ELA/Writing

Creative writing prompts that focus on 1800s history, issues and life. Includes 16 slides to help students think about life as an explorer or pioneer during the 1800s. Visually pleasing graphics with great journal starters. Excellent for history or...

Are you looking for a simple, low prep way to introduce and reinforce the characteristics of fiction text? My All About Fiction anchor charts allow you to do just that! Plus, if you are like me, it takes the pressure off trying to create beautiful anchor...

Mock Trial Scenarios 2 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court,...

This is an original assessment I created to test my students’ level of reading and interpreting information provided on tables, charts, bar graphs, line graphs, timelines, and diagrams. This 4 page assessment encourages students to explain, match,...

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in example texts provided in this upper elementary, student friendly assessment. *This resource contains the ability to easily make this resource DIGITAL for your students! The 15...

This is an original assessment I created to test my students’ level of understanding of first and second hand accounts of events in informational text. (RI.4.6. Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic;...

Students struggling with multi paragraph essay writing? This packet will have 4th and 5th graders practicing how to construct on-line, multi paragraph essays in preparation for state testing! I’ve provided links to 9 text passages and 3 written...

State test VOCABULARY prep for the whole year-ready to print and go! Help your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students better prepare for the State Test assessments in Language Arts by reviewing key vocabulary and testing terms they may encounter! Students will...

Bring key characteristics of Colonial America alive with this leveled set of 3 reader’s theater scripts featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life! Focus on differentiation by matching reading levels with the different...

Students will have repeated opportunities for identifying common literature themes as they engage in this common core aligned bingo game! Great for test prep or small group intervention, this activity will have students zeroing in on specific evidence...

Students can get creative making stories with given story elements!   In this packet, students will: Choose characters, settings, problems, and solutions by rolling dice Create their own examples of story elements (optional) Practice orally...

Are you looking for an effortless, straightforward way to keep track of your tier 2 intervention data? My Tier 2 Intervention data sheet is the tool that will probably save your sanity and help keep all of your tier 2 data organized and easily accessible...