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Create an engaging classroom environment and culture with these Gen Alpha Classroom posters! Engage your elementary students from day one with these Gen Alpha classroom posters! The posters help your classroom a warm, welcoming, and lively place to learn. These posters are designed to connect with a new generation of students, with their own lingo.Included in this resource:46 fully editable posters with Gen Alpha slang for various subjects: Math, Science, Language Arts, History, Social Emotiona

This 87-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the Third Grade Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core English Language Arts standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core third grade standards. Included in this file is a non-editable PDF version with clipart and an editable PDF wit

This 38-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the third grade Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core math standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core second grade standards. This file includes a non-editable with clipart and an editable file WITHOUT clipart. The editable file inc

This 26-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the first grade Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core math standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core second grade standards. This file includes a non-editable with clipart and an editable file WITHOUT clipart. The editable file i

Swag tags are a great alternative to traditional classroom behavior management systems. Not all students are intrinsically motivated to learn and behavior in appropriate ways in the classroom. Swag tags may motivate these types of students in ways that clip charts, pocket charts, and sticker charts do not. Swag tags are a great alternative to continuously spending money on refilling your treasure box.  These swag tags are based on some of the skills and concepts learned in the primary grades Ame

This 68-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the first grade Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core English Language Arts standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core first grade standards. Included in this file is a non-editable PDF version and an editable PDF version with tw

Cinderella: Vibrant Vocabulary Curriculum Vibrant Vocabulary is a weekly vocabulary curriculum tied to picture books. This unit correlates with the book Cinderella by Charles Perrault. Students practice 4 vocabulary words each week and record their thinking in an interactive journal. This study includes: • Vocabulary Words (for posting on the board during discussions) • Word Cards with corresponding images • Participatory Review Activities • Story Questions aligned to Common Core Standards a

Swag tags are a great alternative to traditional classroom behavior management systems. Not all students are intrinsically motivated to learn and behavior in appropriate ways in the classroom. Swag tags may motivate these types of students in ways that clip charts, pocket charts, and sticker charts do not. Swag tags are a great alternative to continuously spending money on refilling your treasure box.  These swag tags are based on some of the skills and concepts learned in the primary grades Ame

This editable 31-page resource contains award certificates that recognize and celebrate reading success as students meet their reading goals. These chevron-themed award certificates are a great way to reward and motivate your students for school-wide award ceremonies, end of the quarter, semester, or year awards, or as your students meet their reading goals. This set of Comprehension Assignments is correlated to the American Reading Company IRLA. The awards in this download were created to hel

This 35-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the second grade Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core math standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core second grade standards. Included in this file is a non-editable PDF version with clipart and an editable PDF with no clipart. T

This 63-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the Second Grade Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core English Language Arts standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core second grade standards. Included in this file is a non-editable PDF version with clipart and an editable PDF w

This 59-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the kindergarten Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core English Language Arts standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core kindergarten standards. If you would like to edit the titles "learning targets" and "success criteria," there

This 39-page resource contains “I Can” statements for the kindergarten Common Core and success criteria. “I Can” standards are the common core math standards presented in a kid friendly format. Success criteria helps students analyze their own knowledge and ability to see whether they are meeting the standards. Use these to help students understand the new common core kindergarten standards. Included in this file is a non-editable PDF version with clipart and an editable PDF with no clipart.

Inspiration and motivation are key to empowering students. This 32 page resource will inspire and motivation your students. This resource contains 2 different sets of 11 inspirational subway art posters, and 2 different sets of 5 editable rules. You can choose between chevron backgrounds and plain backgrounds to meet your preferences. These thought provoking quotes are good for discussing in morning meetings, teaching character education, and journal writing prompts. This file is a PDF file.

Inspiration and motivation are key to empowering students. This 32 page resource will inspire and motivation your students. This resource contains 2 different sets of 11 inspirational subway art posters, and 2 different sets of 5 editable rules. You can choose between chevron backgrounds and plain backgrounds to meet your preferences. These thought provoking quotes are good for discussing in morning meetings, teaching character education, and journal writing prompts. This file is a PDF file.

This 58-page pack includes informational texts about the ecosystem, food chains, food webs, environmental and man-made changes to our environment, why and how we should protect our environment, biotic and abiotic factors within ecosystems, biomes. and two types of plants and animals found in each. This Common Core aligned product is a great way for your students to work on understanding nonfiction text, rather than just following along with it. You can use these passages as whole group, partner

This editable 33-page resource contains award certificates that recognize and celebrate who in class is or has the most ________. These blue, beige, & green-themed award certificates are a great way to reward and motivate your students for school-wide award ceremonies, end of the quarter, semester, or year awards. The awards include: Most gullible Most sarcastic Most creative Most musical Most trustworthy Most Hardworking Most artistic Most memorable laugh Most caring Most annoying but loved

This 19 page resource contains 16 pages of awards, one voter ballot page for students to vote for who receives which award, and two yearbook signature pages. The title page is editable for you to add your own name. This product will help you celebrate your students at the end of the year. Students can vote for the following: The awards include: Best Sense of Humor Best Smile Best Dressed Best Eyes Best Hair Best Laugh Best Newcomer Best Artist Best Double Act Best personality Best Comedian B

This 5-page resource a cute back to school gift idea for the first day of school, back to school night, Open House, student gifts, reading incentives, unit studies, rewards, and more! Each of these bookmarks has an adorable owl pun, paired with owl backgrounds and clip art. Print these adorable bookmarks and write a welcome message on the back of each one. This file is a PDF file. Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing. Permission to c

Do you dread not being informed of important information about your students at the beginning of the year? This is a 6-page student profile packet that I designed for the purpose of sending to your students teachers the year after you've taught them. But of course, you can use this at the beginning (or throughout the year) as well. These profiles will allow you to quickly and easily access important information on your students, including academic, behavioral data, background information such a