Messy Learning

This document will easily help you monitor your students' progress and stay organized during Math Centers. It includes 6 pages of trackers wherein 3 pages can also be used in your student's Math Data Binders. The topics covered are: Daily Strategy Group Notes, Intervention Group, Assessment Scores, Vocabulary, Pre and Post Test Scores and Fact Fluency Scores, and finally math topics to revisit.

Organize your guided reading groups using this adorable Woodland Animals theme. Includes 5 guided reading groups: fox, deer, raccoon, rabbit, and squirrel, as well as tags to identify centers, etc.

Using old Scholastics order forms, students will categorize images of books according to their genre. Great activity to introduce genre!

I regularly check in on my student's reading. I check their home reading logs every morning, I informally ask questions during daily five and, once a month, I do a comprehension conference with them. I use my Comprehension Conference worksheet during such conferences. I ask summarizing, predicting, visualizing, connecting and vocabulary questions. The conferences take place the second last week of the month because students must submit a monthly book report. It gives me an idea if they are ready

Students scan the QR Code or visit the following website to read the news article "9/11 Victims Honoured, Remembered": http://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/09/11/911-victims-honoured-remembered/ Then, they answer the questions provided.

During our Math Rotations, I always allot a time where I work with a small group on a skill they are struggling with. Before and after meeting with the group, I write a little summary, and this document is how I organize all the data. It also acts as a short informal assessment.

Students will colour both the background and images provided. They will then cut and glue the images in the appropriate place on the background taking into consideration perception. Also included is the finished product.

Here's the template I use for the left-side of my Interactive Math Journals. The left-side is used to outline the learning goal, pre and post knowledge, and a self-reflection. Students must follow this format for each and every journal entry. I suggest laminating one copy to keep posted in your class in case a student looses their copy (which should be glued to the inside cover of their journal).

This product is a checklist of the most basic English Language Arts topics to be taught. Categories include: literary elements, figurative language, reading comprehension skills, writing traits, critical thinking skills and writing style. This detailed list will make planning a breeze!

Organize your language arts thematic units using my thematic mind map. Use this mind map to also "flesh out" a unit and keep yourself on track.