Simple Classroom Tools

This is a graphic organizer for assisting students in developing strong paragraphs. This is available as a Word Document so that you can adjust to fit you and your students' needs. This has always been a staple in my classroom and regularly requested following my conference presentations. Simple classroom tool!

This is a generic student planner page to print off as many copies as you need for the day when one (or let's face it...more) student(s) forgets their agenda at home. Keep this simple sheet nearby. Another idea would be to make a binder of these to have a student record each day for absent students to look back at to see what they missed.

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 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!

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 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.