Rejuvenate Your Passion for Teaching

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Well, I am so happy that most everyone got out for Christmas holidays today! It's time for you all to get some much needed rest if you can! This is a training session that I conducted about two weeks ago-- thought maybe some of you might need it! Merry Christmas!

Product Description: This resource consists of sixty-eight slides to serve as training and support materials for rejuvenating your passion for teaching. Many of the strategies discussed originate from the book, Unshakable, by Angela Watson. All educators will enjoy being a part of this training in helping themselves to rejuvenate at a grade level meeting, a professional development session, or a professional learning community!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rejuvenate-Your-Passion-for-Teaching-Training-and-Support-Materials-2264711

Check Out This Short Story: Christmas in the Barn! The Kids Will Love It!

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Well, things have slowed down just a little bit and I have some time here at home so I thought I needed to crank up the creative juices and get them flowing. While "junkin" the other day, I ran across this old Scholastic book published in 1968... magic year for me since that's when I entered this world... nevertheless, I have enjoyed reading all of the short Christmas stories, and I chose this one to design seven teaching and learning activities. I hope you all enjoy!

Product Description: This resource is perfect for the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Enclosed you will find five pages of a short narrative story that has a certain rhyme and rhythm to it that students will enjoy! It is a story told from a young girl’s point of view about how she wishes for a horse for Christmas. She is reminded in the story that she will still have a great Christmas even if she doesn’t get a horse; however, she is convinced that one secretly hides in the barn for her. Her mom reminds her about many other children whose parents might very well be away for Christmas. This is a very old Christmas story and was published through Scholastic in 1968. Again, the students will love many teaching and learning activities associated with the story! This story lends itself to several teaching and learning endeavors such as: (1) the use of personification; (2) great vocabulary instruction; (3) sequencing; (4) point of view; (5) Descriptive Writing; (6) research and investigation of several different states discussed in the story; (7) the use of similes to make comparisons; and (8) making predictions about what will happen next in the story based on the context clues provided! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Story-Narrative-Christmas-in-the-Barn-2259386

Check this Out Friends!

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My daughter-in-law and her teaching colleague converted their entire hall into The Polar Express... now this is what I call dedication! Great Job girls!

Happy Thanksgiving! ADHD Training and Support Material--

Good Evening All,

Check out this resource!

Product Description: This resource is a set of training slides that serves to educate young teens, young adults, and adults on how to finish what you start. This presentation contains eleven strategies to help finish tasks! You can’t go wrong in utilizing this presentation with middle schoolers, high schoolers, young adults in college, and parents in a “Parent University” setting! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ADHD-Training-and-Support-How-To-Finish-What-You-Start-2228748

Teacher Recognition Makes the Best Holiday Gift!

Nominating a teacher or school employee as a LifeChanger of the Year is a unique holiday gift that acknowledges their hard work and will make them feel special. It also provides the opportunity to win a cash award to be shared with their school.
LifeChanger of the Year is an annual program, sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation that honors K-12 public and private school educators and employees from around the country who are making a difference in the lives of students by exemplifying excellence, positive influence and leadership.
Nominating someone is easy to do. There is no cost and anyone—including parents, administrators, school colleagues, students (with approval from an adult), and other members of the community—can nominate any full-time K-12 public or private school employee.
 Additional details are included in the LifeChanger of the Year Holiday Campaign press release.  

http://www.prweb.com/releases/LifeChanger_of_the_Year/teacher_gift/prweb13076530.htm

Where Shall We Buy Our Christmas Lights?

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I have been thoroughly enjoying my Thanksgiving holiday at the beach house-- isn't great to just be able to relax and enjoy life! While here, I have enjoyed just getting to create a resource that I hope will be able to help you all during these next three weeks work on opinion/persuasive writing with your students! Check out this resource and let me know what you think?

Product Description: You surely do not want to miss this resource! This packet is 32 pages long and focuses on argumentative/persuasive writing. The students conduct research on the different types of Christmas lights and how to “elegantly” decorate their tree using the appropriate lights. After conducting research and reading articles which are provided including the source, the students develop a “hook” statement that will allow the readers to want to read more to determine the best decision to make in terms of buying and decorating with the proper Christmas lights. Next, after developing the “hook” statement, students utilize a graphic organizer that is provided, and develop their claim and actually state it. The next part of the graphic organizer allows the students to state three reasons why their claims is the best decision to make. As well, after stating and writing each particular reason, there is also a space on the graphic organizer for students to write their evidence in the form of a sentence that supports their specific reason for the claim. Finally, at the end of the graphic organizer, the students are to provide a concluding sentence for their claim. Students will enjoy this particular activity so much during the holiday season; you can’t go wrong with this teaching and learning activity!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Opinion-Writing-What-Type-of-Lights-Shall-I-Buy-2227035

November: National Picture Book Month.... Post Copied from www.picturebookmonth.com

Good Morning Everyone!

Check this out... worth your time...

Literacy Activity
Nov 13 ~ Numbers

Picture books aid students in visualizing mathematics within a narrative context. (from the Picture Book Month Teacher’s Guide: Why Picture Book Belong in Our Classrooms by Marcie Colleen, 2013).
Did you ever think of a number as being an important part of a story? Take the three little pigs, as an example. How would the story be different if there were six pigs? Or only two? Or what if Snow White stumbled upon a house of twenty dwarves? Change up the numbers in your favorite stories and see how it all adds up to creative writing fun!

Suggested Reading:
(1) Two by Kathryn Otoshi
(2) If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith, illustrated by Steve Adams
(3) 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental, illustrated by Joelle Jolivet
(4) How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti, illustrated by Yancy Labat
(5) Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford
(6) How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz

Be sure to download the Picture Book Month Teacher’s Guide: Why Picture Books Belong in Our Classrooms for more engaging ideas and activities to bring picture books into the ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies curriculum!

Have a great weekend!

Terri

Shine Brightly Everyday!

Hi All,

I have been so extremely busy... needless to say, I have been blessed! It's amazing to see what God can do when you act on a leap of faith! To leave the security of a job  and do what you truly love... doesn't even seem like a job! I am having FUN! Check out this resource that I uploaded this morning!

Product Description: This set of slides contains over 200 festive Christmas lights that can be used for a multitude of reasons! There are over six different colors in the packet. They can be used to help headline the different bulletin board statements such as: (1) Let Your Light Shine Brightly!; (2) We All Shine Bright in English Class; (3) Let Your Light Shine Before Men; (4) In This Class, We Light Up Our Lives; (5) I Shine When I Am Kind; (6) Bright Students Light Up Our Classroom; (7) Our Work Shines Bright… and many, many more! These lights might also be used in December to showcase “bright” work. As well, these Christmas lights can be utilized to manage center rotation and classroom management during the month of December!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shining-Brightly-in-December-Bulletin-Board-Ideas-2169266

ADHD Awareness Month! Join in the Campaign!

Good Morning,

For so many of us ADHD is a harsh reality... while it sometimes can be a great gift, at other times it can wreck your students' world as well as your own children. October is ADHD Awareness Month-- download the free toolkit to raise awareness and continue to find more strategies for success in the classroom and in life! Head on over to www.ATTitudemag.com

Excerpt from the toolkit: Like ADDitude on Facebook (facebook. com/additudemag) and follow our 31 days of myth-busting and ADHD advocacy. Share the posts on your timeline.

 

Grade Five Academic Vocabulary! Check This Out!

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I have uploaded a new set of academic vocabulary for 5th grade! Check it out!

Product Description: This resource is a set of critical academic vocabulary words that all fifth graders should know to master the Common Core State Standards! 85% of achievement and criterion referenced assessments are based on the vocabulary of the standards! Students from poverty, ELL students, and other at-risk students are particularly in need of learning these words in ways that meet their specific learning needs throughout the year! Included in this set of Tier II academic vocabulary are the high frequency words of the CCSS and the words present in the exemplars provided in Appendix B. 
This awesome resource consists of over 100 slides with academic vocabulary specifically for fifth grade. These words are the perfect size to add to your word wall and spiral back too all year long. This set of fifth grade vocabulary consists of over two hundred words!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grade-Five-Academic-Vocabulary-for-Word-Walls-2129574

Academic Vocabulary... A Must for Your Students!

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I have uploaded a resource this evening that is composed of fifty-two slides of academic vocabulary for grade four! Check it out!

Product Description: This resource is a set of critical academic vocabulary words that all fourth graders should know to master the Common Core State Standards! 85% of achievement and criterion referenced assessments are based on the vocabulary of the standards! Students from poverty, ELL students, and other at-risk students are particularly in need of learning these words in ways that meet their specific learning needs throughout the year! Included in this set of Tier II academic vocabulary are the high frequency words of the CCSS and the words present in the exemplars provided in Appendix B. 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grade-Four-Tier-II-Academic-Vocabulary-for-a-Word-Wall-2105202

Back-To-School Interest Inventory

Happy Sunday Afternoon Everyone,

When we think of Response to Intervention and starting the school year, we all know that we need to give all of our students an Interest Inventory so that we can plan to teach to the interests if our students. In saying this, please check out this resource to utilize with your students!

Product Description: What a better way to start the school year! This resource is an Interest Inventory to help you to get to know your students! Students are able to list their favorites… such as their favorite subject, food, movie, person, place, and book, etc. Response to Intervention, a federal mandate, states that in Tier I we take the opportunity to get to know our children in every way possible! This inventory allows you, as a teacher, to have another tool to get to know your students well and engage the unmotivated with a topic they are interested in learning!!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Response-to-Intervention-Interest-Inventory-for-Tier-I-2104227

National Anthem Sing-A-Long September 11th

Good Morning!

I saw this helpful information and thought I would share with each of you!

The third annual National Anthem simultaneous sing-a-long will take place on September 11, 2015. At precisely 12 noon CST, students nationwide will sing the National Anthem in unity. This will conclude a year-long celebration of the 200th birthday of the Star-Spangled Banner as well.
The American Public Education Foundation will provide free resources for History, Geography, Music and English teachers. There will also be information about holding an event and how to participate. Teachers can sign up at www.theapef.org.
Events can be 5-30 minutes long. Schools can invite their mayors, police chiefs or American Legion members to participate.

Have a great Wednesday!

Terri

Happy Friday! First Week Successfully Completed!

Good Morning,

Well, I hope everyone has had a successful first week of school and that you are finding your routine and schedules are settling down for everyone! I don't know about you but this morning I actually felt a little bit of fall in the air! Whoo Hoo! I have uploaded a training resource this morning in regards to Response to Intervention ~ check it out and see if you could use this as a professional development session! Have a great weekend!

Product Description: This resource is a must have for giving a solid description of the three tiers of instruction. It is full of infographics that aid in the explanation for a refresher session on each tier. The training slides progress from the programs, methodologies, and strategies that we specifically use at tier one to ensure high quality instruction to the intensiveness of tier III and the possibility of progressing to a child-study through the MET team. Next, an in-depth look is given to tier two and specific strategies that help to intervene in specific deficits. Then, a look at tier III is investigated and discussed. This training is meant to take the participant through each tier looking at strategies, decision-making skills, and timelines for best practice. This training can be used in a focused faculty meeting, a professional development session, or in a smaller professional learning community as a specific focus group strengthens their process in Response to Intervention!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Response-to-Intervention-Training-Materials-and-Support-2031748

Happy Wednesday!

Good Morning,

Well, the school year is off to a great start! Teachers, now more than ever, it is essential to differentiate your instruction. It is not enough to broadcast instruction to students... they need you in small group instruction to master the standards! Check out this resource in terms of training and support materials for differentiating instruction!

Product Description: This is an awesome 66 slide training resource for ALL educators! The training ranges from a definition of differentiation, cartoons of differentiation for icebreakers, aspects of instruction that can be differentiated to strategies of differentiating, examples of menus, choice boards, menus, planners, and tic-tac-toe choice boards! These slides can be utilized at a focused faculty meeting, professional development session, and/or a PLC. 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Differentiated-Instruction-Training-Support-and-Materials-2025572

Sock Monkey Themed Classroom Rules... Time to Head Back to School!

Good Evening All,

Check out this sock monkey themed set of classroom rules...

Product Description: What child does not love sock monkeys? This resource is a set of seven classroom rules with a sock money theme! You may only want to use four or five of the rules or change the rules out to suit the needs of your classroom and the challenges that it presents!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Welcome-Back-Sock-Monkey-Themed-Classroom-Rules-2001907

Still Busy While at the Neshoba County Fair!

Good Evening or I Should Really Say Good Morning!

While at the Neshoba County Fair, I just can't help uploading a few more resources for those of you who might need student name plates to start your year successfully!

Check out this resource! And... check out the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia... a very unique place!

Product Description: For all of you sock monkey lovers out there getting ready to start back to school, this resource is a set of approximately ninety student name plates that can be utilized for each student that follow a sock monkey theme! Brighten your classroom with these versatile name plates that will make each one of your students feel special and important. Each name plate can be laminated to each students’ desks and lockers. They can also be used to personalize announcements and schedules! Have an awesome school year!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-To-School-Sock-Monkey-Student-Name-Plates-1988320

It's Time to Head Back-To-School!

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I have uploaded a set of student nameplates that follow a beach and ocean theme... knowing that it's time to head back-to-school! Check out this resource!

Product Description: For all of you beach, ocean, and fish lovers out there getting ready to start back to school, this resource is a set of thirty name plates that can be utilized for each student that follow an fish, ocean, and beach theme! Brighten your classroom with these versatile name plates that will make each one of your students feel special and important. Each name plate can be laminated to each students’ desks and lockers. They can also be used to personalize announcements and schedules! Have an awesome school year!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-To-School-Ocean-and-Fish-Name-Plate-Labels-1977346

Good Evening All!

Check out this resource administrators! There has never been a more critical time than now to empower your teachers! 

Product Description: This resource is a must have for administrators. The training consists of approximately fifty-five slides that brings to light empowered teachers! In this training, administrators will gain insight on the true definition of teacher empowerment, the changing roles and responsibilities of leadership, characteristics of empowered teachers, benefits of empowered teachers, rethinking professional knowledge, and the role of administrators in empowering teachers. In examining the role of administrators empowering teachers, leadership/ownership, professional development, culture, and appreciation will be examined and analyzed. Administrators will walk away with their "A"game in how to empower teachers for increased student achievement.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Administrators-Empower-Your-Teachers-Training-PowerPoint-1969091

July 5, 2015 -- Happy Sunday!

Good Afternoon All,

I hope that your July 4th was everything that you wanted it to be! I have uploaded a training resource that should prove to be beneficial when teaching millennial learners who are very visual-- please check out this training material!

Product Description: This training PowerPoint consists of fifty-eight slides that focuses on visual strategies to improve comprehension. The training session begins with a discussion of the Millennial generation and what engages this generation and how many, many of these learners are very visual learners. The training then continues with word level visualization strategies, then continues into strategies for visualizing across texts, strategies for establishing background before and during reading, strategies for sequencing to meet reading challenges with complex texts, and strategies for utilizing technology to promote visualizing, reading, and composing. This training is great for a professional development session, focused faculty meeting, or a professional learning community, and is sure to give new strategies for engaging students of all ages! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Powerful-Visualization-Strategies-to-Enhance-Comprehension-and-Engage-Students-1940929

Another Post for Today! Baptized By Fire-- Teacher Burn-Out Presentation and Training

Hi All,

Check out this resource for preventing teacher stress and burn-out! We all know how challenging the teaching profession can be! 

Product Description: This is an awesome training PowerPoint for a great discussion with teachers to prevent teacher burn-out and stress! Everyone knows how challenging the teaching profession can be! It is important more now than ever to take care of great teachers and keep them in the profession and continue to enjoy what they do! This training presentation is sixty slides and ranges from causes of teacher-burnout to be aware of and then many, many strategies and examples to implement to avoid “teacher-burn-out! Use this training presentation in a focus faculty meeting, professional development session, or in a smaller professional learning community! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Baptized-by-Fire-Avoiding-Teacher-Burn-Out-Training-Presentation-1938102

Good Morning! Have a Great Celebration This Weekend But Please BE SAFE!!

Good Morning Everyone! 

Well, it's July 3rd and I am hoping that everyone has great plans for the 4th of July! It is always an exciting time of the year; however, it is a dangerous time of the year as well! I pray safe travels for everyone and may your weekend be great! I finished this awesome resource that you might be interested in utilizing as you start school back (oops! did I mention going back to school?). This resource is intriguingly colorful and engaging for stressing successful classroom management strategies for the classroom! Check it out! Again, please be safe and enjoy your weekend for the 4th! Happy Birthday America!

Product Description: This is an awesome PowerPoint training on classroom management. This resource contains forty-seven slides and is appropriate for all teachers, administrators, and other educators. This can be used in a focused faculty meeting, a professional development session, or even a small professional learning community! This training is full of strategies that are researched and recommended by Harry and Rosemary Wong! You don't want to miss grabbing this resource for a back-to-school session with your colleagues!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Dont-Leave-Home-Without-It-Training-Presentation-1937527

Happy July 4th Weekend! Check out this resource!

Good Morning All!

A couple of weeks ago I worked with a wonderful group of educators and shared this wealth of information with them through this resource! We had a great session, and so I would like to share it with all of you as well! Check out this ADD/ADHD powerpoint training resource!

Product Description: This is an awesome Powerpoint training for general education teachers, special needs educators, administrators, and all other educators alike. It consists of one hundred slides that progress from definitions, descriptions, myths, how it is diagnosed, causes, deficits and gifts, executive functions, medications, strategies and interventions, and places to seek more help and resources. This is an awesome all-day training that has the opportunity to be very interactive with many visuals and graphics. It is also a great resource for a Parent University setting. As well, it can be used in a smaller faculty group such as a Professional Learning Community. Finally, paraprofessionals will also benefit greatly from this knowledge base! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ADDADHD-Checklist-Building-a-Roadmap-of-Success-for-Children-and-Adults-1935740

Informational Text Article: Energy Drinks... Are They To Die For?

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I am so excited about this particular informational text article! What middle schooler goes into the curb store and buys an energy drink-- a Red Bull, a Monster, etc. This article is sure to engage your upper elementary students and your middle school students alike! Check out this resource!

Product Description: This informational text selection is a must have for your reading and/or language arts classes! This timely and relevant article is about the dangers of energy drinks and is designed to make your students think before they drink. The article has several illustrations complete with captions to aid in rich discussion. It is perfect for sixth through eighth grades depending on varying reading levels. There is a formative quiz attached with DOK 1, 2, and 3 questions. This 1000 word article is sure to be a hit with your classes!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Article-Energy-Drinks-Are-They-To-Die-For-1921897

In the Blink of an Eye... Welcome Back to School

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This is a cool way for students to get to know one another! Check out this resource!

Product Description: This resource is a great icebreaker for welcoming each child back to school and it will also help to establish a community of learners in your classroom. Students will enjoy decorating these t-shirts with unique personality characteristics about them, illustrate, color, and then attach them to a clothesline already hung in the classroom. Get some really colorful clothespins to attach them to the cord serving as the clothesline! There are three different types of reproducible t-shirts included for the students to have a choice. One of the t-shirt patterns has established lines for those students who choose to write about themselves instead of draw, color, and illustrate important things about them! Kids will have a blast!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Welcome-Back-to-School-Unique-T-Shirt-Icebreaker-Activity-1916653

Informational Text Article: Rabbits, Jackrabbits, and Hares... Oh My!

Happy Sunday!

I am so excited to start posting again! I am getting super busy again with resources that I hope many of you can use! My informational text articles have proven to be really useful to many teachers so I hope you will find this one useful as well!

Product Description: This selection is an informational text article designed to enhance science and/or reading classes. This informational text focuses on the rabbit, the jackrabbit, and the hare and how they are alike and different. The article features different illustrations with captions to help explain the text. This article is about 800 words long.There is a formative quiz attached with DOK 1, 2, and 3 questions. As well, Bloom's Taxonomy is evident in looking at the questions for the quiz! All students love to read about rabbits and this article is a great resource for an animals unit or some or science context as well as language arts! This is sure to be a big hit with your class.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Article-Rabbits-Jackrabbits-and-Hares-1916280

Days of the Week Labels for Back-to-School!

Looking for some unique labels for your calendar time next year... look no further! Check out this resource!

Product Description: This resource packet will serve one well all year. Enclosed you will find each day of the week in uniquely different designs. These can be used for many different activities such as: learning the days of the week, understanding the order of the days of the week, and working with a big group with the calendar. These day of the week plates might also be used in a writing center in learning to write each day of the week. Finally, these day plates might be helpful in a literacy center in learning how the calendar works!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Days-of-the-Week-Labels-1866384

Colorfully Unique!

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Well, I know that summer has finally arrived for most so for me it's time to get started on back-to school resources! Check out this one! A great theme... CRAYONS!

Product Description: This resource packet is a must for heading back to school. It’s uses are multiple! The first fifteen slides are for each child in your classroom to celebrate his or her uniqueness as he/she comes back to school to get started with a new school year. Students are able to draw a portrait of themselves in the middle oval of the crayon template and then write a message about themselves somewhere on the crayon! Finally, they can color the entire crayon template for an awesome bulletin board to begin the year with a community of learners! Next, there are six slides of colored crayons that can be used for class name tags, a classroom door, desk plates, or a class bulletin board. The final six slides are templates of boxes of colors that can be utilized for the same purposes! Begin the year with a colorful theme! The students will love it! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Colorfully-Unique-1864745

It is Time to Get Going Again!

Good Evening!

I have been so very busy that I haven't been able to post like I have wanted too! But, that's about to change! Tonight, I have uploaded a resource that would be great for any classroom that is going to focus on writing-- Bold Beginnings for Bringing Writing to Life! Check out this resource!

Product Description: Use these six mini-posters for easy reference in establishing great beginnings with bringing writing to life. These can serve as a year long reference for students! Each poster focuses on a different way to begin one’s writing and an example is given for each way to begin. This is a great resource for any classroom that will focus on different aspects of writing all year! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Bold-Beginnings-to-Bring-Students-Writing-to-Life-1861585

Just Why Do Writers Write?

Good Evening All,

WOW! School is coming to a close and I have been so busy! As you begin to think about this school year drawing to a close and planning that beach trip, think about all of the different resources that you will need to begin 2015-2016 school year... bite my tongue! As you plan, check out this resource!

Product Description:When teaching the writing process, utilize this mini-poster set, which includes ten posters, for easy reference to point out all of the different purposes for why writers write! These mini-posters are the perfect size for being placed above the whiteboard all year long or they will fit perfect on a bulletin board for referencing. Happy Writing!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Language-Arts-Just-Exactly-Why-Do-Writers-Write-1846721

May is Right Around the Corner!

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It has been a while since I posted anything... wow, has it been a busy time of the year with all of the performance-based assessment with PARCC, and then we are fastly approaching the end-of-year assessment. School will be out for the summer before we know it! Tonight I have uploaded a quick resource that your students can use for writing poetry in the month of May or for utilizing as a resource for writing projects in May... check it out!

Product Description: May is right around the corner! Use this resource in a multitude of ways! This is an awesome list of more than 100 May words to use as a springboard for writing in March. These words will aid in narrative, informative, and argumentative writing as well as poetry! These sheets can be given to each student to place in his/her Writer’s Notebook!

Students will hugely enjoy writing poetry during the month of May when so much state testing occurs. Students might write cinquains, diamontes, haikus, and other forms of poetry throughout the month. Additionally, utilize this May word bank to help jog your students’ brains for topics in writing! This May word bank may serve to keep their creative juices flowing. The uses of the word bank are limitless!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/May-Word-Bank-for-Writing-Poetry-and-Essays-1814215

Ten Things I Want You to Know About Me!

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I have created a great ice-breaker for the beginning of the year! Check this out!

Product Description: Start the school year off right with a creative, top-ten countdown activity! Your students will love it! Students are able to introduce themselves to you and their classmates with a list of ten things to learn about them. Have fun and use this as an ice-breaker activity to get the year cranked up!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Me-1783227

TGIF... I'm Excited to Start Working on Projects Again!

Good Evening to ALL,

I have been so busy... I feel like I have not kept up the pace of uploading resources for all you awesome teachers out there! Please check this one out!

Product Description: This resource is great for any math teacher needing a reference tool for the divisibility rules… so calling all third, fourth, and fifth grade math teachers… this resource is for YOU! This set includes a divisibility poster for each number from two through ten. Each poster is very colorful and will fit perfectly on a bulletin board as well as right above the whiteboard in your classroom! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Divisibility-Rules-Mini-Posters-for-Referencing-in-Teaching-1784815

Popsicles: Who Doesn't Like this Great American Treat!

Good Evening All,

Well, I have been out of pocket for the last few days... actually had a gastric sleeve over Spring Break! So, while recovering I have discovered how wonderful popsicles can be! It has been my food of choice for quite some time now! So, I decided to write an informational article to engage students in the history of popsicle-making! Check out this resource!

Product Description: Your students will enjoy this informational text article all throughout the spring and on into summer enrichment classes. This is an informational text article that is approximately 750-850 words long. It is the story of how the popsicle was created actually by accident. The article is complete with illustrations and captions as well. At the conclusion of the article, there is a ten question formative quiz with questions ranging from vocabulary, main idea, author's point of view, sequencing, inferring, and predicting. There are also performance- based questions as well! Your students will delight in knowing more about this summer treat that everyone enjoys!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Article-Popsicle-An-Awesome-Creation-by-Accident-1774743

Happy Saturday! And the Sun is Shining!

Good Afternoon,

After reading my news feed on Facebook and seeing all of the awesome baseball pictures, I uploaded a Tier One Behavior Reward system to reward good behavior and being nice to classmates. Check out this resource!

Product Description: Springtime is here! Everybody is gearing up for baseball and softball season! And… what student doesn't want to be complimented on his/her great traits or a job well done. Use this resource packet of numbered baseballs to place on a large glove when a student does a great job or compliments another student for a job well done! This resource set includes baseballs numbered from one to forty-eight as well as twelve baseballs that are not numbered that can be used multiple ways. Set up a system with your classroom that when students earn a certain amount of baseballs or a certain amount of points, they are rewarded as a class! This can be a great system to encourage family and community in your classroom!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Catching-Compliments-1751770