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Free informational text teacher manuals for Gifted and Talented
STEM Engineering Starter Kit for Teachers {elementary level}
Is your elementary school starting the Engineering Design Process? Does thinking about STEM make you want to pull your hair out? Do you feel confused about what STEM looks like in an elementary classroom setting? If so, this free STEM starter kit is for you! The packet includes everything I wish I had known about STEM when my school started implementing STEM in 2011. I hope it is helpful to you! I am in the process of going through all of the STEM activities I created over the past couple of yea
Grades:
K - 4th
Intro to Science Interactive Notebooks
Science Interactive Notebook - Guide to Getting Started!This tutorial is for those who have tried or always wanted to try to utilize a Science Interactive Notebook in their classroom. Science Interactive Notebooks are a great tool for students to process and understand science concepts in an engaging and creative way.Intro to Science Interactive Notebooks shares ideas on:- Materials to get started and have on hand in theclassroom- Science Interactive Notebook set-up- Upkeep of Science Interacti
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Easy Library Lessons No Prep Low Prep Ideas for Library Instruction Freebie
These 5 Fast and Fabulous No Prep/Low Prep Ideas for Library Instruction are here to rescue your teaching goals. Do you need fresh ideas for library lessons, or a little boost to help jump start your planning? Do you have a fixed schedule with 30 minute, 45 minute, or hour long class periods? Do you need a way to engage students with limited materials? Do you have little to no technology, or would like to take a break from technology? Do you need lessons that you can rely on when you just don'
Grades:
PreK - 8th
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Year Long ELA Curriculum Map (4th and 5th Grade)
Curriculum planning is stressful. I hope you find this curriculum map useful and it helps alleviate some of your stress in one way or another!
I assembled all of this in a binder so it is easy to access and refer back to all year long. I have included active links to the resources I am referring to in case you are interested. I have created novel studies for most of the novels I currently teach in my classroom, but there are 3 that are coming soon and I will update those links when they become
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Genius Hour Planning Sheet Genius Hour Template
Create a 4 week, 5 week, or 8 week long Genius Hour project in your classroom with this helpful planning sheet. Includes a weekly sheet to keep students on track. Find the complete Genius Hour Bundle here!Includes the following4 week, 5 week, or 8 week long teacher planning sheet Genius Hour cover pageGenius House project brainstorming graphic organizerWeekly plannerLooking for more real world, purposeful activities? Try PBL (Project Based Learning):Plan a Fundraiser PBL (Great for Earth Day!)PB
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Goal Tracking Sheets
This is designed for Special Education teachers/ESE teachers who need to track students IEP goals.
This uses an easy tally system so that you can keep track of how many times per month you work on each specific goal and objective for each student. This will help you visualize what objective you may still need to work on, or what objectives you work on with your students the most.
This is an excellent tool which requires hardly any time in your day to keep organized, and is an excellent piece
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Revised Bloom's Taxonomy: Cognitive Process Dimension
Are you a little bit baffled by Bloom's Taxonomy? Do you have one of those flip charts with all the verbs for each Bloom's level, but still feel lost?
This tool will help you identify exactly where your questions and other instructional tasks lie on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.*
The chart not only identifies all six areas of Bloom's (remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create), but it goes MUCH deeper by breaking down each level into specific cognitive processes, the thinking and
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
STAAR Reading Question and Sentence Stems
The following question and sentence stems are designed to guide teachers’ questioning during small group instruction or whole group mini-lessons.
They were created using wording found in the released 2013 3rd and 4th grade STAAR Reading Assessment.
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3rd - 4th
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Tutoring Log & Tracker
This free packet includes several varieties of logs to use for private tutoring sessions. The forms are for the purpose of keeping track of student sessions, noting improvements, planning for future sessions and communicating with parents. Hope you find it helpful!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
3rd Grade Short Answer Response Test Prep
This package includes detailed instructions for how to use a mnemonic device as a test-taking strategy for writing exemplary short response answers and receiving the maximum amount of points on standardized tests. This package also includes a detailed script with time blocks for teachers to use when teaching and implementing this strategy in their classrooms. Additionally, this package provides two sample passages with questions, answers, and aligned common core standards that would normally be
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3rd
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Free 2024-2025 Editable Holiday Planner: Printable & Digital Teacher Calendar
Are you looking for an easy way to keep track of important dates for the 2024-2025 school year? This comprehensive holiday planner is your solution! It includes all major holidays and observances, providing a quick reference for organizing your lessons and activities. Suitable for teachers of all grades, it helps you stay prepared and ahead of schedule. As a fellow teacher, I know how challenging it can be to keep track of all the holidays and plan your lessons accordingly. That's why I created
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
What is The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)?
If you're looking to help your students do well on the CogAT, this resource is the perfect place to start! The Cognitive Abilities Test, also called the CogAT, is a common screening assessment for placing students into Gifted and Talented programs and determining placement in private schools. The first time I heard of the CogAT was the day my students were going to take it. That caused a lot of frustration and anxiety in my classroom. I decided to start preparing my students for the CogAT. I cre
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â CogAT Verbal Reasoning BUNDLE for Subtests 1-3 Grades 2 and Up
IEP at a Glance
Detailed IEP at a Glance. I've been using this form in my classroom for at least 8 years. It is now being used by many of the other teachers. I hope that it is helpful in your classroom too.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
FREE Teacher Tutorial for Using Google Sheets
FREE Teacher Tutorial for Using Google Sheets: Learn how to use checkboxes, assign value to assignments, display scores, as well as utilize pie charts that update automatically as you utilize your checklist.These strategies are beneficial during distance learning, but will be helpful no matter what your future classroom may look like.Included in this free tutorial:20 page visual walkthrough40+ min walkthrough video (my first one!)2 page starter workbook so you can work as you read/watchThis is m
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Not Grade Specific
2nd Grade Science Scope and Sequence TEKS and NGSS
Grab this FREE year-at-a-glance planning tool for 2nd grade science and your whole year will be planned for you! There are even clickable links to lesson plan materials for each 2nd grade science unit.Find everything you need to teach each standard! This guide walks you through which resources cover each standard from both NGSS and TEKS.This FREE planning guide could save you some serious planning time for each week of your school year!Any materials, clipart, photographs, and products downloaded
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2nd
Classroom Library System- Book Checkout System
Tired of losing books from your personal classroom library? Can't remember who borrowed what book last? Did that student even read the book they borrowed? Have several students who want to read the same book? Worry no more!
This classroom library system can help keep you and your personal library organized and your students accountable for the material they read! The system includes the following:
-Personal Book Labels
-Book Checkout Logs
-Book Request Logs
-Student Book Review Sheets
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Not Grade Specific
ELA Curriculum Grades 9-10 Q2 Pacing Guide Curriculum Map - High School English
This resource includes a suggested curriculum map pacing guide for 9-weeks of high school English instruction for grades 9-10. You can use it to help plan your own year of ELA lessons and curriculum and/or get a better sense of the materials included in my ELA Quarter 2 Curriculum Grades 9-10.The ELA Quarter 2 curriculum resource is intended for both new high school English teachers as well as experienced ELA teachers looking for new ideas and creative lessons to add to their mix. This 9-week cu
Grades:
8th - 11th
"How-To" Be Colorful Cats {Costume Instructions for Teachers}
Since our school dressed up in "book character teams" last spring, I've received a lot of emails from teachers asking how the first grade team make their "Colorful Cats" costume. So, I did a little research and put this "how-to" book together for you. My original blog post about our school's Book Character Day is here.
Thanks!
Jen Jones
P.S. Feel free to use this "How-To" Be Colorful Cats Book as a mentor text for your "how-to" writing unit. :-)
Grades:
PreK - 5th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
EL Education 5th Grade Newsela Informational Text Guide for the Entire Year
All 4 Modules now included! This guide is meant to give you up to 4-article options to teach each week of the school year. It is aligned with the free EL Education Curriculum available for download on their website. However, you do NOT need to use the EL Curriculum to use this guide. The guide includes a whole year of articles around four themes (human rights, biodiversity and the rainforest, athletes as agents of social change, and the impact of natural disasters). Each article is directly link
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4th - 6th, Staff
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4th Grade Short Answer Response Test Prep
This package includes detailed instructions for how to use a mnemonic device as a test-taking strategy for writing exemplary short response answers and receiving the maximum amount of points on standardized tests. This package also includes a detailed script with time blocks for teachers to use when teaching and implementing this strategy in their classrooms. Additionally, this package provides two sample passages with questions, answers, and aligned common core standards that would normally be
Grades:
4th
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6th Grade Short Answer Response Test Prep
This package includes detailed instructions for how to use a mnemonic device as a test-taking strategy for writing exemplary short response answers and receiving the maximum amount of points on standardized tests. This package also includes a detailed script with time blocks for teachers to use when teaching and implementing this strategy in their classrooms. Additionally, this package provides two sample passages with questions, answers, and aligned common core standards that would normally be
Grades:
6th
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15 15-Minute Leadership Lessons for Elementary Gifted Students
This leadership packet is a GATE enrichment resource. Leadership is a gifted goal in many states. Let me take the pressure of you with 15 high-level Leadership lessons.Have you always wanted to teach your top 10% leadership lessons? Now you have a great way to incorporate leadership activities into your classroom. This packet has everything.Included in the packet is:A pack of 15 15-minute, high level leadership lessons. Each one building on the previous lesson to cover all aspects of studen
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Introduction to Passion Projects Genius Hour Slideshow
This slideshow can we used to introduce the concept of a Passion Project to your class. It includes motivational slides (everyone is a Genius!), samples of projects, and steps to run the project.Feel free to reach out if you want an editable version of this document.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
How a Seed Grows Small Group {{Lexile 400}}
This is a teacher guide for a small group reading circle for Lexile readers level 400. It includes:* Leveled Questions* A How To Writing Assignment* Small Group Center Work with word endingsWant more literacy? Check out my other products for interactive read alouds here!
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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