Lesley's Learning Station

Grammar Gems is the perfect tool to use if you need short reinforcement activities to help strengthen your student's ability to use correct grammar in their writing! This product is a must in my classroom. It consists of one activity per day for 20 weeks. Each activity is short....only four questions. Focus throughout the Grammar Gems activities include: *singular/plural forms of words *spelling *punctuation *prefixes, suffixes, roots *synonyms, antonyms, hyperbole, personification, idioms *com

This data sheet is intended to use for students who are STAR tested monthly to track progress in a remediation classroom. This sheet is a good way to track Tier 2 and Tier 3 students to monitor growth, lack of growth, and to allow students to set goals and figure out ways to meet those goals. Great to use in a Leader in Me notebook as well.

Click the preview button to get a close look at this product. This product contains: • 24 task cards • Answer sheet to accompany each card • 2 handwriting sheets This product introduces early elementary students to the reading skills of drawing conclusions and making inferences. Students look at four pictures, then decide how each of the images are related to one another. Students are given a sentence with each set of images to guide the students toward the correct answer. This product helps s

Need a closer look? Click the preview button. This autobiography project presents a unique, fun, and interesting way to get to know your students. I use it during the first month of school. Typically, I give my students three weeks in which to complete it. Here is how it works: *The student gets to choose which project he or she wishes to complete….either a Me Box or a poster. *A Me Box can be made from any type of box or container with a lid. Inside the box, the student places items that exp

Click on the preview button to see a peek at this product! This is a NEW AND IMPROVED product!! It is my original How to Start a Sentence power point combined with task cards and cloze notes to supplement the power point. This power point walks students through the process of how to start a sentence without always using a subject as a starter! The clipart and cool transitions will help to keep your student's attention. Students are introduced to phrases, shown the different ways to start a s

Need a closer look? Click the preview button. This is a survey that I send home to my student's parents at the beginning of each school year. It is the perfect way to get to know your students through the eyes of the people that know them the best! Parents are always grateful to see that I am interested in their child as a person, not just a student or standardized test score. I have only used it up to 8th grade. I am sure it can be adapted to higher grade levels. You may also be interested in t

This product is a list of the most common prefixes, suffixes, and roots along with the meaning of each one. There are also example words included. These lists are ideal to use in a writing notebook so students have them for reference. Check out my store for more great products!

This is a great product that can be used for both the introduction of mapping vocabulary and a review all bundled into one! This product includes: *Game Board *Game Cards *Vocabulary List *Vocabulary Chart This is a great tool to supplement a unit that covers teaching about maps and globes. You will find many other great products in my store! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lesleys-Learning-Station

This product contains the engaging story "Girls" by Gary Soto that all your students will be able to immediately connect to! Along with the story, included are ten multiple choice questions and three writing responses. The questions focus on figurative language, perspective, and character traits. **Please note: the cost of this product does not include the story. It is included as a courtesy at no charge.** Who Invented the English Language?Please check out my store for many more engaging text

This is a short reading passage about what Earth's atmosphere was like billions of years ago before there was an abundance of oxygen in the atmosphere. The passage includes 8 questions that move across Bloom's levels, from lower-order understanding and application to higher-order creating. This product is a good way to review the skills needed to understand how to read an informational piece, as well as a means to model metacognitive thinking while reading information text.

This product contains three graphic organizers that will help students organize their thoughts in order to create three different types of writing pieces: opinion, informative, and narrative. It also includes an example piece for each type of writing. Check out my store for more great writing products!

This product is a hit with students during the first few days of a new school year and is a super way for the teacher to start to get to know their students. The product is a booklet and comic strip that is all about the student. Each page contains a star that the student fills in based on their favorite foods, animals, people, etc. Students then draw what they like. At the end of the booklet, the student will create a comic strip that is all about them. When I have used this activity, I have

This is a list of all Newbery Medal Award winning books since 1922. This is a great supplement to any classroom library. Other products you may be interested in: Reading Strategies Task Cards Fun Journal Prompts Context Clues

This product is a great way for students to start seeing the connection between the English language and all the languages that contributed to it, especially when you are teaching Greek roots. This product consists of a nonfiction article with 11 multiple choice questions and an answer key. I like to use this text and questions as a way to practice understanding what a multiple choice question asks a reader to do.

How to Use This Product The purpose of this classroom management model is to provide students with a daily way to track their behavior and academic effort, while providing the students with rewards for meeting their goals. Students and teachers focus the reward system on the following: The way a student interacts with other students The way a student interacts with the teacher The effort the student puts toward academics A student’s ability to be respectful Every day each student starts with

This form helps students take their reading progress into their own hands! Students and teachers can use this form to track what is being read, how well a student is doing on AR tests, and how well a student is reading at his or her grade level. This is a great document to use if you want a student to develop a personal reading goal for a short time or for a whole school year!

Four Corners is an awesome way to help students understand vocabulary words. Instead of copying down boring definitions that students do not understand, they will create meaningful sentences and pictures that help students make connections to the words you want them to learn.

This nightly reading log focuses on the summary skills by incorporating the popular strategy of using a "Retell Rope."