Common Core State Standards
Speaking & Listening
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Fun With Nonfiction Task Cards
Solidify your nonfiction reading response lessons with this set of 12 comprehension task cards.
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Group Work Role Cards
Review and reinforce eight possible roles for group work with this set of 2-in-1 reusable posters and desk cards.
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Open and Closed Questions – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to demonstrate their knowledge of open and closed questions.
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Formal and Informal Greetings – Worksheet
A sorting worksheet where students distinguish the differences between formal and informal greetings.
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In My Classroom Concept Book
A printable concept book for children to discuss things around their classroom.
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Groovy Greetings Song
A non-contact greeting song to use at the beginning of the day.
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Me and My Favorites Worksheet
A fun, getting to know you activity to do in the first few weeks of a new school year.
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Move and Share Activity
A fun icebreaker activity to use at the beginning of a new school year.
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Shopping Cart Matchup Activity
A speaking and listening activity to reinforce a variety of mathematical concepts.
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Grade 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
Five sets of literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 1 magazine.
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Weather Feelings - How Are You Feeling? Poster and Flashcards
A visual resource to help students verbalize how they are feeling.
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Mount Feeling - Feelings Poster and Flashcards
Mount Feeling poster and flashcards to help students vocalize how they are feeling using a visual aid.
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Student-Led Discussion Strategies Poster Pack
A set of 8 posters detailing student-led discussion strategies for your classroom.
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Favored Firsts Getting to Know You Activity
A getting to know you activity to use at the beginning of the year or when working on team building.
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Who Am I? Icebreaker Game
A fun icebreaker game to play at the beginning of the year.
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I Can Listen Poster
A poster to scaffold appropriate behavior for students when listening in class.
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Getting to Know You Activity - Make a Mask
A mask-making activity to use as an ice breaker when learning about team work.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Question/Sentence Starter Cards
A set of reading question and sentence starter cards aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy.
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I Spy - Oral Language Activity
A fun activity to encourage the development of oral language.
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Sentence Connectives Posters - Lower Grades
A set of 8 educational posters for sentence connectives and conjunctions.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Flashcards
Use this set of 16 colorful flashcards to introduce students to the attributes that make up simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Groups teamwork acrostic poster
A groups acrostic poster outlining the expectations of group teamwork.
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Sentence Conjunctions Posters – Lower Elementary
A set of 8 educational posters for sentence connectives and conjunctions.
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Thinking Hats for Effective Group Work
Thinking Hats based on Dr. Edward de Bono's teachings.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts Unit Plan
This writing unit has been designed to introduce the recount text type to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure, and language features of personal recounts.
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Exploring Opinion Pieces Unit Plan - Grade 1 and Grade 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of opinion pieces.
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For or Against?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate reasons for and against a situation or topic.
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Understanding Point of View
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate point of view in relation to a situation or topic.
