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Personal Narrative Sentence Starters for you and your students to use individually or in small groups. Helpful for ENL students or students who struggle to start their sentences. These sentence starters are also translated in Spanish and includes a visual matching the sentence. The charts are created in black and white and in pastel colors. *Pair these up with the personal narrative paper choice* so they can have the appropriate paper to write their stories *Also included two sentence starter s

15 differentiated personal narrative paper choice. Provide your students with paper that suits their needs—like larger lines for younger kids or templates for stories—they’re more likely to feel confident in their writing abilities. Why differentiate? Different students have different needs. Offering choices allows teachers to cater to individual preferences and learning styles, making writing more accessible for all. How have I used it in my classroom? I mod

Multiplication strategy charts can be used as posters/mini anchor charts for our visual learners, and provides guidance in choosing the strategy that works BEST for them. The strategies included are equal groups, doubles facts, array, associative property, distributive property, commutative property, skip counting, repeated addition, zero property, identity property, multiples of 10. and multiples of 100. Use these charts as references for math small groups, or to keep in their math fold

Math vocabulary cards for all mathematical operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. 46 PASTEL COLORED vocabulary cards. Each vocabulary card will include a mathematical visual along with a definition. Some cards may also appear as a math poster to show the math strategy being used. Addition words: addition addend add plus sum total altogether perimeter associative property commutative property doubles fact break apart Subtraction words: subtract difference take away less tha

Along with your guided reading lessons, these small group reading lessons will teach your students reading comprehension skills. The reading strategies directly teaches the reading skills your students need. When reading fiction books, it's important to teach our students parts and whole of the text, and understand why/how the author used the characters in the story. If your students are great at retelling/summarizing the story, then teach them other reading skills! These reading strategy gro

Informational or research paper choice for writing. Provide different types of papers for your students writing when drafting their informational books. When providing options for their writing, you let them comfortably write different kinds of chapters for their book. It will also show how you differentiate their writing skills. For example, some students may need a bigger writing line than others. What kinds of paper are included: table of contentssequence paperglossarypicture paperword bank p

Engaging independent reading logs and reading responses for grades 2-5. NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL READING LOG. It is designed to make it have a journal feel to it. There are 28 different ways to log and track their reading while reading a book and when completed with a book. Reading responses will hone into their comprehension and summarizing skills. The reading logs will also have the option of having parent signature/no signature. Why is this created?- this is a great way for your students to re