Mandy-Made Materials

In my third grade classroom we are writing a research report, in alignment with unit 4 of Lucy Calkins Research Writing. I decided to use National Parks as their research to enrich them in the beauty of our country, but also integrate ideas from social studies.

A shortcut to all 4 bends of unit 1 Grade 4 The Arc of Story: Writing Realistic Fiction by Lucy Calkins Included in each lesson: session name and explanation teaching point connection teaching active engagement link mid-workshop teaching share teacher "to do"

I have used a few sources to address the issues typically covered in the Presidential Debates, I have organized them into Candidate A ( Biden) and Candidate B (Trump) to allow the students to choose their candidate without bias. The culminating activity is a 5 paragraph essay, but obviously you can just use the chart to have a whole class discussion, debate, etc. Easily adapted for remote learning. I am excited to give this a try in my class, and I think it is a pretty good source for yo

Pop these "puppies" on a clipboard, and easily keep track of your students' behaviors. Keep one side for your records, and students take their "ticket" home to get signed by their guardians. Keeping a Growth Mindset- students should know they can learn from their mistakes. That's the point of mistakes, but they should also be accountable for them.

Bend 1 of the Lucy Calkins 2nd Unit in grade 4 writing- Boxes and Bullets. Cheat sheet, carefully organized to help speed through lessons 1-7.

Students can design their own realistic fiction characters, incorporating their internal and external character traits

Easy to use and ready to print cut and paste interactive notebook activity to help kids generate lists of 7 items that they can use later in their writing adventures. One blank spot allows you to choose your own topic. Ready to print.

Easy to use graphic organizer, to paste into Writer's Notebook.

Before your narrative unit make sure to deliver a writing benchmark to see where your students are as writers. This kid friendly tool is ready to print and use.

Use the square to add an index card- students can jot their words and what they mean on the index card. independent reading work

Easy to use Conference Log

Easy to use - see for yourself:)

After watching one of many youtube videos on the heroes on 9-11, students can reflect, write and share about their thoughts on heroism and gratitude.

Use this tool to help kids actively describe the kinds of books they wish existed in their library- and brainstorm ideas that they could write about

Helpful shortcut that includes the session name connection teaching point teaching active engagement link mid-workshop teaching share teacher "to do" spelled out for the teacher- to help navigate the lesson.