The Socratic Sister

Contains: an explanation of Socratic Seminars, PLUS a pdf of the norms to post on your wall (or digitally), as well as questions to discuss that apply to multiple topics, a reflection activity and "compliment cards." Socratic Seminars are conversations between students where there are questions to be discussed after reading a fiction or nonfiction text, and students are “safe” to share thoughts and ideas without the fear of getting the “wrong answer.” It will help students to increase oral

This rubric partners well with any Socratic Seminar, but was created to align with this product: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Socratic-Seminars-for-Younger-Elementary-Students-1820250 Grab one for your seminar, it's FREE!

Hello! This product can supplement my other products called Socratic Seminar for Younger Elementary Students, Socratic Seminar Ready-Made!, and Socratic Seminar Bundle...or it can stand alone based on your need and experience level with Socratic Seminars! You will get eleven story ideas to use along with questions and topics to use with your Socratic Seminars. If you need tutorials, tips, and ideas, please visit my blog at www.thesocraticsister.blogspot.com!

Tired of unkind words in your classroom? I decided it was time to try to fix this and get them into some better habits! That’s when I grabbed some library pockets (that I bought because they were cute!) and invented “Kind Words.” Some days we didn’t use it, then someone would go back there and write something and others would follow. It was a miracle! I hope it works for you! There are seven different prompts plus a blank form to let them write their own message. Black and white for easy print

If you want your students to become actively involved in their own learning, then use these products to help them set goals for specific skills, graph their progress using a graph, and help you to document your interventions. Easy to use pages will be self-explanatory for you. First, you share with the kids what their learning targets are. Allow the students to express their ideas using the "face" graphics. After they set their goals, they can review how they did and assess how they feel abou

These cards give kids a variety of skills to practice. They can use the provided answer sheet and quick-check their answers using the QR codes for immediate feedback. The cards are also offered here as blackline for those of you trying to save printer ink! These are geared for third graders, but would be great review for 4th or 5th graders or advanced 2nd graders.

You will find forms for all subjects in this pack! There are two general note-taking pages, one specifically for math notes, one for fiction, and one for nonfiction. There is a place for self-evaluation on how the student feels about the topic they are about to learn along with detailed analysis of nonfiction! These were created to be run and folded in half, glued into interactive notebooks, and opened to reveal the notes...or cut in half and just use half at a time. I would use the pages

If you want your students to independently analyze a fiction story, summarize a story without your prompts, find the “most important part,” and/or understand character feelings, then this may be a “bridge product” for you! Your kids will learn the constants in fiction. They will find the confidence to read and know what to look for and think about while reading on a deeper level than basic comprehension. I suggest you use the pages with text with your students on the document camera. Ther

This is a set of matching cards to reinforce academic fiction and nonfiction vocabulary. This would be useful to reinforce new definitions and those explicitly taught. It is also a way for students to make decisions and inferences about new ways to define familiar academic vocabulary.

Use this editable chart to plan a day with your Guided Math groups. This simple-use chart was created for my third grade classroom. I wanted to share it with you! I bring it with me to my teacher center so that I can call students up as needed (because their names are listed right on it!) It allows me to plan, differentiate, and document time for RTI on the same page! It includes a space for teacher groups, facts practice, manipulatives or centers, and seatwork. There is a column for listin

Kids can cut and paste their vocabulary words into journals to review or learn new words and gain number sense. You could use these as assessment or introducing new math words!

This is a planning page that will help you to help your students learn how to ask great questions on a regular basis.