Monthly Archives: May 2016

LANGUAGE ARTS – “Reading Syllable Types Bundle Packet”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade COMMON CORE Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on May 3, 2016 by amandatrump (updated on June 13, 2016)

Grades K-4

by Reading on Strawberry Lane

This bundle contains six units that give specific word examples of each syllable word type. The six syllable types of reading are Closed, V-C-e, Open, r-Controlled, Vowel Digraph & Diphthong, and Final Stable. Each unit provides a plethora of word lists that target each syllable type. Teaching reading by syllable types provides students with a clear-cut understanding of the English language. The basic overall purpose of learning syllable type reading is to give students 6 reading strategies to aid them in chunking longer words into short, readable parts.

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FREE LESSON – Differentiated Mother’s Day Card for beginning writers (and BIG TpT site-wide sale on today and tomorrow!)

This entry was posted in 1st Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS Mother's Day PreKindergarten Uncategorized and tagged #language Arts 1st grade differentiate free kindergarten Literacy Center Ideas Mother's Day Writing on May 3, 2016 by That Fun Reading Teacher

Hello my friends!
Is it just me, or did Mother’s Day sneak up on us as quickly as Easter this year?

In times like these, I’m grateful for the stash. (We all have a collection of never-fail, warm-fuzzy lessons and go to printables, don’t we?)

The time-saving factors in this Mother’s Day Card is twofold: 1) Print or photocopy and your students instantly have something to color, and 2) the inserts that allow each child to print (or paste if unable to print) at the level they are comfortable with. By pre-printing the various options, your students have different choices for how they can complete their Mother’s Day message, and most will be able to do something independently.

Disclaimer: Student names do need to be added to individual cards!

Some students might be capable of printing a message on their own. Others may copy from a strip or trace. Those who are not printing yet can simply glue their message in.

Perhaps you’re working on 1:1 correspondence and would like to take this opportunity to practice. Cut the words apart and have your students reassemble the sentence in order, with or without a model.

Lesson from a recovering over-achiever:

Over the years I realized that I had to adjust my expectations to my circumstances. Some years we may have a smaller number of students in our class, students that work more independently or more support for our students with special needs. Particularly at this time of the year, and even more with Father’s Day, schedules go awry and every week feels more frantic than the week before.

This activity worked best, especially in more challenging years, when I let the students choose how they wanted to do the inside of the card. It came down to a decision:

Was the goal of the activity to teach and assess a particular goal or skill for any or all of my students, or for my students to simply enjoy creating something special for mom?

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Magic E”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free on May 3, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on April 25, 2016)

by Miss Jenny and Edutunes

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

“Magic E” Song FREEBIE: “That Magic E” / Common Core – Aligned

I wrote “That Magic E” to help my students understand how short vowel words can transform into long vowel words. Use this song as a daily commercial in your K-2 classroom. Invite children to read as they sing. Feel free to copy and paste the lyrics below for your students. Note that you may want to add short and long vowel symbols, and make the “magic e’s” bold.

That Magic E

That magic e, that magic e,
It changes so many words, you see:

At, ate,
Mate, mate,
Can, cane,
Plan, plane,

Bit, bite,
Quit, quite,
Fin, fine,
Pin, pine,

Not, note,
Tot, tote,
Hop, hope,
Mop, mope,

That magic e, that magic e,
It changes so many words, you see.

That magic e, changes words you see,

From at to ate, a to a,
From pet to Pete, e to e,
From bit to bite, i to i,
From not to note, o to o,

From cut to cute, u to u,
That magic e,
You know what it can do,
It makes the short vowels sound so long,
And that is the topic of this song.

That magic e, that magic e,
It changes so many words, you see,

At, ate,
Mate, mate,
Can, cane,
Plan, plane,

Bit, bite,
Quit, quite,
Fin, fine,
Pin, pine,

Not, note,
Tot, tote,
Hop, hope,
Mop, mope,

That magic e, that magic e
It changes so many words, you see.

***You can also purchase the matching video here.

***This song, along with illustrated lyrics, 27 additional songs, and a 64-page lyric/instructions book is available on my “Phonics Time” CD-Book Set. You may choose from the downloadable version or the hard copy version.

I’ve also created a matching “Phonics Time” DVD.

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Early Phonics CD-Book Set – Downloadable Version
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Early Phonics CD-Book Set – Hard Copy Version
Common Core KinderMath CD-Book Set – Hard Copy Version
Common Core KinderMath CD-Book Set – Downloadable Version
Common Core 1st Grade Math CD-Book Set – Downloadable Version
Common Core 1st Grade Math CD-Book Set – Hard Copy Version
38 Health, Safety, & Character Education Songs – Downloadable Version
38 Health, Safety, & Character Education Songs – Hard Copy Version
Science Songs CD-Book Set – Downloadable Version
Science Songs CD-Book Set – Hard Copy Version
6 Traits of Writing: 28 Song Tracks, 64-Page Book – Downloadable Version
6 Traits of Writing: 28 Song Tracks, 64-Page Book – Hard Copy Version

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Addition to 10: 40 Practice Pages / Common Core-Aligned
Subtraction Within 10: 30 Practice Pages – Common Core-Aligned
Addition and Subtraction Within 10: 35 Practice Pages / Common Core-Aligned

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Thanks for trying my music. I hope I can make a difference in your classroom!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Fixman-Kramer
“Miss Jenny”

Copyright Information: “That Magic E” song and lyrics–Copyright 1999, 2014 Jennifer Fixman Kramer. All Rights Reserved. Users may download this song for use in their own classrooms. They may not sell the song or lyrics; give them to other teachers, schools, or districts; post them on electronic devices; or use them for any other purpose without permission of Jennifer Fixman Kramer. (…But PLEASE tell your friends and coworkers to download this song for FREE and rate it on TPT!)

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Complete Hamlet Unit – No Prep

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade and tagged Assessments English Language Arts lesson plans literature No Prep novel study Shakespeare Writing on May 3, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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One entire month of planning done for you – I dare you to enjoy Shakespeare.

I love teaching Shakespeare’s plays and I want you to love it too. I’ve been teaching and improving this unit for over 10 years. I have literally done all the thinking for you.

This unit has everything a teacher needs to teach Hamlet. I’m aware that not everyone is comfortable with Shakespeare. Because of this, I have created this unit from my years of experience teaching the play so all of the thinking has been done for you. Just photocopy and teach. Seriously it’s that easy.
There’s no longer a need for hours of research and piecing together bits of information and activities found to teach the play.
This is a whole, complete unit, from scene summaries, important notes and annotations notes to help students understand what they are reading. I have also included an introduction to the play, a student guide, a teacher guide, quizzes, a creative assignment, and tests (all with answers and evaluation grids), and a comprehensive answer key. Everything has its place and teaches a specific skill.

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-18 pages of comprehensive scene summaries and important notes for each scene (annotations for each scene) ***THIS IS A TEACHER FAVORITE!

-A creative “Guess Who?” game to help students understand the characters. (What’s fun about this game is that it can be played from the beginning of the play right to the end, and students’ answers will change depending on the act they are reading.) LOTS OF FUN!

-A comprehensive answer key for all questions and activities. (24 pages)

-Comprehension quiz on Acts 1 and 2 in Word format for easy modifications (with evaluation grid) and answer key.

-Mid-play evaluation – The Parody – creative writing and analysis (in Word format for easy modifications – with evaluation grid)

-Summary guide (highlighting the significant events from each scene with important analytical information) – Throughout my years of teaching this play, I have amounted excellent notes and annotations, listing the most significant actions throughout each scene. I have retyped these annotations to help you teach the play so your students will understand it (and so will you). (18 pages)

-The culminating evaluation includes three different versions of the final unit test with evaluation grid and answer key (in Word for easy modifications)

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Emergent Easy Interactive Reader Book: Shapes: Square”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade Kindergarten MATH LESSONS PreKindergarten and tagged free on May 2, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on April 25, 2016)

by Sara Ipatenco

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

This interactive emergent easy reader, by Sara Ipatenco, is designed to help students learn more about squares. Students will complete 9 pages of activities that will help them identify squares. Activities include recognizing and coloring squares, counting sides and corners of squares, drawing things shaped like squares and turning squares into pictures. This is a great way to introduce shapes or review shapes students have already learned. Use the books as class practice, homework, morning work or as an assessment tool.

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Free Visual – Teaching the Essay (The House Metaphor)

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged English Language Arts free No Prep Posters on May 2, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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This is a creative visual to help students understand the importance of constructing the essay. By comparing the essay to a house, students are able to understand the importance of the thesis statement as the foundation of the essay, the arguments as the supporting walls, and the conclusion as the roof.

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THREE $100 GIVEAWAYS of TpT Gift Certificates!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2016 by Victoria Leon

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LANGUAGE ARTS – “Reading Final Stable Syllables”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on May 1, 2016 by amandatrump (updated on June 13, 2016)

Grades 1-4

by Reading on Strawberry Lane

This reading packet provides 23 word lists of the final stable syllable type words. Also, a master list of all the words is included as a quick reference. A final stable consonant is one of the six types of syllables in reading. Each list in this unit includes words using all the vowels with a final stable consonant. Reading will become more manageable for students once they understand syllable types. Download my free alphabet cards. Using these cards will give students another strategy to help them decode and encode words. These ready-made word lists can be used in the multiple ways:
• as a source to help you in create your own reading and spelling activities
• for ABC order
• to complete word sorts
• develop more accurate and fluent readers
• read words for homework
• use for spelling lists
• quick reading assessments
• practice and re-teach reading skills
• supplement general education curriculum
• compare and contrast with other syllable types
• use at a word work station
• print as a student booklet by clicking print, printer properties, and booklet.

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Comment Bank

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 9th Grade and tagged Administrators Assessments English Language Arts No Prep Writing Writing-Expository on May 1, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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The Comment Bank has been constructed to save the Language Arts teacher time when offering constructive and helpful comments on students’ evaluations. Marking papers in any Language Arts class is always a lengthy process. Increasingly, teachers are being asked to write more detailed comments to highlight students’ strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes we run out of ideas. Being the vigilant teachers we are, and wanting to help our students achieve their potential is and will always be one of our priorities. To this end, when marking students’ papers, writing down everything we want to say to them about their papers would be a very lengthy process. I have decided to share my personal comment bank with you.

The bank comments on the following areas:

-Structure
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The package contains 7 pages of comments, which are divided by levels of accomplishment A, B, C and D.

Included in this package are over 120 comments for students. You can get inspiration from these pages to handwrite your comments, or you can do what I do and copy/paste your comments into a word document, print, and staple the comment to the students’ evaluations. This is a real time saver. Parents, students, and school administration LOVE this method of feedback. And, this way, it takes much less time to be much more efficient. I hope you enjoy it!

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Don’t Let the Pencil Craze Get to You!

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MISC. LESSONS and tagged #classroommanagement #classroomorganization #PencilManagement #PencilStation #TeachingTips teaching on May 1, 2016 by Mary Moore (updated on May 1, 2016)

Are pencils driving you crazy?

Students not having a pencil?

Losing them? Breaking the tip?

The pencil craze got to me too! It doesn’t need to! During my student teaching we had cups with pencils at each group that we sharpened every morning and ensured there were plenty in each cup, which was great! That was in first grade. Over the years, I became use to about 2-3 students per class not having a pencil, therefore, I always purchased a box or two at a time and handed pencils out to those students. This year was a little different for me and the pencil craze got me! So many lost pencils, broken pencil tips, or students just didn’t have a pencil.

I felt pencil crazed! A solution must be found!!!

After much thought I came up with my “Pencil Station”!

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