After I told my boys that we were leaving in 5, I asked my younger son to come downstairs and put on his shoes, I took a quick moment to straighten up the kitchen in a short-lived silent bliss. From upstairs, “Why does he get to have extra time playing? ” pierced the silence. Mom-meeeee! (Drawn out
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A guy invites a girl on a date, tries all of his best moves, but she says no. A guy has to move on, otherwise, it's harassment. Unless it isn't? Recently, a girl surprised the internet when she posted a question on Quora, asking why her date wasn't a mind reader.
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Reading Response activities will likely form a major part of your reading programme, whether you are running guided reading groups, a daily 5 system,
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Okay teacher friend. It’s finally here. And I’m so excited! I’ve had this resource collecting dust on my computer for years now. I’ve been using this strategy in my classroom for the last few years, but haven’t had the energy or time (teacher life + mom life is exhausting, am I right?) to put it all together so that it’s ready to go for busy teachers like you! Well, it’s finally finished and I finally get to unveil it to you! Did you know I have a FREE downloadable reading response menu board that you can print now and use in your
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Get more and save money by checking out my Reading, Writing and Spelling Choice Board Bundle! This reading response board is perfect to help differentiate among your readers! Students will be given 9 different engaging non-fiction choices to choose from and must pick 3 activities in which to demonstrate their understanding of a non-fiction text (All activities have accompanying student sheet to complete). There is also a student checklist included, which will help students take responsibility for their work, as well as a teacher rubric which can be used to assess student projects if you choose. Great for literature rotations, reading projects, or just some added fun into your reading lessons! Included in this set: - Tic Tac Toe Non-Fiction Choice Board with corresponding activity half-sheets - Student Checklist - Teacher Grading Rubric - 10 activities on half-sheets of paper include the following skills: - Vocabulary - Making Connections - Diagrams/Visuals and their importance - Questioning - Summarizing - Point of View - Author's Purpose - Listing Facts - Main Idea and supporting details - BONUS Compare and Contrast sheet (not a part of tic tac toe page) *All pages are shown in the thumbnails* Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this product. Be sure to check out my Fiction Reading Choice Board! Enjoy!
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For most of us, this year's Thanksgiving Day is going to be a lot different. Well, at least it should be that way—in case anyone happened to forget, we're still in the middle of a global pandemic.
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In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage students to follow three simple steps when writing reading responses, each with sentence frames and prompts to use: Step 1: What did you read? While reading... In chapter __ of... On page __ of... During today's reading of... Step 2: What happened in the text? Tell what a character said. Tell what a character did. Tell what a character thought, felt, or learned. Describe the setting. Describe an important event that occurred. Explain a problem that was encountered. Step 3: What did you think? This made me think... This made me realize... Based on this, I can infer... Based on this, I can predict... This reminded me of... I can relate to this because... I could visualize... I now understand... This three-step process encourages students to not only tell what happened in a text, but also reflect on what they thought or felt about what they read. Here is a sample response using these steps: I have included a FREE handout for you to share with your students to help guide them in writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. Click HERE download this FREEBIE. If you are looking for more resources for reading response, check out my Reading Response Journals for literature and non-fiction texts. These resources include anchor charts for different reading strategies and skills, as well as more specific sentence frames for the different skills. Click on the pics to learn more. Writing thoughtful reading responses is not always easy, but with a bit of guidance from using sentence frames and prompts, it will soon become second nature for students!!
When my aunt was in her late 20s people used to rudely ask her “Why aren’t you married yet?” and she’d reply “Just lucky, I guess.”
Come stai? Molto bene, grazie! This set includes a « come stai? » poster as well as 13 response signs with English translations. It’s the perfect addition to your Italian Classroom word wall! — Responses include: ☆ molto bene ☆ Ammirato ☆ Non c’è male ☆ Arrabiato ☆ Annoiato And 8 more! Upon downloading this PDF, you will receive these signs in both a colourful version AND a black and white version (ideal for printing in B&W on a coloured printer) ★ FEEDBACK ★ I’m new to TPT, so I’d love to hear your feedback! Whether its a thumbs up or thumbs down, please let me know what you think of the resources I’m sharing :)
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These easy reading response activities make fiction and nonfiction reading meaningful. Learn how these reading graphic organizers can work for you.
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As teachers we are constantly REINVENTING THE WHEEL!! Although it can be time consuming, one thing I love about my job, is that I get the opportunity to learn, grow, create, and RECREATE year after year!! I have been using Reading Response Journals in my classroom for over 10 years, and each year I make…
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Oh summer....you are far too wonderful! I have been enjoying my days playing with markers, colored pencils, and posters. Posters, posters, posters... This 150 hours of classroom work thing has been rather successful so far (80 hours down) as I prepare charts, decorations, and documents for myself and my coworkers. My circle cutter and I did some bonding way back in June, and I finally got those circles adhered to their respective posters. As promised: CHAMPS Posters! I've mentioned it before, but we use CHAMPS for our classroom management program. Throughout the activities of the day, we make sure to explain our expectations for (C)onversation, (H)elp, (A)ctivity, (M)ovement, (P)articipation, and (S)uccess. These expectations are displayed on the board for students to reference when they need a reminder. This summer's CHAMPS party consisted of creating these charts for our whole third-grade team. (dibs on orange!) One of my teammates came up with this great format last year, and we really wanted to keep our expectations the same across the grade level while we also use the Walk to Learn model this year. Her format is particularly wonderful because it prominently displays all of the expectations, and each one can be mixed and matched by moving clothespins around in their respective areas. Additionally, I've been avoiding the focus wall chore and drawing up some posters that I found on Pinterest. All that art training I have under my belt has helped me to make some very accurate recreations! We do a huge focus on writing in third, so I really wanted to have a cute chart up! Way back during the school year, I posted here about our whole school learning about metacognition. One of those strategies involves using paint chips to help students classify how they are feeling about certain assignments. By marking the darker color on the chip, students show that they are not feeling 100% (in the "dark"); marking the lighter color, students show that they are confident in themselves ("it's all clear!"). Yes, these can be flipped around and used in whatever color gradation you wish...but the point is, I want to implement this strategy with the previous poster so that the kiddos can explain how they are feeling throughout the many different concepts of the day. There are several more academic ones sitting on my desk, but I risk being too picture-heavy this time around....plus, I just wanted to toss in the birthday sign for my friend's baby...because that was fun to play with :) Soon to come: Exploration of the interactive notebook...and more posters...possibly another focus wall...!
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