Archived From August 2012
So far so good…the classrooms have been cleaned and we are unpacking boxes once again! Now it is time to really get our curriculum ready and get our act in order!
We want to help you! We have put together lots of materials that are posted on our Teachers Pay Teachers Shop and our Teachers Notebook Store
Check out some of the examples of products that you can find to Kick Off Your Year below!
Writers Workshop Units Upper and Lower Elementary
For the lower elementary Kindergarten-Second, there are 6 full units that are sold individually or in a bundle for a whole year. Lessons with connection, teaching point, active engagement, and link. There are conferring notes and much more. Adapted from Lucy Calkins and Kathy Collins.
Units:
Launching
Small Moments
Writing for Readers
Craft of Revision
Nonfiction: All-About and How-To Books
Poetry
There are two full units and a Smartboard unit for the upper elementary, Third-Fifth that follow the same format and are adapted from Lucy Calkins.
Super Word Working! Word Working Based On Words Their Way
You will find not only some free documents to get you started but also some essential products to go along with each companion book of Words Their Way(The green, yellow, and blue book)!
Click on the image below to grab a free resource!
Words Their Way Parent/Student Sort Guides, Green Book
This product will help guide parents through each of the 56 sorts in the Words Their Way, green book, Syllables and Affixes Spellers. Each guide explains the sort to the parent along with giving nightly practices for the week. Each sort is on a different page and ready to be copied and stapled to the students sort. A digital copy in Word is available upon request.
Hopefully you are just as excited as we are to get back into the swing of things! Keep watching for more freebies! They are going to be posted in just a day or two! We will be having a SWEET giveaway right now as well so make sure you subscribe to the blog to keep updated on what is coming!