keeping elementary simple

Hello to everyone beginning to tackle EdTPA! I'm adding my ELA lesson plans from Elementary Task 1. This EdTPA portfolio (tasks 1-4, including mathematics) scored a 52, slightly above the national average. For more EdTPA Samples, please visit my TPT Portfolio, or click below: EdTPA Elementary Task 4 (Math) Part A: Context for LearningEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part E Planning Commentary SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1, Part D (Scoring Rubric) SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part A SAMPLEEdTPA: Ele

An engaging, active lesson to teach Kinder/Pre-k students about event sequencing in stories, using the popular book “We’re Going On A Dinosaur Hunt,” by Anastasia Suen! This lesson starts with a read-aloud, followed by practice in event sequencing by placing images of the events in the story in order. Then, students get to re-enact the "Dinosaur Dig" by following each action throughout a playground/open school space. Bonus points if you can find someone to dress as a dinosaur at the end of the r

This super-simple parent survey will help you to get to know your new students from day one. Parent input is key, start the school year off right by letting your parents know you value communication! This survey comes in both Spanish and English, to fully support ESL or ELL families. Please leave a review if you like this product! Questions included in the survey: -Strengths? -Weaknesses? -Questions/Concerns for the upcoming school year -My child loves... -My child dislikes... -My child succeeds

These bookmark-style book reviews will help to create a community around shared books in your early elementary classroom! These are ready-to-use and student-friendly (intended for first- to third-graders). Once students understand how to use them, all you have to do is keep a stack near your class library and encourage students to fill one out after they finish a favorite book. Then, when students are book shopping, they will know to look out for their classmates' favorites! I have even included

No prep activity to help early elementary students understand and practice the commutative property of addition! All you need is dice and printed copies of the worksheet. Students will roll two dice, find the first sum, and then switch the order of the addends to demonstrate understanding of the commutative property. Fun for students, easy for teachers!

Students become the teachers in this long division practice activity. Students create their own division problem by rolling dice to fill in the divisor and dividend. Then, they solve the problems and explain their thinking along the way. This activity is available in 3-by-1 and 2-by-1 long division grids.

This is a sample, completed Task 1, Part E (Literacy Planning Commentary) for Elementary EdTPA. This portfolio was created for a fourth-grade class. For more EdTPA Samples, please visit my TPT Portfolio, or click below: EdTPA Elementary Task 4 (Math) Part A: Context for LearningEdTPA Elementary: Task 1, Part D (Scoring Rubric) SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part A SAMPLEEdTPA: Elementary Task 1 ELA Lesson plansTo purchase all of my EdTPA products at a discount: EdTPA Elementary BUNDLE

I designed these worksheets to warm students up to the basics of long division (starting with the greatest place value, putting the answer on top, and moving to the next place value), BEFORE considering the "multiply, subtract, bring down" parts of the process. These are a great way to simplify the first step of the process, so students don't get bogged down in the logistics! The first worksheet is one-digit by two-digit, and the second is one-digit by three-digit, in which the divisor does not

This is a sample of a scoring rubric used in EdTPA Part 1 (ELA) Section D. This rubric was created based on a lesson plan (also sold separately in my TPT Store) for a fourth-grade class. For more EdTPA Samples, please visit my TPT Portfolio, or click below: EdTPA Elementary Task 4 (Math) Part A: Context for LearningEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part E Planning Commentary SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part A SAMPLEEdTPA: Elementary Task 1 ELA Lesson plansTo purchase all of my EdTPA products at a di

This is a sample of a completed task 1, part A (Literacy Context for Learning Information). This was completed based on a 4th-grade class. I hope this helps future student teachers complete their EdTPA Portfolios with ease! For more EdTPA Samples, please visit my TPT Portfolio, or click below: EdTPA Elementary Task 4 (Math) Part A: Context for LearningEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part E Planning Commentary SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1, Part D (Scoring Rubric) SAMPLEEdTPA: Elementary Task 1 ELA Le

This product is a bundle of my three long division resources: The Pre-Long Division Skills , Long Division Word Problems With Grid, and the Students Teach Long Division activity. Download them separately, or together to save! Remember to review!

This is a complete sample of EdTPA Elementary Task 4 (Math) Part A: Context for Learning. This was completed based off of a fourth grade class. For more EdTPA Samples, please visit my TPT Portfolio, or click below: EdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part E Planning Commentary SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1, Part D (Scoring Rubric) SAMPLEEdTPA Elementary: Task 1 Part A SAMPLEEdTPA: Elementary Task 1 ELA Lesson plansTo purchase all of my EdTPA products at a discount: EdTPA Elementary BUNDLE

Students will love creating their own flipbooks to practice the Magic Silent E! This activity is minimal prep; All you need is a set of popsicle sticks, and printed/stapled/cut copies of the books. The PDF file is made ready-to-cut. One copy will get you three booklets; just print, staple, and cut into three. The first page of the file is the "e"s ; each student will need one. Students first decorate and glue the "Magic E" onto a popsicle stick. Then, they use the "e" to change short-vowel words

This lesson plan will help students naturally decompose groups of 10 through an activity with blocks and tower-building. The plan is organized into: opening, introduction of new material, guided practice, independent practice, and closing. This lesson plan follows the Johns Hopkins School of Education format, including: objectives, connection to achievement goals, prerequisite skills, diagnostic, and notes on assessment, key points, and differentiation. This lesson follows the following objec

I created this template to help students organize their research into subcategories. These are great if your students are researching a broad range of topics--they can be applied to almost any topic! Print them on colored paper to make them pop, then allow students to cut and paste them to their posters.

I designed this for my students to help organize their first drafts of their essays. This document guides students through drafted a 5 paragraph essay, by developing a thesis and breaking it down into reasons with evidence. After using this guide, students should be more prepared to write a final draft without the supports.

This poem can be used at the beginning or end of the day as a way to build classroom community and remind students that they are loved! Its simple refrain will be easy for littles to learn. Strengthen your community further by building dance or sign language into the refrain!