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Enhance Reading Comprehension with our Informational Text Marking Handout!

Empower your students to excel in reading comprehension with our engaging and effective Informational Text Marking Handout! This must-have AVID resource is designed to boost student understanding through strategic text annotation right at their desks. Your students will love this!

This handout is a game changer for educators seeking to improve literacy skills. By providing a structured approach to text annotation, students learn to identify key details, make connections, and deepen their comprehension effortlessly.

Key Features:

✨ Clear and Concise Design: This handout is hands-on-practice visually appealing and easy to use, making it accessible for all students.

✨ Promotes Active Learning: Encourages students to interact with texts actively, leading to improved retention and analysis.

✨ Supports Differentiation: Suitable for various grade levels and subject areas, promoting inclusivity and adaptability.

✨ Fosters Critical Thinking: Students develop critical thinking skills by engaging in purposeful text annotation.

✨Black and white & color versions

✨ English and Spanish versions included

Why Choose This Handout?

☑ Reading Comprehension Tools: Enhance students’ comprehension skills with a proven method that supports academic success.

☑ Teacher-Tested: Developed by experienced educators, ensuring practicality and effectiveness in the classroom.

☑ Engaging Resource: Captivate students’ interest in reading and analyzing texts with our interactive handout.

☑ Ideal for implementing AVID strategies daily in your classroom and setting up testing strategies and routines in your classroom.

Transform your classroom into a hub of active learning and literacy development! Download the Informational Text Marking Handout today and witness the positive impact on your students’ reading comprehension skills. Let’s empower students to become confident, strategic readers—one annotation at a time!

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Use these letters to parents templates to notify them about upcoming standardized and state testing. The letters include a request to the parents to write letters of encouragement to their children so they can read them before testing. This product includes different versions of the letters to parents, lined paper for the parents to write their letters, PLUS a end of the year letter for you to send out to your students.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• 6-page PDF file
• 4 editable versions of the testing notification letter to parents
• lined paper for parents to write their encouragement letter to their children
• bonus "goodbye" letter for the end of the school year.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose which letter you want to send to parents to notify them of major testing and request letters of encouragement.

2. EDIT the letter to include the deadline for letters from parents and your name.

3. Print the letter and send it to parents or send via email.

4. Collect the letters of encouragement from the parents and distribute to the students prior to state or standardized testing.

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Elementary School Teachers: This resource is a great way to built rapport with parents and work together to encourage your students during testing time!

FEATURES

• Each page is 8.5" x 11", but you can adjust this in your printer settings.

These are a few math support sheets for upper elementary! What is included is a name tag sheet (w/ a number line, clocks, 3D shapes, and a multiplication chart), decimal place value chart, base 10 blocks, unit fractions, equivalent fractions, keywords for word problems, and 2D shapes.

This would be a great product to place on students' desks/tables, and to cut out and glue inside a math notebook! I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review.

iReady Bulletin Board Trackers: Printable Characters for Progress!

Enhance your classroom with these vibrant iReady Bulletin Board Trackers! This printable set features engaging iReady characters to motivate students as they track their progress. Perfect for creating an interactive and visually appealing space, these trackers encourage goal setting and celebrate learning milestones. Transform your bulletin board into a hub of inspiration and achievement!

Instructions for use: Print the tracker you'd like to use for your bulletin board. Carefully cut around the edges, then align the pieces and secure them with tape on the back to hold them together. Finally, hang it up on your bulletin board!

What is included:

- Diagnostic Bulletin Board Tracker

- Individual Lessons Bulletin Board Tracker

- 3 iReady Characters (Large Printable Posters)

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If My Common Core Math Notebook Bundle is a product you're interested check out my product: Common Core Ultimate Interactive Notebook Bundle. This bundle includes all Common Core Interactive Notes including ELA and Math at a discounted price. If you are only interested in the Math Notebook Bundle continue reading. Common Core Interactive Math Notebook Bundle! Part 1 and 2 bundled in one discounted Price! Aligned with 3rd grade common core standards, but also an excellent source for 2nd & 4th grade! Interactive Notebooks are a great way to keep students involved in their learning. These great notebooks are also an effective study guide, because it’s packed with lots of resources covering different concepts throughout the school year. My Common Core Interactive Math Notebook Bundle includes Interactive study guides, organizers, practice pages, key words, songs, and word problems. Each skill covered comes with many of these resources. Each student will need: A composition notebook or spiral notebook Crayons, Markers, or colored pencils Glue Copies of the materials Skills Covered: Number and Operations in Base Ten Operations with Algebraic Thinking. Place Value Rounding Addition Skills Subtraction Skills Multiplication Skills (Includes strategies, etc.) Division Skills (Includes strategies). Measurement (Capacity, Length/Width, Weight, Time) Geometry (Attributes of Polygons, Perimeter, Area, Partition Figures) Fractions Interpret and Represent Data (Tables, Graphs, and Charts). Extra Materials Include: Complete Guide on how to use templates with pictures and description on how to use the materials. Table of Contents Common Core standards/checklist Students will love putting together their interactive notebook. Check out my preview for a better picture of this product. Thank you for your time! Check out my Common Core ELA Interactive Notebook Mega Bundle and My January Morning Work-CCSS Aligned Remember to rate and comment after purchase and receive free TeachShare credits to use towards future items.

These state testing or classroom exam themed gift tags labeled "you are so BRIGHT it's time to show what you know" are the perfect gift tags to show students some encouragement before they complete a test! Simply print and cut then attach to your gift with a hole punch and string.

Gift Idea:

• Highlighters
• Notebook
• Pencils
• Poppers
• Erasers

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These testing in progress signs are so cute to use while testing, each day your students will pick from 10 versions the testing sign you are going to use in the Door sign for testing sessions. Save time with these ready-to-use, no-prep printables—perfect for classroom management, so you can print and go instead of handwriting. These signs help students, colleagues, administrators, and visitors easily understand that testing is in progress.

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• Clear Organization
• Improved Communication
• Time-Saving

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Bring some enjoyment and SEL to students during state testing with these 10 encouraging and motivational desk notes and treat tags! Simply print and attach to a sweet gift to encourage your students to do their best on any standardized test! You can attach notes to pencils, highlighters, Goldfish, cookies, donuts, mints, Oreos, popcorn, pretzels, muffins and more!

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10 Gift Tags Included:

• Testing will be easy CHEESY!
• You are one smart COOKIE!
• DONUT stress you got this!
• This is MINT to take away testing jitters!
• You are one SHARP student!
• You are so BRIGHT I believe in you!
• You are extra OREOdinary!
• Answers will be POPPING in your head!
• There's KNOT anything you can't do!
• Stop at MUFFIN to succeed!

Directions

Simply, print and attach to treats for the students to encourage them during testing.

More State Testing Resources:

Motivational Coloring Pages

More End of the Year Resources:

100 Chart Mystery Pictures

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Bring some encouragement and SEL to students during state testing or any testing day! This set of ready-made positive affirmation coloring pages includes 10 unique treat-themed motivational phrases! Allow students to practice mindfulness before any test. You can also display them to create a bulletin board! Perfect to pair with a little gift like pencils, highlighters, Goldfish, cookies, donuts, mints, Oreos, popcorn, pretzels, muffins and more!

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10 Coloring Pages Included:

• Testing will be easy CHEESY!
• You are one smart COOKIE!
• DONUT stress you got this!
• This is MINT to take away testing jitters!
• You are one SHARP student!
• You are so BRIGHT I believe in you!
• You are extra OREOdinary!
• Answers will be POPPING in your head!
• There's KNOT anything you can't do!
• Stop at MUFFIN to succeed!

Directions

• Print and let students practice mindfulness before any test.
• Great for use as a student-created bulletin board!

More State Testing Resources:

Motivational Gift Tags

More End of the Year Resources:

100 Chart Mystery Pictures

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Bring some encouragement and SEL to students during state testing or any testing day! This coloring page includes one treat-themed motivational phrase that you can easily pair with a small treat like Goldfish. Students can color and practice mindfulness before any test. You can also display them to create a bulletin board!

⭐Save 20% with the Testing Gift Tags & Coloring Pages Bundle!⭐

What's Included:

• 1 coloring page: "Testing will be easy CHEESY!"

Directions

• Print and let students practice mindfulness before any test.
• Great for use as a student-created bulletin board!

More State Testing Resources:

Motivational Coloring Pages

Motivational Gift Tags

More End of the Year Resources:

100 Chart Mystery Pictures

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Bring some encourage and SEL to students during state testing or any testing day! These sets of ready-made motivational treat tags and coloring pages include 10 unique designs that you can simply print and attach to gifts or use for a bulletin board. Great for practicing mindfulness, a treat, or a reward! Perfect to pair with a little gift like pencils, highlighters, Goldfish, cookies, donuts, mints, Oreos, popcorn, pretzels, muffins and more!

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What's Included

• 10 treat-themed gift tags with testing encouragement phrases
• 10 coloring pages with matching phrases and exciting backgrounds

10 Phrases Used:

• Testing will be easy CHEESY!
• You are one smart COOKIE!
• DONUT stress you got this!
• This is MINT to take away testing jitters!
• You are one SHARP student!
• You are so BRIGHT I believe in you!
• You are extra OREOdinary!
• Answers will be POPPING in your head!
• There's KNOT anything you can't do!
• Stop at MUFFIN to succeed!

Directions

Gift Tags: Simply, print and attach to treats for the students to encourage them during testing.

Coloring Pages: Print and let students practice mindfulness before any test. Great for use as a student-created bulletin board!

More End of the Year Resources:

100 Chart Mystery Pictures

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

This growing pack of 40 student gift tags includes ready to print tags for back to school, Halloween, state testing and end of the year. Simply print and attach to inexpensive treats such as goldfish, cookies, donuts, mints, bubbles, pencils, puzzles, candy, shovels and pails, chips and more! These gift tags are the perfect way to surprise and celebrate your students with small gifts throughout the year!

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What's included:

• 10 back to school student gift tags

• 10 Halloween student gift tags

• 10 state testing student gift tags

• 10 end of the year student gift tags

Back to School Includes:

• You are just WRITE for our class!
• You are MINT to be here!
• Let's have a SWEET school year!
• Here's to a BRIGHT school year!
• It's going to be a POPPING great year!
• You RULE. Happy back to school!
• This year is going to be such a TREAT!
• SIP SIP hurray! Happy first day!
• You are one smart COOKIE. Welcome to my class!
• You're just in SLIME for a great year!

Halloween Includes:

• poppin' by to say boo
• you are the best pumpkin in the patch
• bugs & kisses
• no tricks just treats
• boo a gift for you
• frankly I hope you have the best Halloween
• just a little light for Halloween night
• I am batty about Halloween
• you're just in slime for Halloween fun
• witches brew

State Testing Includes:

• Testing will be easy CHEESY!
• You are one smart COOKIE!
• DONUT stress you got this!
• This is MINT to take away testing jitters!
• You are one SHARP student!
• You are so BRIGHT I believe in you!
• You are extra OREOdinary!
• Answers will be POPPING in your head!
• There's KNOT anything you can't do!
• Stop at MUFFIN to succeed!

End of the Year Includes:

• It's O'FISHALLY summer!
• You were one SMART COOKIE this school year!
• I DONUT want to say goodbye to you!
• You MINT so much to me this school year!
• You have BLOWN me away this school year!
• Stay super SHARP this summer!
• You will always have a PIECE of my heart!
• Have a super SWEET summer!
• DIG into a good book this summer!
• CHIP CHIP hurray it's summer time!

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This is a one page letter addressed to students to give them reassurance/motivation during the state test or any other high stakes testing. This letter explains to the students how proud you are of them regardless of the results. It goes on to explain to them how the testing only measures how much or what they learned during the school year but emphasizes the positive character traits of them that cannot be measured by a test.

This resource would be great to leave on the students desks the morning off the assessments to start the day off on a positive note or to send it home a day or two prior to the test to help take the pressure off them that may have been building up.

Instill a love of learning and a growth mindset in students with this creatively designed coloring book! This 30-page digital download features unique growth mindset quotes embedded into artful imagery perfect for coloring.

Filled with inspirational sayings like "Challenges help me grow," "I can do hard things," and "My effort leads to success," this coloring book promotes a positive mindset around effort, persistence, and viewing challenges as opportunities to learn.

Designed for elementary students but suitable for any age, this coloring book is ideal for:

*Morning work or bell ringers to set an intention for the day

*"Brain breaks" to reset focus during testing days

*Counseling and SEL lessons on mindfulness and resilience

*Independent art time when students need self-directed activities

With thought-provoking quotes and space for students to add their own creative color, this growth mindset coloring book is perfect for classrooms, counseling offices, intervention services, and more!

Engage your students with these 10 informative and age-appropriate nonfiction reading comprehension passages focused on good citizenship! Perfect for 1st to 3rd graders, these passages cover essential topics like respect, kindness, community service, and environmental responsibility. Each passage comes with five comprehension questions to assess understanding and spark discussion.

Product Includes:

• 10 engaging nonfiction reading passages about good citizenship
• 5 comprehension questions for each passage
• Printable PDF format for easy classroom use

Get ready to start testing out on a positive note with these testing motivational notes for students. Designed to uplift and inspire, these notes are meant to be placed on students' desks before they begin their testing journey. Each card features a unique motivational message tailored to boost confidence, foster a positive mindset, and ignite determination in students as they embark on their testing endeavors.

From encouraging words of affirmation to empowering quotes, these notes serve as a reminder that every student possesses the ability to excel and shine brightly. Whether it's a reassuring note about believing in oneself or a gentle reminder to stay focused and resilient, these cards aim to create an atmosphere of encouragement and support during testing sessions.

Most items to be added to the notes can be found online or in your local grocery store.

Includes color and black and white versions. Just PRINT AND GO!

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Get students thinking about test taking tips and strategies for being successful on that important day! This 20 page, critical thinking, emotional intelligence handout packet comes with boy and girl images, and it includes: --no facial expressions so students can fill these in --coloring images --emotional intelligence questions such as: eating a good breakfast and plan your menu be on time find a comfortable chair and desk stress meter following directions pace yourself don't rush (acrostic poem) stay focused check your answers find something fun to do after the test Students practice listing, peer group cooperative activity, fill in answers, etc... Great way to reinforce being mentally and physically ready for Testing Day!

Need experts to deliver content for your lesson plans? Look no further than your own students! Let students be "Experts of the Day" through the "Share Your Knowledge" presentation. Complete with: instructions guidelines scoring rubric hand-out/sign-up sheets Everything needed to let students become the experts in for your lesson plans!

Move your mastery meter from "empty" to "full" as you use the chart to find expert peer tutors in your class. By the end of the semester, students' skills will improve through the use of peer tutoring. Easy to follow directions with lined chart.

Visual learners delight with these character analysis graphic organizers! Help students uncover and focus on important character traits for writing and visualizing fiction and non-fiction characters. Includes critical thinking, problem solving, research skills, and test prep concepts. Includes: 3 Character Analysis sheets with traits boxes graphic organizers Background Profile graphic organizer Personal Profile graphic organizer Historical Info graphic organizer Character Road Map with directions 3 Road Map Symbols handouts Easy and fun to use with individuals and small/whole groups for analysis, close reading, building characters, and test prep in English, literature, and history classes for at-risk, GT, Pre-AP, AP, homeschool, etc...