Too Much on Your Plate?

TEACHER STRESS - END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR STRESS
 Stress? What Strrrrrreeeesssss?!

I want to tell you a quick story, and you might think it is a work of fiction, but every word of it is true..... when I first started teaching in 1989, teachers were given four to five days AFTER the students' last day to pack up their classroom, do their cum folders, close out their IEPs, book and furniture inventory, report cards, plan together for summer school or next year, group students by classes for the following year .... 

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Resources for Teachers at the End of the School Year on TeachersPayTeachers.
SERIOUSLY, nothing was removed from the walls UNTIL THE STUDENTS LEFT.... imagine that, you didn't have to pack up and possibly move your classroom while school was still in session, you didn't have to do report cards two weeks before the last day, you didn't have to close out all your student files a month in advance ..... I know, CRAZY right?! We actually were able to TEACH until the end of the school year, throw a party and then hug & kiss them good bye on the last day!

If your school district is like my last one, everything has to be done before the last day of school because you have to turn your keys in and administrators have to do a walk of your room and your paperwork needs to be turned in and and and and and...the list goes on. It is not your admins' fault, it is the school board that thinks, "Let the teachers work on their own time, during nights and weekends, to do all those tasks. Teachers don't need PAID days after school is over...." Sadly, free labor, is free labor and usually it is the students that suffer the most. As a mom, this trend saddens me, but as a teacher, it is real life and things need to get finished during student contact hours.

I really enjoy creating resources that are engaging, yet still fun for a primary student. Some of my favorite Color By Numbers in my store have a Spring and a Summer theme. Depending on your grade level and your students' abilities, you can give them a page a day or bind them into a mini-book that they can complete individually as they have extra time. These color by code style pages are excellent at keeping your students engaged more than putting another video on to watch. There is nothing better than having your principal walk in and everyone is reviewing math until the very end! I hope these resources give you some time to get all your end of the year chores finished in time.


Addition and Subtraction
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Addition-and-Subtraction-2477011

By request for my ESOL and ESE teachers, all four.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-Your-Answers-Vacation-Bundle-2477796
 
Also, for the lower grades, my Color for Fun coloring pages series brings some much need joy back into the classroom.  

They are perfect for this time of year too!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-For-Fun-Summer-Coloring-Pages-Printables-1851011
Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Summer Color for Fun for Teachers at the End of the School Year on TeachersPayTeachers.

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Summer Color for Fun for Teachers at the End of the School Year on TeachersPayTeachers.

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Summer Color for Fun for Teachers at the End of the School Year on TeachersPayTeachers.

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Summer Color for Fun for Teachers at the End of the School Year on TeachersPayTeachers.



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Are You Reviewing Inferencing?

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Inferencing Task Cards available at TeacherspayTeachers.
A variety of cards have been included for you to use based on your students’ abilities as well as the time of year that you are reviewing or reinforcing the material. Bright inviting photographs that the students love! ♥

RECOMMENDED LEVELS

Match the word only cards to the picture only cards.
Match the inferencing questions to the picture with word cards.
Match the inferencing questions to the picture only cards.
Match the inferencing questions to the word only cards.

This Inferencing Resource Includes:
20 Task Cards with Color Photographs
20 Task Cards with Color Photographs and Vocabulary Words
20 Task Cards with Words Only
20 Task Cards with Inferencing Questions
3 Recording Sheets
3 Answer Keys
Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Inferencing Task Cards available at TeacherspayTeachers.
Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Inferencing Task Cards available at TeacherspayTeachers.
A variety of cards have been included for you to use based on your students’ abilities as well as the time of year that you are reviewing or reinforcing the material.

Use one week for sequential lessons.

Monday: Match the word only cards to the picture only cards.
Tuesday: Match the inferencing questions to the picture with word cards.
Wednesday: Match the inferencing questions to the picture only cards.
Thursday: Match the inferencing questions to the word only cards.
Friday: As an assessment with 8 or 16 questions.

This Inferencing Resource Includes:
32 Task Cards with Color Photographs
32 Task Cards with Color Photographs and Vocabulary Words
32 Task Cards with Words Only
32 Task Cards with Inferencing Questions
3 Recording Sheets
3 Answer Keys 

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Inferencing Task Cards available at TeacherspayTeachers.

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Inferencing Task Cards available at TeacherspayTeachers. 

This Inferencing Resource Includes:
16 Task Cards with Color Photographs
16 Task Cards with Color Photographs and Vocabulary Words
16 Task Cards with Words Only
16 Task Cards with Inferencing Questions
3 Recording Sheets
3 Answer Keys
1 Teacher Direction Sheet

Use one week for sequential lessons.
Monday: Match the word only cards to the picture only cards.
Tuesday: Match the inferencing questions to the picture with word cards.
Wednesday: Match the inferencing questions to the picture only cards.
Thursday: Match the inferencing questions to the word only cards.
Friday: As an assessment with 8 or 16 questions.


Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Inferencing Task Cards available at TeacherspayTeachers.


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Do You Teach the Seasons?

 Do You Teach the Seasons? Thirty-Two Coloring Pages for The Seasons" Eight Pages Per Season. Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall. You and Your Students Will Adore Them! #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas 
Your students will adore these 32 pages of Seasonal Fun Coloring Pages. Each season, Spring, Summer, Autumn {Fall} and Winter has eight pages. Bind them together to make a terrific workbook, coloring book, writing journal for your center rotation time! Students can draw in a background, they can write about why the picture relates to the season, use it for all sorts of jump off points for creative writing lessons!

Do You Teach the Seasons? Thirty-Two Coloring Pages for The Seasons" Eight Pages Per Season. Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall. You and Your Students Will Adore Them! #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas 
All new clip art, all 32 pages are brand spanking new and are not found in any of my other Color For Fun resources. There so cute, you will love them!
 Do You Teach the Seasons? Thirty-Two Coloring Pages for The Seasons" Eight Pages Per Season. Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall. You and Your Students Will Adore Them! #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas

Do You Teach the Seasons? Thirty-Two Coloring Pages for The Seasons" Eight Pages Per Season. Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall. You and Your Students Will Adore Them! #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas
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