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The Plot Chickens is a hilarious read with fiction writing story elements every writer must use - young or old! Use what you learn in this book to discuss other books you read.

Who says you can’t use animated shorts with upper elementary kids to further strengthen their fiction comprehension skills?! Using short animations is growing in popularity in the classroom, and for good reason, they work! Shorts are an amazing resource for furthering reading and comprehension skills. This Resource includes 16 graphic organizers and activities geared towards the upper elementary and intermediate student. Each one comes in two different levels to provide differentiation and...

Read summaries for the top 10 Pixar short films for teaching literary elements. These films are perfect for authentically teaching theme, inference, plot, character, conflict, setting, etc. You students will LOVE them! #middleschoolela #teachingwithpixarshorts #pixarshortfilmworkshops

Calling all teachers of little word detectives! Here are my favorite books and videos for teaching context clues. The videos are ideal for teaching kids how to define unknown words by using clues around the word to figure out the meaning. It shares context clues where the definition is given, synonym, antonym, and an example.

If you are looking for theme mentor texts or read alouds for teaching theme, this post shares 6 read alouds with summaries and possible themes for each.

Help students participate respectfully in classroom conversations with this classroom discussions poster and bookmark resource! These posters and bookmarks give students sentence frames that help them agree, disagree, clarify, question, and add-on during classroom discussions. Learn more about it here.

First Chapter Friday is a wonderful way to engage your students in reading! Kids of all ages will be enthralled to listen to the first chapter of an engaging book. Are you looking for tips on how to implement First Chapter Friday in your classroom? Or maybe you are looking for a First Chapter Friday book list? Check out this blog post for the answers to both questions! #firstchapterfriday #booksforreadaloud