Hocus Pocus the movie from 1993 has become a “cult classic” after initially not doing very well. We recently watched Hocus Pocus 2, and as a teacher, what did I do, but write down vocabulary words from the film. No, not certain words. The word virgin is used quite a few times, and parents or teachers of young children who notice might want to say it means innocent. Slightly more aware children might be told it means a non-alcoholic mixed drink. Well, it might work for a while.
Many of the other words were worthy of this free word find and crossword puzzle download. I especially liked the word infer used in several ways, as that is one of the reading strategies we use in class. Of course, it means the author + me when reading and figuring out what an author is really saying. You might like the many free reading strategies products on this blog – see more information at this link.
The words aisle, apothecary, bewitched, binding contract, broomies, exiled, fluorescent, hocus, incantation, inference, Jello (they made it but didn’t name it for Winifred’s birthday), legend, morsel, occult, pest, petulance, pivotal, pocus, potion, petulance, ravishing, spitballing, toote (de) suite, and vegan foods make for a fun set of vocabulary words for October.
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This is an image of the word find. As you can see, students may color the page when finished finding words.
This is an image of the crossword puzzle. These PDF pages could be used in a party as a race or just an activity.
The word bank will help with the crossword puzzle page.
All pages are shown on this image, except for the hand finished word find image.
The popular download Reading Strategies Pack One. See this blog post for more information and photos. This can be downloaded in our free eMember area.
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ABC’s of Reading Comprehension for Pre-K – Grade One — A free developing reading comprehension skills eBook for parents and teachers of young children. It is an instant download at the blog post.
Asking questions is one of several reading comprehension strategies practice in primary grades. This post has a freebie.
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Do you need rubrics? They are wonderful for being observed by the principal or peer coach to help answer the question, “How will you evaluate this lesson?”
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Free synthesizing as a reading strategy video for professional development for teachers on the blog post. Free student PDF. The video is about four minutes long and has information for teaching students about the synthesizing reading strategy.
Free non-fiction text conventions “workbook” for some writing, drawing, and cut and paste activities on these text features. Download in the free eMember area.
Free printable bookmark of some basic word solving strategies. Very helpful!
Learning to read in Kindergarten and first grade begins with background preparation that parents can do at home, in the car, and even without using books all the time.
The post shares our free grade-two word wall printable. This PDF opens in our free eMember area. It is intended to accompany writing workshop or class writing time.
Text to Text Connections with Knuffle Bunny and Going on a Bear Hunt, free at the blog post.
Inferring discussion guide for A Photographic Fantasy: Stranger in the Woods, by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick, download at the blog post
Text to Text Connections with Knuffle Bunny and Going on a Bear Hunt, free at the blog post.
Free PDF work page and answer key is a free instant download at the blog post.
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Word-solving strategies can be fun with books like Clifford for President by
