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Self Assessment Tickets {Formative Assessment}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

*This has been updated with a DIGITAL VERSION that can be edited through Google Forms-March 2020!* Perfect for distance learning. This download is a great tool to help students take a more active role in their learning. This ticket is given to

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Assessment

$3.75

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Staff Room Bulletin Board Set {Remember Your Why} English and Spanish

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Staff Room Bulletin Board SetUpdated in July 2020 with a Spanish Title and Spanish Words Updated in July 2020 with notes for teachers to write their "whys" to add to the bulletin board, too!Encourage your staff with some uplifting words and phrases

Subjects:

Back to School, For Administrators, Coaching

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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, ...

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Bulletin Board Ideas, For Principals & Administrators

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My Future is So Bright {Writing Craftivity}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use this fun craftivity to have your students write about what they have learned during the school year. It's the perfect end of the year writing activity. Included with the craftivity are templates for boys and girls, writing papers with titles

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing, End of Year

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

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Projects, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

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$Math Talk {Bulletin Board}$

Math Talk {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a simple Math Talk bulletin board display to put up in your classroom. You get a "Math Talk" title and 12 though bubbles with sentence starters to help your students facilitate "math talk."Just print everything out on your desired color of

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Math

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.50

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Reciprocal Teaching Resources

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Reciprocal Teaching (RT) is a form of instruction that yields a high effect size. Using this strategy in your classroom will help give your students almost a full two years growth. This product will help you facilitate reciprocal teaching in your

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Informational Text, Close Reading

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

$6.50

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The Learning Pit Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This board will help your students understand what it means to learn "deeply" and how to enter The Learning Pit. The Learning Pit is one way to explain why more challenge leads to enhanced learning. The Learning Pit will also allow students to take

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Tools for Common Core

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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What Does the Text Say? {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a simple What Does the Text Say? bulletin board display to put up in your classroom. You get a "What Does the Text Say?" title and 13 though bubbles with sentence starters to help your students facilitate citing text in their writing.Just

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Math

Grades:

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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G.R.I.T. Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a simple G.R.I.T. bulletin board display to put up in your classroom. You get a "GRIT" title and the words that go with each letter.Just print everything out on your desired color of paper and voila! You've got a GRIT board! I printed

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Math

Grades:

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.50

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Growth Mindset Bulletin Board Set

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

***Updated in 2018 with DIFFERENT growth and fixed mindset kiddos!!*** Use this growth mindset bulletin board set in your classroom to remind your students to maintain a growth mindset ALL YEAR LONG! The board is titled "How did you show growth

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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C.U.B.E.S. Problem Solving {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a simple C.U.B.E.S. bulletin board display to put up in your classroom. You get a "CUBES" title and the words that go with each letter.Just print everything out on your desired color of paper and voila! You've got a CUBES Problem Solving

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Math

Grades:

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.50

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Newspaper Templates {Editable Titles}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Displaying your students' writing in creative ways helps students take ownership of their writing. You can use these newspaper templates to do just that! There is a template for each grade level, plus three templates that have editable

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

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March Comes in Like a Lion and Goes Out Like a Lamb {Writing Craftivity}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a cute writing craftivity that accompanies the sweet book, In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb, by Marion Dane Bauer. This is a project that has two sides, so you can hang it up in your classroom with a clothespin and everyone will have two

Subjects:

Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Lesson

CCSS:

L.3.5, L.3.5a, L.4.5b

$4.75

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All About Bats {Informative Text, Craftivity, Comprehension, and Writing}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

All About Bats {Informative Text, Craftivity, Comprehension, and Writing}This fun writing assignment is great for Halloween!You get a bubble map, four square template, Fact Fold about bats, and a fun bat craftivity to display students' writing!Use

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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End of the Year Daily Theme: Watermelon Fun!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Engage your students with some outside play and keep it academic, too! In this download, you'll get ideas for a whole day of fun with your students during that last week of school. Based on third-grade CCSS measurement and data standards, these

Subjects:

Graphing, Physical Science, End of Year

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities

CCSS:

1.MD.C.4, 2.MD.D.10, 3.MD.B.3

$4.00

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George Washington Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Celebrate Presidents' Day by creating this fun craftivity! Students will be able to create a cute George Washington while reviewing key information about our first president's life. This is simple, fun, and easy. Students will enjoy constructing

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing, Presidents' Day

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities

$3.25

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OWL Always Love You Valentine's Day Craft

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

**Updated in 2018 with writing lines for the back of the owl.** Use this fun craftivity to have your students celebrate Valentine's Day by knowing that "OWL" always love you! Included with the craftivity are blackline masters for each part of the

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Valentine's Day

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$4.00

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Mathematical Practice Conversation Posters and Cards

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Mathematical Practice Conversation Posters and Cards **BLACK and WHITE and COLOR** The eight mathematical practices have been deconstructed and transformed into student friendly sentence frames which help students start and maintain mathematical

Subjects:

Math, Oral Communication

Grades:

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, ...

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Posters

CCSS:

MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, MP6, MP7, MP8

$6.00

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Troll Writing Craft

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

I made this troll craft as a writing project for my students for the beginning of the year. I included a writing idea about having a growth mindset, inspired by Trolls! You get FOUR troll templates to choose from, plus several writing papers with

Subjects:

Character Education, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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Abraham Lincoln Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Celebrate Presidents' Day by creating this fun craftivity! Students will be able to create a cute Honest Abe while reviewing key information about our 16th president's life. This is simple, fun, and easy. Students will enjoy constructing their Abes,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Presidents' Day

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.25

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Growth Mindset Bulletin Board Set - Cactus Edition!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use this growth mindset bulletin board set in your classroom to remind your students to maintain a growth mindset ALL YEAR LONG! The board is titled "How will you STICK with a growth mindset?" It can be used in many ways. I encourage my students to

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Back to School

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.00

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