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Reading Log Alternative: "Tower of Books" {An Independent Reading Challenge}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

Replace that hum-drum reading log and Infuse new life into students’ independent reading, at school or at home, with the “Tower of Books” Challenge! Perfect for a summer reading challenge or an alternative to the stuck-in-a-rut reading log

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Homework, Printables, Google Apps

$8.00

$6.40

4,565

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End of the Year Memory Book {Not Grade Specific}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

End of the Year Memory Book: Help your students remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables

$6.50

$5.20

2,140

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END OF THE YEAR Activities: Fun & Fresh!

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

End of Year Activities: End the school year with some fun and fresh activities! These six end-of-the-year activities, geared toward students in grades 3 through 5, are engaging and interactive! Includes all the descriptions, printables, and

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, End of Year

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.00

$4.80

3,646

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End of the Year AWARDS {Customizable, 40 Categories} Digital & Printable

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

These end of the year awards will make a great keepsake for your class of students! The awards are designed to resemble ribbons, with a fresh and appealing (but not overly "cutesy") style. 40 fun categories are included. Printable and Digital

Subjects:

End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Google Apps

$6.50

$5.20

2,791

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End of Year Memory Book {3rd Grade}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

3rd Grade Memory Book: Help your third graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Printables

$6.00

$4.80

1,483

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End of Year Memory Book {2nd Grade}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

2nd Grade Memory Book: Help your second graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Printables

$6.00

$4.80

1,131

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Back to School Activities "Get To Know You" First Week of School

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

Begin the year with some fun and fresh back to school activities to help your students get to know each other during the first weeks of school! These seven back-to-school activities, geared toward students in grades 3 through 5, are engaging and

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.50

$5.20

4,746

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End of Year Memory Book {4th Grade}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

4th Grade End of Year Memory Book: Help your fourth graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Printables

$6.00

$4.80

1,035

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End of the Year DIGITAL Memory Book (Google Slides)

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

This DIGITAL End of the Year Memory Book will help your students remember their school year together with a lasting keepsake. Bright, engaging pages for students to fill out using Google Slides. The memory book comes with 3 cover options and lots of

Subjects:

End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Google Apps

$6.00

$4.80

1,560

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End of Year Memory Book {5th Grade}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

5th Grade Memory Book: Help your fifth graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

5^th

Types:

Printables

$6.00

$4.80

745

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Keep It Fresh! Writing Centers BUNDLE (15 Writing Centers)

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

My "Keep It Fresh! Writing Centers" are designed to engage students in fresh writing practice without having to create brand new centers each week. Each writing center focuses on one form of writing and uses simple ways for you to easily change it

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Centers

$42.00 $25.00

$20.00

895

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End of the Year Awards "License Plate Awards" 45 Categories, Editable

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

Giving these “End of the Year License Plate Awards” to your class is a fun, unique, and memorable way to celebrate your students and their school year. Each award is in the shape and style of a license plate, with the award category spelled out in a

Subjects:

End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Google Apps

$6.50

$5.20

185

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"Goal Blocks" Student Goal-Setting, New Year's Resolutions

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

Goal Blocks is a meaningful and memorable goal-setting activity for students (with eye-popping display options!), perfect for setting New Year's resolutions or for a back to school activity at the beginning of the year. Students use the letters of

Subjects:

Back to School, The New Year

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.00

$3.20

283

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Frog and Toad Are Friends {A Book Study}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

This resource is a reader's notebook book study for Frog and Toad Are Friends, a classic early chapter book by Arnold Lobel, commonly used in first and second grade classrooms.Kids love having their own little notebooks. Teachers love having kids

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.3, RL.1.7, RL.1.10, RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.7, RL.2.10

$5.00

$4.00

960

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Sentence Structure, Grammar: 5 Lesson BUNDLE [Google Slides & PowerPoint]

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

This BUNDLE includes all 5 of my sentence structure lessons, focusing on key grammar skills (subjects and predicates, simple and complete subjects and predicates, compound subjects and predicates, subject - verb agreement, and compound sentences)

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Google Apps

$30.00 $22.00

$17.60

840

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End of Year Memory Book {1st Grade}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

1st Grade Memory Book: Help your first graders remember their school year forever with this fun and meaningful end-of-year memory book! Designed in an engaging notebook/journal style, this memory book is sure to become a lasting keepsake for your

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Printables

$6.00

$4.80

405

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Make Words! Word Work - Word Study Activity

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

"Make Words!" is a fun way to incorporate word work into your daily or weekly routine, and gives students valuable word study practice. Students cut apart a group of letters and use them to form words.The resource includes 28 activity sheets, each

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$8.00

$6.40

1,386

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BUNDLE End of the Year Activities: Fun & Fresh! {2 Packs}

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

End the school year with some fun and fresh activities! This BUNDLE includes the following two resources:• End of the Year Activities: Fun & Fresh! {Pack #1}• End of the Year Activities: Fun & Fresh! {Pack #2}Check out the preview for a

Subjects:

End of Year

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$12.00 $10.00

$8.00

483

Bundle

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Valentine's Day Opinion Writing Lesson & Activity

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a Valentine's Day-related focus question about conversation heart candy. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Are conversation hearts the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.1, W.4.1, W.5.1

$4.00

$3.20

811

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Reading Response BUNDLE (for Literature & Informational Text) *PRINT & DIGITAL*

By Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

A huge collection of flexible, differentiated, reading response pages in an engaging reader’s notebook style, to use with virtually any piece of literature or informational text. Printable (both half-page and full-page) AND digital (Google Slides)

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

$52.00 $36.00

$28.80

971

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Eleven years of teaching at the elementary level, including 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Five years serving as a Lead Teacher for my school.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in helping students become bolder, deeper, better thinkers. I believe authentic, meaningful learning impacts children. I believe in risk-taking, and showing students that making mistakes can help you grow. I believe in expecting a lot from a child, but to guide them in reaching those expectations. I believe that the best way for children to become better readers is to READ, a lot, and usually with good-fit books.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I have the honor of being a teacher and a dad and a husband... does that count?

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.S. in Early Childhood Education, Miami University Reading Endorsment

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