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Do you love community building, but loathe the traditional ice breaker activity? Are you looking for a way to liven up your student discussions so that all students participate? Start with this back to school community ice breaker that is fun and is an activity that helps start discussions in your 2025-2026 school year! This Hexagonal Thinking discussion activity is a fantastic activity to use as community building. This discussion activity gets all students involved giving all students an

Do you know how important community building is but loathe the traditional ice breaker activity? Are you looking for a way to liven up your student discussions so that all students participate? Start your back to the New Year off well with a fun activity in 2025! This Hexagonal Thinking discussion activity is a fantastic activity to use as community building. This discussion activity gets all students involved giving all students an equitable voice. This d iscussion activity is ready to g

Are you looking for a way to liven up how you teach your first week of school routines and procedures this back to school season? This interactive around the room bingo game helps you to teach students where they can find all the things in your classroom. Instead of the boring classroom tours pointing to where things are located show your students where to find all the things but in a fun way! This first week of school bingo game is a fantastic activity to show your new class how much fun they

Do you know how important community building is but loathe the traditional ice breaker activity? Are you looking for a way to liven up your student discussions so that all students participate? Start your New Year in 2025 off well with this hands on activity. This Hexagonal Thinking discussion activity is a fantastic activity to use as community building. This discussion activity gets all students involved giving all students an equitable voice. This d iscussion activity is ready to go fo

Are you looking for a way to liven up your book discussions so that all students participate? This Hexagonal Thinking novel study bundle gives 4 hands on discussion activities focused on character traits and character transformation. In this Hexagonal Thinking discussion activity bundle, students have a physical item to touch, move and connect. This is a great built in support for so many different learners. There are 4 novels Hexagonal Thinking discussion activities included in th

Teaching procedures, rules and routines for back to school is so important! Teaching routines and procedures for substitute teachers is just as important. This back to school classroom management lesson and activity contains an editable Google Slides lesson, a hands on activity, an incentive and some printables for your sub binder. Make it easy for yourself during back to school or at any time you have a sub coming in. Add the lesson and activity to your sub binder or sub plans to help

Are you looking for a way to liven up your student discussions so that all students participate? This Hexagonal Thinking end of book discussion activity is a fantastic way to get the students that sit silent involved and the over sharers to pass the mic. Give this hexagonal thinking discussion strategy a try today with your novel study with Wonder by R.J. Palacio. In this Hexagonal Thinking discussion activity, students have a physical item to touch, move and connect. This is a great b

Do you need an effective whole class behavior management tool to help you manage the whole class in a positive way? Do you want to help students manage , monitor and set goals for their own behavior in the 2025 new year? Whole class behavior management is a daily challenge for even the most experienced teacher. This nearly no prep classroom management strategy uses the simple tool of goals, targets and student reflection. The classroom behavior management strategy is very effective in manag

Are you looking for a fun way to practice the 50 states, but you're short on time? This 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade Name that 50 States Social Studies Opening Activity Game can help! This game is great for whole group opening activity that will capture the attention of your learners right away. This 50 States and Capitals Social Studies Interactive Whole Class Guessing Game can supplement any social studies curriculum. This works great as an opening activity routine. It only takes a few minutes. I

Do you having a calm down corner set up in your elementary classroom? Are you looking for emotional self regulation strategies to add to your calming corner? Calming corners and self regulation strategies are essential in classrooms today to help students learn manage their emotions! . These self regulation strategy cards can be used with an existing calming corner or a new calming corner to help students learn how to self regulate. Adding these regulation strategy cards to your teacher tool

Are you looking to create a regulation station in your classroom to help learners self regulate their emotions? Get your SEL and emotional regulation off to a great start this back to school season! A calming corner is a vital tool to help with social-emotional needs in every classroom. If you need a resource to help students to independently learn to manage their feelings, then this regulation station is it! It has everything you need to help students through the process of self regulatio

Looking for a great way to start off building relationships and excitement for your new students coming back to school this year? Start building classroom community by sending one of these welcome postcards to start off your student and family relationships right! Even if you are back to school, this postcard can be sent in the first weeks to welcome families and students to a new year. What's included: Fully Editable Slides Created in Google Slides for easy to edit text and images3 stunning ba

Are you looking for a way to launch independent reading during reader's workshop this back to school season? Try this independent reading expectations guide. Use it as a launching lesson, rubric or bulletin board materials. This independent reading guide is designed to help your Reading Block run more smoothly. Start back to school confident that you have a structure and routine to help students understand what independent reading should look, sound and feel like. This kit can be used to l

Are you looking for a way to launch independent reading during reader's workshop this back to school season? Try this independent reading expectations guide. Use it as a launching lesson, rubric or bulletin board materials. This read to self reading guide is designed to help your Reader’s Workshop run more smoothly. Start back to school confident that you have a structure and routine to help students understand what independent reading should look, sound and feel like. This kit can be used

Looking for a bundle of tools to launch your Reader's Workshop during your first weeks back to school? Are you looking to create a smoother Reader's Workshop? Are you looking for tools that can help you manage your Reader's Workshop mini-lesson, small groups, transitions and discussion groups. This bundle of Reader's Workshop expectation rubrics can help! This bundle can be used in any classroom to help the adults and students have a common language around the expectations during Reader’s Wor

Are you looking for tools to launch your expectations and routines in Reader's Workshop during the first weeks back to school? Are you looking to create a smoother Reader's Workshop with consistent routines, procedures and expectations? This printable Reader's Workshop Anchor Poster can do both! This anchor poster is designed to help your Reader’s Workshop run more smoothly while also , setting up and assessing expectations during your back to school workshop launch. This anchor poster rubric

Routines and Expectations in Reader's Workshop and small guided groups need to run smoothly. This printable Reader's Workshop expectations rubric can be used in a variety of ways to help with the management of your Reader's Workshop! This rubric can be used in any reading class to help the adults and students have a common language around the routines & expectations during Reader’s Workshop. Use this printable rubric during Reader’s Workshop as a reflection tool, during launching at the