2 Must-Have BACK-TO-SCHOOL- Teaching Resources - Get Yours Now and [Enjoy Summer!]

Back to School Teaching Resources

2 Back-to-School Teacher Resources to find NOW

... that you can use all year long!

#1 Editable Teacher Binder with Important Forms, Calendars and Letter Templates

 Everything, Everything Teacher Binder includes:

•monthly calendars

    50 cover designs to choose from

 Everything, Everything Teacher Binder 

•6 templates for weekly lesson plans to build your binder

•important forms to use the whole school year

Forms for Important Information 

 Everything, Everything Teacher Binder 

•important forms to use the whole school year
everything will be right where you can find it
easy templates for you to use
back-to-school letter templates

Your ‘Everything, Everything’ Teacher Binder Includes Everything!!

                      

When you purchase this teacher binder, you will get FREE updates for LIFE!!!

This teacher binder is currently dated through August 2020.  As I add new forms and update the calendars, you will be notified so you can access the update and new pages for FREE!  Your editable teacher binder can be used this year but also year-after-year without ever purchasing a new one! 

Your teacher binder will be fun to build as you have many covers, colors and designs to choose from... you can even change them whenever you 'd like! 

Brighten Your Day!  Save Time!  Get Organized! Stunning clip art!

200 essential pages to keep your school year running smoothly!

Your Editable Teacher Binder includes:

• Covers and Dividers for your teacher binder – 50 Designs
• Colorful spine covers for your teacher binder
• Weekly Lesson Planner - [8 styles]
• One Weekly Lesson Planner for 6-day rotation
• Monthly Calendars - 2 styles – one page and also 2-page layout for your notebook - Calendars from April 2019 to August 2020
• One page daily schedule – at- a-glance
• Number Circles for Class # Assignments
• Monthly Newsletter Templates [just type in your news!]

Forms for Important Information include: [keep these forms in one place and ready to use]

one page daily routine at- a- glance

class roster

birthdays

student medical information

Individual Student form

IEP student form

Small Group Lesson form

Guided Reading Student Snapshot form

Guided Reading Lesson Plan

Guided Math Lesson Form

Writing Lesson Form

Writing Conference form

Guided Reading Notes (individual student)

Parent Communication Log

Meeting Notes

To Do List

7 recording sheets for grades

Transportation Home List

Emergency Plans - Fire Drill and Lockdown

Seating Charts

Labels for Tables

Codes and Phone Extensions

Website Log-In Form

Behavior Forms - Think Sheet, Action Plan

Year-at-a-Glance!

ØEditable Letters for parent communication: [these letters save time! And they are editable to place YOUR information within the context of the letter]

-Back-to-School Parent Information Letter

-Parent-Teacher Conference Form

-Field Trip Permission Slip

Do You Love Collections?

Your “Everything, Everything” Editable Teacher Binder is organized [of course] in 7 different collections.  This is by design so you can find the pages you need instantly.  This is all about being organized and me , helping you, do just that!  Make your beautiful “Everything, Everything” Editable Teacher Binder your own style.   Everything is here for a simple click, download and print.     You may wish to print out your daily schedule or lesson planner on 2 sides… it is the best format to make your notebook.  However, these are yours to use in the way that makes you happy! 

Teacher Binder Collection 1 - Cover for Teacher Binder, Dividers for Schedule and Forms

         Spine covers for your notebook

Teacher Binder Collection 2 - Weekly Lesson Planners, editable and there is also one weekly lesson plan grid that was made for a 6-day rotation if your school were following that type of schedule.  These weekly planners spread across your teacher binder.  They are fully editable on your computer, but you can also print them out and hand write in the grid as you wish.

Teacher Binder Collection 3 - Curriculum Assessment Forms and Grading Recording sheets.

  I personally keep a 2nd teaching binder for my grading forms.  Simply type in your class list on the form; then print out.  Keep these in your notebook and add grades as you go.  Forms include those for student evaluation, guided reading, small group instruction, writing conferences, math groups, IEP information.

Teacher Binder Collection 4 -  Classroom Management Forms for behavior, seating charts, labels for tables, number circles, field trips, medical information, codes for copy machine, birthdays, transportation home, emergency procedures meeting notes, and more.  Many of these forms are helpful when you have a substitute as it shows important information in one ready-accessible place.  

Teacher Binder Collection 5 - Letters to Parents - Back to School letters, field trip permission, parent communication log, schedule summary, letterheads, templates for letter for back-to-school.  All of these teaching resource pages are so helpful when starting a new year at school.

Teacher Binder Collection 6 - Calendars – There are 2 Calendar designs - Choices of a calendar with lines at the bottom for notes, or grid style calendar.  I insert the month before my weekly lesson plans in that way I have a glance at the entire month and more details in the weekly schedule pages. Here you have the choice of a 1 page calendar or 2 pages that spread across your binder.

Teacher Binder Collection 7 - Monthly Newsletter Templates - Each month you will have a one page newsletter template that you can easily edit and type in your news! Fun clip art can be used, deleted or copied!  Keep your parents informed of the valuable and wonderful things that happen in your classroom! and be sure to put a copy in your Principal’s box!

I continue to make more updates and revisions for this teacher binder as I need them and you will receive all the updates --FOR LIFE-- as I create them.  You will also find that you have more time when you are organized with an editable teacher binder.

And I am happy to take requests if you really need a specific form for your binder,

I will zip-zap, zap it right over to you.  You can email me at MrsQuimbyReads@gmail.com or write your request in the feedback. 

You can grab YOUR EDITABLE TEACHER BINDER HERE ... THEN RELAX!      

BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOT THIS!

#2 Back-to-School Pages, Activities and Writing Prompts for the First Week  Grades K-2 [21 pages]

Back to School Pages, Activities, Writing Prompts

 Back-to-School pages, activities and writing prompts for Grades K-3. These pages will give your students “get-to-know-you” pages for the first week of school.  It will give you the bit of time to acquaint yourself with your new class. 

These pages are suitable for Grades K-3.  They are perfect for the first week of school.  You will be happy to have these!  I place 2 pages on their desks on the first day.  They like to settle in and get started.  I like to see them happy back at school.  These pages give me the time to circle the classroom and say hello to each student, also collect any forms needed, lunch $, and see if we are all in the right classroom.  Right next to these pages are brand new crayons, pencil and ruler! Great way to have a terrific first week of school and meet and greet each other. Some of the pages require the students to walk about a bit so choose the pages you like for the very first day.  I like having them seated as we can establish a very quiet and organized work environment... which is exactly how I want my students to feel about the upcoming school year! See the preview of this back-to-school teaching resource here.  

   

    

5 Easy Practices In Reading Instruction [for Preschoolers]

     

                                               Some Food for Thought

Preschoolers are wonderful people.... they are just that ... FULL of wonder! If you listen, I mean really listen to your preschooler, you will hear comments that show evaluation and insights that rise high in the taxonomy of thinking. and most preschoolers CREATE!   They make things in the sand, they create with play-doh and clay, they make things with food.  It's a nice thought, don't you think, that these children are so capable!  Remembering this when reading with your preschooler is important!  Don't dumb it down, let them rise to the top of the pyramid!  

When you are reading The Three Little Pigs or The Little Red Hen, your preschooler can certainly evaluate which little pig was the wisest and why; and if the dog, pig and goose are lazy characters in The Little Red Hen.
Children can make evaluations about if the little red hen is justified in eating the bread all by herself.  These thinking skills start early on in book reading.  Ask questions, talk about the books with your preschooler and read books everyday.  It is this activity and the talk about reading that begins the literacy journey on a path of success. 

Ask yourself "why do I read?" To learn, to be entertained, to view another's point of view.  When you remember those 3 essential reasons for reading and bring those elements to your reading experiences with your child; your child will be at a wonderful beginning place when entering school.  

Here are 5 easy practices you might include when reading with your preschooler:

1.  Read Every Day - reading everyday shows your child that you value reading; it also teaches your child that reading is an enjoyable activity.  We tend to do things that we enjoy more often.  When we engage in an activity more often, we get better at it!

2. Choose Books Together - going to the library and the book store together to choose books allows your child to learn this important practice of becoming a reader.  Look at the covers, ask questions, peruse the pages, read snippets, look at the back.  Choosing books is a great way to find out that there are many, many subjects in the world to read about. That book choice can be personal; that book choice is the beginning of reading.  One book leads to another. 

3. Talk about the books, stories and characters - when reading with your child, talking about the books is essential.  Do you like the book? Why or why not? What events did you find funny, sad, happy ?  What characters do you admire? What characters would you like to be like?  Why or why not?  Talk, Talk, Talk.  Talking and writing about reading are important to understanding and comprehension of the text.  We talk about what we learned, what we think, what the author's message is.  Talking shows thinking. 

4. Compare events and characters - when we talk about the books, usually we make comparisons about events and characters in the books to our own events in life and characters we meet.  Comparing and contrasting can help us form our opinions and thoughts.  What do we what to do?  Who do we want to be with? Who do we wish to be?

5. Make text connections to your child's world - and making these connections between our books and reading and our own lives can be the pearl in the oyster.  

Why read?   Well, to become a smarter or a nicer person!

Fun Pages for Writing About The Little Red Hen HERE

 

Find Reader Response Pages HERE

Find Listen, Draw and Follow Directions HERE

8 Great Books for Summer Reading - [Summer Reading Log]

Let's read this summer!  Here are 8 books to get your beginner reader started!  Some of my favorites!

I would choose this one because I LOVE the characters!

Be sure to click the read more button to get your FREE Summer Reading Log for Kids!

 ... lesson today... often times, children choose books by the cover, as we do, they wonder what might happen inside...authors spend time and careful consideration choosing artwork for their books...the author is calling your attention to the story... it is an invitation to read!  Often times, titles of books and cover art present you with key questions of what you might read and learn. 

 Take your little reader to the library this summer.   Children begin to learn that reading is a rewarding activity. Allow your child to take out 2-3 books and you do the same.  Books can open doorways to discovery. You can make story connections to personal life, family and activities;

Over 179 Teaching Resources for Literacy and Math and [Science and Social Studies]

MrsQuimbyReads TPT Store

  Here are just a few teaching resources that you will find  at my TPT store... and many more...browse now and come back often as I create new teaching resources all the time. 

Cloze activity using  sight words... 
great way to practice sight words and  fluency
at the same time... printables... no prep for you!

All About Birds
for the Primary Learner
Read and Write and 
Math Activities

You can start your book circles easily when you have these PAGES

Informational Text Book Circles engage your students in learning new information and also learning to engage in discussion groups. These pages will help you facilitate your students in conversation and deeper meaning. Readers talk about what they have learned and are able to confirm ideas and thoughts about the new information. 






Find these and many other teaching resources  at MrsQuimbyReads TPT store 

... teaching literacy with Children's Literature, Authentic Writing Prompts, Word Work, Science Pages, Primary Learners, Social Studies, Classroom Management ... over 100 teaching resources to help you take back your weekends.

5 Practices to Improve Listening Skills in the Classroom

Teaching your students to listen can be challenging at best.  School is a very social place and children want to be with their friends in a very interactive way which in turn leads to conversations and sometimes just chit chat; even when you are teaching.  Here are some tips to minimize distractions and improve listening.

Listening is one of the big 5 in literacy!  The other four being reading, writing, thinking and speaking.  You can incorporate many activities that involve listening in an enjoyable way. Many educational games require listening and most times, most kids will want to do well in a game with their peers.  The famous "I Have, Who Has?"  can be used in many grade levels while reinforcing many skills in literacy, math, science and social studies.  

I Have, Whoooo Has? Improve Listening

Listening to large numbers and recording them is a great listening activity for those students who are learning about place value.  When students start to understand and make large numbers; they need practice.  Students listen to the number you say and

Poetry for Kids, for April, for Every Month!

You deserve a Poetry Break Today!

Poetry is a fantastic way to practice fluency and reading aloud to an audience.  April is the month we say is National Poetry Month; however a classroom bin of books clearly marked Poetry is delightful to have all year long.  

My class has a list of favorite poets and they love when I whisper walk over to the poetry bin. Smiling faces see me flip around the pages for the perfect poem for today.  This one is a favorite and it's perfect for Spring.

Quack, Quack!
We have two ducks.  One blue.  One black.
And when our blue duck goes "Quack-Quack"
our black duck quickly quack-quacks back.
The quacks Blue quacks make her quite a quacker
but Black is a quicker quacker-backer. 

And yes, you guessed right!  It's by our famous Dr. Seuss.  The kids try to remember this one to recite aloud and we have done many activities with just this one poem. Choral read, boys read, one line, girls the next line or alternate with rows.   Students learn to read for meaning and reading poetry is a great way to improve reading fluency.

10 Reasons Why You Should Read Charlotte's Web to Your Class

10 Reasons Why?  Charlotte's Web Is a Good Book Choice for Read Aloud At School and At Home

 Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White, is  a universal story.  It has entertained hundreds of readers and children for decades. The book  teaches kindness and love.  Charlotte's Web is and has been a 

best-selling children's paperback of all time.  E.B. White describes his book as a story of friendship and life on a farm.  E. B. White himself was a true friend to animals and writes from his own experiences. 

As every writer knows, research, research and more research is very important to even fiction writers. You must get the right moon in the night sky.   White researched every detail for his three books for children.  Stuart Little was written in 1945, Charlotte's Web in 1952 and The Trumpet of the Swan was written in 1970.  For Charlotte's Web, his research was close to home as in lived on a farm in Maine.  His experience and farm color shows on every page.  The habits of the animals are characteristic and believable.

5 Tips When Reading Aloud to Preschoolers

Five Tips for You When Reading Aloud to Preschoolers   1.  First and Foremost, find a book you love!  If you love the book, the child will hear that love in your voice.  I happen to love Gossie, Gertie and Ollie!  by Olivier Dunrea.  These are great books  for Spring! for young readers! for young listeners!  Above is the cover of Ollie by Olivier Dunrea.  Choosing this book and just viewing the cover starts the reading experience..... so many questions just start to happen... Who is Ollie?  Who are those ducks?  What are they looking at? What is hiding in the grass?  What do you think will happen? and below is the cover of, Gossie and Gertie

now don't you just want to open this book!

 2.  Sit side-by-side with your listener.  Open the book and show how the book opens.  Point to the title as you read it.  Don't overdo... remember the book experience should be enjoyable.  Your child will value this book experience if it is a time where you break from all those plug-ins and other rippity-rap the day is filled with.... and reading should be relaxing, meaningful and fun!.  Sit side-by-side with your listener.  Open the book and show how the book opens.  Point to the title as you read it.  Don't overdo... remember the book experience should be enjoyable.  Your child will value this book experience if

Read about St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

wearing green, coloring rainbows and searching for a pot of gold

Be sure to read your favorite St. Patrick's Day story today!

Here is one from my favorite author, Gail Gibbons.  Her books are wonderful in every way. She knows her audience and teaches them so many things about our world.  Thank you, Gail, for your informative and interesting books!

Illustrations are well done and Gibbons teaches the history and traditions of the clover. 

This book by Gail Gibbons is colorful and informative
This reader response  page teaches main idea and details.  

Main Idea : St. Patrick's Day, details....what details do you remember from your reading?  In an easy 4-square format!

Grab this FREE reader response page HERE to use with

Reading Aloud Frog and Toad for PreK-1

Listen to Frog and Toad, "The Kite”  

by Arnold Lobel. 

Read by MrsQuimbyReads   

This story is quite entertaining when the famous friends, Frog and Toad, decide it is a beautiful day to fly a kite....and as all the Frog and Toad stories, this story, too, teaches a life lesson.  Listen and watch as I read the story aloud and try to think about what the author's message might be.  

Here are some questions you might ask your child as a springboard to a discussion about this story.

•Should Toad have listened to the robins? Why or why not?

•Why do you think Frog keeps telling

5 Reasons Why You Need to include Word Study Everyday in Teaching Reading

Words, words and more words!

Word Sorts are easy for you and motivating for your students!  You will find that your students will collect words, like they collect trading cards.  Who doesn't love a collection?
Daily word work is important to those learning to read. 

5 Reasons why you should include word sorts, word study and learning new vocabulary in Teaching Young Children to Read     

1.  It enables your reader to say what he or she means.  When young children hear and learn new words they acquire the ability to describe a story, depict an event and explaining the emotion.  Their ideas and opinions are more readily and easily shared with family, friends, teachers and adults.  The ability to communicate more exact meanings increases as they acquire a rich vocabulary. 

2.  Understanding others is easier when the child has a storehouse of words.  As readers, we are always expanding our vocabulary.  As writers, we learn new words to convey our thoughts and stories.  Unfamiliar words can be readily learned within the context of known words.  Reading comprehension is the key to understanding texts and authors. Learning new words is the foundation of comprehension.

3.  Acquiring a rich and vast vocabulary allows the reader to think logically and  beyond the text.  Reading, understanding and words spiral with the reader.  As the reader grows, he/she is able to interpret ideas from

Learn Multiplication and Geography - Educational, Fun and Motivating!

This multiplication activity is both educational and fun.  Students spin to solve a multiplication fact, then find that product (answer) on the USA map.  Students work with a partner and take turns spinning, solving the multiplication fact and then finding the state.  To color in the state, students must answer the multiplication fact and name the state correctly.  A challenge game, should they choose, is to also know the state's capital.  First one to finish coloring the USA map is the winner!

You can grab your Multiplication Fact - USA activity HERE

Student Spins to Solve a Multiplication Fact

Spin to Solve a Multiplication Fact

First one to have colored the entire USA map wins!