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  • Use this interactive ELA vocabulary game show to review key reading test vocabulary in a fun way! Great extra practice activity before a test! Super engaging! Perfect for any grade 3 and up who need to review reading vocabulary!
  • Educate students about weather with this themed set of close reading comprehension passages that include mystery pictures! Perfect for whole group, small group, test prep, review, and more! Just print and GO! There are three DIFFERENT passages each DIFFERENTIATED at three DIFFERENT reading levels. There are two nonfiction texts and one fiction text. Each text comes with 10 text dependent comprehension questions, a writing prompt, graphic organizers, and a mystery grid picture.
  • Educate students about the sport of football with this themed set of close reading comprehension passages that include mystery pictures! Perfect for whole group, small group, test prep, review, and more! Just print and GO! There are three DIFFERENT passages each DIFFERENTIATED at three DIFFERENT reading levels. There are two nonfiction texts and one fiction text. Each text comes with 10 text dependent questions, a writing prompt, graphic organizers, and a mystery grid picture.
  • Students love playing this U-Know game for fun REVIEW of addition facts or for test prep. It's a perfect activity for any small group or station, and great for early finishers. Addition Facts U-Know is a fun learning game played similar to UNO except if you get an answer wrong, you have to draw two! Students will beg to practice addition facts in this way and it will help them with their fact fluency! Available in MANY other topics, too!
  • Text structure can be a challenge for students. Use these engaging ideas to help make the topic stick with your students. Ideas for whole group, small group, centers, and more! via @funin5thgrade
  • Yes! This is totally free and awesome! It's editable too so that you can change it to meet the needs of your classroom! This is great to help you set up your math or ELA workshop! It helps you organize your time with a rotation chart that can help build independence in your learners! Grab up this cool freebie and read about getting started with a digital rotation chart!
  • Educate students about the sport of football with this themed set of close reading comprehension passages that include mystery pictures! Perfect for whole group, small group, test prep, review, and more! Just print and GO! There are three DIFFERENT passages each DIFFERENTIATED at three DIFFERENT reading levels. There are two nonfiction texts and one fiction text. Each text comes with 10 text dependent questions, a writing prompt, graphic organizers, and a mystery grid picture.
  • Close reading is an instructional method to get students critically examining a text & its structures. Like any method of learning, it needs to be introduced in a way that makes sense to your third, fourth, & fifth graders. Some key features of #closereading include: short passages, complex text, limited frontloading, repeated readings, text-dependent questions, & annotation. Read on for more details on close reading & how to integrate it into your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade room. #UpperElementary
  • Students love playing U-Know games for fun REVIEW of nonfictions text structures or for test prep. It's a perfect activity for any small group or station, and great for early finishers. Text Structure U-Know is a fun learning game played similar to UNO except if you get an answer wrong, you have to draw two! Students will beg to practice text structure in this way! Available in MANY other topics!

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Fun in 5th Grade & More with Angela Yorgey

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Fun in 5th Grade & More with Angela Yorgey

I love incorporating the holidays into math centers! I got these ping pong eyeballs from the dollar store and put them with a big cup and if the students answer correctly, they get to try and bounce the eyeball into the cup.

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Fun in 5th Grade & More with Angela Yorgey

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Fun in 5th Grade & More with Angela Yorgey

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Fun in 5th Grade & More with Angela Yorgey

Looking for a comprehensive review of ELA vocabulary to use in centers, small groups, or for early finishers? Students can practice with this fun and engaging game of U-Know! "It's so creative and fun. What student doesn't like to play UNO?!" says one teacher 😄

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