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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Pre-Algebra Notebook Cover and Progress Card Notebook Cover and Progress Card are inserted in each student's clear overlay front and back (Progress Card). Progress Cards are a tool used to keep parents in the loop as students complete a Chapter/Topic and Assessment. In addition, it provides the teacher a tool to consistently grade student's notebook as they finish a chapter/topic. Each sheet accommodates six chapters/topics. Typically each student math notebook (binder) has the following

Allow your students to complete vocabulary worksheet for homework once a week. Assign vocabulary words and students will complete the following at home: synonym, part of speech, related words, antonym, create sentence, and picture.

Kindergarten students use a hundred chart to solve addition and subtraction problems mentally. This file includes: adding and subtracting ones; adding and subtracting twos; adding and subtracting fives; and adding and subtracting tens.

This math log is similar to a reading log, but its intention to keep track of student classwork and homework.

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.

This file is a handout that my students keep in their grammar binder. I have also taken to Staples and have had it blown up into a poster.

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.

This graphic organizer is designed to help student research.