Category: Language Arts

  • Mini-Book Template 1
    $1.00

    Help your students get creative! This mini-book template resource can be used by students to…
    1. Publish their own short stories
    2. Write definitions for spelling or vocabulary words
    3. Create their own ‘study’ books from any lesson
    4. Use within interactive notebooks
    5. Use to add information to a lapbooking project

     

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  • Mitten Themed Literacy, Math and Science Winter Activities
    $5.00

    This resource focuses on language, math and science and is based around 4 ‘Mitten’ themed poems. Perfect to use for mini-lessons, within a literacy circle or in centers during Winter months!

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  • Symbols of the U.S.A. – U.S. History Informational Text
    $2.50

    This resource, Symbols of the U.S.A. – U.S. History Informational Text, has FIVE parts: The Statue of Liberty, The Liberty Bell, The Great Seal, The Bald Eagle and The American Flag.

    In each section, students will have one page of informational text and then 2 pages to assess understanding / comprehension through multiple choice questions and writing prompt page. Answer Keys provided.

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  • Little Woman | Louisa May Alcott
    $2.50

    This is a downloadable copy of the book.
    About the book: Louisa May Alcott’s beloved tale about Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is presented in a beautiful Everyman’s Library Children’s Classics edition. The story of the four sisters’ dreams, quarrels, and romances are brought to vivid life

    About the Author: Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys.

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  • The Whipping Boy (1987) Book Unit
    $2.00

    This resource offers vocabulary work, reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters..

    About the book (Not included):
    The Whipping Boy is a Newbery medal-winning children’s book by Sid Fleischman, first published in 1986.
    It is the story of a friendship that develops between Prince Brat and his whipping boy, Jemmy, who was forced to take punishments for the prince. Though these boys seem to be complete opposites, they display courage and a willingness to help one another when they are faced with danger.

    Interest level:
    Grades 4 – 8    		 Reading level:
    Grades 2 – 5

     

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  • The View from Saturday (1997) Book Unit
    $2.00

    This resource offers vocabulary work, reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters.

    About the book (Not included):
    The View from Saturday is a children’s novel by E. L. Konigsburg, published in 1996. It won the 1997 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s literature, the author’s second Medal. Theme of the book: “Kindness and the courage it takes to be kind.”

    Reading level: 6th-8th Grade

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  • Reading Strategy Author's Purpse
    Author’s Purpose
    $3.00

    An important aspect of understanding any written text is being able to determine the author’s purpose. Was the piece written to persuade, to inform or to entertain? This Language Arts packet begins through explaining P.I.E. (and later includes a 4th purpose of writing: to express personal feelings). Students will be asked to read passages throughout and to determine the purpose of each.

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  • McGuffey’s Primer
    $2.50

    Learn to read the old fashioned way, with McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer. This first reading book begins with the alphabet and moves from simple sentences made up of one-syllable words (“”A cat and a rat.””) through more difficult sentences of one-syllable words (“”A good child likes to go to school.””). The book includes “”slate exercises”” of the script alphabet and charming 19th-century illustrations throughout.

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  • St. Lawrence Explorers | Cartier and Champlain
    $1.50

    This informational article will help students learn more about two French explorers: Cartier and Champlain. These men were early explorers of the St. Lawrence Bay area of the New World (Canada). After students read the text, they will complete two worksheets to assess their understanding and reading comprehension. Answer key provided.

    Readability:
    Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.9
    Grade level: Fourth Grade
    Linsear Write Formula : 4.8
    Grade level: Fifth Grade.

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  • Vocabulary – Guess the Meaning | Learning Strategy Worksheet
    $1.00

    One strategy to help students learn unfamiliar vocabulary is called: Guess the meaning. This ready-to-use worksheet has been designed to be used again and again, throughout the school year as students encounter new vocabulary words. Students will write each ‘new‘ word, what they ‘think’ it means and then after looking up the word in a dictionary, they will write an actual definition.

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  • A Child’s Garden of Verses (Robert Louis Stevenson)
    $2.50

    This is a downloadable copy of the book.
    About the book: A Child’s Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, a collection that concerns childhood, illness, play, and solitude. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles.

    About the Author:  Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child’s Garden of Verses. A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson’s critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, though today his works are held in general acclaim. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world.

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  • The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (Hugh Lofting)
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    This is a downloadable copy of the book.
    About the book:The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It won the Newbery Medal for 1923.

    About the Author: Hugh John Lofting was an English author trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children’s character of Doctor Dolittle. Dolittle first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the British Army trenches in World War I. He travelled widely as a civil engineer, before enlisting in the Irish Guards regiment of the British Army to serve in the First World War. Not wishing to write to his children about the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters which later became the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children.

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  • The Mysterious Key and What it Opened | Louisa May Alcott
    $2.50

    This is a downloadable copy of the book.
    About the book: When Lillian Trevlyn is a baby, her father dies under mysterious circumstances, and she nearly loses her mother on the very same day. Lillian grows up to become a lovely young woman, but the mysteries of her childhood remain unsolved. Paul, an orphaned boy, enters the story as a groomsman. Though he is warmly received by the family he is furtive and evasive regarding his past and future plans. The romantic mystery of the Trevlyn family catches full fire when Paul disappears.

    About the Author: Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys.

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  • Fall Rebus Story
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  • Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
    $2.50

    This is a downloadable copy of the book.
    About the book: Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel written as a boys’ novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. Kidnapped is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the “Appin murder”, which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically.

    About the Author:  Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child’s Garden of Verses. A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson’s critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, though today his works are held in general acclaim. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world.

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  • 2nd Grade Skills Workbook for February
    $5.00

    Workbook filled with 2nd Grade skills – Over 170 pages.

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  • Syllabication Rule Posters
    $1.50

    7 Posters that will guide students through the rules of dividing words into syllables!

    Example: The first poster tells students to first check for prefixes and suffixes and to divide these from the root word. Next, the students are told to check for multiple consonants together between vowels and then how to proceed.

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  • The Last of the Mohicans (Cooper)
    $2.50

    This is a downloadable copy of the book.
    About the book:

    About the Author: James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances draw a picture of frontier and American Indian life in the early American days which created a unique form of American literature.

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  • Tracing Numbers 1-120
    $3.00

    By the end of 1st grade, students should be able to write numbers through 120. These practice worksheets can be used for K-1st to practice writing their numbers.
    – Page 1: 1-20
    – Page 2: 21-40
    – Page 3: 41-60
    – Page 4: 61-80
    – Page 5: 81-100
    – Page 6: 101-115
    – Page 7: 116-120

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  • FLASH CARDS -100 Vocabulary Words Every High School Student Should Know
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    This resource are word cards (flash cards) of the 100 vocabulary words every High School student should know. Students can use to write definitions and study each word.

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