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Critical thinking professional development resources for Microsoft Publisher
Substitute Folder - Daily Schedule and Important Information
Inside my substitute folder that is housed in our school office, I keep a bound 3-page reference that is easy to follow and retrieve information from. The document is created in Microsoft Publisher, so please be sure that you have access to Microsoft Publisher before purchasing....usually schools have the software downloaded, so if you don't have it at home, check your school computer.
On the front page, I list all the office administrators and secretaries phone extensions, buddy classroom ext
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K - 6th
Class Economy Job ID Badges and Labels
Are you ready to issue daily or weekly jobs for your middle-high school students? These job roles benefit blended learning and modern classroom communities. Perfect for any classroom economy system. The printable is formatted for hanging necklace style badges or clip-on ID badges. Just print, laminate, and add your clips or string! File is uploaded in publisher format so you can change or add to any job role as needed. If you don't have a daily class log, check out my Daily Log handout for your
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5th - 12th
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Weekly Lesson Plan Template - Editable
This 2 page (front and back) lesson plan template is perfect for all of your school year planning. It was created using Microsoft Publisher on 11x17 paper with morning plans on the the front of the template and afternoon plans on the back. To print, you will have to change the printing drawer to the drawer that contains 11x17 paper. You should also select "Print on Both Sides" and "Flip Sheets on Short Edge." Print 1 sheet for each week. The lesson plan template also includes a "To Do" section a
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Not Grade Specific
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Water Filter Experiment- packet
This experiment is great for understanding water filtration. We use 2 liter bottles with the bottom cut off. Students preplan in their groups what materials to use and how to place them in the upsidedown 2 liter. Once the prepare their "filtration system", I pour dirty water in and we collect it (glass baby food jars work great because you can see inside) out of the small opening at the bottom. Students then evaluate what they could improve, empty the 2 liter and try again. We compare all of the
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3rd - 6th
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Literacy Coach Brochure
This is a brochure that I made for teachers to explain the roles of an instructional coach and to give a guide of the purpose of the coach.
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Not Grade Specific
District Organizational Chart
Personalize this editable Publisher flow chart to highlight the structure of your organization or any multi-step protocol your group follows. The text can be erased and changed. Possibilities for use of this template are limitless!
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Not Grade Specific
Common Core for Parents Pamphlet by Jennifer A. Gates
Looking for a way to share the importance and purpose of Common Core with parents and your school community?
This pamphlet is perfect!
This aid to parent and community involvement is designed to be given to parents as an informational aid.
It provides an overview of language arts and math connections to local education, explains 'why' Common Core, and gives the new Lexile levels.
Most importantly, gives parents tips to successfully supporting their students at home.
Specific areas to inse
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Unplugged Coding Activity
Ever wondered how to teach coding without a computer? It happened to me, so I created my own codes from scratch. You can break your students into teams and give them a set of codes to program the teacher or a group member through a maze. I used masking tape and created a maze throughout the lab. These codes can be printed off using different colored cardstock and laminated for durability. Give your students a specific amount of time to create the right code to get someone from start to finish. I
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2nd - 5th
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Neon Colored Theme- Substitute teacher folder
This is for a substitute teacher folder. I like bright colors and so I made the theme around that.
It includes:
-A Cover sheet for the notebook
-Cover sheets for each section: attendance, daily schedule, contacts, important resources, lesson plans, a note from the substitute
-A sample letter to the substitute
-Sheets for each section except important resources and lesson plans
Neon Color Substitue Teacher Folder by Amber Duncan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Lic
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Staff
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CHAMPS Posters
I created these CHAMPS posters my first year of teaching. I've had several teachers ask for copies of these posters, so I decided to upload them onto TPT. I teach in a middle school, but these posters are great for late elementary or middle school. The posters contain little text and many pictures (great for ELL students!). You can either print them on a poster maker (they're 22 in x 30 in), display them on your SMARTBoard, or print 8.5 in x 11 in. handouts. Feel free to resize the posters to fi
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Not Grade Specific
Snowman Thinking Activities
Students use attribute clues to determine which snowman. This packet covers sorting, classifying, problem solving, observing, and following directions. I also included ideas for writing compare and contrast sentences. It has activities for whole group, small group, independent practice and centers.
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K - 2nd
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20 Weeks of Writing Prompts and Activities-Common Core
This resource offers a fun, engaging way for students to explore a variety of writing genres throughout the school year! Students will have an opportunity to write a narrative, descriptive, and opinion piece every week, as well as two creative writing activities. This product could be utilized during a morning warm-up time, a center station, or small group instruction. I have also included pages that could be used to post the quotes of the week, as well as full-size color pictures that the st
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3rd - 5th
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Salem Witch Trials - Medical Explanations for Hysteria
Short explanations of medical reasons that might have contributed to the hysteria that led to the Salem Witch Trials
In two column format with space for citing textual evidence from assigned readings/research.
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7th - 8th
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Maps as Text - Printing Press and Reformation
Includes 4 maps: modern Europe for reference; Europe prior to the Reformation; religious division in Europe following the Reformation; and the growth and locations of printing presses.
Questions ask students to analyze and infer, and to draw conclusions from the maps.
This should be printed in color--laminate for use year-to-year.
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7th - 9th
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Standards Unpacking Guide/Worksheet (Microsoft Publisher File)
Ready to go worksheet to be used with teachers to unpack various learning standards. Designed to be used in PD sessions and one-on-one coaching sessions, this guide sheet will allow participants to break standards down into different activities. By design, the guide sheet will organize these activities to reflect various levels of mastery.
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Not Grade Specific
ELA CCSS Book Studies: Argument Writing, Text Complexity, Subjects Matter
Are you looking for resources to have teachers think deeply about next steps for instruction in regards to the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts?
This resource is an advertisement for three book studies and the moderating questions to facilitate discussions amongst participants. The file is a publisher file that can be edited to fit your needs. The titles addressed in this are: Teaching Argument Writing, Text Complexity, and Subjects Matter.
Subjects Matter is a great book if
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6th - 12th
Learning Goal - Self Evaluation Rubric - Large Customizable
A customizable, large-format, self-evaluation rubric disguised as a simple target. Allows the student to evaluate their overall understanding related to a specified learning goal that is posted in the classroom. This version prints really nicely as a 24" x 48" poster for classroom use.
Everything is a Physics thing......
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Not Grade Specific
No Teacher Summer Slide-Teacher Summer Learning
This is an editable flyer for teachers that provids learning opportunities during the summer months. It is in the format of a "for sale" flyer with rip off tags at the bottom with different websites/resources they can visit from the comfort of their couch, pool side, or beach chair. All of the websites are free and open to anyone and technology related (Schoology, NearPod, EdPuzzle, etc.)
The theme of the flyer is No Teacher Summer Slide. Please delete my email and feel free to add your distr
Mentoring Beginning Teachers Pamphlet by Jennifer A. Gates
This job aid is designed to be used with the professional development book "Mentoring Beginning Teachers" by Boreen, Johnson, Niday and Potts.
Designed to guide academic coaches, mentors and professional development trainers through the book, this pamphlet gives suggested questions, highlights of mentoring new teachers and reliable Internet links for further research.
It also explains why mentoring is a key part of new teacher success; mentoring can influence the long-term effectiveness of a t
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Make Your Own Triangle Puzzle
Want to develop great puzzles that will engage the minds and hands of your students? Use this Publisher template to design a triangle puzzle for your students that fits your own content.
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Not Grade Specific
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May Newsletter
Festively decorated May Classroom Newsletter Template. Document was created in Microsoft Publisher. Maybe used weekly or for the whole month.
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PreK - 4th
Back to School Logic Problems for Gifted Students or Math Centers
These logic problems are addicitive!Challenge students to use their logical skills to complete the graph.All logic problems are Back to School themed: * What bus number does each student ride? * What room number does each student assigned? * What color is each student's backpack? * How many paople in each student's family? * What school subject is each student's favorite?A sample Logic problem is included for teaching.Answer keys included.For use with gifted st
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2nd - 3rd
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Spring Bingo for Preschool
A big hit with all of my preschoolers! Game includes 6 bingo cards, each with 8 images of different flowers, corresponding flower pictures to match bingo cards and ladybug bingo markers. Kids love all of the different variations of a single item as well as the bingo markers that correspond to the overall theme.
Skills targeted include comparing and contrasting like items, paying attention to details, using descriptive language to tell about an item, turn taking and 1:1 correspondence counting
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PreK
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Zoo Animal Patterns
Giraffes and Alligators and Koalas OH MY! Your students will love engaging with this zoo animal themed pattern activity! Instructions: Print the desired pattern pages as well as the additional zoo animal cards. Laminate the printouts to allow your kiddos to have lasting fun creating zoo animal patterns! Cut out the individual pattern cards, these will be used to continue on the patterns. *Optional: Place Velcro dots on the fill in the pattern squares as well as the individual animal cards to al
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PreK - 2nd
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