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Showing posts with label Teaching Products. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Saving Teachers Some Work in Honor of Labor Day
The admins at Teacher 2 Teacher hope to save our fellow educators some of the hard work that goes into locating lessons and materials for the transition back to school. This Labor Day weekend, take it easy and let us do the work for you! We have already searched through the thousands of FREE items at Teachers Pay Teachers so you don't have to. Check out the items that made our list of:
30 Great Back 2 School Freebies from Teachers Pay Teachers
1. Monster Fun! Teaching Manners and Expectations by Growing Kinders
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2. September Brain Benders by Brain Benders
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3. Back to School Desk Nameplates by Primary Graffiti
4. Parents are Teachers Family Literacy Brochure in WORD by Brenda Frady
5. Back to School Top 10 Lists Activity by Tracee Orman
Grade Level(s):
6. Accountable Talk Anchor Chart & Reciprocal Cards by One Extra Degree
7. FREE Back to School Mini-Unit by Mrs. Patton
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8. Elementary Reading Survey by Third Grade Bookworm
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9. The "Sweet Life" Candy Bar by Hope King
10. Bathroom Passes by Secondary Solutions
11. Jungle Safari Nametags by Katie Mense
Grade Level(s):
12. Exit Slips = Creative Closure by TechedOutTeacher
Grade Level(s):
13. Making Class Books: Back to School Themes by Linda Nelson
14. Back-to-School Brain Teaser/Vocabulary Builder by Margaret Whisnant
15. Daily Five Classroom Posters by Kim Swoveland
16.Wet Mount Preparation by Lisa Michalek
17. Get-to-Know-You Jenga by Rachel Lynette
Grade Level(s):
18. Classroom Procedures Student Guide by Anne Prince
19. Back to School Student Gift Lucky Labels by What's The Buzz In First?
20. Class Job Description by Erin Bivans
21. Daily Math Journals by Deedee Wills
Grade Level(s):
22. People Hunt for First Day of School - Any Subject, Upper Grades by Secondary Solutions
23. Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom Postcard by The Teacher Wife
24. Use of Lab Equipment and Data Analysis Skills by Science Stuff
Grade Level(s):
25. Would You Rather Questions for Kids! by Rachel Lynette
26. Weekly Behavior Report by Kim Swoveland
27. Back to School: Read, Trace, Glue, and Draw FREE by Deedee Wills
28. First Day of School Icebreakers by Elaine Romano
Grade Level(s):
29. Stand Up Get to Know Your Students Sponge Activity by Lisa Frase
30. The Ultimate Classroom Supplies Checklist Everything You Need and More by Littlest Learners
We hope that you have found something useful in the links we've shared, but keep in mind that we've only scratched the surface! Teachers Pay Teachers has recently redesigned their site, making it easier than ever to search for exactly the lessons, activities, and printables you need for your classroom. Regardless of the age and developmental level of your students, there is something for everyone at TPT.
Our blog aims to share some of the best resources. Make sure to subscribe to our blog and join in as a featured teacher author, link up with us, follow us on twitter and facebook, and consider guest authoring an article. We'd love to hear from you!
Oh, and if you are looking for more freebies to get your school year started right; be sure to read through some of our previous posts.
Thanks for stopping by!
Disclaimer: All of the above mentioned items were listed as Free on TPT at the time this post was published. Pricing of these items is subject to change as they are not maintained by the authors at Teacher2Teacher.
30 Great Back 2 School Freebies from Teachers Pay Teachers
1. Monster Fun! Teaching Manners and Expectations by Growing Kinders
Grade Level(s):
2. September Brain Benders by Brain Benders
Grade Level(s):
3. Back to School Desk Nameplates by Primary Graffiti
Grade Level(s):
4. Parents are Teachers Family Literacy Brochure in WORD by Brenda Frady
Grade Level(s):
5. Back to School Top 10 Lists Activity by Tracee Orman
Grade Level(s):
6. Accountable Talk Anchor Chart & Reciprocal Cards by One Extra Degree
Grade Level(s):
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschooler, Staff
7. FREE Back to School Mini-Unit by Mrs. Patton
Grade Level(s):
Grade Level(s):
9. The "Sweet Life" Candy Bar by Hope King
Grade Level(s):
10. Bathroom Passes by Secondary Solutions
Grade Level(s):
11. Jungle Safari Nametags by Katie Mense
Grade Level(s):
12. Exit Slips = Creative Closure by TechedOutTeacher
Grade Level(s):
13. Making Class Books: Back to School Themes by Linda Nelson
Grade Level(s):
14. Back-to-School Brain Teaser/Vocabulary Builder by Margaret Whisnant
Grade Level(s):
15. Daily Five Classroom Posters by Kim Swoveland
Grade Level(s):
16.Wet Mount Preparation by Lisa Michalek
Grade Level(s):
17. Get-to-Know-You Jenga by Rachel Lynette
Grade Level(s):
18. Classroom Procedures Student Guide by Anne Prince
Grade Level(s):
19. Back to School Student Gift Lucky Labels by What's The Buzz In First?
Grade Level(s):
20. Class Job Description by Erin Bivans
Grade Level(s):
21. Daily Math Journals by Deedee Wills
Grade Level(s):
22. People Hunt for First Day of School - Any Subject, Upper Grades by Secondary Solutions
Grade Level(s):
Grade Level(s):
24. Use of Lab Equipment and Data Analysis Skills by Science Stuff
Grade Level(s):
25. Would You Rather Questions for Kids! by Rachel Lynette
Grade Level(s):
26. Weekly Behavior Report by Kim Swoveland
Grade Level(s):
27. Back to School: Read, Trace, Glue, and Draw FREE by Deedee Wills
Grade Level(s):
28. First Day of School Icebreakers by Elaine Romano
Grade Level(s):
Grade Level(s):
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschooler, Staff
30. The Ultimate Classroom Supplies Checklist Everything You Need and More by Littlest Learners
Grade Level(s):
Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschooler, Babies/Toddlers, Staff
We hope that you have found something useful in the links we've shared, but keep in mind that we've only scratched the surface! Teachers Pay Teachers has recently redesigned their site, making it easier than ever to search for exactly the lessons, activities, and printables you need for your classroom. Regardless of the age and developmental level of your students, there is something for everyone at TPT.
Our blog aims to share some of the best resources. Make sure to subscribe to our blog and join in as a featured teacher author, link up with us, follow us on twitter and facebook, and consider guest authoring an article. We'd love to hear from you!
Oh, and if you are looking for more freebies to get your school year started right; be sure to read through some of our previous posts.
Thanks for stopping by!
Disclaimer: All of the above mentioned items were listed as Free on TPT at the time this post was published. Pricing of these items is subject to change as they are not maintained by the authors at Teacher2Teacher.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Communication: An Educator’s Greatest Tool for Student Success
Communication is an essential part of our everyday lives. As educators, we understand that communication between school and home can be one of the most powerful tools that we use to ensure student success.
Educators face the daily challenge of building a community of learners in their classrooms, even though these learners come from a variety of backgrounds. Effective home-school communication is one way that we can level the playing field for our students. By providing equal access to important information, we never have to worry about someone being left out.
What are some ways that we can communicate between home and school? Our new digital era has provided wonderful tools such as wikis, blogs, Twitter, web pages, and email as ways to share information; however, does everyone have equal access to these forms of technology at home? In some areas, this may certainly be the case, but in others there may be a significant number of families who are out of the loop. This creates a communication gap that provides yet another hurdle to teachers who are trying to keep their students’ families informed.
So how do we close the communication gap? First, we must know our students and their families. Through the use of surveys and interest inventories, we can find out a tremendous amount about the home life of our students and the access to technology they have. If your school collects email addresses from families at registration, then you can send out an email invitation to complete an online survey. There are many free online survey sites, but I have found Survey Monkey (www.surveymonkey.com) to be an easy site to use and share. Providing online and paper copies of the same survey insures that no one is left out of this information gathering process.
Our next step in closing the communication gap is providing as much information as we can in as many formats as we can. Many teachers send home paper newsletters each week or month to keep their families informed of school happenings. How about posting that same information on a class wiki or blog? A weekly email blast with the newsletter attached and important information highlighted in the message is another great way to share what is going on in your classroom. I currently have a class wiki and a Teacher Web account (as our digital scrapbook). I also send home weekly newsletters and occasional email blasts to keep my families informed. It’s important to print out any emails you send to your entire class and send them to those families who do not have access. One way to manage this task is to give yourself (and any volunteers or student helpers) a visual guide to which students need paper copies. To do this, you can use a sticker on the folders or “mailboxes” that you use for sending home papers, to show which students need the paper copies.
Don’t forget that communication goes two ways. Make sure your parents have several ways to contact you. Have you thought about generating a QR Code containing your contact information? You have probably seen these blocky-looking bar codes around. Apps are available for many smart phones which allow the user to scan the code and get the information. When you generate a QR code with contact information, many of the apps will even open up your contacts to allow you to save all of the information quickly. Include your contact phone number at school, your email address, the school’s mailing address, and your blog or web page. This would be a good thing to share at your open house or registration day. Of course, you’ll want to provide this information in regular text as well for those who are not equipped. An easy QR code generator can be found at zxing.appspot.com/generator, and a good basic QR code reader app is Red Laser, which is available for iPhone and Android.
Lastly, communication is an ongoing process that will only get better as you use it more. You have to stay up-to-date with your district’s communication policies and allowable practices, but don’t be afraid to try out new forms of communication. I just found out about Eye Jot (www.eyejot.com), which is a free video email service. Using your webcam, you can produce a simple video message then send it out to your contacts. Everyone may not have email, but you may be able to produce a similar video and burn it to a DVD to send home with those who don’t. A similar tool, FotoBabble (www.fotobabble.com), allows you to load a photo, or a series of photos, and add audio commentary. You can also tag images with “hotspots” that link to related web pages. Imagine having each child record a sentence or two about a class project, or even capturing a photo of a note passed in class with an audio message to Mom and Dad! Depending on your district’s policies, you may be able to achieve a similar result with text messaging. The non-technology equivalent would be to print a photo with a quick typed message underneath.
Though it may add a little extra to our already-busy workload, effective communication is a great way for teachers, students, and their families to stay on the same page. It may even save you time in dealing with miscommunications or confused parents! The products below may save you more time in organizing your home-school communication.
John Blake, Ed.S.
Additional TPT Products
- Student Performance Notes
- What to say, to help your child read
- Parent Handbook Template
- Parent Conference in English & Spanish
- Home & School Communication Book
- Teacher Conference Notes
- Family Communication/Contact Log
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thursday Round Up #4
Welcome to the Thursday Round Up - a great place to find terrific TpT products all on sale for three days! Once again, a great group of resources from sellers we know and love and some new ones too.
This week there were twice as many sellers wanting into the Round Up as we need! But don't worry, if you didn't make it in this week, you'll be in there next week.
Inference Mini Lesson On Character's Feelings Grades 3-8
This 5 page pdf file includes a complete scripted mini lesson for teaching students to infer character’s feelings. The lesson includes an active engagement activity for small groups, a full sized example of the modeled text, and a Character’s Feelings & Emotions poster to hang in your classroom
Lisa Frase
"Hunger Games" Panem to Panem, game similar to Apples to Apples Grades 5 - Adult
You've read the book, you've done the worksheets and activities, now it's time to play the game! Your students will love Panem to Panem, a game based on the popular party Game Apples to Apples®. Everything you need to play is included along with instructions.
Rachel Lynette
Winter Math and Reading Activities Grades PreK-1
46 pages of fun, engaging math and reading activities featuring snowmen and penguins. There is an original beginning reading book with a matching printable book, a penguin rhyming words match, snowman beginning addition, counting 1-25, word families, ending sounds, sight words, and more! Several games come with matching cut-and-glue activity sheets.
Teacher Tam
Reading Informational Materials PPT Grades 7-12
This powerpoint presentation provides an overview of how to read informational materials including consumer documents, workplace documents, and functional documents. Specific examples and features of informational documents are included. Works with Reading Comprehension 2.1 and 2.7, understanding and analyzing functional and technical documents.
Melissa Soeltz
Packet of New Practice Exercises for Simple Steps to Sentence Grades 7-adult
An entirely new set of exercises, tests, and writing connection pages to be used in conjunction with the notes, students lesson plans, and overhead projection pages in Simple Steps to Sentence Sense. Now you can use the book with more than one grade level.
Charlene Tess
Valentine's Day Coordinate Graphing Grades 3-5
Teach or review coordinate graphing with 3 "sweet" Valentine's Day pictures. Students can complete an easy Hershey kiss, a cute flowering heart, or a tricky cupid. You decide the challenge level by choosing the picture to give each student. These make a nice display in the hallway when they are finished. Marked down especially for the holiday.
techedoutteacher
Valentine's Activities for Primary Students: math, literacy and more! Grades 1-3
A 50+ page collection of activities for the week surrounding Valentine's Day. Activities are well-suited to learning centers, whole-class activities or partner-based learning and cover a range of math and balanced literacy skills.
Shelley Gray
Valentine's Math: Counting Back Interactive Slides and Printable Game Grade 1
This is an interactive Valentine's Day theme lesson which has a focus on counting back. The slides ask questions such as, "What are the next four numbers counting back by 4's from 39?" The printable game may be played by partners.
Wise Owl Factory
Idioms and cloze activity with George Washington Grades 3-7
With the help of America's first President, your students will have a ""whale of a time"" learning idioms and understanding their meanings. This 23 slide presentation discusses what an idiom is, and gives 20 examples of commonly used idioms. You'll laugh along with your students in a memorable presentation, full of animated graphics!
Teachers Unleashed
Area of Irregular Figures: Using Rectangles math resource 10-pg packet Grades 4-6
10-page teacher resource packet on finding areas of irregular shapes (such as L-shaped and U-shaped figures) using rectangles (no triangles). Step-by-step explanations and examples of strategies for solving problems by adding smaller areas inside the figure or by subtracting missing pieces from a larger rectangle. Includes a 3-page section to help teach how to find and label missing dimensions, by adding and subtracting other labeled sides.
Patrick Shaffer
21 Literature Worksheets for ANY Book Grades 1-5
20% off my best selling product!!! 21 quality graphic organizers that can be used with any picture book or short novel.
tchrBrowne
Read Across America Day Treasure Hunt Grades 2-5
This is a four page document that is guaranteed to put some fun into reading for Read Across America Day or any day in school. This Treasure Hunt activity will have students searching for authors, genres of books, lengths of books, and other fun topics. Watch them scurry around your room trying to get the treasure (which can simply be candy or the award that is attached as well). Have fun with this creative activity!
Wise Guys
Mitosis and Meiosis (Cell Growth and Division) Powerpoint and Notes Grades 7-12
This powerpoint is on Mitosis and Meiosis (Cell Growth and Division). It consists of 55 slides that are colorful, informative and visually stimulating. You will also receive a teacher set of notes and a student set of notes. Students will fill in their outline of notes as the powerpoint is being presented.
Science Stuff
Exercises for the Classroom Grades K-8
I created this Smartboard activity so that my students can get up and move around for a minute or two before moving on to the next subject. Gym or no gym, doing a few exercises is motivating. There is a scrolling banner across the top to tell the students what to do for one minute, and there is a timer to keep track.
dijobaker
Detecting Capital Letters Center Grades 2-4
Your students will be ready to solve the case of the missing capital letters! Included in this purchase are 24 magnifying glasses, which have text typed in them that are missing capital letters (ex: mrs. caffelle, washington d.c.). There is an included recording sheet to track "case notes" aka words with capital letters, and all you need to include is the "case envelope"- a manilla folder to put the pieces in.
BeverlyTeacher
Seven Greatest Classroom Irritations for Teachers with Solutions All Grade Levels
This short, four page resource offers a number of practical ideas on how to eliminate those day-after-day aggravating problems that keep resurfacing in your classroom. Seven problems are discussed including Children Who Are Always at Your Desk and Use of the Pencil Sharpener. Underneath each topic, a number of doable solutions are recommended.
scipi
15 Spanish 1 Projects Grades 7-12
Group Projects, Individual Projects, Projects for the Main Themes of all Spanish I textbooks and classes.. 24 pages including rubrics for easy grading and clear expectations for a majority of the projects. Themes include Food, Health, Vocab, Clothing, Family, House, and more!
Justin-B
Author's Purpose: Resources for Language Arts Grades 5-10
This 30 page resource contains various activities for you to use while teaching the literary element of Author's Purpose (to persuade, to inform, and to entertain). This resource includes: posters, bookmarks, activity ideas, reading response prompts, internet resources, book list, an anchor chart, and two rubrics. It also contains 7 graphic organizers for reading, 3 different writing activities (Pizza Purpose, Writing a Newspaper Page, and Creating a Menu), and an oral communication activity.
Runde's Room
Graphing Booklet- Sports Theme Grades 2-5
Sports Graphing Booklet: Create a tally chart, pictograph, line plot, bar graph, horizontal bar graph, and answer questions based on frequency chart data about sports. I have other themes of the graphing booklet as well.
Beverlyteacher
Kate Chopin Mini-Unit Grade 7-12
This mini-unit is a 3 day student-centered activity set for Kate Chopin. Student handouts are provided for each day and all reading materisls are provided with online links. Includes a biography scavenger hunt, a timeline activity, a short essay writing prompt, a reading guide, and wrap-up questions for review. Allow your students to learn to love reading and the great authors of our past!
Michele Luck
That's it for this week. If you submitted a product and it isn't here, it means that you didn't turn in your form soon enough to make this week's Round Up. Look for your product in next week's Round Up. We have several products ready to go for next week, but there is still room for more. If you would like your product to be included, just fill out this super easy, handy-dandy form. All TpT sellers are welcome to participate.
This week there were twice as many sellers wanting into the Round Up as we need! But don't worry, if you didn't make it in this week, you'll be in there next week.
Inference Mini Lesson On Character's Feelings Grades 3-8
This 5 page pdf file includes a complete scripted mini lesson for teaching students to infer character’s feelings. The lesson includes an active engagement activity for small groups, a full sized example of the modeled text, and a Character’s Feelings & Emotions poster to hang in your classroom
Lisa Frase
"Hunger Games" Panem to Panem, game similar to Apples to Apples Grades 5 - Adult
You've read the book, you've done the worksheets and activities, now it's time to play the game! Your students will love Panem to Panem, a game based on the popular party Game Apples to Apples®. Everything you need to play is included along with instructions.
Rachel Lynette
Winter Math and Reading Activities Grades PreK-1
46 pages of fun, engaging math and reading activities featuring snowmen and penguins. There is an original beginning reading book with a matching printable book, a penguin rhyming words match, snowman beginning addition, counting 1-25, word families, ending sounds, sight words, and more! Several games come with matching cut-and-glue activity sheets.
Teacher Tam
Reading Informational Materials PPT Grades 7-12
This powerpoint presentation provides an overview of how to read informational materials including consumer documents, workplace documents, and functional documents. Specific examples and features of informational documents are included. Works with Reading Comprehension 2.1 and 2.7, understanding and analyzing functional and technical documents.
Melissa Soeltz
Packet of New Practice Exercises for Simple Steps to Sentence Grades 7-adult
An entirely new set of exercises, tests, and writing connection pages to be used in conjunction with the notes, students lesson plans, and overhead projection pages in Simple Steps to Sentence Sense. Now you can use the book with more than one grade level.
Charlene Tess
Valentine's Day Coordinate Graphing Grades 3-5
Teach or review coordinate graphing with 3 "sweet" Valentine's Day pictures. Students can complete an easy Hershey kiss, a cute flowering heart, or a tricky cupid. You decide the challenge level by choosing the picture to give each student. These make a nice display in the hallway when they are finished. Marked down especially for the holiday.
techedoutteacher
Valentine's Activities for Primary Students: math, literacy and more! Grades 1-3
A 50+ page collection of activities for the week surrounding Valentine's Day. Activities are well-suited to learning centers, whole-class activities or partner-based learning and cover a range of math and balanced literacy skills.
Shelley Gray
Valentine's Math: Counting Back Interactive Slides and Printable Game Grade 1
This is an interactive Valentine's Day theme lesson which has a focus on counting back. The slides ask questions such as, "What are the next four numbers counting back by 4's from 39?" The printable game may be played by partners.
Wise Owl Factory
Idioms and cloze activity with George Washington Grades 3-7
With the help of America's first President, your students will have a ""whale of a time"" learning idioms and understanding their meanings. This 23 slide presentation discusses what an idiom is, and gives 20 examples of commonly used idioms. You'll laugh along with your students in a memorable presentation, full of animated graphics!
Teachers Unleashed
Area of Irregular Figures: Using Rectangles math resource 10-pg packet Grades 4-6
10-page teacher resource packet on finding areas of irregular shapes (such as L-shaped and U-shaped figures) using rectangles (no triangles). Step-by-step explanations and examples of strategies for solving problems by adding smaller areas inside the figure or by subtracting missing pieces from a larger rectangle. Includes a 3-page section to help teach how to find and label missing dimensions, by adding and subtracting other labeled sides.
Patrick Shaffer
21 Literature Worksheets for ANY Book Grades 1-5
20% off my best selling product!!! 21 quality graphic organizers that can be used with any picture book or short novel.
tchrBrowne
Read Across America Day Treasure Hunt Grades 2-5
This is a four page document that is guaranteed to put some fun into reading for Read Across America Day or any day in school. This Treasure Hunt activity will have students searching for authors, genres of books, lengths of books, and other fun topics. Watch them scurry around your room trying to get the treasure (which can simply be candy or the award that is attached as well). Have fun with this creative activity!
Wise Guys
Mitosis and Meiosis (Cell Growth and Division) Powerpoint and Notes Grades 7-12
This powerpoint is on Mitosis and Meiosis (Cell Growth and Division). It consists of 55 slides that are colorful, informative and visually stimulating. You will also receive a teacher set of notes and a student set of notes. Students will fill in their outline of notes as the powerpoint is being presented.
Science Stuff
Exercises for the Classroom Grades K-8
I created this Smartboard activity so that my students can get up and move around for a minute or two before moving on to the next subject. Gym or no gym, doing a few exercises is motivating. There is a scrolling banner across the top to tell the students what to do for one minute, and there is a timer to keep track.
dijobaker
Detecting Capital Letters Center Grades 2-4
Your students will be ready to solve the case of the missing capital letters! Included in this purchase are 24 magnifying glasses, which have text typed in them that are missing capital letters (ex: mrs. caffelle, washington d.c.). There is an included recording sheet to track "case notes" aka words with capital letters, and all you need to include is the "case envelope"- a manilla folder to put the pieces in.
BeverlyTeacher
Seven Greatest Classroom Irritations for Teachers with Solutions All Grade Levels
This short, four page resource offers a number of practical ideas on how to eliminate those day-after-day aggravating problems that keep resurfacing in your classroom. Seven problems are discussed including Children Who Are Always at Your Desk and Use of the Pencil Sharpener. Underneath each topic, a number of doable solutions are recommended.
scipi
15 Spanish 1 Projects Grades 7-12
Group Projects, Individual Projects, Projects for the Main Themes of all Spanish I textbooks and classes.. 24 pages including rubrics for easy grading and clear expectations for a majority of the projects. Themes include Food, Health, Vocab, Clothing, Family, House, and more!
Justin-B
Author's Purpose: Resources for Language Arts Grades 5-10
This 30 page resource contains various activities for you to use while teaching the literary element of Author's Purpose (to persuade, to inform, and to entertain). This resource includes: posters, bookmarks, activity ideas, reading response prompts, internet resources, book list, an anchor chart, and two rubrics. It also contains 7 graphic organizers for reading, 3 different writing activities (Pizza Purpose, Writing a Newspaper Page, and Creating a Menu), and an oral communication activity.
Runde's Room
Graphing Booklet- Sports Theme Grades 2-5
Sports Graphing Booklet: Create a tally chart, pictograph, line plot, bar graph, horizontal bar graph, and answer questions based on frequency chart data about sports. I have other themes of the graphing booklet as well.
Beverlyteacher
Kate Chopin Mini-Unit Grade 7-12
This mini-unit is a 3 day student-centered activity set for Kate Chopin. Student handouts are provided for each day and all reading materisls are provided with online links. Includes a biography scavenger hunt, a timeline activity, a short essay writing prompt, a reading guide, and wrap-up questions for review. Allow your students to learn to love reading and the great authors of our past!
Michele Luck
That's it for this week. If you submitted a product and it isn't here, it means that you didn't turn in your form soon enough to make this week's Round Up. Look for your product in next week's Round Up. We have several products ready to go for next week, but there is still room for more. If you would like your product to be included, just fill out this super easy, handy-dandy form. All TpT sellers are welcome to participate.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday Round Up #1!
Welcome to the very first TpT Thursday Round Up! The Thursday Round Up is a collection of TpT products, all from different sellers and all on sale for three days; from now until Saturday evening. There is something for everyone so go ahead and click a few links. You may find exactly what you need!Literature Guide for A Sick Day for Amos McGee for grades 2-4.
This 16 page literature guide accompanies the 2011 Caldecott Medal Winner -A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead. Included in this guide: comprehension questions, vocabulary activity, reading response, animal research, story guide, and verb tense worksheet.
by Lisa Frase
Ready to Use Dictionary Worksheets for grades 3-6
Here are 20 worksheets to help your students learn how to use the dictionary effectively. Some of them focus on specific skills and can stand alone, while others require the use of a dictionary. Worksheets that are used with a dictionary can be used with any English language dictionary. Answer keys included when appropriate.
by Rachel Lynette
Family and Me Bundle for grades 2-5
This is a family tree questionnaire with a lesson plan attachment. The questionnaire starts with the student, then parent, then aunt/uncle, grandparents, and ends with great-grandparents. It's a fun lesson to learn about family history, countries, traditions, and history in general.
by Rosshalde Pak
by Rosshalde Pak
Groundhog's Day Power Point Lesson and Quiz for grades 2-5
This 30 slide Groundhog Day Powerpoint has everything you need to learn about and celebrate Ground hog day!! It includes information about the groundhog, the holiday and many traditions, information about Punxsutawny Phil and the small town in Pennsylvania, and has an interactive quiz at the end. I've also included as an added bonus some fun links, a short video on groundhogs, and two coloring sheets!
by Power Point ManiacGroundhog Glyph with Questions for grades PreK-4
This glyph has the children coloring or putting different items on a groundhog using eight different categories. A printable outline of a groundhog is provided. This handout also contains a page where the students are asked to identify the characteristics of someone who did their own groundhog glyph. Kindergarten and Preschool teachers can easily adapt this activity since pictures are included in the student instructions.
Valentine's Day Writing Activites for grades 6-8
This is a collection of nine middle years writing activities with a Valentine's Day theme. The activities follow the six traits of writing - Word Choice, Ideas, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Organization and Conventions.
Who doesn't love pizza? In this fun activity, students use a pizza wheel to find out beginning sounds based on looking at pictures on the pizza wheel. Once they find the correct sound, they pick the clothespin (teacher provided) with the correct letter.
Word Problem of the Day - 200 Word Problems & Charts for grades 2-6
Teach the “Word Problem of the Day” to reinforce problem solving and review addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are more than 200 word problems and the answers.
by Victoria Leon
#1-4 Magic Tree House Novel Study Set for grades 2-4
#1-4 Magic Tree House Novel Study Set for grades 2-4
25% off Novel studies for the first 4 Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne. Each Novel study includes chapter questions with answer key and extra novel worksheets. The novel studies can be used as a whole class study or for smaller guided reading groups.
by tchrBrowne
Cause & Effect Smartboard Lesson for grades 1-3
Introduce, practice, and review Cause and Effect with this colorful and interactive Smartboard lesson. Just pull the tab on the slides to show the instructions. There are 3 different cause and effect activities to engage your students with. This is a good companion to my Cause and Effect PowerPoint.
Dichotomous Key to Classify a CRAZY Animal Kingdom for grades 3-7
Students will look at cartoon pictures of some crazy looking animals to learn how to use a dichotomous classification key. This is the type of classification key that is used in most field guides. After practicing with these "crazy" animals, your students will be ready to step up and try a classification key that is more scientific.
This is an 9-page activities pack for teaching rules of divisibility. Covers rules for dividing by 2,3,4,5,6,9, and 10. Includes 4 mazes, 2 discussion starters, 2 division practice pages, and a "Divisibility Stew" practice page. Use as part of a lesson, review worksheets, homework, or math centers.
Dolch Sight Word Checkers Set for grades K-4
Check out this great collection of seven checkerboards that contain the 219 Dolch words (minus "I") from the Preprimer to Third Grade lists. Your students will have a blast playing checkers and they won't even realize that they are building their sight-word vocabulary at the same time. The boards progress from easiest to most difficult and are numbered for easy tracking.
by John Blake
by John Blake
Guided Reading Worksheets and Activities for grades 3-6
This is Wise Guys best-selling activity. 38 pages of guided reading worksheets and activities to use immediately in your classroom!
Math Games for Middle School 2 for grades 5-9
A fantastic collection of 10 math games (including one Halloween-themed math game) that will have your students out of their seats, laughing, working together, and practicing their math skills. This collection includes a power point game, a game that can be used as a math project, and numerous games that can be used as learning centers as well as whole-class games.
Reflexive Verb Unit Lesson Plan Packet for grades 8-11
Lesson Plans to teach Reflexive Verbs (los verbos reflexivos) in Spanish. This 22 page packet contains a Guided Notes packet (12 pages) which explains reflexives in detail and gives many examples. Also included are worksheets, pronunciation assessment, quiz, and a student project.
Area and Perimeter Worksheet Packet for grades 3-5
This 3 page packet focuses on area and perimeter math skills. Reinforcement practice working with formulas for rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles. Practice finding perimeter and area of polygons.
I Have Who Has (animal studies version) for grades 3-6
This quick vocabulary review game is a favorite among my students. It matches National Science Content Standard 4 - Life Sciences. Students take turns reading their card while others listen to see if they have the vocabulary word that matches the description.
by techedoutteacher
by techedoutteacher
Everyday Math Grade 1 CD for grade 1
This CD includes all the Grade 1 Units 1-10 reviews for Everyday Math , Everyday Math lessons for 6.1-9.5, the Gr. 1 Everyday Math year end review, and CGI files in Word and PDF formats. Special lessons include: Number Grid World, Data Day, What is a Unit? Calendar Math, Holiday Slides to greet your class, Birthday and Star of the Week slides, and more.
Response to Literature Essay Unit for grades 7-12
I provide Writing Vocabulary and teach the Detailed Paragraph Structure based on the model by Jane Schaffer. Along with essay assignments and mini-lessons, which also serve as handouts, I provide several PowerPoint presentations, an essay rubric, a checklist of what to turn in with the final draft, and a reflection sheet. All in all, there are 21 documents that are ready to use, or can be easily adapted for your classroom.
by Melissa Soeltz
by Melissa Soeltz
Integrate science and balanced literacy with this animal habitat mini-unit! This product features a full-color shared reading story along with several engaging follow-up activities. Templates are also provided for each student to make his/her own "Habitat Book."
Summarizing Package - Activities to Use for Any Text for grades 4-10
This 26 page resource contains various activities for you to use while teaching the reading comprehension strategy of Summarizing. This resource includes: 3 different mini-posters, bookmarks, a full page of activity ideas, a full page of reading response prompts, 15 different graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction texts, and two rubrics.
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