ELA/Writing

Thank you for your interest in this product! We fully believe that this will be a huge benefit to you. Many of us find that using the CHAMPS acronym, especially on posters in our classrooms, is a great way to reinforce our expectations for student...

Check out Energizing Education for more resources!   Alphabet picture cards with American Sign Language (ASL) handshapes that correspond with each letter, a-z.

Let’s be honest - many of us wouldn’t give homework if we didn’t have to...kids need time to be kids! These choice boards are made to provide fun, engaging homework activities that won’t bog down your students and their...

Revealing Evidence is a classroom game that incorporates critical thinking and riddle-type clues into a fun and highly motivational setting. Students are given seven clues about a mystery person, place, or thing. The clues, which appear automatically on...

This Bundle of Boom! Card Decks contains 7 Decks! Excellent for Distance or Remote Learning, Self-Paced reviews, or in-class enrichment, these decks can be used individually, or to teach student-scholars about the different Literary Genres! The Basics of...

Literary genres can be a very difficult area to teach, and yet, we are called upon to teach them all, often in isolation, and without explanation of how the different genres fit together, or what they mean. This Deck of Boom! Cards will guide students...

This Sample Deck of Boom! Cards introduces student-scholars to seven of the most common forms of Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor, Imagery, Personification, Alliteration, Allusion, and Onomatopoeia. The first 7 cards are direct instruction/teaching...

This Boom! Deck gives your student-scholars the basics of Poetry as a genre. It provides student-friendly definitions and examples of 5 characteristics common to all poetry, and the most commonly used figurative language types. The set covers the...

Visit Cup to Cup Teaching for more resources! This emoji themed reading journal (Google Slideshow file) is a way for students to monitor their thinking and record their thinking on digital sticky notes. You can customize your students' journal with...

I'm sure you don't lay awake at night asking yourself, "What is the history of the Hamburger?" ...you probably think you KNOW the history. I sure did! My research lead to some surprising discoveries along the way.   Learning about the history of...

Visit Cup to Cup Teaching for more resources.   For those of you who use the Notice & Note Signposts for Close Reading, this resource is for you! It provides tools for students to collect their “signposts” as they read. There are...

 Visit Cup to Cup Teaching for more Close Reading Resources! For those of you who use the Notice & Note Signposts for Close Reading, this resource is for you! It provides tools for students to collect their “signposts” as they read...