Caring Classroom

Get your kids excited and motivated to work and learn online! Turn a Google Slides ™ presentation into a clickable “website” without having to use Google Sites. This is an accessible Google Slides / Virtual Classroom. All hyperlinks have alt text which describes the item and the link. Students with text-to-voice turned on will be able to hear these descriptions when they visit the presentation. It was designed so that students don’t have to be able to read anything, as the pictures are pretty

*get the special low price before more mini-biographies are added!* This resource can be added to the 2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum, or it can be used as a stand-alone resource! It is compiled of posters/mini-biographies or important people from around the world. The purpose of this mini-unit is to introduce students to new people who have affected our world in all sorts of ways: artists, activists, athletes, scientists, and more. ‘ This is a growing resource. It currently has 50 passages

*UPDATE* Now includes both a google slides and a physical version for the work pages and anchor chart! Engage your young learners through literature and shared reading, and help them express their learning through identity worksheets. While detailed lesson plans aren't provided, there are tips for how to implement this mini-unit into your curriculum and some resources for videos, literature, and shared reading. While this unit was designed to work in my Social Studies Curriculum, it can be imple

This resource was created with PBIS classrooms and schools in mind. Students take a few moments to set intentions for their day, and then reflect on them at the end of each day. I've included whole-class and individual versions. Whole-class versions can be used as morning work and a quick reflection during pack-up. The individual version can be completed independently or with the help of an adult each day.

This resource includes one anchor chart/teaching point and one worksheet. I was noticing that in our reader's workshop time, lots of kids were asking me "what IS a paragraph?" So I created this quick resource for us to use!

This resource is a bundle of fall-themed grammar worksheets for verbs and complete vs. incomplete sentences. Included is: -Past, Present, and Future Verbs coloring activity -Irregular Verb Sort -Incomplete vs. Complete Sentences Sort -Complete the Sentence Activity/Booklet These are perfect for checking understanding, introducing a grammar topic, or reviewing old grammar topics!

These graphic organizers work perfectly with 'matter stations' I set up 3 stations in the classroom as follows: 1. Scales 2. Measuring Tape and Cups 3. Balloon Measuring Experiment It's a great way to have kids observe and experiment with measuring matter!

In So Cal, a groundhog's shadow doesn't predict much...But Mojave Maxine at The Living Desert does! The worksheet and passage were derived using the Mojave Maxine webpage linked below. There is a printer-friendly letter from Maxine, including the times she's come out in the past. Supposedly, the time she comes out of her burrow signals when Spring will start. Both the passage and the letter include great vocab words like brumation, hibernation, reptilian, insulated, and burrows! Students can a