Showing posts with label TPT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TPT. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

NWEA MAP RIT Goal Setting Sheets

Does your school/district use MAP assessments to help monitor progress? Mine just recently went to this system. I love the immediate feedback that it gives. 

My students focus a lot on setting goals. I recently created these goal setting sheets as a simple way for my students to be tracking and setting goals in regards to taking their MAP assessments. 

People set goals in various ways. Some are more details than others. For my students' purposes, I created some simple sheets. These goal setting sheets are a great way for students to set personal goals when taking the MAP assessment by NWEA. I put these on TpT in case others could use them too! Teachers can print these out - 1 set per student. Students could either keep them in a binder or folder, or the teacher can shrink them down a little bit and have students cut/glue into a notebook (like a journal or goal setting notebook). Students will be (hopefully) motivated and kept accountable for their work by graphing, setting goals or action plans, and trying to track their progress. These goal setting sheets include both math and ELA.

Eventually, I'd love to break it down by area and have students track that too. Then students will know more specifically what areas they can celebrate and what areas they may need extra practice in. 

If you are interested in checking out my version, go to my TpT store, or feel free to use this idea in your own classroom. :-) Click below HERE or click the picture below to access the product. 



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Monday, September 2, 2013

"Autumn" by Emily Dickinson - a 2nd grade poetry mini unit aligned with CCSS

It's a brand new school year, and I'm so excited to have some time to make some fresh lesson plans aligned with Common Core! I've had a nice start to the school year, and I hope you have too. 

I just posted a new mini-unit in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. This unit uses the exemplar text, "Autumn". "Autumn" is a poem by Emily Dickinson, and it is the perfect poem to use right now at the beginning of the school year. The text can also be found on the CCCSS website in Appendix B. :-)

Included, you will find the following items and resources in my mini-unit:

-Lesson plan ideas (3 days)
-Assessment: written text dependent question
-Poem typed for displaying on screen (text is also found in Appendix B of the CCSS)
-Building Background picture
-Vocabulary slides to teach 4 key words
-Poetry analysis graphic organizer
-Visualizing sheet to draw/write visualization
-Class book outline for students to analyze the text

To purchase and download the zipped file, please go to my TpT store or click HERE. You can also click the picture below:




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Friday, August 16, 2013

Giant Back to School TpT Sale

And a brand new year has started! This weekend is the annual ginormous TpT Back to School Sale, so don't miss out! It runs from August 18-August 19 (Sunday and Monday). Click on the picture below to head over to my store, or click HERE. Don't forget to use the promo code: BTS13 at checkout to receive 28% off all items. :-) 

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

TpT - SUNDAY SUPER SALE and Referral

So Teachers Pay Teachers has been quite a ride for me. I have been a part of this website for about a year now, and I am absolutely AMAZED at the growth my store has had. I started out very very small, and it's just blown up from there. I was shocked to receive my check in the mail this last quarter (first time to get an actual check instead of a PayPal deposit - when it's over $500 you get a check to save on the PayPal percentage), as it was enough to pay half of our house taxes for the year!!! How awesome is that??!! And all from just sharing resources I've created for my own classroom that I'm already doing anyway. I absolutely love that people are using the resources I've created and are implementing them and seeing success. That is a truly great feeling. I love sharing anyway, and TpT has been an avenue for me to do that and to make a little extra "stipend" money on the side. I would highly recommend any of you who've been thinking about joining and just haven't yet to take the plunge. Click HERE or click the link below or the picture below to sign up and start selling!!! It does take a little bit of time to build your store, but once you do, you'll be amazed at how fast it grows each quarter. 
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Signup/referral:mrskilby

Speaking of TpT, they are having a Sunday Super Sale to coincide with Super Bowl on Sunday, February 3, 2013. Be sure to visit my store on Sunday, and you will be able to able to get 28% off anything in my entire store! The promo code is: SUPER. Click HERE or click the picture below to take a look around my store! :-)

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Cyber Monday is Here!

Head on over to my TpT store to get up to 28% off any and all of my products!!! Be sure to use the promo code: CMT12

Click HERE or click the picture below to see my store. Happy Monday!


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Thankful

Happy last day before Thanksgiving Break! :-) In the spirit of the season, I am so thankful for many many  things, but here are a few:

1. My friends and family
2. Having a job where I can teach and make a difference
3. The freedom to pursue an avenue of sharing and personal professional development
4. Having a few days off to relax, recharge, and enjoy!

Thanks so much for following my posts and being a part of sharing ideas - this is why I got into blogging in the first place. I know I haven't been as on top of my blogging this semester, but I will get better. 

Today we are having our Thanksgiving feast. We supply a turkey, and the rest is brought in by our students and their families. It is always such a fun thing. I will post more about it later!!!

In the meantime, next Monday-Tuesday (November 26 & 27), I will be having a Cyber Monday + Tuesday sale in my TpT store! Combined with TpT's sale, you can get up to 28% off!!! Definitely come check it out! Click HERE or click the picture below to head to my store and check out all the great items. You will need to enter the promo code listed on the picture to get the full 28% off. Let me know if you have any questions!


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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

TpT Safety Unit - Safety/Traffic Signs and Symbols, Stranger Danger, Bike Safety, and Car Safety

Happy Election Day! I'm so thankful for polling places opening early, because I was able to get in and vote before school today - woohoo for not having to go mess with that after school, because I am EXHAUSTED tonight! It was cute today to see how excited our students were today about Election Day. 

Anyway, I have a new TpT unit up for sale in my store! This unit for primary age range includes lessons addressing awareness of traffic and safety signs and symbols, stranger danger, car safety, and bike safety. This unit has been teacher tested and taught at the first and second grade level. :-)



*This unit is meant to be a resource for you, the teacher. While you are welcome to follow it as outlined, feel free to supplement with your social studies text, outside videos (such as United Streaming), and/or other books. Also, depending on your social studies block, some of these lessons you may have to extend beyond on day if you don’t have as much time for social studies. I hope you can use the items in this unit as a guide/resource for you.

Along with 8 days of lesson plans/descriptions of activities, this unit includes:

-"safety" vocabulary card
-safety unit anticipation guide
-safety and traffic sign posters
-safety and traffic sign powerpoint
-traffic and safety sign tic-tac-toe boards (2)
-traffic lights poem
-project idea for traffic lights
-stranger danger role-play/scenario cards
-stranger danger bingo with questions
-stranger danger bubble map
-student information address and phone number sheet
-seat belt song
-car safety sort and answer key
-riding safely in a car writing paper
-dream bicycle helmet writing paper
-bike signal game
-flip book template
-safety unit 4-in-a-row game
-writing paper template


This file is a zipped file, and you will receive the full unit plans and the powerpoint. I also included many of the pdf files, even though they are in the unit plans. 

Please let me know if you have any questions at all! To purchase, please click HERE or click on the picture below.


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Monday, October 8, 2012

Text Dependent Questions

The Common Core State Standards for reading ask that students analyze, grapple, and linger on parts of complex text in order to better understand what they are reading. To do this, students are now answering questions that can only be answered by explicitly referring back to the text being read. These kind of questions are called text dependent questions.

As we implement the CCSS ELA, we will become better and more comfortable at writing and developing these kinds of questions for our students. Hopefully this document will help you to understand how to do that.

This document has tips for you, the teacher, and it also contains 20 generic text dependent question prompts/stems (I cut these cards out and hang them on a ring for easy access, but you could post these in your room, keep a copy in your plan book, etc).
To buy a copy, head on over to TpT! Click HERE or click on the picture below.

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Communities Unit

Yay! My communities unit is finally done and ready for you all on TpT. Go check it out if you're interested! Click here, or click the preview pic below to head on over. There is a sale going on to get it for $3 off the regular price, so get it while you can! :-)



Oh happy Saturday. I was ready for the weekend, I must say. We had quite a week this week. Very busy and tons of meetings. On weeks like that, I am just exhausted and quite pathetically often, I am ready to crash and go to bed at like 7:30pm on Friday night. Anyway, I am feeling much more energetic today, and I've finally convinced my dear husband to peel himself away from the ridiculous t.v. to go with me to the pumpkin patch - one of my favorite activities in the Fall! We had quite a firm conversation last weekend about the fact that there are other things to do on the weekend besides watch sports (and I do like sports quite a bit, but still). He was in firm belief that Saturdays were for college football and Sundays were for NFL football. Don't worry, I helped shape his new view that there are other things going on.... ;-) HA!
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Informational Text Feature Poster Pack Sale

Yay for Friday! As much as we love our classes and are quite invested in our students' progress, even teachers need some time off. ;-) Hope you've all got something wonderful planned for the weekend!
 
My Informational Text Feature Poster Pack is on sale for the weekend over at TpT! We will be teaching informational text features in a couple weeks for Instructional Focus, and I've finally finished my poster pack. I plan on printing, laminating, and displaying these posters that have a description and picture for each text feature. We've never taught text features explicitly for Instructional Focus, and I'm really excited to do so. I think this will be a great unit for the kiddos, especially since our students are expected to read informational text 50% of the time now. What great strategies for gleaning information from non-fiction informational text!
 
To download, click HERE for a reduced price over the weekend, or click the picture below. Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!
 
 
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Prize Catalog

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE not having a prize box anymore. There are so many great reasons for moving to a prize catalog instead, including not having to spend money on prizes  rewards being more matched to Positive Classroom. Seriously though, it is a great feeling to not have to worry about prize boxes anymore. I do, however, still have students "buy" prizes from the catalog, especially in 2nd grade, as this helps with math and social studies skills.

As one of my individual behavior management systems, I randomly give out "fake" pennies to students for exhibiting positive behaviors. Students can then count and trade their pennies in each week or every other week (*bonus math skill time). Students can then trade their money in for certain "prizes" in the prize catalog (or they can save their money - *bonus social studies economics skill time). I place the prize catalog in sheet protectors and store them in a binder. Students can then look through the prize catalog whenever they'd like. Here are the prizes included in this catalog:

$0.10 - Happy Helper (classroom helper)
$0.25 - Super Supplies (students get to use smelly markers or fancy pencil)
$0.30 - Leap Frog Line Jumper (line leader)
$0.40 - Stinky Feet! (shoes off in classroom)
$0.50 - Cool Cat in a Hat (wear a cool hat in the classroom)
$0.60 - Littlest Pet Shop (stuffed animal on desk)
$0.75 - Be Proud, Read Aloud (read a book to class, friend, or adult)
$0.80 - Show n' Share (bring something to share with class)
$1.00 - Teacher Chair (sit in the teacher's chair for the day)
$1.15 - Computer User Time (extra computer time)
$1.25 - Swip Swap (switch desks with a friend)
$1.50 - Lunch Bunch (lunch with a friend and the teacher)

There are also some coupons in the back, so that when a student chooses a prize, he/she can take home a coupon to show his/her parents (this also works so parents know it's ok to bring a hat/object to share/stuffed animal).
And that way, too, students have something tangible to show their parents.

I have posted my version of the prize catalog on TpT, but it does cost a small amount. To take a look at what I use, click HERE or click on one of the preview pictures below.





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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Back in the Swing and TpT Sale

Are you all back to school officially yet? We went back Wednesday, and summer already feels light years away. :-) Once school starts, you've got to be ready to hit the ground running! I am so so excited, because I've got my planbook ready to go! I'm one of those dorky ones who lives to get my binder set up every year. Yeah, I should probably get a life, huh? I will post pictures of how I set it up later. Anyway, TpT is having a big ol' sale right now - 2 days, today and tomorrow. They've paired up with willing sellers, and in my store, you can get up to 28% off using the promo code "BTS12". Click the banner below to head on over to my store!

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

1st TpT Sale!

Well, the title says it all. I'm throwing my first TpT sale ever! I have been a busy bee with committees and setting up my classroom (thank you dear husband for moving my heavy furniture for me with my bum ankle and for doing all the other stuff I asked. You should win a hubby of the year award - for this year anyway, ha.), and I haven't done too too much with my blog or TpT. However, because of that and with the new school year about to begin, you can visit my TpT store for 10% off for the next 4 days. As you know, most of my items are free, as I really do enjoy sharing things with my colleagues (which includes all of you bloggy friends of course), but I do have a few things that are a small cost, as they were just a tiny bit time consuming. :-) This little hobby has really turned into quite a joy in my life - thank you so much for being a part of that! Visit HERE to take a look around. You can also click the picture below. Have a blessed weekend!

 - TeachersPayTeachers.com
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Pick-a-Partner Cards for Random Student Pairing

I created some cards as a resource for letting student pick partners in class. These cards can be used much the same way as you would use cards in the Kagan cooperative learning structure, Mix-n-Match. There are 50 cards. Just laminate and cut apart. You can store them on a ring or keep them rubber banded in a safe spot for easy access. I am having a sale on these cards on TpT - you can get them for $1 until Wednesday 7/25/12 at 11:59pm. See the last paragraph of this post for some other ideas on how you could use this same idea with general classroom objects you might already have in your classroom! If you'd like to see these cards, click HERE to go to my TpT store and purchase them. You can also click the preview picture(s) below.









You could just pass these cards out to the students and have them find their match. However, I have students use these like they would in the Kagan cooperative learning structure “Mix-and-Match”. This allows students to not only choose a partner randomly, but it also allows them to get up and move around (very important in the primary classroom)! To use, pass one card to each student (if there is an uneven number, place the extra card in the “unmatched area”). Have the students spread out in the room. Then, play some music or say a chant or something as a class. While the music is playing, have students walk around and trade cards (I always go over my expectations when it comes to this – students are to be constantly moving and constantly trading). When the music stops, students freeze. When you say, “Go!”, the students will try to find their match. When students find their match, you can either have them sit knee-to-knee, hand up/pair up, or stand back to back. They can then go do whatever it is you want them to do as a pair! If you have an odd number of students, and a player’s match is in the “unmatched area”, you can then just have him/her join a group or be your helper/checker.

I created these cards just to have something fun for the kiddos, but you certainly do not have to have set cards. In the past, I've used a regular deck of playing cards (partners have to find a number or symbol matching their number or symbol), colored puff ball (partners find their same color), pattern blocks, regular number cards (like we use in math), unifix cubes, or even sight word cards (you just need a double set and students match the sight word). You could also use rhyming word cards, vowel cards, addition/subtraction flash cards (same sums or differences), etc... This activity can be fun, educational, or both, and it allows students to interact in a positive manner that makes finding a partner an easy thing.  I hope your kiddos have as much fun with this as mine do! :-)
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Back to School Checklist Pack

Here is a helpful document I created for TpT. This Back to School Checklist Pack has everything you will need to help you get the year started off with a bang. The beginning of the school year can be such a fun, but busy, time, and these 3 checklists will keep you on track. Checklists included are:

- Back to School Checklist: Planning for the Beginning of the Year
- Beginning of Year Procedures Checklist: Ideas for Procedures to Plan for
- First Days of School Checklist: Things to Remember for the First Few Days

It's normally priced at $1.99, but I'm running a 1 day sale on it that will go until 11:59pm Saturday, 7/14/12. Come get it now for $1.00!!!

Let me know if you have any questions. To view and download, click HERE to go to my TpT store. You can also click the pictures below.


Cover Page


Preview of Procedures Checklist Page 1




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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Dice Match Game with 10-Frames

Happy Thursday! I'm ready for the week to be over. :-) We are in the middle of our graphing unit at school, and this morning students got to graph jelly beans at 9:00am. Needless to say, the sugar got to my kiddos, and they were bouncing off the walls. Holy cow! Anyway, here is a new 10-frame activity for you. The Dice Match Game with 10-Frames is a game I created to help students learn to recognize numbers on a 10-Frame. To play, pairs divide 10-frame cards evenly between themselves. Students will take turns rolling two dice and adding them together. Whoever has the 10-frame card that matches the dice roll sum will record the dot and 10-frame patterns on his/her recording sheet. The first person to fill his/her recording sheet is the winner! If a student rolls an 11 or 12, he/she just rolls again. To find other 10-frame games/activities, and to get this game with the 10-frame cards, please visit HERE for a full version of the 10-Frame Math Pack. In the meantime, enjoy this free download of the recording sheet! To download the recording sheet, you can either click one of the pictures below, or you can click to go to my TpT store.


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Monday, April 9, 2012

Time Math Pack - Hour and Half Hour

Check out my new product on TpT! It is called Time Math Pack - Hour and Half Hour, and it contains 6 games/activities to help students practice their telling time skills. :-) You can view this at my TpT store; just click the picture below, or click HERE!
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour - Ladybug Partner Bingo

My students have been practicing and learning all about how to tell time to the hour and half hour. We started our unit with a little anchor chart.
We've spent time in both math and instructional focus, honing our awesome time telling skills! The students have worked so hard, and they are really getting good at this skill, even if only so they can practice telling time so they know when recess and specials are. :-) I created a game, Ladybug Partner Bingo, to help the kiddos continue to practice telling time to the hour and half hour. To play, each student gets a game board and some game markers. Cards should be shuffled and divided between the partners. Students take turns drawing a card and reading the time. If the student has the corresponding digital time on his/her board, he/she puts a game marker on the ladybug spot. If not, the card gets put in a separate pile. When all the cards have been gone through, students will take the separate pile of cards and reshuffle them to continue play. Students will keep going trying to fill their ladybug spots. If a student gets the card that says FREE SPOT, he/she may choose to place a game marker on any spot on his/her ladybug. The student who fills his/her ladybug first is the winner! You may want to laminate the game cards and boards first (at least if you're anything like I am and don't like things getting "torn up" ha). Enjoy if you can use it! You can download by clicking any of the pictures below, or you can go to my TpT store to download - HERE.



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Monday, April 2, 2012

Multi Blog Giveaway!!!


I am so excited to announce that I am participating in a multi-blog giveaway this week with 6 other fabulous bloggers!!! Many thanks to Cynthia over at 2nd Grade Pad for inviting me to participate. I feel so unworthy as I'm kind of just starting out with my TpT store! :-) Anyway, you can win some amazing items from these ladies! The items from my store that I'm including are my Spring Butterfly Math Pack and Roll a Sight Word - 1st Grade List. It is super easy to enter the drawing - see the rules below.

1.  One entry for following all 7 blogs.
2.  One entry for following all 7 TPT stores.
3.  One entry for blogging about the giveaway and giving a link to Cynthia's blog.  (Feel free to copy the first picture showing all the blogs from above.)
Feel free to leave me some comments, but in order to "count", you will need to leave a comment for Cynthia for each of the 3 chances to win, letting her know that you are  following all seven blogs, stores, and that you blogged about it.
The winner will receive a free item from each of us! The drawing is next Sunday, April 8, 2012, at 7:00pm. Good luck! Below are all the wonderful items you could win:
 
 






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