Weekly Wednesday 5 Under $5 - December 23, 2020

 Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or simply by leaving a comment on this blog post.

Word Search Long Vowels - $1.49

By Reading Spotlight

2nd - 5th

Worksheets

Fun! Motivating! Effective! Easy to Use! Practice long vowels in a different, enjoyable, and helpful way. This set of 3 word search puzzles provides practice in more than 100 different words with regular long vowels, helping to imprint the words for more automatic recognition later. Effective for reading levels 3-6, they might also be used with better readers in grade 2 and struggling readers above grade 6.

Admiral McRaven "Make Your Bed" Speech Analysis for Grades 9-12 and Homeschool - $4.99

By History at Home

9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool

PowerPoint, activities

Great for homeschooling or any high school class, this resource includes background history, the complete text of Retired Navy Seal, Admiral McRaven's "Make Your Bed," and a link to watch the speech! It also includes 10 in-depth speech analysis questions and writing prompts to give different learners options to explore the speech in more detail.

ESL - Listening and Speaking Practice - $3.00

by Sunshine and Laughter by Deno

2nd, 3rd, 4th

Activities, Printables

This engaging resource contains listening and speaking activities to help your ESL students practice and strengthen their listening and speaking skills. These activities can be used for your beginner, intermediate and advanced ESL students. The activities are colorful, fun, easy to use, and engaging to hold their interest while practicing these important skills.

 

Word Problem of the Day - $4.50

By Victoria Leon

2nd 3rd, 4th, 5th

Worksheets

Teach the "Word Problem of the Day" to reinforce problem solving and review addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are more than 200 word problems and the answers. Use larger or smaller numbers to increase or decrease the difficulty of the word problems. It also has word problem charts and a blank word problem worksheet for students to write the information, question, draw the picture, add/subtract/multiply/divide, and label the answer.

 

Our Nation's First Ladies - $4.00

By All-American Teacher Tools

5th - 12th

PowerPoint

This PowerPoint presentation provides the following information for each first lady: Name and maiden name, years as First Lady, Picture, two factoids, a First Lady first, and a question to ponder.  Recently updated to include First Lady Jill Biden.  Perfect for a lesson on election day.

Other WW5U5 Team Members on TpT to Visit:

Mickey's Place

Scipi

Urbino12

A Teacher's Teacher

As always, I encourage comments below and any ideas or suggestions by emailing me at reneeheiss@gmail.com

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We Teach So Hard...Episode 14...The Election: Teaching With Intention to Work Through Contention

 

Join us as we explore approaches to use when you teach about the election. What happens when students have questions that are difficult to answer? How do you remain neutral? How do you discuss American politics today? DO YOU discuss American politics? This podcast can be a starting point for your classroom lessons!

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Like what you hear? Visit us at
Kathie @ triedandtrueteachingtools.com 
Retta @ rainbowcitylearning.blogspot.com/ 
Tracy @ mossyoakmusings.blogspot.com/ 
Deann @ socrateslantern.com/ 

August Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It's August Teacher Talk Time.....Hopefully many of you are still enjoying your summer

vacation. Some of you are back to school already, while others are getting your classrooms ready for an exciting new school year. We have so many great tips and ideas for you from awesome educators. Be sure to take a look at what everyone has to say.

If you're interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here....The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, be sure to mention one of our names.

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Teaching Tolerance During this Election Season
By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

I don’t know about you, but this was the first political convention I’ve followed with interest and a great degree of concern. We need to embrace our diversity, to look for the good in each other, and notice the positive things we see happening every day.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Some tips for bringing respect back to your classroom.

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Setting Up Your Classroom With Style

By Alison Monk of The Literacy Garden

This time of year I love to find new ideas to make my classroom functional, yet cute. The way I figure it, I spend more awake hours in my classroom than any other room in my house. So, why not make it visually appealing! Here are some ideas that are functional, yet adorable at the same time.

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5 Teacher Must-haves for Back to School: Working on a Budget

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR's Classroom

My top five must haves for the classroom teacher!

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Back-to-School Ice Breaker

By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Do you hate ice breakers? Me too. That's why I created something a little different for grade 4 - 8 to enjoy!

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Using Productive Struggle to Promote a Growth Mindset
By Shametria Routt of The Routty Math Teacher

“Using Productive Struggle to Promote a Growth Mindset” is the second part of my Summer PD with The Routty Math Teacher blog series. In this four-part series, I define productive struggle, advocate for its purpose and usefulness in the classroom, illustrate how it is reflected in a teacher's instructional decisions, offer a list of expectations for both students and teachers during productive struggle, provide an opportunity to see productive struggle in action via a Teaching Channel video, and connect productive struggle with growth mindsets. 

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Visualization
By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

Are you tired of the same old question/answer format for reading comprehension? Try these different techniques to asses and improve student understanding of text.

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 It's Back to School Time! Have fun with the Marshmallow Tower Project!
By Mary Moore of Moore Resources

I will be implementing a project the first week of school, "The Marshmallow Tower Project", shared with me at a Teaching Summit in June. Materials needed are: A box of....

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Using Handwriting Without Tears to Teach Printing
By Thia Triggs of Print Path

Most every Occupational Therapist that I have ever met loves the Handwriting Without Tears© [HWT] program to teach handwriting. But not every OT, and many teachers and school districts do not use this program. Why not? I would like to discuss what I have observed about advantages and disadvantages of using HWT. 

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Tips For Teaching The Presidential Election
By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching 

Tips for teachers to use while teaching about the Presidential Election.

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What Happens When a Classroom Theme Drives Instruction?
By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

When teachers talk about themes, they're usually talking about classroom decor. But could they be missing out on some real instructional power? Let your themes drive your instruction for the entire school year!

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