Creative Teaching Counts

Boxes and Bullets - Opinion and Persuasive Writing Pack for upper elementary! → Need a product that shows your students that the content and structure of an essay are important? Looking for a way to guide your students through the process of writing an opinion or persuasive essay? → If so, you have come to the right place! This product includes = anchor charts for your classroom, quick reference guides your students can paste in their writers notebooks, planning sheets, graphic organizer

Private Tutoring Essentials Toolkit! → Whether you tutor part time to make some extra ca$h or, whether tutoring is a full time gig for you, this toolkit will help you stay professional AND organized. → Included in this product are: *Be sure to check out the product preview!* -"A note to the tutor" - Binder Toolkit Cover Page - Marketing Tips - Items to Consider when tutoring a child - Student Survey - Payment Log - Session Log - Contact Log - Student Information Log - Areas to Work on – R

Credible vs Non-Credible Sources for safe research → Planning a research project for your students? Want to show them how to properly research? → This product will help you achieve that! Included are: - Credible vs non credible notes page - Answer page for the notes page - Credible source checklist - Kid friendly research sites - two on a page to fit in a notebook - Citing evidence page - direct quote and paraphrase - Research log sheet - keeps track of sources during research → Happy

Literary Essay Pack ** This product works well with Lucy Calkin's Literary Essay Units of Study and other writing curriculum's that use Writer's Workshop!** → Intimidated by the literary essay? Need a product that guides your students through this expository piece? → If so, you have come to the right place! This product includes = *Be sure to check out the product preview!*- How to write a literary essay chart - Basic structure of a literary essay (color + black and white) - Common themes in fi

→ For this activity, students will put their MAP SKILLS to the test. → Students will be creating a map of their neighborhood. Not only is this activity versatile (can be used as a project or homework) it is also easy to follow and promotes creativity! → In their map, students must include a title, a compass rose, a legend, symbols in the legend, and street names. Included in this resource are: - the directions for the activity - a vocabulary sheet for common map skills words - a rubric to scor

Arc of the Story Unit of Study - Lucy Calkins Realistic Fiction Supplemental Resources → Love the Units of Study but wish there were some extra resources that went along with each lesson? Need a resource that can help with your minilesson or work period activities? Need a visual that your students can go back to as they draft/revise/and edit their realistic fiction stories? → If so, you have come to the right spot! This product offers five great pages to go along with five of the lessons from t

Super Star Stop and Jots - Have your students develop their thinking on post-it notes! Super Star Stop and Jots will transform the way your students think about their books!! → Do you have your students jot their thinking on post-it notes during Reader's Workshop? Do you wish they would put more effort into their jots and develop their thinking? With this product, students will create more in depth post-it notes by using a rubric and sentence starters. Encourage students to write about their O

NEW PRODUCT*** Units of Study Reader's and Writer's Workshop Post It Notes - Lucy Calkins → Are you a teacher who uses the Units of Study or any workshop curriculum? If so, this resource will be a great addition to your classroom! → Included in this product are: - How to print on post-its guide - Table of Contents - 25 post-it note templates for Reader's Workshop, Writer's Workshop, Speaking & Listening, and miscellaneous lists (to-do lists and lists for goals) Please check out the produ

→ EEEK individual and small group conferences can be a daunting task if you do not have the right material. How do you take notes from the conference? What types of questions do you ask your students? → Look no further my friend, this Workshop Conferences Toolkit is here to make your teacher life 10 times easier! With one binder that holds a variety of resources, you will have everything you need in one neat and tidy place. INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: - My tips of how t

→ Are you looking for a way to teach your students basic/beginner Italian? OR, would you yourself like to learn Italian? → This NO PREP beginner pack is filled with goodies to teach anyone no matter what age how to speak the beautiful language of Italian. Included are: - Teacher Note - Common Phrases/ Greetings - Numbers one to one hundred (and an important tip) - Months - Days of the week and seasons - Colors - Pronouns - Present tense verbs and how to conjugate these verbs - Locations/pla

Lucy Calkins Reader's and Writer's Workshop Planning Templates Calling all organized teachers!!! Or those who would like to be organized ☺ If you are someone who uses the Units of Study or even just Reader's and Writer's Workshop, this product can help you stay organized and focused. → Included are: - Daily planning templates for each lesson - Weekly templates - Monthly template - Small group conferences template → Three ways to use: - Print each PDF page out and fill in - Edit PDF right in A

Lucy Calkins Units of Study Conferring Toolkit Resources for Writer's Workshop. This product is made for Narrative writing :) → Looking for a way to improve your conferences during Writer's Workshop? Want your students to be strong and confident writers? This product can definitely help you achieve that! → Included are: - One page of five different conferring styles/methods - One page of the conference framework used in the workshop - "If... Then" scenarios and predictable problems you

→ Test your students’ knowledge of literary genres with this two-part fun activity! This resource highlights the main characteristics of each genre and has the students look for these key components in their texts. → HOW to use: Find a fiction and nonfiction text (can be books, Time for Kids articles, short fiction passages, etc.). Then, split students into pairs or groups and have them read each text while filling out their characteristics search. Your students will = - identify which te

→ BOOK CLUBS are engaging, fun, and promote discussion! This resource is great for introducing book clubs / literature circles to your class. It includes:-Book club tips from my classroom -A book club meeting log -An explanation sheet for what book clubs are AND expectations for book club members - Mini anchor chart of questioning sentence stems - Mini anchor chart of topics to discuss during a book club meeting - Writing about reading suggestions/how-to - Mini anchor chart of the above wri

PARCC ELA PREP BOOT CAMP for upper elementary students! → Do you think test prep is a DRAG? Are you looking for a way to make it FUN and ENGAGING for your students? → If so, this product is perfect for your classroom! Included are: - A Boot Camp mission statement - A Boot Camp cheer/ chant to the tune of "I Don't Know What You Been Told" - A shortened chart of military ranks for the army, air force, marines, etc. - An explanation of the 3 parts to the PARCC ELA section - Test Prep Tips

→ Transitions are vital in every type of writing. When your students use them, their writing is more clear, coherent, and sophisticated. → This product takes two genres of writing - narrative (stories) and expository (essay's) - and shows students different types of transitions and how to use them in their writing. This resource is a great tool to use in writer's workshop! Included in this product you will find: - Why to use transitions poster - Examples of narrative writing - Narrative Tra

2016 Election Product! No Prep! → Want your students to stay up to date with the 2016 Presidential Election? Want to bring current events into your classroom? Need a fast and easy way to explain the difference between Republicans and Democrats? → If so, you have come to the right spot! This product includes: - All About Republicans page - includes their views on political issues - All About Democrats page - includes their views on political issues (lower grades especially 3rd may need extra

Geography of Italy - a PowerPoint presentation → Need a visual and engaging way to teach your students about Italy? You have come to the right spot! At the end of this PowerPoint, your students will learn all about the beautiful country of Italy. → This PowerPoint includes: - Facts and pictures all about Italy - It is divided into five sections - the five themes of geography: Movement, region, human-environment interaction, location, and place → Happy teaching! -----------------------------

→ Are you looking for a product to teach your students about Italian food or phrases to use when ordering food? → This pack can help you achieve that! Included are: - Words found on an Italian menu divided into four categories (Two versions, black and white - Verbs used when at a restaurant (Two versions, black and white) - Directions for a partner speaking activity with some suggestions for phrases → I hope you and your students enjoy this resource! Ciao!

HOMOPHONES -- No Prep Fall Themed Pack To, Too, and Two Their, They're, and There → Teaching your students what homophones are? Check out this resource! It includes: - 1 page explaining what homophones are (with various examples) - 2 worksheets with explanations and activities for to/too/two - 2 worksheets with explanations and activities for their/there/they're I hope you and your students enjoy this pack! Happy Teaching :)