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Class jobs are a great way to encourage student ownership of the learning environment. Get to know your students by having them fill out an application for the different responsibilities in the class. Some ideas for class jobs are included, like messenger or computer monitor. Your students probably have some ideas too. Get them thinking about what responsibilities they would like and why.

Organizing student elections? Here are 2 editable ballots for you to use.

Using these guided reflections sheets will help your students to think critically about their poor behavior choices. They will consider why their choice of behavior is a problem and how their behavior choices affect those around them. The prompts are written in the first person to allow for more ownership of the behavior and the apology. Simply print off a few copies of each sheet (in different colors for ease of recognition) and keep them on hand for whenever disruptions occur and time out of

This reference lists 13 problem solving strategies anyone can use when confronted with a problem. Hand one to each student to stick in their maths books for easy reference. Display a large version in the class when teaching problem solving strategies and thinking skills to your students.

Get your students thinking about the books they read with seven different book review worksheets. Students will answer questions about the plot, setting, and characters in their independent reading novels and provide their own thoughts and opinions to support their answers.

Give a copy of this poster to each student to stick into the front of their maths books for quick reference when completing maths investigations or open ended problems that require students to think like mathematicians. It is also handy to have a large version of the poster on display to refer to when solving problems or thinking critically in any subject area.

Here is a no frills narrative story planner. Get your students thinking of all the key elements of a story before they begin writing.

Print this poster large and hang it on the wall or print it small and have students stick it in the back of their writing books as a reminder of the steps in the writing process. Use this as a guide for writer's workshop - some writing stays a sloppy copy, some makes it as far as a second draft, some writing will get published. All good writing takes time.

A set of simple vocabulary cards to cut out and display when learning about 2D Shapes.