This worksheet can be laminated and reused each day or packets can be made for calendar math. I have organized many math activities and skills for your students to master including number of the day, telling time, money and more! This would work well for lower grades, especially since it is neatly o...
Handwriting can be a topic that gets skipped over in lower grade classrooms, but is an essential learning experience! Here are ways to help!
Wondering what grammar skills to teach to your Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students? I’ve got you covered! In this “grammar skills by grade level” post, I’m listing out skills to teach in each grade level, K-2! Where did this list come from? Well, it reflects the Common Core Standards — but also what […]
This choice board includes 9 activities perfect for grades 3-5 vocabulary practice.
“We are seeing attention waver and interest plummet — especially in already-missed lesson content, which makes it difficult to complete assignments, homework, and tests. This, in turn, creates a greater number of missed assignments, decreased motivation, and lower grades — all resulting in a vicious cycle of anxiety, stress, and even school refusal that is difficult to resolve.”
Breaking apart an addend is a mental math strategy for addition. Some students may find this method more efficient than left-to-right addition. This strategy involves breaking up one addend in an equation into more manageable parts.
We all have students who struggle and require differentiated activities in order to access grade-level concepts, but how many of you put the same attention into differentiating for your stronger students? Here are some suggestions for how you can differentiate activities for your high achievers. #differentiatedlearning #differentiate #differentiatedinstruction #teaching #highachievers
100% EditablePrint for paper/pencil practice or share digitally through Google Slides or Google Classroom. Directions on how to use the Peardeck extension to allow students to draw/write on the slides are included.This product includes 40 weeks of math spiral review questions.Every third grade math...
Just started teaching first grade or are you a veteran but need some new tips? This is the place for you! Advice straight from first grade!
Readability: Uppercase and lowercase letters have distinct shapes that aid in reading and comprehension. The combination of both uppercase and lowercase letters helps break up the text visually, making it easier to distinguish individual words and letters.
Anytime I find myself feeling disorganized, my stress level rises and when my stress level rises my effectiveness in the classroom falls. While teaching will never be a stress-free job, I was able …
Self-Assessment Anchor Chart This simple rating system allows even the youngest students easily learn to think about and assess their own learning. Here’s how I use it in my classroom: At the beginning of each lesson, we read the goal (learning target) for the lesson together. For instance, during math the goal might be: I can find 2 numbers that add up to 10. At the end of the lesson, I reread the goal and ask students to rate how well they are able to do that by holding up the corresponding number of fingers. Most of the time, students’ self-assessments match the assessments I made of them based on teacher observation during the lesson. I hope this tool will help your students to become aware of their own progress. ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** 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. ☺ *****************************************************************************
If Not the Algorithm, Then What? The summer before my school was implementing Common Core math standards, we all attended a 3-day training. In 2nd grade we tackle "regrouping" (or borrowing and carrying) in addition
This packet of worksheets is great for engaging learning, as review or to support a lesson in any of the areas because it uses the image of crewmates from the beloved game Among Us. It is sure to grab students attention and ignite their excitement. This packet includes a 100s chart mystery numbers, ...
This checklist lists all second grade high frequency words for second grade in the Open Court Reading Series. Use to pretest and/or benchmark test throughout the year. Can be used as enrichment for lower grades or remediation for higher grades.
This packet of worksheets is great for engaging learning, as review or to support a lesson in any of the areas because it uses the image of crewmates from the beloved game Among Us. It is sure to grab students attention and ignite their excitement. This packet includes a 100s chart mystery numbers, ...
I talk quite a bit about classroom management on my blog. I have to be honest here. I have tried so many different things. I have tried the clip chart, I have tried check marks, I have tried the “flip the card”. NONE of them work for me. The book Dream Class really changed my thoughts on...
K5 Learning provides a checklist of how to prepare for a test.
How do you teach kids to draw at school? It's an important task for teachers to include. Read about the stages and what to abilities to expect for each grade level, & tips to help kids learn to draw.
Before you begin your handwriting lesson, make sure your child and his paper are positioned properly - Back straight, Shoulders relaxed, Feet on floor, and Paper slightly slanted -bottom left corner pointing at you. Encourage
Today I'm linking up with Miss V's Busy Bees to talk about assessment! Have you had this experience during math: "Everybody tell me what the answer to the problem is.." "Seventeen!" You think: Wow! My
Welcome, friends! This is the last installment of my series on vocabulary instruction, and it's all about the A-word. Yep. Assessment. Were you thinking I'd say something different? 😳 All joking aside, this part of your flow of vocabulary instruction is juuuuuust as important as any other part, even though it can sometimes feel like a pain to tackle. I'm sure you assess your kids' vocabulary learning. And if you're like (the old) me, you probably have students complete some kind of fill-in-the-blank, matching, define-the-word-and-use-it-in-a-sentence type of test to see whether the learning 'stuck,' right? Seems to make sense. If you have a vocabulary curriculum or component in your ELA set, there might even be a set or ready-made quizzes you can use. Quick and easy. Score and grade. Done. ✔️ So simple, buuuuttt, maybe it's a little too simple. The thing is, traditional vocabulary assessments aren't really telling us that much about the actual mastery of the word. Mastering those kinds of tests is really about a child's memorization skills, isn't it? Sure, they can get all of those things right on the test this week, but what about when it comes to using it in their writing next week. We've got to get past providing quizzes that require short-term memorization and move into assessment activities that require more critical thinking and creative use of the words. But, how, right? Well, I have three ideas to present to you (though I'm POSITIVE there are more). *If you have any other great ideas you think I should add, PLEASE leave a comment or send me an email. I'd be happy to expand on this list with your great ideas!* Complete the Clause One way to up the critical and creative thinking factor on vocab assessments is to create a clause/sentence with the vocabulary word italicized. Instead of ending the sentence with a period, end it with a semicolon and have students write the second clause so that it explains the italicized word. Upper-grade example: You write: The hikers ascended as quickly as possible to the summit of the mountain ahead of the deluge; Students write the next clause: the extreme rainfall would have made it very dangerous for them to continue. Lower-grade example: You write: Campers at the park finished the shelter just in time; Students write: now they will be protected from the wind and rain. Since this is a fairly complex thinking task, using only 4-6 words is probably the best idea. Is that right? This time, you will write different complete sentences with the vocabulary words italicized. Sometimes the sentences should use the word incorrectly, and sometimes they should use the word the right way. Students need to decide whether the italicized word is being used correctly or not and justify their response with an explanation. Modified Cloze Vocabulary words are written into a passage, then deleted and left in a word bank. Students choose words from the bank to complete the sentences, using context clues for assistance. Simple enough, right? How does this fit into a differentiated classroom-- will I have to create 30 different tests? The short answer is not really! You should be able to create one test for each list of words provided to the students in your class. If you've given your class three or four different lists of words, yes, you'll need to create a three or four different tests. But you really only need to choose the most important 4-6 words from each list and test on those. It's more work initially, but once they're created you can reuse them for years to come! A Trick to Make it Easier One fun (and potentially time-saving) way that you can put a twist on these assessments is to allow students to submit their own clauses, sentences, or passages to be used for the assessments. You can choose from the submissions and use those for the quiz. Of course, students will need lots of practice writing the passages, sentences, and clauses to be meaningful, but this provides students with a big motivator and an authentic audience for writing, so it seems like a win-win to me! One Note of Caution: As with anything new in your classroom routine, children should have plenty of opportunities for practice and be witness to lots and lots of modeling for these vocab strategies. You should feel confident by the time they are completing these activities on their own that students are truly showing their vocabulary learning and not getting hung up on directions or task complexity. Before you go... If you haven't already, be sure to stop and check out my other posts on pre-assessing vocabulary, instructional strategies, or learning activities, you can read them here (they're the first four posts on the page!). P.S. Creating fun and engaging (research-based) vocabulary activities is no small task. If you're ready to try something new but don't have the time to create them yourself, be sure to check out this resource. There are 36 unique and fun (and research-based) learning activities that students LOVE to complete. Click the picture if you're interested, and be SURE to go back to my last vocabulary post here to get a free sample of three of the activities to try for yourself before you invest. Sources: Strategies for Vocabulary Development by Dr. Kate Kinsella, Dr. Colleen Shea Stump, and Dr. Kevin Feldman Vocabulary: Five Common Misconceptions by Nancy Padak, Karen Bromley, Tim Rasinski and Evangeline Newton SaveSave
Multisensory teaching techniques, like using manipulatives, can be a big help for struggling math students. Here are 10 techniques you can try with your child.
Hang this anchor chart in your classroom and help remind your students what those questions are really asking them to do! Their are two files in this zip. One that is a JPEG to be able to be printed at any photo center as a poster 20x24 and a PDF to be printed smaller on a home printer. ...
This is a 20 question analogies worksheet. It is good for practice, review, or even as a quiz. Analogies range in difficulty. It was designed with 4th graders in mind, but can be used with lower grades or even upper grades. Answers may vary.•Answer key included !We appreciate your comments and ratin...
These straight-to-the-point second grade reference sheets will help students become independent learners and retain concepts. They can have them in their desks or in their homework folder. It includes very concise information they can refer to when needed. This is a great and very useful tool for second graders. You can ONLY edit the SIGHT WORDS section of this product. 8/25/2017 Update: By customer request I added a black and white version. You may want to check out the whole series: ✔️KINDERGARTEN HOMEWORK HELPER ✔️FIRST GRADE HOMEWORK HELPER ✔️THIRD GRADE HOMEWORK HELPER ✔️FOURTH GRADE MATH HELPER ✔️FOURTH GRADE WRITING HOMEWORK HELPER ✔️FIFTH GRADE MATH HOMEWORK HELPER ✔️SCIENCE HELPER 3-5 If you and a team of grade level teachers would like to use this resource, please purchase additional licenses on the resource purchase page. Failure to comply with these terms of use 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. ***************************************************************************** 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. ☺
Prefixes and suffixes in first grade? Kindergarten ? What?! I'm not sure who decided teaching them so early was the way to go but never fear...
Learn how to use decodable passages in guided reading in kindergarten and first grade. Then, use the FREE decodable passages to get started.
Subtraction can be tricky for elementary students. That is why I teach them the counting back strategy. This allows students to...
Even struggling readers should have opportunities to work in grade-level text! These strategies will help them be successful.
This Spelling & Word Work Pack is full of ready to print activities. These worksheet printables are great to use during literacy workshop, morning work, independent work time, center time, or even for homework. No matter what spelling or literacy program you have, you can use these activities with any word list! Here are some of the printables you will find in this pack: Rainbow Writing A Splash of Color Write it! Stamp it! ABC Order Lace A Word Spelling Words & Making Sentences Vowel Fun Consonants & Vowels Shopping for Spelling Words Lowercase/Uppercase Letters Magazine Fun Creative Story Fancy it Up! Bubble Letters Magnetic Fun Fun with Shaving Cream If you are looking for additional resources check them out below! Alphabet Practice Sheets A - Z Number Worksheets 1 - 20 ABC's & 123's Bundle Pack Cut & Paste Number Sorts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please don't miss out on any of my new discounts, freebies and products: Just look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower.
Students with learning disabilities often struggle to understand and use the appropriate vocabulary when expressing their ideas in all content areas, including mathematics. Using correct mathematical terms can seem like learning a new language! Students won't simply absorb newly taught math terms when presented throughout the lesson. Instead, the best approach is to introduce new vocabulary through explicit instruction, in the context of meaningful math examples. Students will construct meaning as the teacher repeatedly connects the term with the definition as they are engaging in mathematical investigations. Keep reading to learn some tips for increasing your students' understanding and use of math vocabulary.
If you are looking for comprehensive and kid-friendly no-prep 2nd grade language arts worksheets, you've come to the right place.
A clever classroom trick to help children learning to write inside lines
Hi Everyone! I am happy to announce that I am finished with conferences! My first year teaching first grade, I decided that in order ...
The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio for First Grade Mathematics is full of tools that you can use to teach and assess first grade Common Core mathematics skills to your class throughout the school year. This packet is a great way to help you organize your students' math notebooks, as well as your own. Included in this book: *Student Math Book Cover *Student Information Sheet *Student and Teacher Dividers *Student Common Core Checklists (written in language for the students) *Tab Dividers *Note pages (two versions) *"We are Learning" Posters - One for each of the 21 Common Core Math Standards *"I can" Posters - One for each of the 21 Common Core Math Standards *"We can" Posters - One for each of the 21 Common Core Math Standards *Math Common Core badges that you can award to your students *Math Common Core Completion Certificate *Teacher Math Book Cover *Math Common Core List (for teachers) *Teacher Common Core Checklist *Two Complete Assessment Tools *Answer Key to the Assessment Tools You will also find information throughout this book to help you implement this system in your classroom. If you ever need any assistance or have any questions about teaching the Common Core, I'd be happy to help! Please contact me at: [email protected]. For the Literacy and Writing version of this product for 1st grade, click here . For The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio - Kindergarten Math, click here . For The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio - Second Grade Math, click here . For The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio - Third Grade Math, click here . For The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio - Fourth Grade Math, click here . For The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio - Fifth Grade Math, click here . For The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio - Sixth Grade Math, click here . All artwork is original and was created by myself. Thanks for stopping by my store, Yvonne Crawford
