Turn your students into wildlife journalists as they investigate some of the world’s most powerful apex predators and report their findings in a highly engaging newspaper-style research project!

PERFECT FOR:

Upper Elementary & Middle School ELA (Grades 5–8)

Research Projects

Informational Writing Units

End-of-Year Projects

Sub Plans or Enrichment

Cross-Curricular Science + ELA Integration

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✔️ 10 Apex Predator Topics:

• Lion, Tiger, Great White Shark, Bald Eagle, Crocodile, Grizzly Bear, King Cobra, Praying Mantis, Trantula Hawk Wasp

✔️ Classroom Chronicle Newspaper Template
A visually engaging long-format newspaper layout (8.5 x 20) that students complete as they research

• Two style formats-with pictures & headings; without pictures & headings

✔️ Complete Student Workbook (PDF & Digital)

Guides students step-by-step through the research process

Helps organize answers before transferring to the final newspaper

Perfect for scaffolding and differentiation

✔️ Exclusive Research Website 🌐

Includes kid-friendly, safe, and reliable websites

Makes research EASY and accessible for all learners

Saves teachers’ time searching for appropriate sources

✔️ Extended Writing Activities Suggestions

✔️ Project Rubric

• Clear expectations
• Easy grading
• Supports student success

SKILLS COVERED:

Informational Reading & Research

Summarizing & Main Idea

Text Evidence & Supporting Details

Explanatory & Informational Writing

Critical Thinking & Analysis

Note-Taking & Organization

NEWSPAPER SECTIONS STUDENTS COMPLETE:

🐾 Featured Story: Top of the Food Chain!

⚡ DID YOU PAWS-ITIVELY KNOW? (Interesting fact)

FACT BITES YOU WON’T FORGET (Speed, Weight, Lifespan)

🌍 MEET THE HUNTER! (Habitat, Traits, Diet)

🎯 Hunting Tactics Exposed

⚖️ Help Wanted-Save the Species

🎤 Exclusive Interview

WHY TEACHERS WILL LOVE THIS:

✔️ HIGH ENGAGEMENT – Students feel like real reporters

* LOW PREP – Print & Go or assign digitally

✔️ BUILT-IN DIFFERENTIATION – Workbook scaffolds learning

* MEANINGFUL LEARNING – Combines research + writing + creativity

✔️ STUDENT OWNERSHIP – Each Chronicle becomes a unique final product

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PERFECT FOR:

Upper Elementary & Middle School ELA (Grades 5–8)

Animal Research Projects

Informational Writing Units

End-of-Year Projects

STEM + ELA Integration

Enrichment or Sub Plans

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✔️ 10 Strange & Underdog Animals:

Blob Fish

Axolotl

Goblin Shark

Sloth

Naked Mole Rat

Pangolin

Dung Beetle

Glass Frog

Opossum

Black Seadevil Anglerfish

✔️ Classroom Chronicle Newspaper Template

A visually engaging long-format newspaper layout (8.5 x 20) that transforms research into a creative final product

• Two formats – With pictures & headings; Without pictures & headings

✔️ Complete Student Workbook (PDF & Digital)

Step-by-step guidance for research

Helps students organize information before writing

Perfect for scaffolding and differentiation

✔️ Exclusive Research Website 🌐

Includes kid-friendly, safe, and reliable websites

Makes research simple and stress-free

Saves teachers’ hours of prep

✔️ Extended Writing Activities

✔️ Project Rubric

• Clear expectations
• Easy grading
• Student-friendly success criteria

SKILLS COVERED:

• Informational Reading & Research
• Main Idea & Supporting Details
• Text Evidence & Analysis
• Explanatory & Informational Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Note-Taking & Organization

NEWSPAPER SECTIONS STUDENTS COMPLETE:

• 🐾 Creature Caught on Camera
• ⚡ Oddball Data: By the Numbers
• 🌍 Meet the Underdog! (Habitat, Traits, Diet)
• 🧬 Survival Secrets Revealed!
• ⚖️ Why This Animal Matters
• 🧩 Weird Stats & Wild Facts
• 🎤 Exclusive Interview (Write as the Animal!)
• 🚨 Help Wanted: Protecting the Underdogs

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PERFECT FOR:

Upper Elementary & Middle School ELA (Grades 5–8)

Animal Research Projects

Informational Writing Units

End-of-Year Projects

STEM + ELA Integration

Enrichment or Sub Plans

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✔️ 10 High-Interest Mystery & Legend Topics:

Easter Island

Bigfoot

Bermuda Triangle

Yeti

The Disappearance of the Mary Celeste

Phoenix Lights

Loch Ness Monster

The Jersey Devil

Area 51

Crop Circles

✔️ Classroom Chronicle Newspaper Template

A visually engaging long-format newspaper layout (8.5 x 20) that transforms research into a creative final product

• Two formats – With pictures & headings; Without pictures & headings

✔️ Complete Student Workbook (PDF & Digital)

Step-by-step guidance for research

Helps students organize information before writing

Perfect for scaffolding and differentiation

✔️ Exclusive Research Website 🌐

Includes kid-friendly, safe, and reliable websites

Makes research simple and stress-free

Saves teachers’ hours of prep

✔️ Extended Writing Activities

✔️ Project Rubric

• Clear expectations
• Easy grading
• Student-friendly success criteria

SKILLS COVERED:

• Informational Reading & Research
• Main Idea & Supporting Details
• Text Evidence & Analysis
• Explanatory & Informational Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Note-Taking & Organization

NEWSPAPER SECTIONS STUDENTS COMPLETE:

• 🔍Featured Story: Inside the Mystery
• ⚡ Fast Facts
• 🌍 Case Profile: Key Figures & Facts
• 🧬 Survival Secrets Revealed!
• ⚖️ Why This Mystery Matters
• 🧩 Pieces of the Puzzle
• 🎤 Exclusive Interview
• 🚨 Help Wanted: Case Closed?

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Your students are about to become Doodle Detectives, analyzing passages, hunting for text evidence, and solving reading mysteries while coloring their way to comprehension success!

Perfect For:

• State test preparation
• Common Core, NYS Next Gen, & TEKS standards practice
• Test prep bootcamps
• Review before benchmark exams
• Early finishers
• Sub plans
• Literacy centers
• Homework
• Bell ringers
• Spiral review

What’s Included:

5 Fiction Doodle Detectives

Students analyze:

• Character development
• Central message
• Theme statements
• Supporting details

5 Nonfiction Doodle Detectives

Students identify:

• Main idea
• Supporting details
• Central idea vs. topic
• Evidence that supports key points

Each activity includes:

• A high-interest passage
• Multiple-choice or short-response questions
• Required text highlighting
• A color-coded doodle response page

• Complete answer keys
• Skill Review Sheet

What Makes This Resource Different?

Students don’t just choose an answer and move on.

They must:

• Read closely
• Determine the main idea or theme
• Cite and highlight text-based evidence directly in the passage
• Color the coordinating doodle based on their answer

This format reinforces:

• Close reading skills
• Evidence-based responses
• Accountability and accuracy
• Engagement through creativity

It’s the perfect blend of rigor + fun.

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Perfect For:

-State test preparation

*Vocabulary review

-Figurative language mini-units

*Test prep bootcamp

-Spiral review

*Early finishers

-Sub plans

*Literacy centers

-Bell ringers

*Small group intervention

This ready-to-use Doodle Detectives pack includes:

* 5 Fiction Activities
– 5 Nonfiction Activities
* Two Interactive Activity Formats
– Built-in Text Evidence Practice
* Word Scramble Mystery Element

✔️ Skill Review Sheet & Practice
✔️ Answer Keys Included

Perfect for middle school ELA (6th–8th grade) and aligned to Common Core and state standards for figurative language, vocabulary acquisition, and close reading.

Activity Type 1: Traditional Doodle Detectives

Students will:

• Read a high-interest fiction or nonfiction passage
• Identify figurative language or determine word meaning in context
• Highlight text evidence directly in the passage
• Define vocabulary using context clues
• Color the coordinating doodle based on their answers

This format reinforces:

• Close reading
• Context clues strategies
• Evidence-based answers
• Academic vocabulary development

Activity Type 2: Word Scramble Mystery Doodle Detectives

This elevated format adds a critical-thinking twist!

Students will:

• Identify and highlight figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, etc.)
• Color the coordinating doodle
• Grab a letter from the answer key column
• Unscramble the letters to reveal a mystery word clue

This format increases:

• Engagement
• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Higher-level thinking

Students LOVE the mystery element, and they stay focused because every answer matters.

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This ready-to-use winter bulletin board kit includes everything you need to create an eye-catching display—no prep stress required!

Perfect For:

• January classroom refresh
• Back-to-school after winter break
• New Year goal-setting lessons
• SEL and mindset activities
• Hallway displays or door decor
• Upper elementary and middle school classrooms

What’s Included:

✔️ Bulletin Board Letters in two sizes (4” and 6”) to fit any classroom or hallway space
✔️ Winter-themed graphics & borders for a cohesive, cozy display
✔️ Winter Animal Craftivity that encourages:

• Reflection on the past year
• Goal setting for the new year
• Growth mindset thinking

✔️ Two differentiated instructional sheets so all learners can participate confidently
✔️ Teacher tips, thoughts, and suggestions to make implementation quick and meaningful

Why Teachers Will Love This Kit:

• Low-prep and classroom-ready
• Combines decor + meaningful student work
• Differentiation included—no extra planning
• Encourages student voice, reflection, and ownership
• Creates a welcoming, calm winter atmosphere

Your bulletin board won’t just look cute; it will tell a story of growth, goals, and fresh starts.

Chill vibes. Big goals. A meaningful start to the new year.

Add the Chillin’ Into the New Year Bulletin Board Kit to your classroom and watch your students reflect, reset, and shine!

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Perfect for back-to-school in January, this activity blends writing, creativity, and visual thinking, making it ideal for easing students back into routines after winter break.

This New Year One-Pager is Perfect For:

• Back-to-school activities after winter break
• ELA writing and reflection lessons
• Goal setting and growth mindset units
• Bulletin board displays
• Early finisher work
• SEL and classroom community building
• Sub plans or low-prep days

What’s Included:

✔️ Multiple New Year’s one-pager templates
✔️ Student-friendly New Year reflection questions
✔️ Goal-setting prompts focused on academics, habits, and personal growth
✔️ Clear project directions and suggestions
✔️ Engaging craftivity templates for display-worthy final projects
✔️ Flexible options for differentiation and student choice

Why Teachers Will Love This Project:

✔️ Low prep, high engagement—just print and go
✔️ Encourages student voice, creativity, and ownership
✔️ Provides built-in differentiation with multiple templates
✔️ Combines writing, reflection, and art in one meaningful assignment
✔️ Creates a positive classroom reset for the new year
✔️ Results in beautiful hallway or classroom displays

This New Year’s One-Pager Activity is the perfect way to help students reflect, refocus, and reengage, while making your return to school after winter break smooth, purposeful, and inspiring.

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Perfect for:

• Independent Work
• Literacy Centers
• Early Finishers
• Sub Plans
• Homework
• Bell Ringers

Each high-interest passage includes 7–8 comprehension questions that cover key ELA skills like:

• Main Idea & Details
• Word in Context
• Figurative Language
• Text Evidence
• Inference & Drawing Conclusions

What makes this resource extra engaging? Each passage has a picture to color in using the correct answers. Students use their answers to uncover the colors and color in a mystery picture, blending reading with critical thinking and creativity.

✅ What’s Included:

• 8 themed reading passages (Back to School, August & September topics)
• 7–8 comprehension questions per passage
• Color-by-code mystery pictures
• Full Answer Key

Your students will love the game-like feel while reinforcing key comprehension skills—plus, no prep for you!

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Perfect for:

• Independent Work
• Literacy Centers
• Early Finishers
• Sub Plans
• Homework
• Bell Ringers

Each high-interest passage includes 7–8 comprehension questions that cover key ELA skills like:

• Main Idea & Details
• Word in Context
• Figurative Language
• Text Evidence
• Inference & Drawing Conclusions
• Best Title
• Fact & Opinion

What makes this resource extra engaging? Each passage has a picture to color in using the correct answers. Students use their answers to uncover the colors and color in a mystery picture, blending reading with critical thinking and creativity.

What’s Included:

• 8 themed reading passages (October Topics-Autumn, Halloween, etc.)
• 7–8 comprehension questions per passage
• Color-by-code mystery pictures
• Full Answer Key

Your students will love the game-like feel while reinforcing key comprehension skills—plus, no prep for you!

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