There is no one right way to conduct literacy circles. The approach may change from class to class, teacher to teacher, student to student and sometimes-even day to day. What Are Literacy Circles? • Small groups of students meet to discuss reading passages (poems, short stories, novels, fiction or nonfiction). • The discussion is student directed and student centered. • The discussion is guided by the students’ response to what they have read. • The circles allow students to engage in critical thinking and reflection through reading, discussing and responding to literature. • Students are enthusiastic, motivated and actively involved. This package includes • How to use it with Google Docs • About Literacy Circles • 10 different handouts This package includes the following handouts: • Discuss • Connect • Summarize • Vocabulary • Illustrate • Fact Finder • Timeline • Connection • Conflicts • Character Traits Pick and choose the literacy circle handouts you want to use based on your students readings and needs. Since this package comes in an editable Google Doc, you can also make changes where you feel is necessary. Print them out or use them digitally on Google Docs!

This resource is a great way to engage students during the last 15 days of school. Each day, show them one of these 8.5" x 11" writing prompts. Each writing prompt is designed with the summer in mind. They also all correspond to the number of days left; ie: 15 days left incorporates the number 15. This is a great way to countdown the days and keep your students busy during an exciting time of year.

This resource is great to have your students look at and review current events. This resource is a 4 page graphic organizer. The included 4 pages are as follows: Current Events Your Opinion Summary Where you stand This resource comes in a printable PDF as well as an editable Google Slide. You can print it out and provide the organizers to your students, or allow them to make a copy and fill it in digitally.

Whether you are in a 1 to 1 classroom or have access to Chromebooks, laptops or iPads, this resource is a great way to implement a book report in your classroom. Go paperless with this digital editable Google Slides. This can be used independently or as a collaborative project for novel study/book study groups. This digital book report covers visuals (the book cover), main characters, setting of the book, book summary, favourite part, a change that the student wants to see in the book and a rating of the book. Each slide comes with instructions for your students. You can have the students print out their digital book report as the resource is set to 8.5 x 11 paper size. Or have your students present their completed Book Report to the class!

This resource allows your students to practise making words using digital tile templates, editable in Google Slides. This makes for a great spelling/phonics practice activity. Add the word list that you want your students to create and then they can quickly drag and drop the letter over. Also includes digraph and diphthong letter boxes. Pages include: Editable word list and blue box for students to drag letters to create words Full page blue box and letters to create words Editable word list and green box with digraph and diphthong letters on the outside of the slide for students to create words. Word list with shelf Word list, digraph and diphthong letters and shelf Drag and drop digraph and diphthong letters Usage guide with a “refresh” button Students can use the templates to form one word or multiple words. All consonants are blue and all vowels are red. These slides can can used on Chromebooks, laptops/computers and iPads This resource comes in a standard size 8.5 x 11 printable PDF as well as an editable Google Slide. This means you can quickly print out the PDF and have the students cut and move letters and or use it digitally. This makes for a great distance learning resource.

Are you using a book/novel with a corresponding movie with your students? Then this resource is perfect for you! These 11 different graphic organizers compare a book with it’s movie counterpart. They have been created with two things in mind; to work with any story and to meet a variety of levels. If you are worried that too many students take the easy way out and just watch the movie, that they will miss out of important details from reading the book, then this resource is also great. It makes it easy to tell who tried to take the shortcut and who did not. This resource comes in a printable PDF as well as an editable Google Slide. Make changes as you feel is best for your class! You can print it out and provide the organizers to your students, or allow them to make a copy and fill it in digitally.

Have fun generating 10,000,000 different story combinations. This is similar to a “Roll a story” activity but instead of 216 options, there are TEN MILLION! Quickly generate a random character (with descriptor), a plot and a setting. Your students can then start creating a very fun and unique story. Don’t like what was given? Keep clicking the big green “Generate Story” button to have an endless amount of story ideas for you and your students. Not enough options? Easily add your own to add more possibilities. Everything is editable on Google Sheets! Includes: Step by Step setup guide Customization guide Data Safety: learn how the Apps Script was created You can have your students follow the 8 step setup and generate their own stories for quick writes or longer stories. Or maybe you can set it up and display it on your smartboard and roll a different story each day, where they have a quick writing activity with a paragraph long story. There are many options and ways you can use this resource. Perfect for creative writing!

It is useful to have your students keep track of important vocabulary and terms throughout the duration of the class. It makes studying and organization for the students much easier! This interactive digital dictionary. Everything is editable on Google Sheets! This package includes: • A table of contents page with all pre-linked letter to pages. Every letter of the alphabet has links to two pages. • Each letter page for definitions includes room for 6 definitions. Since each letter has 2 pages, in total each letter can have 12 definitions! • Guides on adding text, images, shapes, lines, arrange, align and the explore tool Bonus Print: All the pages are setup to be 8.5 x 11 paper size. This makes it easy to print out the whole dictionary or specific pages if need be. This is helpful if the student wants to print out their terms before a test. This package is good for all students in all subjects!

This resource allows your students to write 10 different stories based on the video game Fortnite. This resource includes an instruction page to setup the booklet. This booklet was designed with tabs and a table of contents.To setup the tabs, after printing the booklet, have the students cut around the tabs on the right side of the page. The students are then provided a map and 15 locations with instructions on what they can write for each. The resource kept also includes students who do not play the game, that way they can be engaged in the activity too. Included is a basic rubric for marking each writing piece.

This is an easy to use Google Slide Wheel of Fortune game template. It will play like the popular TV game show. This game is great to review before quizzes and tests! This game is generic and works with any subject area such as English, history, math, science, social studies, etc. 4 slides and easy to follow. Requires internet access, even when playing. To start, go to the 4th slide and make a copy into your own Google Drive. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This resource is great to allow your students to create and write about a Superhero. This resource includes 8 different graphic organizers, all to prepare the creation of their hero. The students go from brainstorming their hero to writing the story and drawing the comic. This resource is great for a language grade as well as an art grade. Plus your students will have fun completing the organizers. Superhero potential powers and traits organizer Story line organizer Plot and conflict organizer Characters organizer Visuals organizer Plot line organizer The Story (where the students can write their story) Simple comic template This resource comes in a printable PDF as well as an editable Google Slide. You can print it out and provide the organizers to your students, or allow them to make a copy and fill it in digitally.

Whether you are in a 1 to 1 classroom or have access to Chromebooks, laptops or iPads, this resource is a great way to have your students create a comic. Go paperless with this digital editable Google Slides. This resource includes 15 different blank comic book layouts. You can have the students print out their comic book once they finalize their digital version, as the resource is set to 8.5 x 11 paper size. Or you can pre-print the blank layouts with the included PDF and have the students draw on a paper copy. The choice is yours! WHY USE COMIC STRIPS? Another option for projects Allows for a lot of creativity Uses a familiar format Can incorporate both visual and written information Improve narrative writing skills It’s fun! INTEGRATING IT INTO YOUR CLASSROOM Illustrate a concept from class, such as a property of science Retell a story or a portion of a story they have read for class Re-enact a famous scene from history Students can tell about themselves with an autobiographical comic. Students can make a comic that uses vocabulary words for that week.

This resource includes the letters and two styled games to use with the letters. Letters include both a photocopy black and white version as well as a colored version. Print the letters on cardstock. Then laminate. There are 8 of each vowel and 4 of each consonant. Also includes two blanks. Provide your students with the letters. Have the students use the letters to spell out spelling words, words within their units or give them random letters to come up with the highest valued words. Great for math (addition) Additionally, there is a traditional styled Scrabble board with instructions and a score sheet handout. This resource is good for language unit by having the students total up vocabulary words, or just a great way to reward students by having them play Scrabble.

This ready-to-use set of printables includes everything you need to provide your students with fun quick write topics. Each writing prompt is it’s own page that includes a border, art work, writing prompt title and description to get the student started. You can print these out and use it in a ore traditional way or allow your students to complete these quick writes on a Chromebook, iPad or any other BYOD. These 85 writing prompts come on an editable Google Slide!

This bundle is great to allow your students to create and write about a Superhero. This resource includes 8 different graphic organizers, all to prepare the creation of their hero. The students go from brainstorming their hero to writing the story and drawing the comic. This resource is great for a language grade as well as an art grade. Plus your students will have fun completing the organizers. Superhero potential powers and traits organizer Storyline organizer Plot and conflict organizer Characters organizer Visuals organizer Plot line organizer The Story (where the students can write their story) Simple comic template This bundle also includes 15 different blank comic book layouts. You can have the students print out their comic book once they finalize their digital version, as the resource is set to 8.5 x 11 paper size. Or you can pre-print the blank layouts with the included PDF and have the students draw on a paper copy. The choice is yours! This resource comes in a printable PDF as well as an editable Google Slide. You can print it out and provide the organizers to your students, or allow them to make a copy and fill it in digitally.

Fish in a Tree is a great novel for your classroom. This Novel Study full unit is perfect for your students to explore and comprehend the story. This resource is a full unit that has 20 - 40 minute lessons that covers each chapter in the book. This resource has everything you need to teach the novel. Includes:All the files are fully editable on Google Docs and Google Slides ★ Unit Plans (14 pages) - covering what to teach for each lesson ★ Main Slide (63 pages) - This will help you keep on track. The unit plans correspond to each slide ★ Character Map (8 pages) - This is used for a few of the lessons ★ Quotes Slide (30 pages) - This is used for a lesson ★ Digital Journal (12 pages) - This is one of the assessment pieces within the unit. Alternatively, you can have the students use a traditional journal. Assessments: This resource includes all the assessments with rubrics that you need to teach the unit. ★ Digital Journal ★ Perspective Writing Assignment ★ Perseverance Assignment ★ Sketchbook of impossible things (I also sell this separately) ★ Deleted scene Writing Assignment Please Note: This unit is best used in classrooms that have Smart boards and Chromebooks or iPads available to the students. This package is also apart of a Mystery Story & Fish in a Tree Unit Bundle.