Simple Classroom Tools

This is the PERFECT sheet to hand out to your students prior to the end of a quarter/trimester/semester and to use at conferences. Very SIMPLE to use.

This is a PDF download of the 3rd grade Common Core State Standards for writing. Following each standard is an "I Can" statement to match the standard. You could post these digitally on your interactive whiteboard. You could also print them and place back to back in protective sheets and then in a binder. If you choose this option you can post the statements up around your classroom.

This is a PDF download of the 3rd grade Common Core State Standards for speaking and listening. Following each standard is an "I Can" statement to match the standard. You could post these digitally on your interactive whiteboard. You could also print them and place back to back in protective sheets and then in a binder. If you choose this option you can post the statements up around your classroom.

This is a PDF download of the 3rd grade Common Core State Standards for language. Following each standard is an "I Can" statement to match the standard. You could post these digitally on your interactive whiteboard. You could also print them and place back to back in protective sheets and then in a binder. If you choose this option you can post the statements up around your classroom.

This simple in design, but easy to explain and use reading calendar was designed in Google Presentation. It has been downloaded to Microsoft PowerPoint. It is currently an editable reading calendar. It includes September through June, along with a reading log for students to keep track of the books they read throughout each month. Enjoy!

This is an EDITABLE "My World" project that you can use at the end of your geography unit. I call it a paper version of "Google Earth," starting with their house and zooming all the way out to the world. You may want to edit the city, county, and state maps. The last page is a brief assessment that you can also use. When your students finish their project you cut out each section and staple them together to look like the cover page. Next you glue the backside of the final page onto a piece o

These simple learning target posters are meant to compliment your personal learning target statements. They are meant to be printed, cut out, and posted; however, feel free to get creative! Consider posting these alongside my CCSS "I Can" statements.

This is a PDF download of the 3rd grade Common Core State Standards for speaking and listening. Following each standard is an "I Can" statement to match the standard. You could post these digitally on your interactive whiteboard. You could also print them and place back to back in protective sheets and then in a binder. If you choose this option you can post the statements up around your classroom.

Here is a set of four "Word Hunt" bookmarks to use as a part of your word study program. My students use these book marks to search for words that match their sort during a week. This is a simple to use bookmark that your students can easily use.

In this activity students are provided ONE number. With that one number you can have them do a multitude of activities. Put this worksheet in your math center area, send it home for additional practice, or use as a daily warm-up.

Reading Karate is a spin-off of how some music teachers do Recorder Karate. As students read minutes you tie ribbons to a paint stick. I have it set that every 400 minutes students earn minutes. Another component, that you do not have to do, is assign beads to different reading genres. As students read a new or certain genere book, they earn a bead to tie onto their earned belt. The paint sticks look pretty awesome even at the end of the first quarter. My local hardware store happily donat

This paper is PERFECT for hanging on a locker, above a cubby, on a classroom wall, etc. Have students draw a dream they have that would make the world a better place. When they are done, have them write about their dream in the space provided below.

This is a simple and editable Pick 4 Menu, which compliments any Daily 5 activities you might do in your classroom. The only "round" missing is Listen to Reading, since a good majority of my reading curriculum uses read aloud and listen to reading. Typically, to save paper I copy the slide twice, and print two slides per page. Enjoy.

This is a simple to use brainstorming sheet to use on DAY 1 of any informational text writing project. It breaks up students ideas into topics they know a lot about to topics they know very little about. The goal is to fill the bigger box with the most ideas.