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Teaching of roots increases a students vocabulary and gives them more tools to work with when trying to figure out the meaning of an unknown word. -Learning two roots a week is a great way to insure that your students are getting exposure to the most common roots in a efficient and effective way This pack includes: 60 of the most commonly used roots. 60 circle map activities to help build schema and promote understanding of the roots more by: drawing a picture, coming up with examples of the r

This is an interactive bulletin board that will be a perfect edition to your classroom! Pages 3-34 have an overused word at the top and a list of more impressive synonyms strips below it. Pages 35-64 are pockets of each overused word that will house the synonyms inside them. Simply print, laminate, cut out and staple the pockets to the bulletin board. Then place the synonyms strips inside each pocket for your students to select from. List of overused words: said quiet beautiful good bad ugly ki

Organizing your classroom can be daunting! I have made it easy on you. With this purchase you will receive 90, owl themed, library book bin labels for you to print off, laminate and place on your bins . Topics include: - Levels (A-Z) and (1.0-8.9 for AR) -Popular Authors - Popular Book Series (Magic Treehouse, Dork Diaries, Diary of a Wimpy Kid....) - By Genre (historical fiction, realistic fiction) -By topic (Art, Holidays...)... This is a great buy! It helps to organize your class but also

If you aren't familiar with Boo Grams it is a fun activity for the Staff that helps them get into the Halloween Spirit. You simply choose 2 coworkers to "BOO!"- what this means is that you get some little treats like candy, Target dollar section finds, anything festive really and secretly place them in their mailbox, have a student deliver it or hide it in their room along with a Boo sign and poetic directions. They then "BOO!" two other teachers. Once you have "Boo'ed" someone, you place th

Do you want your students to have deeper, and more meaningful conversations? These cards are a great way to guide and support your students as they engage in math and problem solving. The cards promote higher order thinking skills and challenge students to look for multiple solutions, explain their rationale and analyze their own thinking as well as what others think. These 20 Sentence Stem sticks will provide your students with sentence stems to help them be active participants in group dis

This parent letter lets parents know: 1) Their child's AR level 2) The minimum point requirements per trimester 3) your expectations This AR Parent letter is a means of communication for parents. It is especially useful for the student who repeatedly begins to read a book, but never finishes, meaning they do not take AR test regularly It is also useful for the student who read multiple books at once (at home and at school) but does not routinely take tests. * I kept this form as a word docum

Pax is an amazing coming of age novel. This book has so many layers and leads to amazing classroom discussions that teachers across America have fallen in love with it! This novel set is an 80+ page resource that will help your class track what's going on throughout the novel. Pax has 34 wonderful chapters. I have included Chapter Questions which cover: inference, prediction, connections, cause and effect, sequence, visualization, summary and characterization. Also included is an interacti

Do you want your students to have deeper, and more meaningful conversations? I created this product to help my students master the CCSS for both Speaking & Listening which state that students need to be able to: “engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade-level topics and texts, building on other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly.” These 30 Sentence Stem sticks will provide your students with sentence stems to help them be active participants

This pack includes 10 persuasive topics for your students to consider . Each topic has clear instructions and thought starters for the students so they won't get stuck! In addition, I have included persuasive writing sentence stems to help the students use strong language to help them prove their point. These Whole Class Journals can be used during center time. Each student in the class has a chance to respond to the topic. Once they have finished writing about that topic, they can place a stic

Owl Themed Language Arts Focus Wall! This pack includes: 42 focus wall labels 16 sentence stems for students Perfect addition to your Classroom Dress up your Bulletin Board and make it a place where students can interact with academic language and make literary connections.

The students get to choose which topic to respond to after reading The Outsiders. There are 3 different choices. This packet includes the outline for each of the 5 paragraphs that the student must complete. This is a Response to Literature assignment.

Let's get kids engaged, talking and focused! This bundle will help your students to have deeper, and more meaningful conversations? These cards are a great way to guide and support your students as they engage in math and ELA. The cards promote higher order thinking skills and challenge students to look for multiple solutions, engage in the literature, make connections, explain their rationale and analyze their own thinking as well as what others think. Great for ELLs or timid students!

A Teacher's Toolbox is a great way to organize the things you use everyday! Now you will know exactly where your pens, markers, paperclips, whiteout and everything else are. I created this freebie template for you to make your Teacher's Toolbox without having to do a trial by error activity where you size, resize, modify, correct, fix, type and format. All you have to do is print out, glue onto cute paper and laminate. I used velcro on mine, others modge podge. There are 27 different drawer lab

Are you organizing your classroom library? These labels are perfect for any teacher who uses A.R regularly in their classroom. Just download, print on Avery 5160 labels and stick on the inside of your classroom library books.

Have your class research The Events Leading Up to the American Revolution and show what they know with this DIGITAL mini flipbook report- Great for DISTANCE LEARNING As an introductory or culminating project, this is a great way for the student to research multiple sources, synthesize the information and pull out the key details. Students love researching and it is a great way for them to review various sources, draw conclusions and practice summarizing. This can be used as a whole group, partne

Help organize your students and keep them on task with these Supply Picture Cards. Avoid the confusion or the unprepared learner with this set! After you give them a task, put up these picture icons up so that your students visually SEE and KNOW exactly what they NEED in order to do the task. Directions: Simply print, laminate and put a magnet strip on the back and stick it on your whiteboard! This pack includes the following picture icons: *highlighter *colored pencils *glue stick *erase

Looking for a cute and easy breezy gift for Teacher/Parent/Secretary/Boss's Day? Simply print these tags out, attach them to a tumbler, pitcher or cup with lemons and or lemonade and viola!

This is a compact graphic organizer that serves as a think sheet for students as they write a character traits essay. It has a circular map to help identify adjectives that describe the character they will be talking about and then a tree thought map that helps them use evidence to support their traits. Can be used whole group or individually. Can be used for short stories and novels alike. Spans multiple grade levels and is a great brainstorming exercise to get the students ready to write

Nothing says "Back to School" like Peanut Butter and Jelly! "Teaching with you is my Jam!" What better way to honor a coworker or staff member than with these gift tags attached to anything PB&J related? Personally, I love attaching them to the PB&J chocolate bars from Trader Joes- available at the checkout station! BUT the possibilities are endless! Share the love with your teammates! I also created a few slide with a generic "you're my jam".