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Based on Book Love by Penny Kittle, these questions are essential for any reading conference! They will help students reflect upon their lives. Questions range from "Is the book you are reading easy or hard for you? How can you tell?" to "How can you push yourself as a reader?" This is a must to support student growth in reading! By: lilmaks

GREAT Bulletin Board! These posters compare a growth mindset (able to learn) and a fixed mindset (intelligence is static). For example, a fixed mindset may say something like "I give up." A growth mindset would rephrase that as "Let me use some of the strategies I learned." This is a great reminder for students and teachers of the importance of working hard, persevering, and learning from mistakes! UPDATED: With this update, you will receive 24 posters that support a growth mindset (12 black

This is a fantastic handout to send home to parents during the start of the school year. The kids get a kick out of their parents getting homework, and parents get to share whatever they like about their child. You learn so much! By: lilmaks Thanks to dafont.com! (Fonts: KBDunkTank & Beautiful Flaws)

SCAMPER is an acronym that guides students through the process of coming up with atypical solutions to problems. It's very challenging! This activity provides some guidance for each step. Practice creative writing skills! By: lilmaks

This easy to read chart is based on the work of Carol Ann Tomlinson. The chart provides examples of how to meet the needs of learners based on student characteristics, including: readiness, interest, and learning profile. These characteristics correspond to strategies that can be used to differentiate the content, process, and final product. A great resource for instructional coaches or teachers! By: lilmaks

Use this sheet to help plan your curriculum compacting. Great to use for those advanced learners to keep track of the skills/concepts that they have mastered and the procedures/resources needed to support them. I use this in conjunction with a learning contract to plan for GATE kids. by: kmaksymec

I wonder sheets are a fantastic way to help build an environment that values and support inquiry. A very easy thing to do is to have copies of these available for students at any point. As they come up with wonders/questions, they should jot them down. Put them in a big bowl. When you have time, you can explore the wonder as a group OR students can use this as a jumping off point for independent research projects. Dafont.com (Beautiful Flaws & KBDunkTank)

Do you have a student or groups of students who would benefit from independent learning projects? Maybe you have a student or students who have pre-tested out of some parts of a unit. Then this is the tool for you! This has successfully been done with one student, a small group of students, and an entire class! This packet includes: a learning contract, a to do list, daily log, brainstorming sheets, problem-solving sheet, planning sheets, and vocabulary sheets (using the Frayer Model)! This i

I LOVED Shel Silverstein growing up, especially his book "Where the Sidewalk Ends." Here you will find 20 of Shel Silverstein's quotes for you to print and post around your room! They are bright and colorful! By: kmaksymec

This infographic is great to hand out to parents at Open House/Curriculum Night and for teachers! If you're a coach or administrator, you will want to share this infographic which compares fixed and growth mindsets! If you're a teacher, this is a great reminder for parents, yourself, and your fellow teachers about the importance of a growth mindset. The infographic describes characteristics of each type of mindset and offers tips for how to help students build a growth mindset! By: lilmaks

Fantastic tool to print out and hang in your classroom or hand out to elementary-level kids to reference. This single sheet lays out many of the key nonfiction text features (including: glossary, index, diagram, etc.). A short description and picture are included with each text feature! by: kmaksymec

Do you want to build a community of inquiry? Do you want to help your students ask questions about the world around them? This is the file for you! This can be done in a whole group setting with a "Wonder of the Day" or students could complete this independently or in small groups in a center. The Wonders of the Day can come from students' own wonders, current events, or various websites. I have found that www.wonderopolis.org to be a wonderful resource because it includes videos/articles relate

SCAMPER is an acronym that guides students through the process of coming up with atypical solutions to problems. It's very challenging! This activity provides some guidance for each step. Practice creative writing skills! This download includes 3 St. Patrick’s Day themed SCAMPER activities. Have your students SCAMPER their way through a shamrock, a leprechaun’s hat, or a pot of gold! By: lilmaks

FOR INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS - Do you have students who are above and beyond, in terms of vocabulary, for their grade level? This is the tool for you! This file includes over 25 lists of Greek/Latin roots AND challenging activities for each list! There are over 60 PAGES! This would be great for students who are advanced in spelling or vocabulary. by: lilmaks

In this project, students work in groups of 3 or more to write and illustrate a nonfiction book! I have successfully had 2nd graders - 5th graders collaborate to research, write, and illustrate a book. I have used this packet to guide students through the process of working together, problem-solving, researching, pulling out the main ideas, utilizing nonfiction text features (glossary, table of contents, captions, etc.), writing, editing, illustrating, and even creating a dedication page! I hav

Let's face it-differentiating can be difficult and time-consuming! This planner reminds us that we need to start somewhere. Try changing just one thing that you do each month to try to better meet the needs of your students. This is also a great tool that you can use when you get evaluated to show all that you have done! The last column includes a section for you to highlight the Charlotte Danielson Domain that meets your activity! This is completely editable for you to put in your own acti

When students use higher order thinking skills, they make connections. They manipulate information, put it together in new ways, or apply it to find new solutions to problems. This pdf has questions that help students dig deeper into the books that they read. The categories of questions include "identifying themes," "finding biases," "make connections," "problem-solve," "consider other perspectives," and "questions to help students increase the complexity and challenge of book that they read."

If you haven't read "Notice & Note" by Beers & Probst, you must get your hands on a copy! "Notice and Note" makes close reading easy! Use this resource to teach your students the 6 signposts (contrasts & contradictions, aha! moment, tough questions, words of the wiser, again & again, and memory moment)! Included in this pack are easy-to-follow bookmarks, bookmarks for students to fill in information on their own, and a guide for students to fill out when they read a book (including: prediction,

Project-Based Learning is a fantastic way of organizing projects! In this model, students typically work together to explore real life and relevant problems, challenges, or questions. They create products or presentations to share knowledge gained, usually for an authentic audience. Great for coaches or teachers! Dafont.com (Little Snorlax, Hand of Sean, A Little Sunshine, & KBDunkTank) By: lilmaks

Use these sheets to help students reflect upon the learning process. Students reflect on several Habits of Mind (including: questioning, thinking interdependently, persisting, and etc.). By: lilmaks