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This colorful Book Journal is the perfect tool to encourage meaningful reading reflection all year long! Designed with engaging illustrations and student-friendly pages, this journal can be used in multiple ways to fit your classroom needs. Teachers can: Print pages to send home with students during the school year or over summer break Keep journals in the classroom for independent reading responses Use pages as a whole-class activity after finishing a read-aloud or class novel together T

A great end-of-year or beginning-of-year icebreaker game for all ages and students! This Google Slide Item has a total of 17 slides with vibrant colors and illustrations for fun entertainment and engagement. Can be shared on the teacher's slide only for the entire class to answer, or assigned to all students own screens for a more personal approach. Thank you! Sincerely, Isabell @A+Essentials

CVC + CVCe words: adding endings to words - doubling consonant/eliminating e/keep the same These worksheets are designed to help students practice and master how to correctly add endings to base words (like hop, hope, plan, make) by following the three main spelling rules: Doubling the final consonant – when adding an ending (such as -ing, -ed, -er) to a CVC word (consonant-vowel-consonant), students double the final consonant (e.g., hop → hopping, run → running). The worksheets give repe

Lesson/Teacher Observation Organization Template Reusable template for teachers/coaches to organize structured lessons for admin observation. Can be used by teachers and also handed into admin. 3 pages Can be downloaded and printed

As a teacher, do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try it’s  still impossible to find ways to save money? You mean well and try to spend less, but something  always comes up. Sound familiar? The truth is, you don’t need everything to line up perfectly before you start saving money. Spoiler alert: If you wait for the “right time” to roll around, it’s never going to show up. The best time to start saving is  right now. Use these monthly templates to keep track of your spending and grow you

California Teaching Performance Expectations - Teaching to the TPEs Teaching Performance Expectations This document includes Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs) within the six California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP). Each TPE includes a narrative that provides the context and intent of the TPE and a set of elements that identify key aspects of teaching performance, along with a narrative providing context for subject-specific pedagogy. The numbering and order of the six TPEs

Perfect back-to-school informational packet! This back to school flip book for caregivers is an easy way to get important class information to parents about what grade and teacher the student has, how to reach the teacher/school, daily schedule, homework schedule, and classroom supply list. Every part of this packet is editabe for you to meet your needs and information: information, font, size, 5 different tab names. Please print on brightly colored paper and send home with each student/family

Breaking News Reusable Templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perfect for printing out and do in class, as homework, or send to your students to do on their computers as a digital version. Perfect as a morning routine to talk about and discuss current events, to use during Scholastic News reading, reading or listening to a news report or article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other great activities can be found here:President's LibraryWritin

A President's Day Celebration! Welcome to the President's day library, perfect for students in elementary school and preschool. This slide includes 12 books being read aloud in the theme of President's Day in the United States of America which is celebrated on the third Monday of February to honor all persons who served in the office of president of the United States. This slide also include: 3 direct draw videos for kids 1 video of the White House Garden for kids (seen when clicking the plant)

Welcome to our LARGE Valentine's Library that contains 27 books read aloud for students. All books are appropriate for elemenstary schol students and pre-school students. This slideshow contain 3 pages and by clicking on each book, student will immediately be relocated to the read aloud. Can be used in the classroom, during virtual learning, or at home. Lots of love & Happy Valentine's Day, Mrs. Lawless

What is the RACE strategy? The RACE strategy teaches you to do what good writers do naturally, and can help you answer short-response questions. It helps you maintain a formal style and make sure you are answering all parts of the question with lots of detail. Using the RACE strategy will almost guarantee your answer is complete. RACE stands for: R - Re-state the question Turn the question into a statement to introduce your paragraph. Example: How can students improve their study skills? Stu

Every child gets their own chart and I personalize it with their name. They can be displayed on their desk or in a private folder (K-5) These charts are an excellent reminder of what we are striving for: following our classroom rules and expectations and demonstrating positive social skills. We review our charts frequently and I ask the students what they plan on working on. This is such a great opportunity for self reflection, and builds SEL skills. In behavior, there’s a whole lot of talk abo

Time to Learn! Project-based Science This resource is built upon NGSS 2-PSI-3 Matter and Its Interactions but can be modified to match the standard you are currently working on as NGSS is following each grade as it progresses. 8 slides to support all aspects of project-based science including academic language and vocabulary such as prediction, observation, intervals, result, analysis, and evaluation. Works very well as virtual/online resource for students at home and the classroom but can al

Mini-lesson for consonant blends and vowel digrapghs /ow/ and /ou/. 4 pages filled with phonemic awareness practice. Can be used as Google slide, printed out for in-class work, or homework. Thanks for stopping by!

Professional Development/Teaching Analysis/Reflective Teaching for a deeper understanding of curriculum and teaching strategies. How can I become a better tecaher? Was this lesson successful? How can I teach this differentely? Who are my learners, what do they need? How well do I know my readers? What I need to focus on as a teacher after looking at results. How I can build success for ELL learners and add SEL in the classroom. What was my main takeaway from the results?

This bitmoji classroom has wonderful links to songs and read-aloud of books published in the classroom. The following links are included with this classroom: Books: Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes If You Give a Dog a Donut The Night Before Valentine's Day The Night Before St. Patrick's Day Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon My No, No, No Day The Day The Crayons Quit Songs: (Click on guitar in the picture) Thankful by The Juicebox Jukebox (Click on days of the week sign) Days Of The Week Addams Fami

This slide helps recognize good classroom citizens and helps kids feel rewarded for being kind and compassionate to each other. Use this slide to create moments of spaciousness and quiet in your classroom (virtually or in-person). School days can rush by with no moment to collect oneself. Help your students regain a sense of calm by building in moments of silence. You can edit this slide to be a time for journaling, deep breaths, stretching, etc. - Ask students to reflect on what’s giving them

100 Mile Club - Encouraging an active lifestyle at home It is great to move around at home and in school and this worksheet will aid in the movement not only of students but adults/families at well!

It’s back to school time!! I’d like to share with you a page that will hopefully help in your 1st week of school planning. This page is part of a morning work packet and is perfect for ‘getting to know your students’. When complete, you can decorate a bulletin board with some of the pages – enjoy!

Have students create this About Me page at the beginning of the year as a great get to know me activity. I plan to laminate them and hang them up in a banner style in the front of my class. Can be used for several grades.