Jayna Morrow

With a background in ESL, I truly understand the importance of mentor sentences and sentence stems to teach students how to become better writers through modeling and practicing great writing. This technique is based on those principles. I teach my students the following format for writing essays at the 4th grade level: Introduction: Hook Target Sentence Body Paragraph 1: Topic Sentence 1 Detail Detail Detail Personal Connection Body Paragraph 2: Topic Sentence 2 Detail Detail Detail Perso

Mother's Day is just around the corner! Use this book of simple, structured poems to quickly reinforce your poetry TEKS and celebrate MOM at the same time. Print these out on the half-sheet, then staple together in booklets. I let my students color and create these during AR time over the course of 2-3 days. My students were able to write the poems without much help because we had already covered these poetry structures in Writing class; however, this booklet could be as an independent practice

These detail sentence flashcards are perfect for students with Autism or those who struggle coming up with details for a topic. All they have to do is flip to a card and it will prompt them to create a sentence of that type. Over time, students will learn to do this independently. These are the same kinds of questions you would ask your student if they raised a hand to tell you that they "can't think of anything to say." How many times have you gone over to a student and asked them questions tha

Do you teach 4th grade Reading and Social Studies in Texas? Then this freebie is for you. This product is a full six weeks lesson plans and includes complete TEK coverage for Reading and Social Studies, student objectives, language objectives for ELLs, R-time and Kagan activities, relationship-building activities, blank format area to insert any re-teaching / RTI activities based on your data, and after school program lessons (I'm using Motivation Reading). I can't insert any of the actual mater

For use with Cornell Notes or as a stand-alone summary-writing activity. The 39 quick summary activities in this power point can be easily used for any subject. They only take a few minutes to assess student learning. I use these summary activities at the end of every Social Studies lesson at the bottom of their Cornell notes. In an 70 minute class (every other day), we (1) break up into groups and use various reading/research strategies to quickly locate answers to the questions in the book fo

This quiz for coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) can be used as a quick assessment, warm-up, or exit ticket. Students fill in the meaning of each letter of the FANBOYS acronym.

This simple letter for parents includes a place for up to 3 benchmark scores (to show progress) and a place to sign and return. Attach it to the benchmark itself or place in weekly folders. This is a follow-up letter for a 2nd or 3rd benchmark and includes an extra line about before or after school tutoring opportunities and a place to circle an essay level between 1-4.

This simple letter for parents includes a place for up to 3 benchmark scores (to show progress) and a place to sign and return. Attach it to the benchmark itself or place in weekly folders.

This form is for teachers who offer opportunities to correct a test for a 70. Print these slips out on bright paper and staple to any test you want you the student to study for and retest. I require a parent signature in order to retest and change the grade in my grade book because I want them to know when their child has failed a test. This also makes great documentation at meetings.

This simple quiz is perfect to check for knowledge of the six traits of writing. I created this quick quiz to use after introducing the 6 traits of writing.

This quiz for subordinating conjunctions (AAAWWUBBIS words) can be used as a quick assessment, warm-up, or exit ticket. Students fill in the meaning of each letter of the AAAWWUBBIS acronym.

Use this sheet for any student who fails a spelling test. They can use a dictionary to look up the words they missed and correct for a 70. This product goes from 1-20. **Bonus: This doubles as dictionary practice for those who need it most!**

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled readers. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? You can easily adapt the questions for any reader. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

This is a letter you can send home to parents to let them know about an ice cream sundae party reward. I use this reward for completion of the first unit in the Six Traits writing program, which involves the use of an ice cream sundae graphic organizer. There is a place for parents to sign up to send treats for the reward. Also included is a reminder note for those parents who signed up.

Print it and forget it! Distribute these handy notes for your students. Great for those with "copy of notes" accommodation or those with questionable handwriting. Anyone, really.

Print it and forget it! Distribute these handy notes for your students. Great for those with "copy of notes" accommodation or those with questionable handwriting. Anyone, really.

Use this graphic to inform parents about the flex file organization system. You can send home on paper, upload to Remind, and post in your Google classrooms.

This quiz for ARMS and CUPS can be used as a quick assessment, warm-up, or exit ticket. Students fill in the meaning of each letter of the revising and editing process.

This blank web graphic organizer was approved by TEA for use on the 4th Grade STAAR Writing test for students who are able to have blank graphic organizers.

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader, "A Leader for All." Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? Be sure to get a copy of the general format pages for each DRA2 level that you can easily adapt for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!