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!!

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.

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!

 

 
 

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