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Voice Level Chart – Early Monday Made-It

Anchor Charts, Back to School, Behavior System, Classroom Voice Level, TPT August 12, 2013

Since tomorrow is the first day I get to start working in my classroom, I decided to post my Monday Made-It a little early!  I’m linking up with Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics for another round of Monday Made-It!

Today I made a Classroom Voice Level Chart. Normally I just do an anchor chart, but this year I decided to make it a little cuter and then I’ll put a clothespin on the Level that I want kiddos to be on.  I’ve put my chart signs on TPT as a freebie here.  It is pretty simple, but I like to back things with scrapbook paper which is why I don’t tend to do a ton of clipart. 

Here is the finished product:

 
Thanks for checking out my Monday Made-It! I’m excited to see all of the other awesome projects in the linky party!
 
 To get the freebie Classroom Voice Level Chart signs, click here.
 
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New Literacy Station Signs

Literacy Stations, TPT August 9, 2013

I’m so excited! I’ve finally finished my new Literacy Station Signs. This project has taken awhile because I changed my mind about 85 times on how I wanted them to look. Well I finally stuck with one of my 85 ideas and I love how they turned out.  These signs will be used as my management board for who is at what station. I’m also going to make a second copy of the signs to post around the room for where each station is located. Thank you to My Cute Graphics for the awesome graphics. 

These signs can be purchased in my TPT Store here. 

Here are a few close-ups of the signs.  (I backed each sign with cute scrapbook paper to add more color):

 
Here is what the finally management board looks like. The clothespins will have each students name on it so they know which station to go to.  I used ribbon to attach each sign together.  Originally I was going to use book rings, but I couldn’t find enough of the smaller size so I decided to try out ribbons. If you use book rings, it would be pretty easy to change out the stations or change the order as the year goes.
 
 
To check out the signs in my TPT store, click here.
 
 
Happy Friday everyone!
 

Setting Write-Ups and Rubrics – Now on TPT

Literary Elements, Reading, TPT July 23, 2013

I just added my packet for identifying story settings to TPT.  In my packet you will find, three different versions of a setting write-up.  The three versions are differentiated for either various points in the first grade year or for use in kindergarten and 2nd grade.  In addition to the setting write-up pages, the packet also includes story ideas and a reading checklist and writing rubric to use for scoring.  This packet fits in with the ELA Common Core Standards and focuses on not only identifying the setting, but also providing text evidence that supports the setting choice.

 
Check it out on TPT here…

 
 
Here are two student examples from the past school year. We used this form throughout the year in first grade and as the kiddos got better at writing the setting and text evidence we took away some of the sentence frames.  These two examples are from the first quarter of first grade, so you’ll see the sentence frame in there for the kiddos to use.  At the end of first grade, we required students to identify and provide evidence for two settings (also an option in the TPT packet).
 
 

 
Thanks for checking out my first TPT packet!  Have a great night!
 

ELA Common Core Standards for 2nd Grade

Common Core, TPT July 17, 2013

Since I will be teaching 2nd grade for the first time this school year, I wanted to take some time this summer to delve into the Common Core standards for 2nd grade.  I searched and searched on the internet for a document that just had the 2nd grade standards laid out.  I know it’s important to see what’s happening in all grade levels, but for planning purposes it’s great to have a quick document where you can see everything you’re supposed to teach in one place. Since I couldn’t find one, I decided to create my own.  You can download it as a freebie from my Teacher’s Pay Teacher store here.  This is my first TPT creation so go easy on me. I’ll get fancier as I go :-). 

 

Here are two sample pages from the Common Core ELA packet.
 

 
 
Thank you to The 3am Teacher at www.the3amteacher.blogspot.com/ for her amazing backgrounds and text boxes.
 
I’ll be posting the Math Common Core Standards packet for 2nd grade tomorrow!
Have a great afternoon everyone!
 
 

Suggestions and Advice Needed

TPT July 13, 2013

Hello all of my wonderful blogging friends,

I just opened a Teacher’s Pay Teacher’s store and am in the process of getting some items ready to post on there.  Since I am new to this and I know many of you are very experienced with TPT and have made many amazing products – I’m asking for any advice and suggestions you might have.  Please comment below with any suggestions for me.

Thank you so much in advance!