Tuesday, December 23, 2014

It's Almost Christmas!

Good Morning,

Well, I hope everyone is ready to enjoy an awesome Christmas! I have uploaded a new resource in reference to helping intervene with children who seem to have anger management challenges! I hope this can serve as a source of help to all!

Product Description:
These twelve slides can serve as an excellent training tool for a parent conference, small group parent workshop, or a larger scale Parent University activity. The content contained in the slides is material published by the ATTitude journal in regards to ADD and ADHD children, teenagers, and adults. Many, many parents are in need of such information. In the set of training slides, reference is noted to two books that parents might want to check out for further information. Specifically, there are ten anger management tips that might be used with your students and his/her parents! The slides are set up to be used as a great presentation and a springboard for further discussion.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Anger-Management-Training-Material-for-Kiddos-1615382

Friday, December 19, 2014

Gosh! It's Christmas Break!

Good Afternoon All,

I am so excited to be out for Christmas break and to slow down and savor the true meaning of Christmas! I can't help but take advantage of the fact that while I am out for awhile, I will be uploading resources like crazy! I hope you all enjoy! Try on this January Word Bank for size!

Product Description
This is an awesome list of one hundred fifty January words to use as a springboard for writing in January. These words will aid in narrative, informative, and argumentative writing as well as poetry! This sheet can be given to each student to place in his/her Writer’s Notebook! This is a tool that is sure to improve literacy skills of students! Have fun!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-Word-Bank-for-Writing-Essays-and-Poetry-1612729

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Great Resource Pack!!

Good Evening All Again LOL,

This is a great resource when working on students' writing ~ linking words and phrases! This is a great resource that can go above the whiteboard or on a bulletin board set! You don't want to miss!

Product Description:
This is an awesome packet of ten slides to help students with writing skills specifically linking words and phrases in their writing. This is the perfect resource for the language arts classroom when teaching the writing process. This resource can be placed above the white board as a reference tool or on a bulletin board.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Process-Linking-Words-and-Phrases-Resource-Mini-Posters-1594823

It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas...

Good Evening All,

The markets in Germany are full of hustle and bustle for the Christmas season!
I have had a great Saturday creating an informative text article about the Christmas traditions in Germany! If you and your students are studying several of the different countries around the world and their Christmas traditions, you will not want to miss this article to use with your students!

Product Description:
You are sure to engage your students with this informational text article entitled, "Will your shoes be filled with goodies or twigs?" This article is approximately 800 words long and includes text illustrations including captions with each. At the conclusion of the article, there is a formative quiz with nine different questions including multiple choice questions, open-ended questions, and performances-based scenarios. If you and your class are engaged in a study of Christmas Around the World, you will not want to miss this article!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Article-A-German-Christmas-1597181

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Gosh! It's Been A Few Days...

Good Evening All!

It is great to be back bloggin' again... Our school got out for Thanksgiving and we were off to Disney World and did not get back until this past weekend, and of course, I needed a few days just to catch my breath! I know that you all can relate! Nevertheless, I have uploaded a few products that I did not place the link to the blog so I wanted to make sure that you all knew about these awesome teaching materials... stay tuned for product descriptions and links! Christmas is here so I hope that you can use of few of these seasonal resources! I am most excited about each of these resources from an informational text of Christmas Down Under to Opinion/Persuasion/Argumentative Writing in Regards to the Type of Christmas Tree One Should Have! The children will love these engaging activities! 

Product Description: 
If you are implementing a study of the different traditions of Christmas Around the World, this informational text article is for you! This article is approximately 800 words long and gives information in regards to Christmas traditions in Australia complete with dinner menus, decorations, and favorite pastimes. Additionally, the articles contains several illustrations complete with captions that compliment the text. At the conclusion of the article, there is a formative quiz complete with multiple choice questions as well as open-ended questions regarding the article. The last question is a performance based question where students will create a dinner menu for twenty-five guests based on relevant information in the article. Your students are sure to enjoy this study of Australia!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Article-Christmas-Down-Under-A-Favorite-Time-of-the-Year-1586826

Product Description:
In this training and support packet of materials, you will find a powerpoint presentation that can be used for a professional learning community session, a focused faculty meeting, and/or a professional development session. There are a total of fourteen slides which encourage teachers to shift students into "high gear" thinking. The slides focus on the point that as long as students are involved in only memory and recall then they have trouble with "low gear" thinking! The point is made to involve students in "high gear" engaging activities, and they will grasp and retain much more than when asked to simply recall. This training presentation is a "jumping off point" into constructing/creating engaging teaching and learning activities!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/PLC-Training-Making-the-Grade-How-to-Energize-Learning-1570403

Product Description:
This is an awesome packet to utilize to teach opinion writing in grades, three, four, and five. This packet contains seven different sources which all have critical information in trying to formulate an opinion in whether one should buy an artificial tree or a real tree during this Christmas season. Five of the sources are articles from the web and include the following titles: (1) Real of Plastic: Many Consumers Will Be Asking Themselves That Question This Season; (2) It’s Environmentally and Traditionally Wrong to Buy and Use Plastic Products to Celebrate Christmas… Here’s Why?; (3) Dear Earth Talk: What’s Better for the Environment, a Fake or Real Christmas Tree?; (4) Buy a Real Christmas Tree and Support Our Economy?; and (5) Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees: Which is Better for the Environment? Next, there are two other sources which are graphs/charts and include: (1) China Tops in Fake Christmas Trees and (2) Tree Purchases (in millions). Students can critically read each of these sources to help them formulate an opinion. Upon much discussion and examination of each of the seven sources, students then can complete one of the two graphic organizers provided to frame their opinion writing. Both organizers allow the students to provide an opinion based on what they have read. Additionally, they are asked to give reasons and evidence for their opinion. These organizers pave the way for the writing of the opinion piece asked for in CCSS:
(W.3.a,b,c,d) (W.4.a,b,c,d) and (W.5.a,b,c,d).


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Opinion-Writing-Should-We-Purchase-an-Artificial-or-a-Real-Tree-this-Christmas-1564256

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Informational Text Article... The Beautiful Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree!

Another upload tonight... your students are sure to enjoy!

Product Description:
Your students are absolutely sure to be engaged in this informational text! This is an informative article written about the lighting of the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City. This article is approximately 934 words long complete with a couple of illustrations to match the text. At the conclusion of the text, there is a formative assessment that consists of an eight question quiz to include questions on vocabulary, comprehension, sequencing, context clues, inferring, etc. This text is sure to engage a room full of readers! A great read for your students!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Article-The-Famous-Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-1566461

Opinion Writing for Grades Three, Four, and Five.... Should I Buy An Artificial Tree or a Real One?

Good Evening All,

I am so excited about this upload... it is my hundredth upload and there will be plenty more to come! In this particular upload, students are sure to enjoy researching what should be the appropriate purchase... an artificial tree or a real tree for this Christmas season. Your students will love completing this learning endeavor!

Product Description:
This is an awesome packet to utilize to teach opinion writing in grades, three, four, and five. This packet contains seven different sources which all have critical information in trying to formulate an opinion in whether one should buy an artificial tree or a real tree during this Christmas season. Five of the sources are articles from the web and include the following titles: (1) Real of Plastic: Many Consumers Will Be Asking Themselves That Question This Season; (2) It’s Environmentally and Traditionally Wrong to Buy and Use Plastic Products to Celebrate Christmas… Here’s Why?; (3) Dear Earth Talk: What’s Better for the Environment, a Fake or Real Christmas Tree?; (4) Buy a Real Christmas Tree and Support Our Economy?; and (5) Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees: Which is Better for the Environment? Next, there are two other sources which are graphs/charts and include: (1) China Tops in Fake Christmas Trees and (2) Tree Purchases (in millions). Students can critically read each of these sources to help them formulate an opinion. Upon much discussion and examination of each of the seven sources, students then can complete one of the two graphic organizers provided to frame their opinion writing. Both organizers allow the students to provide an opinion based on what they have read. Additionally, they are asked to give reasons and evidence for their opinion. These organizers pave the way for the writing of the opinion piece asked for in CCSS:
(W.3.a,b,c,d) (W.4.a,b,c,d) and (W.5.a,b,c,d).


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Opinion-Writing-Should-We-Purchase-an-Artificial-or-a-Real-Tree-this-Christmas-1564256

Saturday, November 15, 2014

And Now for the Fruits!

Now I am adding the fruits... have a great weekend!

Product Description:
In this packet, you will find a colorful set of mini-posters to illustrate twenty popular fruits. As young children are learning each fruit, use these mini-posters to illustrate to students what the fruit looks like. This is a great set of mini-posters to post in the classroom above the whiteboard! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Fruit-Group-Mini-Posters-for-Teaching-1559825

Happy Saturday! Vegetable Group Mini-Posters...

Well the ballgames are on... and are they on ever! Alan is an avid MSU fan so I guess you all know which game we are watching!!! So, while we are "just sitting here...." I decided to create a set of mini-posters for preschool, kindergarten, first, and second grade students. This is a set of approximately twenty posters that are super colorful and labeled that depict twenty popular vegetables. This is a great resource for science and health lessons on the different food groups!

Product Description:

In this packet, you will find approximately twenty posters each illustrating a different vegetable. These posters are perfect for posting above the whiteboard while teaching a science and/or health unit on vegetables! Each mini-poster is very colorful and is labeled.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Vegetable-Group-Mini-Posters-for-Teaching-1559347

Friday, November 14, 2014

TGIF! I Just Can't Help It...Starting to Work on Activities With a Christmas Theme!

Good Evening All,

Prior to heading to an engagement party, I thought I would add a December word bank for writing! You can expect to find 100 words that have something to do with the wonderful holiday season! Yo don't want to miss this... see the product description below!

Product Description:
This is an awesome list of one hundred December words to use as a springboard for writing in December. These words will aid in narrative, informative, and argumentative writing as well as poetry! This sheet can be given to each student to place in his/her Writer’s Notebook!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/December-Word-Bank-for-Writing-Essays-and-Poetry-1557959

Thursday, November 13, 2014

November Word Bank! Polish Up Your November Writing!

Good Evening All,

Here is a sheet for your students' Writer's Notebook! This sheet contains approximately 50-55 words that have something to do with November~ allow students to use this with their November writing assignments.

Product Description:
This is an awesome list of November words to use as a springboard for writing in November. These words will aid in narrative, informative, and argumentative writing as well as poetry! This word bank is comprehensive of the many words that come to mind during the month of November and are sure to get your students' creative juices flowing! There are approximately 50-55 words that spur your students' brains for all kinds of writing-- narrative, expository, argumentative, etc. Use this November word bank for writing, ABC order, poetry, etc. It's uses are only limited by your imagination!This sheet can be given to each student to place in his/her Writer’s Notebook!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/November-Word-Bank-for-Successful-Writing-Poetry-and-Writers-Notebook-1556279

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Yes or No? It's Your Choice!

Good Evening All,

Do any of you have students who seem to present more challenges than others? Use this communication tool as a strategy to use when challenging students simply do not want to follow directions. This is a great Tier II intervention to use!

Product Description:
In this packet, you will find an awesome classroom management tool for students who are oppositional and refuse to follow directions. Oftentimes, these students fall behind in their academic progress because of challenging behavior. This communication tool is to help increase the chances of these students having a positive response and follow the directions given! The first four pages are the tickets that challenging students can earn for “not wanting to do something but choosing to do it anyway!” The next set of four pages are the tickets that challenging students earn when they “choose to say NO!” This is a great Tier II and/ or Tier III intervention as well!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Yes-or-No-Its-Your-Choice-1554442

Christmas Poetry!

Good Evening All,

Our favorite time of the year is right around the corner... however, if your like me, I am certainly no where near ready! Tonight I have uploaded a set of mini-posters showcasing eight different types of poetry each with a beautiful Christmas backdrop! You will love using these in a literacy center, a writing center, bell-ringers, etc.

Product Description:
Show your students there is more than one way to express their words in poetry! In this packet, you will find eight mini posters each featuring a form of poetry to use when teaching each instructional format. Each poster also has an example of the type of poem explained. Students are sure to love writing these forms of poetry about their favorite topics. As well, this could be converted into a Christmas poetry unit utilizing the awesome Christmas scenes as springboards for brainstorming. Forms of poetry included are: limericks, diamantes, cinquains, haikus, couplets, acrostics, shapes, and free verse. 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Poetry-Express-Yourself-With-Eight-Different-Forms-of-Poetry-1554157

Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

Good Morning,

I have had a great weekend with all my boys! It's always great to get back home! While here this weekend, I have finished up with the first chapter of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay! All middle school students are sure to enjoy this novel! 

Product Description:
You will not want to miss this series of packets on the novel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, which of course, is coming to a theater near you on November 21st. In this first packet, you will find a character chart for each of the characters introduced in chapter one. The student must list several pieces of information as they connect deeper and deeper with each character. Also, there are potentially seventeen vocabulary words in this first chapter; therefore, there is a vocabulary template for each of the chosen vocabulary words. Finally, there is a comprehension sheet for this first chapter, which has twelve open-ended questions of a variety of different levels of thinking. This comprehension sheet might be used for a formative assessment/quiz at the end of each chapter.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Hunger-Games-Novel-Study-Chapter-One-1546339

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Almost Friday! Good Evening Friends!

Good Evening All,

I am super excited about this resource! What student doesn't like to learn using candy bars as a topic. In this packet are five templates all designed with a particular candy bar. These templates will definitely help conquer the first writing CCSS in regards to writing an opinion piece... these templates follow the exact pattern that the standard expects! I think your students are sure to enjoy and will definitely be engaged in this teaching and learning activity with opinion/argumentative writing!

Product Description: 
You will not want to miss this resource! In this packet you will find five different templates for opinion/argumentative writing. The templates are themed with candy bars to include: Snickers, Reeces, Almond Joy, Twix, and Butterfinger. Using the templates, students are able to form their opinion of one of the candy bars. Next, they give the first reason for their opinion. Then, they give an example. Next, they state their second reason for forming their opinion and give another example. Finally, they formulate a third reason for their opinion complete with an example. Then, finally, they are to write a final opinion statement. Students are sure to be completely engaged with such an awesome topic. What child does not like any of these chocolate bars… not to mention what teacher wouldn’t enjoy teaching opinion/argumentative writing with such a scrumptious topic.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Opinion-Argumentative-Writing-with-Chocolate-Candy-Bars-1541295

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Talking Tickets! Everyone Might Need These This Time of Year!

Good Evening All,

Well, it is that time of year... the time of the year when everyone is so excited about all the holidays! Sometimes, children are so excited that they can't stop talking or maybe they monopolize the conversation being held in the classroom to ignore learning. This is a product to hall manage just that! I hope you enjoy!

Product Description:
This packet is a great idea for classroom management! In this packet, you will find six sheets of “Your Turn To Talk Tickets!” Students might place two or three tickets at the top corners of their desk during a direct instruction activity. When a student has a turn to talk in response to the activity, after speaking that student can give you one of his/her tickets. When the student’s tickets are gone, he/she can not talk again until the activity is different. You can make many, many variations for these tickets! Additionally, there are six other pages of “You Owe Me” tickets. These tickets might be issued to students when they forget and interrupt instruction and other students’ learning. These tickets state that they will owe you time! These tickets suggest that time is taken in increments and not all at one time! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Talking-Tickets-1532282

Scarecrows, Haymen, and Bird Scarers... Happy November Everyone!

Good Afternoon All,

WOW! Fall is in the air for us in Central Mississippi! I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend and all of you are looking forward to a productive November. I know this season is such a time for Thanksgiving as well as everyone looking forward to the Christmas season. With that being said, I have uploaded a product loaded with writing activities you will not want to miss~ all along the central theme of scarecrows or so I have learned through my own investigation... hay man or bird scarers! I know all of the kiddos in second, third, fourth, and fifth graders are working on opinion/argumentative writing at our school so I have included something for this as well... hope you all enjoy!

Product Description:
This product is a collection of teaching and learning activities for grades second through fifth on the topic of scarecrows. What a better theme than scarecrows for fall learning! This unit includes scarecrow humor, poetry writing with scarecrows, opinion/argumentative writing, informative writing and sequencing in a "how to" piece of writing, designing and publishing a mini-book from "how-to" work to share with younger children orally, categorizing the history of scarecrows, conducting research skills with scarecrows to determine potential problems with the different designs, and reading and comprehending informational text passages in regards to the history of scarecrows! What an awesome fall learning experience for your students during this favorite time of the school year!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thematic-Unit-Scarecrows-Hayman-and-Bird-Scarers-1531504

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Another Classroom management Tool for Transitions!

Another upload tonight... this will be a great tool for kiddos with Asperger's Syndrome or on the Autism spectrum... enjoy!

Product Description:

When elementary students learn to follow directions, it begins a complimentary compliance with requests that improves their relationships with everyone! Young students sometimes have difficulty transitioning from one activity to another, especially students on the autism spectrum. Many times transitions causes anxiety or students just seem to be stuck and not be able to transition to the next task well. Because transitions can be difficult, use this packet of materials to help teach students how to transition effectively. This packet allows students to follow adults’ directions without whining, arguing, and/or complaining. In this packet is a set of visual, nonverbal signal cards that can serve as transition signals. These cards are very nonthreatening, non-obtrusive individualized approach to transitioning. A teacher can simply place a card on a student’s desk and walk away. Cards include “GO,” “slow down and breathe,” and “STOP!” Students are sure to respond to these cards and will receive an individualized warning that a transition time is approaching! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Smooth-Transitions-1524009

Tuesday Night Upload!

Good Evening All,

These last few days I have been working on some classroom management tools that everyone is sure to enjoy... check them out! 

Product Description:
Children are sure to love these reward menus for a job well done! In this packet, you will find three different types of reward menus for your students to choose from in being rewarded for doing a great job, doing the right thing, or meeting his/her target goal on a behavior contract! On each page are three reward menus to use with your students. Some of the menus relate more to younger children while some are specifically designed with older students in mind. Additionally, some rewards relate to academics while others relate to helping roles, praise, recognition, prizes, or recreation. You can’t go wrong using these with your students!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Reward-Menus-for-a-Job-Well-Done-1523790

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Reinforcement Menus for Response to Intervention!

Good Evening All,

Here is another product that I hope you all enjoy!

Product Description:

You are sure to love this product! This is a packet of six reinforcement menus with a fall candy corn background to serve as a reward for great behavior. Oftentimes, in terms of universal screening for behavior, there are students who need more reinforcement than others. This product is ideal for those students who are on Tier II for behavior as well as those students who just need that extra “booster shot” in terms of working on his/her behavior and making great choices! The reinforcement menus relate to different areas such as academic activities, helping roles, praise/recognition, prizes/ rewards/privileges, and recreation. Your students are certain to work hard to be able to pick from one of these menus! This is a great product for Response to Intervention as well as reinforcing established behavior contracts!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Reinforcement-Menus-for-a-Job-Well-Done-1520496

Happy Sunday Everyone! Lesson Planning and Football ~~ What a Sunday!

Good Afternoon All, 

This has been a great weekend to sit back and relax not to mention the excitement with all the SEC football! WOW is an understatement. Well, it one of my favorite times of the year ~~ FALL... and I can't help but think of scarecrows in the fall. I had never really investigated the origin of scarecrows but wow what an interesting history. I know that your students will be thoroughly engaged in the following product:

Product Description:
This is an awesome informational text article on the history of scarecrows and all of the different versions of scarecrows throughout the world. The informational text article is approximately 1,000 words long and includes illustrations to help better explain the text. One illustration includes a caption that can be discussed as a text feature. At the conclusion of the article, there is a formative assessment in the form of a quiz.

The formative assessment contains a multiple choice question related to vocabulary and several open-ended questions asking for textual evidence in formulating the answers. Additionally, there is a performanced-based assessment question in asking the students to compare and contrast the different Native American tribes in their use of scarecrows and formulating that answer in the form of a Venn Diagram. There is a total of eight questions in relation to the quiz.

The article is sure to engage even the reluctant especially this particular time of the year!


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Scarecrows-and-Haymen-Who-is-Guarding-the-Crops-1517869

Additionally, are there times when we pick our battles? Are battles harder to pick when your child has been diagnosed with ADHD? I have also uploaded a training powerpoint that can be used for multiple reasons to equip us all with some additional strategies for dealing with the challenges that sometimes children present to us! I hope you find this information helpful!

Product Description:
This product is training material in the form of a powerpoint presentation. This presentation will be great for a Parent University, a focused faculty session, a PTO open house session, or a professional learning community. As well, this material might be used with a parent group in terms of advice regarding parenting and disciplining children with ADHD. In this material, there are seven strategies to work with children where discipline is concerned particularly children diagnosed with ADHD. Finally, this is basically seven great pieces of advice for when a parent reaches the end of his/her rope with an unruly child who raises the volume on challenging behavior!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Disciplining-and-Parenting-Children-with-ADHD-Training-Material-and-Support-1519831



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

My Last Post Tonight!

Okay... my last post for the night! Check out these positive notes of praise for October... Your students are sure to love them and absolutely love receiving them!

Product Description:

This is an awesome set of notes for positive praise for the month of October. The set of three different positive praise notes are set against an October background and will bolster the motivation level of your students and will be a great source of encouragement. These notes can be given daily or weekly attached to signed papers. It is a great way of communication. Notes include statements such as: "I helped a friend, I tried hard, I finished all of my work,... etc."

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-October-Positive-Notes-of-Praise-1513721

Happy Wednesday!

Good Evening All,

I have recently uploaded two different products-- one product is a set of mini-posters that each focus on a comprehension strategy and will serve as a reference all year long in a language arts or content area classroom! Students will find them most helpful to refer to when needed... see the product description below...

Product Description:

This is a packet of six mini-posters which presents six comprehension strategies for readers. These mini-posters can serve as a great bulletin board or placed above the white board for easy reference. Strategies include: making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing, and determining importance.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Comprehension-Strategies-for-Great-Readers-Mini-Posters-1511593

As well, this evening I have worked on a packet of twenty-seven slides all of which are opportunities for praise. On several of the slides, there are different notes that can be written to students with headings such as, "You Were Caught Being Good!", "You Make Me Proud," and "Here's to You!" Additionally, there are two sets of notes, again with opportunities for positive praise with the heading, "It's the Little Things That Mean So Much!" These are sure to help you manage your classroom and offer students positive praise!

Product Description:

Students absolutely love to hear their teachers talk about them in a great, positive way. This packet reinforces that concept that we all know to be true. In this packet, you will find several ways of delivering hand written positive messages to your students. There are notes entitled, “You got caught doing something good!”, “Here’s To You,” and “You Make Me Proud!” Additionally, there are two sets of notes entitled, “It’s the Little Things That Mean So Much.” In these sets, you can check off the things that your students have done well and reward them with just a simple note of praise!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Positive-Notes-of-Praise-1513342


Sunday, October 19, 2014

Comprehension Strategy to Aid in Constructed Responses!

Good Evening,

I have just completed uploading a reference tool to aid in constructing written responses to comprehension questions~~ I hope these mini-posters serve you all well in your classrooms! Have a great week!

Product Description:

This simple comprehension strategy is sure to help each of your students answer open-ended questions. This is a set of three mini-posters each with a component of the comprehension strategy ~~ ANSWER ~~ CITE ~~ EXTEND. Use these mini-posters as references when students are working at constructing answers to comprehension questions with clarity as they make sure that they answer the questions being asked, cite evidence in how they derived their answer, and then finally how they extend their answer to include examples from their prior knowledge and personal experiences! Use these reference mini-posters, they are sure to ACE an awesome response!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Comprehension-Strategy-ACE-Those-Questions-1508328

Poetry with Pajamas!

Good Afternoon All,

Have you read the poem, Polka Dot Pajamas? Your students will delight in this poem filled with adjectives! I have created some activities to go with this poem as well as additional literacy extensions! 

Product Description:
This instructional resource is a packet centering around the poem, Polka Dot Pajamas. Children will delight in the rhyme, rhythm, and pattern of this poem. Included are several literacy extensions that reinforce many Common Core State Standards to include choral reading, response and chant, constructing a similar poem, identifying adjectives, and sequencing the events in the poem. There is also a formative assessment with ten statements about the events in the poem for the students to sequence.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-and-Adjectives-with-Polka-Dot-Pajamas-1507470

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Fall Cinquain Poetry: Awesome Activity for Your Students!

It's Me Again Margaret...

Oh how I love the season fall... and I also LOVE to teach students through poetry! So, I decided to take some beautiful fall scenes and create a packet of poetry for students to create... and publish into a class book upon completion!

Product Description:

Are you working on trying to reinforce nouns, adjectives, facts versus opinion phrases, and synonyms? Is it necessary in your classroom to scaffold instruction in terms of rigor level? If so, this packet is for you and your classroom. This packet contains ten absolutely gorgeous fall scenes from which students can create cinquains. After each fall scene is cinquain pattern one, two, or three. Pattern one tends to be less difficult, patten two follows a parts of speech pattern, while pattern three focuses on syllables. This poetry packet on cinquains is great for whole group instruction, small group instruction, as well as in a poetry center. Students will be very proud of their poetry they create. Upon completion, publish a book of cinquains for fall. The beautiful, fall scences serve as a springboard students’ thinking and constructing. Students might also take the opportunity to recite their poetry to the class and focus on their speaking and listening skills! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Its-a-Fall-Kind-of-Time-Fall-Cinquain-Poetry-1505897

Happy Saturday! Making Sense of Number Sets...

Good Afternoon All,

Last night while Alan was grilling chicken, I sat on the back porch in the swing just enjoying the beginning of fall! I couldn't stand it... so I went back inside and got my computer and just begin to draft... henceforth, this quick set of mini-posters to help serve as a reference tool when teaching mean, median, mode, and range-- hope you enjoy and that some of you all can use these!

Product Description:

In this packet, you will find a set of four posters each describing mean, median, mode, and range. These mini-posters can serve as a reference tool in helping students calculate mean, median, mode, and range, as well as determine which best represents a given number set. Examples of each term are given as well!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mean-Median-Mode-and-Range-Making-Sense-of-Number-Sets-1505436


Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Happy Wednesday! Thrifty Classroom Management Help On the Way!

Good Evening All,

Well, we are halfway through the week and it has gone too fast! I hope all is well with you all this evening. This evening I have made some cue cards that students can keep at their desks for the teacher to easily monitor when students are having difficulty. Please see the product description below.

Product Description:

In this packet, you will find thirty sets of cue cards for students to use at their desk to alert you to how they are working independently. As you are monitoring the room, it is very easy to spot the yellow and red cue cards which let you know that some students are having a bit of difficulty. After establishing the “boundaries and ground rules” for using the cue cards, this tool can serve as a great instructional/classroom management tool. The green card indicates the student is working fine, the yellow card indicates the student is still working; however, he/she is having some difficulty, and the red card indicates that the student can not progress without help!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Which-Students-Need-Help-1500676

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Check Out This Set of Literary Device Posters!! You Don't Want to Miss These!

Happy Tuesday!

I have gathered all of the literary devices that I could possibly think of... and here is the final product! I hope that many of you all can use these as a reference tool in your classroom! Please see the product description below!

Product Description:

In this packet of mini-posters you are sure to find the literary device that you need to use with your students. Specifically, you will find fourteen mini-posters each depicting a literary device to include: alliteration, allegory, irony, personification, hyperbole, imagery, simile, metaphor, idiom, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, pun, and palindrome~ These mini-posters are valuable tools in using on bulletin boards, center rotations, and as reference tools all year long in a language arts classroom! Your students are sure to love them!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Literary-Devices-Fourteen-Mini-Posters-for-Students-1499165

Monday, October 13, 2014

Set of Ten Literary Elements Posters! Monday Night Football...

Good Evening,

Is it raining at your house as much as it is mine? Tonight, I went about the task of creating some very simplistic literary element mini-posters in hopes that some of you out there might need these for a reference tool...

Product Description:

This is a set of ten mini-posters each referencing a literary element. The set includes: plot, setting, protagonist, antagonist, narrator, narrative method, dialogue, conflict, mood, and theme. These are great mini-posters for referencing these important parts of a story. They can be used as a bulletin board all year long to serve as an easy reference or placed above the white board for easy reference as well. 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Literary-Elements-of-a-Story-Mini-Posters-1497621


Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Author's Purpose: It's As Easy As Pie!

It's Me Again... I love Sundays!

So, very quickly this afternoon, I worked on a set mini-posters that I thought might be helpful! I hope you enjoy them and can use them as a reference with your students!

Product Description:

In this packet of mini-posters, you will find a set of three posters that serve as reference tools for students in aiding in trying to determine the author’s purpose of a specific text! These posters are a perfect fit for a bulletin board and/or right above your whiteboard! You can’t go wrong in displaying these mini-posters in that throughout the year, students are asked to identify and justify the author’s point of view!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Authors-Purpose-Its-As-Easy-As-Pie-1495020

Where the Wild Things Are! Happy Sunday!

Hi Everyone!

This weekend has been great for the state of Mississippi! Hail State and Hotty Toddy! I have been working on this literature study of Where the Wild Things Are for several days now and finally finished correlating all of the Common Core State Standards with the teaching and learning activities... so, here it is! I hope you all enjoy! 

Product Description:

This timeless Caldecott winner is sure to bring our the imaginations of all of your students. Students absolutely love this story of fantasy and will delight in engaging in all of the teaching and learning activities. In this literature study, you will find a total of twenty-five teaching and learning activities all connected with this great piece of literature! Activities are all correlated to Common Core State Standards. Additionally, there is a formative comprehension check with ten questions. You don't wanna miss this literature study particularly during the month of October while potentially doing a study of "wild things and monsters!"

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-Literature-Study-1494735


Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Greedy Triangle ~~ Literature Study!

Good Afternoon,

What child does not like the story of The Greedy Triangle! There are tons of opportunities for teaching in this story... please see the product description below...

Product Description:

This unit is a literature study of The Greedy Triangle. In this unit, there are eight teaching and learning activities with opportunities for extending the literature study with eight additional activities. In the reading and math activities, there are approximately sixteen Common Core State Standards addressed and covered in the teaching and learning sequence. There are questions written at the remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating levels of thinking to formatively assess comprehension. There is also a quiz at the end of the literature study to help gauge success in mastering math geometry vocabulary. Your students will absolutely love this literature study! 

Please note that I have uploaded another product to go with this! I have also uploaded this story in power point format as well-- so there is no need to purchase a hard copy of the book if you don't already have one. The power point is completely animated! Your students are sure to enjoy!


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Greedy-Triangle-Literature-Study-1488646

Fall Is In the Air! Say it With Poetry!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

A bundle of poetry posters showing the format of eight different types of poetry that you commonly teach your students!

Product Description:

Show your students there is more than one way to express their words in poetry! In this packet, you will find eight mini posters each featuring a form of poetry to use when teaching each instructional format. Each poster also has an example of the type of poem explained. Students are sure to love writing these forms of poetry about their favorite topics. As well, this could be converted into a fall poetry unit utilizing the awesome fall scenes as springboards for brainstorming. Forms of poetry included are: limericks, diamantes, cinquains, haikus, couplets, acrostics, shapes, and free verse. 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Poetry-Express-Yourself-With-Eight-Different-Forms-of-Poetry-1486908

Happy Thursday! Solving Math Word Problems!

Good Afternoon All,

I took the day off and strolled on out to Canton! WOW! I loved it but was ready to come home at 12:30 so I decided I should work on a few things. As we all know, children have trouble in solving math reading word problems... this has always been an issue and concern with most math teachers. Students all need keys words to reference to give them an idea of what operation they should pursue... in doing so, I have designed some mini-posters to help with this concern... I hope this helps all of you as you teach children math! Happy Thursday!

Product Description:

In this set of mini-posters, you will find four posters for each of the basic operations– addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. On each mini-poster, there are key words that serve as cues for the students when trying to persevere and solve math word problems and develop habits of mind for the Standards for Mathematical Practice. These posters are the perfect size for a bulletin board or placement right above the white board to reference to as one is teaching! The posters are designed to be eye-catching and definitely engage the students!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Solving-Word-Problems-in-Math-Using-the-Key-Words-to-Find-Solutions-1490039


Sunday, October 5, 2014

Okay... Last Post for the Day! I Couldn't Resist! WHO DAT NATION!

Well good evening for the last time today LOL,

As the New Orleans Saints were playing this evening, I thought well everyone loves Drew Brees especially kids. Drew sports his Drew Brees Saints jersey and I even caught him looking asking me what I was doing. So... I created an informational text article using Drew Brees as the focus! Your students will love it!

Product Description:

Your students will absolutely love this short passage of nonfiction informtional text about none other than the highly decorated Drew Brees-- the New Orleans Saints quarterback. The article begins with information regarding Drew as a child and and gives information about his early life and one sibling. It continues to progress into his high school and college days and culminates with his career in the NFL. At the conclusion of the four page article, complete with illustrations that enhance some of the text, there is a six question formative assessment quiz. The quiz has four multiple choice questions and three open-ended questions asking the student to cite evidence from the text and defend his/her answer. Finally, there is a performanced-based assessment at the end of the quiz that students are sure to enjoy that includes a project regarding the two homes of Drew Brees. Your students will LOVE this text and the performances based assessment!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-WHO-DAT-Nation-Drew-Brees-A-Highly-Decorated-NFL-Player-1483546


WHOO DAT Nation! Wow What a Win! Another Upload for Sunday Evening!

Good Evening All,

Wow! What a game for all of you Saints fans! I hope everyone has had a great, lazy Sunday! My sister shared with me an E-Book that she and some of her students designed for The Greedy Triangle so I thought I might share it with you all! It is the most colorful E-Book I have ever seen constructed so I know that your students will delight and engage with this text immediately! I hope you enjoy!

Product Description:

I have uploaded this resource in Powerpoint format so that the animation is intact. This is the entire story entitled, The Greedy Triangle, retold in Powerpoint format complete with many animations for engaging students! This story has a Lexile level of 580 and a grade equivalency level of 4.7. The interest level of The Greedy Triangle is Pre-K through 4th grade. This is a great instructional tool for focusing on the many teaching opportunities of each page of the story.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Greedy-Triangle-An-Animated-Powerpoint-for-Instructional-Use-1482881


Happy Sunday! Are You in Graduate School?

Good Afternoon Ya'll,

Well, Mississippi showed out yesterday playing football! I hope all is well in your household on this beautiful Sunday afternoon in Central Mississippi... I almost put South Mississippi... but I moved a year and a half ago... nevertheless, I have uploaded a needs assessment created by my sister Lindy for all you administrators and education majors out there! I hope you all might find it useful!
 
Product Description:

Calling all administrators and education majors... This is a four page needs assessment survey which is a great tool for administrators to use on his/her campus to grasp the heartbeat of the culture, achievement, and levels of professional development needed! It is designed in a likert scale format with "4" being the highest score! Sections include: 

(1) High expectations for student achievement 
(2) Focusing on teaching and learning 
(3) Parental and community involvement in the educational program 
(4) Continuous assessment of students, staff, and programs to evaluate program effectiveness 
(5) Safe and orderly environment 
(6) Staff effectiveness and professional development 
(7) Capable leadership 

As well, education majors in undergraduate school as well as masters and specialist level candidates in education, this is a great tool for one of your classes which may require such an assignment!


Saturday, October 4, 2014

Fall Pennant for Your Students!

Good Afternoon All,

I have so enjoyed today.... getting to do what I love to do best! I have made this pennant for you to use with your students during this awesome fall season! I hope you enjoy!

Product Description:

Use this fall pennant to accomplish multiple tasks within your classroom during this wonderful fall season. This packet contains a fall student centered pennant for each of your students to complete to share in your classroom! The pennant is made in five different fall colors and ask the students to write three favorite things that he/she enjoys doing during the fall of the year. Also, students are asked to write the names of three sports which are played during the fall! Finally, students are to write a goal they hope to accomplish during the fall! You will love this short writing task as a springboard for a writer's notebook, a tool for brainstorming to create a poem for fall, or simply to use as a pennant hanging in your classroom for this wonderful time of the year!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Pennant-for-Your-Students-1480841

Reading Genre Posters... Awesome Photos!

Another product for referencing genres with your students...

Product Description:

This packet is awesome to say the least! You will find twelve posters with amazing backgrounds to help illustrate twelve different genres of literature. These genres include: poetry, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, realistic fiction, mystery, biography, autobiography, drama, fanciful tales, and humor. These mini-posters are perfect for a bulletin board or to be placed above your whiteboard as a reference tool all year long as students embark on each genre throughout their studies. The absolutely amazing, beautiful illustrations are sure to capture your students attention!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Genre-Mini-Posters-for-Twelve-Different-Genres-1480235

Super Saturday and SEC Football!

Hi Ya'll,

While Alan has to go and tailgate, picnic, and be AT the STATE game, I am content being at home with this cool breeze, windows up, and watching the games... so... I have created some "thinking posters" for you all to use with your students before they read, while they read, and after they read! I hope you enjoy! Fall is a great time of the year!

Product Description:

In this packet, you will find six mini-posters perfect for a bulletin board or above your whiteboard. These posters can be used to guide the thinking process as students are involved with a reading selection– fiction as well as nonfiction. Students should always think about what they read before they read, as they read, and after they have finished reading the selection, and these posters help them do just that! Each poster gives a key word to consider. 

These words include: connect, picture, summarize, predict, question, and evaluate! 

This is a great reference tool for students that you don’t want to miss!


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Readers-Thinking-Strategically-Making-Connections-Using-Thinking-Skills-1480176