Back to School Assortment of First Day Forms and Activities

by Connie Casserly

Grades 6-12

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Enjoy the remaining lazy, hazy days of Summer by deleting one less task to think about for the 2014-2015 school year. Even if you expect that your ideas for these forms and activities will perch on a shelf in your brain until the week you unlock your classroom door, you know... you just know that they will crop up like poison ivy and become an itch that you feel you need to scratch when you should be relaxing and recharging.

Let this Secondary ELA product soothe that irritant. It offers

1. A "Student Information Sheet" with spaces for any student and parent contact information, the student's class schedule and a space for signatures that acknowledge parents, students and your understanding of the syllabus.
2. A "Parent Contact Record" for those times that you need or want to touch base with parents. I always liked to call home when a student did an awesome job completing and assignment, improved in a goal area or was a positive influence in class, as well as when I had to call for negative behavior or academic issues.
3. "What About Me? (Teacher Copy)" and "What About Me? (Student Copy)" allow students and teachers to point out what turns them on and off about class, with space to add some personal information.
4. The "Parents' Perspective Survey" allows parents a chance to discuss their child's strengths and problematic areas in English as well as in regard to any behavioral areas that might negatively affect the young person's academic success.
5. The "What's in My Name Collage" project presents students with a chance to show their personal selves. They reveal the Me You Don’t Know Yet in pictures and words-in a collage format, using the first letter of their first name as the foundation. Also, this project does double duty because it forms your Back to School Bulletin Board.

Download this offering from http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-FormsBack-to-School-Assortment-of-First-Day-Forms-and-Activities-746170($) and then kick back and relax, knowing that you are ready to roll into this new academic year.

Happy Teaching,

Teach it Write

Building Powerful Academic Homes

Back to School – “Teaching Lifesavers-Twelve Classroom Management Forms”

By Connie Casserly

Grades 6-12

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Knowing that behavior issues can be stymied with good classroom management, over the years, I created, revised these forms multiple times in an effort to help me organize and manage my classroom.

My main objective was to create a safe and exciting learning environment. In order to accomplish this goal, I knew that I had to thwart disruptive student behavior before it even began, and to ward off encounters of the negative kind with administrators.

I offer these  12 Teaching Lifesavers to you all who are still leading classrooms.

Note: If your school district has forms that they require teachers to use that coincide with various policies, use them, of course. If they don’t, download this packet, “Get thee to the copy room, and in a few minutes you will be ready for whatever left hooks the year might toss your way.

As Summer rolls down the hill toward Fall and the Opening Day for the 2-14-2015 school year, I will be posting many Free and Priced Back to School items for you to add to your repertoires.

Except for the Lesson Launch examples, teachers of all subject areas can use these forms. Teachers for grade levels 4-5 can adapt the Lesson Launch idea to fit their students’ needs.

Download this product from http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Printables-Teaching-Lifesavers-Twelve-Classroom-Management-Forms-768230 ($)

Welcome Back, Teachers!

Happy Teaching,

Teach it Write

Building Powerful Academic Homes