Proverbs Four Thirteen

This PowerPoint was made to aid in the teaching of the Cinderella Rounding teaching strategy. The PowerPoint includes 12 slides that thoroughly explain in detail, how to round numbers using this strategy. I have been teaching students to round for years using this strategy, and it has worked every year!

This is a scavenger hunt that the students complete at Open House while the teacher is talking to parents and meeting with other students. We all know at Open House that there are a lot of important documents that parents have to fill out and this scavenger hunt keeps students engaged and gets them acclimated to the new classroom environment.

This editable document can be used at the beginning of the year to explain the classroom clip chart to parents. This document is editable, so teachers can customize the contents to fit their individual classrooms.

This document includes templates to organize written sorts, speed sorts, open sorts, and word hunts. These templates can be used in class for students to organize sorts, or you can use these templates for homework for students to reinforce spelling patterns.

This is a guide to help assist students with the "Cinderella Rounding" strategy. I have used this for years to teach my students how to round numbers to the tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, and millions place. This is the best strategy that I have found to explain how to round. This guide is common core aligned with third and fourth grade standards.

This document allows you to complete concept maps for four words at a time. This resource is a great addition to vocabulary instruction. I have found that breaking apart vocabulary using concept maps, has increased student understanding of Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary words.

If you use the clip chart behavior management system in the classroom, this form goes along with the "think about it" component. When students clip down to think about it, have them fill out this reflection form to help fix the trouble behavior.

This is a PowerPoint presentation that acts as a minute timer for classroom use. The maximum is 15 minutes and you can set it for lower as you wish.

This document can be used to have students write a quick response or to answer a question before leaving the classroom or before moving onto another subject area. Exit Tickets as a use of formative assessment can really help educators gauge whether students mastered content taught.

This is an Open House or Beginning of the Year classroom brochure template. You can fill in your own classroom information in this already made brochure template.

Students will assess their knowledge of the three number forms by completing this sort. You can use this activity as a classwork assignment, math center, or assessment. Students are responsible for cutting out the sort, and placing the examples under the correct header.

This is a form for teachers to hole punch and put in a binder. This can be used for students to write down when they have not done their homework. I use this as a "Black Book" and when homework is not complete, students write it down. I have pulled this out at parent teacher conferences and have been able to show parents exactly when homework is not complete and the student's excuse for not doing their homework. This allows students to take accountability of their own responsibilities as a stud

This document aids students with their understanding of elements of figurative language. It gives the definition of the elements of figurative language and also gives examples for each element.

Instructions on beginning of the year activity where students bring items in a paper bag to describe themselves. This is a great beginning of the year activity or could be a great way to have students re-introduce themselves in the new year when returning to school.

This rubric is meant to be used with the digital publishing tool 'Story Jumper.' Once students have completed the creation of a Story Jumper, the rubric is meant to assign a grade to the task.

Assess your student's prior knowledge of informational text structures by using this anticipation guide.

This document is a template used for parents to sign up to volunteer in the classroom.

This is a visual that allows parents to see the classroom clip chart format and explains the contents of this behavior plan. This is editable so it can be adapted to fit your classroom.

Place these labels on the outside of book baskets in your classroom library. Allow students to choose books that are on their appropriate reading level. These labels align with the Fountas and Pinnell Reading Assessment levels.