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Keep these three ELA Bell Ringers on hand for those unexpected schedule glitches or add them to your substitute’s folder. This one starts with a seek-a-word puzzle loaded with “zz.” Next is a homophone activity. The last page is
Use this set of three ELA Bell Ringers yourself or file them in a substitute’s folder. You get a spelling activity, a homophone activity, and a compound word challenge appropriate for 4 and 5th graders. Get your free download
In this back-to-school Informational Text, students will take a look inside a blab school where pioneer youngsters were forced to talk during class. And, they had better be loud about it or get whacked! Hopefully your young scholars will come
Each of these 20 task cards presents a set of 5 words or phrases associated with the winter holidays. Four of them are further connected by a particular category, and one of them is a misfit. Students are challenged to
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the star of this FREE Informational Text. Rudolph’s story is chronicled from his origins as a promotional strategy for the Montgomery Ward Company to his rise to world super stardom. Students will be interested in
This free, original Informational Text Activity is taken from my teaching pack for Gordon Korman’s popular book SCHOOLED. The selected article–“The American Search for Utopia”– is designed to provide students with background information that will heighten their understanding, appreciation, and
This free download (aligned to CCSS L. 3.4, 4.4, and 5.4) features the names of ten common animals that have multiple meanings. This printable challenges students to study a set of three sentences and choose the one that correctly matches
This free download (aligned to CCSS L. 6.4, 7.4, and 8.4) features ten words with numbers connections. Students are instructed to study a set of three sentences and identify the one word that correctly completes all three. A final
This download is for those students and their teachers who enjoy solving somewhat twisted, definitely unusual (aka “tricked out”) word math problems. An equal combination of language arts and basic math skills. Participants must begin with common data, such as
Add BACK WORDS FOR BACK TO SCHOOL to your bag of tricks for getting the new school year off to a happy start. First, is a two-part activity that requires students to interpret clues and identify fifty terms or phrases