The Teachy Teacher

This is a lesson is about World Bee Day, May 20th! You listen to a song, read a story, write and draw a picture, with an extension activity to collect "pollen" like a bee. Look for my other World Bee Day Lessons for other grade levels!

It’s back to school time, and you know what that means... ice-breakers! Students need safe, comfrotable ways to get to know each other, their classroom, and their teacher. Use these activities to help students make connections and create friendships, as well as gain a little insight into your class yourself! It's a great learning tool, it gets kids right in with becoming a classroom family, and it gives you things to do with them with those random pockets of time in the first few days of school

This lesson goes with the book The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang. The story is about a young girl who moves from Laos to the U.S. with very little money. It focuses on overcoming economic challenges and the child in the story learns that beauty comes from within. There are writing activities and interactive read aloud questions to go along with the story, as well as a STEM extension. Great for a day with a substitute!

Need to know which bus to send your students to at the end of the day? Write the bus numbers in the boxes on the bus and then list student names below. This is a great tool for ensuring that every child gets home safely, and that all students are accounted for. And, GREAT for subs! This is part of a bundle I made with some other variations. Check it out in my shop!

I use this when students are reading and need to take notes. I came up with this when we were using full technology during COVID and they couldn't put sticky notes on their digital books. Now I use it because it is cheaper than giving students a bunch of sticky notes that they will just lose or throw away! In primary, I have used it for students to monitor comprehension. In upper elementary, students can use this paper while doing research or reading a book they are writing a report on.

Here are three different versions of my transportation list. I like to print one for my clipboard to carrry with me, and one to hang in the room in case anyone comes to check for a student. Keeping this in an accessible area is good for the early part of the year, when a substitute is in the room, or if anyone had a transportation change and you need to check where they should be.

In this week long lesson, students will discuss different fast food restaurant's French Fries and choose their favorite to write an opinion piece on. They will compare their favorite to another restaurant to make their writing stronger. In this bundle, you get the full week's lesson plans, the google slides to go with the lesson, and the organizers used in the lesson. I hope your students get as excited as mine do with this writing! It is always a favorite in my classes and I have used it for

This lesson will walk you through a whole week of opinion writing where students will compare two different Fast Food Restaurant's french fries. The slides go through brainstorming, coming up with reasons why they do or don't like the fries, writing synonyms for the words good or bad, and writing an introduction, 3 supported reasons, and a conclusion.

Job cards for reading groups/literature circles. Print these job descriptions on cardstock and laminate them for each group. I like to allow students to use them as bookmarks, but have also put them on a ring to keep in their bin to flip through to see the job description when they are assigned it. Each card can be numbered and then the students can rotate through the numbers, or however you choose to use them. Students take ownership of their responsibilities and others can hold each other a

Qu- reading passage for students to identify and write words with the qu- spelling.

This is a fun review for comparing single digit numbers using dominos! Students can move around the room while still doing their work. SCOOT is always a blast! My first graders love it!

This is a decodable about getting the family Christmas Tree. I wrote it myself using the HFW at a tutoring client's school and wanted to share!

This has been such an essential part of my classroom for years. I used to draw it by hand but now have a digital copy. We have carpet spots so that students are placed with people to partner with, in a spot where they can see and do their best work without being distracted. I just print this, laminate it, and write their names with sharpie. Each month I change their spots so they have someone new to work with during turn and talk activities. Just use dry erase marker over the sharpie to erase

This is a great independent or partner activity. I give students pattern blocks to look at and hold so they can count the sides and shapes and then they write them in the boxes and practice drawing the shape at the end. It was perfect for the beginning of our geometry unit and we saved them in our folders as a resource throughout the unit!

Use this coloring page as morning work and a simple review of what should or shouldn't be brought to school.

This resource comes from my French Fry Comparison BUNDLE! Students are to choose 2 fast food restuarants' french fries to compare. One that is their favorite, and one they don't like as much. This organizer helps them get their ideas out before writing a 5 page book about why one french fry is better than the other. The kids really have fun with it!

This paper can be used whole class to brainstorm synonyms for stronger writing. It is part of my French Fry Opinion Writing BUNDLE so the synonyms for good and bad are related to food/flavor in my answer key, but this can be used for other meanings for good and bad such as in relation to behavior, skill, etc.

Need a quick, easy way to collect data? I created this chart to help me target behaviors one at a time in order of severity. It has helped guide my choices on behavior charts and referrals. Enjoy!