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.
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
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.
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.”
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.