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RL.2.2- Use the included anchor charts to teach central message to your students. There are 8 short stories for students to read and determine the central message of each story. Students record answers on Scoot Recording Sheet. Teacher may place the stories around the room for students to walk around and read as a scoot activity. Another option is to have a set of stories for partners or small groups. This would also make an excellent center activity. Included: -Central Message explanation char

RI.2.6- Use the included anchor charts to teach Author's Purpose to your students. There are 13 short texts for students to read and determine the Author's Purpose- to answer, explain, or describe. Students record answers on Scoot Recording Sheet. Teacher may place the texts around the room for students to walk around and read as a scoot activity. Another option is to have a set of texts for partners or small groups. This would also make an excellent center activity. Included: -Author's Purp

This is a Reader's Theater script for "Olive, the Other Reindeer" by Vivian Walsh and J.Otto Seibold. This holiday book makes a perfect Reader's Theater. The script is for 8-10 parts. Of course, parts can be combined for fewer parts. The script is 3 pages in length. Character name tag cards are included for each part. You can add yarn for a necklace-type character name tag or glue on a sentence strip to make a character name hat. The text level is created for 1st-3rd grades. However, 4th and 5th

This file is a two-page checklist of phonics skills that good readers need to master for fluency. The checklist allows a teacher to track non-mastery, partial mastery, and mastery of phonics skills. There is room for 16 student names to track. Multiple copies can be made for more students. Use this checklist to help you form reading groups based on students' individual needs. The phonics skills are primarily taught in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. However, this is a good tool to use for people who w

This is a Phonics Checklist Assessment Pack for K-3 and intervention in higher grades for at-risk readers. Included is a Phonics Checklist form, 26 assessments for individual phonics skills, suggestions, teacher recording form, and student copies for reading. Use this assessment pack as a pre, post, and formative assessments throughout the school year. The data gained will help you form reading small groups and identify specific skills that developing readers need to become fluent. The phonics s

Use the included anchor charts to teach theme to your students. There are 8 short stories for students to read and determine the theme of each story. Students record answers on Scoot Recording Sheet. Teacher may place the stories around the room for students to walk around and read as a scoot activity. Another option is to have a set of stories for partners or small groups. This would also make an excellent center activity. Included: -Theme explanation chart -List of common Themes found in lite

use to teach parts of a friendly letter

Use the comparison of a paragraph to a S'more and help the concept stick! Includes a poster, graphic organizer, and a cut out paragraph activity, and two paragraph rubrics.

Use these anchor charts to teach measurement benchmarks. These charts show objects students can visualize to help them remember measurement units and how to estimate.

Prefix Anchor Chart for 6 common prefixes: re, un, dis, mis, pre, over, im, il, ir, non. Common Core Standard L.2.4.A

This End of the Year Activities pack includes everything you need for the last days of school. Use these activities to make the end of year enjoyable for you and your students! The End of Year Awards are created with the intent to save printer ink. A great idea would be to print them on color copy paper and add a sticker! Activities Included are: Compliment Circle Biopoem Activity Last Day Blues Activity Letter to New Students Activity Game Day Letter End of Year Awards- printer friendly Verb T

These are some of my favorite quotes that I have printed for my Teacher Planner. I read them often to help me remember why I teach and for motivation. Print and laminate or put in page protectors for you teacher binder. I hope this collection brings you as much peace and happiness as they do for me!

This First Day of School Activities Pack will keep your students busy and engaged. There is a graphic organizer for getting to know your students (version of All About Me). Students can work on this independently while you're greeting everyone. Also included is a writing page, Memory Bag activity, and short math task. Enjoy!

Includes: graphic organizers for U.S. AND State governments, fill in the blank activities, and writing prompt

Do your students get confused about where they live? Use these posters and arrows to create a flow chart to show where in the world we live. The display shows: city --> state --> country --> continent --> planet --> solar system --> galaxy. Blank pages are included for you to create your own city, state, country, and continent posters for your place on the planet.

This pack includes Back to School Activities for the first Weeks of School. These activities will help you set a positive classroom environment for the entire school year. These activities are easy to do with little prep. Many of the activities can be completed at the beginning of the year, as well as throughout the school year. There are multiple options for the writing pages (select according to your grade level). The first weeks of school are vital, so start off with high expectations! Activi

This is a one-page chart to teach the three types of writing: informative, opinion, and narrative. This chart provides a clear comparison of each type of writing with transitions students to use in their writing. This helpful chart can be used as a teaching tool, an anchor chart, in a notebook, or enlarged to a poster. I make one copy for each student to keep in their writing notebook as a reference when students write independently. This is a great scaffolding tool to transition students to in

Use the Engineering Design Process (EDP) to create a S'mores Solar Cooker. Included are EDP graphic organizers and math tasks. Great for end of year when the sun is getting ready for summer!

Use this list to help your students improve their writing. Blow it up to make a poster or make copies for students to keep in their writing folders.

This is everything you need to create a Substitute Binder. Included are binder cover, dividers, filler pages/ forms, and a welcome letter. This is the PDF version that you can print and write on the copies. If you prefer to type, check out my other posting of a Power Point editable version. Get organized now for those unexpected sick days!