Welcome to a resource guide of tools, handouts, organizers, and activities about poetry themes, vocabulary, close reads, and devices. Contents Include: Terms of use What is Poetry? – Teacher Resource What is Poetry – Student Blank Copy Vocabulary Organizing Poems Theme Activity #1 – Shel Silverstein Theme Activity #2 – Jack Prelutsky Close Read Poem #1 – Christina Rossetti Close Read Poem #2 – Judith Viorst Close Read Poem #3 – Lilian Moore Rhyming Activity Rhythm Activity Alliteration – Tongue Twisters Alliteration – Brainstorming Similes in Poems Metaphors in Poems Onomatopoeia Analysis Onomatopoeia Poem Activity Poem Main Idea and Detail Poem Sequencing Enjoy and thank you! Loads of Learning

A great resource with handouts for analyzing the difference between evidence and inference. This packet is specific for analyzing images, historical, cultural, or illustrations in literature, and finding evidence in those images to infer about the the story, or about history. Great for ELA interactive notebook, graphic organizing, or small group/independent work Grades 3-5 CONTENTS: CC standards Terms of Use Sentence Stems Evidence vs Inference - Graphic Organizer Image Inspection - Handout.Activity Image Purpose - Handout.Activity Image Meaning- Handout.Activity Image Analysis- Handout.Activity Thanks for checking it out! Enjoy!

This product is an opportunity for students to work on an independent writing assignment. You can use the product: in writing centers to supplement your writing curriculum as an at-home or in-class independent writing project as an opportunity for student choice in writing/ passion project Product includes: terms of use strategies and reasoning for project teacher talk to present the project discussion questions writing prompt to get students going on assignment mix and match of topics and genres writing/drafting pages Enjoy and thank you! Loads of Learning

The conversation journal is a journal where partners have a guided conversation with one another through writing. Students can practice all writing devices, with just a partner and a journal. Students are able to learn and practice writing skills and types, while responding to another person, finding support in a peer, and enjoying the writing process through unique and child-friendly way! The teacher’s guide will walk you through what the journal is, how it’s formatted, and how to use it to improve engagement, community in the classroom, and writing skills. You can average one conversation journal entry each week of the school year! Contents Include: Terms of Use Teacher’s Guide: What is a Conversation Journal? Prompts – Persuasive Partners (4) Prompts – Opinion Partners (4) Prompts – Genre Partners (4) Prompts – Poetry Partners (4) Prompts – Expository Partners (4) Prompts – Historical Partners (4) Prompts – Illustration Partners (4) Prompts – Free Verse Partners (4) Enjoy and thank you! Loads of Learning

Great for any novel, fiction or non-fiction! Contents include: Terms of Use Author Study -Book Cover Analysis -Vocabulary Chart -Vocabulary Graphic Organizer -Main Idea & Details -Identifying Theme -Theme Glossary – Blank -Theme Glossary -Character Traits List -Character External & Internal Traits -Character Traits Using Text Evidence -Compare Characters -Sequence Analysis -Cause and Effect Chart -Point of View Rewrite -Making Inferences about the Story -Story Board Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Loads-of-Learning-1737902513092331/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/loadsoflearning/ Enjoy and thank you! Loads of Learning