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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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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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Schooled by Gordon Korman: A Novel Teaching Guide
$25.00Add to cartSchooled by Gordon Kormam
Schooled by Gordon Korman Teaching Guide is a 196- page resource for teaching Gordon Korman’s delightfully serious story with nine different CCSS-aligned components.
Schooled by Gordon Korman Teaching Guide Components:
•PREREADING activities and ideas with a bulletin board suggestion.
•INFORMATIONAL TEXTS with CCSS aligned questions.
•VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, and 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.
•Chapter-by-chapter and whole book CCSS QUIZZES presented in test format. Each page also includes a CCSS-aligned writing challenge.
•THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, that target the higher level thinking skills.
•GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
•Full ANSWER KEYS for those items requiring a specific answer are included.
CCSS alignments, except for Think, Write, Create, are listed in the keys.Download sample pages HERE.
NOTE: All Schooled listed below are part of this complete Schooled by Gordon Korman Teaching Guide. Individual components are offered for separate purchase for teacher convenience.
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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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Schooled: Think, Write, Create Activities, and Graphic Organizers for Writing
$10.00Add to cartSchooled: Think, Write, Create Activities, and Graphic Organizers for Writing is a 57-page page teaching resource with two components.
•Chapter-by-chapter and whole book THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, based on the higher level thinking skills, which range in difficulty from the most basic to challenges for gifted students. (Specific CCSS ELA RL alignments are included after prompts. Most prompts also meet numerous CCSS for Writing.)
•A series of GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters. (All graphic organizers align to a variety of CCSS ELA skills for grades 6-8)Answer Keys are included for the two activities that require specific answers.
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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.
