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Free Back to School teacher tools
Monster Fun! Teaching Manners and Expectations
Here is a fun little packet for you to help teach manners and expectations in school the first few days of school! I hope you enjoy it!
Kathleen Pedersen
Growing Kinders
http://growingkinders.blogspot.com
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PreK - 2nd
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Sprinkle Kindness Donut (a FREE character building craftivity)
Have you read the book, The Jelly Donut Difference by Maria Dismondy? It is an excellent book to use when teaching how to show acts of kindness to our friends and family. This FREE donut craftivity is a great follow up activity to the read aloud. Included in this download are templates to create a donut, writing template, and an anchor chart example.Digital Version available HEREI hope you and your students enjoy learning ways to show acts of kindness with this craftivity! Blessings, Michelle Hu
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K - 5th
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FREE Editable Back to School Parent Handbook Flipbook
Parent collaboration and involvement is such a key element in having and running a successful classroom. Start of the year right with a classroom handbook for each family.How is this used?Knowing that I really wanted to get my parents involved starting at the beginning of the year, I needed something for Open House / Back to School Night that the parents could take home and have information at their fingertips. I filled out the information, printed, and assembled! To add another touch, I put sti
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Not Grade Specific
August Morning Work 2nd Grade Back to School Activities Beginning of the Year
This August Math Morning Work is just the ticket for getting your students started each day in August or September with morning activities that are meaningful. Your students will love these fun August activities and won’t even realize that they are learning and practicing their math skills.These 2nd grade math activities coincide with skills that students would be working on at this time of the year. Teachers love that these morning work activity pages increase in the level of difficulty with s
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Noun Unit Pack Freebie {Common Nouns, Proper Nouns & Possessive Nouns}
This is a free preview of my Noun Unit Pack. There is an activity for common nouns, proper nouns and possessive nouns.
Try these pages and if you like them, consider purchasing my complete Noun Unit Pack. It has everything you need to teach your unit on nouns, including an assessment! This product is aligned to CCSS and covers common nouns, proper nouns, singular possessive and plural possessive nouns.
Included in the pack:
Scavenger Hunt
Mystery Picture
Roll & Write
All About Me, pro
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Common Core Writing Rubrics FREE for Grades 1-4
By request, I have created Common Core Writing Rubrics based specifically on the language used in the Common Core Standards to assess the students in their writing. I have included a rubric for each grade level (Grades 1-4) in each of the 3 types of Common Core Writing: Opinion, Informative/Explanatory, and Narrative Writing. You can use this as a self-assessment for the students or as a teacher assessment guide. This is the perfect companion to my Common Core Writing Bundles #1 and #2. They
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1st - 4th
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Social Emotional Learning: Self Control Lesson and Printables
Are you curious about my Character Education curriculum, but want to try a sample out first? Do your students need a refresher on using self-control to handle big emotions? I created this pack for you!
This is the first lesson from my Self-Control, and includes a lesson plan, anchor chart, printables, and a poem to use for shared reading! :)
If you're interested in other Character Education lessons, be sure to check out the other units below!
Kindness
Fairness
Respect
Self-Control
Confli
Grades:
K - 2nd
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100+ Questions to Build Relationships - Free SEL Activity
Use this free list of over 100 questions to help build relationships, integrate social emotional learning, and develop a positive class climate with your students! Strong, positive, and genuine relationships are a foundational element for success for all learners. This includes relationships between students as well as relationships between students and adults. Spend some extra time discussing positive qualities, friends, hopes for the future, and more with these questions. Getting to know your
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Not Grade Specific
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FREE, EDITABLE Substitute Plans Template
I hope you LOVE this Editable Sub Plans template freebie!! Customize your own substitute plans by adding your own text and favorite fonts! Save your template and update it easily ALL year long!! You will need POWERPOINT to edit this file. Check out my featured Blog Post -> 5 Tips for Making Sub Plans in a PinchAs always, I appreciate your feedback! Check out some of my most popular SUBSTITUTE RESOURCES Below:Sub Survival Guide (editable)DIY Sub Station (for K-2)No Prep Sub PlansCOPY FREE Sub
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Feelings Emotions Play Dough Mats (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Feelings and Emotions play dough mats are a fun activity to teach and build your student's emotional vocabulary and social skills. What's included:Feelings and Emotions Emoji Play Dough MatsPencil Feeling Mat (use dough or manipulatives to make the feeling faces)Love these feeling and emotions activities? Grab the Feelings and Emotions Units or the Social Skills (SEL) Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten! Buy the bundle and save over 20%!Check out more Character Education & Social
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
Social Story - Blurting Out In The Classroom
Blurting Out is a FREE Social Story to help students learn to listen to others while they are speaking and why it is important to follow the classroom rules. Social Stories are a great way to promote positive behaviors in the classroom. Social Stories are a visual guide to describe interactions, situations, behaviors, skills or concepts. This story will help children on the autism spectrum, children in your special education class, children in primary grades, or children in an inclusive classroo
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Special Education Bundle of Classroom Activities and Teacher Resources
Create a "Geometry Star"
Create a "Geometry Star"
This is one of my favorite geometry activities to do with upper elementary students. It's a simple review of point, line, line segment, endpoints, angles, and ruler use, plus the "stars" turn into unique, colorful art work for the classroom!
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3rd - 6th
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FREE Editable Lesson Plan Template
Looking for a lesson plan template? Then this cute and colorful editable template might be perfect for you. You can start using it for back-to-school or begin using it anytime throughout the year. AND, I have decided to give it away for FREE as a way to say thank you to all of my dedicated followers and shoppers. Your love for my work inspires me to keep on creating. Before I go any further, please let me say that I know teachers can be very particular about the format they choose to set up
Grades:
K - 5th
First Grade Emergency Sub Plan | FREE NO PREP Sub Plan for 1st Grade
Free First Grade Emergency Sub Plan all about Friendship! This free substitute lesson plan is perfect for any emergency sub day or a day packed with friendship themed activities you can use for yourself! This 1st grade emergency sub pack includes activities for reading, math, writing, social studies, and science. If in a pinch, just email this pack to a collague to print and you are set!*Just added an editable PowerPoint file of the substitute instructions so that you can tailor them to totally
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Common Core Math Cheat Sheets for Grades K-5
Are you tired of flipping through dozens of pages to figure out what a certain Common Core standard is?! I know I was. I decided to make this 1 page "Cheat Sheet" that I keep in the back of my Math Lesson Plans Binder. Every Common Core math standard is on 1 page! It has been extremely useful. I find myself constantly looking at it when I need to know what a certain standard is.
This freebie has Common Core Math Cheat Sheets for grades K-5!!
Math Resource Bundles by Grade Level:
MATH RESOURCES
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K - 5th
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50+ Free De-escalation Strategies
This resource includes over 50 de-escalation strategies that educators, administrators, and other adults can use when working with kids and young adults to de-escalate a situation. Kids and young adults who become emotionally overwhelmed or upset in a situation may begin to express their emotions in challenging ways. De-escalation is a calming and problem-solving approach.In many cases, the best way to handle these types of behaviors is to de-escalate the situation as soon as possible. It’s very
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Staff
FREE Parent Contact Log | Parent Communication Binder
READY FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR | All teachers know how important it is to be in contact with parents on the regular. With this free contact log binder setup, you'll no longer need to worry about who called when, for what, and what you need to do now. How does Mrs. D use this binder?This video is a great, quick explanation.I keep a 1" binder (you could use a 2" binder) with 6 front/back pages of this contact log for each student next to my school phone. You never know when a parent will call
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Not Grade Specific
FREE Lesson Plan Template for Preschool
Save yourself time with these FREE editable lesson plan page templates! These blank WEEKLY and DAILY lesson plan templates were designed for a preschool special education teacher, however it can be used for any primary grade! It also includes a planning page for interest or learning centers in your classroom.This zip file includes both an EDITABLE Powerpoint file (add your own text boxes) and a PDF FILE (not editable).-----If you found this template useful, I'd LOVE to hear your FEEDBACK on how
Grades:
PreK - K
FREE Digital Lesson Plan Template Weekly & Monthly Calendar Google Slides
Planning and sharing made easy! These beautiful Google Slides, digital lesson plan and calendar templates come in weekly and monthly format. FULLY EDITABLE and easily shareable with administrators and colleagues. Best of all: They are FREE!Each month and week includes:Calendar Information slides: resources, activities, objectives, assessmentsStandards and Notes pageMoveable icons to easily slide onto the calendar: planning, testing, professional development, holiday, open house, personal day, pa
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Staff
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Apples Line Tracing | BTS Prewriting Activity | FREEBIE
These APPLE themed line tracing mats or cards are a great prewriting tool to add to your back to school activity line up! Tracing lines is a fantastic way to have your students build comfort with writing tools and following different types of lines to then be able to form their own letters or numbers. If you enjoy these types of activities, make sure to check out my seasonal FINE MOTOR packs that are filled with fun activities to build fine motor skills in a variety of ways!Do you enjoy FREEBIE
Grades:
PreK - 1st
All About Me and Me By the Numbers Posters • First Day of School
First Day of School All About Me Activity. A set of FREE posters for Back to School. Give these out at the beginning of the school year and request them to be returned ASAP. Then put them in a file and pull one out as needed for Student of The Week! Now you won't find yourself scrambling during the year.
This would also make a great Back to School "Get to Know You" activity.
2 Poster styles: All About Me & Me By the Numbers
2 variations of each
2 sizes of each: 8.5x11, 11x17, 18x24
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Grades:
PreK - 6th
I Wish My Teacher Knew {Now Your Teacher Knows}
If you're like me, you were extraordinarily moved by the "I wish my teacher knew..." movement and hashtag on Twitter. Thanks to Denver teacher Kyle Schwartz, many of us have begun to discover things that our students want us to know but have not before shared with us. This is a way to build and maintain a #ClassroomCommunity.
I created this writing center addition based upon Kyle Schwartz's original lesson; I take no credit for her idea, hashtags, or anything else -- that was all that amazing t
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Not Grade Specific
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Rewards and Incentives FREE List
Use these rewards lists to help encourage, promote, and reward positive behavior in the classroom. Rewards lists are easy to read, post, or keep in a binder when coming up with ideas for student success. This can be an essential component to making behavior plans work, helping students work towards goals, and building a positive classroom climate.What's Included: This resource includes 3 pages of printable lists, including: Rewards for elementary studentsRewards for middle/high school studentsCl
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Not Grade Specific
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Preschool Lesson Plan Templates - Editable FREEBIE
Choose a preschool lesson plan template that fits your needs. This completely editable set includes 6 different lesson plan options. For more information and ideas check out my blog post on selecting a lesson plan template.
Grades:
PreK
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