ELA/Writing

Build Vocabulary and Improve Writing Skills with this engaging Strategy!Students of all levels and abilities will enjoy this strategy!Presentation includes 5 sample lessons as well as 7 images for your own use.Editable file included in zip file.Great for...

Do you ever get stuck on how to prompt a student for a response during reading?Utilizing sentence frames,helps students of all proficiency levels incorporate higher levels of language into their reading and writing.This is a Convenient, Easy to Use Set...

By sorting different words by different elements, young children make sense of words and patterns within words. This is an educational, timely, fun activity that includes word cards, picture cards and sample sorts + a bonus picture/word matching activity...

Mentor texts, also referred to as anchor texts, are examples of quality writing from pieces of literature. These real examples can be studied and imitated allowing students practice using new strategies and formats. Studies show that mentor texts have a...

This is a Task Analysis sheet that I made for my Special Education, Middle School Level, Life Skill Class. This was used to track growth and progress of my students. Thank you for viewing! Store: Mods4Days

I designed this curriculum map based on a mix of the 6th grade common core standards and an appropriate life skills curriculum for my students with multiple disabilities. This includes suggestions of books and concepts that I will focus on for each...

I used this with my yth (special education) reading class with Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, but you can do this project with any book (or an independent reading book).Visualization is an important component to comprehension.This listing includes a...

These are real samples of exemplary peer editing comments. I use these to give the students examples of constructive criticism during the peer editing process.Thank you! Store: Mods4Days  

This unit plan has everything you need to teach the historical fiction novel, "My Brother Sam is Dead".This Unit Includes:Vocabulary Organized by ChapterComprehension Questions Organized by ChapterRevolutionary War Activities and SignsAnchor...

As a middle school teacher, I believe that teaching students to write a research paper is the most important skill that I can give them. This unit is meant to have students go step by step through The Writing Process in order to write a MLA-Style...

This file updates yearly for FREE to reflect current Chinese New Year's information! Introduce the Chinese New Year to students with these 35 engaging, interactive ELA or social studies/history activities.Includes:Directions for use with extensions and...

16 Halloween coloring images with holiday word banks that include:CatsBatsDraculaFrankensteinGhostsPiratePumpkinsTrick or TreatWitchesZombiesand more...Includes Suggestions For Use sheet and template to create your own vocabulary word bank. Upper levels...