Teaching Tools

Writing Centers for Word Choice and Sentence Fluency

  • March 19, 2020, 1:57 a.m.
Product Description 3 centers for building awareness and practicing word choice and sentence fluency in student writing. Can be used as centers or small group instruction. Students will plan, draft, revise, and edit in independent work stations. Best to be used with 3rd-7th grades.

Math App Homework Tic-Tac-Toe Chart and Letter1

  • March 19, 2020, 1:22 a.m.
Product Description Need a way to make math homework fun? Use this math homework tic-tac-toe chart that incorporates using apps to practice critical thinking and basic math skills. A parent letter is included to send home explaining the homework. This document is easy to use and add your personal class info to. A list of FREE apps are included!

Year of Homophones Pacing Guide

  • March 17, 2020, 8:26 p.m.
Product Description Homophones for a Year Pacing guide. Week by week plan for teaching sets of homophones. Includes review weeks and words continue to spiral.

Student Meme Activity

  • March 17, 2020, 7:34 p.m.
Product Description Students will create positive memes about themselves. Use this product as a lesson guide. This product also includes ideas for meme sayings students can use. Publish student memes on a bulletin board or social media outlet! Great back-to-school activity to get to know your students!

Personal Narrative STAAR Rubric- Kid Friendly

  • March 17, 2020, 7:16 p.m.
Product Description The rubric is in "kid" friendly language to help guide students into writing and rating their own writing. Teachers can use this rubric to teach and assess.

Personal Narrative Checklist ***Best Seller!

  • March 17, 2020, 5:39 p.m.
Product Description Personal Narrative Checklist cards for students to use while they draft personal narratives. Easy to add to writer's notebooks for a reference.

3rd Grade-10 Weeks of Making Words

  • March 17, 2020, 5:04 p.m.
Ten weeks of spelling pattern activities for your third graders. In this activity, students build words using known spelling patterns in order to figure out the mystery word. There are three steps to making words: Build, sort by pattern, and transfer to other words. This will help students look for letter patterns and build vocabulary.

2nd Grade-10 Weeks of Making Words

  • March 16, 2020, 9:57 p.m.
Ten weeks of spelling pattern activities for your second graders. In this activity, students build words using known spelling patterns in order to figure out the mystery word. There are three steps to making words: Build, sort by pattern, and transfer to other words. This will help students look for letter patterns and build vocabulary. TEKS 2.2C, CCSS L2.2

Reciprocal Teaching Cards

  • Nov. 22, 2019, 8:14 p.m.
This strategy has students going through the thinking process and then teaching their team about their thinking. It can be used in any content area! This strategy is great for students to reinforce their own learning and allow for deeper understanding of a concept taught. John Hattie identifies reciprocal teaching as having a .74 effect size on student growth!

Reciprocal Teaching Role Cards

  • Nov. 19, 2019, 6 p.m.
Reciprocal teaching is a strategy for scaffolding meta-cognition for the reading process. Use these role cards for small group instruction. Have students predict, read, clarify, question, and summarize while the teacher coaches and assesses. This is an excellent strategy for Tier 2 and 3 intervention for comprehension.