Check out this awesome graphic organizer that pushes students to compare and contrast two topics. Presented in a different format than the typical Venn diagram, this template allows students to keep their thoughts organized and streamlined. It also allows for ample room for similarities as opposed to the small overlap in the double circles. This variety pack comes in a few different formats with lines and spacing to best meet student needs. Be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!

Check out this alternative brainstorming graphic organizer that pushes students to think through topics and ideas an a different way. The identified topic begins at the top, and then students think of different ideas related to it. Though students don't need to fill up the whole chart, the idea is that they think about different words starting with different letters. This forces them to diversify their answers. The template includes one line for each letter of the alphabet. Be sure to check out some of our other brainstorming templates as well!

Check out this 10 question assessment that check students’ understanding of using guide words to navigate dictionaries. Students WILL NEED an actual dictionary in front of them, as this is a hands-on interactive assessment. The first five questions prompt students to identify the two guide words on the page of five identified words. The second portion of the assessment prompts students to identify if the identified word would fall on the page of the identified guide words. An answer key is included for your convenience.

Take your classroom communication to the next level with these accountability posters that pushes your students to challenge each others thoughts and ideas in a respectful and responsible way. Whether it be adding on to thinking, pushing back against ideas, questions understandings, or echoing and summarizing thoughts, these posters can do wonders for the oral communication development for all grade levels. Whether they are printed and laminated, hung around the room, or the mini versions attached are distributed to children, accountable talk posters will turn your classroom into a bunch of higher level thinking and talkers!

Check out this fun and engaging addition to your centers! This fun and simple task card prompts students to expand their vocabulary. With clear directions, this 4 step activity prompts students to read, identify vocabulary words, define the words based on resources available to them (dictionaries, context clues, technology, etc.), and then share their identified words with other group mates. This very important skill will teach students to learn the words the struggle with rather than skimming past them and not understanding.

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!

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!

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.

Check out this simple and color-coded reference guide that can improve your students writing and take it to the next level! Separated into five categories including comparing, contrasting, ordering, listing, and finding the relationship, these guide facilitates the use of higher level vocabulary in writing and speaking. It can either be printed as a poster, printed and taped into books or used as a tool for differentiation. This will be sure to facilitate the higher level vocabulary with improved transitions for all students!

In this engaging and well-organized anchor chart, students can receive ample support with all things writing. Starting with a clear linear instructional layout out the stages of writing, misconceptions on expectations are cleared. Following this, a lsit of helpful hints is included. The bottom half includes five types of writings, with expanisve examples and descriptions of four of them. This can easily be printed for a poster, given as a printed anchor chart or used ot facilitate students through the writing process. It also serves as a great support tool for differentiation.

Check out this fun and simple bookmark template for the 100th day of school. These printable bookmarks can be put on yardstick and are a great addition to any 100th day of school celebration! Please also check out our 100th Day of School Certificate as well!

Take your students’ writing to the next level with this reference guide to help student improve their transition word implementation. Sorted into five categories, students can choose from comparing words, contrasting words, cause and effect words, sequencing words, and description words. These transition words can be used in any type of writing and can be extremely beneficial for struggling writers who use common words too often. This can be super-sized into a poster or distributed to students who need it as a tool for differentiation.

Check out this easy to navigate assessment that checks students’ understanding of possessive nouns. There is a set of directions and 10 questions in which students will have to write in the correct possessive noun based on the sentence. An answer key has been included for your convenience.

Check out this simple and structured way to teach and practice cause and effect. At the top of the page, a quick tutorial on the difference with a “clue word” key is present with a graphic organizer below for students to identify the cause and effect and clue word in multiple texts. This can be glued into academic notebooks, used in isolation or sent home for on-going homework use. This is a great way to support students’ organization of cause and effect in a meaningful way!