This will be my fourth year as an elementary special education teacher. I have co-taught 5th grade and worked in grades K-5. I am currently teaching a classroom of students in grades 1-5 in a self-contained life skills setting.
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I use my dramatic play center as one of my literary centers. I use it to incorporates literacy and math activities with all of the benefits of dramatic play.
This pack includes the following:
Materials for each dramatic play center that I use in my classroom-
September- Grocery Store
October- Movie Set
November- Space Station
December- Paleontology
January- Vet’s Office
February- Post Office
March- Pizza Restaurant
April- Flower Shop
May- Home Repair
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Included in the pack are half-sheet sized question stem cards, one for each of the 6 levels of thinking in the revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
1. Remember
2. Understand
3. Apply
4. Analyze
5. Evaluate
6. Create
Each card has at least 8 question stems, a colorful scalloped border, and a reminder image. The borders, titles, and images are all color coded.
I have these cards printed and cut out and laminated. I made 1 set for each pair of students so that when they are working in literature circles
This pocket calendar kit is for the entire year, including cards for days of the week, months of the year, and date numbers for each month, customized based upon each season/month! Use these for calendar bulletin boards, pocket charts, math stations, etc.!
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Included:
110 pages of calendar MADNESS!
- Days of the week cards (M-F) for every month
- Months of the year cards for ALL months
- 28-31 date cards with three different graphics for every month!
EVERY card is design
Here is my number two sanity saver...my Guided Math Binder and lesson planning pages! I use this daily for my math small groups!
Included:
Math Binder Cover
Guided Math Lesson Plan Template
What I include in my binder
Math Binder Tabs:
-Assessment
-Resources
-Standards & Pacing Guide (find my pacing guide template freebie in my tpt store)
-Math Small Groups
If you'd like the binder cover and tabs in a different color, let me know :)
I hope you find this helpful!
Thank you!
CindyLou
Just print, cut, and laminate and you have your entire CCSS curriculum for Math for your first graders!
There is a Math title poster with images. The CCSS posters are written in child-friendly language in I can statements. I include the standard number on each poster as well!
I also have CCSS Mini-Posters for 1st Grade ELA to match!
*Clipart from www.mycutegraphics.com
Need any changes/additions, please ask!
Like it? Love it? Please leave feedback :D
Thank you!
CindyLou
Just print, cut, and laminate and you have your entire CCSS curriculum for English/Language Arts for your first graders!
There are title posters for the categories (reading, writing, speaking & listening, and language) with images. The CCSS posters are written in child-friendly language in I can statements. I include the standard number on each poster as well!
I also have CCSS Mini-Posters for 1st Grade Math to match!
*All images public domain creative commons
Need any changes/additions,
Would you like more kindness in your classroom? The Bee Kind Jar is a tool that I use daily in my classroom to teach my kiddos to be loving and kind toward one another.
This download includes 20 random acts of kindness for your kiddos to do! Just print, cut, and put the slips of kindness into a jar and you've got yourself your own Bee Kind Jar!
Examples:
Write your bus driver a thank you note.
Draw a picture for someone.
Clean up a friend's area.
I use this in different ways, depending on
These bookmarks are for your kiddos to put in their math journals for easy reference if they need help!
They are double-sided bookmarks, they are lined up perfectly so you can print double-sided! The bookmarks provide your kiddos with the same math strategies that you teach them in class! The back of the bookmarks have addition and subtraction vocabulary!
I hope you enjoy the bookmarks!
I have matching bookmarks for Guided Reading here:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guided-Readin
This pack contains 24 class jobs with adorable pictures. Three different colors are included: purple, yellow, and black! Some jobs can have multiple kiddos so this is perfect if you have a big class and like to have one job per kiddo!
This pack includes the editable files for you to add any custom jobs for your classroom!
I laminate these cards and stick them to my laminated pocket envelopes on my bulletin board! As part of our Monday routine, we go over who has what job for the week. I put
All of your kiddos have guided reading bookmarks to help them remember reading strategies, so why don't we have bookmarks to help us remember guided reading teaching methods? Now we do :D
I keep this in my guided reading binder to look at while I'm planning. You're downloading a double-sided teacher guided reading bookmark with different methods for each decoding skill on one side and before, during, and after reading tasks on the other!
Enjoy!
Please, please, please let me know what you thi
K - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
During our Morning Meeting, I have my kiddos read the morning message in a silly voice that they can choose from this chart!
It's a simple one-page document containing pictures and silly voices that they can speak in!
Thank you!
CindyLou
Here is my sanity saver...my Guided Reading Binder and lesson planning pages! I use this daily for my small groups!
Included:
Reading Binder Cover
Guided Reading Lesson Plan Template
What I include in my binder
Guided Reading Binder Tabs:
-Assessment
-Resources
-Standards & Pacing Guide (find my pacing guide template freebie in my tpt store)
-Guided Reading
If you'd like the binder cover and tabs in a different color, let me know :)
I hope you find this helpful!
Thank you!
CindyLou
Here are 48 purple polka-dot supply labels for your classroom shelves, bins, and containers! I also included a blank set of labels if you need to add any on the go :)
These labels are my prized possession in organization! Each label has clipart for easy reference for your kiddos as well!
I printed them on card stock, laminated, and tape them onto my bins so that I don't mess my bins up with stickers, but you can print them on sticker paper and cut them out as well!
As always, need more labels
These bookmarks are for your kiddos to take home with them with their guided reading book
. They are double-sided bookmarks, they are lined up perfectly so you can print double-sided! The bookmarks provide your kiddos with the same reading strategies that you teach them in class along with meaning, structure, and visual reminders! They also have a note to your kiddo's family that encourages them to read with their student!
These bookmarks go great if you use the Guided Reading Prompting Po
K - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
I work in an school with a TON of low-income students. Because these students don't have a lot, if any, books at home that they can read, the Book Fairy comes to my classroom!
The best teacher I've ever had also had the Book Fairy in her classroom. She would bring in a book that she used for a read aloud and then she'd gift it to a student. Everyone LOVES the Book Fairy and it's a fun way to encourage reading at home.
I print out these labels on Avery Shipping Labels #8164
[I buy them on Am
Tired of spending all of your money on bulletin board borders just to have them ruined by the end of the year?
These printable Pink Chevron Bulletin Board Border and Letter Set just needs printed, cut, and laminated and it's ready to decorate your room to perfection!
Included is 1 page of border, three strips per page...just print out as many as you need. 1 page covers 33" in length (depending on your printer margins). I also created A-Z letter cut-outs for you to make creative titles for you
Here are 48 green polka-dot supply labels for your classroom shelves, bins, and containers! I also included a blank set of labels if you need to add any on the go :)
These labels are my prized possession in organization! Each label has clipart for easy reference for your kiddos as well!
I printed them on card stock, laminated, and tape them onto my bins so that I don't mess my bins up with stickers, but you can print them on sticker paper and cut them out as well!
As always, need more labels
This assignment has students creating their very own endangered species! Students create a comic strip detailing their own creative endangered species and how it became endangered. Great UDL review activity!
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Included:
1 page Endangered Species Comic worksheet
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Thank you for downloading!!
Let me know what you think if you download this and use it in your classroom!
Also, if you need me to add anything or make changes to better serve your classr
Tired of spending all of your money on bulletin board borders just to have them ruined by the end of the year?
These printable Pink Chevron Bulletin Board Border and Letter Set just needs printed, cut, and laminated and it's ready to decorate your room to perfection!
Included is 1 page of border, three strips per page...just print out as many as you need. 1 page covers 33" in length (depending on your printer margins). I also created A-Z letter cut-outs for you to make creative titles for
Record your kiddo's reading levels in this handy chart!
I use this chart to keep track of the student's reading levels by shading in the box or recording the date when a student moves up a reading level. This helps me to visually see where everyone is and is a lifesaver when I change my guided reading groups.
This document is a two pages with 4 charts, depending on your leveling preference (Fountas & Pinnell and DRA) and grades 1-3, they have room for the information of 26 (40 for 3rd grade) s
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This will be my fourth year as an elementary special education teacher. I have co-taught 5th grade and worked in grades K-5. I am currently teaching a classroom of students in grades 1-5 in a self-contained life skills setting.
My own education history
Master's Degree in Elementary/Special Education
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