The Learning Compass

This bundle includes 30 weeks of daily ELA warm ups that will save you planning time while still ensuring your students are completing meaningful learning tasks. Keep your students progressing in various reading and writing skills with weekly, repetitive practice. All are aligned to CCSS anchor standards and answer keys are included! Save $$ when you purchase this bundle!If you'd like to try before purchasing the complete product, click here to download a free copy of 1 week worth of war

Need daily ELA warm ups (Monday-Friday) that will keep your students progressing in various reading and writing skills? Then grab this resource that includes 15 weeks of daily ELA warmups! An answer key is included and all are aligned to CCSS anchor standards. These are perfect for Back to School and starting off the school year, or something to start implementing at the start of a new quarter or semester. This product includes:No prep, printable warm ups that cover a variety of reading & w

Learn about the history of major holidays, like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Memorial Day while practicing important reading skills, like inferencing, using context clues, making connections, making predictions, comprehension, and more! This bundle includes all my History of Holidays close reading texts, saving you $$! What's included in this bundle:25+ pages to print and go6 engaging holiday close reading texts (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas

These 5 no prep worksheets focus on similes and metaphors, providing guided practice in identifying, completing, and writing. Students identify what are being compared in the similes and metaphors, fill in the blank to complete similes and metaphors, identify if a sentence is a simile or metaphor, and write their own similes and metaphors. Answer keys are included for easy grading and feedback. These worksheets are great for students in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grades, as well as ELL/MLL student

Need a resource for text structure, specifically compare and contrast? Grab these 20 compare and contrast task cards! Students will practice comparing and contrasting two topics in each fun-to-read short paragraph. An answer key is included!Task card topics cover different food, countries, animals, sports, people/characters, items, and more. The topics students will compare and contrast are: Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa ParksGeorge Washington and Abraham Lincoln1

Practice inferencing, context clues, making predictions, and making connections with this no prep. close reading of the history of Memorial Day! Like my students, yours will likely be surprised to learn about some of the history and traditions surrounding Memorial Day and will want to read more! Reading skills addressed:inferencingusing context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown wordspredictionsmaking connectionsWhat you will receive with your purchase:5 pages (PDF format)Guided read

Practice inferencing and context clues with this no prep. close reading of the history of St. Patrick's Day! Like my students, yours will likely be surprised to learn about some of the history and traditions surrounding St. Patrick's Day and will want to read more! Reading skills addressed:inferencingusing context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown wordsWhat you will receive with your purchase:5 pages (PDF format)Guided reading questions on each page (students write right on the pag

Practice inferencing, context clues, and making connections with this no prep. close reading of the history of Halloween! Like my students, yours will likely be surprised to learn about some of the history and traditions surrounding Halloween and will want to read more! Reading skills addressed:inferencingcontext cluesmaking connectionsWhat you will receive with your purchase:5 pages (PDF format)Guided reading questions on each page (students write right on the page to support executive functi

These uplifting notes for students make it easy to encourage and reinforce positive behavior, strengthen connections, and create a classroom culture filled with kindness and confidence. Did you know that positive relationships are the foundation of effective classroom management? Build strong relationships with your students with these meaningful notes! This no-prep, print-and-go PDF includes 30 unique, encouraging notes you can quickly place on students’ desks, slip into folders, or send h

Get the information you need about students with this quick parent questionnaire for back to school. The information you will receive about each student from this questionnaire provides valuable insight so you can build rapport with each student and best meet their educational needs. This is perfect for beginning of the school year events, like back to school night, sneak-a-peek or meet the teacher, and grade level screenings. There are 5 different designs to choose from for printing, and 1 of

Need daily ELA warm ups (Monday-Friday) that will keep your students progressing in various reading and writing skills? Then grab this resource that includes 15 weeks of daily ELA warmups! An answer key is included and all are aligned to CCSS anchor standards. These are perfect for Back to School and starting off the school year, or something to start implementing at the start of a new quarter or semester. This product includes:No prep, printable warmups that cover a variety of reading & wr

Grab this bundle of 15 no prep worksheets to review or reinforce different types of nouns — proper nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, concrete nouns, and abstract nouns. Build students' skills!Each worksheet focuses on a different skill, like identifying in a sentence, sorting, using in an original sentence, and more. Each type of noun covered includes worksheets that build in skill for the student. You can use these worksheets in different ways depending on the needs of your stude

Do your students mix up the homophones by, bye, and buy when writing and could benefit from a review? Or are you introducing these frequently confused words by, bye, and buy to your students? Then grab this resource that includes 4 no prep. worksheets of scaffolded guided practice of by, bye, and buy. There is also a "challenge" in each practice section, like can you write a sentence using at least two of the words, by, bye, and buy, correctly?With scaffolded guided practice, student

This BUNDLE of 200+ alphabet letter tracing worksheets is perfect for beginner writers or students that have fine motor delays and need practice. Included are worksheets that include large sized letters for tracing that are great for when students are first attempting to practice letter formations. Letters are also in normal size for tracing practice when students are ready. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Use these worksh

Want to save time but ensure students are completing meaningful tasks to progress in their reading and writing skills? Try my ELA weekly warmups product for 1 week for free! If you love it and want to continue using in your classroom, purchase part 1 of the ELA Weekly Warmups that covers 15 weeks here! Part 2 is also available, and it includes another 15 weeks of no prep warmups. Grab part 2 here!•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Need a fun and engaging narrative writing activity that has students practicing writing characters, setting, and plot? Grab this Autumn Story Builder and let your students' creativity shine! Need a fun, engaging narrative writing activity? Grab this Autumn Story Builder and let your students' creativity shine! This is a low prep resource (simply print copies of all sheets and cut out the cards) and will save you planning and prep time while still engaging your students in meaningful w

Graphic organizers are great for breaking down nonfiction and informational texts to practice important nonfiction reading comprehension skills. These 15 printable nonfiction reading graphic organizers work with any informational or nonfiction text and across multiple subject areas. These organizers can be reused all year long with any nonfiction text you already use! ⭐ WHAT’S INCLUDED ✔ A set of 15 nonfiction reading graphic organizers ✔ Formats that work with short passages or full-length tex

Need a simple, flexible plot diagram graphic organizer that works with any story or text? This one-page blank plot diagram is designed for maximum flexibility and can be used with any fiction text, including short stories, novels, picture books, and passages. With editable and printable options, this resource easily fits classroom, distance learning, and hybrid settings. Because the organizer is blank, teachers can customize it to meet student needs, grade levels, or specific curriculum require

This differentiated resource uses picture clues to support students in making inferences. Students will use the clues from the pictures in addition to their prior knowledge to practice inferencing with 20 opportunities. Use this resource as task cards or booklets! These are great for students in kindergarten or 1st grade, special education, special education, speech language, and English Language Learners/ELLs. There are two versions of this resource, which makes it perfect for differentiati

Students in 3rd-5th grades practice abstract and concrete nouns with these 6 worksheets (with answer keys) that build students skills. Each worksheet focuses on different skills around abstract and concrete nouns, which all build upon one another—from sorting to identifying in a sentence to creating their own example and using it in a sentence. Use these worksheets in different ways depending on the needs of your students. Use them over a few days to a week to have students increase their sk