You will see that there is a lot in this fun yet rigorous “Pizzeria” pack! Set the stage to engage! It doesn’t take much to make this into the perfect classroom transformation. I simply asked parent volunteers to send in 5 centerpieces and 5 checkered dollar store table cloths. Voila! You may also choose to wear an apron or chef’s hat. That was all that was needed to get the kids excited and transform my room into the Pizzeria. This pack of activities was created to really get my students to use the text and think a little deeper. You will see that many of the questions are not simply comprehension questions but tasks designed to have students apply deeper thinking skills. Here’s what is included in this pack -Pizza article on the history of pizza (may be used as a close reading) -2 pages of response questions/tasks to go with article There is a regular version and a “hint” version. I give the “hint” version to my lower reading group. It just gives some extra guidance so they can be more successful. -Pizza main idea sort based on the article Great as a group activity -Fiction passage on pizza -1.5 pages of response questions/tasks to go with passage (regular, and a “hint” version for students who need a little more guidance.) -Text structure pizza page (I used this as an assessment) (sequence, compare/contrast, cause/effect covered) -Compare/Contrast pizza vs. pasta page option 1 You will notice the topics of pizza and pasta are not given. Students should read all the words in the word bank and be able to figure out what it is they are comparing and contrasting -Compare/Contrast pizza vs. pasta page option 2 only word bank- students may use butcher paper or construction paper to create venn diagram. This was a great group activity! Answer Key Many answers vary, but I did try and give lots of examples This has everything you need for your room transformation! I spread these activities out through the week in 30 minute lesson blocks.

The perfect way to review your classroom procedures and routines! This powerpoint features 21 slides with a meme on each one to keep your students engaged in reviewing YOUR classroom procedures. Editable to fit into your classroom. Included: 21 editable powerpoint slides (each includes a meme) Procedures reviewed are: Classroom rules/consequences Pencils Attention signal Lining up Water Being on task Misplacing supplies Turning in work Technology Partner/group work Hallway behavior 4 meme slides to add YOUR choice of procedure Along with the meme on each slide to keep your students engaged, different tasks are included such as: "picture the procedure in your mind, turn and talk with your neighbor, give a thumbs up/thumbs down, stand up if you know, etc." All of this is editable so you can leave as is OR write down the specific ways to do your classroom routines.

Your complete guide to getting through and nailing your teacher interview! This product is great for student teachers as well as veteran teachers who are interviewing this year. Complete with interview questions and answers, preparing for an interview pages, and more advice from a teacher who's been there before! What's Included? How to Land an Interview Word of Advice for Brand New Teachers How to Create a Resume with Links to Free Templates What to Take to Your Interview The Week of Your Interview Prep How to Prepare for Questions- Mapping Method How to Answer "Yikes" Questions 5 Pages worth of Questions I've been asked AND how I would truly answer What Questions YOU should ask What to do During Your Interview What to do After Your Interview Walk into your interview feeling confident and prepared, no matter how much teaching experience you have. This guide will also give you ideas for your future classroom (I give my real answers to questions) that you could implement. With this guide you will SHINE in your interview and *fingers crossed* land the right job for you!

This is a fun and engaging A-Z Summer Countdown Packet! Perfect for bell work, or a fast finisher activity throughout the day. Each of the 26 pages includes a fun activity that is related to Summer! Many language arts skills are reviewed throughout the pages. This product is printable or can be made digital with the use of Easel by TPT. Includes: Cover of the packet (both in color and black/white) A- acrostic poem B- book review C- character traits D- dreaming about page (vivid words) E- emotional check in F- future career writing page G- goals for summer H- hat advertisement (persuasive ad) I- ice cream facts J- jams on my playlist K- kite flying facts (grammar practice) L- limerick writing M- movie of the year writing N- newspaper article (classroom event writing) O- optical illusions (creative writing) P- point of view comics Q- question quest R- river of words (scrambled words) S- summer similes T- text features recap (animal magazine page with text features) U- ultimate pool party plan V- vacation time W- water sport compare and contrast X- letter X-Change (letter writing) Y- yearbook signing (classmate signing) Z- zoom into summer writing This packet is ideal for 2nd-5th graders. Each page takes anywhere from 5-15 minutes to complete. This packet is great as a bell work packet or a fun activity to do throughout the day. Most pages are designed to let students share their work after! Great way to count down until Summer break!

Students will get practice with core language arts skills in an engaging and fun way. Great for state testing preparation or to use in a room transformation. Students will get practice with main idea, key details, text features, context clues and more! Invite your students to go on an AFRICAN SAFARI! Students will take their "safari travel card" to each animal station and complete the corresponding worksheet. As they complete each page they will mark off their travel card with a fun safari stamp! This product can also be used as a packet, center work, or a whole class review done a little at a time. There isn't just one way to use this! Skills Included in the Review: Comparing texts on the same topic Text structures Text features Main idea Key details Comprehension questions Context Clues Word patterns Venn diagrams Filling in a chart Sequencing This Product Includes: Teacher directions Animal signs to hang around the room Safari travel cards for each student Safari Stamps for student travel cards 5 engaging pages of animal passages to practice this long list of skills Answer Keys

Need to review your rules and procedures? This product comes with 2 activities to engage your students as your review the rules, procedures, and routines in your classroom. Great to do after Christmas break, a 3-day weekend, or a Monday after an especially tough week! Set yourself up for success after a break and take the time to review your routines and procedures. No need for it to be boring though, your students will love these TWO activities! In Activity 1 students will complete an around the room hunt. You, the teacher, will hang 11 paper posters around your classroom. Each page has a letter with a question beneath. Students will take their recording sheet around the classroom and give the answer to the corresponding letter. The letters spell "welcome back." For example, one page says, "What is our classroom procedure for using the restroom?" Easy to prep! Just print, tape, and go! In Activity 2 students will play a whole class competition style game of ZAP! In groups students will either explain, show, or sketch the correct way to perform a procedure. I have included 96 procedure cards so you're sure to find what you need. Students will select a card and if their group is able to do it correctly they select a point card (included.) If they draw a ZAP! card, they loose all their points. Oh no! Some of the procedures included in this review are: Using the restroom Getting a drink of water Turning in Assignments Read Alouds Visitors entering the classroom Hallway behavior Lining Up Packing up to go Entering the classroom Morning Meeting Homework Sharpening Pencils AND SO MANY MORE Do you use my classroom management system? There is an entire page of ZAP! cards specific to my management system. You have the option of reviewing those as well. Included: Teacher guide for each activity 11 poster pages Recording sheet Explain, show, sketch posters 96 procedure cards 48 point cards

Are you looking to implement habits into your classroom? These 33 habits are adapted from the original 55 Essentials from Ron Clark to be more elementary friendly. Habits can not only build classroom community, but also give you a way to teach manners, courtesy, and other skills to your students explicitly. I use these to make a bulletin board in my classroom and teach all 33 during the first month of school. We then reference and practice them all year long. I find that explicitly teaching students manners, behaviors, and common courtesy skills (like saying thank you when given something,) makes for a kinder and more thoughtful group of students. I want this to work for YOUR classroom, so I've also included each back ground blank so you can add your own habits. I also include which font you can download for personal use to match the rest of the design. Included in this product is: 1) Essential 33 Habits in list form for you to keep in your teacher binder or somewhere for quick reference. 2) 33 Habits in a BRIGHT COLOR design both numbered and un-numbered 3) 33 Habits in a PASTEL WATER COLOR design both numbered and un-numbered 4) Editable Powerpoint with all backgrounds available to add in your own habits and make changes 5) 3 different bulletin board letter options "Essential 33," "3rd Grade's Essential 33" and "Essential Habits."

Full school year of homework calendars! These are NO PREP and printable for teacher ease. These are not your typical homework calendars because they are meant to be FUN! Research is showing that traditional homework may not beneficial for students. What kids need is to get outside, play, and build positive relationships. This calendar does just that! Plus they're completely EDITABLE! These homework calendars focus on building relationships, igniting creativity and helping others. Instead of comprehension questions and math problems students are asked to do things like play a board game, write a gratitude list, do an act of service for someone, or go a whole day without screens. Students won't complain about this homework, and parents/guardians won't be frustrated with the nightly frustrated homework session. This download includes an undated monthly calendar for September-May. Each month includes 20 activities! Also included is a Summer Bucket List that can be sent home for the Summer months! INCLUDED: - 3 different no prep, printable options for each month of calendars. These included reading/non reading options to go with the calendar activities. Each calendar is undated and includes 20 activities that can be done throughout the month. -Holiday additions for the month of December including a December Black Out and Snowflake Read-A-Thon. -Summer Bucket List Printable -September-May calendars are now completely EDITABLE. Please note that due to font copyright the editable versions are all standard font and you will need to download and change fonts to personal preference. How I Use These in My Classroom: On the first day of each month my students CHEER when I give them their new homework calendar. Throughout the month students complete activities as well as track their reading (optional.) On the last day of the month students turn their calendar in to me. Any students who have completed 10 activities or more get to share their favorite activity from the month at our Morning Meeting! Want to see more teacher tips, hacks, and ideas in ACTION? Find me on Instagram @myclassbloom. Thank you so much for your consideration of this product!

This is a bundle of 2 products to help your classroom run smooth and efficiently! A strong classroom management system goes hand in hand with efficient procedures to teach your students. This bundle is perfect for creating a classroom that runs smoothly, minimizes behaviors and distractions, and gives YOU the teacher more time to teach! Classroom Management System Are you at your wits end with classroom management? Are you spending much of your day correcting behavior or lecturing students instead of actually enjoying teaching? This smart classroom management system solves it all! This management system relies on a simple system of rules and consequences. There is no bribing, prizes, candy, or having to constantly change up what you're doing to keep your students behaving. No more! This management system puts the responsibility on the students, raises them to high expectations, focuses on intrinsic motivation and ends the entitlement attitude that so many students now are coming into your classroom with. I have used this system successfully in grades 3,4, and 5 personally, however my whole school now uses this exact system in grades 1-8. Everything is specific enough that you'll understand how to use it, but also has the ability for you to make any adaptations necessary. If you want more information before purchasing, please check out my highlights and pinned posts on my instagram page @myclassbloom. Please note powerpoint is needed to open some of the material included. The basics of this system are: Five Classroom Rules 1. Listen and follow directions 2. use hand signals 3. Stay on task 4. Keep your hands and feet to yourself 5. Respect your classmates, school, and teacher Four Consequences 1. Redirect 2. Sideline 3. Break Time (3 options depending on the support level at your school.) 4. Letter Home This system works with consistency from the teacher and builds trust from your students. With high expectations, consistency, and genuine praise you focus on what's most important! Teaching! Included in this essential pack is: -7 pages of teacher information and tips -30 min video guide of me explaining the system to you -Completely Editable Forms including: Behavior Tracker Letter Home Letter to explain the system to parents Think Time Sheets Skills Room Sheets -4 Rule posters in 2 different designs (any rule you have will fit under the broadness of these rules) -Redirect Cards in 2 different designs (used for consequence 1) -A slideshow to teach your students about the new management system Now includes additional slide templates so you can make any changes as needed -Behavior scenario slide show (now includes 10 scenarios) to further teach the management system with your students. Also includes additional templates to add your own. Let the system take care of your behaviors, so you can focus on what you love....TEACHING! Please note this system is geared towards students in tier 1 and tier 2 behaviors. Procedures & Routine Pack It's finally here after many requests! This is a list of 23 routines and procedures to teach your students explained in DETAIL. After trying so many ways of teaching my students to do things in our classroom that either A) were more work for me the teacher or B) focused on being "cute" rather than effective, I have figured out ways to make my classroom run smoothly with my procedures I teach my students. These are tried, true, and SIMPLE procedures that WORK. Included in this download are procedures outlined in detailed for the following: 1. Attention Signal 2. Going to the Bathroom 3. Getting Water 4. Flexible Seating 5. Pencils 6. Personal Supplies 6A. Extra Supplies/Class Supplies 7. Working in Groups & Partnerships 8. Arrival to Class 9. Packing Up/Lining Up 10. Noise Levels 11. Classroom Library 12. Hallway Behavior 13. Fire Drill/Emergencies 14. Computers/Technology 15. Lost & Found 16. Visitors in the Classroom 17. Early Finishers 18. Classroom Jobs 19. Passing Back Work 20. Homework 21. Toys 22. Keeping Desks/Cubbies Organized 23. Stamping Work I've also included some items that go with these procedures such as: A poster of my favorite attention signals, hall pass, Flexible seating tracker/survey/and example presentation, pencil chart, "extra" supply labels, marker labels, Book return label, lost and found label, hallway behavior poster, technology pledge, and a classroom job. These have been tried and tested in grades 3, 4, and 5. This could be helpful for any grade level though! Thank you for your consideration of this product!

End the entitlement in your classroom. Stop adding in more prizes, incentives, and stickers. Instead, use this solid classroom management system. Are you spending much of your day correcting behavior or lecturing students instead of actually enjoying teaching? This classroom management system solves it all! This management system relies on a simple process of rules and consequences. There is no bribing, prizes, candy, or having to constantly change up what you're doing to keep your students behaving. No more! This management system puts the responsibility on the students, raises them to high expectations, focuses on intrinsic motivation and ends the entitlement attitude that so many students now are coming into your classroom with. I have used this system successfully in grades 3,4, and 5 personally, however my whole school now uses this exact system in grades 1-8. Everything is specific enough that you'll understand how to use it, but also has the ability for you to make any adaptations necessary. If you want more information before purchasing, please check out my management highlights on my instagram page instagram.com/myclassbloom Please note powerpoint is needed to open some of the material included. The basics of this system are: 5 Classroom Rules Listen and follow directions Use hand signals Stay on task Keep your hands and feet to yourself Respect your classmates, school, and teacher 4 Consequences: Redirect, Sideline, Break Time, Letter Home This system works with consistency from the teacher and builds trust from your students. With high expectations, consistency, and genuine praise you focus on what's most important! Teaching! Included in this essential pack is: -7 pages of teacher information and tips -30 min video guide of me explaining the system to you -Completely Editable Forms including: Behavior Tracker Letter Home Letter to explain the system to parents Think Time Sheets Skills Room Sheets -4 Rule posters in 2 different designs (any rule you have will fit under the broadness of these rules) -Redirect Cards in 2 different designs (used for consequence 1) -A slideshow (powerpoint) to teach your students about the new management system Now includes additional slide templates so you can make any changes as needed -Behavior scenario slide show (now includes 10 scenarios) to further teach the management system with your students. Also includes additional templates to add your own. Let the system take care of your behaviors, so you can focus on what you love....TEACHING! Please note this system is geared towards students in tier 1 and tier 2 behaviors.