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This form is used with the HighScope curriculum at the Primary level so that students can plan out their projects in a meaningful way. This promotes higher level thinking and incorporates cross-curricular connections. You can also edit it if your learning centers are different than mine are.

Fool your students with this fun "quiz" where kids get some practice following directions and also celebrate this silly holiday! Students have to read the quiz to the end and follow the directions carefully in order to find out that the whole thing is a joke!

Use this blank words template for testing CVC words, long/short vowel words, sight words, words, r-controlled vowel words, blends, or any other group of words that you have been working on in class. I find it especially helpful to write in the words and then copy onto cardstock and put in plastic sheet protectors so that I can re-use it year after year. Then I can track the data of who knows what!

Early primary activities for nonfiction text features including a scavenger hunt, a matching quiz, and a purpose true/false activity.

Use this form for students to highlight their choices each day for Daily Five. I use one form per Guided Reading group. This way, I can easily see who is doing what and manage their literacy time. The choices on my form (it can be edited for your individual needs) are as follows: Read to Self, Writing, Word Work, Technology, Read to Others/Listen. I have extra spaces for Read to Self and Technology because I want students to do those twice during the week but, again, you can make it work for you

Early Elementary partner editing checklist for use with writing and Writer's Workshop. Students use this checklist to work with a partner and edit one another's writing. This helps them to become more independent.

These simple, editable Daily Five signs are useful for creating menu boards for the classroom for your Daily Five area. You can also use them to make anchor posters for expectationWord s for each of the areas. I post them an then change what the options are in each area. For my needs, I have a technology component. You can change the headings to fit your needs. The current headings are: Read to Self, Word Work, Technology, Writing, Read to Others/Listen.

This page can be used for students to place stickers so they can display their incentives proudly! You can keep them on their desks or tables or hang them on the wall. I copy them on to cardstock for more durability.

Teaching Haikus helps with syllables and can be a great way to teach sensory language. It is also a great way to make poetry more accessible to young children. These Haikus are fun for early elementary and also teach some great vocabulary. I used them to introduce the genre, then we had another week of Haikus before writing some of our own!

Use this word document as a center or mini-lesson to practice sequencing with your students. The short story is clearly sequenced so print it out and then cut it into parts and mix them up. If you want to use it with multiple groups, you can print several copies and/or laminate it. I like to read a book that is easy to sequence first to teach the skill and talk about my own thinking (something like "Three Little Pigs" or "Rosie's Walk." Then, I give students the mixed up story and have them put