All Things Elementary

A pre-made thank you note for every one at school! From the principal to the janitor (and the secretary, librarian, tutor, parent helper, bus driver, lunch lady, reccess, guard, and nurse in between!) a special note is waiting for you to send them! Sending notes of appreciation throughout the year and at the end of the year are a great way to develop student character and recognize those who make the school run so smoothly. I have also included some general notes of thanks and blank note card

This packet includes a long-term behavior goal contract, daily smiley face and tally rating scales, goals for the week, and a reflection page. The goal of this packet is to help students monitor and change their behaviors as they take responsibility and see progress. The pack now includes a page with ratings for each day of the week on one convenient page!

Having trouble with bullying? This packet is for you! All Things Elementary takes a positive approach to character education. This bilingual unit has four lessons: friendship (amigos), bullying (intimidors), victims (víctimas), and an action plan (acción). The lessons discuss the physical and emotional aspects of bullying. The worksheets are designed to be open ended so you can turn the discussion to whatever you see most fitting for your situation. These simple yet meaningful activities w

This download includes the following teacher instructions, a handout/poster of the elements/characteristics of literary nonfiction, and a student response sheet which is applicable to all literary nonfiction books. Understanding genres can be difficult, especially going beyond simply fiction and nonfiction. Literary nonfiction (also known as creative nonfiction) is especially tricky because of the grey area it occupies between fiction and nonfiction. At first works of literary nonfiction may a

Graphic organizers to use with any book in guided reading, literature circles, and reader's workshop! This pack is 16 tables, forms, and printables to meet CCSS 2RL3 3RL1 3RL3 3RL6 These standards focus on students thinking critically about characters and their changes throughout the text. This pack focuses on character traits, emotions/feelings, and actions. Please download the preview to view a sampling of the pages. Character Study Pack CCSS Grades 2-4 by All Things Elementary is licensed

This table helps students examine who are the major and minor characters in a story. This is great for starting the discussion and helping the students to analyze the most important characters and actions in a story. Students also are asked to write what the character does and who the character interacts with to bring in plot and proof. Also a great worksheet for students to use in planning for writing their own stories! If you like this product, you may also like my Character Study Pack.

The download includes 5 different papers. The first three have the dashed center guidelines for younger writers. The last to pages are standard lined pages. The images include pyramid and mummy. I hope these pages with help your students to be excited about writing and learning!

Students make the singular nouns plural, then sort them into whether they needed to add es or add s to the singular noun. Bonus challenge question gets students thinking about the pattern and rules for making singular nouns plural. Simply print the worksheet. All directions are provided. Answer Key Included!

It is important for students to learn to show appreciation and thankfulness. These thank you notes are ready to print, have students sign, and send to the principal, janitor, tutors, room parents, etc. This freebie set includes one thank you note with a prewritten message and one blank thank you. If you enjoy this freebie, please consider checking out the entire thank you note bundle!

Students use this venn diagram to analyze the elements of historical fiction which are completely real, embellished, or completely imaginary. Great to use with genre study or for planning to write historical fiction of their own!

This worksheet can be used with almost any book. Simply have the students write the names of the characters under or above the people figures. Students must use reasoning to figure out which character is oldest. They must fill out the character names in order from oldest to youngest. For many book this will require logical reasoning. Students can decorate the people characters to match the description of the characters. In the table, students can write whatever you want them to focus on re

The bookmark currently comes in one design and prints three on a page. I write each student's name at the bottom and laminate them for each student to keep in his/her book box. Please contact me at allthingselem@gmail.com if you would like any changes to the document to suite your specific needs.