ELA/Writing

This is a biography writing unit about the life of Martin Luther King Jnr. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.  The first lesson is interactive and involves them cutting out...

20 black and white MLK and related images accompanied by critical thinking journaling or writing prompts. These can be used as debate topics, dialogue starters, story starters, and warm-ups. Can be used as as complete MLK unit (Extra Resources-see below)...

Build Vocabulary and Improve Writing Skills with this engaging Strategy focusing on clouds.Perfect for a Clouds unit.Present sample lesson, use sample photos, and/or create your own lessons - Photos included.NO PREP.Students of all levels and abilities...

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

Picture This: Students,K-12, building their vocabulary,improving comprehension, and developing strategies to improve their reading, writing, speaking and language skills.Adding photos and images to your lessons will do all this!A wonderful resource...

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...