Ann Talen

A daily and weekly check-in to add to your morning work! Two daily check-in sheets for Monday-Thursday, and a longer weekly check-in for Fridays. Help students focus their day, set goals, and express concerns. Easy to print and use time and time again!

Print these forms for use throughout the year! These undated forms will allow you to use them year after year. Included are options for yearly planning, unit planning, small group and lesson planning, and even some book tracking forms for students! These make a great addition to your teacher binder to keep you focused and ready for a successful year!

This a great tool to use for teaching conversions! Print one for each student and have them put it in a sheet protector so they can use dry-erase markers.

Learn about customary units of length and get students up out of their seats! This sheet walks them through different activities using a ruler and yardstick to apply the customary units they have learned about.

This is a short quiz that tests metric system vocab, metric conversions, and contains 3 word problems.

This reading log allows students to keep track of books and/or minutes on a monthly basis. There is a space for goal setting, as well as a simple bar graph to give students a visual of their progress. Use this when conferring with students about the independent reading!

Six different multiplication timed tests for your students to practice fact fluency!

Make small group planning more effective with this great tool! One sheet for each small group, up to 12 days of planning. You can add student names and the skill/unit you are studying. Fill in the days with specific plans you will be teaching to each group.

A fun game themed behavior chart! Meant for use with a clothespin (or similar) system.

Students will love getting out of their seats and using a meter stick to work through this activity around your classroom!

This is a great activity for introducing long division! Students will use chips/game pieces to divide their total into different groups and answer the questions - how many chips are in each group? How many leftovers do you have? Quick tip - give students a prime number of chips so that they are guaranteed to have a remainder!

Game themed exit slip tracker! Have students stick their exit slips on these cards for an idea of where they see themselves.

Assess your students' knowledge of metric length, including what units make the most sense to use in certain situations, and some conversions.

Use this geometry quiz to assess students' knowledge of polygons vs. non-polygons, quadrilaterals and some basic polygons.

Keep track of individual student observations during reading workshop! Take note of their progress in both guided reading groups and as independent readers.