Monday, June 30, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Book Discussion Activities and Worksheets on Dyslexia and Growth Mindset”

by Tammys Toolbox
1st - 4th Grade


This book discussion guide is based on Tammy Fortune's award-winning book, Did You Say Pasghetti? Dusty and Danny Tackle Dyslexia. It's filled with growth mindset activities and worksheets that will help your students understand they can tackle learning challenges with a positive attitude. Whether your students are dyslexic or not, these materials will promote social-emotional learning and an understanding of those who face dyslexia and other challenges. With over 25 pages of content, this guide is perfect for classrooms or individual use. Many activities can be used without the book.

Through reading, kids can identify with complex emotions that Dusty and Danny experience and learn coping skills that they can apply to their own life.

⭐ What You Get

Discussion questions

Pre and post-reading activities and tips

Vocabulary

Coloring page/poster

What it's like to have dyslexia worksheet

Book review activity

8 journaling/writing activity worksheets

Dusty's hidden bones game

Did You Say Pasghetti? Dusty and Danny Tackle Dyslexia tells young picture book readers that “Everyone needs to find the special way that their brain learns best” and advocates learning, kindness, and different approaches to fostering both. It follows Danny and his best friend Dusty the dog in a humorous examination of not just the process of struggling with learning, but the associated emotional trials that accompany it.- D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

Winner of over 8 awards including the prestigious Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA)

⭐ See more activities from Dusty the Dog.

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Dusty the Dog’s Doggone Fun Activity Book for Practicing Growth Mindset

Dusty the Dog’s Growth Mindset Game

Free Dusty the Dog 3D Craft with Growth Mindset Reminders

Dusty’s Growth Mindset Interactive Digital Storybook and Task Cards

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Sunday, June 29, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Linking Emotions with Bodily Sensations Cards | Interoception Cards”

by Whimsy in School Counseling
4th - 8th Grade


"Ms. Whimsy, my stomach hurts so I must be nervous." *Cue shoes being thrown up on.* All of us who work in school based social emotional health have been there. These interoception building cards will help your students/clients build important insight into the nuances of body sensations...while also (hopefully) saving your shoes!

This download includes 36 individual front-and-back cards covering physical sensations related to fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, anger, and surprise. Diverse children and pre-teens represented, including a non-binary youth.

This resource last updated: 10/22/2022

This resource was created to supplement Lindsay Breman’s Emotion Sensation Wheel.



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Saturday, June 28, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Types of Nouns Sorting Game for Summer, Printable and Digital”

by Julie Faulkner
6th - 9th Grade


Grammar review doesn't have to be boring and monotonous! Get kids up and moving with this easy prep, interactive game for reviewing types of nouns that comes in printable task card format and an interactive digital format for traditional classrooms and distance learning.

Student Experience: Students will learn with movement as they identify proper and common nouns used in sentences. Give students one or more cards, and they will identify if the underlined word(s) in the sentence is a common or proper noun. All the sentences are written about summer adventures! I've also included a digital version of the activity that students can use right in Google on their devices. The activity could be used as task cards, small groups games, large group interactive sorting activity, literacy center lessons, bell ringers, exit tickets, distance learning practice, online classrooms review, and more.

Included:

  • 10 examples for practice
  • Task card format, digital format
  • Instructions for play
  • Answer key (also includes an at-a-glance answer key via QR link)
  • 100% editable PPT file and interactive digital version for Google

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Friday, June 27, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Literary Analysis Paragraph Writing Checklist Guide & Rubric FREE”

by English with Ease
6th - 12th Grade


LITERARY ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH

- Writing prompt & checklist
- Common-core aligned fail-proof "ACEPAPER" mnemonic writing checklist to guide students through every step of the writing process.
- Use this checklist as an effortless 15-point grading rubric.

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Prepare your High School or Middle School students for Literary Analysis reading and writing exams.

Specifically catered to ensure students can paraphrase and analyze evidence, and are ready to read a text and write an A+ literary analysis response, otherwise known as Question #27 on the Common-Core Aligned New York State English Regents Exam.

All materials are printable activities with easy to follow self-explanatory instructions catered for student-led activities or a projector, doc-cam or screenshot powerpoint instruction.


THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE NY REGENTS OR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; IT IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

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