Tiny House Teacher

This is a simple survey for parents I love to use at the beginning of the school year. It is a great resource for back-to-school night! The survey includes the following information: -Child & Parent/Guardian Names -Contact Information -Transportation -Siblings -Contact Preference -Opt-in Classroom Volunteering -Child Strengths, Areas of Concern & Interests -Allergies & Medical Concerns -Other Comments/Concerns *Border by Sonya DeHart Design

This resource is full of simple record sheets for a wide variety of activities, including: - Twenty, twenty-five, and thirty item record sheets (great for "around the room" activities or scavenger hunts) - Word/definition/sentence, Word/singular possessive/plural possessive & Word/root word/prefix/suffix - Math problem solving with number sentence box (great for dice activities or putting math into writing) - Story elements - Theme & moral - Fiction vs. nonfiction texts with evidence

After experimenting with a large variety of guided reading lesson plan templates and note-taking sheets, I have boiled it down to this one. This document includes: -Student Names & Independent Levels -Instructional Level of Selected Text -Title of Selected Text -Note-Taking Section I keep multiple copies of this sheet on a clipboard at my kidney table, and rotate when it fills up. Resource includes notes on the information to include, a sample with a filled-out section, and a blank template.

These resources are useful to young writers who need to see a strong visual as they create final products. The first is a 5 paragraph essay structure so that students know where to put the title, transition words, details and conclusion. The second is a checklist so that students can go back and edit their work or the work of others. I put these into 3-pronged writing folders in heavy duty clear sheets so that students can reference them all year. They can also use dry erase markers to check i

Create a responsible classroom community! This resource includes 18 different jobs for students to select, a place for them to explain why they are qualified for their selected jobs, and a signature line.

Use this diagram to compare and contrast newly-learned information. There are two versions: with and without lines.