Kimberly Duke

This is a letter I send home to parents whose students have neglected to turn in a book from my classroom library. This letter would not work for a school library or any library that charges late fees. I use this letter to request that the parent help the child locate the book or replace it with another middle school level book. This document is editable (Microsoft Office 07 and later) so that you can take out my name in the signature. You can also edit it to say elementary level books if that i

This is a set of two posters to describe what students will achieve in the ELA classroom. The posters are made to be hung together vertically, but they can also be hung separately. These are digital files (JPEGs and PDFs).

This one page incident report can be used for documentation of almost any event that may need attention later. It can go in sub folders or just keep track of any fights or harassment the regular classroom teacher handles in case those events escalate in the future. You can never have too much documentation!

Each year my class does a Newbery medal project where they must choose a Newbery winning book to read and write an essay on. This is the list of Newbery winning books I will send home with students as they look for and choose their book. It includes the award year, author, title, Accelerated Reader reading level, and AR point value. Some titles contain notes from me specific to my class. This is an editable file, so you'll be able to remove or revise those. The Author field and Title field b

We use this graphic organizer in class to track the plot of the books the students read both individually and as a class. It helps them make their understanding of rising action, climax, and falling action more concrete.

Print several of these pages for your teacher binder at the beginning of the year. Very simplistic, but all your vital information will be present.

I set up my No Homework Binder with A-Z tabs. Each student has a page like the one here. They flip to their page and add the assignment and their reason for not completing it when necessary. Because each student has his or her own page, I can pull a particular student's page for parent conferences or communications.

Based on the ARI/Strategic Teaching strategy of having students rate their knowledge of vocabulary before defining and working with the words, this editable trifold allows you to set students up to monitor their own learning. I often use this as a beginning activity and an after activity in one lesson when introducing new vocabulary. It also works incredibly well as a study tool before the test. Edit for any unit! Glue in interactive notebooks or use separately!