Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

End of the Year Memory Book: Help your students remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your students. Interested in the Digital Version? Click HERE for details! The memory book comes with 5 cover sheet options and 18 book pages, including:"A Bit About Me""Our Classroom""A Day in the Life of a Student Like Me""Teacher Feature""What a Class!"

Replace that hum-drum reading log and Infuse new life into students’ independent reading, at school or at home, with the “Tower of Books” Challenge! Perfect for a summer reading challenge or an alternative to the stuck-in-a-rut reading log assignment. Printable and digital versions included! The challenge is built on two core ideas: to encourage students to read some different genres of books and authors they may not try otherwise, and to give them a fresh and motivating way to keep track of the

3rd Grade Memory Book: Help your third graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your students. Interested in the Digital Version? Click HERE for details! The memory book comes with 6 cover sheet options and 18 book pages, including:"A Bit About Me""Our Classroom""A Day in the Life of a 3rd Grader""Teacher Feature""What a Class!""Moment

4th Grade End of Year Memory Book: Help your fourth graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your students. Interested in the Digital Version? Click HERE for details! The memory book comes with 6 cover sheet options and 18 book pages, including:"A Bit About Me""Our Classroom""A Day in the Life of a 4th Grader""Teacher Feature""What a C

5th Grade Memory Book: Help your fifth graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your students. Interested in the Digital Version? Click HERE for details! The memory book comes with 6 cover sheet options and 18 book pages, including:"A Bit About Me""Our Classroom""A Day in the Life of a 5th Grader""Teacher Feature""What a Class!""Moment

End of Year Activities: End the school year with some fun and fresh activities! These six end-of-the-year activities, geared toward students in grades 3 through 5, are engaging and interactive! Includes all the descriptions, printables, and instructions you'll need. Check out the preview for a closer look! Read the reviews! NOTE: This pack of end-of-year activities is for grades 3-5. Find my pack for grades 1-2 HERE.Here are the six activities: #1: "How to Succeed" Brochure #2: "Song-And-Dance"

2nd Grade Memory Book: Help your second graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your students. Interested in the Digital Version? Click HERE for details! The memory book comes with 6 cover sheet options and 18 book pages, including:"A Bit About Me""Our Classroom""A Day in the Life of a 2nd Grader""Teacher Feature""What a Class!""Momen

Begin the year with some fun and fresh back to school activities to help your students get to know each other during the first weeks of school! These seven back-to-school activities, geared toward students in grades 3 through 5, are engaging and interactive! Includes all the descriptions, printables, and instructions you'll need. NOTE: This pack of back-to-school activities is for grades 3-5. Find my pack for grades 1-2 HERE.Check out the preview for a closer look! Read the reviews! Here are th

This DIGITAL End of the Year Memory Book will help your students remember their school year together with a lasting keepsake. Bright, engaging pages for students to fill out using Google Slides. The memory book comes with 3 cover options and lots of book slides, including:"A Bit About Me""Our Classroom""A Day in the Life of a Student Like Me""Teacher Feature""What a Class!" (2 options)"Moments to Remember""More Moments to Remember""Let's Look at Some Books""Talkin' 'bout Specials""Lots of Learn

This resource is a reader's notebook book study for Frog and Toad Are Friends, a classic early chapter book by Arnold Lobel. Kids love having their own little notebooks. Teachers love having kids think deeply about text. And who doesn’t love Frog and Toad? Combine all of this good stuff with my “Frog and Toad Are Friends {A Book Study}" resource. It's easy to prepare and can be used in several ways: as an independent book study, as a focused partner reading assignment, as the framework for a sm

This BUNDLE includes all 5 of my sentence structure lessons, focusing on key grammar skills (subjects and predicates, simple and complete subjects and predicates, compound subjects and predicates, subject - verb agreement, and compound sentences) through interactive slideshow lessons (Google Slides & PowerPoint versions included) and printables. The slideshows are packed with unique memory aids, fresh practice sentences, tons of slideshow animations, and interactive features to keep your stude

These end of the year awards will make a great keepsake for your class of students! The awards are designed to resemble ribbons, with a fresh and appealing (but not overly "cutesy") style. 40 fun categories are included. Printable and Digital versions included! Printable Details:Use the larger versions to award to each student or to have your class vote for their peers (nomination sheet and tally chart included). Or use the smaller "mini-ribbons" to have every student award ALL their classmates

Giving these “End of the Year License Plate Awards” to your class is a fun, unique, and memorable way to celebrate your students and their school year. Each award is in the shape and style of a license plate, with the award category spelled out in a clever combination of letters and numbers, similar to a vanity plate. Here are a couple of examples: "Outstanding Leadership Award" = LEADR5HP "The True Friend Award" = TRU-FR1END "Most Organized Student Award" = OR6AN1ZD 45 award categories are in

My "Keep It Fresh! Writing Centers" are designed to engage students in fresh writing practice without having to create brand new centers each week. Each writing center focuses on one form of writing and uses simple ways for you to easily change it and keep it fresh! This bundle includes all 15 of my writing centers, plus the accessory pack for organization and management. Check out the PREVIEW for a closer look! Included are all the printables, instructions, and ideas you'll need. Each center c

6th Grade Memory Book: Help your elementary 6th graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your students. IMPORTANT: This memory book is designed for sixth graders who are in an elementary school setting, NOT middle school. For example, there are pages about recess, specials, and assumes one main class and teacher. The memory book comes w

This resource is a reader's notebook book study (novel study) for Dinosaurs Before Dark: Magic Tree House #1, by Mary Pope Osborne, Book #1 in the Magic Tree House chapter book series. Students love having their own little notebooks. Teachers love having students think deeply about text. And who doesn’t love Jack and Annie? Combine all of this good stuff with my book study for Dinosaurs Before Dark. It's easy to prepare and can be used in several ways: independent book study, partner reading

A huge collection of flexible, differentiated, reading response sheets in an engaging reader’s notebook style, to use with virtually any piece of literature or informational text. Printable (both half-page and full-page) AND digital (Google Slides) versions are included! This bundle combines the following two resources: Reading Response Sheets, Journals (for Literature) PRINT & DIGITALReading Response Sheets, Journals (for Informational Text) PRINT & DIGITALCheck out the preview for a closer

A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a Valentine's Day-related focus question about conversation heart candy. Digital and Printable versions included! The focus question for this lesson is: "Are conversation hearts the ultimate Valentine's Day treat?" Eight carefully-selected facts about Valentine's candy are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience. **BUNDLE this with two other lessons in my Febr

Goal Blocks is a meaningful and memorable goal-setting activity for students (with eye-popping display options!), perfect for setting New Year's resolutions or for a back to school activity at the beginning of the year. Students use the letters of the word "GOAL" to break down the goal-setting process: G represents the Guts of the goal, which includes writing a goal statement, setting a standard for success, and setting a time frame.O represents the Obstacles that stand in the way of reaching

This bundle contains my book study reader's notebooks for three of Arnold Lobel's classic early chapter books about Frog and Toad: Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, and Frog and Toad All Year. Kids love having their own little notebooks. Teachers love having kids think deeply about text. And who doesn’t love Frog and Toad? Combine all of this good stuff with the resources in this bundle! Click on the links below to see details and previews of each book study included:Frog a