Looking for fun Memorial Day activities? Have your students try this free Memorial Day Jumble Word Puzzle. It will help them develop spelling and vocabulary skills, and they won't even realize they are learning. Enjoy! - Greg Smith

Use this set of writing process posters to give your students a little reminder of what to do during writer's workshop. These writing posters can be used as clip charts, or as classroom decor in your writing center. Ready for back to school! Explains the writing process - Prewrite, Write, Revise, Edit, Evaluate, and Publish. - Greg Smith

Story Elements. This story elements summary sheet can be used with any short story. Review the main story elements, such as plot, characters, setting, theme, conflict, climax, resolution, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, mood, and tone. Ten questions for ten points each makes it easy to grade. Useful as a substitute activity, a review, an open book test, a center activity, individual or group activity. - Greg Smith

Have your students get creative with these Remembrance Day acrostic poem sheets. Two different sheets for students to write poetry with imagery and words that appeal to the senses. Students write a poem about Remembrance Day by beginning each line with a word that begins with the letter on that line. The first sheet is REMEMBRANCE and the second sheet is POPPIES. - Greg Smith

The Ransom of Red Chief TEST - This is a 13 question multiple choice test over the short story The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry. It also includes a constructed response (short answer) question. It is a quick assessment of student comprehension.

The Last Leaf by O. Henry - Short story questions and writing response actiivities.

The Ransom of Red Chief VOCABULARY- includes a vocabulary list of 15 words with definitions from the short story The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry. It also includes a fill-in-the-blank study guide, where students must place the correct vocabulary words in the sentences using context clues. Good for assessment or practice. Key included.

Study guide and quiz on Chapters 1 - 8 of the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. - Greg Smith

Use this parent letter to notify parents of an after school (or other) detention assignment. It is editable, so you can change the wording to adjust it for your own classroom needs. Easy to hand to a student when you wish to require them to serve detention for misconduct, with convenient check boxes for behavior, a place for parent and student signature, and parent comments. Hopefully, you won't have to use it much, but it is nice to have if you do hold detentions. Appropriate for middle school or junior high. - Greg Smith

A fun supplement to your Christmas Around the World unit...a word search puzzle with different names of Santa Claus from different countries around the World. Includes answer key. Enjoy! - Greg Smith

If you are studying the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, you can use this study guide and final test on the novel to assess student learning. Thanks. Greg Smith

Foldables for Interactive Notebooks - How to Create Foldables for Interactive Notebooks. Step-by-step directions on how to fold paper for eleven different foldables that you can use in interactive notebooks.

Student sight word practice booklet. This power words packet is based on the IRLA 1G level words. Includes a cover page, weekly power words for reading practice, weekly writing sheets, word work practice and word family race game. Enjoy! - Greg Smith ©2016 Greg Smith.

Food Chains Word Search Puzzle. Fun word search puzzle all about Food Chains. Black and white ink friendly word search puzzle that your students will love. Includes 26 different words related to Food Chains. Includes solution. Thanks and enjoy! Terms included are: abiotic animals autotroph biotic carnivore chain competition consumer decomposer detrivore ecosystem energy feeder food herbivore heterotroph nutrients omnivore organism photosynthesis plants predator prey producer scavenger web Food Chains | Food Web | Science | Printables | Worksheets | Word Search | Puzzle

Book Report Assignment. Give this project to your students for an independent reading assignment. Students can choose to complete a comic strip, a greeting card, a collage, a movie poster, or a magazine advertisement. Assignment sheet includes directions, the five choices for student project with specifics, and a 100 point evaluation checklist. Have students turn in the sheet with their completed project, so you can easily grade. Print and go. Enjoy! - Greg Smith

Critical Thinking Reading Response Cards. Students can use these reading response cards to reflect on their reading and their own learning and perspectives. 20 cards for students to use to respond to their reading of any fiction story. Questions have rigor and require higher order thinking skills. - Greg Smith

Scarecrow Word Search Puzzle. Great for any scarecrow or fall harvest unit. Fun word search puzzle all about scarecrows. Your students will love finding the words frontwards, backwards, and on the diagonals. Includes 24 different words related to scarecrows. Includes solution. Thanks and enjoy! Terms included are: Bandanna Birds Brainless Burlap Cornfield Costume Country Crops Decoration Decoy Frighten Garden Gloves Guard Halloween Mannequin Overalls Post Protect Seedcap Sentry Straw Stuffing Workboots Key words Scarecrow | Halloween | Printables | Worksheets | Word Search | Puzzle

Thanksgiving Fun - Pilgrim Riddles. Five Thanksgiving riddles to figure out, written with an element of old fashioned language. It is a fun and quick filler activity for your students! Answer key included at the end. Enjoy!

Five Paragraph Essay PowerPoint - How to write a five paragraph essay. Information for students on the structure of a five paragraph essay. including introductory paragraph, 3 detail paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.

Reading Informational Text Practice Activity. Includes an informational reading text about standardized texting, a comprehension and vocabulary with context clues worksheet, and a reading response writing prompt. Good practice for standardized tests, or activity to use with a substitute.