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Our mission is to connect quality educational resources to all teachers in order to facilitate learning, increase engagement, provide differentiation, increase rigor and promote high expectations.
Logic Puzzles Variety Pack
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Logic Puzzles Variety Pack

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Check out this fun and engaging packet of four different logic puzzles that students can apply critical thinking skills with to solve. Each question comes with a prompt, a table, and clues to figure out who did what. This is a great way to promote engagement, challenge students, develop critical thinking, and push gifted students. It is also ideal for early finishers! An answer key has been included for your convenience!
Weekly "I can..." Objectives Differentiated Template
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Weekly "I can..." Objectives Differentiated Template

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Check out this awesome template that can easily be infused in your classroom to promote critical thinking, goal setting, and reflection. This can easily be adapted for any subject, grade, age, or ability. Students set their own goal for each day. At the end of the day they either reflect based on the three emojis or on the higher level templates by elaborating with an explanation. John Hatties has ample research out there that points to the importance of students knowing where they are coming from and where they are going. This is great way to transfer accountability and responsibility to the students! Let us know how your implementation goes!
Student Assessment Tracker Template
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Student Assessment Tracker Template

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Check out this awesome tracking form that transfers the accountability and ownership over grades to the student. This can either be housed by them or keep with you, but the intention is that students record their scores for each assessment throughout the current grading period. Up top, they will list the name of the assessment and their grade. At the bottom, they will add a point on their line graph to track change over time. This is a great way to promote ownership, leadership, responsibility and so much more. It also serves as great documentation come parent teacher conferences time! Be sure to check out our other tracking forms, such as our Monthly Behavior Tracking Form!
Differentiated Note Taking Template (Version 1)
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Differentiated Note Taking Template (Version 1)

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Check out this graphic organizer that students of any age can use to facilitate their note taking. This skill is one that students often lack direct instruction on, and this clear and student-friendly format is mimicked after the Cornell note-taking format. Separated into clear sections for topic, notes, questions and summary, this worksheet will push students to being extremely purposeful with their note-taking while streamlining their thoughts. This template also comes in different formats to best meet the needs of your students. Be sure to check out our alternative versions as well!
How Am I Getting Home? Printable Template
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How Am I Getting Home? Printable Template

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Check out these printable templates to support transportation of how students are going home the first day. Print it out, and safety pin these forms to their backpacks or their shirts or folders and everything in between to ensure all students get home safely the first days of school. This system is easy, adaptable and so important at the beginning of the school year. A full page template and half page templates have been included!
Meet the Teacher Fillable Template
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Meet the Teacher Fillable Template

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Upgrade your bullet point introductory newsletter with this fun, bright and engaging Meet the Teacher template. This fillable form can be edited inside of any pdf viewer. There are sections for a self portrait, some of your favorites and a bit about yourself. Keep the template for years to come. You can also print the template onto color paper to make it even more fun (add variety and put different colors into your paper tray). A sample has been provided in the product as well! Enjoy and have a great school year!
Social Studies Notebook Evaluation Rubric
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Social Studies Notebook Evaluation Rubric

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Check out this simple and student-friendly rubric which is meant to be used to evaluate student Social Studies journals. The rubric is broken into four categories, of which students can score between a 1 and a 4. Each score for each section includes explicit description of what you need to obtain that score. A guide on the bottom shows how to calculate up to a percentage grade. This is meant to be provided to the students, so they know what is expected of them with the journals, and then used to grade at the end of the quarter, or semester, or year. Sections included cover topics of Organization, accuracy, elements, and illustrations. Best wishes! Be sure to also check out my other rubrics as well!
Simple T-Chart Template (Differentiated) Graphic Organizer
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Simple T-Chart Template (Differentiated) Graphic Organizer

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Check out this differentiated variety pack of three student-friendly T-Charts. Each of them are labelled on the bottom with a different version and either include a blank space, lines, or bullets to meet your students' needs. This can easily be adapted to a multitude of in-class and at-home assignments. Save yourself time and inconvenience by supplementing your lesson with this clear and concise T-chart!
Simple Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form
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Simple Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form

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This simple form acts as an ideal data collection template for when you contacted parents. Very simply put, you can track who the student was that you called, the reason for calling, the date, and any notes that came out of it. It serves as great documentation when having conversations with other teachers, administrators, or parents about ongoing communication monitoring. Be sure to check out my "Advanced Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form" if you want a little more organization with your template!
25 Must Have Classroom Job Ideas (with descriptions)
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25 Must Have Classroom Job Ideas (with descriptions)

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Check out this awesome list of various jobs that can be implemented in your classroom starting tomorrow! Transfer the accountability, responsibility, and leadership to your students by delegating various tasks to them. In this product you will find a list of 25 ideas with clear descriptions and job titles including components such as lumber jacks who sharpen the pencils, computer technicians that turn on and off the computers and far more with far great descriptions. Have fun and enjoy!
Advanced Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form
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Advanced Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form

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Take your documentation to the next level with this template to track parent and guardian contacts. With this simple but user-friendly format, you are able to track the parents you talk to, the format you communicate with them through (such as email, text, call, visit, or note). There are also sections for the concern and the results from the communicaiton. This serves as a great format for data collection during conversations with administrators, co-teachers, and parents as you reference the dates for progress monitoring. Be sure to check out my "Simple Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form" as well for a simpler format.
FREE Classroom Incentive Ideas (w/ Individual Tickets for Extrinsic Motivators)
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FREE Classroom Incentive Ideas (w/ Individual Tickets for Extrinsic Motivators)

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Save your time and money on buying items and experiences for your students as motivators when there are so many free opportunities out there! We have compiled a list of 50 ways to reward your kids without spending a dime. The first page you will find them all listed out while you will find them placed on tickets on the following two pages. The tickets can be cut and either picked out of a hat or chosen by students as their award. Whether it be individual rewards, group rewards or whole class incentives, this can be used year after year to motivate your students - hopefully transitioning them to an intrinsic motivation! have fun!
Exit Ticket Progress Monitoring Template
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Exit Ticket Progress Monitoring Template

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Add another level of accountability to your exit ticket progress monitoring with the simple and well-organized template to track student scores. This teacher-friendly format makes it so easy to see how students are doing over an extended period of time. This is great for student conferencing as well as transparent grades with parents and families. Simplified into a check format, 1/2 credit format, and X for struggling. Adapt as needed :)
End of Year (Anonymous) Student Reflective Survey
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End of Year (Anonymous) Student Reflective Survey

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Check out this 12 question reflective survey where students can express their feelings in regard to the culture of the classroom. With a focus on leadership, empowerement, and general teacher review. This survey holds great potential for teachers to gain insight into how students feel in your class, how they feel about you, and how they feel about themselves. This can easily be used as a benchmark throughout the year, so changes can be implemented. It provides a great opportunity to meet the needs of all students!
Evaluating Question Quality Rubric Checklist
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Evaluating Question Quality Rubric Checklist

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Separated into five categories with 2-5 subcomponents accompanied by explanations, this template is a phenomenal resource in clearly articulating and giving feedback on question quality. This can be implemented as a self-reflective process or as a checklist for developing assessment questions and in-class informal questions. This will push your practice and better align your questions to the rigor that is expected for all teachers and students. This will also push students to think more critically and higher on the Bloom Taxonomy if implemented with fidelity.
Weekly Student Reading Log Template
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Weekly Student Reading Log Template

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Check out this simple and student-friendly template for students to track their reading. This can either be used at home or in school or both. Students will record the title of their book, their start and stop time, and then, most importantly, will write a short summary about what they read. This is a great way to improve comprehension and ensure focus during reading, all while improving writing. There is a space on the far end for students to initial if you choose to have it used at home. This is a great source of both documentation, accountability, responsibility and streamlining your expectations any your classroom!
Weekly Homework Tracker and Planner Template
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Weekly Homework Tracker and Planner Template

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Check out this simple and well-organized reference sheet for each week. The template is divided into 6 sections, one for each day of the week with multiple bulleted lines below it, and one section for a to do list. This is a great way to support your students organize themselves. This can be used to write down homework help, the expectations for each night and so much more. You can even use it track reading at home, fluency practice, online work and anything else you see suitable for your students.
FREEBIE Useful Report Card Word Bank
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FREEBIE Useful Report Card Word Bank

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For those of us that still include teacher provided feedback on report cards, this is a great tool to take your writing to the next level. Presenting yourself professionally matters and with this extensive list you will find ample adjectives that can be used to describe any student that may cross your path. This can also be used for students as they develop their writing and speaking skills to use higher level vocabulary and switch up the same old words that they repeat often. Happy writing!
FREEBIE Printable 3D Study Cube
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FREEBIE Printable 3D Study Cube

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Check out this fun and creative way to diversify methods of studying. This printable cube can be cut and glued or taped together to make a large die-style template. With size sides, students can put vocabulary words on each side, topics on each side, facts and more. This interactive cube has so many possibilities but will be fun and engaging regardless. Let us know what you end up doing with it :)
Task Card Template Variety Pack FREEBIE
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Task Card Template Variety Pack FREEBIE

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Check out this FREE variety pack that includes 10 templates in different colors that are to be used with Task Cards. They are formatted to be used as background for letter sized paper that include four task cards. This simple but captivating design is sure to take your task card design to the next level! We only ask that you give use credit in your product description and/or a direct link to our page. Thank you and best wishes!