This writing prompt printable is great to leave when you have a substitute. I leave it on a day that I don't tell my students I will be absent because the prompt is all about "Our Teacher is Missing." This printable includes the prompt and a graphic organizer for prewriting. ...

I've just added a new resource for teaching Question Words to my shop! A total of 9 posters (8.5 x 11). These colorful posters can be used as a reference tool or visual reminder when teaching question words. ★ What? ★ Who? ★ Where? ★ When? ★ Which? ★ Why? ★ How? ★ How much? ★ How many? This resource also contains: ★ A Student Handout ★ A Boardgame (Color and B&W) ★ 3 Worksheets (cycle 3 students) (Answer key included) I created a Question Words Game (two versions - 30 cards for each version) perfect for cycle three students. The game rules are the same as ''I have...Who has?'' Here is another card game... I bought these dice at Éditions de l'Envolée: www.envolee.com

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A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable. Here are strategies to help students ask great questions.

These two barline worksheets give music students some practice understanding basic time signatures so they can comprehend rhythm structure better.

The English File fourth edition Students Book is packed full of interesting content to keep students of all levels talking. Online Practice gives students the opportunity to practise and develop their language and skills or catch up on a class they have missed.

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Wood doesn't just chop itself! This construction worker is missing one of his important tools. See if your preschooler can figure out which one it is!

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Miss and Lose! Do you know the difference between miss and lose?

Create exciting and engaging anchor charts with these ideas for math posters. Whether you are looking for place value anchor charts or...

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Marilina is on a school trip to London (she is Italian). The students read the postcard and answer the questions. Thank you to Zailda for the template. If you have never tried Yorkshire pudding, have some and eat it with beef gravy;-) - ESL worksheets

If you have followed the discussion over the past years about "21st Century Skills" or have been on this planet long enough, you know that the ability to work with others is just as important as any "content" knowledge that we, as teachers, can provide. That being said, working "cooperatively" is NOT natural for all people, especially young children, and we have to make sure we are thoughtful about how we help students learn this valuable skill. Today I thought I'd share three key things to keep in mind--and then offer a few suggestions to get your brain thinking about ways to incorporate more learning partnerships in YOUR classroom! Partnerships are the perfect "starting point" for cooperative work! Think about how difficult it is for us, as adults, to get 4 or 5 of us to agree and be productive! Young students simply haven't been around long enough to know how to do that "delicate dance" of sharing, contributing, listening, and more. Learning how to actively listen is easier with just one other person. Sharing with just one person is so much easier for student who are more shy--and it's easier to have a back and forth conversation than try to balance several people. As students become accustomed to working with pairs, then it becomes easier to add people to the group. When forming partnerships, be mindful of your students' feelings. Be careful about the "find a partner" direction--because that is SO difficult for so many students. Whether they be shy, slower thinkers, worried about other students' feelings--asking students to form partners on the fly is often a tricky situation. Think about those who struggle finding partners and make sure everything is safe for them. Ideas? Use a "people picker" like popsicle sticks or index cards. Premake partnerships whenever possible (in addition to avoiding popularity contests, this allows you to encourage students to work with MANY other students, not just best friends). If you DO have students pick partners at times, consider a disclaimer, "If you don't find a partner in 15 seconds, come to me." so you can quickly help pair off those last few students. My students get very used to working with EVERYONE in the class (males, females, tall, small, etc) and they actually REQUEST me to pick popsicle sticks to take the partnering process out of their hands. We need to explicitly TEACH partnering skills Before I ask my students to work in partners, we have a number of discussions where we talk about what partnering LOOKS like, SOUNDS like, and WHY working in partnerships is beneficial. Together we made a list that we continue to refer to as we refine our partnering skills. The students did a pretty good job, I thought! Consider making a similar list with your students to make sure they understand that partnering isn't always easy--but it's worth it! As students start to work in pairs, you may need to stop and review some of these...and your students may come up with different ideas as well. Students need to realize that partnering isn't easy--and they will have to work at it! For some students, understanding that "balanced power" means that BOTH people have to share and both people have to listen is key--they can all relate to times they have had someone try to take over a group...and trying to work with someone who is NOT engaged or on task. So when should I use partnerships? All day long! Think about all the different ways that "Two heads" might be better than one...try some of these! Creating a climate where students work peacefully together will help increase engagement, improve learning, and increase the amount of academic discourse in your classroom. Another added bonus? As students work well TOGETHER, you are free to circulate, coach, and get a better sense of what is happening with your students' learning. Buddy reading Whether your students read with younger students or with others in your class, learning to read so others can hear, taking turns, staying on task, and using an appropriate voice level are all easy to practice with buddy reading. Try making copies of a fun poem for students to experiment with--or have them partner read an article. If you really want to dig in, have students read a novel as partners where they have discussions and buddy reading over an extended period of time. They can even complete a culminating project together! Checking for accuracy One of the first "partner routines" my students learn as we start the school year is "check for accuracy". I start this with basic math problems, math homework, and other tasks--where students work alone, then compare answers with a partner. We then practice how to handle when answers are different...and learn how to re-solve the problem together to see who was wrong and how to "fix up" any mistakes together. This really helps create a climate for collaboration, not competition and is a great way for students to check homework, to check over practice work, or to test the spelling of a tricky word! "Turn and Talk" One of the classic partner activities...and a GREAT way to get all students involved in discussions--turn and talk is a way for students to participate more frequently. This DOES need to be explicitly taught as well. If you simply say, "Turn and talk to a partner", you can sit back and watch certain students immediately turning to a best friend, other students sitting back and waiting to be asked (often ending up sitting silent)--and this doesn't lead to productive talk. Teach students to turn and talk by first checking around them to "include" students (may mean creating a trio!) and to make sure that each partner has a chance to share their ideas. This is a great way to get everyone talking--especially when asking questions ALL students should have access to. Not all students will know the answer to all math problems...but everyone should be able to answer questions related to opinions...to read alouds ("What do you think Ally should do next?")...or other easily accessible ideas. Math games Math games are a fun and easy way to teach the give and take of partnering. When students struggle, you can sit with them and coach the fair play and sportsmanship...but with games, the turn taking part is more automatic and students can work on some of the other factors such as voice level, on task behavior, using supplies wisely and more. This is one of the games in one of my "Partner Play" resources! Partner journals One thing my students enjoy once in a while is what I call "partner journals". You can do a lot of different things with this--but essentially in involves "sharing a notebook" to reflect back and forth on a read aloud, an article, a math problem--anything. Check out THIS POST for more information. It is a great way for students to realize that they write so that others can understand--and if they don't, communication breaks down. Try it and see! Challenge problems Putting students in situations where they need to solve difficult problems can be a great way for partners to learn how to make suggestions, listen to ideas, and politely disagree. When the answer isn't immediately obvious, it becomes clear that "two heads can be better than one"...and students can take their learning to higher levels. What about when students WANT to work alone? This is when coaching might be important...students need to see that other students might have great ideas, might help them find errors in their own thinking--and can make the entire process more fun! My students did a great job partnering on this back to school shopping challenge! These algebra thinking cards were MUCH easier when partners started working together! The math discussions they had were fantastic--and they found lots of misconceptions and mistakes they were making as they worked! My favorite quote? "I knew I could never do math this hard by myself!" And so much more! These are just a few suggestions to get your students working in pairs--but there are so many more! Keep stressing how important collaboration is--and how it takes practice to get good at it...but when we ARE good at it, working together can be so much fun! Follow me on... Facebook Pinterest Instagram @Fourthgradestudio Twitter @FourthGrStudio Periscope @ FourthGrStudio Teachers Pay Teachers Store Blog

A set of 13 Measurement Posters that come in 2 versions. Each poster defines the type of Measurement and provides examples. Posters include: 1. Perimeter 2. Area 3. Capacity 4. Mass 5. Temperature 6. Liter/Litre 7. Gram 8. Kilogram 9. Centimeter/Centimetre 10. Kilometer/Kilometre The posters come in both US and British Spelling versions. Like these? They match perfectly with Measurement Posters - Coverting Units Related Products Measurement Posters - Types of Measurement Measurement Posters - Coverting Units Measurement Posters Area and Perimeter Posters Math Vocabulary Posters Units of Time Posters Types of Angles and Lines Posters Always know about Freebies, Sales and New Products! ★Follow Me★ * TFMD Facebook * TFMD Instagram * TFMD Pinterest * TFMD Blog Types # Converting # Measurement # Math Posters # Measurement Posters # Area # Capacity # Length # Mass # Area # Perimeter # Capacity # Math Wall # Measurement # Vocabulary # Math

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I am incorporating many of the amazing ideas that I have come across on Pinterest and this is one of them. It's a missing assignment form, which you have students turn in when they do not have an assignment. I thought it would make it much easier to keep track of those who did not do something versus those who are absent. So here it is!

Help your students avoid the STUCK feeling when writing about their reading! Reading responses do NOT have to be challenging when you can use sentence stems to get your students started.  These reading response posters are great as a wall display, a reference ring, or for your students’ interactive notebooks.  Each chart gives students multiple ways to begin their written responses to eliminate starting each response the same way. These charts will also assist all students (general education, special education, and ESL) with orally responding. This resource will help differentiate your students’ needs and will have your students feeling a lot less overwhelmed when responding to texts.  Here's what you'll get: 2 Different Size Options Color Accents AND Black and White Options 80+ Sentence Starters 12 Chart Categories to include: My Prior Knowledge Asking Questions Making Predictions Summarizing Visualizing Making Connections Inferring Characters Evaluating Text Monitoring & Clarifying Author’s Craft Reflection Your students will feel empowered with these charts as they realize they CAN respond to their reading. These stems will give your students the small boost they need to accurately show YOU their comprehension and mastery of reading skills & reading strategies. These are also great to use as a differentiation tool to give help to readers who feel stuck and do not know where to start.  Prep is so simple... Just print the size you need and go!  Ways to Use: Whole group discussion stems Interactive reading notebooks Guided reading (written response or discussion stems) In a picture frame at your guided reading table On binder rings (portable use) On your classroom wall (large anchor charts) TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jennifer Ellsworth. says, "This resource helps students of all reading, writing, and speaking levels feel more confident when answering text-based questions. I use it often in both whole and small-group instruction." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nadia B. says, "These sentence stems are perfect to help my students with writing written responses.  They are stuck with how to begin. I printed the small versions and we put them inside the plastic protectors for collection cards." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meridy W. says, "This resource was helpful as a reference tool for my students as they learn to write essays and recall information from their independent reading books. Thank you!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tammika T. says, "This is a great resource for providing additional instructional support during the ELA block. I use this product with small groups to help structure their writing incrementally. The organizer is a great anchor for students to refer back to in their Seed Notebooks as they continue to work independently to strengthen their writing abilities and produce high-quality work." You may also like… → Reading Trifolds → Reading Strategies Charts → Reading Graphic Organizers → Reading Response Stem Cards (Set 1 + 2) Copyright © The Literacy Dive. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

I absolutely love this post from great maths teaching ideas for a trigonometry-pile-up. However, I don't teach trigonometry in my 8th grade math classes but I do teach Pythagorean Theorem. I decided to make triangle stacks that cover this topic. The first unit for my Algebra students is Pythagorean Theorem. It isn't a topic we usually cover in Algebra but the students are eighth graders and they will be tested on this material so we will cover it at the beginning of the year. Toward the end of the school year I will use this activity with my Pre-Algebra students as well. Silly students, don't look for answers here. You will not find them as I don't post answers that can be copied. (The diagram is definitely not to scale.) The correct worksheet is the downloaded copy. It has the corrections. Sorry for the confusion. I need to update that picture one of these days. All of the answers are integers so I may use this in conjunction with the Pythagorean Triple lessons that I will be doing with the students. Students will place numbers in each of the triangles starting at the bottom so it will be easy to follow their work. They willstart at the bottom of the puzzle to find answers and work their way up to the top triangle to find the missing side. I plan to have the students place this in their interactive notebooks. I can't tell you how many times I made this diagram. I thought it was perfect until the area where the green, blue, yellow and purple triangles intersect. I was 1 cm off, Yikes! So I adjusted the picture and hope you understand what it means. All in all I am very pleased with how it turned out. It will be interesting to see how it works with the two different groups of students. My concern is that it will be too easy for the Algebra kids but too hard for many of the Pre-Algebra kids. I'll let you know. Click here to download the Pythagorean Stacks worksheet. Hope you all are enjoying your summer! School starts in one month for us. Too much planning to do and so little time. UGH! Til next time, Jan

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Some people might think I am crazy, but I just love anchor charts. I think it is the elementary teacher trapped in me. It is rare that we d...

Some people might think I am crazy, but I just love anchor charts. I think it is the elementary teacher trapped in me. It is rare that we d...

Fill-in notes to introduce students to the basic vocabulary associated with plotting points and graphing on the coordinate plane.

This was a collaborative project I did with one of the Science teachers at my school. He was teaching his kids about food chains and wa...

This is the second part of a mini series about songs for teaching parts of speech. If you missed the first post about nouns and verbs, you can find it here. Click on any picture

This worksheet gives learners of English the practice they need to correctly use and apply wh-question words. The answer gives a good hint to which word to use to fill in the blank. - ESL worksheets

Making Essential Questions ESSENTIAL (and why your curriculum feels clunky) **If you’re new to the world of essential questions, I highly recommend you do a bit more background reading before continuing on with this post. Check out Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe to start

Using visual content marketing as part of your content marketing toolkit is a must. Visual images capture attention more than anything else.

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Phonics fluency notebooks are one of my favorite literacy activities for teaching students to read with fluency and comprehension. I...

Here you will find our selection of Subtraction Facts Worksheets to help your child learn their subtraction facts up to 20.

Happy Manic Monday! I'm linking up to share this math freebie I'll be using all week with my firsties: A page of number sente...