TexasToFlorida

This is a daily lesson plan template for literacy instruction. It is editable.

Here you will find the major differences between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Florida ELA standards. This helps when switching grade levels, engaging in PLC, or planning standards-based lessons. I've also included the complexity level for each standard. I highlighted the major differences in each standard for 4th grade so you can see how each standard changes from 3rd grade.

This is a form you can use to communicate with parents in between report card periods. It lets the parent know their child's current strengths and areas for improvement.

This document helps students track their progress on math and science assessments. It is editable so you can add reading if you wish. It comes with a cover sheet and a goal setting sheet for students to help monitor their own progress.

This is a reading recording sheet/log for students and/or classes to use to track the number of minutes read in a day, week, or however long is up to you. The document is editable.

This is a flyer I created for our staff to sign up to volunteer for various PTA events going on throughout the year. It is editable! The fonts are HelloiFont and KG Candy Cane Stripe.

Here is a small chart for students to use to learn the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis. There are 4 on one page for printing them small, but you can edit the document to include as many as you need or can delete the other three to just have one on the page. I have students glue these in their science journals.

This is an editable poster that can be used to motivate students to do their best on a test(s). You can edit anything on this poster to fit the incentive you would like to provide students.

This student contract outlines the expectations for being involved as a school safety patrol. It is editable.

This is an editable flyer to invite parents to an open house at school.

This is a poster template that can be edited to fit your incentive description. It was designed in Powerpoint and can be printed poster size. This is meant to get students excited for upcoming assessments/goals.

This is a flowchart students can use to ask themselves questions when determining if a plant is a flowering or non-flowering plant. This helps direct their thinking when coming to a conclusion about both types of plants. The document is editable.

This is a spreadsheet of multiple-choice questions for each chapter of the book, Matilda. They are aligned to the FL BEST standards for reading. The document is editable and the correct answers are in green font.

This document is editable, so you can change the text to your liking. 1. Change the text to meet your needs. 2. Take a screenshot of the PowerPoint slide. 3. Paste the picture into a new word document and fit four on a page. 4. Then color print, cut, and attach to your gift. :) To take a screenshot: -Search "Snipping Tool" in your programs, or Press altogether: shift + windows + S -Mac Users: Press altogether: shift + command + 4

This is a set of schedule cards that are farmhouse eucalyptus themed. If you need more of the cards you can copy and paste the slide and then edit. All of the cards slides are editable! The fonts you will need are "KG Already Home" and "KG Hard Candy Striped", which are free downloads from www.dafont.com. Enjoy!

This PowerPoint will allow your students to practice identifying different text features. The arrows first point to the text feature, you can ask what the text feature is, discuss how readers would use such a text feature, and then click the screen and the name of the text feature will appear. There are 12 slides, with multiple text features embedded on each slide. This presentation is completely editable for your use.

These posters are meant to reiterate (or help teach) science lab expectations. The expectations are: *STAY SAFE: use all materials appropriately*FOLLOW DIRECTIONS: Listen carefully and follow all lab procedures!*WORK TOGETHER: Cooperate with your group and teacher! Disagree politely!*CLEAN UP: Make sure all areas are clean before leaving the lab!

This is a recording sheet with climate zone questions relating to latitude, precipitation, temperature, and other factors. Students can use this sheet to answer the questions, as they find answers on a website. These questions are aligned to the FSASS ( Florida's State Academic Standards for Science). Specifically, the standard: SC.5E.7.6.This is a Word document, so it is editable.

As a Science Instructional Staff Developer in Florida, one thing I discovered is the terminology needs to be more clear (for teachers AND students), when it comes to adaptations/survival mechanisms among organisms. I created this flowchart to clarify the vocabulary and to help students determine if a characteristic is a physical/structural/inherited adaptation (they need to know those terms interchangeably) or if it is a learned behavioral adaptation vs. an instinct/innate behavioral adaptation

This is a data tracking sheet 3rd grade students/teachers can use for iStation. Students can track their overall ability index (their score) on this sheet so they can keep track of their progress each month during the school year. Students scoring in the red zone are considered deficient, students scoring in the yellow zone are considered to be approaching proficiency and students scoring in the green zone are considered proficient readers, according to the expectations of Pinellas County school