I have taught for 24 years in an array of grade levels ranging from 2nd grade inclusive to graduate school for teachers.
I am a Master Teacher, Seminar Leader, College Instructor in the Education Department & in charge of the Common Core adoptions in my subject area.
Greg Frates again with daily and monthly practice for every day of 2nd grade!
All the Common Core skills and a few more to ensure your students/children are learning the necessary skills to succeed and get ready for next year.
Use as daily homework or a monthly portfolio so students can progress as their own speed and complete a great project each month to display in class, at home and for their peers.
The start of each week begins with a reoccurring skill necessary for yearlong progress.
Greg Frates again with daily and monthly practice for every day of 3rd grade!
All the Common Core skills and a few more to ensure your students/children are learning the necessary skills to succeed and get ready for next year.
Use as daily homework or a monthly portfolio so students can progress as their own speed and complete a great project each month to display in class, at home and for their peers.
The start of each week begins with a reoccurring skill necessary for yearlong progress.
Greg Frates again with daily and monthly practice for every day of 4th grade!
All the Common Core skills and a few more to ensure your students/children are learning the necessary skills to succeed and get ready for next year.
Use as daily homework or a monthly portfolio so students can progress as their own speed and complete a great project each month to display in class, at home and for their peers.
The start of each week begins with a reoccurring skill necessary for yearlong progress.
Greg Frates again with daily and monthly practice for every day of 1st grade!
All the Common Core skills and a few more to ensure your students/children are learning the necessary skills to succeed and get ready for next year.
Use as daily homework or a monthly portfolio so students can progress as their own speed and complete a great project each month to display in class, at home and for their peers.
The start of each week begins with a reoccurring skill necessary for yearlong progress.
Expand beyond the basic facts to focus on themes, vocabulary skills and the chance for indepth writing that include focus on Theme and relating the text to a child's own life.
Greg Frates' 10 page set lets you mix and match 'Cover' pages with a back page for a variety of book report combinations so students do not get a repeat of skills. Pages easily copy back-to-back and fold in half creating an ideal 'book' format for weekly book reports in class, at home or long term assignments.
The depth
Greg Frates again with daily and monthly practice for every day of 5th grade!
All the Common Core skills and a few more to ensure your students/children are learning the necessary skills to succeed and get ready for next year.
Use as daily homework or a monthly portfolio so students can progress as their own speed and complete a great project each month to display in class, at home and for their peers.
The start of each week begins with a reoccurring skill necessary for yearlong progress.
Greg Frates again bringing you 4 quick comprehension skill pages to be used immediately in any subject or class setting!
Enjoy 'Story Summary' as kids work on short comprehensive summaries for any story.
'ABC Brainstorm' helps kids to think of key words from any story or topic.
'A-Z Brainstorm' helps kids think of key words and visualizes them.
'Word Ladder' helps students think strategically about key words they are learning.
Finally 'Top 10 List' is a brainstorm generator for any topic in
Greg Frates is back with a Math page that can be used as a warm up, activiity for 'early' finishers or merely as a team brainstorming activity.
Symmetry, addition, subtraction, telling time and number patterns are some of the skills that need to be relearned throghout any elementary grade school year.
This can be reused each week by merely changing the focus of the primary number that starts the entire page.
Great for homework, rainy days or as fillers at any time.
This page is a great too
Writing Core skills for every subject!
These ready to use writing guides focus on essential skills any student should learn and reflect the goals of Common Core as students will use their developing content specific vocabulary in these story boards.
They will help 'manage' any class by providing an abundance of work to fill any period.
These can be used repeatedly as they are not 'theme' specific.
Greg Frates is uploading all of his activiites, including these story baords, to not only focus
Essential, basic skills to jump start any English class. Edit to accomodate differentiated learners, use at any point during lesson & expand on daily skills.
Fold it into a mini booklet with a cover page included!
Parts of a story, syllables, compound words, multiple-meaning words & alliterations are just a few of the daily skills students can practice.
Can be used for Science,Math or History to build language awareness and usage in a variety of subjects. Perfect for any genre book!
Hi, Greg Frates again providing monthly homework based on ALL the Common Core components, plus a few more.
Use as nightly practice, free time refreshers or a monthly portfolio of work done at the varied pace of each child.
An idea for every day of the month that is skill focused and perfect for any Kinder learner.
Greg Frates is back with 6 themed Reading Comprehension guides. Fits any novel, theme & time of year!
Each page (6 in all!) covers the primary skills any elementary student needs to master.
Cause and effect, inference, digraphs, word roots, story map, making predictions, summarizing and determining themes are just some of the skills students need to learn repeatedly through any school year.
Great for warm ups, after reading practice, homework or as team builder exercises. Can be done on pa
Greg Frates again with daily and monthly practice for every day of 2nd grade!
All the Common Core skills and a few more to ensure your students/children are learning the necessary skills to succeed and get ready for next year.
Use as daily homework or a monthly portfolio so students can progress as their own speed and complete a great project each month to display in class, at home and for their peers.
The start of each week begins with a reoccurring skill necessary for yearlong progress.
Greg Frates has created a daily, weekly or long term Reading Guide for any type of fiction or nonfiction reading.
Common Core requires an array of detailed analysis and this guide gives students 20 writing choices to show their mastery of text analysis.
Character Analysis, Problem Solving and Making Conclusions are just 3 of the types of skills included. This chart can be used repeatedly throughout the school year and keep quick finishers busy while having a guide for homework, rainy days o
Super warm up for Math, Science, History or any subject you need! Page can be done alone by following instructions to build words from categories, or merely adjust topics to fit your subject needs.
Ideal for any grade level to begin a class. Use at beginning or end of period to get students brainstorming, planning ahead and drawing on their prior knowledge.
Edit to differentiate challenge level or add sections for fast finishers.
I use this with my own class and it keeps kids engaged in a
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English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Reading Strategies
Perfect warm up for any elementary student. You dictate the questions and they fill in as required.
First on the page is counting syllables.
Second is breaking words into parts. Finally identifying parts of speech.
I do this twice a week in my classes then start fresh next week. 2 worksheets per page saves space and slides easily into their readers or novels.
These are 3 skills any student should be able to demonstrate and master.
The file is easy to edit and fit any differenti
This is a great combo for reading details and brainstorming about any story. Included is a focused Word Ladder that can only have answers that match the number of spaces. Very detail oriented.
Next is an ABC chart that has to have answers about any story or topic using the beginning of each letter of the alphabet.
2 fun warm-ups, rainy day games, fillers or just regular Spelling practice. Each game has instructions and can be played in groups of 2 or 4 easily.
Play weekly as these are reusable! The board game stays the same as the content grows each week! Can work with vocabulary from any subject.
Super math warm up for any grade level. Builds upon the classic 'tic-tac-toe, but here players can only use each number once and try to add a line to '15'.
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Arithmetic, Math, Mental Math
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About the store
Experience
I have taught for 24 years in an array of grade levels ranging from 2nd grade inclusive to graduate school for teachers.
I am a Master Teacher, Seminar Leader, College Instructor in the Education Department & in charge of the Common Core adoptions in my subject area.
Teaching style
I am 'hands-on', thus I want my students busy, problem solving and working independently or in teams on tasks that last longer than 5 minutes.
I like to maximize the space on any worksheet so I avoid graphics while utilizing as much opportunity for practice.
Awards & shining teacher moments
My own education history
B.A. History, Sonoma State.
Multiple Subject Credential, San Francisco State
Single Subject Credential, S.F. State
CLAD Credential, S.F.State
Master of Arts, Curriculum & Instruction, S.F. State
Additional biographical information
I am the author of 'Eggtimer', a comprehensive book providing daily K-6th grade practice in the essential skills of Common Core.
I've also written the app, 'Eggtimer', found on Itunes! It is a daily compilation of the Common Core calendars any student can do at home or school.
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