Learning 4Less

Promote college awareness year round in your classroom. This calendar provides a monthly activity that promotes college awareness. Activities are short and can then be posted in the classroom/hallway.

This fluency worksheet is kept by students to keep track of their progress as they time themselves. It includes a space for the following: Name; Date; Fluency Passage Title; a table for their progress; and a section to indicate challenging of difficult words. The worksheet contains three fluency recording sheets. Simply cut-out.

Here is a homework letter that I usually send home when homework assignments are not submitted.

The four part constructed response organizer is a tool i have used over the years to help students organize their math approach/plan. The organizer is used to solve multiple step word problems. Included is a student/teacher rubric.

The 60 Second Sweep is a way to show mastery of the multiplication facts between 2 and 9. It is so important that students have strong multiplication skills, that students in all math classes must complete the 60 Second Sweep as part of their multiplication qualifications (for which students receive a grade). We go over this the first day and recite it daily in class for the first week.

This file includes prediction instructions and a worksheet for the activity. Students predict how many stars they can draw in one minutes. While one student draws, the other student keeps track of the time. Check out the file for more and enjoy this fun activity!

Explicit teaching instruction is utilized to help students acquire information and skills I teach explicitly the standard after a pre-assessment task. Then spend 3-5 days on the standard with explicit lesson. Finally, I administer a post-assessment math task to conclude with the standard. I've included with this file essential questions for each math domain.

Reinforce the word of the week by also rewarding your students positive behavior. Great way to give rewards to your students at the end of a hard working week!!!! Full step - by - step directions included.

Here is a fun addition game for your students. Great for IWT. All it take is two players or small group.

Skill: Stamina Objective: Students will focus on the time they stay on task. Staying on task during their reading independent time is called stamina. Students can use the chart to track how many minutes they can read for. Students can set daily reading minute goals. As they set their goals, Student can chart their progress.

Readers Workshop Teaching Point: Determined readers make inferences. An inference is something that is probably true. The author does not tell us exactly, but good readers take clues from the text and combine them with what they already know. An inference is made when a reader says, “This is probably true.” This file includes a regular 8.5 X 11 practice graphic organizer for teacher and students. It also includes smaller practice graphic organizers to fit student reading notebook/composition bo

Division word problems can be confusing problems to understand. Each word problem is organized to help solve each problem. Each problem contains probing questions to help students scaffold and organize their work.

The file contains over 10 portfolio covers sheets for different subjects and activities. The cover sheets are interactive. They allow students to write why they chose and what they learned from that particular lesson/activity.