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8th grade literature circles for parents
Book Tasting: Introduce Your Students to New Books and Genres
Do you want to introduce your students to new genres or new choices of books? Hold a BOOK TASTING in your classroom! This event will get your students motivated and excited about reading! Hold this event 2-3 times a year in your classroom and/or make it an evening event for parents to "sample" new books with their children. Resource includes: book tasting menuplace matsreflection napkinsbookmarkspreviewing a book signgenre signs with definitionsgenre bookmarks with definitionsevent signs, table
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3rd - 8th
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Meet the Teacher Template Editable Back to School Flipbook Open House Parent
Between lesson plans for the first week of school and learning a class full of new students, Meet the Teacher Night can feel like the ultimate scramble. Beat the stress of planning your event with these Open House Activities, Meet the Teacher Letters, Back to School Flip Book, Scavenger Hunt, and MORE for the perfect first interaction with your families. No more frantically trying to make a sign-in sheet on looseleaf that will definitely get lost or having nothing for families to do on arrival.
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K - 8th
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Welcome Back to School Letters and Forms Meet the Teacher Template EDITABLE
These EDITABLE welcome back to school letters, forms, and checklists include everything you need to have a successful start to a new school year! I've gathered together all of my favorite back to school editable meet the teacher templates, parent letters, student letters, school forms, open house checklists, questionnaires, surveys, and more! There's no need to worry about forgetting anything! This resource has everything you need to stay organized at the beginning of the school year and for man
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2nd - 8th
Meet the Teacher Template Editable | Welcome to Our Class Back to School Letters
This editable meet the teacher template is a perfect way to provide your students and their families with some information about you and your classroom at the beginning of the school year. You can send it in the mail in the summer, email it home, provide a copy to each family at an open house, hand out to your students during the first week of school, or upload to google classroom. Click here to SAVE 30% by buying this as part of my Back to School Forms Bundle!What's Included:- Meet the Teacher
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Back to School Forms Bundle | Print + Digital
EDITABLE Parent Flipbook Handbook | Back to School Flipbook | Meet the Teacher
This now includes both a FOLDABLE (NO CUTTING) and a CUTTING Editable Flip Book for you to choose from!Rather then sending home TONS of loose papers at the beginning of the school year, this flip book allows you to communicate with parents all in one place! This unique parent handbook will give your families an insight on things that go on in your classroom and you can include any information that you want them to know.Not only is the information all in one place, but this flip book is a fun way
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PreK - 12th
ELA First Day BUNDLE: Everything for back to school: Syllabus + Stations + Fun
Have the best first day EVER in ELA with this bundle of first day stations, slides, and syllabus templates! Whether you like customizing in Canva, PPT, or Google Slides, these templates will make prepping for your first day total breeze. Not only will you be more efficient with your back to school prep, but you'll also set the tone for the rest of the year. Students will be impressed with your visual syllabus and engaged from day one!What you will get:⭐ A super fun, low pressure ice breaker idea
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7th - 12th
Summer May Newsletter Template Editable Monthly Open House Meet Teacher Calendar
Seasonal Meet the Teacher Editable Open House + Newsletter Templates (12 Styles) & Brochure Templates (5 Styles) - Both Digital & Print Versions Included!Information Pamphlet - Brochure for Back to School Night! (EDITABLE) Great for Meet the Teacher, Open House, Back to School Night, and Curriculum Night! **UPDATES!** ***12 Seasonal Templates for Classroom Newsletter are now Included! ***Boho Rainbow and Farmhouse Styles have been added! -Additional Digital Files (Google Slides for Goog
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PreK - 12th
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Directed Drawing Calendar | Parent Gift | Holiday or Mother's Day Project
>>> UPDATED THROUGH 2026 <<<This calendar has all the elements that a Nana, Gamma, or Nona would love to see from a favorite child of theirs. Anyone would light up when gifted 12 directed drawings, a sweet picture, and a beautiful calendar! These are so easy to assemble and requires little to no materials! This product includes:- 3 years worth of calendars- 12 directed drawing templates- 12 blank templates for monthly drawings- 12 coloring options- 20 background options - optio
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PreK - 8th
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Calm Down Tools: Social Stories & Visual Supports for Self-Regulation & Behavior
If you have ever worked with students who have difficulty with self-regulation, you probably wish you could just tell them to calm down. This kit is designed to allow you to do that by teaching them the skills of why being calm is important AND HOW to achieve it. These 4 social narratives and visual supports are designed specifically to support your behavior management strategies and to teach students to manage their own behavior. Specifically, the tools will teach using a calm down routine t
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K - 10th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Functional Vocabulary File Folder Games for Special Education Matching Activity
These file folder games for special education and autism focus on color matching, picture matching, and word matching for a variety of functional vocabulary words. Activities include multiple options for easy differentiation: matching picture to picture (identical), picture to picture (non-identical) and picture to word, including both real-life photographs and illustrations. These are great for students working on matching and learning real-life functional vocabulary such as those in special e
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PreK - 12th
Novel Book Report Project-- Bloom Ball Craft Activity
This 3D craft activity is a perfect culminating project or book report for a novel study or literature circle.
The following is included:
Directions for assembly
Direction sheet for each section of the Bloom Ball
Small sized circles
Larger circles
RUBRIC for grading the assignment
Don't have time for students to complete a Bloom Ball individually? Have a novel studies group complete one as a book report project!
Looking for an End of the Year Memory or Reflection activity for your students?
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3rd - 8th
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Back to School Night | Teacher Information Brochure| Meet the Teacher | EDITABLE
This is a super easy way to give your parents all the information they need on back to school night. It has a spot for teacher wish list, student supplies, daily schedule, subjects, contact info, etc.It is in black and white. I print it on a cute colored paper and it turns out adorable and can be copied on the school copier to save your some colored ink! There is a colored version that you can find in my TpT store if you prefer that!Parents love this and hang it on their fridge year round!
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Social Media Templates for ANY text - TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Text
Five 2023 social media templates in both DIGITAL (Google Slides or PowerPoint) and printable versions. These reusable and highly engaging templates for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Messenger are perfect for ANY novel study, creative writing task or even history class!Carefully designed on the 2023 versions of these popular Apps. Also includes editable exemplars to show students what success looks like.Happy teaching :)
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5th - 12th
Also included in: FULL Unit for ANY Novel & Independent Reading (Digital & Print)
Orton-Gillingham | Decodable Passages Bundle - Science of Reading - Fluency
This is the bundle you need to supplement your Structured Literacy lessons! These fiction decodable passages focus on one concept at a time, all while reviewing previously learned concepts. Practice fluency, comprehension and Orton-Gillingham skill application with these passages from the simple to the complex. 74 Original O-G Decodable Passages spotlighting different concepts (sounds, spelling rules, syllable types, syllable division rules) following the O-G sequence.Passages include:*Tricky Wo
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K - 8th
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief Novel Study (Comprehension Questions)
Looking for a quick and easy way to check student's comprehension? These little chapter quizzes include comprehension questions for The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan (The first book in the Percy Jackson series). They are short, simple and easy to grade!What's included:• Comprehension questions for every chapter (22 quizzes, approx. 10-25 pages of reading per quiz, Guided Reading Level W) • Student cover page• End of book test• Free digital version of the comprehension questions and test (made
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5th - 8th
Editable Open House Scavenger Hunt | Back to School Scavenger Hunt
NEWLY UPDATED 9/16/19!!!Included: I have included 4 versions of the scavenger hunt: -editable rainbow version with 8 boxes (table) -editable rainbow version with 5 boxes (arrows) -editable black and white version with 8 boxes (table) -editable black and white version with 5 boxes (arrows)How to Use:I place these on each student’s desk/table during open house night. Students take their family around the room and share all of the things listed on the scavenger hunt.Simply type in the areas of you
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PreK - 12th
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End of the Year Memory Book Flipbook for Middle School Distance Learning
Send your middle school students home for the summer with a lasting age-appropriate keepsake. UPDATED to include a digital version for distance learning!My "Middle School Memories" flipbook is easy to print and assemble and allows students to reflect on many facets of their school year, ranging from their daily school life, favorite things, best memories, class superlatives, and more. I include an instructional video link for assembling the flipbook.Bonus: each page offers students opportunities
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5th - 8th
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The Outsiders Chapter Quizzes
Assess your students' understanding of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders with chapter quizzes! This PDF download for The Outsiders chapter quizzes includes one quiz for each chapter! There is also a link to a Google Doc that will provide you with editable quizzes. Here's what you'll get:12 quizzes (one quiz for every chapter) Each quiz includes ten questions: 5 matching and 5 multiple-choice.Answer keysNEW BONUS LINK: Google Doc with editable chapter questions These quizzes are ideal for checkin
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7th - 10th
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Middle School Literature Circles and Book Clubs Forms Roles Worksheet Activities
Make implementing literature circles and book clubs in your middle school ELA classroom fun, engaging, and streamlined with these forms and structures. This resource includes 20 printable and digital Google slides for middle school literature circles and book clubs. These literature circle response forms include forms and job roles directly related to literature concepts and standards. That makes these response forms perfect to use alongside any individual reading assignment as well. Here's what
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6th - 9th
Daily Home Communication Logs | Special Ed | Editable Daily Communication Sheets
These daily communication sheets are a must-have resource for anyone hoping to simplify communication between home and school working in a special education self-contained classroom. These home/school communication sheets are editable and include English and Spanish versions. For students with disabilities, it is important that home and school are communicating in order for the student to get the best care. These sheets allow the teacher to share valuable information about the students day with
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PreK - 12th
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Novel Study Reading Unit Activities for 6th 7th 8th
Teaching literature concepts and literary devices through The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this Socratic Seminar and literary devices novel study. This The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Middle School reading unit and novel study is exactly what you need to teach your seventh or eighth-grade middle school learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response focused format with this realistic fiction book. This unit digs dee
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6th - 8th
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Open House / Meet the Teacher Welcome Signs & Sign In Sheets
Open House / Meet the Teacher Welcome Signs & Sign In SheetsThis PDF includes a variety of welcome signs and sign in forms for Back to School Night. All forms come in color as well as black & white. The digital download will be added to your Google Drive.This is part of my Open House / Meet the Teacher Kit!
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PreK - 8th
Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Behavior Set
Unlock valuable behavioral solutions with our collection of 4 social stories targeting common behavior problems, designed specifically for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Addressing issues such as frustration, time-outs, jealousy, and sensitivity to loud noises, these stories are short and visually supported, making them an effective and user-friendly intervention for various behaviors. Social stories provide direct instruction and training for social skills, helping
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PreK - 8th
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