Learning 4Less

A summary is retelling what the book or story is about. It includes the main event or key points of the story. In a summary, these events should be told in chronological order. Characters, setting, problems, and solutions are also main events and should be included in the summary. This download includes: Sentence Frames; Sequencing Frames; and Writing Paper

Make your students a writing journal at a fraction of the cost. Simply print both pages using front and back of xerox paper. Then, staple 15 to 20 sheets to a manilla folder and PRESTO you have a writing journal for your students.

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

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.

Elkonin Boxes (Sound Boxes) � Using manipulatives will increase a students knowledge to segment phonemes. Using Elkonin boxes in a small group setting will provide a strong reading foundation.

This reading log was made to help parents improve their children's fluency and comprehension. The reading log includes 6 step directions for parents. This file come in both English and Spanish.

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.

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!

During my Kindergarten teaching days, I sent this high frequency letter home with my students. The letter also includes over thirty high frequency words. This file is in English and Spanish!

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

Apply Bloom's Taxonomy Comprehension Questions to Your Student's Daily Reading Logs! The purpose of these reading is to ensure that your students independently understand what they read.

This vocabulary log is carefully designed to enhance science vocabulary. It can be used in class and taken home for homework assignments. The Science Vocabulary Log includes the following sections for each vocabulary word: prefix, suffix, toot word, part of speech, definition, sentence, related words, Latin and Greek root (here they only complete if needed), root definition, and drawing

The Peer Editing Check List allows students to systematically edit their writing in a group setting.

This graphic organizer file helps young writer's brainstorm their plot.

Have your students publish their Westward Expansion writing/reports on a gravitating or motivational paper.

Response to Literature Assessment (RLA) is designed to assess or guide student’s reading and writing comprehension of a short story. The file includes a sample short story but teacher/grade level curriculum short story can be used, rubric, graphic and graphic organizer.

Introduce the reading log on Back to School Night. The reading log is designed to get parents involved their children's reading/learning. The reading log gives step by step instruction to reassure consistency and practice. The reading log is in both English and Spanish.

Students solve and explain perimeter and area problems. Perimeter and area each have a parallelogram problem. students will then use their knowledge to solve and explain one parallelogram perimeter and area problem.

Have your students publish their American Revolution writing/reports on a gravitating or motivational paper.

Make your students writing journals at a fraction of the cost. Print on the front and back of xerox paper. Then, staple to a manila folder and presto WRITING JOURNALS for the little one's!