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Two Reflective Teachers: A Peek into our Short Text Unit 6th Grade Ela, Third Grade Reading, Middle School Reading, Elementary Reading, Fourth Grade, Sixth Grade, Upper Elementary, Second Grade, Teaching Ela
6th Grade Ela
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Teaching Ela
Two Reflective Teachers: A Peek into our Short Text Unit
Five mini-lessons to teach theme. (Part of a larger article on teaching your students to identify themes in their reading.) Middle School Language Arts, Middle School English, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Middle School, Teaching Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Reading, Reading Writing
Middle School Language Arts
Middle School English
Teaching Language Arts
Teaching Middle School
Teaching Literacy
Teaching Strategies
Teaching Reading
Reading Writing
Five mini-lessons to teach theme. (Part of a larger article on teaching your students to identify themes in their reading.)
WeAreTeachers
WeAreTeachers
Genre: Fiction
Using Close Reading strategies to find theme. 6th Grade Reading, Reading Teacher, Guided Reading, Learning, Close Reading Strategies
6th Grade Reading
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Close Reading Strategies
Using Close Reading strategies to find theme.
Freebie from the blog post: 5 Reasons to Use Mentor Texts With Big Kids. This freebie contains six lists of suggested mentor texts for key reading concepts using literature, including inference, theme, characters, figurative language, point of view, and compare and contrast. Reading Lessons, Reading Strategies, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Comprehension Strategies, Literacy Strategies, Reading Resources
Reading Lessons
Reading Strategies
Reading Skills
Reading Comprehension
Comprehension Strategies
Literacy Strategies
Reading Resources
Freebie from the blog post: 5 Reasons to Use Mentor Texts With Big Kids. This freebie contains six lists of suggested mentor texts for key reading concepts using literature, including inference, theme, characters, figurative language, point of view, and compare and contrast.
Make this colorful anchor chart when you teach the Insight into Characters unit with the book Wonder! Reading Unit, 5th Grade Reading, School Reading, Reading Ideas
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5th Grade Reading
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Reading Ideas
Make this colorful anchor chart when you teach the Insight into Characters unit with the book Wonder!
Theme progression Literacy Coaching, Teaching Activities, Classroom Charts
Literacy Coaching
Teaching Activities
Classroom Charts
Theme progression
Fiction Main Idea Task Cards! Your students will love practicing identifying and generating main idea statements with these main idea task cards. Three differentiated answer sheet options included!$ Reading Centers, Reading Fluency, Reading Activities, Teaching Elementary
Reading Centers
Reading Fluency
Reading Activities
Teaching Elementary
Fiction Main Idea Task Cards! Your students will love practicing identifying and generating main idea statements with these main idea task cards. Three differentiated answer sheet options included!$
Teaching With a Mountain View: Teaching Main Idea Vs. Theme Reading Homework, Reading Tutoring, Interactive Reading
Reading Homework
Reading Tutoring
Interactive Reading
Teaching With a Mountain View: Teaching Main Idea Vs. Theme
Amber Harper
Amber Harper
Genre: Fiction
An Amazon Listing Cumulative Novel Project! Students make their own book listing for a novel they have read. They write a summary, select important quotes, write a review, and more! Meaningful, engaging, and a fabulous assessment piece. FREE assignment sheet download. Reading Projects, Book Projects, Novel Activities
Reading Projects
Book Projects
Novel Activities
An Amazon Listing Cumulative Novel Project! Students make their own book listing for a novel they have read. They write a summary, select important quotes, write a review, and more! Meaningful, engaging, and a fabulous assessment piece. FREE assignment sheet download.
TURN AND TALK 5th grade teacher shares how she sets up Turn and Talk at the beginning of the year and the benefits of using turn and talk in the CIA units of study. She includes pictures of the charts from the unit Earthquake Terror (5.1)
TURN AND TALK 5th grade teacher shares how she sets up Turn and Talk at the beginning of the year and the benefits of using turn and talk in the CIA units of study. She includes pictures of the charts from the unit Earthquake Terror (5.1)
The Big, Bad Middle School Classical Literature List - 100 Classics - Grades 5-8 or Ages 9-14+ Middle School Literature, Homeschool Middle School, Middle School Libraries, Homeschool Reading
Middle School Literature
Homeschool Middle School
Middle School Libraries
Homeschool Reading
The Big, Bad Middle School Classical Literature List - 100 Classics - Grades 5-8 or Ages 9-14+
AMAZING literature circle resource! Follow the link to get it for FREE on teachers pay teachers! Love this blog!!! The Middle School Mouth Teaching Ideas, Language Activities
Teaching Ideas
Language Activities
AMAZING literature circle resource! Follow the link to get it for FREE on teachers pay teachers! Love this blog!!! The Middle School Mouth
Character traits blog post! Full of great ideas and includes a freebie! Teaching Writing, Student Teaching
Teaching Writing
Student Teaching
Character traits blog post! Full of great ideas and includes a freebie!
historical fiction - over 100 best historical fiction for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to read Homeschool Social Studies, Homeschool Language Arts, Kids Reading, Book Worth Reading, Summer Reading, Homeschooling, Reading Lists
Homeschool Social Studies
Homeschool Language Arts
Kids Reading
Book Worth Reading
Summer Reading
Homeschooling
Reading Lists
historical fiction - over 100 best historical fiction for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to read
Teaching theme with Disney movies --- I do not think my students would object to this. Walt Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Amor, Disney And Dreamworks, Disney Love, Disney Films, Disney Magic, Disney World, Pixar Movies
Walt Disney
Disney Pixar
Disney Amor
Disney And Dreamworks
Disney Love
Disney Films
Disney Magic
Disney World
Pixar Movies
Teaching theme with Disney movies --- I do not think my students would object to this.
Teaching Theme Using Close Reading 4.RL.2 5.RL.2 6.RL.2 Reading Mastery, Cloze Reading, Partner Reading
Reading Mastery
Cloze Reading
Partner Reading
Teaching Theme Using Close Reading 4.RL.2 5.RL.2 6.RL.2
Tracking the "Inside Journey" of a Character Literacy Activities
Literacy Activities
Tracking the "Inside Journey" of a Character
This is a list of 174 different Character Traits. So often when I was teaching I wanted a list of traits so that my students could look at the list... Writing Skills, Writing Tips, Teaching Resources, Writing Homework, Lessons Activities, Free Lessons, Essay Writing, Character Traits List
Writing Skills
Writing Tips
Teaching Resources
Writing Homework
Lessons Activities
Free Lessons
Essay Writing
Character Traits List
This is a list of 174 different Character Traits. So often when I was teaching I wanted a list of traits so that my students could look at the list...
Teaching With a Mountain View: Character Project for ANY Novel! Reading Time
Reading Time
Teaching With a Mountain View: Character Project for ANY Novel!
Character traits
Character traits
Reading Foldable- a summary of the story character traits for two characters (with supporting evidence) setting (both place and time - inferred from the story) a reflection based on the question, "How did the main character's feelings change throughout the story?" (they also had to include supporting evidence from the text). Teaching Themes
Teaching Themes
Reading Foldable- a summary of the story character traits for two characters (with supporting evidence) setting (both place and time - inferred from the story) a reflection based on the question, "How did the main character's feelings change throughout the story?" (they also had to include supporting evidence from the text).
Cool activity to teach theme: 1. They chose a movie and wrote the theme in the middle of the puzzle. 2. Then they cut the puzzle apart an added one event, dialogue, etc. to each piece that pointed to this theme. Reading Workshop
Reading Workshop
Cool activity to teach theme: 1. They chose a movie and wrote the theme in the middle of the puzzle. 2. Then they cut the puzzle apart an added one event, dialogue, etc. to each piece that pointed to this theme.
Character Analysis
Character Analysis
For inspirational video links and free ideas for leadership in the classroom, go to lisasleaders.blogspot.com Teaching Literature, Free Teaching
Teaching Literature
Free Teaching
For inspirational video links and free ideas for leadership in the classroom, go to lisasleaders.blogspot.com
FAST Characterization Elementary Schools, Student Writing
Elementary Schools
Student Writing
FAST Characterization