The Spreadsheet Teacher

Have you ever stared at a list of the Common Core State Standards and felt completely overwhelmed? It’s a struggle to keep all the standards in your brain for your own grade level, to say nothing of the knowledge and skills students might need be missing from previous grades AND what knowledge and skills they will be expected to master in future grades! I had this same struggle...what’s more, I wanted a standards-based way to collaborate with colleagues across grade levels so that our conversa

The ✨Magic Report Card Comment Creator / Generator✨ is here to rescue you from stress and lost weekends during report card season! This bundle includes: A combined beginning and middle of the year comment creation resourceAn end of the year comment creation resourceThese resources are not a static PDFs requiring you to do all of the heavy lifting...these Google Sheets are a whole new way to communicate with families through their child's report card or progress report! Tool Preview Video: htt

The ✨Magic Report Card Comment Creator✨ is here to rescue you from stress and lost weekends during report card season! This version is especially formulated for MULTIPLE SUBJECT teachers (e.g elementary and/or non-departmentalized) creating report cards and progress reports for the beginning and middle of the year (such as Trimester 1 and Trimester 2). For an end of year option, click here or, better yet, purchase as a bundle for year-round use!This is not a static PDF requiring you to do all

The Magic Report Card Comment Creator is here to rescue you from stress and lost weekends at the end of the year! This version is especially formulated for MULTIPLE SUBJECT teachers (e.g elementary and/or non-departmentalized) creating report cards and progress reports for the end of the year.Tool Preview Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTXCv_cWv0This is not a static PDF requiring you to do all of the heavy lifting...this Google Sheet is a whole new way to communicate with families thr

These handy rosters are useful in every situation! They can be: ✓ quick checklists for field trips or fire drills ✓ reminders for students of their cubby number, computer number, or seat assignment ✓ trackers for student conferencing ✓...and more! These neat, simple rosters are workhorses in my classroom! Because they are spreadsheets, they are fully customizable to suit your needs and you can duplicate them as much as you need. They come with spaces for 35 students, with the ability to edi

Have you ever stared at a list of the Common Core State Standards and felt completely overwhelmed? It’s a struggle to keep all the standards in your brain for your own grade level, to say nothing of the knowledge and skills students might need be missing from previous grades AND what knowledge and skills they will be expected to master in future grades! I had this same struggle...what’s more, I wanted a standards-based way to collaborate with colleagues across grade levels so that our conversa

Have you ever stared at a list of the Common Core State Standards and felt completely overwhelmed? It’s a struggle to keep all the standards in your brain for your own grade level, to say nothing of the knowledge and skills students might need be missing from previous grades AND what knowledge and skills they will be expected to master in future grades! I had this same struggle...what’s more, I wanted a standards-based way to collaborate with colleagues across grade levels so that our conversa

Have you ever stared at a list of the Common Core State Standards and felt completely overwhelmed? It’s a struggle to keep all the standards in your brain for your own grade level, to say nothing of the knowledge and skills students might need be missing from previous grades AND what knowledge and skills they will be expected to master in future grades! I had this same struggle...what’s more, I wanted a standards-based way to collaborate with colleagues across grade levels so that our conversa

The ✨Magic Report Card Comment Creator BUNDLE✨ is here to rescue you from stress and lost weekends during report card and progress report season! This version is especially formulated for SINGLE SUBJECT teachers (departmentalized, middle or high school, etc.) and it includes both the Beginning/Middle of the Year AND the End of the Year Comment creators! Tool Preview Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTXCv_cWv0 This is not a static PDF requiring you to do all of the heavy lifting...thes

Class creation is an important part of setting students up for success, but systems with pink and blue sheets of paper are often hard to manage, and it's hard to be confident that the resulting classes set kids and colleagues up for success in the upcoming school year. I created this system for our school so that teachers can work together to create balanced classes for the upcoming school year, resulting in happy kids, teachers, and admins! With this resource, you will be able to:⭐️  Create bal

Taking formative assessments in the form of exit tickets is an important best practice, but it can be such a challenge to stay on top of it! In about ten minutes per day, this simple exit ticket tracker allows you to reflect on your instruction and make a plan for the next day’s lesson! With this resource, you will be able to: ⭐ Keep track of students’ performance on exit tickets, getting a sense of their learning for the day and saving time formerly spent on more traditional grading by usi

My third graders loved seeing their personal and collective growth with this smart multiplication tracker! All you need to do is:type in your students' namescheck off the multiplication facts as students demonstrate mastery...and that's it!With this resource, you will be able to:✓ Set goals with students both individually and as a class ✓ Celebrate class progress ✓ Motivate students with just a few clicks ✓ Identify which students need more support in learning their multiplication facts ✓ Disp

One of the most powerful parts of choice time is when students publicly state what they intend to do with their learning!  I made these trackers to help my upcoming second graders see their center choices clearly and give our class a visual for that day's work time! This bundle includes a literacy Daily 5 dynamic anchor chart and a flexible dynamic anchor chart. All you need to do is:Type in your students' namesEvery time you gather at the circle, use the pre-built drop-down menus to capture w

One of the most important parts of Daily 5 is when students publicly state what center they will be choosing and then visualize themselves getting to work right away. Unfortunately, that's also the hardest part to conduct...until now!  I made this tracker to help my upcoming second graders see their center choices clearly and give our class a visual for that day's work time! It's a dynamic, projectable anchor chart with zero prep!All you need to do is:Type in your students' names.Every time you

The ✨Magic Report Card Comment Creator✨ is here to rescue you from stress and lost weekends during report card and progress report season! This version is especially formulated for SINGLE SUBJECT teachers (departmentalized, middle or high school, etc.) creating report cards and progress reports during the beginning and middle of the year. Tool Preview Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTXCv_cWv0 This is not a static PDF requiring you to do all of the heavy lifting...this Google Sheet

The ✨Magic Report Card Comment Creator✨ is here to rescue you from stress and lost weekends during report card and progress report season! This version is especially formulated for SINGLE SUBJECT teachers (departmentalized, middle or high school, etc.) creating report cards and progress reports for the final report card or progress report of the year. Tool Preview Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTXCv_cWv0 This is not a static PDF requiring you to do all of the heavy lifting...this

One of the most powerful parts of choice time is when students publicly state what they intend to do with their learning!  I made this tracker to help my upcoming second graders see their center choices clearly and give our class a visual for that day's work time! It's a dynamic, projectable anchor chart with virtually zero prep! All you need to do is: Type in your students' names.Type in the names of their center choices. This is completely customizable to suit your center names!Every time you

This class mood meter was a helpful way for my students to check in every morning and feel validated about how they were feeling as we started the day. To use this resource, all you need to do is:Type in your students' names.When students gather at circle time or morning meeting, use the pre-built drop-down menus to capture each student's energy and pleasantness levels.Clear out the spreadsheet of the students' choices with one click. You're ready for the next morning's check-in!With this resou

Parent conferences are an important time to connect with families, but they can be difficult to schedule. This Google Form digital form gives families the ability to tell you their preferred times while still giving you the freedom to schedule conferences in a way that makes the most sense. This is a start-to-finish system for getting your conferences scheduled! With this resource, you will be able to: ⭐ Easily gather families’ preferred times and dates for conferences, and Spanish subtitles

A survey is one of the best ways to get to know students! This Google Form digital survey gives teachers and students the convenience of being able to get to know each other through an online survey without having paper forms to juggle. Kids can work at their own pace and you can review and sort the questions in a way that makes sense to you. With this resource, you will be able to: ⭐ Gather important background on your students.⭐ Build relationships with students by letting them open up in