Emotions Mini Unit This Emotion Unit is a great way to introduce emotions to our young learners. This can also be used to compliment a social emotional unit for your students. Included: 10 Primary Lined Writing Pages (B&W) with room for picture. 10 Lined Writing Pages (B&W) with room for picture. 10 Colored Emotion Discussion Cards ( Use this for morning meeting, anticipatory set for students to discuss the identified emotion, what you look like, modeling the behavior, and sharing stories for example.) 10 Colored Emotion Display Cards that read " I am___". Bulletin Board Letters (B&W) that read "All of our EMOTIONS are okay!" (There are two font versions of the word emotions and okay). 2 Versions of Emotion Match Up ( Informal Assessment for students to select the correct emotion) Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page. • Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. • Click it. Give a quick rating & leave a short comment for the product. • Your feedback will give you credits to use on future TPT purchases. • If there is a small mistake on an item, or you have suggestions/constructive criticism, please let me know under the Q and A section before leaving negative feedback! Please give me a chance to fix it and improve my product. Thanks!☺ Follow me & receive updates about my products: • Look for the green star next to my store logo. • Click it to become a follower. • Voila! You will now receive email updates about new products in my store
I absolutely LOVE when it's time to teach about Fantasy and Fairytales! There are so many good books out there. Some of my favorites are the fractured fairytales! The kiddos LOVE it, but sometimes have a hard time differentiating between fantasy and reality scenarios. Because of this, I thought it would be so fun to make some games and activities to help them! Fantasy vs. Reality packet to help introduce the difference between reality and fantasy! I even loved seeing them read the cards because they thought some of the "fantasy" cards were too funny! I did these in small group with my students but it can be done whole group or in a literacy station! Click on the picture to grab a copy! :) I hope you enjoy this as much as my kiddos and I did! :)
Do you have a challenging class this year? This post has 5 behavior management strategies to try!
Hey everyone! Karen here from Mrs. Jones's Kindergarten ! The year seems to be winding down for many of us (okay I still have over 40 d...
Academic Task Box Bundle Save over 25% when you buy this bundle Description: This is a bundle of all of my academic task box bundles. It includes 6 different task box kits: 2 different ELA task box kits, 2 different Math task box kits, 1 social studies task box kit and 1 science task box kit. There is a total of 96 task boxes for primary grade levels. I have specifically designed these for my special needs kiddos. However, I use these for my typical students as well. This Product Includes the following products: Kindergarten Math Task Box – SET ONE Kindergarten Math Task Boxes – SET TWO ELA Task Boxes -SET ONE ELA Task Boxes – SET TWO Science Task Boxes Social Studies Task Boxes Are you looking for Life Skills Task box set? Click here! -------------------------------BUYING FOR A TEAM?---------------------------------------- Licensing Terms: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at [email protected] Looking for other great resources? These are some of my TOP SELLERS: Editable Paraprofessional Handbook Data Sheets Visual Aids {growing bundle} Connect with me! ChalkBoard SuperHero on Instagram ChalkBoard SuperHero on FaceBook ChalkBoard Superhero on Pinterest ChalkBoard SuperHero Facebook Group (an exclusive group of SPED teachers to collaborate with) www.chalkboardsuperhero.com Terms of Use: Copyright © ChalkBoard SuperHero. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clip-art and font credits. ***************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. 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. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store.
How do we differentiate writing instruction when we have 20-30 students to consider?
It's finally here. HERE!!!! After months of creating and over 100 dollars in clipart, I uploaded my Interactive Social Studies Journals. I'm over the moon about this collection! Interactive notebooks are widely used in classroom. If you were to walk in mine today, you would see interactive notebooks for reading, math, and science. The purpose behind these notebooks is to keep students organized and assist in synthesizing lessons taught. It’s common to see vocabulary, notes, graphic organizers, and reflections. Overall, interactive notebooks is one of many important components to promote student learning! I created this journal to meet my district expectations of a student and teacher side of the journal. Each district is different and many have specific expectations. Mine is no exception to the rule. I currently teach off the gradual release. One page from this file can be stretched over several lessons. It’s not intended to complete both teacher and student portions in one day. Expect the teacher side to be several lessons before student side is addressed. *NOTE due to a request, I included pages throughout the file so that the buyer can have examples of how to set up the journal pages. The table of contents (below) states there are two pages for each topic. One is a preview the second is the journal pages. Kindly consider this format before purchases and dropping the rating of this product. Here are the previews... This is a labor of love! The format is the same as my science journals so that journaling is consistent. If you are interested in my Interactive Science Journals, click the image below to link. The first image above will link you to my Interactive Social Studies Journals.
Part of our social studies standards are to learn how cultures from around the world affect our culture. There's no better way to start this standard than to learn about cultures from around the world. The problem for me was how to teach the students about several cultures within the time that we had available. This is when I thought of a cultural fair. I talked my team into teaching each of their classes about a different country and some of the different cultures within that country. We had the students research: food, art, music, clothing, customs, and language. Each class put together a science board with some of the research. We also hung other research on the walls outside of our classrooms. This way the students had plenty of room to read about the different cultures. We chose to hold the fair the day before Thanksgiving break. The cultural fair was so engaging, the students were sure to learn all the way through the end of the day. We weren't so sure that would happen with our every day lessons. Each class prepared one of the more popular food or drinks from their country. I bought prepackaged food from Ikea for my country. This helps to satisfy the rule in some schools of prepackaged food. The year before we had a parent make our food at home. (I did not serve the pear drink.) Each classroom can have a quick craft inside for the students to complete. We made floral headbands for Sweden. Most countries have flowers in their culture so this is a wonderful go to craft. If you search on Pinterest, you will find a plethora of cultural crafts. We also used the folders that you see below to hold all of our research in reading and writing. Every student was given a passport with the countries listed inside. The students were to record details from every country that they visited. So we allowed students to roam the hall. They went into the rooms to enjoy food and a craft. They read information on the countries outside of the rooms. Their teachers held them accountable for details by checking their passports. We had parent volunteers to come in to assist the students in moving throughout the hall and into the appropriate rooms. If you can't do a whole grade level Culture Fair, you can set up centers in your classroom. You can have groups of students research different countries and share with each other. Putting together the materials for this unit took quite a while. If you don't have time to put them together, check out the units below in my store.
These making inferences printable and digital graphic organizers are a must have for reading comprehension strategy instruction! They are perfect to use with any texts to provide students plenty of opportunity to practice using their prior knowledge with a text to make inferences and predictions! WHAT'S INCLUDED (Printable PDF and Google Slides™ Link): Poster: Make Inferences Reading Comprehension Strategy (Color or B&W) 7 Graphic Organizers • Visual Organizer: Thought Bubble (“I know’…”), Text (“I read…”), Light Bulb (“I can infer…”) • Making an Inference • Making 4 Inferences • Inference Puzzles • Inferences Chart • Character, Setting & Event Inferences (fiction) • Making Character Inferences (fiction) Activity Ideas This is 1 of 12 Reading Strategy Graphic Organizer Packs available at more than 50% off in the: Paper-Only Reading Comprehension Strategies Bundle Digital-Only Reading Comprehension Strategies Bundle Paper & Digital Reading Comprehension Strategies Bundle They are also included in the huge Reading Graphic Organizers Bundle (along with Nonfiction and Fiction Graphic Organizer packs)! Be sure to also check out the Making Inferences Reading Comprehension Crafts for a new type of reading response!
If you're an upper elementary teacher who loves what you do, I invite you to join the Upper Elementary Teacher Connection, a private Facebook group. It's a virtual meeting room where educators can connect and collaborate to share their passion for teaching. Our members discuss active engagement teaching strategies and innovative instructional approaches, and they collaborate on classroom projects like pen pals or postcard exchanges.
Here's a look at what we did last week in pictures! Our reading story was Jan's New Home, so during social studies, we talked a lot about ...
American Symbols is one of my FAVORITE units to teach. It must be yours too because over 12,000 teachers have purchased this unit from Teachers Pay Teachers ! It meets the Common Core Standards for Informational Reading with rigor and brings your classroom joy while reading! Updated with more crafts and symbols see below! My students LOVED this unit! I got 4 parent notes telling me how much they enjoyed hearing their child talk informatively and passionately about Social Studies. One parent said that their child doesn't talk much at the dinner table, and now he won't stop talking about school and symbols! I think it's because the unit is written to be kid friendly and engaging! Here are a few of the Statue of Liberty pages I wrote a week of fluency for the Statue of Liberty too. Each Symbol has a full writing unit Remember the update has even more art! 2 Interactive Little Books have been included for launching the unit and explaining what a "symbol" is. Oral Speaking "pledge page" with assessment rubric Tons of Activities like these: Math Graphing Bulletin Board You also get full color pages of all 5 symbols to make your bulletin board so cute. Also, you need a great way to show your graphing data. I included all the pages that kids need in order to understand that symbols are everywhere! Need grades for your grade book? Me too! I created several tests. Bonus American Symbols Mock Election Material The Reading Fluency passage comes in three levels. Low First Grade First/ Low Second Second Grade Anchor Charts and Registration to Vote Time to vote Anchor Chart, Secret Ballot, and Graphing to discover the winner Easy Graph (Tally Marks) "Harder" Graph ******* Update 1 ****** I am excited art added and has become available as BUNDLE! The one above has art as a bundle If you don't want / need the art, you can buy without it too. 62 Printables and 6 art projects! Pick and choose or do them all. This has open house written all over it! 2 student books 3 math and literacy activities 1 game 8 fluency & reading comprehension pages 5 writing units (From pre-write to publish) Syllables Activity Vocabulary Word Searches Clues Page (possible assessment if you choose) 2 patriotic student writing pages 1 oral speaking activity with parent note & grading rubric 3 assessments 6 art projects ***** Update 2 ***** So many of you asked for The Washington Monument to be added.
Informational writing in K-2 classrooms: learn how you can have your students create meaningful informational books!
Use these data folders in your classroom to track student growth. Great resource for parent conferences. The students love to track their own progress. This pack includes: -A parent introduction letter -Parent communication form -My weekly reflections -Monthly behavior chart -Weekly behavior chart -My reading progress -My math progress -Math, Science, ELA, Social Studies tracking sheets -Spelling Progress chart -Personal word wall -Common Core check off list (grades K-5
In this post, I’ll explain how to differentiate literacy centers effectively - and in a manageable way!
Are you looking for an easy and fun way to integrate social studies into your reading curriculum? This pack of reading comprehension passages is a perfect choice! These reading comprehension passages cover 10 geography topics. Each passage includes 2-3 questions to go along with the reading! Your students will read a nonfiction passage about a geography topic. Then, they will answer 2-3 questions based on the passage. The text is intended for K-2nd graders and can be read together as a class, in small groups, or independently! The best part? This resource is no prep! Just print & go! Topics Included: Globe Landform Ocean Continent Weather Map Cardinal directions Intermediate directions Compass rose Map key There are so many ways to use this resource! Here are just a few: Centers Small-Group Instruction Bell Ringers Early Finishers Homeworks ___________________________________ TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is such a wonderful resource for working on reading, learning about social studies, and to learn the skill of going back into the passage to find the answers. Love this resource. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you so much for this great resource! I love that it ties specifically to a social studies strand. I love how easy they are to read that even my students who are low readers can work with a higher reader or with me and be able to understand the text to answer questions on their own. I love how they follow your other product with classroom rules. Thank you so much! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students loved this resource as a companion to our social studies curriculum. This worked well for independent work as well as assessment. This geography reading comprehension resource is engaging and interactive! Grab your copy today! ___________________________________ Having difficulty with a file? Visit the FAQs section, submit a help ticket, or ask a question on the Q& A tab before leaving feedback. Copyright © A Page Out of History. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
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I really like the beginning of the school year. It brings a new group of kiddos, fresh school supplies, and a clean slate! I actually enjoy teaching behavior, routines, and procedures…maybe that’s weird. 🙂 The one thing I do find a little overwhelming, however, is getting centers up and running. There’s so much to teach and so much to think about. Getting 5, 6, or 7-year-olds to work independently is no small task! My mind LOVES organization, so I learned to break down all of the madness into small, manageable steps and things to teach. In this post, I’ll share my process! 🙂 Photo Credits: Billion Photos, Shutterstock The Very Beginning I do not start centers the first day, week, or even first few weeks of school. Period. One year, a kindergarten teacher on my team told me that she starts centers on the very first day of school. Granted, there were two teachers in her classroom (not in mine). But still. Wow! As for me, I am no superhero teacher, so I need a little more time! I also think that my kids benefit from my “slow but steady” pace. Laying a solid foundation of routines and procedures does save time and frustration in the end! Planning with the End in Mind Every single year, I spend time imagining what my “ideal centers scenario” looks like. I picture how I want things to run in a month or two. And then…I start making lists! (You’ll see why these lists are important in the next section.) First, I make a list of simple literacy activities that I want to incorporate into our first few weeks of centers (after we actually start centers, that is). These might include things like: Partner reading Independent reading Simple word work activities (making words with play dough, for example) Listening center activities (i.e. listening to stories online) Writing activities (i.e. drawing pictures and making a story in a stapled booklet) Second, I make a list of the centers routines and procedures I’ll need to teach in order to get centers functioning smoothly. This includes: Where different centers are located in the classroom General procedures for using each center How students will know which centers to go to Expectations for behavior Expectations for work Expectations for noise level Expectations for how students should or should not work together What to do if you don’t know what to do at a center What to do if you need to use the restroom or get a drink of water What to do if a peer is not using the center correctly What to do if something breaks / technology doesn’t work How to clean up How to know when to clean up And last but not least, I make a list of simple, independent, non-academic activities that students can do with the materials I have in my classroom. They don’t have to be literacy-related! These might include: Playing with play dough Working with colored tiles or pattern blocks Working on puzzles Drawing with special markers or stencils If you’d like to download a free template for making and organizing your own lists, please click HERE!The Stages In the next four parts of this post, I’ll share the different “stages” I use to get centers rolling. Now you’ll get to see how those 3 lists you made come into play. I’ve included suggested timeframes for each stage. But these may vary! Your students will have different needs, so please go more slowly or more quickly as you see fit. Here are the stages: 1. Learning Simple Literacy Activities (Weeks 1-4) 2. Learning Centers Procedures (Week 5) 3. Opening Centers One By One (Week 6) 4. Normal Centers and Small Group Rotations (Weeks 7 and beyond) Now let’s dive into each stage! Stage One: Learning Simple Literacy Activities (Weeks 1-4) Before the school year starts, I take List #1 (simple literacy activities that I will eventually use in centers, like independent reading). I make a schedule for teaching these activities in a whole-group setting over a period of about 4 weeks. When I teach one of these activities, I model it for students. I then give them a chance to practice it with my support. And I do all of this during the block of time that will eventually become our centers time. Here’s an example: Independent reading is something I want the kids to eventually be able to do during literacy centers. I write some mini-lessons to teach expectations for independent reading. One mini-lesson might be how to stay on-task and in one spot during independent reading. Another might be how to tell a story from the pictures (for K-1). I then decide when I will teach these mini-lessons (again, this is happening during the first 4-ish weeks of school, during the block of time that will eventually become our centers time). During a mini-lesson, I model the focus procedure or routine. I have a few student volunteers model it for the class. And then I have the WHOLE class practice it while I support them. However, if it’s an activity that I have limited materials for (i.e. making words with magnetic letters), I have the class do something simple like handwriting practice while I pull small groups to practice the activity. Everyone gets a chance to practice the same day that I presented the mini-lesson. This whole process takes about 15-20 minutes (a bit longer if I have to have them practice in small groups). If my centers block will eventually be 45 minutes, we usually get through 2 (maybe 3) of these “practice sessions” per day. Stage Two: Learning Centers Procedures and Opening Centers (Week 5) By this point, the kids know how to do many of the activities that they will eventually do in centers. What they don’t know is how to “do” centers! This is where List #2 comes into play (i.e. expectations for behavior, how to rotate, clean-up signals, etc.). So during week 5, I set aside
The All About Frogs package is developed for Grades K-3 by two Ontario Certified Teachers. The package is based on the Ontario Curriculum and has connections in Science, Language, Math, Music, Phys-ed, and Visual Arts. Worksheets are included to teach students about frog anatomy, life cycle, habitat, and fun frog facts to keep students engaged in their learning. Instructions are included for teachers including a hands-on project, a glossary of key terms, and recommendations of external resources. Related Products: All About Butterflies Table of Contents: 1. Overview with Curriculum Connections 2. Life Cycle of a Frog 3. Life Cycle of a Frog (Cut-ables) 4. Frogs Know-Wonder-Learn Chart 5. Frogs Can-Have-Are Chart 6. Classroom Tadpole Observations 7. Frogs vs. Toads Venn Diagram 8. Frogs vs.Toads Venn Diagram (Cut-ables) 9. Frogs vs. Toads Venn Diagram (Answers) 10. Meet Frog and Toad Information 11. Label a Frog 12. Label a Frog (Answers) 13. Frog Vocabulary 14. -og Word Family 15. Froggy Word Search 16. Life Cycle Addition 17. Life Cycle Addition (Answers) 18. Lily Pad Addition 19. Lily Pad Addition (Answers) 20. How to Draw a Frog 21. Colour-Me-Frogs 22. Ten Little Frogs Song and Game 23. Metamorphosis Game Instructions
The inquiry for any subject area project is a great way to support your grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and homeschool students as they begin learning about the inquiry process. Use these no-prep differentiated templates to get your students using their research skills and find answers to their inquiry questions. Students use the five step inquiry process to find answers to inquiry questions.. The materials in the inquiry for any subject area package help make the inquiry process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing inquiry projects they can be proud of! ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Included In The Inquiry Project Package: inquiry posters bulletin board headings step-by-step inquiry posters question cards research templates presentation ideas poster class book templates self, peer, and teacher assessments rubrics © Regier Educational Resources ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ This inquiry resource includes options and differentiated templates so you can provide students in your class with the supports they need to be successful at completing an inquiry project. Choose the templates and options that best meet the individual learning needs of the your students. Related Blogposts: How To Teach The Inquiry Method In Five Easy Steps ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Look What Teachers Are Saying About Inquiry Packages: "THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT BUNDLE FOR MY INQUIRY UNIT! I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone looking for something that takes you through the entire process with ease and alignment." - Lynda M. "Outstanding resource for inquiry." - Rachel W. "You explain the inquiry process very well. I like the self-reflection sheets and rubrics. It is a well thought out packet to support inquiry learning." - Andrea H. "Excellent way for my little learners to start the inquiry based process. They felt great ownership over their finished product. Great resource." - Jennifer R. "This resource is EXACTLY what I was looking for to teach an inquiry research project. AMAZING visuals and I greatly appreciate the black and white option. :)" - Sticky Glue and Untied Shoes ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Inquiry Projects are available on the following topics: Animals Dinosaurs Farm Animals Illnesses and Diseases Inquiry For Any Subject Area Insects Magnets Oceans Plants Sports Weather ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Frequently Asked Questions: Are all the materials I need included in this resource? The only other materials you will need are books, magazines, or access to the internet. Students will need a source of information to find the answers to their inquiry questions. Do the materials allow for differentiation? There are two types of templates provided. Some templates have regular lines and some have primary lines. You can easily build additional differentiation into these materials by the expectations you set for your students. If you have students that find it hard to focus or have low writing output, you may require them to only consult one source for information. If you have students that need to be challenged, you may require them to consult two or three sources of information as well as writing an exciting introduction and a concluding sentence or paragraph. ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Connect with me: Want daily writing tips, strategies, and ideas? Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Looking for easy ways to teach writing in your classroom? Visit my blog. Like free writing activities? CLICK HERE ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Want free resources? Leaving feedback leads to FREE resources for you and is greatly appreciated. I thank you! Each review you leave provides you with credit points for future purchases. Simply go to "My Purchases" and leave a review. Hit the green FOLLOW button. When you hit the green "follow" button you'll: find out when new products are released. receive notifications of sales on my products. ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿
Play Dough Beginning Digraphs Matching Game with Differentiation ~ This engaging activity will help your students match beginning digraphs (ch, kn, ph, sh, th, wh, and wr) with 42 corresponding pictures using colorful play dough graphics! This activity can be differentiated depending on the needs of your students. For every beginning digraph written on a play dough container, there is a corresponding picture on an identically colored play dough for easier matching. I have also included the corresponding picture on different colored play dough to make the activity more rigorous for advanced students. Print the play dough and play dough containers on heavy card stock and laminate for a reusable resource. This can be used as a whole group or center activity. This pdf file contains: -42 play dough containers with beginning digraphs -42 pictures on play dough graphics in colors that match the play dough containers -42 pictures play dough graphics in colors that are different from the play dough containers Digraph pictures include: ch- chair, cheese, cherry, chest, chick, chimney kn- knapsack, kneel, knee, knife, knight, knit ph- phone, photograph, pharmacy, phobia, pheasant, pharaoh sh- shampoo, shark, sheep, shell, shirt, ship th- thief, thermometer, thread, thinking, thumb, thorn wh- whale, wheat, wheel, whisk, whiskers, whisper wr- wrap, wrapper, wreath, wreck, wrinkles, wristwatch This file is not editable. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Thank you for visiting The Vivacious Teacher! Click on the green star to follow me and be notified of my new products first. All new products are 50% off for the first 48 hours! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I appreciate every purchase, and I hope you enjoy it! If you do, please consider leaving feedback in my TpT store to earn credits for future purchases. (YAY!) If not, please email me or contact me via "Ask a Question" before leaving feedback and let me know how I can help make my products better for you and your students. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Let’s Be Friends! ♥ My Blog ♥ Facebook ♥ Instagram ♥ Pinterest ♥ Twitter ♥ Email: [email protected] ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ All rights reserved by ©The Vivacious Teacher. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
Hello Everyone! Hope you're having a joyfilled day!! I wanted to share my "Me and My Community" social studies mini unit with you. If you are one of my kiddos reading this, have mom or dad print it off for you and get busy!! :) We've done many of these activities already, but it is still a great summer time filler! The unit contains 30 pages of poems, drawing and writing activities, anchor chart activities, a mini book for kids to make, citizenship, community workers, map skill activities, and much more. I have loved having time to organize it. Don't you love summer for just that reason? Here are a few pics of what is included! Unit contains three poems An 8 page mini book for kids to make Our "Me on the Map" anchor chart Craft Connection Inspired by finallyinfirst.blogspot.com :) Mini poster "What will you be?" anchor sample- unit contains all 4 cardinal directions and a compas rose Since you are part of my community, here's your free 30 page printable unit. Click Here! Hope you can use a least a bit of this!! I can't wait to use it again this fall!! Have a great rest of the day! Joyfully! Nancy
Several people have asked me about mentor sentences for the lower grades- the ones I originally created were for grades 3-5. Typically, third, fourth, and fifth graders have more of an understanding of parts of speech as well as more experience with reading and writing. Because of this, mentor sentences in the lower grades are […]
Product Update: December 2020 Supporting growth mindset through the use of The Learning Pit concept of learning. This bulletin board set will help you teach students, of any age, to understand that everyone goes through the same process in order to learn anything new. They are not alone in the journey! Visual images help students see the "pit" process easily so they can relate to it. This is especially good for non readers, ELL learners and students with special needs. Read this blog post about how we use this interactive learning pit in our classroom! 2 Sizes Included: Medium: Can be used as a small group or whole group learning Small: Great for using with a small group or 1:1 with students. **1:1 have students move themselves through the process of the pit through their learning journey. Included in this file: 5 examples of a learning journey to discuss as a class. 3 Different backgrounds for the "pit" (2 color and 3 blackline) Feelings & Descriptive Words: One Page Feelings & Descriptive Words SMALL: Boys & girls printable options Strategies, Mindset & Thoughts SMALL Feelings & Descriptive Words MEDIUM: Boys & girls printable options Strategies, Mindset & Thoughts MEDIUM A digital GOOGLE Drive version You can also choose to draw the pit on some sort of surface to fit your personal needs and spacing for this activity (whiteboard, chalk on a blackboard or using marker on a poster board etc.). I often use this on a cookie sheet after I have made the images and added magnets to them. Digital Questions: Can this be used in Seesaw? Yes, in a printable format only. Save the file as .jpg or .png images. Then, use them to add to Seesaw. Get more information about Seesaw *HERE* Can the digital files be used in Microsoft Teams? Once you open the Google Slides doc you will click file, download, and choose PowerPoint. Can I "break down" the slides and offer my students select slides? Yes, in Google you have three options. Open the file and delete the slides that you do NOT want to use. Select the slides you want from that file (For example: Slides 3, 5, and 10). Then, click file. Make a copy. Choose "selected slides" and then rename this file. This will automatically force a brand NEW Google file in your drive with just these select slides! Copy and paste the slides into the slideshow you assign to students individually for them to submit to you. Check out my other Growth Mindset Resources here! • Primary Growth Mindset Posters • 24 Primary Growth Mindset Bookmarks • Primary Burlap Change Your Words, Change Your Mindset Posters I hope you and your students enjoy these in your class. Related Products: Character Education Growth Mindset Decor Click here to follow my store. Please consider leaving a review. I greatly appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
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I really wanted to come up with a lesson related to the Titanic, because it is quite relevant right now. With the anniversary of the ships...
You know how you just love certain picture books and you read them year after year? I recently asked teachers on my Instagram and Facebook page what their #1 favorite K-2 read aloud was and some found it very hard to choose just one. I’ve compiled a list of teachers’ favorite books for you. You […]
When you think about baseline testing or beginning of the year testing, do you include listening skills? Back to school is a hectic time of the year. Adding one more thing to your to-do list may not be something you want to do. Once you see the impact listening skills have for your students' academics and behavior, you will be happy to add another thing to your to-do list. Do you have a "Listen Lizzie" in your class? Lizzie interrupts your reading group lesson to ask how to complete her center assignment. Lizzie does not line up at the end of recess. Transitions are difficult for Lizzie. Lizzie refuses to clean up when you ring your bell that it is time to cleanup. Lizzie often needs redirected during your lessons. Poor listening skills can sometimes be misinterpreted as willful or not making good choices. Some students' behavior and "choices" in the classroom will improve when you add listening activities to your lessons. It is helpful to schedule a conference at the beginning of the year when you have a "Listen Lizzie". Frequent ear infections during the toddler years is common with the "Listen Lizzie" student. If you've ever had an ear infection, you know that it can affect your hearing. An ear infection is similar to hearing with your head underwater. You can hear noise, but not the actual words. You may turn towards who is speaking, but not know the meaning of the words. You may even look for gestures or other body language to help you. --Please note, this is my personal theory and observations. Children learn to follow multi-step directions in the toddler years. Toddlers with frequent ear infections do not develop these important skills. A parent with more than one child may notice a difference in their child's listening skills, but not always. Parents may not realize the impact of listening skills until their child is bringing home notes and/or a teacher requests a conference. There are activities your student's parent can do to help your "Listen Lizzie". Parent Tips: Before giving your child directions, ask him/her to look at you. Say the direction(s) in short, simple sentences. Tell your child to repeat the direction before he/she begins. You will begin by giving one-step directions. Example "Lizzie, bring me your take-home reader." Once your child is successful following one-step directions over an extended time period, add another step. Continue adding steps when your child shows improvement. Remember, this is a skill. Like any skill, your child will need to practice. Think of at least one tangible, measurable thing you can ask your child to do each day. Then ask your child to do it. Example: Set the table One step direction: Lizzie, please put these plates on the table. Two step directions: Lizzie, please put these plates on the table. Then put the forks on the table. Three step directions: Lizzie, please put these plates on the table. Then put the forks on the table. Last, take the salt and pepper shakers to the table. There are activities you can do with your class that will help your "Listen Lizzie" plus strengthen all of your students' listening skills. Listen & Draw - FREE lesson All Listen & Draw Lessons Listen and Draw is a 20-30 minute whole group lesson that you can use to test and strengthen your students' listening abilities. The only supplies needed are the worksheet, a pencil, and crayons. You will read the directions telling students what to draw, one step at a time. You will read the directions 2 times before you go to the next step. Students need to listen closely to what you are saying so they will know what to draw. Students who do not listen closely will not have that part of the drawing in their picture. After listening to your directions, your class will write a sentence(s) about the picture. This is also a good writing sample to show growth throughout the year. Recommendations: Beginning of the Year: Give your class Listen & Draw lesson. Save this lesson for their portfolio to show parents at conference time. Show Growth: At least once a month give your class a Listen & Draw lesson. Hopefully, you will see growth in their listening skills and writing skills. Conferences: If listening skills are an issue, share the Listen & Draw lessons with your students' parents. R.T.I.: You can also use these for R.T.I. Sub Plans & Inside Recess: Use these for inside recess and your sub plans. You and your sub will appreciate how your class is quiet for this lesson. Read stories about listening. Ask your librarian if your school has the books below. You will be happy to see that it is easier for your students to learn when they are good listeners! Listen & Learn Listen Buddy Howard B. Wigglebottom: Learns to Listen Sources to make my blog post graphics can be found HERE. Click HERE to read my blog's disclosure statement.
Here are some developmental writing rubrics and standards or expectations-based rubrics for kindergarten teachers.
We're All Wonders is an amazing story to celebrate the differences we all have. Grab the mini-book FREEBIE to extend the book!
Does your school use NWEA MAP testing to assess student growth? This is a HUGE set of test prep practice cards aligned with the Primary Math test. This MEGA set of math task cards feature concepts aligned with the learning continuum and RIT bands used by NWEA. Print out half-page cards OR full page to use as worksheets. Click here for the BIGGEST savings! K-1 Test Prep BUNDLE Use this pack of half-page task cards to support all first grade students, as well as provide rigorous practice for kindergarten and intervention skills for second grade. These black and white (for easy printing) cards can be used in the following ways: Activating prior knowledge before a lesson Check for understanding during guided practice “Show what they know!" exit cards (our favorite!) Divide the 542 cards onto several book rings to make the learning portable! I printed the packet once and created multiple learning sets organized by RIT band. These half-pages would also work with daily math journals and/or early finishers! How do these math task cards help with test prep? I created these cards after observing a specific need with my own students: many children KNEW the math concepts, yet were confused by the LANGUAGE of the test. Their results were often a reflection of their language skills, rather than their math knowledge. By practicing with these cards, they learned important skills such as listening for key words and understanding what the question was asking. Please Note: The RIT bands included in this set of math cards are 131-190+ - the majority of the cards fall between 140-170. Answer Key included! The preview provides more information and a closer look at the materials. Please follow my store to stay up to date on my newest products! Copyright © Positively Learning. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. See product file for clip-art and font credits.
This unit includes: *Full lesson plans (1 week) *Standards for Kindergarten and First Grade *Activities to include geography, a self awareness of self in community and neighborhood, self awareness of self in the world, awareness of world view from above, creative writing, and more *Teacher Resources *Photo examples *Differentiated *Hands on and engaging
A collection of differentiated story writing ideas, tips and free templates to encourage and support emergent writers in the primary classroom.
Direct Instruction Vocabulary Building Cards These vocabulary building cards were designed for early primary general education students and ELL newcomers in grades K-5. The direct instruction method is used with these cards to facilitate learning the English language. The DI method uses a detailed repetitive script to teach vocabulary. This method coupled with sheltered instruction experiences (in the content areas of science and social studies) is a powerful combination for language acquisition lessons. Each vocabulary card has a complimenting script for you to photo copy on the back of the card. These cards can be used by a teacher in a whole group lesson or with individual students with a paraprofessional. The script attends to the correct use of pronouns and plurals. Extension questions are provided for opportunities to build vocabulary , grammar and conversational English. These cards can be used with an English peer buddy. In the upper primary setting, a general education fourth or fifth grader can use the script to buddy teach a newcomer student. There are twenty cards in this set. This set can also be found in this beautifully designed vocabulary development kit: Vocabulary Development Kit Set 2ESL Newcomers Vocabulary/Conversation Development Kit
Let's chat about literacy today. Specifically, let's talk about retelling! Retelling is one of the first reading skills I focus on with my students. We
Hello Everyone! Just a quick post tonight. This is one pooped teacher! These looooong short weeks are pretty crazy! But I did want to sh...
fallingfordeals2 This primary kit is designed to help students recognize, express, understand and manage feelings all in kid friendly language, combining visuals and activities. Appropiate for use in Daycare, Preschool, Kindergarten and First grade. This can be implemented in whole group, small group, individually or as a center. What's inside: How do I feel color poster. Mood meter. Have students identify their own feelings and show them on the chart. How do you feel, little monster? Booklet B&W and activity sheet. How do you feel when... Writing Prompts. Play Dough mats. Daily behavior tracker desk plates (color and B&W). How do I feel? Feeling cards ***************************************************************************** Other products related: Classroom JOBS Monster Theme Monsters symmetry NO PREP ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: laminate the cards for durability and you will have a fantastic resource forever! How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. 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. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. *****************************************************************************
