"Free Time"

We use this in our first grade class to help students understand the consequences of their actions. They "Stop and Reflect" in order to make a better choice the next time. *I have recently updated the document to include a middle grade version for 3-5 with more grade appropriate wording and formatting! After it is completed, fold in half to keep private. The student signs it, the teacher signs it, then it goes home for the parent to sign. It has helped our parent communication immensely to

This mat is sized for students to count out Unifix cubes to any number on the 100s chart hopefully helping them develop a grounded sense of place value buy connecting the rows into 10s sticks. I got so frustrated that while we used so many unifix cubes at our school to teach number sense and place value but we were not able to use the 100s chart to support it! This includes a blank 100 grid and one will all numbers for easy differentiation. It is made as a word doc so that you are able to easil

Our school is making the switch to standards based grading and we are grading all written responses on a 4 point rubric. This rubric is vertically aligned to the k-4 convention standards with 3rd grade defining "proficient." *All of my products are word files so that you can edit as needed!

I use this phoneme/ grapheme resource to help all of my students see the spellings for the most common sounds in English. Each letter of the alphabet has an accompanying image that starts with the same sound or letter in Spanish allowing for ELLs to learn English phonics and spelling at an accelerated rate. My goal for my developing readers is to be able to recognize long vowel patterns to improve fluency. It includes: -Alphabet a-z (with short vowels) -Long Vowels and most common spellings -

We put this parent note together to help parents and kids enjoy their 20 minutes of reading each night. We found that many parents thought that 20 minutes a night meant that students had to struggle letter by letter for 20 minutes and parents and students were starting to resent it! The note includes reading to a stuffed animal or pet, or building a pillow fort for reading, or simply listening to audio books in the car. The document is in publisher so that you can feel free to edit and cha

This wall alphabet is aligned to Spanish vocabulary allowing for ELL's to quickly grasp English Phonemes. It also details spelling patterns for each grapheme for all 26 English letters plus English long vowels. It comes in both d'nealian and block printing! *All of my products are in word docs so that the buyer can always revise!

Our school switched to standards based grading and we are working to rewrite all of our rubrics to directly assess a standard. This rubric is for an informational prompt like the ones in the Engage NY curriculum. It is vertically aligned with 2nd-4th grade CC standards with 3rd defining proficient. *All of my products are in word so that you are able to modify as needed!

Spelling Homework Packet (Editable Word Doc) Packet includes: -Illustrated word boxes -Sentence Practice -Practice Test Word Boxes promote comprehension with illustration, and the writing practice around boxes prevents students from simply copying and employs a part of the brain to greater help with memorization. *I have updated the document to include handwriting lines for practice and an alternative activity to the picture boxes that enhances connections between spelling and phonics!

Spelling Test format to help with handwriting.