Elementary Everyday

These posters align with Kylene Beers’ and Bob Probst’s Notice & Note strategies for close reading fiction stories. All 6 signposts have their own black and white poster for display in classrooms. I also printed these for my students to glue in their reading journals for reference. There are 2 versions of each poster - one with a stop-and-jot/annotation symbol provided, and one where your students can help you find a symbol that works for you. The posters also contain the definition and essen

This product includes...8.5 x 11" posters (I use these to handout to students to keep in their math folders or tape to their math workbooks. I also put these on our online LMS for digital access!)18 x 24" posters (Can be printed for very cheap and laminated for yearly use!)8.5 x 11" Memory Device posters - my students find the "horse and fly" memory device super helpful to remember how to convert measurements. Both posters are available in color AND black and white. Try printing the black and wh

This is a rubric for assessment on reader's theater performances in order to increase their fluency, speaking volume, characterization, and timing. This can be used as a self-assessment or as a peer assessment. Students make a goal for themselves for the next reader's theater. Enjoy!

This sticky note timeline is great for pre-writing in a biography unit. Organizing information in chronological order will preview biography writing structure and will help them begin to select key events to include in their own biographies. Determining importance extension activity asks students to select one event from the subject's life and explain why it is so significant. Higher-order thinking skills and challenging tasks helps keep early finishers busy and really stretches their underst