Creating Classrooom Magic

I am a 2nd grade teacher who also happens to have a deep love for Harry Potter. In my classroom I read the Harry Potter books for our 10 minute read aloud each day. My kids love it. I am also a teacher who is a huge advocate for having your students help create the classroom behavior plan. My kiddos help me come up with a Harry Potter themed behavior plan in our classroom and I decided to make it into something awesome! I began this incentive program right before Christmas break because t

This is a 117 page set of activities geared toward Harry Potter. The activities are pulled from all books in the series. They were made to allow students to bring the books to life in a fun creative way. These activities include the following: *A personal letter welcoming to Hogwarts *Creating their own Patronus Charm *Awesome Anamagi *Creating their own candy for Honeydukes Sweet shop - this includes creating an ad to sell it. *Creating their own Marauders Map *Creating their own magical c

This is another subtraction with regrouping PPT presentation to use with your kiddos. These are great for teachers that must use the LEARN model for their math lesson plans which requires them to have a 10-15 minute mini lesson introduction.

If you are like me you LOVE Time For Kids Magazines. I think they are such a wonderful resource for students and teachers. The problem is that with such little time in a day i don't always get a chance to get to the TFK. I decided to create task cards for the magazines so that if my students ended early or needed something to do after a test or some down time they would be able to choose this as an option. Here is what is included: Main Idea: for this section students will choose an article

This is one of my FAVORITE creations!!! I am all about being organized and passing that attitude on to my students. This planner is full of great organizational and communication tools. I also made it editable so that in certain parts you can add your own information to suit your school! Cover pages: There is a cover page for the front of the planner along with cover pages for different sections throughout the planner. This are all in color. Student information page This page is the first

This pack was made for a mentor buddy reading system. I am putting together a mentor program with my 2nd graders and the 5th graders in my school. This pack is filled with tons of resources for responding to reading. Here is what the pack includes: Getting to know your buddy Buddy book lists What do reading buddies look,sound, feel like How I feel About Reading Text-self connections Text-text connections Problem Solution Character Traits (inside and out). Retelling Creating a new book cover

This pack is filled with bright, glittery, fun filled reward coupons for your kiddos!! There are tons of coupons to print out and choose from and its a great reward system for good behavior in the classroom! List of Coupons included in this pack: Silly Slippers Fluffy Friend Friendly lunch Mystery Reader Super Supplies Teachers Chair I'm thirsty No Homework Line Leader Sweet Tooth Broken Pencil Indoor Recess Bus Rider - 1st in line Get Comfy Got Talent Lose your eraser

This pack can be used in many different ways within your classroom. I have used them for morning work as well as in my writing centers. It comes with 90 different pictures of various different things. They are both realistic and fantasy to get the kiddos creative juices flowing, I do not include many directions, rules, or restrictions with this assignment because I want to allow the students the opportunity to just write! So, the students choose a picture and then use their creative w

This booklet is part of a march larger series of books that I am creating. This specific pack focuses on the Southwest Native American Tribes. I like using these books with my students because i feel that it opens up the learning. These books have headed pages, but the learning is open to the teacher or the students. You can use them is a few different ways. I have used them to fill in as we learn about the tribes. The students fill in information throughout the unit we are studying, The othe

This pack is filled with different labels and choices for lunch so that your students can come in in the morning put up their lunch choice right away and be done with it! You can look right up at the display, write the orders on your lunch slip and your good to go! There are a variety of choices, sizes and colors in this pack for lunch as well as student number cards for them to use. There are number cards for boys and number cards for girls!

This is a classroom behavior system with money Students will earn money for good behavior and lose money for bad choices. The pack includes the following: *Small posters on how to earn money These give a reason for how they can earn money. They also show the amount of money they can win for each good choice they make. *Small Posters on how they can lose money These give reasons for how they can lose money. They also show the amount of money they can lose for each bad choice they make. *Wha

This pack is for teachers who like to find ways to include parents into the classroom. I also allowed grandparents or broters and sisters to participate. The pack includes the following: Mystery Reader Clues page Pick a date card Reminder Save the date card Schedule page with important info for each reader Calendars for October - June Thank you notes from students Class book

if you own my Writing Center Story Cards packet then you will LOVE this! I created class book covers for each of my story card ideas so that once your students create stories for each card they can all be complied and made into a great class book. The book can be placed in the classroom library or sent home with students on a weekly basis! These are a great way to show parents what students are working on in school. There are 25 different covers in the pack for you to use. I often go to

This pack is a toolkit to send home with your students at the end of the year. it is meant to help them keep up with their reading throughout the summer. There are plenty of activities in this pack to keep them busy and interested. Here is what is included: Summer Minutes Log - where they log their reading time each day Summer Reading Log - where they write down the title of the book, # of pages read, the date, and parent initials Summer Word Watch - they write down any words that they rea

I use this journal with my math workshop outline in my math classroom. We stop rotations with 7-8 minutes to spare in class. My students go back to their seats and choose a prompt from this packet to answer that day. They can choose any prompt they want. If time permits I call on a few students to share. It has the students reflect on their learning! I used blooms taxonomy to create my types of questions.

This booklet is part of a march larger series of books that I am creating. This specific pack focuses on the Southwest Native American Tribes. I like using these books with my students because i feel that it opens up the learning. These books have headed pages, but the learning is open to the teacher or the students. You can use them is a few different ways. I have used them to fill in as we learn about the tribes. The students fill in information throughout the unit we are studying, The othe

This product was made for helping students work on their division with remainders skills. I am currently working with 3rd grade students who are having a difficult time grasping the concept. I have put together three different center activities for students to be able to use to help them practice. I included a reference page for students to glance at to remind them how to start off a problem. I also included vocabulary cards for quotient and remainder Center 1 - Caterpillar Task Cards Thi

Do you remember that feeling you got when your parents grabbed you, gave you a giant hug, looked you in the eyes and said "I am so proud of you honey!" Every little kids loves that moment. These bracelets can do just that! When students show good behavior they can be rewarded with one of these bracelets to wear home and show their parents. This packs bracelets coincide exactly with my behavior clip chart that I created and posted in my store. However, you can also use them alone! Bracele

Hello Everyone! In the county that I work in, we use Words Their Way for our spelling units. With this unit we give out different spelling lists each week. These lists are differentiated for each student. With Words Their Way we do word study homework each week. We used to ask our students parents to buy a notebook at the beginning of the year for this word study homework. This notebook was to be taken home each day from M-Th to do the homework. I experienced so much frustration with th

This booklet is part of a march larger series of books that I am creating. This specific pack focuses on the Southwest Native American Tribes. I like using these books with my students because i feel that it opens up the learning. These books have headed pages, but the learning is open to the teacher or the students. You can use them is a few different ways. I have used them to fill in as we learn about the tribes. The students fill in information throughout the unit we are studying, The