Monday Made It: Back to School Freebies!

I'd love to link up with something fun like a banner or wreath with my initials but sadly, school's back in session so my Monday Made It posts just aren't quite as exciting as they were this summer when I had a lot more free time on my hands. But I still wanted to link up with Tara from Fourth Grade Frolics for her monthly Monday Made It to show off things I've been up too....

I was inspired by Jivey (check out her blog post here) last week and her post about using TAG when doing peer revision/editing. I used something very similar in my room last year but TAG is such an easy acronym for students to remember I decided to try it out this year. So, I downloaded the free handout from MsJordanReads TPT store and started planning out my lessons for peer revising reading response letters for next week. However, I soon realized some of my students this year are going to need some help with "TAGGING" their partners. Solution: I created a quick and easy handout of sentence starters to help them until they get the hang of it. I got the idea for some of the starters from Panicked Teacher's Student Feedback Wheels. I just combined both great ideas (TAG + WHEELS) into one helpful document for my students! If you want a free copy from my drop box, you can snag it here or by clicking the picture. I figured I could turn them into half sheets and have them glue them into their notebooks for reference.

My next Made It comes courtesy of my ATP Chelsea! My awesome partner looked up all the words in our next Social Studies unit because she ROCKS! I printed out and laminated the words so that we can create a word wall for our Native American unit that we will be starting on Monday in Social Studies. We start a lot of units off with a Word Wall so that we can become familiar with the vocabulary before we even start the chapter. These words come from the History Alive! textbook series but could be used with  many different studies of Native Americans. If you would like a free set of Native Americans words you can download them from Dropbox here.

Lastly, Reader's and Writer's Workshops are in full swing. I've been making charts like crazy! It's time consuming! I did laminate a few charts last year that I knew I would use again that has really saved some time this year! Just make them on the SMARTboard and tell the students you'll compile the charts overnight... poof! Done for next year! I also created my own Notebook cover because I think it's important that students see me as a reader and writer as well.

Can't wait to see all things everyone else has made!