Take Five! for Language Arts - (Maupin House) by Kaye Hagler (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Kaye Hagler's unique bell-ringers for language arts help you transform the first chaotic five minutes of class into authentic opportunities to practice critical-thinking skills while also addressing the Common Core State Standards and providing support in the school's curriculum.Students in grades 3-9 exercise their mental muscles as they work collaboratively, warming them up to tackle your standards-based lessons. Whether your students are inventing secret codes, concocting potions, rewriting history, making conjunction paper chains, or thinking like newspaper editors, these diverse and creative prompts will have them looking forward to the part of the day when they're asked to "Take Five" for critical thinking. The 180-plus prompts set up your teaching day from the minute that students step into your class. Each ready-to-use prompt includes: corresponding standards; supply lists; language arts links; teacher tips; assessment options; rubrics; and digital connections that add more than 100 extension lessons Begin every day of the school year with a burst of critical thinking--and fun-- with this comprehensive resource. Ready? Set? Take Five!

Review Quotes

Comprised of 180 classroom student exercises, "Take Five! for Language Arts" by Kaye Hagler (an educational consultant who mentors teachers throughout the Southeast) is specifically designed to help teachers transform those first chaotic five minutes of class into authentic learning experience. With "Take Five! for Language Arts" as a curriculum resource, students will exercise their mental muscles and sharpen language arts skills as they tackle Common Core Standard-based lessons and fun-filled activities.-- "Midwest Book Review/Library Bookwatch, the Education Shelf"

You can easily have students from various grade levels work on these tasks--even students below sixth grade level on many of them. You can use the book for an entire school year, or use it occasionally over a few years. Take 5! might be a great resource to use in the winter months when school sometimes seems to drag everyone down. While average and bright students might well appreciate the opportunities to be creative and have some fun, you might also find these activities a helpful stimulus for the unmotivated student.-- "Cathy Duffy Reviews"