About the set : Serbian Body Parts Latin Alphabet Set is designed for struggling learners, speech therapy, special education, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and complete beginners; 1. Serbian Body Parts Poster - black and white version is included 2. Serbian Body Parts clip it cards strips (20cards) - cut out and laminate the strips - look at the picture and clip the correct word - black and white version is included 3. Serbian Body Parts Flashcards (20 cards) - cut out and laminate the flashcards - black and white version is incuded 4. Serbian Body Parts Puzzles - cut out and laminate the puzzle pieces - black and white version is included 5. Trace, cut and paste ( 2 worksheets) - black and white version is included 6. Trace the word and circle the correct picture ( 2 worksheets) - black and white version is included 7. Look at the picture and highlight the correct word (2 worksheets) - black and white version is included 8. Cut and paste the words in the correct spot (2 worksheets) - black and white version is included 9. Look at the picture, use the right color and trace the word (4 worksheets) - black and white version is included 10. Highlight the matching picture and word pairs ( 2 worksheets) 11. Trace the word, circle the correct picture and rewrite the word (2 worksheets) - black and white version is included 12. Label the pictures (2 worksheets) - black and white version is included 13 Match the pictures with the correct words (4 worksheets) - black and white version is included 14. Roll a dice and highlight the correct word ( 3 worksheets

Last week we started our study of verbs. I have used a few free verbs study packs I've found on TPT to introduce the concept. I love thi...

Thanks to Jackie at Room 213 for organizing this blog hop! It's so true, right? When I think about my own experiences as a learner, the times that I made the most profound instructional gains were when I felt that my teacher truly knew me and believed in me as a student. That's why I believe that the best learning always occurs when students feel a connection with their teacher...when they know that their teacher cares about them as a person. If you're reading this, then you already know that students don't care a bit about what they are being taught until they know that their teacher cares a bit about them. Any teacher checking out a blog about learning and instruction is one who is invested in their profession. So, the ideas that I'm about to share are probably not new...in fact, I bet you have a few ways that you build caring and compassion into your own instruction that I'd love to read about! However, I hope that these ideas remind us all about why we became teachers in the first place. We love learning. We love students. And showing them both each day is what matters. How often do you hand back a piece of student work to see them quickly scan for the grade and then toss it into a folder...or worse the garbage? That's why I love writing students fun notes on their papers. Instead of "good job," I like to write comments that show I know and care about them, like "Wow, use figurative language in your writing as well as you shoot 3-pointers!" I'm a huge fan of making positive phone calls home. They're such a wonderful way to build positive relationships with students and their families. You can read all about it HERE. I love watching my students excel in the classroom, but for many of them their true talents are on display at the band concert, or on the soccer field, or during the school play. That's why I try to reserve at least one night a month to attend students' extracurricular activities. There's nothing better than the connection between that student and I the next day in class! I've always heard that the best way to get your own children to listen is to whisper your message within their earshot to someone else. I like applying the same technique with students. When talking with colleagues I love to brag about individual students within earshot of them. Spreading the word about the great things kids are doing is super important! When the bell rings at the start of each class, I'm at the door to greet my students. I love giving them the impression that I can't wait to see them. It sets the tone for a caring classroom before the class even begins! On the first day of school I let my students know that I will be holding them to the highest behavior and academic standards. I want them to achieve beyond anything they have ever done before. That means that there are classroom management procedures in place. It also means that they might be redoing their work to meet my standards. This is the "tough love" part of showing them that I care. OK, this may be obvious, but I'll never forget when I was student teaching and my supervising teacher kept telling her students day-after-day how much she loved them. I was in awe of this. I've followed her lead and tell my students how much I care about them and my profession all the time...even when I'm stressed and tired and overwhelmed. I love creating homework and classwork with students' actual names in the assignments. I'm careful to make sure that their names are associated with positive things and connected to activities and hobbies they care about. It's not hard to do and kids love seeing their names in print. Celebrating students' learning and achievements is super important. I love to do it in little ways like hanging their work around the classroom and in big ways like planning events to celebrate their learning. As you know, teachers are human, too. One of the ways that I show students that I care about them is by trusting them with stories from my own life. I share information about my family, my life successes, and times when I have struggled. Sharing builds important connections. At the end of the (school) day, teaching is not about standardized tests, curriculum requirements, paperwork, data, and reports. I think it's about creating an environment where students want to learn because they know that their teachers care about their profession...and most importantly each of them. I love learning about my students through their own work as well. Units like this MEMOIR Writing Unit and this NARRATIVE Writing Unit are an awesome way to engage students in their learning and gain insight into their lives at the same time! Oh, and click HERE for a printable of the 'Teachers Care' poster (prints on legal-sized paper) and HERE for a printable of the 'Learning' poster (prints on standard-sized paper). Thanks for stopping by!

Educate and decorate your classroom with the Earth color style FANBOYS Poster! Explaining coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) through providing an example of each. PAPER SIZE: TABLOID size paper however can be printed on A3 paper. Did you know you can gain TpT credits by leaving a review on our product! We would be so grateful if you could spare a minute of your time to leave us a review. If you have any questions regarding our product please don't hesitate to ask. We are based in Australia, so there may be a little time difference with regards to a reply. If you like the resources we offer, we would love you to FOLLOW us. We post new resources every week! Thank you! Jules and Jam : )

Your students will have so much fun writing with these Roll-a-Story boards. Their creativity will be flowing after discovering which super fun character, problem and setting their story will be about. This resource is perfect in helping students write creative and interesting stories while taking the ‘stress’ out of thinking of what to write about. To use the boards, students simply choose a board and roll a die three times to discover which character, problem and setting their story will be based on. There are 9 different boards, which means there are almost 2000 different story possibilities! Includes both a USA and AUS/UK version. A version is also included where the problem and setting begins with a lowercase letter. You may also like: Roll an Activity - Literacy Centers ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]

Print, cut and laminate these gorgeous cupcakes and use them in your literacy rotations to reinforce contractions! Cut the top half off and make a fun matching game out of them. This activity can also be used as an independent activity. Includes 18 cupcakes (6 different varieties) with different co...

Have you ever had a class that just tried your patience day after day? Have you ever felt like you could walk away from teaching forever tom...

Build character in your classroom with these activities you can do throughout the year.

Teach students about push and pull forces with this push or pull sorting activity that includes push and pull examples on each card

Woo Hoo! I'm so excited and thankful for all of you for your support! Language Arts and Math FREEBIE – Here’s a FREEBIE for you to help celebrate reaching my 2nd TPT MILESTONE. This milestone was made possible by the support from all of my followers through your purchases and feedback. Thanks to everyone for helping me achieve this milestone. In celebration of this achievement, I have created this new eight page freebie to share with everyone as my way of saying “THANK YOU” for supporting my store. This eight page freebie sampler includes language arts and math skills from the following resources available in my store. These resources include writing (tell a story), reading comprehension (Who? What? Where?), fix it up sentences, scrambled sentences, morning work, addition word problems, subtraction problems with manipulatives, and ten frames 11-20. ***This sampler also includes links throughout the pack to similar resources that you may find useful for your classroom. When printing, to save on ink, make sure to only print every other page (even pages). Click on any of the photos below to view this FREEBIE! FREEBIE for 2nd TPT Milestone Celebration! I hope you find all of these resources to be useful for your students in your classroom. Please leave me some feedback on this freebie. I love reading your comments. Thanks again to everyone who has supported my store. Also thanks to TPT for the opportunity that you provide for me and other teachers to create and share our teaching resources with others as we provide for our families. Finally, I would like to thank the many talented creators of clip art on TPT. Without you, these creations would not be possible. You may also enjoy my 29 other FREE resources. You can find them HERE!

Click on the picture for free download from TpT. I've been thinking a lot about formative assessments lately. Formative assessments are all about gathering information from your students - during instruction - in order to inform your teaching. The most obvious place to gather that information is from student work (click HERE to see a post about that), and it can be a lot of fun. Another place to gather information is also from your students. But now you have to get inside their brains, and find out how they assess their own learning. How in the world are we supposed to do this? And why is it important? Let's tackle the importance question first. Studies show that students who are partners in their own assessment show increased engagement in all subject areas, and are more likely to become life-long learners. Also, students who are taught to analyze their own learning show increased motivation to learn. Well, that's enough to convince me. It just makes sense, and I think we can agree that this is important. So the next question is, how do we do this? Here's the bad news. Most students don't walk into your classroom knowing how to assess themselves. In fact, many adults have trouble with metacognition. Here's the good news. Metacognition can be explicitly taught. In fact, every teacher I know is already doing this (though perhaps we are not always aware of the fact that we are teaching metacognition. haha). We model reading strategies such as activating prior knowledge, summarizing, finding the meaning of a word through context, and stopping and rereading, just to name a few. Click on picture to see Pin. Here's another great Pinterest idea. If you have not invested in a tap light, it is fabulous for modeling reading strategies! Just tap the light on when you stop reading to model what you are thinking. Run to Walmart and get one. You won't be sorry. The only downside is that students will remind you to use it every time you interrupt your read aloud. So if the phone rings in the middle of the book, be prepared for 26 voices to yell, "Turn on the light first!" when you go to pick up the phone. When it comes to math, those of us teaching the Common Core State Standards are modeling the 8 Math Practice Standards (see that post, HERE). These practices are vital to teaching students to monitor their own mathematical thinking. We model ourselves not giving up, even when something is difficult to master (MP1), or looking for a shortcut (MP8), etc. (I have to share this... the other day, one of my students was struggling with a math concept. I asked him if he could find a shortcut to use. He looked up at me and said, "I'm going to use the long cut, because I really want to learn this.") So what about metacognition as it relates to self assessment? Well, we have to model that, too. And here is where it gets fun. We get to model for our students that we make mistakes. All. The. Time. Then we walk them through the thought processes involved in fixing the mistakes. I want my students to see mistakes as something positive - as the poster says, mistakes are proof that you are trying! Here are some ideas: Model mispronouncing a word, catching yourself, and then correcting it. Make a mistake on a math problem. Model how to find the correct answer. Revise something. Decide (out loud) in the middle that it is not quite right. Then fix it. Stop in the middle of a sentence and ask, "What am I doing right now? Am I on task? What is my strategy for learning?" © 2011 woodleywonderworks, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio In the past I have used the idea of Marzano's levels of understanding for the process of self assessment. I gave each student the "stoplight" colors to keep on their desks (red - I need help, yellow - I'm trying, green - I can do this), but I felt as though I needed more than color coded paper. I've also used the number system (A student who holds up one finger needs help, and so on), but I wanted to use them together, with the addition of light bulbs to signify learning. I checked on Teachers Pay Teachers, and there are many excellent versions, but nothing quite matched the picture in my mind. So I made my own. (So here you can see my own version of self assessment posters, a rubric, and cards for students to keep in/on their desks. There's also a notebook page. Click on the picture to take you to my TpT store and see for yourself, if you like.) This process of going from 'not knowing' to 'trying' to 'understanding' to 'explaining' also has to be modeled for students. Here are some ideas: Model those mistakes, and why they are a good thing. Model that it's okay to ask for help. Model that everyone is different, and some people need more practice than others. (I use drawing for this one, because I'm terrible at it, but I still try. And I need lots of practice!) Model that being on #1 is not a bad thing. It just means that you haven't learned something yet. (I use the Spanish language for this example. Sometimes I don't even want to try, because I know I will make mistakes. About half of my third graders are bilingual, and when I mispronounce something, they let me know!) Model the difference between explaining how to do something and simply giving the answer. Thank you for reading along as I think about my thinking (and teaching). I truly believe that writing this blog is helping me to become a better teacher. I'm sure that most of you are light years beyond me in this journey, and I'm humbled by the fact that you choose to read my meanderings. I hope you can use the free posters at the beginning of this post, and I hope you will come back again to read some more. Next time, I'll show you my new KWL charts. And KWHL charts, too. Happy Self Assessment and Metacognition,

Enjoy this FREE Roll-a-Story Writing Activity from MsJordanReads to kick-start your back-to-school writing fun! Students will love creating story starters using the mix-and-match story elements from the chart! (All you nice is a dice!) Download this free resource and for a fun, back-to-school activity! :) Happy Teaching!

This activity teaches kids how to identify whether something is within their control or not, which can be useful for kids with anxiety, anger, lack of focus, motivation, or other social & emotional concerns. There are 3 separate sets of instructions for individual counseling, small groups, and ...

French verbs. This set has 158 regular, irregular and reflexive French verbs, conjugated au présent. All French verbs come in alphabetical order and are a great reference tool for FLE teachers and students. Please download the list of verbs in the preview to see if my collection of conjugated French...

This is a reading anchor chart of who, what, where, when, why, and how in a question mark shape. There are 4 different color themes, one of which is just white with black writing so that you can make it match your room theme.

Are you working on instrument families while studying instruments of the orchestra?This set can be used as individual assignments or quizzes or can be put together in a workbook for your students.Many of these pages are great to leave for substitutes as well!Included in this set:- A list of websites...

This pack on telling time includes 10 worksheets plus 3 other centers/activities that covers the following standards: 1.MD.B.3 and 2.MD.C.7. Included: - 5 worksheets where students have to look at the clock and write that is on it (hour, half hour, quarter hour, and 2 to the 5 minutes) - 2 worksheets where students have to draw the hands on the clock according to the time stated in the box - 2 worksheets where students match the correct time with the time in word form (Ex: 6:15/ Quarter after six) - 1 worksheet where students cut out different activities and organize them in a chart according to whether they occur in the a.m or p.m. - 2 centers or game where students match the time shown on the clock to the correct time (to the half hour, to the 5 minutes) - 1 set of 18 telling time task cards and recording sheet (with answer key) Click here to check out my Telling Time Centers for 2nd Grade- 5 centers to help your students practice and master telling time! If you are happy with the product, please leave feedback as I am just getting started on TPT! Thanks so much! I really hope you enjoy my product! If you are unsatisfied in any way, contact me right away and I will do my best to make it right :) Looking for some other Math resources: Odd & Even Pack Aaarrgghh! A Pirate Measurement Adventure Place Value Worksheet Pack Graphs & Data Pack 1 Graphs & Data Pack 2 Addition & Subtraction Story Problems Task Card Bundle Please follow me to be updated as I add more products to my store :) I really appreciate your support! Thank you! Feel free to email me at: [email protected] Visit my blog, Elementary Antics, for more fun ideas!

A set of classroom posters for teaching question types Who, What, Where, Why, When and How. If you like this, check out my When, Who, Why, Where Questions Adapted Books for Students with Autism and Conversation Skills: Visual Supports for students with autism Each poster features the word, a description, sample question and attractive clipart that matches the question type. This listing also includes a chart that can be laminated and referred to when working with individual or small groups of students. Great for Early Childhood Classrooms, Early Intervention and Special Education. ***************************************************************************** I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Click here to Follow me and be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches. *****************************************************************************

We've been learning about the parts of speech in the most fun ways. A parts of speech printable and flip book, writing our own mad libs, and more.

Contraption 1: The Boomwhacker String- he most wow-worthy Boomwhacker lesson plan and contraption I've ever come up with. Your kids will be playing Boomwhackers like never before!

Is it difficult for your students to ask questions while they read? Then, this questioning anchor chart will be a great reference for your students! I'll give my students a sticky note while they are reading and have them use these question stems to write questions to ask their partner after they'...

These job cards are for cooperative learning groups. Each card has the job name and tasks for each student to complete. ...

Hi, Jane here from SillyOMusic! Today I want to share a song that I (and pretty much every other Korean person) sang as a child, Santoki. When I was in Preschool,

3rd grade I can statement bundle including: 3rd Grade Skills Overview- a brief 2 page overview that is great and simple to send home to parents 3rd Grade Common Core Standards Visual Reference- All Common Core Standards- a students friendly 3rd Grade I can Statements Guide that is great for data notebooks for goal tracking 3rd Grade Common Core I Can Statements - classroom posters of each standard at a discounted price! Some suggested uses for this resource: 3rd grade overview: This is great for goal setting for students and to allow them to track their progress. Students enjoy coloring the squares or putting stickers on them when they have mastered each skill. It is not overwhelming and the pictures make it very student friendly. You can also provide this resource to parents at open house, conferences or with report cards. 3rd grade standards visual references: This document includes all 3rd grade standards. These are a great reference for students to keep in interactive notebooks. For example, you can keep the 2 page math document in their math notebook.. When they have mastered a concept, they can mark it with a sticker or color it. These can also be used by students in data notebooks or for student led conferences.. You also may prefer to provide this resource to parents at open house, conferences or with report cards. I can statements : These are each 1 page and work as a great reference in your classroom with a visual to post when teaching each standard. The overview and standards visual reference have options in both color and black and white. They are also included with standards coded in each box and without. I can statements are only in color and are all coded. You may also like; 3rd Grade NGSS Science Standards I Can Statements: Includes both student friendly sheet as well as large I can statements.

Looking for a composing activity for your youngest learners? This set is perfect for early readers or pre-readers. In this activity students take body percussion cards and place them in a music grid to compose a body percussion song. Included in this 25 page kit: -Music Grid -Body Percussion cards (16 to a sheet) in color and in black and white in both one sound per beat and two sounds per beat -quarter rest cards to coordinate with the body percussion cards -a sign for use at a workstation -a task for use at a workstation A variety of skin tones are used in the body percussion cards. Buy this as part of the Body Percussion Bundle and save 20%!

Turning Adjectives Into Adverbs -ly Worksheet L.2.1.E. Common core aligned to L.2.1e. Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.One worksheetanswer KeyGreat for review, test prep, assessment.*** If you plan on sharing this resource, please purchase the a...

If your non-English speaking students aren't ready to do the regular class work, what should you have them do instead? This handy tool can help.

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Kindergarten blog for teachers in the classroom. Ideas for homeschooling as well. Free files to your with your students.

Click on the picture to download the free classroom rules posters. There are also fun color song we do during our colors unit. I'm not sure where the song..

This product includes a one-page PDF anchor chart poster for Modal Auxiliaries that can be used during Writer's Workshop for a mini-lesson on using Modal Auxiliary Verbs.Save Money and get the Language Arts Anchor Chart Poster Growing BundleHow to use this resource:Guided /Interactive Notebook pageC...

Schedules rarely work out seamlessly, especially when you're working with young children. Why not make brief periods of downtime creative, fun, and educational? When you have a few minutes to spare between or after lessons, reach into a jar and pull out one of these time-filling activities for the w...

One of the most important elements of teaching is providing students with plenty of opportunities to actively engage in learning with their peers. This blog post covers my favorite cooperative learning strategies that I have used in my classroom. These activities can be used across all subjects and several grade levels (3-6+). Bonus: I created […]

Build your classroom community and start the morning off with a morning meeting! Students will sit together in a circle and roll the cube and answer the question about themselves. This will give your students a chance to share more about their feelings, thoughts and individuality. This includes 1...

This is a phonics word work packet for the suffixes -tion, -sion, -cian. It can be used as either individual work, in literacy centers, small group instruction, or as homework. There are 44 words featured in this packet (plus some additional words in my original stories activities). They include: action, addition, caution, celebration, definition, description, direction, education, location, motion, nation, option, position, question, solution, station, subtraction, vacation, conclusion, confusion, decision, discussion, division, expression, mansion, mission, occasion, permission, profession, session, television, tension, version, vision, beautician, clinician, electrician, magician, musician, mathematician, pediatrician, physician, politician, statistician Here are the printables/activities included in this packet: •-tion, -sion, and -cian Anchor Charts (can be put up on wall as class posters or used as individual student reference charts) {3 pages} •Find & Sort {1 page} •Complete the Words {1 page} •Using & Understanding -tion Words {1 page} •Using & Understanding -sion Words {1 page} •Understanding -cian Words: “Who Says?” {1 page} •2 original stories and 1 original poem: “A Graduation Vacation,” “Mansion Mission Mystery,” “Marco the Magician” {3 pages—includes answer keys} •Crossword Puzzle: Words ending in “tion” {1 page—includes answer key} •Word Search Puzzle: Words ending in “sion” {1 page—includes answer key} •Double Puzzle: Words ending in “cian” {1 page—includes answer key} •BINGO! Game (10 different game cards, 1 blank game card page, teacher word list) Please enjoy! **Check out these links to some of my other phonics packets:** Irregular Plural Nouns: -ves & -ies endings Phonics: -dge Family Word Work Phonics: -ight Family Word Work Phonics: Silent Letter Word Work Phonics: -ing, -ang, -ong, -ung Word Work Thank you to www.mycutegraphics.com; Melody Bastin @ http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Melody-Bastin for the cover page background art, and www.loveeducasong.blogspot.com for the pennant clip art.

Roll and Re-Tell Game Instructions Card In this game you will work with your group, take it in turns to read out one of the stories from the story cards, pick any one you like and read it out loud to your group. Once the story is read, go around the circle with each student rolling the dice and answering the question related to the number they rolled, share your answer to the question with your group, pass the dice to the next person to have a go. Once you have all had a role, pick a new reader and a new story to complete the game again with another story. Extension: Students can try and come up with their own questions to ask about their book for a six-sided dice. Pack up, collect the story cards and put them back in the bag.

This is an individual or partner activity to reinforce plural and singular possessive nouns. ...

Here is a poster on prefixes and suffixes! You can use as a poster or create for individual use.Please don't forget to comment! You earn TpT credits for future purchases!!