New Job board

I have created a new jobs board for next year! You can find it on my TpT store at a discount right now! With these new jobs I will have two students assigned to each job so just about every student depending on class sizes will have a job almost every week! There are over 8 different jobs!

Homework issues?

Do you have that one student or maybe a few of them that often do not turn their homework in? Do you have trouble keeping up with the documentation of how many assignments that they have been late on? Or have parents that do not realize their child is not turning in assignments at all? Well you should try out Google forms with a QR code to keep track of all of that data for you!Simply have your students scan the code when they are missing a homework assignment and fill out the short form. Everything is time stamped with the date and is great data to share at parent teacher conferences. It is also a wonderful tool for showing the student themselves how many assignments they have been late on. The form takes about five minutes to use and you can generate a QR code using the link to the form for free here at QR Stuff. It is easy and fast to do.

This is also works great with your frequent flyers who always seem to need to use the restroom. You can create a form they need to fill out before leaving to use the restroom to see how many times a day they are leaving your room and if there is a certain subject they are trying to avoid. 

Math Word Wall

I can't believe that I finally got these done!!! My math word wall is going to be so amazing next year with these added to them. With over 100 math definitions this will be the perfect addition to your classroom when it comes to teaching math! This download covers words from:
Number and Sense
Algebraic 
Fractions
Order and Operation 
Measurement 
and much more!

You can find them at my TpT store for download.

 

Reading Genre Posters

With Summer School in full bloom I haven't had as much time as I would like to work on making things for my classroom. I have been able to finally get my new reading genres posters made and have posted them to my TpT store!!

Task Cards

I am excited to announce I have finished my first round of task cards!! These 36 multiplication word problems are perfect for small group setting. They come equipped with QR code for students to check their answers as well as a recording sheet. Be on the look out this is just the first set! They are available at my TpT store.

Summer School

It has been a busy week is all I can say! I started my 9th year of teaching summer school on Tuesday and my little guy started Kindergarten Summer School. So needless to say it has been an emotional week so I have not been able to get much done in the sense of making things for my classroom. I have made the decision to transition my room to flexible seating next year and found some wonderful finds at 5 Below the other day I will post tomorrow on my day off!!!

Homework ticket

One of the most frustrating things for a teacher is when students do not complete their homework and you feel you are the only one who really cares. I have created these homework tickets to put more of the responsibility on the students to own up to not having their homework before the teacher even has to ask.Available for free at my TpT store

Guided Reading

I am going to be posting the next few days about my guided reading groups and what I do with them! First up is a break down of my time with each group. This past year I had 27 kids in my class so I had to break my guided reading groups into 5 separate groups. I don't call my groups by numbers because some of the kids are able to figure out which group is the higher group and which is my more lower group. I refer to my guided reading groups as North group, South group, West group, East group, and if I have more than 4 I add like Southwest group name in. I know as a teacher I wasn't always confident when I heard the words guided reading and trying to figure out how to balance how much time I should be spending with each group and what I should be doing with them. If you were like me I hope that this will help you out!!

Word Work

If you use Daily 5 in your classroom then I recommend checking out  http://www.chalkandapples.com/ and getting her

I used this, this past year for my word work time with my students and they loved it! You can get this yourself at her TpT store. 

Vocabulary Detectives

I created this new way to help students learn words they do not know the meaning of or for when we are learning our vocabulary words for the week. Students will enjoy getting to feel like detectives as they make their way through this worksheet. This is available for download at my TpT store

Parts of Speech Posters!

I have to admit that grammar has been an area of weakness for me when it comes to teaching. I have made it a goal of mine to work hard on being better at fitting in grammar time in my classroom in the fall. One of the ways that I am going to be able to accomplish this goal is with these posters I have made! I am in love with how colorful and useful they will be. These items are for sale in my TpT store!

Daily 5 Freebies!

I made these Daily 5 Posters to use in my classroom next year! They are free to download at my TPT Store as well!!

Annotation!

These annotation bookmarks are perfect for your students to pull out when needing to annotate any document! They are free at my TPT store! Just click on the picture below to get them.

Teacher Humor!!

My face when a student says this to me!

Target trip a success!!

Love all my amazing finds for my classroom @target most of this was in the $1 section!! 👌🏻#teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #teacher #chalkboard #targetteachers #classroomdecor

A photo posted by Meghan Warren (@diaryofathirdgradeteacher) on May 25, 2016 at 6:44pm PDT

Fun with Simple Machines

After MAP testing was over I was able to have some fun with my students at the end of the year with Science. We were learning about simple machines and I gave them the task of creating their own pulley system and their own catapult system using the supplies provided and what they had learned about how simple machines work. The results were a lot of fun and some amazing projects!

 

 
 

Binder Themes!

Here are the different themes you can choose from when getting one of my binders! I am in the process of creating more as we speak also and can take request. :)

Ultimate Teacher Binder part 2!

I have had some request for a better look at the pages included in my teacher binder. I will be uploading the themes I have created soon if you are interested in picking from one of them!

Small group storage

Found these amazing finds yesterday at Mardels on sale. I am excited to use them in the fall for small group organization. 

Ultimate Teacher Binder!!

I don't know about you but I have always had the hardest time trying to find all the things I need for a teacher binder in one spot. I have spent money in stores on lesson plan books that honestly never gave me enough space to write down everything I needed too. Also it lacked all the other important information that us teachers need to stay organized. So I decided to make one of my own! I had so much fun doing it that I have decided to make a bunch of different designs in case there were other teachers interested in my ultimate teacher binder!So what goes in to making the ultimate teacher binder? Well I start with my cover page

Next I asked myself what are all the things I use daily to make my life as a teacher seem more organized. That included:

Weekly and Daily lesson plan 

Small group planners

Student data pages

Grade book

Parent information

Parent Contact log

Student information pages

Substitute binder information

General classroom information

Yearly and Monthly calendar

It also includes labels and tabs

 
 

If you are interested in this lesson plan book you can find the arrow theme at my TPT store. I am in the process of uploading over 20 other themes I have been working on. I am available to take custom orders as well. 

A bonus: The first 5 Comments can get a custom one made for FREE!!!

Freebies

This weeks freebie is all about helping with the Chit Chat in your classroom. Reward your students for listening and paying attention during your lesson with a little bit of free talking time. These number cards can be hung up and added minutes on to them each time you feel the class is working quietly or giving you their full attention. I only made the numbers to go up to five minutes because I feel after that the talking could get a little out of hand!

You can get these pre-made signs for free at my TpT store