keeping elementary simple

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

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 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!