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Casey at the Bat and Dorlan’s Home Walk Doubleheader Poetry Study Guide
$10.00Add to cart“Casey at the Bat” and “Dorlan’s Home Walk” are the featured verses in this Double Header Poetry Study Guide.
No prep resources include copies of the poems (both in public domain), study questions, sequencing, vocabulary resources, author biographies, informational texts, research and writing prompts, compare and contrast activities, a bonus poem, and full answer keys. All student activities are CCSS aligned.
48 total pages of script including answer pages.
Student approval guaranteed.
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Pigs Is Pigs Short Story Study Guide
$12.00Add to cartPigs Is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler
A Short Story Study Guide by Margaret WhisnantTreat your students to this rib-tickling story about a stubborn station master, an equally stubborn customer, and two guinea pigs with opportunity to be themselves. The results are a hilarious venture into the law of increasing numbers.
Pigs Is Pigs is a personal favorite. I used it as a fun read-aloud in my classroom for years. I was delighted to learn that the story was older than I thought and in public domain. It made its debut in the September 1905 edition of American Illustrated Magazine. Star Trek fans will be interested to know that this short story inspired the episode titled “The Trouble with Tribbles.”
File Contents Include:
A Copy of the Story, now in Public Domain
Two Story Quizzes, Factual and Standards-based
Two Story-based Activities
A Vocabulary Study
Author Biography
Two Informational Texts
Thinking and Writing Prompts
Full Answer Keys
Suggested Teaching SequenceView PIGSIsPIGSPgs here.
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Witch of Blackbird Pond, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$12.00Add to cartWitch of Blackbird Pond, The by Elizabeth George Speare
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a forty page resource for teaching Elizabeth George Speare’s 2959 Newbery Medal Winner.
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes.
Full answer keys are included.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Witch of Blackbird Pond, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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War with Grandpa, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$15.00Add to cartWar with Grandpa, The by Robert Kimmel Smith
War with Grandpa, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a twenty-seven page resource for teaching Robert Kimmel Smith’s entertaining story is a series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes.
Full answer keys are included.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: War with Grandpa, The: Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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War with Grandpa, The: Whole Book Test (Digital Download)
$4.00Add to cartWar with Grandpa, The: Whole Book Test is a thirty-three question multiple choice quiz covers the whole book and checks for basic FACTUAL comprehension.
Full answer keys are included
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My Side of the Mountain: Objective Tests Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$10.00Add to cartMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a thirty-page resource for teaching Jean Craighead George’s 1960 Newbery Honor Book is a series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes.
Full answer keys are included.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: My Side of the Mountain: Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson: Objective Tests Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$10.00Add to cartIn the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Boa Lord
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a twenty-seven page resource for teaching Bette Boa Lord’s autobiographical novel is a series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes.
Full answer keys are included.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson: Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson: Whole Book Test (Digital Download)
$4.00Add to cartIn the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson: Whole Book Test is a thirty-three question matching-style quiz covers the whole book and checks for basic FACTUAL comprehension.
Full answer keys are included
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How To Eat Fried Worms: Think, Write, Create Activities with Graphic Organizers (Digital Download)
$6.50Add to cartHow To Eat Fried Worms: Think, Write, Create Activities with Graphic Organizers is a eighteen-page teaching resource with two components.
How To Eat Fried Worms: Thinking Skills
Chapter-by-chapter and whole book THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, based on the higher level thinking skills of Bloom’s Taxonomy, which range in difficulty from the most basic to challenges for gifted students.
How To Eat Fried Worms: Writing Skills
A series of GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
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Giver, The: Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$23.00Add to cartGiver, The by Lois Lowry
Giver, The Teaching Guide is a 110-page, 8 component resource for teaching Lois Lowry’s 1994 Newbery Medal Winner.
Giver, The Teaching Guide Components:
Detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES written in bulleted format for easy reference.
PREREADING activities and ideas with a bulletin board suggestion.
VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, and usage worksheets.
Chapter-by-chapter SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS that require detailed, factual responses.
A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test and check for basic story comprehension. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these tests.
THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, that require students to engage the HIGHER LEVEL THINKING SKILLS of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
Full ANSWER KEYSThough not formally CCSS-aligned, Giver Teaching Guide components meet many CCSS requirements.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Giver, The Teaching Guide contains ALL of the material available in each of the following purchase options. Individual components are offered for those customers who do not wish to purchase the full Teaching Guide. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Cricket in Times Square (Digital Download)
$10.00Add to cartCricket in Times Square, The by George Selden
Cricket in Times Square Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a twenty-nine page resource for teaching George Selden’s 1961 Newbery Honor Book.
The series of OBJECTIVE TESTS check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes.
In addition to their functions as tests, these pages can be used for group reading, homework, study guides, close reading guides, and discussion guides.
Full answer keys are included.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Cricket in Times Square: Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Cricket in Times Square Whole Book Test (Digital Download)
$4.00Add to cartCricket in Times Square Whole Book Test is a set of 33 multiple choice questions. The quiz covers the whole book and checks for basic FACTUAL comprehension.
In addition to its functions as a comprehension test, this file can be used as a review discussion guide and as a post-test to ready students for a more in-depth quiz.
Full answer keys are included
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Charlotte’s Web (Digital Download)
$20.00Add to cartCharlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Charlotte’s Web Teaching Guide is a eighty-five page resource for teaching E.B. White’s much-loved 1953 Newbery Honor Book has eight different components.
Charlotte’s Web Teaching Guide Components:
1)Detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES written in bulleted format for easy reference and review when using the book from year to year.
2)PREREADING activities and ideas with a bulletin board suggestion.
3)VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, and usage worksheets.
4)Chapter-by-chapter SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS that require detailed, factual responses.
5) A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test and check for basic story comprehension. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these tests.
6)THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, that require students to engage the HIGHER LEVEL THINKING SKILLS of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
7)GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
8) Full ANSWER KEYS for all questions requiring a specific answer.
View SAMPLE PAGES (Use the back arrow to exit sample pages.)IMPORTANT NOTE: Charlotte’s Web Teaching Guide described above contains ALL of the material available in each of the following purchase options. Individual components are offered for those customers who do not wish to purchase the full Teaching Pack. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Catherine, Called Birdy: Objective Tests Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$10.00Add to cartCatherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Catherine, Called Birdy: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a thirty-two page resource for teaching Karen Cushman’s 1995 Newbery Honor Book
Catherine, Called Birdy: Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes.
Full answer keys are included.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Catherine, Called Birdy: Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Bud, Not Buddy Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$16.00Add to cartBud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy Teaching Guide is a fifty-seven page resource for teaching Christopher Paul Curtis’s 2000 Newbery Winner with three components.
A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic story comprehension. The questions cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test. Students will need to read the book carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these tests.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT/SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT open-ended prompts based on Bloom’s Taxonomy that cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and as a whole book.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
Full answer keys are included.
View SAMPLE PAGES (Use back arrow to exit sample pages.)IMPORTANT NOTE: The Bud, Not Buddy Teaching Guide described above contains ALL of the material available in each of the following purchase options. Individual components are offered for those customers who do not wish to purchase the full Teaching Guide. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Watsons Go To Birmingham–1963
$23.00Add to cartWatsons Go to Birmingham–1963, The by Christopher Paul Curtis
Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 Teaching Guide is a 113-page, eight component resource for teaching Christopher Paul Curtis’s 1996 Newbery Honor Book.
Watsons Go to Birmingham– 1963 Teaching Guide Components:
(1)The detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES, written in bulleted format for easy reference, provide a quick method for becoming familiar with the material when time is limited and for refreshing memory when using The Watsons from year to year.
(2)PREREADING ACTIVITIES for The Watsons include discussion and research ideas for getting acquainted with the year 1963, prompts to encourage discussions about family and friends, and a bulletin board idea.
(3)The VOCABULARY section contains an alphabetized list of all words from The Watsons targeted for study along with their page numbers, book order word lists with definitions and page numbers, a series of worksheets that address dictionary and usage skills, and activities that focus on figurative language taken directly from the story.
(4)The chapter-by-chapter SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS can be use as homework reading guides, pop quizzes, conferencing tools, etc. The questions require detailed, factual responses.
(5)The series of OBJECTIVE TESTS, which cover The Watsons as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test, do not require story interpretation but rather check for FACTUAL story comprehension. The goal of this component is to build a strong foundation for progression to the higher level thinking skills.
(6)The activities in THINK, WRITE, CREATE, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, require students to engage the higher level thinking skills of Bloom’s Taxonomy. These open-ended prompts cover a range of difficulties from basic to challenges for gifted students. The items address various Common Core Standards skills such as interpretive thinking, character analysis, sequencing, vocabulary building, point of view, compare/contrast, and theme. Many are cross-curricula.
(7)The GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS are unique in that they are based on specific events or characters directly from The Watsons rather than a standard design. Each one offers opportunities for practicing and improving thinking and writing skills.
(8)Full ANSWER KEYS are included for all questions requiring a specific answer..
View SAMPLE PAGES (Use back arrow to exit sample pages.)IMPORTANT NOTE: Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 Teaching Guide contains ALL of the material available in each of the following purchase options. Individual components are offered for those customers who do not wish to purchase the full Teaching Guide. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Across Five Aprils Objective Tests Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$10.00Add to cartAcross Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Across Five Aprils Objective Tests Teaching Guide
Across Five Aprils Objective Tests Teaching Guide is a 30-page resource for teaching Irene Hunt’s 1965 Newbery Honor Book. The series of OBJECTIVE TESTS check for basic, factual story comprehension. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test. students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these quizzes. Full answer keys are included. View SAMPLE PAGES IMPORTANT NOTE: Across Five Aprils Objective Tests Teaching Guide contains the Whole Book Test offered below as a separate purchase. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order
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Informational Texts for Interactive Notebook. Task Cards, Literacy Center Discount Bundle (Main Idea)
$10.00Add to cartInformational Texts about Animals
The 12 informational articles in “Things I Didn’t Know About Animals” are designed to help students grasp the concept of main idea and spot supporting details. The texts are short, compact, and filled with unusual and interesting facts to motivate young readers.
To give teachers multiple use options, this material is posted in a zip file in two different formats.
Informational Text Task Card Format:
- The Task Card/Literacy Center format is a single, full-page presentation with the article on the left and a set of 3-5 questions on the right. In addition to main idea and supporting details the questions also address sequencing, cause and effect, inference, and using context clues to determine word meaning. Answer forms are included. This format can be used as a whole class lesson.
Informational Text Interactive Notebook Format:
- The Interactive Notebook version includes the same set of 12 informational texts and questions, both resized and reformatted for the right side of the notebook as a flip two-layer page. Two additional response forms, also in flip-page style, are provided for the left side. Teachers may choose to use the prepared forms, or allow students to create their own response designs
Full answer keys are included.
These pages are appropriate for 4th-6th grade classrooms and some 7th and 8th grade students. Motivated 3rd graders will also enjoy these articles.
View Sample Pages of both formats HERE
The two different formats for these texts can be purchased separately at $5 each. This bundled zip file offers a savings of $2.
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Across Five Aprils Whole Book Test (Digital Download)
$4.00Add to cartAcross Five Aprils Whole Book Test is a 50-question multiple choice quiz for Irene Hunt’s 1965 Newbery Honor Book that covers the whole book and checks for basic FACTUAL comprehension. Full answer keys are included.
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There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom: Thinking, Writing Prompts with Graphic Organizers (Digital Download)
$8.50Add to cartThere’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom: Thinking, Writing Prompts with Graphic Organizers is a thirty-three page resource for teaching Louis Sachar’s popular story with two components:
Chapter-by-chapter and whole book THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, based on the higher level thinking skills of Bloom’s Taxonomy, which range in difficulty from the most basic to challenges for gifted students.
A series of GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
