1st Quarter Teacher Docs

This Third Grade teacher has been up to a whole lot... creating and borrowing ideas daily. 

The following is just a small preview of some of the documents I have made to help my and kiddos lives a little easier and bit more students driven.

Writing Paragraphs Graphic Organizer

We use this for paragraph writing.  In third grade, proper and in-depth paragraph writing can be daunting.  This graphic organizer helps students get their thoughts organized without having to write in complete sentences.  My students take the organizer and transfer into their writer's notebooks for editing. 

Common Core Parent Handout

As parent/teacher conferences were looming, I was concerned with common core questions and our 15 minute block of time being taken over by parent lead-ins beginning with... "Well, back when I was in school..."  So I edited this document, which I found on the internet.  I changed the 'showing what they know' portion to align with my districts curriculum and theory on assessment.  

Daily 5 and Math Centers Grouping Poster

These are simple reminder posters for the students as they are grouped based ability and that is often changing.  Our class runs centers for math and reading, so it can be confusing for the students who are in different colored groups etc.  I keep these posted in kid view near the math and reading boards, respectively.  

Reader's Response Choice Board

I use the reader's response choice boards during guided reading.  Students keep this in their guided reading folder and choose a square after a few chapters or after a guided reading assignment.  They cross-out the square they have chosen to do and turn in the work as they go.  Once a choice board is filled they receive an increasingly more difficult choice board throughout the year.