Happy Halloween Making Words Activities! PDF & SMART Board

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This activity provides students with a fun way to practice word making and mathematics. Students will cut out letter tiles making the phrase "HAPPY HALLOWEEN". They will work independently and/or with a group to create as many words as they can. There is a final student activity sheet that allows students to analyze the words they have created.
*This comes with a matching SMARTBoard activity. Click on the pictures below to download this additional freebie.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happy-Halloween-Making-Words-SMART-Board-Activity-1526383

Enjoy!
~Erin

Foldable-1-6 Flap Booklets

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These simple and effective foldables can be used for ANY subject and provides you with opportunities to differentiate for your diverse learners. Just print, cut along the dotted lines, fold and you are done! This download contains many versions of flip booklets that have anywhere from 1 to 6 flaps.
Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction 

Reading Response Booklet-Square Cat

This download contains an 8-page mini-booklet that correlates to the story “Square Cat” by Elizabeth Schoonmaker. The activities below are included in this booklet and may be completed independently, with a partner, whole group, or in literacy workstations.

·         Author’s Purpose

·         Identify Problem/Solution

·         Pinpoint key events and their importance

·         Change in Character Feelings Throughout Story

·         Cause/Effect of Character Actions

·         Characteristics of a Good Friend

·         Create a timeline of key events

·         Vocabulary Enrichment-apply use of dictionary skills

·         Synonym Practice

·         Text Connections

·         Theme of Story

·         Book Review

This mini-booklet should be printed double-sided, folded, and stapled.
Enjoy!
~Erin

Foldable-Venn Diagram Flip Booklet

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This simple and effective foldable can be used for ANY subject and provides you with opportunities to differentiate for your diverse learners. Just print, cut along the dotted lines, fold and you are done!
 Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

BIG AL-Reading Response



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This download contains an 12-page mini-booklet that correlates to the story “BIG AL” by Andrew Clements & illustrated by Yoshi. The activities below are included in this booklet and may be completed independently, with a partner, whole group, or in literacy workstations.

·         Before/During Reading Predictions

·         Sticky Note Comprehension Parking Lot

·         Author’s Purpose

·         Identify Problem/Solution

·         Pinpoint key events and their importance

·         Change in Character Feelings Throughout Story

·         Characterization of Main Character

·         Create a timeline of key events

·         Vocabulary Enrichment-apply use of dictionary skills

·         Synonym Practice

·         Making Words activity-TREMENDOUS (mystery word) with letter strips

·         Theme of Story

·         Book Review

This mini-booklet should be printed double-sided, folded, and stapled.
Enjoy!
~Erin

Reading Response-"Things that are Most in the World" Booklet

This download contains a reading response booklet to the book, “Things that are the Most in the World” by Judi Barrett. Students will have the opportunity to review nouns, verbs & adjectives, as well as learn about superlatives! This booklet includes:

·         Students will identify the part of speech for a list of words.

·         Students will be given an adjective and must write the superlative for that word.

·         Students will generate a list of A-Z adjectives that they will later use to create their own “Things that are the Most in the World” page for a class book.

·         Students will create a page of their own that follows the same pattern from their book using one of the adjectives generated from the A-Z list.

Enjoy!
~Erin