Showing posts with label #reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #reading. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - October 15, 2025

                                


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 by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.


Pumpkin Globe Craft | Continent Outlines and Maps & Globes Activity - $2.25


by Fourth Grade Frenzy
2nd - 4th grades
Activities, Halloween, Homeschool, Printables


Bring geography to life with this engaging Pumpkin Globe Activity! Perfect for your maps and globes unit, this hands-on project lets students create their own globe using pumpkins while reinforcing mental mapping skills and learning about continents and oceans. Outlines and labels are included.


Sentence Patterns Grammar Worksheets for Halloween | Print | Digital | Easel - $4.00

by Charlene Tess
9th - 12th grades
ESL, EFL, and ELL, Handouts, Printables


This Halloween activity will teach your students to rewrite sentences without changing their meaning to achieve sentence variety. At the same time, they will be reminded of things that are associated with Halloween. Good writers vary their sentence patterns by sometimes placing phrases or clauses at the beginning of their sentences. The twenty Halloween - themed sentences in this exercise all begin with the subject and the verb.


Math Halloween Fraction Riddles Putting Fractions in Lowest Terms, Equivalency - $3.25

by Scipi
3rd - 5th grades 
Activities, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Handouts, Homeschool, Printables


This math resource contains ten Halloween fraction riddles which provide students practice in putting fractional parts in lowest terms as well as recognizing equivalent fractions. Specific words are provided, and the students are to figure out the correct fractional part of each particular word. (Example: The first 1/3 of LEDGER which would be LE.) If the fractional part is correctly identified, when the students write the fractional parts on the lines provided, a new word is formed. Each group of new words becomes a Halloween riddle or an answer to a riddle.



by Mickey's Place
K - 2nd grades
Activities, Assessment, Centers, Halloween


Sentence to Picture Match: Halloween is a reading comprehension activity created to be used at centers or in small groups. Students will read each sentence and match it to the picture it describes. The picture cards can be in a folder, cut apart, or placed in a pocket chart. The student will then place the sentences that describe a picture next to the picture card.



Retelling Profiles For Fiction & Nonfiction - Free


by Reading Spotlight
All grades
Assessment, ESL, EFL, and ELL


If you have a student who sounds like a good reader but does not seem to understand what is read, retelling is a good strategy that will give you insight into the student's thinking process. It is almost prep-free! Two RETELLING PROFILES, one for fiction, one for non-fiction, are included. They are very useful tools to evaluate comprehension processes of your students. A short, student self-evaluation form for retelling is also included.

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

Renee Heiss

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - 6/28/2023

                                                 



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 by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.


Summer Multiplication Bump Games - $3.00


by Believe to Achieve by Anne Rozell
2nd - 4th grades
Printables, Games, Centers

Summer Multiplication Bump Games are the perfect way to get your students excited about math and make learning multiplication facts fun! With one game per fact set from x2 to x12, there are 11 color games and 11 ink-saving black and white games. This highly versatile resource is great for differentiating your instruction, engaging the whole class, or providing dedicated math centers or sub tubs.


French: Les Animaux Marins Coloring - $3.00


by Urbino12
PreK - 6th grades
Worksheets, Activities
                                                                             

This French product is about sparking an interest for ocean animals in young children. 
Your students will be able to trace the French word and color these eighteen ocean animals in French ! Animals are depicted in their natural habitat. Vocabulary words depicted in this file are: dauphins, hippocampes, requins, poulpe, baleine, phoque, poissons, espadon, crabes, homard, palourdes, moules, méduses, calmars, étoiles de mer, anguille, pastenague et limule.

 
by All-American Teacher Tools
4th - 12th grades
Printables, Task Cards, Centers


I've done all the work for you! Each date has a STEM-related discussion-starter that you can use as an introduction, conclusion, or fill-in when needed. Each day includes what happened on that date, a bit of information for your students, an appropriate image, and a thought-provoking question for discussion. You can even post this as a journal-entry prompt! Each date is connected to further information links for your use, or a student's independent learning. History teachers - each of the entries has an historical reference! If you need to incorporate STEM into your social studies lessons, this is a very easy way to do that.



Simple Machines - $4.00

by Sunshine and Laughter by Deno
2nd - 4th grades
Worksheets, Games, Posters


This low prep resource includes colorful, engaging posters to introduce the six simple machines - screw, pulley, lever, wheel & axle, wedge, and inclined plane. Use these posters whole group and then display them as anchor charts on your Science wall for your students to continue to refer to for extra support. Also included are sorting cards that your students will sort under the correct simple machine. This is a quick way to check for understanding. Place these cards in your Science stations for continued practice. 


Summer Reading Comprehension Learning Center: People in Action - $4.00

by Mickey's Place
K - 1st grades 
Activities, Assessment, Centers


Looking for a summer center to reinforce reading comprehension for K-1 students.  Then this simple game of matching  people in action verbs,  to the sentence that describes the action (verb) is what you are looking for.  Active learning and perfect partner game!



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

Renee Heiss

All-American Teacher Tools

Check out my Store 


Monday, May 25, 2020

May 2020 Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern







It's May already, time sure flies.   Time to stop by and see what our teaching friends are doing during the school closures. This is the last link-up for this school year. We'll see you again in August.


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Now That School's Out. What Will We Do for the Summer?


Summer is the time for fun, fun, fun! School is out no more hitting the books. The only problem is that much of what was learned during the school year is forgotten, “out of sight, out of mind.” Not so with these fun educational activities that will keep the children looking for more and not even realizing they're learning.
 
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Tried & True Tools for Managing Distance Learning
By Kathie Yonemura of Tried & True Teaching Tools 

 I am SO thankful for the many teachers who know more than me and their willingness to share their expertise! There is no reason to reinvent the wheel! Here are some tried & true tools that have saved my time and sanity with distance learning!
 
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Slipping into Summer
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning  

 
Reflections on our "new normal" ways of teaching and learning.

 
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 Should You Red Shirt Your Kindergartner?


Will a delayed start to kindergarten improve a child's success in school? Many kindergartners have not experienced a full school year due to the pandemic. This re-post might help some parents and teachers in reaching what might be a more difficult than usual decision this year.
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 Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into OurTeaching
By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR's Classroom

 
Integrating sustainable development goals into teaching
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Teaching Reading in the COVID19 Restructured Classroom


Learn practical tips for teaching reading in our COVID 19 restructured
classrooms.
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Monday, October 21, 2019

October Teacher Talk 2019


Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern









It's October Teacher Talk Time.....Well, the first month of school is over and it's BOO-tober, time for Halloween fun, Columbus Day, Stop Bullying Month and beautiful fall weather.  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.

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Monthly Read Aloud Books for We Teach So Hard Podcasts about Bullying and how to help stop it from happening.

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 Bullyproof Your Kids for Life
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning 
 Using a great read-aloud to start the conversation this month about dealing with bullies.

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Stand Up to Bullying 
By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools 
 Bullying. It has become such a buzz word that is often casually thrown around. October is National Bullying Prevention Month and picture books are the perfect way to elicit conversations.
 

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   The Empathy Project Update: Explorations into Empathy, Part 2
By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs 
 The 2nd installment in The Empathy Project, this post uses a visible thinking routine and a popular picture book to teach upper elementary students about empathy.

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 Surprise!
By Renee Heiss of All American Teacher Tools
 Surprises provide the best motivation

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 Pause...In the Neighborhood
By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight 
 Pause.. for a moment in Mister Rogers neighborhood. He still has much to teach us today.


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 Independent Reading Success in the Classroom
By Marcy Howe of It's A Teacher Thing 
 Learn tips for creating a successful independent reading program in your classroom.

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 Fall into Figurative Language
By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess
 Fall is the perfect season to study figurative language. 


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 Real World Math
By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching
How to incorporate real world math into your daily teaching.

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Monday, August 19, 2019

August 2019 Teacher Talk


Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern


It's August Teacher Talk Time.....Hopefully those of you who are back to school this month are off to a great beginning with the best classes ever.  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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 Is Summer Vacation Over Already?

Someone posted on Facebook that August is like Sunday for teachers! We're elated when the weekend comes around, and love Saturday, it's one of our fun days, but then the dreaded Sunday comes, you have to correct papers, do lesson plans, and go to bed at a reasonable hour, you know the routine.  Then there's the month of August, it just seems to zooooom by and before you know it your summer vacation is like a dream gone by.  But you do Love teaching, it's your calling. Read on for some first day teaching tips.

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How Morning Meeting Can Become a Sacred Space
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning 
 Adding new practices to make Morning Meeting a peaceful and calm transition to your teaching and learning day.

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 5 Meaningful No-Prep Activities for the First Week of School
By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools 

If you're frantically planning for your first day or week of school, here are five tried & true activities (not busy work!) to keep your students engaged while you get to observe and learn more about them. And be sure to download all the FREEBIES!

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 Developing Powerful, Enthusiastic Readers
 Every teacher wants a classroom filled with powerful and enthusiastic readers. This is a terrific goal for the new school year…and it can be accomplished with
this design.
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 Free Video to Teach Prepositional Phrases
By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess
 Here's a FREE video to teach prepositional phrases.

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 Developing and Writing Effective Lesson Plans for Math
By Vicky Rauch of Scipi
 We often hear of research based strategies and how to use them in our classrooms. Having worked at two colleges in the past ten years, I have discovered that some who are doing this research have never been in a classroom or taught anyone under the age of 18! (Sad but True) 

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  Using Math Centers in the Upper Elementary Classroom
By Kris McWilliams of Mistakes Allow Things to Happen
 Thinking about adding Math Centers to your classroom math block? This article will help you take steps to implement a plan in an upper elementary school classroom.

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 Ease New School Year Teacher Anxiety
 By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching
 Tips to ease Teachers' back to school anxiety.

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 Math Games: Observing Your Students Makes Back-to-School a Breeze!
By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs 
 Want to know an easy peasy way to really get to know your kiddos at the beginning of the year? Play some math games with them and sit back and watch. This is one teacher's approach to collecting student data.
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Recommended Reading Board
By Erik Arndt of Insights to English
Create a wall display of books (or better yet: series of books) that your students should consider reading. Make sure to have a variety of formats and genres so that there’s something for everyone!
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 This is the Time to Start Your Year Off Right With an Amazing Close Reading Lesson
By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR's Classroom
 This is the time to start your year off right with an amazing close reading lesson. As the school year starts, this is the best time to start with close reading.
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