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Behavior Reflection Sheet or Think Sheet Positive Classroom Behavior Management

By Life Between Summers

Use these behavior reflection sheets to encourage positive behavior and student self-reflection. When students are not following behavior expectations, Fix-It Tickets are a constructive next step in your classroom behavior management plan. Rather

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Classroom Management

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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For Parents

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Classroom Behavior Management for Blurting Out - Catch a Bubble Blurt Lesson

By Life Between Summers

Do you have students who blurt out or talk too much at inappropriate times? Classroom management with constant interruptions can be exhausting! This is an effective classroom behavior management intervention to help with excessive blurting, for

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Classroom Management

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Open House Invitations, Portfolio Covers, and Classroom Tour/Scavenger Hunt

By Life Between Summers

This resource contains printables for Open House: templates for students to make invitations for parents, cover sheets that can be used for student work portfolios, and 3 options of templates for a classroom tour/scavenger hunt where students show

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End of Year

Grades:

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

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Printables

$3.00

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Parent Communication Folders and Letter from Teacher Editable

By Life Between Summers

Parent communication folders are a simple and organized way to send home school fliers and student work, as well as for teachers and parents to communicate with each other. You can send them home with students daily or once a week. This resource

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Classroom Management

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

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For Parents

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Festive Fridays Parent Letter

By Life Between Summers

“Festive Friday" is a fun idea to promote class community and bring holiday cheer to your classroom! Students wear festive holiday attire every Friday during the month in December leading up to winter break. This freebie is a letter to communicate

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Classroom Community

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

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For Parents

$1.00

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Mother's Day Party Growing Bundle - You Are My Sunshine theme

By Life Between Summers

Planning a class Mother's Day celebration, such as a Mother's Day tea or party? "You Are My Sunshine" is a meaningful party theme that your students' moms and mother figures will love!This growing bundle includes themed items to help you easily put

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Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Printables

$10.50

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Parent Letter for an Alternative to Reading Logs

By Life Between Summers

This download is for a Parent Letter (1 ready-to-print and 2 editable versions included) to accompany a unique alternative to Reading Logs created by former teacher and literacy specialist Ekuwah Moses. You can find a copy of the free Reading Log

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Reading

Grades:

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

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For Parents

$1.00

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Classroom Economy: The Class Mall (A Motivating Incentive for Positive Behavior)

By Life Between Summers

This resource has everything you need to start your own classroom economy for classroom management. It helps with real life math and social skills, and encourages responsibility. Students can earn class money for demonstrating positive behavior, and

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Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

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Classroom Forms, For Parents

$4.00

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Parent Postcards to Mail Positive Notes Home

By Life Between Summers

Parents love to hear positive feedback of how their child is doing at school. Make their day with the unexpected surprise of a postcard in the actual mail...it will make their day to hear you praising their child, and they will appreciate the

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

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Printables, For Parents

$2.00

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Spread a Little PositiviTEE Parent Letter

By Life Between Summers

“Spreading PositiviTEE" is a fun idea to help build positive community and promote social and emotional well-being in your classroom environment! Encourage your students to wear a T-shirt with a positive message on a certain day of the week (we do

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Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

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For Parents

$1.00

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Ask Me About stickers

By Life Between Summers

After school, it’s not uncommon for kid/parent interaction to play out something like this:Mom: “How was school today?” Kid: “Good.”Mom: “What did you learn about?” Kid: (Shrug) “Nothing.” Help prevent these kinds of conversations between your

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For All Subjects

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Assessment, Homework, For Parents

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CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.4

$1.00

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"P.E. with Pops" Father's Day Invitation for Dads (Editable)

By Life Between Summers

Celebrate the dads of your students this Father's Day by inviting them to "P.E. with Pops." Dads join your class for P.E. out on the playground. You can choose to do organized games, or just let the dads take charge and do what they do best- play

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Physical Education

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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For Parents

$1.00

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I am the author of "Our Class is a Family" and both "A Letter From Your Teacher" books (for the first day and last day of school). They are read alouds to help build class community and positive relationships in the classroom. I've taught 2nd grade for 15 years and am passionate about creating engaging, hands-on resources for the classroom. I especially enjoy making extensions activities to go with my books, math & literacy center games, and resources that integrate writing.

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B.A. English with Honors (cum laude), University of California Irvine. Master of Arts in Teaching, University of California Irvine.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, French, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Math Test Prep, Life Skills, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community