ELA/Writing

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...

Two great products that go together like a Burger...and another BURGER! Keep your class engaged those last weeks / days with these little prep activities. Impress Admin by having a CURRENT Bulletin Board right to the end. These are the products you need...

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...

Visit Cup to Cup Teaching for more Close Reading resources! Use this digital notebook for students to record evidence and their thinking about "signposts" they encounter in their reading of nonfiction text. Assign students the slideshow in Google...

 Visit Cup to Cup Teaching for more resources! This product contains 10 DESCRIPTIVE / CATEGORICAL graphic organizers. There are two versions. You can PRINT (black and white) or use the DIGITAL VERSION for Google Classroom. The organizers are ready...