Bulletin Board Bundle: Back-to-School Selfie

Get ready to start the year with our engaging “Back-to-School Selfie” activity! Students will complete appositive activities or Single-Paragraph Outlines (SPOs) to describe themselves, showcasing their unique qualities and interests. Once they’ve completed their TWR activity, they have the option to add a “selfie” to their work. This fun exercise not only helps students practice […]

This activity helps students celebrate their unique features. Students will complete TWR activities such as Sentence Expansion or because, but, so. Then, they will pair their writing with a black-and-white photo of their favorite feature. Display their creations to foster self-love and appreciation of each other’s special qualities.

This activity helps students celebrate their unique features. Students will complete TWR activities such as Sentence Expansion, because, but, so, or the Single-Paragraph Outline. Then, they will pair their writing with a black-and-white photo of their favorite feature. Display their creations to foster self-love and appreciation of each other’s special qualities.

This is an example of an introductory because, but, so lesson. The lesson demonstrates a gradual release of instruction (“I do,” “We do,” “You do”) using familiar content. Customize the content to match your students’ background knowledge. See this lesson in action on our FAQ Webinar: “How Do I Introduce a Strategy for the First […]

This webinar offers educators tips and suggestions for implementing a new TWR strategy for the first time. Included in the webinar is a sample introductory lesson on because, but, so. Please visit our Content Examples section of the Resource Library to find slides from this lesson on the webinar.

Discover how TWR can transform your novel studies and read-alouds, and explore our new SPO Book Report Template! All resources mentioned in the webinar are available in the Content Examples and Customizable Templates sections of the Resource Library.

Explore a series of TWR activities designed to enhance and assess students’ reading comprehension of The Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osburn. This bundle offers a variety of sentence-level activities that can be used before, during, or after read-alouds, along with an SPO Book Report activity. Teachers have the flexibility to […]

Delve into a series of TWR activities designed to enhance and assess students’ reading comprehension of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This bundle provides a range of sentence-level and SPO activities that can be integrated before, during, or after read-alouds or reading lessons. Additionally, it includes an SPO Book Report activity for students to complete at […]

Use these general book report activities to enhance and assess students’ reading comprehension of a any novel. This bundle provides a range of sentence-level activieties and an SPO Book Report activity for students to complete at the end of the novel.

In this engaging, hands-on activity, students explore the life cycle of a pumpkin through the article “The Journey of a Pumpkin.” After reading, they complete a TWR Transition activity and a Single Paragraph Outline (SPO). Additionally, students have the option to decorate their writing with a cut-and-paste pumpkin craft, making it ideal for a fall […]