Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have taught a variety of positions including bilingual 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, Title I Reading and Math K-5 and ELD. Take a moment and browse around, there is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have taught a variety of positions including bilingual 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, Title I Reading and Math K-5 and ELD. Take a moment and browse around, there is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Formative Assessment Graphic Organizer for Reading is a graphic organizer will help you analyze your formative assessments and identify your next learning targets!
Adjust and differentiate ongoing instruction and improve student achievement with this easy to use graphic organizer.
Formative assessments are used during instruction to support the learning process. This student feedback helps us adjust and differentiate ongoing instruction to improve student achievement.
Most formative assessments are quick and easy and do not take an excessive amount of time. They are easy to use on a daily basis.
Formative assessments include:
exit tickets journal your learning
lists reflections
bell ringers graphic organizers
summaries lists on sticky notes
quick write anecdotal notes
check lists: interview and observation
Questions to ask:
What did we do in class? Why did we do it?
What did I learn today?
How can I apply it?
What questions do I have about it?
Adjust and differentiate ongoing instruction and improve student achievement with this easy to use graphic organizer.
ESL ELD NEWCOMER PACK Unit 3
Here it is, the help you need when you have a new ESL student that does not speak English!
This comprehensive 95-page English Language Learner pack has everything you need to develop strong early English language and literacy skills in students at the beginning or early intermediate stages of English language acquisition.
Welcome your ESL Newcomer with English success by providing this comprehensive English acquisition packet. Lesson plans are provided to assure your English language student (ELL) is engaged and learning from the very first day!
ESL Newcomer Pack Unit 3 includes the following lessons for ELLs:
★ ‘to have’ verb
★ pronouns
★ school supplies vocabulary
★ ‘What/Do you have’ questions
★ singular/plural
★ prepositions
★ alphabet
★ Plus much more!
Unit 3 is designed to provide an understanding of the English ‘to have’ verb, basic school supplies, basic beginning prepositions, and basic foundational skills in number recognition and number writing for students who are unfamiliar with English numbers.
You get lesson plans, activities and black lines for:
✅ sentence Flip Books for the ‘to have’ verb -beginning sentence construction/respond to questions
✅ word wall cards for the ‘to have’ verb
✅ school supplies vocabulary picture cards (color and B&W)
✅ plural nouns
✅ sentence starters for the ‘To have’ verb
✅ take home practice book for the ‘To to have’ verb
✅ flip-fun books for the ‘To have’ verb (color and B&W)
✅ ’This is/These are’ sort
✅ Preposition reading wheel
✅ Preposition mobiles
✅ ABC word bank
✅ Vocabulary Language Log
✅ Reading and writing numbers 0-19
Please note that some pages are in color only, but print fine as black and white!
Rest assured that your ESL Newcomer is learning English from the very first day, building a strong language base with engaging and explicit language instruction!
Have fun!♥
ESL ELD NEWCOMER PACK Unit 1 the first week! Freebie
Here it is, the help you need when you have a new ESL student that does not speak English! This free ESL ELD sampler unit will give you examples of the hands on, engaging ESL activities included in our ESL Newcomers Units.
Use this unit for the first week your ESL Newcomer is in class. Keep those activities in folders or on a science board for daily review!
This free ESL ELD 34-page English Language Learner pack demonstrates the lessons and activities in our ESL Newcomer Units that cover early English language acquisition and literacy skills in students at the beginning or early intermediate stages of English.
Try this sampler packet with your ESL Newcomer. Lesson plans are provided to assure your English language student (ELL) is engaged and learning from the very first day!
ESL Newcomer Pack Unit 1 includes the following lessons to acquaint you with our ESL Newcomer units:
♥Basic phrases
♥Colors
♥Basic vocabulary
♥Vowels
♥Plus
Unit 1 is designed to provide an understanding of basic English phrases and vocabulary and basic foundational skills in vowel sound recognition and writing for students who are unfamiliar with the English alphabet. Students will also learn some everyday vocabulary associated with each letter of the alphabet. Check out all our ESL Newcomer units that build English skills at the beginning or early intermediate level of English
You get lesson plans, activities and black lines for:
✅sentence flip strips
✅word wall cards
✅sentence starters
✅Flap Fun Books
✅Plus Much More!
ESL ELD NEWCOMER PACK Unit 2
Here it is, the help you need when you have a new ESL student that does not speak English!
This comprehensive 94-page English Language Learner pack has everything you need to develop strong early English language and literacy skills in students at the beginning or early intermediate stages of English language acquisition
Welcome your ESL Newcomer with English success by providing this comprehensive English acquisition packet. Lesson plans are provided to assure your English language student (ELL) is engaged and learning from the very first day!
ESL Newcomer Pack includes the following lessons for ELLs:
✅ ‘to be’ verb
✅ pronouns
✅ emotion vocabulary
✅ how/who questions
✅ singular/plural
✅ prepositions
✅ alphabet
✅ Plus Much More
Unit two is designed to provide an understanding of the English ‘to be’ verb, emotions, basic beginning prepositions, and basic foundational skills in letter/sound recognition and writing for students who are unfamiliar with the English alphabet. Students will also learn some everyday vocabulary associated with each letter of the alphabet.
You get lesson plans, activities and black lines for:
♥sentence Flip Books for the ‘to be’ verb -beginning sentence construction/respond to questions
♥word wall cards for the ‘to be’ verb
♥emotion vocabulary picture cards (color and B&W)
♥plural nouns
♥sentence starters for the ‘to be’ verb
♥take home practice book for the ‘to be’ verb
♥flap fun books for the ‘to be’ verb (color and B&W)
♥slide it through
♥alphabet letters with pictures (color and B&W)
♥nitial letter symbol and sound recognition activities
♥segmenting activities
♥preposition reading wheel
♥preposition mobiles
Please note that some pages are in color only, but print fine as black and white!
Rest assured that your ESL Newcomers are learning English from the very first day, building a strong language base with engaging and explicit language instruction!
Have fun!
ESL NEWCOMERS ACTIVITIES Unit #4 is a meticulously crafted ESL newcomer activities pack focusing on ESL Basic ACTION VERBS and vocabulary. Lesson plans are provided.
This comprehensive ESL NEWCOMERS ACTIVITIES Unit #4 has everything ESL and classroom teachers need to develop strong early English language and literacy skills in students at the beginning or early intermediate stages of English language acquisition.
Welcome your ESL Newcomer with English success by providing this comprehensive English acquisition packet. Lesson plans are provided to assure your English language student (ELL) is engaged and learning from the very first day!
ESL Newcomer Pack includes the following lessons for ELLs:
Basic verbs with can, can not, and more
Possessive pronouns
cognates
Questions and answers with can
Plus much more!
Unit 4 is designed to provide an understanding of the English can verb, common verbs, possessive pronouns, and cognates for students who are newcomers to English.
You get lesson plans, activities and black lines for:
sentence Flip Books for the can verb -beginning sentence construction/respond to questions
word wall cards for the can, can not and negative of the verb
basic verbs with pictures in black and white
cognates
sentence starters for the can verb
take home practice book for the can verb
flip-fun books for the can verb
possessive pronoun chant, pictures and activities
Rest assured that your ESL Newcomers are learning English from the very first day, building a strong language base with engaging and explicit language instruction!
Have fun!
Learning Centers Made Simple -
Guided reading, reading center ideas and learning stations!
From concept to initiation, Learning Centers Made Simple! offers specific, "teacher- tested" ideas and "how-to" instructions to put together literacy stations and math centers you and your students will find stimulating and enjoyable.
This comprehensive 95 page teacher's resource book is a step by step guide to creating fun, effective guided reading and math centers for your classroom.
Look what is inside:
Section A - Introduction to Learning Centers
Includes Questions and Answers teachers have about centers.
Section B - Development and Planning
The how to's and printables you will need to organize literacy center activities, create a daily schedule and a daily center schedule and 4 great printable centers to get you started.
Section C - How To Make Centers Successful
This section offers you the routines and procedures you will need to have in place for a stress free literacy center classroom. Includes printable rotation and signal ideas and much more!
Section D - Activities and Ideas for Centers
This section has detailed instructions and printables for a multitude of literacy and math centers in both English and Spanish. It has all you need to get your centers into action.
Learning Centers Made Simple - Literacy and Math Centers in English and Spanish focuses on using materials from thematic units that connect to reading, writing, and math centers. Find out how to establish, organize and effectively use literacy and math centers with the innovative suggestions, practical tips, and printables in this great book.
A straight forward and simple "how to" book that guides the teacher through the planning and implementing of literacy and math centers with a thematic unit base in their primary classroom. Get started with centers in your classroom today!
This Thanksgiving literature unit for Gracias The Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley consists of 10 pages.
It can be used during the Thanksgiving holiday season for Guided Reading or a book or unit study. The printable black lines in this Thanksgiving book study focus on before, during and after reading activities to engage students and deepen reading comprehension and vocabulary.
There are printables to guide students through prediction, vocabulary, glossary work, alphabetizing, setting, characters, beginning, middle and end of story, connecting story to personal experiences, graphic organizers for comparing and contrasting, reflection and interpretation.
Great printables to excite and interest your students while reading this great Thanksgiving book!
Circle Sequence - Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan
One effective Circular Graphic Organizer makes up this product and makes sequencing understandable. It is easy to use, reproducible, and usable with small groups or whole class.
Graphic Organizers help students develop higher level thinking skills and promote creativity. They are handy tools for classroom use that guide students through the process of organizing information. Graphic organizers make logic out of language and help students summarize and interpret text. Graphic Organizers are excellent tools that promote high-level active thinking in the classroom.
Critical Thinking and Active Learning materials for:
-Reading Comprehension
-Math
-Social Studies
-Science
-Art
-Conflict Resolution
SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS:
Graphic organizers make content area information more accessible to second language learners. The Venn can change complex language into language that is comprehensible. These are perfect visual tools that help ELLs and all students understand and organize information.
Lori Wolfe
2 Square Venn Diagram - Graphic Organizer
Students use this 2 squared graphic organizer to respond to literature. Compare and contrast 2 characters in a story, 2 different settings, or 2 events. Use this great Venn Diagram before, during and after reading to solidify student comprehension
Graphic organizers are great group or individual work activities as a response to literature during independent reading, interactive
reading, or shared reading.
Graphic Organizers help students develop higher level thinking skills and promote creativity. They are handy tools for classroom use that guide students through the process of organizing information. Graphic organizers make logic out of language and help students summarize and interpret text. Graphic Organizers are excellent tools that promote high-level active thinking in the classroom.
Critical Thinking and Active Learning materials for:
-Reading Comprehension
-Math
-Social Studies
-Science
-Art
-Conflict Resolution
SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS:
Graphic organizers make content area information more accessible to second language learners. The Venn Diagram can change complex language into language that is comprehensible. This is a perfect visual tool that helps ELLs and all students understand and organize information.
Lori Wolfe
4 Venn Diagrams make up this product and each one is easy to use, reproducible, and usable with small groups or whole class. We have included
-Traditional Venn Circles
-Venn Complex Circles
-Venn Squares
-Venn Complex Shapes
Graphic Organizers help students develop higher level thinking skills and promote creativity. They are handy tools for classroom use that guide students through the process of organizing information. Graphic organizers make logic out of language and help students summarize and interpret text. Graphic Organizers are excellent tools that promote high-level active thinking in the classroom.
Critical Thinking and Active Learning materials for:
-Reading Comprehension
-Math
-Social Studies
-Science
-Art
-Conflict Resolution
SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS:
Graphic organizers make content area information more accessible to second language learners. The Venn can change complex language into language that is comprehensible. These are perfect visual tools that help ELLs and all students understand and organize information.
Lori Wolfe
Why, What, How! Story Graphic Reading Organizer
This effective one page reading graphic organizer can be used for Guided Reading or a book/unit study.
This printable reading black line helps students focus on before, during, and after reading activities to engage students and deepen reading comprehension and vocabulary.
This 1-page printable guides students through the why, what, and how of a story, building reading comprehension. A great printable to excite and interest your students in any great story!
Happy Teaching!
Lori Wolfe
This 14-page vocabulary package includes 20 Valentine Verb Word Wall cards, teacher's guide and ideas.
Words included in this packet are:
adored, admired, beloved, charmed, cherished, devoted, embraced, enamored, flirted, gifted, greeted, hugged, infatuated, kissed, liked, loved, romanced, smitten, wooed, and yearned.
Vocabulary games and activities included in this set:
Word Wall
Bean Bag Toss
Slap It!
Chant the Wall
This is a great Valentine vocabulary graphic organizer to use with your students. Just copy onto colored paper and cut and you have your Valentine Verb word wall ready to go!
A vocabulary word wall is an organized group of large print words posted on a bulletin board or wall in your classroom. Word walls draw attention to the words you are teaching and are used in whole class or small group activities.
Word walls provide a systematic visual vocabulary organizer that aides children in seeing and remembering connections between words and the characteristics that help them form categories and schemas to remember how to use them.
Lori Wolfe
Prepositions
Describing Location
Up, down, and all around: prepositions are everywhere. This preposition grammar unit is perfect for ESL ELD and has everything you need to teach your students to use prepositions to describe location at every language level.
This 62-page vocabulary and Grammar unit includes:
32 preposition picture cards
game boards
game cards
Say it Quick sheets
a word wall card for each preposition
song/chant
...and more.
In addition, our activities and ideas provide fun and interest so your all your students (including English Language Learners) learn through hands-on experiences. No more searching for picture cards, prompts or responses.
These plans are ready to work for you.
Happy Teaching!
Lori Wolfe
Father’s Day Word Wall –
This 48-page vocabulary word wall package includes 51 Father’s Day Word Wall cards, alphabet headers and activities. These word cards are great for a theme wall, flashcards to send home or use as a matching game. Spice up your end of the year with this great packet.
Words included in this packet are:
mother, adore, admire. holiday, hug, child, dedicated, thank, help, family, stepfather, dependable, husband, strong, funny, lucky, brave, best children, proud, loved, beloved, caring, appreciated, parent, love, card, daughter, son, hug, kiss, present, Father’s day, June, family, grandpa, he, him, his, papa, man, always, father, dad, daddy, husband
Vocabulary games and activities included in this set:
Word Wall
Bean Bag Toss
Slap It!
Chant the Wall
This is a great Father’s Day vocabulary graphic organizer to use with your students. Just copy onto colored paper and cut and you have your word wall ready to go!
A vocabulary word wall is an organized group of large print words posted on a bulletin board or wall in your classroom. Word walls draw attention to the words you are teaching and are used in whole class or small group activities.
Word walls provide a systematic visual vocabulary organizer that aides children in seeing and remembering connections between words and the characteristics that help them form categories and schemas to remember how to use them.
Lori Wolfe
Sentence starters provide a low-stress way for young writers to practice writing complete sentences. Our sentence starters are open-ended requiring your students to use higher order thinking skills while practicing their writing.Provide your students the opportunities to write creatively with 50 back to school sentence starters.
This great ELA unit has 50 great back to school sentence starters to get your students writing. You can learn about your students as they complete these open ended writing pieces. Let your students pick the sentence starter that will get them engaged in writing or choose one for the whole class.
Each sentence starter is printed on an individual card and on lined paper.
Simply copy, cut, and write!
Sentence Starters Packet
This 11-page packet contains 24 great sentence starters that will get your student writing. Students love to write about their lives and these sentence starters help them begin. We have included sentence starters such as:
I am proud of myself today because
I am most afraid of
I believe friendship is
and more!
Each sentence starter is printed on an individual cards. Simply copy, cut, and let your students pick the sentence starter that will get them engaged in writing.
Happy Teaching!
Lori Wolfe
Reflexive Pronoun Chant - I Can Do It Myself - Song and Lesson Plan
This great song teaches first and second language learners how to use reflexive pronouns in a snap. This fun grammar chant teaches the connection between I, you, he, she, it, we, they and their corresponding reflexive pronouns.
♥Perfect for ESL/ELD classes and great to use with native speakers of English or ELL second language learners.
Have fun and watch your students sing themselves to better English grammar!
Happy Teaching!
Lori Wolfe
Academic Formal and Informal Language
This 23-page packet contains everything you need to teach the differences between formal academic language and informal language to your elementary students. The first thing students need to be able to do is to identify that there are two kinds of language, academic and informal. Next, students must be able to determine the oral language used in each situation. Finally, students should be able to produce the academic formal language required by writing.
•academic formal and informal WORD WALL CARDS
•LESSON PLANS
•GAME BOARDS
•PICTURE CARDS
and more
Simply copy, cut, and use.
Use this great academic language package for 1st through 5th graders. Perfect for second language learners!
Lori Wolfe
Kinder & 1st Grade Sentence Starters - a 64-page Sentence Starters packet packed with 42 great sentence starters that will get your student writing. Students love to write about their lives and these sentence starters help them begin. We provide everything your students need to practice writing with Kinder & 1st Grade Sentence Starters!
Our sentence starters are open-ended requiring your students to use higher order thinking skills while practicing their writing. All writing prompts are in the present tense making it easier for students to express their thoughts. This sentence starters packet is perfect for writing in Kindergarten, 1st grade and for second language learners at the beginning and early intermediate language levels.
We have included black lines for the following:
♥Kinder & 1st grade sentence starter word wall cards
♥Individual lined papers for each sentence starter
♥Student assessment rubric
This unit includes the black line masters that you will need to develop effective lessons. Use sentence starters to start each day, in writer’s workshops, centers, journaling and more.
We have included sentence starters such as:
I see…
I like to go to the…
This is my…
Look at me in the…
Each sentence starter is printed on individual cards and lined paper with space to illustrate the writing. Simply copy, cut, and let your students pick the sentence starter that will get them engaged in writing.
Lori Wolfe
Past Participle Verb Games
Past Participle Past Tense Verb Game- English Grammar and Vocabulary Unit Plan is filled with teaching ideas, activities and games to practice using past tense participle verbs. Past Participle Verb Games will help your students practice their English grammar and build vocabulary through play. This English grammar lesson plan, activities and game unit is full of grammar activities, resources, reproducible black lines, teaching ideas, and lesson plan ideas. Students play these grammar games and naturally transfer skills they learn in class! Great for grammar based lessons or ESL classrooms.
This Past Tense Verb package includes 6 Games:
Fishing For the Past!
Concentration!
Slap It!
Weighty Words!
Do You Know IT?
Make It a Past Participle!
Reproducible past tense verb black lines included in this package:
-A variety of past tense verb games
-Complete game boards and game cards
-Easy to use teacher's guides
-Easy game assembly
Just copy, cut and play!
Lori Wolfe