Creating Classrooom Magic

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

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 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!

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.

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 pack includes 24 cards with pictures on them of random things such as christmas, space, fairy tales, and so on. These task cards can be placed in your writing center or in an area for early finishers. Students will pick one of the cards and take some time to let their imagination wonder. They will then grab the matching writing paper and begin to write a story of their own. These stories do not have to have any specific outline. This is a fun activity for students to practice using t

Exit tickets are a great way for teachers to keep track of student understanding. These can be completely anonymous, but each child needs to fill one out in order to leave the room after class is over. I included two different types of slips in this product. 1. The first two pages include slips that have students tell the teacher something that they learned and understood during the lesson 2. The second two pages include slips that have students tell the teacher something they did not underst

Some of you may have seen my reading toolkit that is in my store. In that toolkit I created a ton of comprehension graphic organizers that could be used during reading class or in centers. I also just completed a research proposal on this for my grad program. In order to see progress with those graphic organizers I created rubrics for teachers to use to evaluate students work with the organizers. The organizers allow children to evaluate their understanding before, during, and after readin

Hello everyone! If you are looking for a place for your students to be able to respond to their reading that also allows you to grade their responses and see growth overtime, then this product is where it is at! This journal has tons of different prompts (both fiction and nonfiction) for students to use to respond to their reading. The journal comes with journal writing pages; both full page and half page with room for illustration. There are tons of prompt pages that have prompts for you

This product will help you keep your students at the proper voice levels they need to be at throughout the day.

This is almost an exact replica of my summer reading toolkit without the theme of summer, so this can be used during the school year as a supplemental tool.

This unit includes the following: Rrcording pages 1.two problem solver pages 2. image analyzer page 3. two vocabulary viewer pages 4. character analyzer page 5.Scene selector page 6. connections creator page 7. two question seeker pages 8.two solution sleuth pages 9.sensational summarizer page 9 Job badges/necklaces

This is a simple valentine door decor pack. All you need to do is print out the sign that fits your grade then type in the names of all your students into the name tags. Print, laminate, cut and hang!

This is a door decor set for febraury and Valentines day! It is very simple to put together! All you need to do is pick the sign that works for your class, type in the names of your students into the pizza hearts, print, laminate, and cut! You will be all set and your door will look super cute! The signs have both boy and girl options as well as different skin colors and grades K-6