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Common Core: Craft and StructureRI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.63 informational (non-fiction) passages, one for each standard. Each passage comes in a mid-late first grade level and a mid-second grade level. They include standards based, text dependent questions...

Use this resource to let students practice process writing about and illustrating some of the most fun parts of the holidays/winter!  This pack includes ten prompts:  -How to decorate a tree -How to make an ornament  -How to write a...

Writing With Picture Prompts Winter This is a winter-themed writing packet with picture prompts. The writing prompts, pictures, and labels to guide students in their writing. The prompts were written to get students to respond with more thought in mind...

A Christmas Carol wrap up- a quick activity to use at the close of the play. Check out my 8th grade Antics store for more resources

Students analyze quotes from the play in this double entry journal. Check out my 8th grade Antics store for more resources

I use these names with pictures when my class reads A Christmas Carol play. They tend to forget which character they are playing, so I print the characters' names and pictures (there are not pictures for every character) to help them remember. Check out...

Winter Writing Activity teaches kids to appreciate nature and learn how the seasons change. Planetpals GreenBean changes her clothes and scene every season. In winter to a snowman! Whimsical and fun.   Includes: 1. Winter Writing Sheet /...

Teaching prefixes an important part of building better readers. Learning prefixes, their meaning, and proper usage make for a more proficient reader and writer. Prefixes, suffixes, and roots are the essential building blocks of all words. This...

Benjamin Bundt has a frog in his house and pizza in the oven one Christmas Eve, and it can mean only one thing. Unfortunately, the monster pizza that springs forth is too big for a proper spanking, and then there's the matter of the flying penguins in...

Engaging lesson and activity, with a Winter Theme, to teach how to write more descriptive sentences using Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. In this COMPLETE LESSON PLAN, watch the the scene grow details as the sentence grows. This lesson is a simple...

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...

53 slides of Holiday/Christmas themed cartoon pages for student authors to write and color then bind in book format. Includes:comic-like frames with black & white images directionsspeech/thought bubbles introduction sheet4 Title...