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Back to school reading, writing, and get-to-know-you activities, plus coaching tools to start the year strong.
Get your kids talking and warm them up with these fun Would You Rather slides! Over 100 different slides with bright clipart engage kids in learning about each other and sharing their ideas. Use during morning meetings, class parties, and brain breaks!
ZIP File | 105 pages
Back to School Conversation Dice are a fun way to get kids talking to each other on the first days of school!
PDF | 3 pages
This guide will help you plan your first 20 days of reading instruction in grades 3-5. It’s full of lessons and printable tools to glue into reader’s notebooks. Establish metacognition, monitoring comprehension, responding to reading, and clear expectations for independent reading right away!
Zip File | 26 pages
This set of Back to School partner plays includes four different reader’s theaters for students in grades 2 – 4.
Partner Plays are two-person plays designed for partners to read together! These plays include a two-person cast, stage directions, and dialogue.
PDF | 9 pages
This is an easy way to get your kids writing during the first week of school! These five back to school writing prompts include a differentiated page for each one, to help kids who need sentence starters and more structure!
This pack includes 12 monthly printable calendars, black and white. The calendar dates are blank so they can be used year after year! Students can color the adorable black and white clipart on their calendars and use them for calendar math, homework logs, reading logs, or behavior records! Great to send home daily for parents to initial!
PDF | 12 pages
Kick off the year with a family literacy night. Read Across Your School stations and planning materials help you welcome families back with reading and writing fun.
This fun resource includes materials for a craftivity and bulletin board display to celebrate students’ goals or resolutions for the new year!
PDF | 13 pages
Clearly define your role and the teacher’s role in a coaching partnership. This editable instructional coaching agreement builds trust and transparency from day one.
Start the school year with reading, writing, and community. This back-to-school bundle gives you get-to-know-you activities plus reading and writing lessons for the first weeks.
Easy “already on the desk” activities for back to school. Crosswords, word searches, all about me pages, and scrambles keep students busy the first days of school.
A classroom jobs system kids are excited about. Editable job applications and a jobs chart help students feel responsible and motivated from day one.
This is a fun, crafty way to get kids writing during back to school! With this creative writing activity, kids describe themselves by writing about what kind of crayon, animal, holiday, or snack they would be!
This jungle safari themed Writer’s Workshop Pack includes over 70 pages of materials for implementing and maintaining Writer’s Workshop your classroom!
PDF | 75 pages
This beachy ocean themed Writer’s Workshop Pack includes over 70 pages of materials for implementing and maintaining Writer’s Workshop in your classroom! Features Creative Clips ocean and beach clipart!
Zip File | 75 pages
This beach and ocean themed Reader’s Workshop Pack includes over 55 pages of materials for implementing and maintaining Reader’s Workshop your classroom! Get students organized, learn about them as readers, help them record and respond to their reading, and more.
PDF | 60 pages
Over 55 pages of materials for implementing and maintaining Reader’s Workshop your classroom! Introduce notebooks, independent reading, and more with the handy printables and bulletin boards.
PDF | 60 pages
This is the complete set of bundled materials for Reader’s Workshop, full of tips and tools to get your Reader’s Workshop ready and rolling in a 3-5 classroom! Two editable documents have also been included. To open all files in this zip file, you will need either Keynote or PowerPoint, and a pdf reader such as Adobe or Preview.
Zip File | 128 pages
