This graphic organizer is a great way for students to record math vocabulary in a way that will help them understand and remember new words!
What’s included? 1. A full page graphic organizer – perfect for whole class or group work! 2. Sample – use as a model for students 3. Two different sized partial sheet graphic organizers – perfect for cutting and pasting in math journals OR stapling together to make a vocabulary booklet 4. Covers – one for each size to use if you want students to create vocabulary booklets
Free. This will give you an example of the type of open-ended questions you will find in No-Nonsense Teaching read aloud ‘Theme’ series of resources. The paid ‘Theme’ series of resources includes enough purposeful talk questions to last 2 – 4 lessons depending on the book.
Quality open-ended comprehension questions take time to develop. No-Nonsense Teaching has done the time-consuming work for you.
The Hueys and the New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers is an entertaining read aloud which asks readers to reflect upon our need as humans to both conform with others and at the same time be an individual.
This resource includes scaffolded questions to help guide children in thinking deeply about the text and understanding the theme or big ideas.
The questions are intended to be used in conjunction with purposeful talk strategies.
These questions are incredibly valuable to: * include in a school’s book room * use the questions for discussion purposes at PLCs * Literacy Coaches, Consultants and support teachers * Administrators to lead PLCs and offer suggestions and book choices
Included: * open-ended comprehension questions that require high-level thinking * suggested flow of a lesson broken into BEFORE, DURING and AFTER reading
Theme, Big Ideas, Purposeful Talk, Accountable Talk, Comprehension, Read Aloud
Are you looking for a fun “Spring” reinforcer activity to use with your students? Do your little ones love bugs? Then this fun FREEBIE is just the activity to use to keep your students engaged and learning!! There are two variations to use this activity.
Catch a Bug Game Directions for version #1: Print the bug jar (page 3) and the blank sheet of bugs (page 4) on card stock and laminate. Adhere velcro on the jar and bugs. Use as a token board or let the students take off a bug after they complete their speech or language target.
Directions for version #2: Print the bug jar (page 3) and the sheet of bugs with numbers (page 5) on card stock and laminate. Use an empty container and place all the bugs in the jar. I put paper clips on the bugs and then we used my magnetic fishing pole to catch bugs and earn points. The student with the most points wins the game!
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Here is a sample of the matching center included in my new Where do animals live? Habitat Unit (11 habitats and their animals), which can be found in my store. This center can be printed in color or black and white and includes full instructions. The preview file will show you more images of what is included in the full unit. Besides this center there is a minibook for each habitat, photo cards and a craftivity. Full photo instructions are included in the full unit. Where do animals live? 206 page Habitat Unit
Each habitat is also listed separatly in case you don’t need all 11.
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You can use this Time unit in many ways; time centers, time activities, time to the hour and half hour. Great for first and second grade.
Telling time: Lets scoot around the room and learn about time! Time Scoot is fun way to get your students engaged, while learning to tell time to the hour and half hour. Scoot can be used as a whole group activity or in small groups. I hope you enjoy!
This packet is designed to set up learning centers in your classroom. Labeling each center helps your students locate their designated center for the day and helps you stay organized.
Included in this packet: • 26 Full Page Signs (8.5 by 11) • 5 EDITABLE signs with clip art to personalize your centers(8.5 by 11) • 24 one quarter page signs (3.5 by 5 ) • 12 EDITABLE one quarter page editable signs with clip art (3.5 by 5) • 8 small EDITABLE signs to enter student’s names or to label center materials.
Center signs included: • Sand Center • Social Studies Center • Write the Room • Word Work • Drama Center • Pocket Chart Center • Poetry Center • Puzzle Center • Listen to Reading • Partner Reading • Writing Center • Art Center • Technology Center • Blocks Center • Big Book Center • Independent Reading Center • Math by Myself • Math with Someone • Math Technology • Work with the Teacher • Spelling Center • Phonics Center • Fluency Center • Creative Writing Center • Library Center • Math Center
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Motivate your students to read by challenging them to see how long they can make this bunting ribbon next term.
This product consists of one bunting flag with a book review for students to complete as they finish each book. The flags can then be attached to ribbon to make a colourful book review banner that will grow as the term progresses and students read more books.
This is the first TPT product from The Write Way. Hope you like it!
This 15 Minute Timer is set up in a PowerPoint Presentation. It is set to change slides every minute. If you want your students to work for only 10 minutes, set the timer to 10 minutes and click start. No one will need to ask you how many minutes are left.
This PPT is also editable. You can change the amount of minutes you want your students to work. You can also add or subtract slides, add your own pictures, or insert sound at the end.
This timer can be used for any classroom and/or any grade. Use it for your center rotations or for a math fact drill.
However you use this timer, it’s here to get you started.
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“Think- Pair – Share” is a great strategy for differentiating learning and keeping students on task, resulting in more effective student learning. This strategy is also a very effective classroom management tool –it keeps students involved and provides opportunities for teachers to check for understanding. Think-Pair-Share has many benefits to student learning–builds in wait-time; provides rehearsal for responses; enhances depth and breadth of thinking; increases level of participation; keeps students on-task; provides processing time called for in 10:2 Theory. It’s great to use with all ages, including adults! Look for my Think-Pair-Share record sheet to reinforce students about what to do–available on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Do you want to jazz up those birthday certificates you can buy at the teacher store? Use them to create a birthday book for your students!
Help your students feel extra special on their birthdays with this simple and fun birthday book! Your students will write the birthday boy or girl a friendly letter on the pre-made writing paper that is included in this download. There is even a special page for the teacher to write a message. Hole punch the corner of each page and attach it with a large ring to a birthday certificate (the certificate will serve as the cover of the birthday book). Your students will treasure their book!
This packet includes 5 original fluency passages. Each passage includes Power Words (vocabulary), comprehension and phonics work along with a home connection component. Each passage also includes a seperate page of language arts skills. These passages are fantastic to supplement any reading program. They can be used in a whole group setting or for independent work.
In this FREE packet, you will find a compilation of 14 roadway photos to use for formative assessment. At different points in a particular lesson or unit, you can have your students rate their own knowledge in relation to the 3-4 pictures that you choose. This is applicable to any grade level K-Adults as it is a teaching tool that can be used with any topic.
Ahoy Matey! Sail into this fun spelling/reading activity for your little pirates. Your students can read the room to find hidden treasures-pirate cards with “ar” words-then record them on the super cute pirate paper.
Yes! Creative thinking can be taught. In a world of standardized tests, our students are being taught to value convergent thinking that leads to one right answer. Teaching your students to open their minds will enhance their thinking in all subject areas.
This resource includes:
-Brief introduction to creative thinking for the teacher
-Biographies of the characters that represent the 4 components of creativity: fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.
-Creativie thinking pretest and post-test
-Character and Key Question posters for the bulletin board
Help nurture the creativty that each of your students already has inside. Look for more creativity products coming soon from Angela Hartle and BrainWorks Academy !
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Chicka the Clown is a book I created for my class years ago when we were just ending our Chicka Chicka Back to School unit, but just starting a color and shape clown unit. So Chicka the Clown was born…a segue, if you will, between themes! I wanted an activity for them to complete at a literacy station, but I also wanted a drawing tutorial they could easily follow. Chicka the Clown is what I came up with and I have to say I was really impressed with the drawings my children produced. I also like the fact that they were reading the instructions and practicing colors and shapes as they went along. I hope you enjoy Chicka the Clown in your classroom! Richi Reynolds 2012
From Stick It Clip Art Studios I bring you…my first clip art freebie! These are stick figures with fractions.
I’m just getting started and would love any feedback you may have about how to improve my clip art.
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GUARANTEE: I guarantee you that all the clip art in this bundle was created by me. You are in no danger of copyright infringement. But if you try to sell this clip art as your own, I will hunt you down and prosecute to the fullest extent of copyright law!
If you like this small packet, check out my fractions clip art! And keep an eye out for new clip art, coming soon!
This is a simple science activity that can be completed in the classroom. It uses minimal equipment and students love having something to touch and explore!
Included are complete instructions for making your own silly putty, as well as a scientific explanation of what happened. There are also differentiated student response forms for students to record their hypotheses, questions, process, conclusions, explanations and observations. The student response forms allow students to either write or draw their responses – this is a fabulous way to get your students excited about writing!
Like this experiment? You might also like our Writing with Science Growing Bundle, which includes more great (and simple) science experiments.
Looking for a fun interactive game for your students to practice telling time to the hour? This game will do that and keep your students engaged and having fun!
How to Play Scoot Every student gets a copy of the response sheet. Students will move from desk to desk or seat to seat, reading the card or you put there and answering it on their sheet in the corresponding box.
It is very important to practice moving from desk to desk or seat to seat before playing the game. Do this a couple of times so they get the hang of moving to the next number. When you say “Scoot” they get up, push in their chair and take their clipboard and pencil to the next numbered desk or seat.
Included: ❊ 24 time cards ❋ Blank template to create own time cards ❊ 2 response sheets with and without numbered boxes.
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This is an activity from my “Fun With Digraphs” pack. It is designed to practice the digraph /th/. This freebie includes ONE of the Roll and Graph activities from the full version! This Freebie includes: * Roll and Graph * Roll and Graph Recording Sheet
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It includes: Roll and Graph (4 versions for each digraph) * Puzzles- Matching and Create-Your-Own * Practice page (One for each digraph) * Room sort activity * Interactive Notebook review page * 8 Anchor Charts (2 for each Digraph- One has just pictures, and one has words and pictures)
Four informational text responses that you may use with any book, magazine or reading passage.
1st reader response -The children are asked to write 3 things they have learned, 2 interesting facts and 1 question they still would like to research. There is a space to write the topic of the text and also a space for an illustration.
2nd reader response – four-square – write about the topic
3rd reader response – find four fascinating facts about the topic read
4th reader response – expanding vocabulary – new words found in text – write word, definition, sentence and illustration.
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These are FREE samples from my Kindergarten Morning Work Bundle.
Free Kindergarten Morning Work includes 18 worksheet pages. These pages are great for Preschool, kindergarten and first grade students. Children will practice tracing, writing, sorting, comparing, counting and more. Children are encouraged to use thinking skills while improving their writing and reading skills.
It is a simple word sort I used this week for double medial consonants- similar to the 1+1+1 or doubling rule.
Small amount of colour so it can easily be printed in black and white or colour! No need for instructions- simply cut, sort and glue! Even if the kiddo’s don’t get the rule, they can still visually identify the pattern and sort them.
I hope you enjoy this resource, and I would love to hear your feedback, good or bad.
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Turning my thoughts to sunny days and warmer weather!!! Can’t you just smell spring in the air? Daffodils beginning to bloom, Lilac trees starting to flower, and Lilies of the Valley popping up. A vaccine for Covid-19 hopefully soon.
It’s been five weeks since we’ve been quarantined and it has taken me this long to even try to organize my thoughts (& life!) Well, still working on the life part. . . How are you all doing? Despite teaching 30+ years, I feel like a brand-new teacher again, attempting to get a handle on “distance learning”, “remote learning”, whatever you want to call it: learning without physically being with my students! Here are 5 tips to help ease the transition to distance learning.
This Coronavirus pandemic is extremely serious and stressful, but independent reading can be part of a useful solution to children learning at home. Now is a good time to hook kids on reading because they can choose their own books according to their own interests. At the same time, they can practice previously taught reading skills and improve in many ways.
Each year, my husband reads the book “My Side of the Mountain” to his science students. As a culminating activity, the students make falcon hoods since Sam has a peregrine falcon for hunting. Take a look at some of the falcon hoods his 6th grade students made in my latest blog post.
Use these simple, yet practical, ideas to help safeguard your family during the Coronavirus pandemic. Be sure to read the comments section for other great ideas and videos shared by our readers.
The package contains 6 worksheets on even and odd numbers. It includes coloring in the odd and even numbers, filling in the gaps and completing odd / even numbers mazes. These resources all contain a cute pencil theme.
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This original song from Elementary Music Teacher is sure to be a favorite for elementary students in the general classroom, music classroom and beyond! The funky beat and clear actions inspire us to get engaged and moving with the music. Use this song as a reward for students or as a planned movement activity. OT/PT professionals and Physical Education teachers can readily incorporate this song into their curricula, as well. Enjoy!
Scoot is a fun game that gets your students up and moving around the room. This scoot game uses tally marks up to 25. There are 24 scoot cards included in this set along with a recording sheet and a teacher answer sheet. Please contact me with any questions: thechocolateteacher3@gmail.com
Use these traceable alphabet pages to create student alphabet books. Students can add to the pages by drawing, writing, or gluing clippings from magazines or other sources.
