Fundamental Elements

I created a set of slides that help students uncover the meaning of new vocabulary words, unlock deeper meaning, and thoughtfully express their answers in easy-to-use slides . The slides can be released a few at a time or all at once, depending on what works best for you. These were patterned after several of my other slides: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, and now Fish in a Tree.

This is a great tool for students to share their thoughts about school with their parents! You can use it for Open House, or Parent Teacher conferences! Easy to use either printed or on Google Classroom.

This document is used to help parents or educators monitor and track a student's expressed emotions. There are two blocks for each day of the year. Two blocks are used to highlight the two biggest emotions displayed that dayThere is a key at the bottom of the document that is used to color-code the cells based on expressed emotions.You can edit those to align better with what you typically see.After a while, you might be able to see a pattern emerge.  That's when you can begin trying to identify