Bundles of New Bundles

I have been working hard on creating some new bundles in my TpT store.  I have bundled several themes into super bundles to help you save on these awesome products.

Winter Themed Super Bundle

This bundle includes winter themed display signs, bookmarks and both the call number and shelf order centers.  Click HERE to view this bundle.

Valentine's Day Themed Super Bundle

This bundle includes Valentine's Day themed display signs, bookmarks, the Love to Read Month pack with display signs and centers, and both red and white call number and shelf order centers.  Click HERE to view this bundle.

St. Patrick's Day Themed Super Bundle

This bundle includes St. Patrick's Day themed display signs, bookmarks, both the call number and shelf order centers.  Click HERE to view this bundle.

Spring Themed Super Bundle

This bundle includes spring themed display signs and 4 different themed sets of bookmarks.  Click HERE to view this bundle.

Genre Super Bundle

And finally, the genre bundle (which is the most bang for your buck) is truly a SUPER bundle.  This bundle includes the Genre Mega Pack that includes posters, bookmarks, and secret symbols for 28 different genres.  It also includes the genre sort activity, both genre detective activities, and both the 2nd-3rd and 4th -6th Mystery genre intro and activity.   In addition, there are 2 FREE genre activities in a BONUS file!  This bundle is really SUPER!  Click HERE to view this bundle.

I hope you enjoy these new SUPER bundles!

Mystery Genre

I'm on a roll!  I got my mystery genre activity packs edited and uploaded.

There are two different versions...

a 2nd/3rd grade version and 

a 4th-6th grade version.

Both come with a PowerPoint introduction to genres 

and an overview of the mystery genre including important terms.

I also include book examples and descriptions that fall into the mystery genre.

To wrap up, students use some simple puzzles to match the definition to the mystery term.

The 4th-6th grade version has a little more to the puzzle.  After matching all the puzzle pieces, they have to spell out the secret word using the grey letters in the middle of each puzzle.

I tested these packs out with my second and fourth grade classes and they loved it!  They were in groups and wanted to race to see who could complete the puzzles first.  With the second grade classes, I called on students randomly to tell me the definition of each term to double check our work. They really enjoyed that.

If you'd like to check out these new mystery packs, you can find them in my TpT store.

Click HERE for the 2nd/3rd grade version.

Click HERE for the 4th-6th grade version.

If you download these items, I'd love to know what you think, so leave me some TpT love.  Hope you enjoy!

Fantasy and Science Fiction Genres

I've been working on getting some of my genre activities available for you to purchase on TpT.  I have the first couple of genres ready.  I combined fantasy and science fiction because they pair well together.

I have created 2 versions...

a 2nd/3rd grade version and

NOW AVAILABLE ON TEACHER'S DOJO-CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE

a 4th and 5th grade version.

NOW AVAILABLE ON TEACHER'S DOJO-CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE

Both versions contain an introduction PowerPoint that introduces the concept of genres, 

and then it goes on to describe the two genres.

Each download also contains an activity sheet that asks students to tell whether or not the book is a fantasy or science fiction book or another genre.

The exciting part is that the answers can be checked with Aurasma!  There is also the option to check the answers with the answer slide if you don't happen to have access to a mobile device with the Aurasma app.  NOTE: Aurasma is now HP Reveal, but still works the same way.

I have used both these activities with my second and fourth grade classes and they really enjoyed it.  You can check out these packs yourself on Teacher's Dojo.

Click HERE to go to the 2nd/3rd grade version.

Click HERE to go to the 4th-6th grade version.

If you'd like to get an idea of what is included in these packs, you can check out my free realistic fiction pack by clicking HERE.

To download the free realistic fiction pack,  you will need to click on the download button.

If you purchase the fantasy and science fiction packs, I'd love to know what you think.  =)

Realistic Fiction

This year I decided to go back to teaching genres with my second and fourth grade classes.  We recently completed a fun activity using Auramsa, now known as HP Reveal, after learning about the realistic fiction genre.

I used a PowerPoint I created to introduce genres.  Then I explained what realistic fiction is and showed a few examples of realistic fiction books.

To wrap up, students completed an activity about realistic fiction books and checked their answers using Aurasma, now HP Reveal.

You can download the PowerPoints and activity sheets I used for this lesson HERE.  Included in this free download are 2 PowerPoints, a 2nd-3rd grade version and a 4th-5th grade version and 2 versions of the activity sheets (2nd/3rd and 4th/5th) to go along with the PowerPoints.  You can have students check their work with the final slide in each PowerPoint or use the HP Reveal (formerly Aurasma) app to scan pictures of the book covers presented in each PowerPoint.  Copies of the book covers are included in the download. The PowerPoints are NOT EDITABLE due to the clipart contained in them.  They will start on their own once you click on them to open them.

To download this pack you will need to click HERE and then click on the download button.  The picture above shows you what the download button looks like in Google Drive.  This will download the zip file that you can then open once the download is complete.

IMPORTANT: In order to use the HP Reveal (formerly Aurasma) app to check the answers, you must first follow my channel. To do that you must either click on THIS link using your MOBILE DEVICE or type in  http://bit.ly/MESMCAC on your MOBILE DEVICE that has the HP Reveal app already downloaded.

This activity goes great with my 28 Genres Bookmarks product which includes bookmarks with definitions of 28 different genres,

 AND...

my Genre Posters Pack which includes posters for 28 different genres,

OR...

...get it all in my Genre Mega Pack which includes both the posters and bookmarks, plus "secret symbols" to hide in books that match the genre you are studying.

Hope you enjoy!