This differentiated template with the prompt of "I wish my teacher knew..." holds amazing power in gaining insight into the thoughts, feelings, emotions, and ideas of students. Through a comfortable, non-verbal way, students are able to inform the teacher of things they find important and most valuable, in a non-confrontational way. This variety pack includes templates in different formats including lines, space, and bullet points, for simple and easy differentiation to meet students' needs and different grade levels. They are also pre-made for full size sheets and half size sheets for your convenience!

Check out this simple and engaging guided notes template to learn about nouns. Short definitions are listed on the bottom for reference. Students will fill in the remaining boxes for common and proper nouns with some components pre-listed. This template can be used to facilitate struggling students, can be differentiated with some more components fille din by you, or provide a great note-taking guide for students. Either use it for definitions or examples for each category.

Celebrate Flag Day in style with this creative writing worksheet. There are eight questions in all, that prompt students to think about the colors and components of the flag, patriotic songs, key takeaways of prior learning and opinion pieces about the Pledge of Allegiance. This worksheet can supplement any Flag Day activity you already have, but will push students to think critically, write, and be creative!

In an effort to make main idea identification more engaging and meaningful, try out this simple ripple effect graphic organizer. Directions are embedded, but students will write the main idea in the center, and then write supporting details (whether it be from a text or not) on each layer surrounding. Student will realize that their main idea may not be correct if they can't identify enough supporting details. They will then summarize these ideas at the bottom of the page.

While students are being assessed for their reading fluency, make your feedback that much more meaningful but following these simple to use abbreviations. When they are marked on the copy of the reading assignment, it makes the running record of fluency purposeful; not only does it inform you what they need to work on, but provides precise components for parents and students to focus on moving forward. This simple abbreviation reference guide has six per page and is meant to be cut, to include one small one per reading passage. It also has a space for total words read in that given minute. Take you feedback to a whole new level!

This simple and student-friendly graphic organizer takes your students' writing and reading to the next level. Student will begin with a main idea at the top of the page. The students then will identify two supporting details of that main idea. Off of each supporting detail, students will need to identify two sources of evidence from the text. This can also be done working your way backwards, to facilitate students identifying the main idea. The template has three different varieties for differentiation purposes.

In an effort to hold students accountable in a meaningful way, try giving this template a try for when students read at home. This simple and student friendly organizer allows students to record the title of their book, the time they spent reading, and a brief summary about what they read. Parents will then initial each night, and at the end of the week you will have a quick reference guide of what students read, and their level of understanding the text. This has the ability to build comprehension, fluency, and ultimately the love of reading. This form offers great documentation for interventions and reference. It also holds students and families accountable with the initials component.

This graphic organizer facilitates students planning for writing a summary or paragraph. Following the five sentence template, students will be prompted to think through various components that should be included such as a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion sentence. The file comes in three different formats that can be used to differentiate and meet student needs with open spaces, bullet points, and lines. Using this template will organize the thoughts and ideas of your students to make their paragraphs far more developed and meaningful.

Check out this engaging pronoun assessment that offers clear insight into student thinking and understanding of what pronouns are, and how they are applied. To take it to the next level, students will create their own sentences. This offers great data for interventions, but can also be used as group work, independent work, or homework.

Check out this wide variety assessment that can easily be used as a quiz, exit ticket, test, homework, classwork assignment, or simply a worksheet. This worksheet includes identifying some sentences as either a Fact or an Opinion, as well as students creating their own sentences for each, and then interacting with a short passage in which students are to categorize sentences themselves. This highly interactive worksheet is fun, engaging, and gives the teacher a great snapshot into students' understandings! Hashtag Teached Resources by is licensed under a

Check out this fun and empowering poem in which students will complete sentence stems to form a poem about themselves. This is a great activity for the beginning of the year or as an introduction to poems. It can be easily adapted for any age and can offer insight into how your students see themselves and the world. *The "I Am: ___________" component is supposed to be the same for the three times it resurfaces.

Check out this clearly detailed top ten tip reference guide to boost writing skills with your students. These ten hints have elaborations and are put in place to assist students in their timed writing activities. It can easily be presented to the whole class and then printed for each student and used as a reference as you transfer the accountability and ownership to the students.

Check out this fun and interactive comprehension pyramid template which is to be used to supplement a nonfiction text. Clear and simple integrated directions throughout probe students to respond to a variety of prompts which are to be answered in 1 word, 2 word, 3 word, etc. responses.

Check out this simple and fun sequence of events worksheet template. This comes in two different forms, grayscale and color coded. Within each form, there are three types which each include a blank space, bulleted sections, and/or lined spaces. This gives you the ability to easily differentiate to different grade levels or different students based on need. The color coding allows simple infusion into instruction. There are 6 total versions each that have five events that roll into each other.

Check out this simple yet effective note taking template that students can use to record major take-aways while reading. Limiting big ideas to six key elements, students will be forced to synthesize their text and organize their ideas. Students are given a small space to record their thoughts as well as a space to draw a small representation of that idea. This user-friendly and self explanatory template has the capacity to increase comprehension, be used for evidence from the text and so much more as it is adapted to your classroom! Please feel free to leave feedback on how you used it in your classroom!

Check out this awesome tracker that students can take home and use throughout the week. Students are to have their parents sign off on their time spent reading as well the page numbers and book title. Each Monday students are to bring their bottom slips in for documentation purposes. This form is simple and user friendly and easily differentiated for students, groups, and grade levels!

Check out this awesome engaging task card to build vocabulary. Based on the Frayer Model, students will answer six questions about a vocabulary word based on the roll of their die. Implementation is flexible based on teacher preference, but the goal is that students respond to the six prompts which include things like define the word, find a synonym, antonym, draw and picture and more. This fun and exciting activity will keep kids learning and on task with ease!

This simple yet effective reflection form, will allow students to deeply and thoroughly reflect on a reading, activity, video of lesson. Trying to figure out how to make videos more purposeful and meaningful in your classroom? This is the answer. Starting off with the worksheet and then transitioning to students drawing the shapes and answering the memorized prompts will allow students to think through what stuck out, something they agreed with, and something that is still spinning in their head. It's simple to use and highly effective!

Invest students in building their vocabulary, increasing their spelling and improving their handwriting all while having fun! For this worksheet, students will draw an image on the tree and then write what it is below. The drawing will allow great student buy-in and will hook them into wanting to label it. As students develop they can describe their image with more words and/or larger words! This activity works perfectly as an introduction to a lesson, a fun homework, a quick assessment after learning new letters, or a Do Now to get students thinking! Check out my alternative Draw and Label worksheets too! W.K.2, W.1.2

This template allows students to draw a picture, color a picture, paste a picture or any combination there-of and then respond with a paragraph or two. There are four pages in the file allowing for differentiation to different students in the same class or to different grades. Each page has more/less lines with increased/decreased spacing. W.K.2, W.K.3, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.3.2, W.3.3, W.4.2, W.4.3, W.5.2, W.5.3, W.6.2, W.6.3, W.7.2, W.7.3, W.8.2, W.8.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.3, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.3