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My current best selling item is my bell work. I had been using the same bell work slides for 3 years and I was starting to get a little bored. On top of that I felt like I was missing some topics and wanted to bulk up other topics! This new product almost triples the slides from my other product! This product is 545 slides of Daily Bellwork for the English classroom with answer key! It covers: Inference Figurative Language Conflict Symbolism Point of View Irony Tone and Mood Plot Static and Dyn

180+ slides of Daily Bellwork for the English classroom. It covers: Editing (commas, apostrophes, I vs. me, capital letters, Double negatives, quotation marks, and general proofreading practice) Writing Literary Elements Summarizing Figurative Language Context Clues Brain Teasers Conflict Symbolism Inference Basically you name it, this has it I use this every single day in my classroom. Each day I see what we are covering and then find a correlating slide! You could also use them as a quick "d

My current best selling item is my bell work. I had been using the same format of bell work for the last 5 years. The routine of bell ringer/journal question every single day was getting a little too monotonous for me. I decided that this year I wanted to try something new! Mondays=Brain Teasers (80 slides with answer keys) Tuesdays=English Term of the Week (40 slides) Wednesdays=Quote Response (40 slides) Thursday=Debate the Issues (40 slides) Friday=Picture Prompt (40 slides) Every day of

What is included: oAttendance forms • Automatic Excel Chart • Class Roster • Word Attendance Chart • PowerPoint Seating Chart oBehavior Forms • Behavior Log (cause and effect) students fill out • Behavior Log (standard) students reflect and fill out • Index card behavior tracker • Excel Student Behavior Tracker • Parent contact log (All Classes) • Parent contact log (Individual) oClassroom Organization • Calendar template • Emergency procedures and important people form • Pinterest Pins form

This is a parent contact log that I use in my classroom. I get parents to fill out their contact information at the top (or fill it in myself if they don't come to open house) and keep all the forms in a binder. When I need to make contact I just find the correct form and fill out the: Date Time Type of contact Reason for contact Outcome Most schools require teachers to keep these types of forms these days so this just makes life a little easier!

In my classroom if students break a rule they have 4 increasing consequences. Warning Silent Lunch Letter Home Referral to the Office If a student wants a chance to move back a step in the list they need to fill out a behavior log explaining the cause and effect of their actions and how they can do better in the future. This is that form!

I like to make my job as simple as possible and be as efficient as possible. I NEVER take grading home with me, and people always ask how I manage that. One of my favorite tricks is creating excel sheets to QUICKLY grade essays. What I did was to create Excel spreadsheet that automatically calculates my students' essay scores as I place their scores in the rubric. Now that I have my students' names and my essay rubric categories input in the spreadsheet, I can grade all of my classes' essa

I discovered the joy of printing on Post It Notes recently! I created a few templates that I thought would be handy for my classroom and yours! This product contains templates for: -Printing on standard and small Post Its -Goal form template -Silent lunch template -Don't Forget template -Assignment/homework template Check it out! I have a word version available after purchase at: kmpotter05@yahoo.com

I dislike paper attendance sheets so I decided to create an Excel Spreadsheet that takes attendance for me! I have created it so that if I input any of the following (or a combo) it automatically counts the number for each student: T=Tardy P=Present A=Absent B=Behavior problem

This year I wanted to start my students off in groups, but that makes me a tab bit nervous. I decided to organize the process as much ahead of time as possible. I decided to assign each group a type of candy and placed a sign at each group. I then labeled each desk with their type of candy and a number. Finally, on the first day a school students will be handed an index card with a candy and a number which will help them find their group and their seat. This product contains: 8x10 group