Check out this awesome electrical energy mini investigation! Included you will find clear directions for students and teacher. An objective is embedded as well as supplemental worksheets to track the students learning. You will need some basic components such as wiring, battery, light bulb, and then a variety of materials to be tested for conductibility such as nails, rubber, plastic, aluminum foil, combs, staples, paperclips, etc. This activity engages students in understanding which materials are conductors and which ones are insulators. They will develop their understanding of the material that allow for the flow of electrons and will love doing it! Be sure to check out our other Science Task Cards as well such as our Light The Bulb Task Card Activity.

Check out this five prompt geomtry challenge. It can be used for a group or be done independently. Each of the challenges push students to create a quesiton of their own based on the topic provided which include polygons, triangles, 3-dimensional shapes and more. The prompt tells students the questions are to be test-type questions but adapt as needed. The idea is that students think through creating problems as well as the answer key to the topics they have learned. This serves as a great review come testing time!

Check out this fun and engaging with for students to practice their one digit addition skills. With 81 question cards. Each question card is meant to be glued or taped to the answer key which serves as the backing to each card. Students use a clothespin or binder clip or paperclip to cover one of the four answers on the bottom of each card which answers the question on the top. Once the pin covers the answer, they can flip over the card and find the correct answer showing an emoji on the back, which should also be covered by their pin. Kids will have a blast with this while they self-monitor their progress and can respond in the moment to correct their answers and clarify their misunderstandings. I would suggest printing it on color paper to make it even more fun! Directions for the teacher are included as well! Have fun!

Check out this multi-purpose event invite that is meant to save you time and streamline just one more component of your classroom. This isa great form for birthdays, holiday parties and much more as it allows for great flexibility of implementation. With key components being listed up top, and a cut away template for the bottom being returned, this form can be applied in a multitude of ways. Good luck and have fun!

Facilitate your parent teacher conferences with this 8-question template. This is a great way to guide your conversations, push them to a deeper level, hold all parties accountable and making this time meaningful. Questions include things about students feeling about school, their favorite friends, difficulties in school, how can teachers help and much more. This is a great form of documentation for both you and the parents.

This clear and well-organized template is meant to be used to keep track of discussions during parent teacher conferences. Separated into eight sections, the template is color-coded to differentiate the next steps and who is responsible for them as well as various components such as strengths and focuses, scores and goals, concerns, and next steps. This provides clear direction moving forward for all parties involved and serves as great data for records!

Add some simplicity to your day and streamline parent conference requests with this simple form. Very clear and direct, the form explains that the parent is being invited and a space is left blank for you to fill in the date and time the conference is being requested for. On the bottom, there is a section for the parents to respond by cutting and noting if they can come or if they need the time and date to be rescheduled. This consistent and simple form will hopefully make your day that much easier! Happy conferencing! Be sure to check out our other Conference forms including questionnaires, note taking guides and more!

Students who read or are read to for at least 20-30 minutes every day, perform better on tests throughout the year and show linkage to increase success in the classroom. This letter home is a great way to promote a positive literacy culture at home and create buy-in with parents reading to and having students read to them at home. Presented in a very friendly way, this letter clearly articulates the role that parents can play at home when it comes to supporting reading at home.

Check out this simple graphic organizer used to track weekly reading at home. Broken down by the day, this template includes a space for the title of the book, pages read, and the time spent each day. At the end of the week, the parent signs and returns the bottom portion to validate and verify the effort put in at home. Students who read at least 20-30 minutes a night outperform their peers in class and on tests. This is a great way to hold students and parents accountable. It is presented in a very student friendly fashion that is direct, clear, and will definitely help with documentation, intervention, and a data point for conversation. Be sure to check out our other templates for reading as well!

Check out this fun and engaging pennant creation activity! With a clear outline, students record some of the most important things about them. Their favorite food, any pets, their favorite subject and their goals and aspirations are all included in a well organized manner. Students can color it as they please and then cut it out. There are string holes that are marked to turn this simple template into a classroom decoration where students feel valued and a part of their classroom community. This is a great beginning of the year activity to both decorate your classroom and allow the students to feel valued. Have fun!

Check out this awesome variety pack of pennants that can be customized in any way you choose. You will find six templates that all have a spot for holes for string to run through, and are all meant to be cut to be a perfect triangle. There is a place at the top for students to write their name but each of the six have different formats. This is a great beginning of the year activity or a way to allow students to co-create their own classroom environment. Students can write about themselves, respond to a prompt, write a short answer, draw a representation, record their learning and so much more! Have fun!

Add a level of accountability and tracking to your student conferences on their reading progress. This is a great way of maintaining focus with your students as you check-in on what they are reading, the content of it, and therefore their comprehension, fluency and vocabulary knowledge. Take what is often informal, to a great way of progress monitoring and tracking with this simple and well-organized template. Included are three columns for each date that cover the strengths, area of focus, and next steps. Also check out our Student Writing Conference Log!

Check out this simple and student friendly form that serves as a great independent facilitator for problem solving, venting, reflection and so much more. This is meant to be used for students who break a classroom rule. This form allows them to decompress and think through what they did and why. It includes a component for their feelings so they feel validated as well as a next steps section. This serves as a great reference and documentation for the teacher will seamlessly promoting positive behavior for your students at an independent level.

Add a level of accountability and tracking to your student conferences on their writing progress. This is a great way of maintaining focus with your students as you check-in on what they are writing and how they are doing with any given assignment including their grammar, spelling, prompt completion and much more. Take what is often informal, to a great way of progress monitoring and tracking with this simple and well-organized template. Included are three columns for each date that cover the strengths, area of focus, and next steps. Also check out our Student Reading Conference Log!

Check out this awesome list of suggestions to support students with timed writing. Whether it be state testing, timed writing, or curriculum-based writing expectations, this reference guide include ten key points with explanations. This is a great way to support struggling students, introduce timed writing, or serve as a poster for reference. Whether this be printed and given to each student or enlarged as a poster, these key points will take your students to the next level.

We all know that sometimes our students just feel like they need to tell you everything. Sometimes it is not about who they say it to, but rather, that they say it and they know someone is listening. Many teachers have a Teddy Bear somewhere in the back of their classroom that they allow students to tattle to so they are heard but it doesn't interrupt the teachers flow. This form is a great way to take that conversation to the next level. Allowing students to write about their feelings, what happened, and how they are going to solve it, promotes leadership, independence, problem-solving skills as well as communication skills. This is a great way to take your class to the next level while maintaining your focus on instruction!

Check out this simple and color-coded graphic organizer for Danielson's Evaluation rubric. Breaking down the four major components into its various components, this guide simplifies the rhetoric and expectations for each possible rubric components. This serves as a great reminder, reference, and support tool as you navigate the rubric, its language and its expectations.

Check out this awesome differentiated anchor chart that comes in a very of formats for varied implementation. This clearly organized and student-friendly graphic organizer clearly defines the number of sides, name of the polygon, he representation and the description of shapes with anywhere from 3 sides up to 6 sides. This color-coded template comes in six different formats that omit different amounts of columns for use as worksheets, assessments, differentiation, posters, anchor charts, reference sheets and more!

This simple and well-organized reference sheet is broken into 10 color-coded chartst that count by ones in increments of 10. Each chart is a different color for easy reference. This can either be printed and distributed to students and/or used as a poster. It can also be laminated and used again and again. This serves as a great tool for struggling students, for differentiation, and for so much more. Try using it to support addition, subtraction, multiplication and addition! Be sure to also check out our rounding reference chart!

Support your students breaking down word problems and testing jargon with this simple and color coded poster. Presented ina variety of formats to best meet your needs and your students' needs, this poster termplates lists most of the words that are associated with each of the four operations found in math word problems including multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. This can be used for differentiation purposes, a bulletin board, anchor chart, flipbooks and so much more!