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This is simply a must have lesson for all classrooms. We monitor students ability to listen and we talk about their inability to maintain lesson focus, but how often do we TEACH how to listen and HOW to focus. This is a wonderfully creative session that models for students what good listening is with a series of 6-7 steps that are so tangible every student from 3rd-8th would easily understand. Students are also taught how to recognize their own distractions and given a strategy to limit these di

Teaching the reading skill 'inference' can be challenging. This is an entire 32 page unit that gives the students an opportunity to learn inference through art, music, images, situation cards, discussions and so much more. Guidelines as given for teacher instruction. Each lesson builds on the previous. Unique strategies help students tackle inference in a variety of ways. The 'In SPACES' inference reading strategy helps prompt students to organize and formulate their ideas around the clues given

INNOVATION STATIONS This single product will REVOLUTIONIZE the learning in your classroom. Your students will LOVE this product and BEG to do the stations every week! THAT IS A PROMISE. Innovation Stations are 21st Century Learning Centers that can be implemented in any K-3 classroom. The main student learning outcomes revolve around building 21st century skills such as character, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and creativity. Through HIGHLY ENGAGING and MOTIVATING challenges

Do you want to not just impress your parents at Back to School Night but AMAZE them? Ultimately, parents really want to know: does the teacher know what he/she is doing and how can I help my child at home. Accomplish both these tasks effortlessly using these unique set of resources for Back-to-School Night. This compliment of SEVEN different handouts are unqiue tangible products that will make a real difference to your parents and your students. Examples include: Successful Student Profile –

Teaching the reading skill 'inference' can be challenging. The 'In SPACES' inference reading strategy helps prompt students to organize and formulate their ideas around the clues given in any text resulting in a more comprehensive understanding of the text. Included are also 7 group discussion scenarios requiring students to make an effective inference as practice and application of the 'In SPACES' model. proof reading patch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3

This is a superb resource for students' reading classes. A BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION GUIDE. The sheet lists with numerous prompts perfect for use in ANY book to help students think DEEPER about their reading. These techniques go beyond the obvious normally taught to young readers and provide strong thinking prompts for students to imitate. The resource would be a perfect addition to the reader's notebook as a photocopied sheet. Perfect from 4th-8th grade. Check out my BUNDLED version of leads, end

This is a Reading Response log template that can be made into simple booklets for your students. This is the perfect tool for 2nd-5th graders to monitor their independent reading at home. The template is easily adaptable for teachers to personalize add their own name or their school logo. The log also contains a list of possible activities and a self assessment tool for the student to rate their independent reading practice. This is the perfect addition to every elementary teacher's tool kit. T

This is a time saving resource for workshop conferences. There are two attractive cover pages for a teacher's binder for Reader's and Writer's conferences Both a reader's and writer's 1:1 conference graphic organizer - these will save you a couple of hours of prep time. A bookmark for kids to use for goals Took 4 hours to create. Yours for the price of half a cup of coffee.

This is the perfect resource to get your students to write effective paragraphs week after week. The resource is an 8 page unit that walks students through the process of writing paragraphs on a day by day basis. Students are given a different task to complete on their paragraph Mon.-Fri. A key factor in this unit is CHOICE. Students get to choose their topics based on their own interests. Another key factor is creating authentic reasons for writing. Students have to state their 'author's purpo

This is an 10 page workbook that was created for a Solar System unit. It is the perfect resource for any 1st or 2nd grade study of the Sun and Plants. Each page gives some basic facts about the a plant. Students then work independently using the word banks given to complete cloze exercises on the content. For differentiation, teachers can remove the word banks for more able students. This also is the perfect type of resource to use for H/W activities during a Solar System unit. Check out my sol

This is a 50 page pdf. file of lined themed stationary perfect from PreK-2 writers. There are a wide variety of themes for all the typical holiday seasons: from Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Season, winter, spring, fall, beginning and end of school year and much more. Some pages are organized so that they can be made into booklets. Others can be used with an illustration. The pages are all in one single pdf. file. Onc click and you can print all the themed paper you need for your class f

This is a superb resource for students' writing classes. This is a bundled version of my BRAND NEW writing tools. Perfect anchor charts that would fit perfectly in writers' notebooks. Lead Techniques Transitional Techniques Ending Techniques +BONUS These techniques go beyond the obvious normally taught to young writers and provide strong mentor samples for students to imitate. Perfect from 5th-8th grade. RECEIVE MY BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION GUIDE FOR FREE

This is an outstanding two-page resource that provides precise support for both parents and your students with homework. Every teacher would benefit from having these resources as part of their repertoire. The first page is a Homework Contract. The contract identifies behavior statements that need to be achieved in order for the child to be successful at doing their h/w. The second page is designed to be given to parents who need help/advice on how to support their child with their homework. It

This is a step by step worksheet that introduces and/or reviews the characteristics and construction of compound sentences. It is an excellent tool that differenciates the simple (FANBOYS) to complex (conjunctive adverbs) ways of constructing compound sentences.I have a similiar sheet on 'Simple Sentences' for those interested.

Full Phonics Cards Set. 100 Page resource! Categories include: digraphs, blends, long and short vowels, consonant influenced vowels, common chunks, consonants. All pages include x6 images or x6 words in full color, large print, using kid-friendly vocabulary for grades K-2. To be used in small groups, guided reading, literacy centres, or mini lessons. Students can group cards based on beginning, middle, ending sounds or a specific sound pattern. EXCELLENT RESOURCE for 1st Grade Teachers and al

This is a one page resource that teachers can staple inside the front cover of the Weekly Folder of work that often is sent home for parents to look at with their child (most schools do this on Friday). The sheet contains 5 engaging questions that a parent can use to get his/her child to speak about the pieces of work sent home. I have received excellent feedback from parents stating that they really like the simplicity of the questions and how they force students to better discuss their work a

This is an HIGHLY engaging unit for first graders that can be used for your more capable readers, as a center activity, or as a class extension activity. This is a collection of 5 reading lessons that lasts for approx. two weeks on characters that builds on the unit, 'Readers Meet the Characters in their Books'.Each lesson contains a video explanation (2-3mins long) that teaches the reading strategy. Students then complete worksheets that practices the skills covered. A final product of a char

Demystify the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices with this 60 page product! The practices are broken down into student-friendly “I can…” statements on posters with icon images that can be printed and displayed.  Additionally, each practice comes with more than one student handout that can be used in the classroom. Handouts can be used from grades KG - G2 or within one classroom as a scaffolded differentiated option depending on student ability level. BiomimicryBiomimicry BreakoutScience Ma

This is a superb resource for students' writing classes. The sheet lists with numerous examples varies types of different transitional techniques that can be used for both fiction and nonfiction writing. These techniques go beyond the obvious normally taught to young writers and provide strong mentor samples for students to imitate. The resource would be a perfect addition to the writer's notebook. Perfect from 5th-8th grade. Check out my BUNDLED version of leads, endings, and transitions here.

This is a superb resource for students' writing classes. The sheet lists with numerous examples varies types of different ending techniques that can be used for both fiction and nonfiction writing. These techniques go beyond the obvious normally taught to young writers and provide strong mentor samples for students to imitate. The resource would be a perfect addition to the writer's notebook. Perfect from 5th-8th grade. Check Out Openings/Leads Techniques HERE Check out my BUNDLED version of l