Back-to-School e-Books Series Ready for Download on TpT!

   The back-to-school e-Book series is now being posted on TeachersPayTeachers.  Each one is loaded with teacher-tested back to school tips, tons of freebies, and links to other products to help you get your 2014-2015 school year off to a great start!


Here's the list so far.  Left to go, the ELA 6-12 e-Book.  I'll post links to that one as soon as it's ready. 





Math, Science, and More:  Grades 3-5  
 Hosted by Wise Guys
 

 

Science:  Grades 6-12  

Hosted by Amy Brown (Science Stuff)

English Language Arts and Special Education

Hosted by Elementary Solutions

  Math:  Grades 6-12  

  Hosted by All Things Algebra

Social Studies:  Grades 6-12

Hosted by Michele Luck's Social Studies

                                           Margaret

                                           

The Giver: The Movie

The Giver:  The Movie

     It’s official!  Lois Lowery’s 1994 Newbery Winner is now a movie, scheduled for release August 15, 2014.   Can’t wait to see how Hollywood changes the plot and maybe . . . could it be?. . . the ending.  I really want to know if Jonas and Gabriel truly found Elsewhere or if they froze to death!

     Internet movie trailers hint of a romance mixed in, but the story basics seem to have been left in tact.  Whether the movie strays far from the plot or stays close, we're about to be gifted with another CCSS resource, and we now know that the Giver looks like Jeff Bridges!

     If you are already using this mind-stretching book, add this FREE graphic organizer to your files:

Comfort Collections

and this FREE list of 110 vocabulary words  and definitions taken from the book.

The Giver Vocabulary List and Definitions

    For a whole teaching unit with

Chapter Summaries

Prereading Activities

Vocabulary Lists and Activities

Chapter-by-Chapter Short Answer Questions

Chapter-by-Chapter and Whole Book Objective Tests

Think, Write, Create Open-Ended Activities

Graphic Organizers for Writing

Answer Keys

Click here:  The Giver A Novel Teaching Pack

      

    I have been "blog absent" during the summer because of my wildlife rehab duties.  The baby birds demand attention--just like all babies!  Seeing the TV promos for this movie bounced me back into the groove!

    Be back soon.

Margaret

Christmas Countdown

Countdown to the dismissal bell. . . 

Have a long, restful, 

Merry Christmas break!

Informational Texts for Christmas

Informational Texts Teaching Resources

 for Christmas

      

     One thing for sure, during those two weeks before Christmas break, keeping wound-up students engaged in learning without a good plan is about as easy as keeping a submarine with screen doors afloat.  Santa understands!

   How about a collection of excellent, kid-oriented, ready-to-use Informational Texts lessons—all of them CCSS aligned—two of them FREE and the rest from $1 to $3.50?

It’s already December 10^th, but not too late to grab a few more holiday life boats! 

Informational Text:  A Holiday Story and a Song   Grades 6-8    FREE

This is my holiday gift to you!  The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with 12 CCSS aligned questions and a teacher’s page of ideas and resources for additional activities.  This link takes you to my website (Taking Grades) and the Free Stuff department where you can download more than 25 free items without having to register or mess with the shopping cart.  Help yourself!

Informational Texts:  A Christmas Duo  Grades 6-8    $3.50

This is also my product.  You can find it in my TpT Store or on my website.  Poinsettias and mistletoe are the topics of the two informational texts.  Each article is accompanied by 15 CCSS aligned questions.  Full answer keys included.

Informational Texts for Christmas (Short Passages about Christmas symbols)  Grades 2-4  $3.00

From Trina R. Dralus’ TpT Store, this product features five different short passages about the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, the candy cane, the Christmas Elf, and the Christmas stocking.  The author focuses on two CCSS skills in each text. A bargain at $3.

Winter Events:  Three Informational Texts with Questions  Grade 5   $3.00

In her winter-themed Informational Text product, TpT Seller Terry Abromitis  features

Chanukah, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, and the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Five Common Core skills are addressed in the accompanying questions. Great topics for students who love in-depth study.

Text Features Holiday Match  2-4^th Grades  $2.75

Michelle Harper, TpT Seller from Tennessee, has come up with a clever and fun activity to help students learn the features of informational texts (captions, illustrations, diagrams, etc.) and their definitions.   I think 5^th and 6^th graders would have a great time with this activity as well as the little guys!

Christmas Informational Web 2-4^th Grades  $1.00

The Loopy Looper, a teacher from Ohio, is offering this unique activity for a mere dollar!  Students get a graphic organizer filled with information about Christmas.  Their task is to convert the facts into an Informational Text about Christmas.  Great idea!!  

Free Summarizing Task Cards for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa  Grades 3-6  FREE

From TpT top seller Rachel Lynette, this set of 20 task cards with informational paragraphs challenges students to summarize the information in just 12 words or less.

You gotta’ have this one!

Have a long, restful, fun-filled holiday break!