Audrey Ayers

Your 4th-8th graders will go *MAD* over 5 weeks worth of Bell Ringers!! Use bell ringers to: *Put your students in the right frame of mind when they come in to class. *Get a daily grade! *Give yourself a few minutes to take roll and get your things together before class begins! This set of 25 different worksheets includes: 10 Composer Quote Decoding Bell Ringers 1 Decoding EXTREME! 10 Sheet Music Scavenger Hunt Bell Ringers 4 Alphabetical Musical Trivia Bell Ringers You will love this set b

Your 5th-9th graders will stay actively engaged throughout the movie Goosebumps, with this 15 question multiple choice answer, active viewer guide! With 15 original questions in chronological order, your students can follow along with the movie while watching it. Your administrators will love that you won't be having a "movie day" but instead an "active viewer comprehension guide"! I do not have rights to the Goosebumps movie nor is a copy of the movie included with this product. Check ou

Your 4th-7th graders will flip through the pages of books when they accomplish these non-fiction book task cards! Using real world settings, your students will search for answers to everyday issues while exploring the non-fiction side of the library. Because there are 36 individual task cards with completely differing subject matters, a full class can accomplish this activity at one time without needing the same book! Tracking sheet included so that students can keep track of which task cards th

Your 3rd graders will be able to use the book title, table of contents, chapter headings, glossary, and indexes to infer information on these 2 original worksheets created specially for a fellow TPT teacher! Two great ways of teaching standards to 3rd graders! Designed specifically for California Standard R 2.1. Both come with answer sheets and are ready to print and use!

Your Spanish speaking students will love these adorable graphic organizers aligned to common core standards for Reading Literature! Great for reading groups, literature circles, reading workshops, or use with your basal reader. Standards included: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 Some standards have more than one organizer. These were created at the request of a TPT teacher, just like you! If you have a special reques

This is a music theory mini workbook that contains 4 condensed worksheets designed to reinforce and assess the students' understanding of the DOTTED half note. Not only does the mini-book have the definition of the DOTTED half note and expected information regarding it, but it also has original and creative ways of assessing the students' comprehension of the following: 1. the physical characteristics of a DOTTED half note. 2. the students' ability to draw a DOTTED half note 3. the students'

Your elementary kids (and even 6th graders!) will "Fall" for this packet based on the award winning book Snowflake Bentley written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin! Included in this packet are all these completely original works! * 20 reading comprehension questions in matching format, with answer key * 2 creative writing opportunities with prompts and illustration space * 2 original SONGS about snowflakes complete with audio file to sing along! One for younger students and one for older students!

Your 6th-8th graders will have their own "goosebumps" when you use this movie guide! Your administrators will love that you aren't having a movie day, but instead using a cinema study to assess standards!! Filled with original questions that follow the chronological sequence of the movie, this movie guide can be used while the students are watching the movie to keep them engaged the whole time. Use as an end-of-school lesson plan, a sub plan, or a special reward to work for! I do not ha

Need an abbreviated worksheet or assessment for your classroom? Want to add musical symbols to your regular classroom? Substituting in a music classroom but not musically inclined? These original paper saving half sheet worksheets are for YOU!! Designed for elementary grades and in similar style to early grade math worksheets, these worksheets include counting, patterns, visual differentiation, connect-the-dots, and more! Most of the worksheets can be explained with little to no musical trai

Your upper elementary students will LOVE this Music lap book designed specially for them! Lap books are a great way to help students organize the knowledge as they learn it, especially for the VISUAL learner. This Lap Book can be used in many ways: *the homeschool student *an activity for a SUBSTITUTE *a last minute lesson plan change *a tool for the classroom teacher needing to teach music also *a year long tool to track learning *a reference tool for the classroom and more!!! Inserts includ

Your 9th-11th graders will stay engaged during the whole Goosebumps movie as well as brushing up on their math skills, when they use this Math Companion for the Goosebumps Movie! With original questions that follow the chronological sequence of the movie, you can use this worksheet to take a "movie day" and turn it into a cinema math study! Specific areas of questions involve geometry, word problems, probability, reasoning, algebra, and many more! Check out my store for other movie question

This is a music theory mini workbook that contains 4 condensed worksheets designed to reinforce and assess the students' understanding of the whole note. This is the third mini-book in the series. It builds on the information from the first two mini-books: the Quarter Note Mini-book and the Half Note Mini-book. Not only does the mini-book have the definition of the whole note and expected information regarding it, but it also has original and creative ways of assessing the students' comprehensio

These EASY rhythm worksheets are perfect to assess your music students ability to match rhythms. Leave them for a substitute teacher, or use them in a non-music setting as just a visual matching activity or assessment! Using only quarter notes and half notes, these worksheets can be used with a myriad of grades with limited music theory knowledge. Enjoy!!

WWCD? What Would A Composer Do worksheets are designed to meet the new 2014 National Music Standards of exploring why composers make certain choices in their music writing. These three worksheets have questions that put the student in the place of the composer and have to make decisions about what kind of notes to use, which dynamic, or which tempo to use for certain genres of music. These NEW and DIFFERENT worksheets will encourage your students to THINK! Enjoy!

This is designed to be used with a year long study of the 4 major periods of music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern. Students are tasked to research composers and together as a class build a visual collage on the classroom walls. Beginning with Baroque, the students bring in paper bricks to begin building the foundation. Next the Classical period is represented by castle towers and is built on the bricks. The Romantic period is represented by Rapunzel, and lastly, the Modern period is re

This is a music theory mini workbook that contains 4 condensed worksheets designed to reinforce and assess the students' understanding of the staff. Not only does the mini-book have the definition of the staff and expected information regarding it, but it also has original and creative ways of assessing the students' comprehension of the staff and grand staff, as well as including an introduction to Middle C.

Your elementary students will get a double doozie with this Musical Note Graphic Organizer Duo! With a Smart Board notebook file and Power Point Printables, your students can benefit from the high-tech Smart Board activity, then transcribe what they've just seen on the board onto a low-tech printable copy of the graphic organizers to keep with them! On each musical note graphic organizer page, there are blocks for drawing the note, rest, and how many beats the note/rest gets. There are also 2

Your 3rd - 6th graders will flip for these INFERENCE TASK cards! With 30 original tasks, these are perfect to use with even large classes! Inferring can be difficult to get for some students, but with these interesting and creative situations, your students will master inferring quickly and easily! Keep track of individual students' accomplishments with the printable tracking sheet. These task cards are perfect for individual work, the class as a whole, a literacy center, or one on one tutor

Your 6th grade ELA students will get excellent practice in filling out forms and/or applications using these worksheets! These two worksheets were created at the request of a fellow TPT teacher who needed resources to reinforce the following standard-- "2.5 Follow multiple-step instructions for preparing applications (e.g., for a public library card, bank savings account, sports club, league membership)."

This is a music theory mini workbook that contains 4 condensed worksheets designed to reinforce and assess the students' understanding of the quarter note. Not only does the mini-book have the definition of the quarter note and expected information regarding it, but it also has original and creative ways of assessing the students' comprehension of the following: 1. the physical characteristics of a quarter note 2. the students' ability to draw a quarter note 3. the students' ability to recognize