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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

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 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 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 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.

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 worksheet demonstrates for students how they can bring abstract ideas to life with poetry. A matching exercise warms up students before encouraging them to create a 'performance poem' using strong 'showing' not telling language in a poetic form. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

FREE - Easily printable file to make your students a 'just right book' bookmark Follow me for more freebies coming soon

FREE: this simple resource is a quick tool you use do to get your students to check for patterns in their reading log Follow me for other great freebies coming soon.