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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?
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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?

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This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun. Students work to solve a murder mystery set right after Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. No knowledge of the novel is necessary; however, this is a great activity if you’ve read the novel. This is a great group activity/center activity. Perfect for introduction units on mystery, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or just for an engaging activity. Great for classroom parties or bonus time.
4 Fractured Fairy Tales w/ 4 Readers Theater Units for St. Patrick's & March Grades 2-4
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4 Fractured Fairy Tales w/ 4 Readers Theater Units for St. Patrick's & March Grades 2-4

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Four new, original Fractured Fairy Tales for** March** and **St. Patrick’s Day **plus 4 in both narrative and Readers Theater form included. Science of Reading and standards-aligned. Great March Activity. Stories in narrative and readers theater formats , plus fluency, reading comprehension, interactive notebook, structure, central idea, theme, figurative language – and more! All included in both print and digital. Thirty-four parts in all. Stories: Goldie, the Leprechaun & Cindy’s Stepsisters - RT has 10 parts Alice’s Wild Tea Party - RT has 10 Parts Jack, Steve and the Library in the Sky - 7 Parts Little Red, the Leprechaun and the Gingerbread House Mix-Up - 7 parts Table of Contents Goldie, the Leprechaun & Cindy’s Stepsisters page 4 Readers Theater 10 Characters page 6 Comprehension Questions page 9 Interactive Notebook Pages page 11 Central Message Theme Interactive Notebook RL .2 Central Main Idea Interactive Notebook RL .2 Interactive Notebook RL _.3 Character Traits Comprehension and Critical Thinking Assessment page 20 Alice’s Wild Tea Party page 23 Readers Theater 10 Characters page 25 Summary and Illustration 3.7 page 27 Interactive Notebook Pages page 28 Interactive Notebook RL. _.2 Central Main Idea Interactive Notebook RL. _ .3 Character Traits Interactive Notebook RL. _.2 Moral Comprehension and Critical Thinking page 33 Multiple Choice and Critical Thinking Questions page 35 Jack, Steve and the Library in the Sky page 37 Readers Theater 7 Characters page 39 Interactive Notebook Pages page 41 RL _.2 Central Message RL _.1 Who, What, When, Where, Why, How RL _.3 Character Traits RL _.5 How Parts Build RL _.6 POV Little Red, the Leprechaun, and the Gingerbread House Mix-Up page 50 Readers Theater 7 parts page 51 Simile page 54 Metaphor page 55 Personification page 56 Alliteration page 58 Compare and Contrast page 59 Sample Lesson Plan page 60
Morning Work for 5th Grade - March - No Prep - Reading Comprehension, Math, Fun!
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Morning Work for 5th Grade - March - No Prep - Reading Comprehension, Math, Fun!

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NO Prep Morning Work for Fifth Grade - MARCH THEMED. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day and every March day in between. This 5th grade morning work/ bell-ringer perfectly spiral reviews the 5th grade language arts and mathematics standards. These exercises also work well for middle and secondary review. This resource covers March and Women’s History Month. It is filled with reading comprehension, fluency, math, history and more.
ESCAPE ROOM Escape the Forest and Save Spring Print and Digital
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ESCAPE ROOM Escape the Forest and Save Spring Print and Digital

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Advance through a series of challenges posed by mother nature. This escape room activity with reading comprehension, word puzzles, logic and more is designed specifically for ages 11 and up. Engage your students with intriguing puzzles and challenges that enhance reading skills and reading comprehension in a creative, interactive format. Scenario: Mother Nature appears. “Spring is confined to this forest unless you can make your way to the other side and solve Father Time’s riddle.”
Emily Dickinson ESCAPE ROOM Poetry Month Reading Comprehension Analysis POEMS
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Emily Dickinson ESCAPE ROOM Poetry Month Reading Comprehension Analysis POEMS

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In this Emily Dickinson poetry escape room activity, teams work together (or students work alone) to solve six poetry-based word puzzles, figurative language ciphers, cryptograms and logic puzzles. Using critical thinking skills students uncover codes to open the locks. This low-prep activity gets students thinking as they solve the puzzles and move through clues. Print and digital versions are included.