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Friday Check-In Worksheet for your students! Social/Emotional Learning Resource for your classroom! Present this check-in on Fridays for your students to reflect on their week, create goals for the upcoming week, and allow them to reveal anything they need you to know from their time in class. This is a great way to see what stuck with your students, what things they are interested in learning about, and what things might be bothering them about their week in school.

This sheet can be used to intervene with a student when they cannot verbalize what is wrong. It can be handed to them or kept in a spot where they know they can take it to help explain how they are feeling, why they may be feeling the way they are feeling, and identify a way that will help them feel better. This can also be used as a record of the behavior and what was done about it.

Magnetic Literacy reading program vocabulary cards for your word wall! These words are from Unit 4: Module 1. There are picture clues on each word to help define their meaning for the students.

Break Cards for StudentsI use these cards for students in my class who need a break from work for various reasons. There are three versions, each with a different time on each card, depending on how long you want your student to have a break. I use these with timers so they can see when their break is over.

Monday Mindset Worksheet Social/Emotional Learning Resource This worksheet can be a weekly routine every Monday for your students. Get a snapshot of how they are feeling coming in on Monday morning while also seeing what things they are looking forward to in the week ahead.

This is a graphic organizer you can use with your students who are learning how to write a small moment narrative. It helps them see the difference between the big idea (watermelon) and the small moments in that big idea (each seed).

Templates for writing a paragraph using the "hamburger" model or method. Students can pick a topic of their choice and follow the given anchor chart and outline to create a complete paragraph. There is a hamburger flip book that they can create, as well as a final copy page for their completed paragraph. 1. They come up with a topic. 2. They write each of their sentences on each layer of the hamburger following the anchor chart. 3. They create a cohesive paragraph by combining their sentences

A bundle of 5 different desk charts that can used as visual reminders or prompts for students who have difficulties with: blurting, raising their hand to speak, excessive water bottle usage, managing time/seatwork, or thinking before they speak or act. Each card can be printed and then laminated or taped over to be placed on the desk. If laminated, dry erase markers can be used with them.

'Six Syllable Types" Classroom Posters Closed, Open, VCE, Vowel Team, Vowel-R, C-LE Use these as visuals in your classroom for learning to read and decode words.

Magnetic Literacy reading program vocabulary cards for your word wall! These words are from Unit 4: Module 2. There are picture clues on each word to help define their meaning for the students.

This slip can be used for students who either forget their chromebook or forget to charge it. I make multiple copies and then staple them into their agendas each day they forget. I circle the statement that applies to that student for the day.

Character Traits Anchor Chart for students to understand that they can be inferred through a character's actions, words, thoughts, and feelings.

This is an anchor chart for factors and multiples for an elementary classroom.

Vocabulary Review Template Use this template for vocabulary review games, centers and independent work. *Games- musical vocabulary (like musical chairs but when the music stops they have to go to a desk with one of these sheets and fill a part of it out) *Centers- use current or review words to fill in the blank on each worksheet *Independent work- pre-fill the words on the top of each page and copy for class work A helper chart is included that you can project or copy for your students as they

Place Value Anchor Chart It shows the ways a number can be represented up to the thousands place. It includes standard form, expanded form, and word form.

Do you make butter with your class? This slide has visuals for the four main steps that it takes to turn cream into butter. I have always done this activity with my class but the visuals made it so much easier for them to understand what I meant by each stage! **For this activity, I purchased clear 8 oz containers from Amazon ( Amazon Jars for Butter) and filled them with about 5 oz. of cream. I also put in about a teaspoon of salt and a clean marble. The kids then just shake their jars and foll

Anchor chart you can use to outline the steps in rounding numbers to various place values.

Using the reading comprehension strategy F.U.N. (find, underline, number), children will be encouraged to find the evidence to support each of their reading comprehension questions.

"What is a Fraction?" anchor chart This chart is helpful for elementary students who are learning about fractions. It breaks down fractions into part/whole or numerator/denominator concepts. It also includes visuals of different forms of fractions (picture fractions, number lines, bar fractions, etc.)

"Dive Into Summer" Writing Activity Have your students create a story about what they would like to do over the summer or what they wish they could do. Students will come up with three main activities and then use the materials to elaborate on them. They can write their final copies on the lined paper provided and create a picture to go along with their story as if they are snorkeling under the sea. (See example) ** Everything is printable and ready except the drinking straw that you need to get