Ellen Gehrke

This packet is packed full of great ideas to help you teach your students fiction and non-fiction. It includes teaching strategies, example texts, whole group and individual sorts, assessments and so much more! This is great for Common Core Standards (story and books that give information). Here are a few things: -Posters of Characteristics of Fiction and Non-fiction -Can the Title Help Us Decide? (Including Sort) -Can the Pictures Help Us Decide? (Including Sort) -What Questions Help Us Deci

This is a great way to assess if your students can identify the main topic. The students read a couple of sentences of a topic and then must determine the main topic. This assignment is designed with beginning readers in mind. The students are provided with multiple choices and can cut and paste the main topic. They also have to write one complete sentence to identify the main topic of another set of sentences.

Assessment for adding -ed to Verbs

Need a way to motivate your students to work toward their goals? Looking for a way to track student progress? Want your students to set their own goals and track their progress? Well this is it! An adorable racing theme to encourage students to "Race for Our Goals". Each student has a Data Folder to record their own progress. Students set individual goals and when they reach that goal, they can record that achievement on the class graph. I also set goals as a class and we receive awards for

This football themed game is a great way to practice making ten. The students roll two dice (included) and try to make 10. If they make ten they get to advance 10 yards. They record the way they made ten on their chart. The first one who makes a touchdown wins. Game includes: Directions Game Board (color and b&w) Game Pieces Recording Chart Dice (0-5 and 5-10) I hope your students enjoy playing this game as much as mine have. Great for Common Core!

This packet is packed with great ways to teach and practice nouns. It includes: -Noun Poster -Noun and Not a Noun Sort -Person, Place, and Thing Sort -Common and Proper Noun Sort -Each sort comes in 3 sizes so you can use it with whole group, small group, and individual students. -Each sort comes complete with directions, recording sheets, and answer sheets so they can be used in stations. -Various assessments for each sort -Packed full of adorable clipart! I hope that your students enjoy

A great way to assess your students' understanding of verbs!

Kids love to practice their facts when they also get to color! I hope your students enjoy this cute little owl color by number activity to practice their subtraction.

Scoopin' Up Fun! This ice cream themed packet is full of ways for your students to practice their math skills. Skills included are Addition, Subtraction, Fact Families, and Making 10. Each skill has ice cream cones and scoops of ice cream to match. Their are also directions and recording sheets for each skill. Students can check their work with the provided answer sheets. I hope your students enjoy these games as much as mine have!

Students must solve for the unknown numbers. This includes addition and subtraction problems with the unknown in various locations. It also includes word problems when students must set up the equation, draw a picture to solve, and write the answer including the correct unit. A great way to assess your students understanding of unknown numbers!

Assess your students use of periods and question marks.

A great way to assess your students' understanding of the equal sign. The students must compare two expressions to determine if they are equal. This also includes word problems!!

A great way to see if your students grasp addition. It includes basic problems along with some higher order thinking word problems. This is great for common core. It includes composing and decomposing numbers word problems and showing that equations are equal. I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine did! Thanks!

Cute writing activity for the first day of school. I keep this until the end of the year. My kids always love looking back and seeing how much they have learned since then! I hope your kids enjoy it as much as mine have!

A great writing activity for your students after a unit on animals. Give each student a different animal. Have them brainstorm things they know about that animal. Then they can complete the writing frame. When it is complete, you can edit and publish. I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine did.