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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

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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Bulletin Board Ideas, For Principals & Administrators

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Bloom Ball Templates and Slideshow

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This Bloom Ball resource has everything you need to support your students in making a Bloom Ball.A Bloom Ball is a 3-dimensional project that requires students to complete activities moving them through the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. A Bloom Ball

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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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

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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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Posters

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

$6.00

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Literature Circle Printables

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Updated May 2022: Literature Circle PrintablesThis Literature Circles Packet includes my version of Literature Circle jobs, activities, and instructions. There are five jobs included in this packet:Discussion DirectorWord WizardAdventuring

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

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Growth Mindset Posters

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Grab these Growth Mindset Posters to decorate your classroom with positive and encouraging words for your students to see all year. They'll be sure to light up your classroom and your students' outlook! They are great reminders for your kiddos, as

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School, For All Subjects

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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Printables, Posters

$5.00

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Staff Room Bulletin Board Set {Academic Optimism}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Staff Room Bulletin Board Set Encourage your staff with some uplifting words and phrases they can remember each time they step into your staff room. Included in the download: Blackline master for the title Blackline master for the words and

Subjects:

Back to School, For Administrators, Coaching

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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Bulletin Board Ideas, For Principals & Administrators

$3.25

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Depth of Knowledge Guiding Questions

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is one FREEBIE you don't want to pass up! Dr. Norman Webb developed a process and criteria for analyzing the alignment between standards and standardized assessments. Through this process, a body of work titled Depth of Knowledge (DOK) was

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

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, Homeschool

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Task Cards, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

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Board Game Template

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use this template to write directions for your students so they can create their own board games. I also included a PDF of the directions I gave my students when they created their own fractions board game.Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

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Ticket Out: Formative Assessment

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

There are 18 different types of "tickets out" included in this download. Use these to close your lessons and get your students' feedback. You can also use this download as a formative assessment and closure of your lessons. Make copies so you

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English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, ...

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Assessment, Printables, Classroom Forms

FREE

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Reader's Notebook

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This Reader's Notebook can be used as a class project or as a take home assignment. It's also great for extension activities, or building on students' independent reading skills. I enjoy using it as an Accelerated Reader activity to keep students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

$4.75

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Mathematical Practices Posters

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Mathematical Practices Postesr **BLACK and WHITE and COLOR** Grab these Mathematical Practice posters for your classroom! They'll be sure to light up your classroom and your students' outlook on math. These posters will help your beautiful

Subjects:

Math, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School

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

$5.00

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