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This is a resource for teachers looking to organize their F&P data when they run benchmarking sessions. Instead of flipping through pages of packets, use this cover sheet to organize all of your data for each student in one place. This allows for seamless benchmarking and organized data collection.

When students reflect on their performance, they take the time for metacognition and build more skills for success! This reflection is designed for general use on any math test. Students reflect on their score, choices leading up to the test, categorize their errors, and so much more! There is a space to write a plan for future tests as well as a parent signature line. This is a PDF file, but please message me with proof of purchase if you would like an editable copy to adapt for your own use!

Talking About People Respectfully – A Social Story for KidsTeach your students the importance of speaking respectfully about race, culture, and accents with this social story, written in simple, clear language. This resource helps children understand why we don’t call people by their race, why imitating accents is not okay, and how to handle sensitive topics with kindness. It also includes examples and non-examples to support understanding, plus a reminder that just because they see something

This resource contains four primary sources on the Boston Massacre from multiple perspectives. There are two images that both portray clear biased perspectives for either the British or American side. The two different articles were adapted from primary sources for clarity and a 5th/6th-grade reading level. Both portray a clear bias toward a certain side of the Boston massacre. This is a great way to introduce historical perspective and bias.

This Engineering Design Journal is designed to take students through all steps of the Engineering Design Process. Students will engage in all aspects of Design Thinking and embrace the Maker Mindset by creating their own real world invention or solutions. This is designed in a generic format so it can apply to all situations and allow students to work independently, collaboratively, or have checkpoints with a teacher. **After purchase, if you would like an editable copy of the Google Doc, plea

This resource will have students explore excerpts from four Revolutionary War-era primary sources. They will do close reading while looking for evidence of Patriot or Loyalist perspectives. Then, they will have the opportunity to stake a claim and use evidence to support that claim in writing. Perfect for a whole group activity or a small group extension activity that wraps well into Social Studies, Reading, and Writing standards.

This simple graphic organizer allows for students to easily compare and contrast three different works. Listing all similarities on the left allows students to see how all three come together while allowing them to traits below each title.

Looking for a creative writing activity before winter break? Have kids who need to let off some steam about COVID changing this season? This activity is perfect for group work, individual tasks, or whole group brainstorming. Some COVID Karaoke sessions have been hilarious during class Zoom. My students had so much fun and we had a contest for the best COVID parodies. Each song includes the lyrics, links to original and karaoke versions of the music, and suggestions for how to replace the chorus

This is the perfect product for students to practice inferring and responding to a prompt using evidence from the text! First, students will read about Sally, a girl who is crying on a Thursday night. When they apply close reading skills, all evidence points to Sally having an unfinished project for school. Students will be able to highlight, collect evidence, and then write their response on the back. This is great for introducing inferring or Reader's Response skills to the whole group. It i

This authentic activity is the perfect way to assess students on their knowledge of percents, fractions, and basic algorithms. This is a very fun activity to do after a unit on percents in Math class. Enjoy helping students increase their financial literacy while shopping for good deals and applying their coupons to their imaginary purchases.

An update to the typical Studnet Survey! Edit to meet your needs. A little more open-ended for older students to give you a bit more.

This resource was made to specifically align with the RULER curriculum and integrates the Mood Meter. However, this Google Drive file can be modified to meet the needs of any teacher using an SEL curriculum and introducing emotions (Zones of Regulation, etc.). There are pages for Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow emotions with sections for definitions, mood meter placement, body feelings, etc. There are pages designed to be used digitally as well as pages to be printed and laminated or made into jou

Designed with my 5th-grade students in mind, but can be used for any age range where students need to start thinking about long-term assignments. As a Google Slides document, you can edit it to meet your needs. I upload it to my website as a living document so students and parents can easily access it. At the end of every day, we go over our planners and use this as a time to develop executive functioning skills. Students lead this routine after they learn it and discuss our work priorities. We

This is used as a Monday morning weekly check-in for students. They free write about anything going on in their personal life and then free write about their reading habits and current books. Loosely inspired by the Book Whisperer notebook entries but modified to be a bit more casual, digital, and inviting. This is a great guide for starting off your reading conferences during Reader's Workshop. As a Google Form, this is editable to fit your needs.

This Analyzing Primary Sources Sheet is great for Social Studies Interactive Notebooks! A reference for them to go back to again and again! Based off of the Library of Congress questioning technique! The first page is an anchor sheet to refer to again and again, the second is a scaffolded notes sheet to help them explore the sources.

These bookmarks are perfect for students to keep with them as they fill their book baskets. These were created to print on cardstock and hand out in conjunction with the "Good Fit" shoe lesson as a reminder for students to choose appropriate books for appropriate times. There is a space under each description for students to add their own personal levels as a reminder for them during book shopping time. This product does not shame students for choosing other leveled books during their fun readin

These bookmarks are designed to be printed as cardstock bookmarks for students to refer to again and again. They are great for developing close reading skills while students annotate the text with pencils or Post-Its.

Perfect for dry erase pockets! Helps students visually organize their work while solving complex mixed number equations. 100% Editable in Google Drawings for you to modify it for your needs!

This is a printable that details the Engineering Process and can enable students to learn Design Thinking in accessible terms. It can be printed for individual students, added to a PPT or Slides presentations for whole class use, or blown up to hang as an anchor chart. It was specifically created with intermediate students in mind to be more educationally accessible than adult versions of the cycle, yet more mature than some of the primary-oriented cycles. **Please contact me if you would like

This organizer allows for students to compare two different items using the pros and cons of both items. On the back, there is also room for students to respond using evidence from the front if you provide a prompt on the board.