English Language Arts Review FREEBIE - No-Prep ELA Spiral Review Morning Work

Take your English language arts spiral review to the next level with I Heart Literacy Sampler FREEBIE! A wide variety of activities are used on these six pages with extra digital activities, each with its own high-interest, curriculum-based theme and its own unique design to keep students engaged and challenged.

This freebie is a sampler of our best-selling I Heart Literacy products!

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✍️ PRINT:

• 6 No-Prep Review Pages
  • 6 standards-based ELA/Reading activities, each in its own space.

• Answer Keys

DIGITAL:

• Google Slides - Fun Extras for Fast Finishers
• Easel Activity - Fun Extras for Fast Finishers

DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:

• Digital or Print

Great for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! 

I HEART LITERACY PRODUCTS:

• I Heart Literacy Bundle - Set 1
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Animals (Set 1)
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Biomes
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Food
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Holidays
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Landmarks (Set 1)
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Space
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Sports
  • I Heart Literacy Mini-Pack - Weather
• I Heart Literacy Bundle - Set 2
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Animals (Set 2)
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Landmarks (Set 2)
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Fun & Games
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Innovation
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Parts of the Body
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Plants
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Mythical Creatures
  • I Heart Literacy Mini Pack - Pairs

NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. 

While each page/slide is different, they do have some elements in common. Each page features:

• 6 standards-based ELA/Reading activities, each in its own space. Activities are numbered for easy reference.
• A short reading passage with one or two text-dependent questions. Most of the passages are informational text (written by a published author of over 100 nonfiction books for children), but a few are fictional – just to shake things up. The questions are more closely aligned to close reading than simple comprehension.
• An open-ended bonus activity, marked by a star, at the bottom of the page to be completed on the backside. Perfect for fast finishers, as homework, or extra credit.
• A theme-based joke or fun fact (joke answers can be found upside down in the bottom right-hand corner).
• A list of the skills addressed at the bottom (indicated by a picture of a nail – which stands for “nailed it!”) This list repeats in the table of contents for easy reference. Skills are repeated throughout the resource for spiral review.

Suggestions for Use:

As morning work, I ♥ Literacy could be used 1-2 days a week with other activities, perhaps math or journaling, on the remaining days. Another approach is to select themes that correlate with topics you are studying in science or social studies. If you already have a year-long program, you could use these throughout the year to shake things up a bit. You could also use them daily for the two months before standardized testing.

It could also be used as homework, at a center or station, or with a sub. They would also be used to challenge highly capable third graders (or used toward the end of the year with third) or as remediation for struggling older students.

Almost every grade 4 and 5 Common Core Language standard is addressed as well as several of those for Reading Informational Text as well as many of the TEKS. A review of many third-grade standards is also included. While the Common Core was referenced to build this resource, it is not meant to exhaustively cover each standard. Rather, it was made to be a fun, rigorous, and well-rounded way to review basic ELA skills.

Skills addressed include (but are not limited to):

Parts of speech, figurative language, vocabulary and context clues, affixes, word roots, homophones, synonyms, antonyms, editing, punctuation, writing better sentences, restating the question, analogies, fact and opinion, sequencing, informational text features, author's purpose, POV, main idea, summarizing, paraphrasing, reading for detail, and so much more!

Here’s what teachers are saying:

✏️ "Used this to prep for our state testing! Absolutely awesome! My students found it engaging and I am definitely buying the whole pack!" -RocketLiv

✏️ "The passages were easy for struggling readers to understand. The writing was easy to read. They enjoyed the pictures and the easy to understand questions." -Missi V.

✏️ "This is perfect for homework or for morning work. It reviews all types of skills. I love it!! I would buy all of this sellers' things!" -Gwyn

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About the Author

Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.

Terms of Use

This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded. 

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This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom.

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