Mrs.Hill

This is a printout teachers can give to parents or that parents can use to help their child with reading comprehension at home. It tells parents what to say to their child to help them think about what they have read. Print 1 page per 3 students.

These are guidelines for How to Write 3 different types of poems: I Am Poem, 5W Poem, and a Personificaiton Poem. I used this packet during Family Writing Night. Each table had a writing activity for families to do together during their visit to my clasroom. This could also be used by the teacher in the classroom for student poetry writing or as a literacy center.

After learning about different types of clouds students complete this project to demonstrate understanding of different cloud types. The rubric is included as a guideline for students to use as a self-evaluation tool and it is also used by the teacher to assess/grade the project.

While watching Bill Nye Earth's Crust video, students answer these questions. I recommend having students read over the questions before beginning the video. Answer key included.

Students used this organizer when doing research to guide them on citing their resources to complete a bibliography. Organizer used to cite resources from books, encyclopedias, and websites.

I used this for students to sign up to take an AR test. They managed themselves by going in the order that they signed up. When they completed an AR test they placed a checkmark in the box by their name.

After watching or during watching Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm video, students answer questions about what they are learning about weather. Answer key included.

I posted this version of the form on my website. I deleted the names so that my student names were not posted online. However, when I sent this form home with the students, I edited this copy under "Due Dates" section. I listed the days of the week and had the name of each student by a day. Caregivers and students had to sign this form. By dividing up the due dates, this helped me manage reading and evaluating their reading response journals. If I had 25 students then five students were du

Two experiments to be completed by small groups of students in the classroom to observe how water changes earth's surfaces. These are handouts to print out and give to each group that provide instructions for experiment as well as questions for students to answer about their observations.

This packet of activities was used for Family Science Night or it could be used during classroom instruction to do fun science experiments and activities.

Use this organizer for students to make predictions before, during, and after reading. This could be used to direct a group discussion, by student groups, or individually by students.

You can use this letter to send home when it is time for you to have a PEP meeting with a child's caregiver. In NC when children score a Level 1 or 2 on End of Grade test a PEP is written. During the school year, I had to meet with the caregivers of the students that scored a Level 1 or 2 on EOG during previous school year. I used this form to inform parents that we needed to schedule a meeting to discuss child's PEP. You can use this form and just fill in with your contact info. or edit as

I used a folder with a clear view pocket in front to insert this page into. This just stated to families how to review student work that is sent home. You could also tape this to the cover of a plain folder or insert into one of the folder pockets. You can edit info. for student name, teacher name, & grade level.

This is something I use when my students are absent. It saves time because I don't have to write down makeup work more than once. I just use this pre-made template and type it once. Then I print out as many copies as I need. I open my template each morning and as the day goes I fill in what makeup work absent students will need to do. I do save & rename the template each morning with the date. This helps when I need to refer back to it. This is also handy when students loose or forget what

Directions for making a balloon globe. I displayed the directions for all students to see and we worked through each step together. Materials needed: blue balloons and black sharpie markers.

Rubric used to evaluate students clarification writing. Students also used this rubric to evaluate their own writing as well as a guide for peer editing.

We had a library of books in our classroom that students were allowed to checkout and take home. I used this form for students to checkout a book and check it back in when they were finished with it.

Rubric to use when students write a friendly letter in a clarification format. This could be used by the teacher or it might also be used when students do peer editing.

Print 1 page per 5 students and cut. I gave this to my students during the first week of school to help me get to know them better and help the students get to know each other.

We teachers are so busy and have so much going on. I created this afternoon checklist to make sure I didn't forget to do each of these things daily. I just went down the list each day after the children went home and it seemed to help me get everything done a little faster and more efficiently. You can edit this checklist and add to it or just use it the way it is.