Check out this awesome set of Acrostic Poems all associated with Valentine's Day! You will find 12 different poems that can easily be distributed to different students for easy differentiation. Students will love to engage with this interactive activity and will be proud to have their work displayed in the classroom! Be sure to check out my store and my other Acrostic Poem sets!

Planning your own unit plans? Want to setup a draft of your 9 week plan? Want to map out your plans ahead of time? Looking for another way of tracking and planning lessons, tests, homework etc.? Check out this clear and well-organized template that you can edit or print and write in. This simple addition will organize your schedule, lessons, and units clearly for each six week period. Also check out my similar 6-week edition!

This simple and editable template allows teachers to quickly and efficiently track student achievement from Exit Tickets. It can easily be used for any subject and follows a simple symbol system to represent content knowledge attainment. Be sure to check out my Exit Ticket Self Assesment Post it Note Poster template as well by CLICKING HERE for students to post their exit tickets and teachers to easily evaluate.

Check out this simple and user-friendly weekly lesson plan template. Subjects are clearly laid out for the week and designated sections for CCSS and HW are included. Hope this helps!

This simple fish-bone graphic organizer can easily be used for a variety of lessons including cause and effect and more. The organizer is student-friendly and well organized for students to visually understand the relationships. The file is differentiated into three types for easy differentiation for different grades or different students.

This awesome and kid-friendly template will change the dynamics of your classroom! So many of our kiddos just need to get some things of their chests and this is their ability to do so! By placing a stack of these templates somewhere in your classroom and having a teddy bear near by (not included :)) students can use classroom procedures to vent about things they want to share related to tattling. It will be awesome documentation for you, and allows you to address the issues as time allows, which we all know is rare!

Check out this awesome student-friendly inventory to gain insight into the culture in your classroom. This assessment of culture includes 20 questions that students respond with a smiling emojiy, straight faced emoji or a frowning emoji based on how much they agree or disagree with the statements. There are then seven short answer questions. These 27 questions will allow the teacher to understand what the students are feeling and how they erceive themselves in the grand scheme of the classroom as well as their relationship with the teacher. It can be implemented as regularly as possible in order to reflect and adapt based on student responses.

I have always found anonymous reflective surveys to be a crucial personal growth process as a teacher. This simple 13 question survey allows students to reflect on their time in the classroom mainly focusing on safety, leadership, relationships, content mastery, and goals. This adaptable and customizable survey can be used as a progress monitoring tool or an end of year survey. I hope this helps open communication and reflection for you and your students as much as it has for me!

In an effort to hold all group members accountable for the work they do when working with others, this simple rubric allows for students to asses their peers on their contributions to the group. It is separated into four components which include participation, behavior, on task behaviors, and work. Students will rank each peer on a level 1, 2, or 3. This grade can be used as you please but will offer valuable insight into how each team member carried himself/herself in the groupwork. The rubric is color coded, and user friendly. Take your grades and groupwork to a whole new level. Students always work harder when they know they are going to be held accountable for their actions :)

Check out this awesome 25 question survey for students to identify a variety of personal favorites. This is an awesome way for teachers to quickly and effectively get to know the kiddos in your classroom. The students will respond to a variety of prompts that they are able to self identify themselves.

Facilitate your science labs and expand your students' understanding of the scientific process and method by using this simple and student-friendly template. The template includes Purpose, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, and Conclusion. It is presented in three different formats for differentiation - one has lines, one has bullet points, and the last has open spaces. Check out my two other versions of the Scientific Method by CLICKING HERE for Version 1 or by CLICKING HERE for Version 3. Each version simply presents the content in a different format to meet the needs of your specific students.

Check out this awesome homework tracker that students can use to take ownership of their missed homeworks. Transferring the autonomy on to the students will empower them as well as investment them in making changes to their homework responsibilities. It can also be used as a method of motivation (both intrinsic as well as extrinsic if necessary). Directions for use is included. Be sue to check out the preview for more information! If you're looking to transfer autonomy of self assessing behavior, check out my Student Self Assessed Behavior Tracker.

Stop stressing yourself over assigning behavior grades for your students and transfer that autonomy onto the student! Each student will receive one tracker form for each month and at the end of class, students are to self assess and assign a grade to themselves for their behavior that day. For differentiation purposes, students can also elaborate and justify on why they assigned that grade. Students can use this reflective process to take ownership over the behavior and adjust it accordingly. Additionally, teachers have a simple and cohesive documentation of behavior throughout the year which is useful for parent notification, student led conferences and simple tracking! If you're looking to transfer autonomy of missed homeworks, check out my Student Personal Missed Homework Tracker.

Check out this simple and user-friendly log that can be used to record and document your student conferences regarding their progress. This can easily be used for student led conferences or can be facilitated by the teacher. The template has 4 meeting spots on it, if you want to meet weekly or whatever best fits your schedule. Easily create a binder tracking these conferences over the course of the year for each student. The log has three main areas which include "Strengths", "Areas of Focus", and "Next Steps". Best of luck to you and your students! Check out my alternative Student Writing Conference Log Template.

For those of you who love tracking, documenting, and keeping files, this weekly behavior management tracking system is for you! This system has been made for the Green, Yellow and Red systems that are already in place in your classroom, but can be adjusted easily to any other 3-Tier systems by editing the category labels (its a Word file). This system is meant to complement your existing system, but offer a way of tracking and documenting. At the end of each day, I would have a student go down the list and put colored checks for each student, so by the end of the week I had a full week's worth of data on behavior with specific codes annotated next to each day when points were taken away. This made referencing and phone calls home easy and data based. PLEASE let me know if you have any questions as to who this works or how to use it in your classroom!

Check out this Danielson Evaluation Framework reference sheet. This simple one page guide identify, labels, and elaborates on each of the 4 domains. Each domain is color coded and list a few key components for teachers and administrators to reference while holding PLCs, while looking at observations and evaluations and simply to keep beside a desk to keep the focus consistent. Administrators, be sure to share this simple and quick guide with your staff through the additional license option! Be sure to check out my Danielson Framework tracking guide as well where teachers and administrators can track progress easily through the year.

Increase student understanding and retention using this Frayer Model strategy! This sheet has two half-sheets on it that are identical to print and disburse to students. The model will allow students to engage with new terminology with multiple access points. The students will put the term in the center circle, represent it with a visual, list synonyms/antonyms, define it as well as use it in a sentence. As you introduce new terminology through the week, students can complete this template with partners, small groups, independently or use it as a homework! This strategy won't disappoint! Also, be sure to check out my alternative Word Study Web Template. L.2.4, L.2.6, L.3.4, L.3.6, L.4.4, L.4.6, L.5.4, L.5.6, L.6.4, L.6.6, L.7.4, L.7.6, L.8.4, L.8.6

Check out this simple, yet effective pre-conference questionnaire that can be used before or during a conference. This can be used to make the conference meaningful and/or to keep the conversation on topic. If sent home before, it can be a strong tool in structuring the conference itself. The questions make the parent/guardian think though strengths, weaknesses, interests, and conversation topics that they want to cover. This has the potential of increasing investment as well as serving as a great communication tool doubling as documentation.

Check out this simple to use rubric which can be sued to evaluate any and all spoken presentations. The rubric is ranked from 1-4 in each category which include "Expression & Volume". "Phrasing", "Smoothness", and "Pace". These elements have clear and direct explanation of expectations and simple assessment capabilities.

Tired of hearing the same-old surface level responses!? Check out this simple poster that offers your students multiple ways to say common classroom words with higher level vocabulary. The poster includes 10 alternatives for 15 common words such as: nice, good, bad, sad, pretty, big, like, happy and more. This can easily be used for individual students or super-sized and printed for a large class reference guide! Building vocabulary one step at a time :)