply grammar rules, focusing on sentence structure, punctuation, and syntax to ensure mastery of language conventions in their writing.
Standards Typically Addressed: L.9-10.1, L.9-10.2

**✏️ Figurative Friday:**
Fridays explore the use of figurative language and its impact on meaning and tone. Students will work with similes, metaphors, idioms, and alliteration, while also analyzing the structure of various poetic forms. Tasks will challenge students to interpret figurative language and consider its role in enriching text meaning.
Standards Typically Addressed: RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5

✅ Save money by purchasing the year long BUNDLE!

❤️ Here's what other teachers are saying about the morning work:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I LOVE the spiral review that this product provides for my students. The chunking of skills practice by each weekday makes the tasks seem manageable for struggling students. I am so glad I purchased this product!" - Ashley S.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This resource made my mornings go by so smooth. The kids knew what to do as soon as they entered the room.” - Brittani

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “As an experienced educator, I've come across numerous teacher resources, but few have impressed me as much as this one. This comprehensive toolkit is a game-changer for any teacher looking to enhance their classroom instruction.” - Ima

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-8 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

Click here to shop the morning work and daily review for Grades 1-8

Let’s connect!
The Literacy Loft Blog
The Literacy Loft on Instagram
The Literacy Loft on Pinterest
The Literacy Loft on Facebook

Email: help@theliteracyloft.com

October 9th Grade ELA High School Reading Comprehension Spiral Review Grammar

October 10th Grade ELA High School Reading Comprehension Spiral Review Grammar

$5.75

Imagine your 10th grade ELA students walking into their high school English class and getting right to their October daily review! Practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar through spiral review in print or digital resources! ✨ A specific theme for EACH day makes it quick and easy for you to set up a daily ELA routine! ✨

❤️ You will love this daily review because it:
✨ establishes an effective routine
✨ consistently covers critical content
✨ engages your students in a positive learning environment
✨ Short & Sweet, BUT Rigorous ✨

This daily review will help you consistently focus on critical content and build a routine for you and your students. Because the daily review is short and sweet but rigorous, it really maximizes those first few minutes so that you can set a peacefully productive tone for your class.

✅ This daily review includes:

4 weeks
5 daily themes
Printable PDFs
Google Slides
Google Forms
Answer Keys

(Pssst...need more than one month? Here's the link to buy the whole bundle and SAVE!)

⛅️ Daily Themes ⛅️
Daily themes help you consistently cover critical content AND keep your students engaged.

**✏️ Meaningful Monday:**
Monday focuses on determining meaning within texts, addressing vocabulary acquisition and use. Tasks will involve analyzing synonyms, antonyms, and context clues to determine word meanings in both literary and informational texts. Students will engage in making inferences, identifying central ideas, themes, and the meanings of adages and proverbs, while strengthening their vocabulary skills.
Standards Typically Addressed: L.9-10.4, RL.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2

**✏️ Text Structure Tuesday:**
Tuesdays are centered on understanding the craft and structure of texts. Students will analyze a paragraph, identifying its text structure (chronological, cause/effect, compare/contrast, etc.), using signal words as a guide. Tasks may include questions on the main idea, author's purpose and perspective, and vocabulary in context.
Standards Typically Addressed: RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.2, L9-10.4

**✏️ Wordy Wednesday:**
Wednesday focuses on deepening understanding of word relationships and nuances in meaning. Activities will include tasks such as analyzing shades of meaning, working with homophones, and applying knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Spelling and morphology will also be emphasized to enhance word recognition and comprehension.
Standards Typically Addressed: L.9-10.5, L.9-10.4

**✏️ Throwback Thursday:**
Thursday is dedicated to the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage. Students will review and apply grammar rules, focusing on sentence structure, punctuation, and syntax to ensure mastery of language conventions in their writing.
Standards Typically Addressed: L.9-10.1, L.9-10.2

**✏️ Figurative Friday:**
Fridays explore the use of figurative language and its impact on meaning and tone. Students will work with similes, metaphors, idioms, and alliteration, while also analyzing the structure of various poetic forms. Tasks will challenge students to interpret figurative language and consider its role in enriching text meaning.
Standards Typically Addressed: RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5

✅ Save money by purchasing the year long BUNDLE!

❤️ Here's what other teachers are saying about the morning work:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I LOVE the spiral review that this product provides for my students. The chunking of skills practice by each weekday makes the tasks seem manageable for struggling students. I am so glad I purchased this product!" - Ashley S.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This resource made my mornings go by so smooth. The kids knew what to do as soon as they entered the room.” - Brittani

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “As an experienced educator, I've come across numerous teacher resources, but few have impressed me as much as this one. This comprehensive toolkit is a game-changer for any teacher looking to enhance their classroom instruction.” - Ima

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-8 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

Click here to shop the morning work and daily review for Grades 1-8

Let’s connect!
The Literacy Loft Blog
The Literacy Loft on Instagram
The Literacy Loft on Pinterest
The Literacy Loft on Facebook

Email: help@theliteracyloft.com

October 10th Grade ELA High School Reading Comprehension Spiral Review Grammar

Math Morning Work 1st Grade {October} | Google Apps

$5.75

Imagine your 1st grade students walking in, grabbing their folder, and getting right to work on their math morning warm-up. This printable and digital morning work helps you build a consistent routine while reinforcing the foundational math skills your students need all year long.

Do your students tend to forget previously taught concepts? There are certain math skills our students need to review consistently (hello, fractions 🙋♀️). This daily spiral review helps you cover the most important 1st grade math standards in a short amount of time.

A specific math focus for EACH day makes it easy to build a predictable morning routine.

Why You’ll L❤️VE This Morning Work

✨ Establish a calm, consistent morning routine

✨ Focus on the most important 3rd grade math standards

✨ Build student independence + confidence

✨ Maximize those first 10 minutes of the day

✨ Use fewer copies (just 1 sheet per week!)

⭐️ BUNDLE + SAVE:
The monthly morning work is part of the following BUNDLES:

Short & Sweet, BUT Rigorous

This math morning work will help you consistently focus on critical content and build a routine for you and your students. Because the morning work is short and sweet but a rigorous daily review, it really maximizes those first few minutes so that you can set a peacefully productive tone for your day.

✅ The monthly morning work includes:

4 weeks of morning work
daily themes
printable pdfs (one week per page copied front to back)
Google Slides (each week is in one presentation)
Self-grading Google Forms

⛅️Daily Math Themes ⛅️
Daily themes help you consistently cover critical content AND keep your students engaged.

Mathematician Monday – Review of key 1st grade skills + early multiplication. Later in the year, this becomes Multiplication Monday.

Base Ten Tuesday – Place value, number forms, rounding, and expanded form. These problems center around our number system and place value.

Wordless Wednesday – No word problems. Students have 3 problems without words.

Throwback Thursday – Review including measurement, data, geometry

Fraction Fun Friday – Nothing says Fun Friday like Fractions! There is always a need to review fractions. By keeping it short and sweet and including a fun personal question, this may help build your students’ confidence in fractions while also keeping it fresh.

❤️ Here's what other teachers are saying about the morning work:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I already have and use the Morning Sunshine for ELA and love it. I also use the assessments that go with it. I knew I would love the Math Morning Sunshine as well, and I was right. I only wish I hadn't waited so long to purchase it!! Thank you!!"
- Allison M.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love using this morning work! I teach two classes of math so it is not always completed in the morning! It is such a great quick review of old and new concepts that students are constantly growing in their confidence in math! They learn that it is OKAY to not know how to do every problem, ask questions, and make educated guesses!

🛑 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.

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-10 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

ELA Bundles

ELA Weekly Assessments

Math Bundles

Math Weekly Assessments

ELA + Math Bundles

Let’s connect!

Click here to shop the morning work and daily review for Grades 1-10

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.

-Jessica

Math Morning Work 1st Grade {October} | Google Apps

Math Morning Work 2nd Grade {October} | Google App

$5.75

Imagine your 2nd grade students walking in, grabbing their folder, and getting right to work on their math morning warm-up. This printable and digital morning work helps you build a consistent routine while reinforcing the foundational math skills your students need all year long.

Do your students tend to forget previously taught concepts? There are certain math skills our students need to review consistently (hello, fractions 🙋♀️). This daily spiral review helps you cover the most important 2nd grade math standards in a short amount of time.

A specific math focus for EACH day makes it easy to build a predictable morning routine.

Why You’ll L❤️VE This Morning Work

✨ Establish a calm, consistent morning routine

✨ Focus on the most important 2nd grade math standards

✨ Build student independence + confidence

✨ Maximize those first 10 minutes of the day

✨ Use fewer copies (just 1 sheet per week!)

⭐️ BUNDLE + SAVE:
The monthly morning work is part of the following BUNDLES:

Short & Sweet, BUT Rigorous

This math morning work will help you consistently focus on critical content and build a routine for you and your students. Because the morning work is short and sweet but a rigorous daily review, it really maximizes those first few minutes so that you can set a peacefully productive tone for your day.

✅ The monthly morning work includes:

4 weeks of morning work
daily themes
printable pdfs (one week per page copied front to back)
Google Slides (each week is in one presentation)
Self-grading Google Forms

⛅️Daily Math Themes ⛅️
Daily themes help you consistently cover critical content AND keep your students engaged.

Mathematician Monday – Review of key 2nd grade skills + early multiplication. Later in the year, this becomes Multiplication Monday.

Base Ten Tuesday – Place value, number forms, rounding, and expanded form. These problems center around our number system and place value.

Wordless Wednesday – No word problems. Students have 3 problems without words.

Throwback Thursday – Review including measurement, data, geometry

Fraction Fun Friday – Nothing says Fun Friday like Fractions! There is always a need to review fractions. By keeping it short and sweet and including a fun personal question, this may help build your students’ confidence in fractions while also keeping it fresh.

✅ Looking for a way to assess the skills covered?
The weekly assessments are a companion for the morning work and align directly with the skills covered throughout the week. These are sold separately or in the morning work + weekly assessment bundle.

❤️ Here's what other teachers are saying about the morning work:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I already have and use the Morning Sunshine for ELA and love it. I also use the assessments that go with it. I knew I would love the Math Morning Sunshine as well, and I was right. I only wish I hadn't waited so long to purchase it!! Thank you!!"
- Allison M.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love using this morning work! I teach two classes of math so it is not always completed in the morning! It is such a great quick review of old and new concepts that students are constantly growing in their confidence in math! They learn that it is OKAY to not know how to do every problem, ask questions, and make educated guesses!

🛑 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.

✅ Looking for another grade level?
The morning work/daily review is available for ELA in Grades 1-10 and Math for Grades 1-6. Use the link below to shop for your grade level.

ELA Bundles

ELA Weekly Assessments

Math Bundles

Math Weekly Assessments

ELA + Math Bundles

Let’s connect!