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 and user-friendly template to notify parents of classroom events. This fun and aesthetically pleasing invitation can easily be applied to a variety of activities that may occur in your classroom. Parents will be able to respond with their attendance with a bottom sheet that easily clearly marked for cutting. Make your day and event easier with this simple template!

Check out this simple yet effective request form for parent teacher conferences. The form is user friendly and aesthetically pleasing while easy on the teacher and the parents. The teacher can identify the date and time and parents can respond accordingly after the cut and return the bottom portion.

Looking for ways to educate your families on how they can support their kids at home? Research shows, that when parents are able support their kids at home, the kids are far more successful. This simple letter lets parents know of their potential as well as strategic ideas of how they can help!

Save your time and don't re-invent the wheel! Check out this simple and easy letter to send home to parents asking for support in your classroom. Within the invitation letter, parents will be able to supply contact information and select some of the ways they would like to support you and your students!

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.

Finding that your unable to complete all of the tasks in your classroom? Start delegating to your minions! This empowering assignment will allow your students to take leadership roles, and feel a part of the classroom in a way they had never felt before. Aligned with the 7 Habits, students can complete at least 70% of the tasks and roles that adults have, so why not give them the opportunity to be successful!

Wondering how you can reward and incentive your kiddos without hurting your wallet? Check out this invaluable list of 50 ideas that you should be able to do for free, or at the very least, call on some favors from colleagues to help you out! The same 50 ideas are also presented in ticket form, which can be cut and then picked at random, or given to students. Whatever fits best with your pre-existing classroom reward system! These rewards can be adapted for any grade and will leave students on the edge of their seats to earn them!

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 :)

Check out this fun and relatable accountable talk poster set. Using these prompts, students will be able to engage in constructive conversations that are meaningful and promote depth of knowledge thought. As these are implemented, students will begin thinking more critically and challenging thoughts, not people. There are 8 posters included that are meant to be laminated and hung. I would also suggest printing it on different color paper if possible. There is a bonus one pager that has all 8 posters in mini size for students to have their own sheet to relate to!

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!

This fun and student-friendly self-reflection form will be the hit of your class as student see that their input matters and they are given the opportunity to self-evaluate. Students will be able to track their behavior over time as they see how they give themselves more smiley faces over time. This simple form can serve as awesome documentation and a point of conversations with students and families!

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!

Aligned with programs like Leader in Me where students take ownership over their own learning as well as the researched supported by John Hatties, there is an increase in achievement when students understand where they are in the learning process. This awesome tracker allows students to track their own assessment results in a table and then plot it onto a line plot. Students will improve in proficiency with data analysis, graphing as well as take ownership over their growth!

This clear and well-organized Venn Diagram is a must! Each page has two sets of diagrams on it; one can be used to model while the second one can be used for independent practice. With it, comes three templates that are leveled for differentiation purposes. One has no lines, and the other two have differently spaced out lines to accommodate different students or different grades!

Check out this simple planner that students can use to track their assignments throughout the week! Students will list their various assignments and there is a convenient box beside each component that they can check off as they finish. This will allow student to see the big picture and both plan ahead as well as catch up if needed. This will also help teachers to assign work ahead of time for students who like to get ahead or for students who will be absent. There is also an added section for "Other To Do" items. The tracker is listed side by side and has two identical documents so you get four full weeks of assignments on each one each sheet of paper.

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 amazing vertical alignment of Florida Sunshine Standards adopted from 2008 which can be used for Vertical PLCs, PLCs, administrators and teachers in order to analyze the foundations, overlaps and alignment from Kindergarten to 5th Grade. This valuable resource can be used for prioritizing standards, identifying lacking foundations, differentiating and so much more! Feel free to check out my attached sample to view the first 4 pages of the 22 pages of standards alignment!

Check out this clear and concise tri-bubble, three way, venn diagram graphic organizer. Students will be able to learn from the model in order to develop their organizing skills. There are four differentiated sheets in the packet with a variety of line sizes for different students or different grades.

Facilitate learning with this large package including a variety of different three column chart templates. Each template comes in tow versions (one with bullets and one with lines) to allow for differentiation and meet the needs of each student in your classroom. This file includes a variety of premade headings as well as a blank one to be customized by you! Please reference the Cover page for a full list of the included headings. If you need any clarification, please feel free to include them in the question section!