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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

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Back to School, For All Subjects

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

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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

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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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Crate Labels for Classroom Organization

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

These are fun and simple signs to hang on your crates to help you with classroom organization.You get four signs:Were you absent?Finished early?What We've Been LearningExtra CopiesYou also get 8 editable version to edit in PowerPoint.Find pictures

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Classroom Management, Back to School

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Title for Your Classroom Clock {You can do great things!}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Grab this title for your classroom and incorporate your classroom clock as the focal point. It's the perfect addition to any classroom.The sayings are available in print and cursive.Choose from three titles:YOU can do great things!YOU can do amazing

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Back to School, Classroom Community

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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The Fridge Motivational Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

I always try to create a collaborative culture in my classroom where we celebrate each other’s successes. When I was a kid, I was always so excited to post my work or positive notes home on our fridge. So, I thought why not do that in the

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Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

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Editable Daily Check-in (Digital and Paper)

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a PowerPoint file that has five editable slides. There is also a PDF file with six pages for daily check-ins. These are great to use as morning work for students as the settle in the morning, as well as for your morning meetings. A digital

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English Language Arts, School Counseling, Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Google Apps

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Kindness Lessons for the Elementary Classroom

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Whether you’re celebrating a week-long kindness themed week at your school or you’re looking for kindness activities to complete with just your class, I’ve got you covered!It’s important that we explicitly teach empathy, kindness, and compassion to

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English Language Arts, Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas, For Principals & Administrators

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SMART Goals

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Empowering students with the ability to track their own progress and monitor their own goals can increase their academic achievement, as well as promote a positive social-emotional well-being. One way to support students in this process is by having

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English Language Arts, Character Education

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For Principals & Administrators, Google Apps

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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

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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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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

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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

$6.00

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End of Day Mindfulness Activities

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This file includes 10 activities that your students can complete while they're packing up at the end of the day or during end-of-day quiet time. Here's what you get:Visual JournalHave students draw pictures to answer each question on the gridToday's

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Social Emotional Learning

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities

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What Makes You Proud? What Are Your Goals? Bulletin Board Set

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is an interactive bulletin board set that contains two titles:What Makes You Proud?What Are Your Goals?You will have to trace the large letters using some sort of projector. Directions are included on how to make it look like the example

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Character Education, Back to School, End of Year

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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Reasons Why We Love Our Class {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is the perfect bulletin board for Valentine's Day or for the whole year. Students can use the included hearts to write reasons why they love their class and classmates. You can also just use the title and use post-it notes for your students'

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Character Education, Valentine's Day, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.75

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Daily Kindness Challenge Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Challenge your students to show or complete an act of kindness daily with this bulletin board.The purpose of this Kindness Challenge bulletin board is to use it with my monthly kindness calendars. Choose from different title display options. Choose

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Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities, For Principals & Administrators

$3.00

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Calendar Set and Schedule Cards

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This calendar set is black and white and will make your classroom POP!It includes:schedule cardstime cardsnumbers for the calendarimage of calendar to be enlarged at a printing service (like Walgreens)month cardsdays of the week cardseditable

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Classroom Management, Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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Daily Goals: Student Contracts

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

For many teachers, a main challenge can be student behavior and self motivation. I have come up with different strategies to help certain students gain accountability for their actions-academically, behaviorally, emotionally, and socially. This

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Classroom Management, Back to School

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

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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

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

$6.00

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Kindness Quotes Poster Set

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

These posters are the perfect addition to the bulletin board space in your classroom. You'll get 12 posters, which means 12 different kindness quotes, displayed in black and white. Just print them out and display them!Want a monthly kindness

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Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Posters, For Principals & Administrators

$3.00

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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

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Character Education, Writing, Back to School

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

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Projects, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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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

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Classroom Management, Character Education, Back to School

Grades:

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.00

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