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The sentence frames allow students to organize their oral development. And helps organize their point of view. In addition the frames allow writing to be clear and direct. Great for English Language Learners.

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 worksheet allows students to organize their Three Branches of Government research.

This handout is kept in my students writing folder. It is a handout that is revisited before each writing task. The handout reflects the structure of an essay. The handout is blow-up and a nearby Staples for two bucks and displayed on classroom writing center wall.

Reciprocal Teaching refers to instructional activities in which teachers model, then help students learning using four strategies: summarizing, inferring, clarifying, and predicting. Once students have learned the strategies, they take turns in leading a dialogue about what has been read. The student handouts include sentence frames to help students initiate the dialogue conversations. The handouts can also be blown-up at your local Staples for less than $2.50 and have a great poster for

The California Mission Report has all your students need to complete a report on the California Missions. Packet Includes: 7 key elements needed in the report Cover Page Thematic Writing Paper Questions that complete a paragraph for five paragraphs And Much More!

Here is a homework planner that is kept in my student's binders. Planners are submitted every Monday morning with parent signature. Teacher comments are added every Friday. The file includes the following sections: teacher's message, student reminders, and parent signature.

The fluency passages are a collection of astronomy fluency passages. Each fluency page has images that draw student's attention and curiosity. Books may be used for independent work time.

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

The powerpoint is simple but straight to the point. It includes 7 slides that includes the structure of a paragraph. Its objective is to allow students to think about the complete structure of a paragraph. Each is left with plenty of space to personalize your presentation.

The Building Vocabulary with Word Mapping worksheet includes boxes to identify prefixes, root words, and suffixes. They identify and discuss/look up the meanings. In addition, they add synonyms, antonyms, part of speech, related words, definition, and a sentence. They become excellent index cards for vocabulary exams or quizzes.

Using their own words, Students explain how to add and subtract mixed numbers. The file also has the following: -A vocabulary word list is provided. -Writing prompt -Extra credit section

Introduce your students the skill of taking notes with this Powerpoint presentation that includes: an objective, step by step instructions, video, graphic organizer hyperlinks, eye catching graphics, interactive activities, cooperative groups activity, and much more!!!

This is a worksheet is designed to help students comprehend the story before they actually read it. The file includes the following sections: vocabulary, clues, prediction, Big Idea, genre, genre elements, and much more!

Over the years I have found it difficult to keep everyone involved during group and Think-Pair-Share discussions. This worksheet has been over the years to eliminate inappropriate/off topic discussions. The worksheet is completed and collected on a weekly basis or when needed.

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.

Allow your students to publish their writing on a thematic paper that wows them and their parents.

This graphic organizer with sentence frames allows student to organize their thoughts, ideas, and transfer them onto a 5 paragraph composition.

Fluency passage for centers, HW, or independent work time. THe worksheet includes a table for student record.

The file is reviewed and given to my students before the narrative writing prompt is given to them. It's kept in their writing folder and I also blow it up to a poster size at the local Staples for about $2.00.