Elementary Teaching

This is a chapter-by-chapter book club plan for Frindle designed for fourth grade. Students read one chapter per day and then answer questions about the text. The plan is aligned to 4th grade ELA standards and focuses on key reading skills such as character development, theme, vocabulary in context, inference, and understanding the author’s message. It is structured to be low prep and flexible for small groups.

Keep track of student growth on CORE using this 1 page tracker sheet!

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This is a printable writing center. Print the pages, post the writing choices that align with the needs of your classroom. All you need is paper for students to have a sustainable, no prep, independent, literacy center!

These books were created for students who rely too much on picture clues. By having words only, it forces them to look at the letters in words when trying to read. The books are for beginning readers and uses only Pre-Primer Dolch sight words and words with three phonemes. I use these in small group and read each page aloud together then set a sand timer for 30 seconds so they can add the picture that should go with the words. They can also be used as an independent reading center once studen

This is a compilation of word cards for various word patterns (double vowel, magic e, bossy R, whiners, 3 phonemes, 4 phonemes, 5 phonemes, digraphs, and blends.) The cards can be used for games, literacy centers, or as a resource. They can be used for a basic game in which students read the word on the card they pick. If they get a special card, they go again. The object of the game is to collect as many cards as you can. I’ve used this game with kindergarten and first graders. They always love

Common Core friendly fraction word problems. *You will just need to change the names of the players to make the word problems current. These were made for the Ravens vs 49ers Super Bowl. The word problems are leveled by color to help differentiate. I had kids work with a partner to solve these word problems. I was able to differentiate by cutting up and putting the word problems in an envelope. I gave the kids either a blue or green envelope based on their level. They then picked a word proble

If your district does not provide you with spelling lists, then here are 27 spelling lists! Starting with a couple CVC word lists, then moving on to various word patterns.

This is a letter knowledge assessment. The letters are broken up into 3 sets. In each set the students will need to identify uppercase, lowercase, and sound for each letter. The page is set up so that the student can be assessed several times over the course of the year. This is an excellent tool for showing progress (or no progress) over time.

Ready to use reading center. Just print and use sheets as is. Or, laminate or put them in a plastic book sleeve to be used daily with no prep.

This is a weekly planner that I send home as the cover of our homework packet each Monday. The planner summarizes what we will be learning about that week, homework, schedule, reminders, and ideas for parents to help learning continue at home. :)

This is a weather graph I use during morning meeting.

I send this packet home every Monday along with the weekly planner sheet. This packet is set up for 8 spelling words.