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Anagram Express for December Bell Ringer Vocabulary Builder
$4.00Add to cartAnagram Express for December Bell Ringer Vocabulary Builder
This group of fun vocabulary activities involves using definitions and clues to decode given anagrams (words with the same letters but in different order, hush and rush, for instance) and then rearranging them into terms from various subjects throughout the curriculum.
The file contains 5 sets of printable worksheets with 35 items each.
Full Answer Keys are included.
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Christmas Puns: I Have, Who Has Game
$3.00Add to cartChristmas Puns Figurative Language Bell Ringer Brain Teaser Game
A fun I Have. . . Who Has. . . game featuring Christmas puns with special appeal to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Adults could also have a great time with these 28 cards at a holiday gathering.
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Contrived Math Bell Ringer/Brain Teaser Tricked Out Problems with Ordinary Numbers
$3.75Add to cartThis 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, Contrived Math challenges participants to collect common data, such as the number of days in a year, shuffle it around according to instructions, and come up with a targeted answer.
The activity is divided into two sets of printable worksheets of twenty problems each.
Full answer keys are included.
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December in Alphabetical Order Bell Ringer Brain Teaser
$3.00Add to cartDecember in Alphabetical Order Bell Ringer/Brain Teaser
This mostly-for-fun holiday activity, composed of two printable worksheets, combines vocabulary building with December trivia. There are 33 items in set one and 30 more in set two.
Students are challenged to use definitions, clues, and research skills to identify a set of terms, titles, and names–the first beginning with the letter A and the last with the letter Z–all of which are connected to December weather, events, or holidays. The last few questions in each activity set focus on famous people with December Birthdays.
The last page is a bonus graphic organizer for writing based on the alphabetical-order theme.
Full answer keys are included.
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Puns from the North: Santa Takes the Pole Position Figurative Language Bell Ringer Brain Teaser
$3.00Add to cartDecember Bell Ringer, Brain Teaser, Puns, Figurative Language
PUNS FROM THE NORTH–SANTA TAKES THE POLE POSITION is a giggle-powered collection of riddle puns about Santa and his life at the North Pole.Youngsters will enjoy revving up their punnybones to go searching for each riddle’s pun-filled answer from a choice of four possible responses.This activity has two parts with twenty items each.Full answer keys included. -
Stuffed Words: A November Vocabulary Brain Teaser Bell Ringer
$4.00Add to cartKeep your students focused during those wound-up days before Thanksgiving break with STUFFED WORDS, five worksheets (35 items each) of vocabulary fun that challenges students to identify a small word “stuffed” inside a larger word–the KEY in turKEY, for example.
This collection of bell ringers, start-ups, brain teaser printables is appropriate for many grade levels and abilities, including gifted programs. The challenge increases from Set One to Set Five.
When they get stuck, encourage your students to identify a key word in the clues and then use an online thesaurus, such as the one found at www.dictionary.com, for example.
Full answer keys are included.
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Thanksgiving Anagrams A Vocabulary Bell Ringer Brain Teaser
$3.50Add to cartHow does one change “grim lips” into “pilgrims?” With anagrams, of course.
Thanksgiving Anagrams challenges students to rearrange the letters of some rather strange terms to create ordinary words and phrases associated with Thanksgiving.
This file is organized into two printable worksheets with twenty-five items each.
Full answer keys are provided.
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The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry a Short Story Study Guide
$12.00Add to cartThe Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry is not an easy read and generally reserved for high school classrooms. This Short Story Study Guide is designed for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. It offers specific activities and resources to help middle schoolers understand and enjoy one of O. Henry’s most famous, head-shaking tales.
The 6 different instructional components are:
1. The Cop and the Anthem—a full copy of O. Henry’s story, which is now in public domain.2. An Author’s Biographical Sketch and 2 other Informational Texts to help students better understand important story elements. All three articles include CCSS Aligned study questions.
3. Vocabulary Resources:
Alphabetized list of the 73 words chosen for study with story page numbers
Word lists with definition organized by their story page numbers
Dictionary Digs—for use before reading to help give students an advanced look at some of the story’s rigorous vocabulary
A Phrase Buster “cheat sheet ” for students to use as they read.
A study of O. Henry’s use of descriptive language, figurative language, irony, and humor4. Two Quizzes, one a multiple choice test of the story’s factual comprehension and the other a group of 15 CCSS Aligned challenge questions.
5. Writing Prompts
6. Full Answer Keys
Though O. Henry never mentions the word “Christmas” in The Cop and the Anthem, the reader can surmise that the action takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a fact that makes this short story a good classroom addition for those happy, exciting days before holiday break.
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Thirty Days Hath September Bell Ringer/Brain Teaser Vocabulary Skills Phrases with Numbers
$3.50Add to cartPhrases, titles, product names, and exaggerations constructed with numbers–we quote them, hear them, see them, but seldom stop to think how useful they are. In this bell ringer/brain teaser, they are the stars.
Treat your students to a view of our language from a different angle with these 4 printable worksheet activities, 20 items each.
Full answer keys included along with a list of additional number phrases that creative teachers and students may use as resources for another activity.
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Touching Spirit Bear Teaching Guide
$24.75Add to cartTouching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Touching Spirit Bear Teaching Guide is a 148 page resource with eight different components for teaching Ben Mikaelsen’s popular novel. Though CCSS alignments are not listed in this file, the various activities meet a large portion of ELA skills requirements for grades 6-8.
Touching Spirit Bear Teaching Guide components:
•Detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES written in bulleted format.
•PREREADING activities and ideas with a bulletin board suggestion.
•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.
•THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, that require students to engage 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.View SAMPLE PAGES. (Use the back arrow to exit the sample pages.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Each of the items below are separate components taken from Touching Spirit Bear Teaching GuideThey are offered as individual purchases for teachers who wish to use only one specific component. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
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Yum or Yuck? Researchable Food Trivia for Thanksgiving Bell Ringer Brain Teaser
$3.00Add to cartYum or Yuck? Researchable Food Trivia is here just in time for Thanksgiving! Serve your students this two-course activity of researchable food trivia (two printable worksheets with thirty items each). Are the foods in question YUM or YUCK? With the facts uncovered, one must ponder and decide “To eat, or not to eat?” Plan for a few lively class discussions/arguments along the way!
Finish off the festivities with “A Holiday Special for Young Gourmets: a graphic organizer for creating a Thanksgiving recipe, without adult interference, specifically tailored for youngsters.
No cooking. No cleaning. No leftovers! Download and enjoy.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A Novel Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$25.00Add to cartWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows Novel Study Unit is a 189-page instructional resource for Wilson Rawls’s classic tale of determination, love, and loss. This complete unit comes with 9 different components with a broad range of skills from gathering factual knowledge to engaging higher level thinking skills.
Teaching Guide Components:
Where the Red Fern Grows Prereading Activities
•PREREADING activities and ideas get students motivated about the story’s setting, plot, and characters.Where the Red Fern Grows Informational Texts
•The six INFORMATIONAL TEXTS are designed to spark student interest and provide background information that will make the reading more relevant and enjoyable. Each text includes CCSS/Standards-Based questions.Where the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary Study
•This component includes VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, usage worksheets, and figurative language taken from the text.Where the Red Fern Grows Short Answer Questions
•This sections contains chapter-by-chapter SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS that require detailed,factual responses.Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests
•This series of OBJECTIVE TESTS (Multiple Choice, True/False, Yes/No, Fill in the Blank) covers the story in chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test. The quizzes check for factual story comprehension.Where the Red Fern Grows CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes
•This component covers the book chapter-by-chapter and ends with a whole-book quiz. Each page also includes a CCSS-aligned writing challenge.Where Where the Red Fern Grows Thinking and Writing Skills
•The THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts address story chapter-by-chapter and whole book. The activities range in difficulty from basic to challenging. Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, they address a large variety of CCSS ELA and Writing standards.Where the Red Fern Grows Graphic Organizers for Writing
• The GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing (and thinking) are based on specific story events or characters.Where the Red Fern Grows Answer Keys
•Full ANSWER KEYS for those items requiring a specific answer are included. CCSS alignments (except for Think, Write, Create) are listed here rather than on student worksheet.
View SAMPLE PAGES (Use back arrow to exit sample pages.)IMPORTANT NOTE: All the individual components offered below are included in this file. Please do not accidentally duplicate your order.
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Word Trek: Book Two (Digital Download)
$99.95Add to cartThis FULL YEAR vocabulary/spelling program (thirty-six lessons with companion tests and keys. 296 total pages) features the study of GREEK AND LATIN AFFIXES AND BASE WORDS with ETYMOLOGIES. Lessons are organized in groups of six, with the last lesson in each pack being a review of the previous five.
Each lesson is constructed around one or more Greek and Latin base words and a set of TEN ADVANCED VOCABULARY WORDS, several of which are derived from the targeted base word(s). The study begins with definitions and progresses to usage, base word study, etymologies, and related vocabulary not on the core lesson list. Every lesson has a companion, twenty-five item test. Research and writing ideas and word lists with definitions are also included.
Word Trek Book Two, the second in a series of three books, is designed to be used with GIFTED FIFTH GRADERS However, it is also appropriate for motivated sixth/seventh graders. Teacher discretion is the most reliable resource in determining grade level.
View SAMPLE PAGES (Use back arrow to exit sample pages.)
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: A Novel Teaching Guide (Digital Download)
$15.00Add to cartTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: A Novel Teaching Guide is a fifty-three page resource for teaching Judy Blume’s popular book with eight different components.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: A Novel 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 KEYS.
View SAMPLE PAGESIMPORTANT NOTE: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: A Novel 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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Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests and CCSS Quizzes
$16.50Add to cartWhere the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests and CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes
Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests and CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes is a 70-page teaching resource for Wilson Rawls’s classic novel with two components components:Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests
•A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS (multiple choice, true/false, yes/no, fill in the blank) that check for FACTUAL CONTENT and basic story comprehension. The questions cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test.
In addition to their function as comprehension checks, these quizzes can be used as open-book reading guides, homework, small-group reading guides, and independent reading guides. Some teachers are also using them for close reading instruction.Where the Red Fern Grows CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes
•The Chapter-by-chapter quizzes (5 questions each) and a whole book test (20 questions) target CCSS/Standards-based skills.
The questions are a combination of multiple choice, short answer, sequencing, etc. Each chapter and the whole book quiz includes a CCSS-aligned writing challenge.Full answers keys for both the objective tests and the CCSS quizzes are included. All CCSS alignments are listed here rather than on the student pages.Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests and CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes
Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests and CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes is a 70-page teaching resource for Wilson Rawls’s classic novel with two components:Where the Red Fern Grows Objective Tests
•A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS (multiple choice, true/false, yes/no, fill in the blank) that check for FACTUAL CONTENT and basic story comprehension. The questions cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test.
In addition to their function as comprehension checks, these quizzes can be used as open-book reading guides, homework, small-group reading guides, and independent reading guides. Some teachers are also using them for close reading instruction.Where the Red Fern Grows CCSS/Standards-Based Quizzes
•The Chapter-by-chapter quizzes (5 questions each) and a whole book test (20 questions) target CCSS/Standards-based skills.
The questions are a combination of multiple choice, short answer, sequencing, etc. Each chapter and the whole book quiz includes a CCSS-aligned writing challenge.Full answers keys for both the objective tests and the CCSS quizzes are included. All CCSS alignments are listed here rather than on the student pages.
Special Note: These two components are included in the full Novel Study Guide listed above. Please do not duplicate your order.
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Chapter Summaries and Objective Tests (Digital Download)
$8.00Add to cartTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Chapter Summaries and Objective Tests is a twenty-one page teaching resource for Judy Blume’s popular story with two components.
Detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES written in bulleted format for easy reference.
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.
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Where the Red Fern Grows Prereading, Informational Texts, Vocabulary Study
$12.00Add to cartWhere the Red Fern Grows Prereading, Informational Texts, Vocabulary
This 52 page download has three different instructional components:Where the Red Fern Grows Prereading
This sections begins with 20 researchable trivia questions about famous, not-so-famous, and infamous people from Oklahoma, the story’s setting. Next map activities help students pin-point the geographical location of the Ozarks. The final section is a series of prompts and questions about dogs and their relationship with humans. Two bulletin board ideas are also included.Where the Red Fern Grows Informational Texts
6 short (1-2 pages) articles help spark interest and give students a little extra information about some of the places and things they will encounter in reading.
Each one comes with its own set of CCSS/Standards-based questions.
Informational Texts titles are:
Woodrow Wilson Rawls (Author/Story Biography)
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and the Trail of Tears
The Redbone Coonhound
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Raccoons
The American Sycamore
The Most Often Quoted Phrase that Isn’t in the BibleWhere the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary and Figurative Language
The vocabulary portion begins with an alphabetized list of all the words chosen for study along with their page numbers. Next the words are grouped into three sets in book order with definitions and page numbers. These pages can be held strictly for teacher reference and convenience or shared with students as they complete the three Dictionary Digs activities. Two word usage activities completes the word study.
This component also includes two figurative language worksheets. Selected samples of figures of speech (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, alliteration, and idiom) used by the author are taken from the text and presented to the student for study as multiple choice questions with 4 possible answers.Full ANSWER KEYS are included.
Special Note: All the materials in this download are included in the Full Novel Study listed first on this page. Please do not duplicate your order.
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Prereading, Vocabulary, Short Answer Questions (Digital Download)
$6.00Add to cartTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Prereading, Vocabulary, Short Answer Questions is a fifteen-page teaching resource for Judy Blume’s popular book with three components.
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.
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Where the Red Fern Grows Thinking and Writing Prompts and Graphic Organizers for Writing
$10.50Add to cartThis 38-page resource for teaching Wilson Rawls’s classic novel has two components.
Where the Red Fern Grows Thinking and Writing Prompts
The Think, Write, Create section offers a series of open-ended activities based on the higher level thinking skills of Bloom’s Taxonomy and specific CCSS skills. The items are organized as a section of chapter-by-chapter activities and a second group of whole-book, post-reading challenges. Difficulty levels are varied to accommodate the needs of individual students including the gifted. Elements of literature and vocabulary building are targeted in some of these activities. Where applicable, targeted CCSS skills are listed at the end of the prompts.Where the Red Fern Grows Graphic Organizers for Writing
The second component is a group of 14 Graphic Organizers that spring from a specific story event, idea, or character. Each topic offers opportunity for improving and polishing composition skills. This 38-page resource for teaching Wilson Rawls’s classic novel has two components.Special Note The two components in this file are included in the full Novel Study Guide listed first on this page. Please do not duplicate your order.
