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Are You Reviewing Inferencing?

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I have a variety of inferencing cards to help you review inferencing in your small groups, literacy centers or as a whole class activity. They are level based for you to use based on your students’ abilities.
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. They are made with bright inviting photographs that the students love! ♥

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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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Here's What's Trending For Your Classroom During the BIG TpT Sale!

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Tuesday and Wednesday are exciting days in the TpT World, the great, big, 2025 February Sale! I hope my resources will help you with your upcoming lesson plans for the rest of the school year! Everything in my store will be 20% off to help you get what you need to plan for your lessons for the rest of the school year! When you use TpT's code FEBSALE25 you will receive a TOTAL of 25% at check out, INCLUDING all my already discounted BUNDLES! :) 
Click Here to See My Big Two Day February TpT Sale!

I want to say thank you to all the teachers out there, day in and day out you give it 100%. Now more than ever, I know you are tired as you prepare your classrooms and lessons for the busy back to school year season in addition to your home and family responsibilities too! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ♥  
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I've been on TpT for over 16 years now and I have a wide range of resources for a wide range of Elementary School grade levels. It brings me great joy to read my feedback from other teachers and how they used my resources in their classroom. How much their children enjoyed them, how much they learned from them, and how much easier the teacher's life was because she could spend more time with their family and friends instead of spending the time to try and create the needed resources for their students. 

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♥ Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ♥

You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Seasonal Coloring Pages for your Pre-K, Kindergarten, or First Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas

My coloring book pages are just what you need to add some joy and fine motor skills back into your classrooms. Students can't hold a crayon or pencil? I know, and it is getting worse each incoming year. Using coloring pages for a few minutes each morning adds joy to their day and lets you have five minutes to take attendance and lunch count. Click here to read my blog about why we need to allow 5 and 6 year olds time to color in school again.

 Direct Links to Each Month's Coloring Pages


You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Seasonal Color By Numbers for Addition and Subtraction for your First Grade, Second Grade and Third Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas

I have so many Color By Numbers and Color By Codes in my store. It was one of my very favorite things growing up. I was not artistic but I loved math with a passion. Color by Numbers allowed me to practice basic math facts yet still have some creative time coloring. Click here for my blog post with some ideas on how to turn this math time resource into a craft center.

 Direct Links to Each Pictured Individual Resources
1. Fall Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
2. Halloween Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
3. Thanksgiving Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
4. Christmas Mixed Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
5. The Twelve Days of Christmas Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
6. Christmas Polar Express Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
7. Winter Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers
8. Crazy Trolls Addition and Subtraction Color By Numbers

* More Color By Number Pages Sorted By Best Selling
Click Here to See My Best Selling Multiplication and Division Seasonal Color By Numbers

I have so many Color By Numbers and Color By Codes in my store. It was one of my very favorite things growing up. I was not artistic but I loved math with a passion. Color by Number Worksheets allowed me to practice basic math facts yet still have some creative time coloring. Click here for my blog post with some ideas on how to turn this math time resource into a craft center.

Direct Links to Each Pictured Individual Resources


You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Seasonal Alphabet Clip Cards for your Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas

My Kindergarten Alphabet Clip Cards were a joy to make and my students loved them as we worked on our alphabet. I've created these clip cards for all the months and many different kindergarten themes. That way you can continue to use them with your different reading group levels as the year moves forward. 
These clip cards come with four different versions so that you can differentiate the literacy centers in your classroom. 
1. Uppercase Letters Matching Uppercase Letters
2. Lowercase Letters Matching Lowercase Letters
3. Matching Uppercase Letters to Their Lowercase Letters and
4. Matching Lowercase Letters to Their Correct Uppercase Letter.

 Direct Links to Each Month's Bundles
1. September Alphabet Clip Cards
2. October Alphabet Clip Cards
3. November Alphabet Clip Cards
4. December Alphabet Clip Cards
5. January Alphabet Clip Cards
6. February Alphabet Clip Cards
7. March Alphabet Clip Cards
8. April Alphabet Clip Cards
9. May Alphabet Clip Cards
10. Nonseasonal Alphabet Clip Cards

* More Kindergarten Alphabet Clip Cards

You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Seasonal Alphabet Matching Centers for your Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas

My Kindergarten Alphabet Matching Center Cards were so fun to create and my students loved them as we worked in our literacy centers. I've created these centers for all the months and many different kindergarten themes. That way you can continue to use them with your different reading group levels as the year moves forward. 

 These clip cards come with three different versions so that you can differentiate the literacy centers in your classroom. 
1. Uppercase Letters Matching Uppercase Letters
2. Lowercase Letters Matching Lowercase Letters
3. Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Together.

 Direct Links to Each Month's Bundles
1. September Alphabet Matching Cards
2. October Alphabet Matching Cards
3. November Alphabet Matching Cards
4. December Alphabet Matching Cards
5. January Alphabet Matching Cards
6. February Alphabet Matching Cards
7. March Alphabet Matching Cards
8. April Alphabet Matching Cards
9. May Alphabet Matching Cards
10. Nonseasonal Alphabet Matching Cards

* More Kindergarten Alphabet Matching Cards

You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Second Grade Go Math Bundles for your Second Grade and Third Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas
Click Here to See My Second Grade Bundles

I have created many resources to compliment your math series! Being a Navy Wife and moving many times, I found that I was spending so much of my small group instruction trying to teach that district's math series' center games, for the children to only play it one or two more times... instructional time and center time was wasted on "how to play the center" compared to the good solid math skills in the center. I've created Task Cards, Math Center and Color By Numbers that all follow the same patterns. That way you can explain the directions and routines at the beginning of the year and then your students will learn and reinforce their math skills all year. Did you get a new student? Let your other students show them how to play while you continue to get in some excellent small group time.

 Direct Links to Each Second Grade Math Bundle
You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Third Grade Go Math Best Sellers for Your Third Grade and Fourth Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas

I have created many resources to compliment your math series. Being a Navy Wife and moving many times, I found that I was spending so much of my small group instruction trying to teach that district's math series' center games, for the children to only play it one or two more times... instructional time and center time was wasted on "how to play the center" compared to the good solid math skills in the center. I've created Math Centers, Task Cards, and Color By Numbers that all follow the same patterns for third grade math standards. That way you can explain the directions and routines at the beginning of the year and then your students will learn and reinforce their math skills all year. Did you get a new student? Let your other students show them how to play or complete the seat work while you continue to get in some excellent small group time!

 Direct Links to Each Third Grade Math Best Seller

You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Fourth Grade Go Math Bundles for Your Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas
Click Here to See My Fourth Grade Math Bundles

Once I created all my 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade math resources, by request, I started on 4th Grade. Fourth Grade has always been one of my favorite grade. They are old enough to work independently at centers, yet they are still very loving, adore their teacher and enjoy coming to school. Even in 4th Grade, that small group time is so important, as your range of students' abilities become more extreme. For most of 4th Grade I've only created task cards and center games, moving away for the Color By Numbers. However, I do still have many Seasonal Multiplication and Division Color by Codes, click here to see them sorted by best sellers. 
You can click on the picture or the caption below it to arrive at my TpT store already sorted for the grade level items you want for your class. Fourth Grade Go Math Bundles for Your Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Students. #FernSmithsClassroomIdeas
Click Here to See More of My Fourth Grade Math Bundles



 Click Here to See More I Have, Who Has? Cards

My students LOVED I Have, Who Has? Games and your students will too! You will love how easy it is to prepare these I Have Who Has Games for your class. You can play it with your whole class or in small groups. In small group lessons you can give each student three to four cards and everyone is involved REPEATEDLY! Keep your students alert and on their toes for a fast round of I Have, Who Has? and you will not only be reviewing important skills, but bring joy and fun to your lesson. The teacher answer key is included so you OR A STUDENT HELPER, can follow along and help the class when one student is stuck!

Direct Links to the Pictured I Have, Who Has? Cards


 Click Here to See More I Have, Who Has? Card Games

Direct Links to the Pictured I Have, Who Has? Cards


Click Here to See More I Have, Who Has? Card Games

Direct Links to the Pictured I Have, Who Has? Cards


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Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students

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Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.
Using Crayons For Your Non-English Speaking Students
For most of my career I've been a teacher in Florida and Texas. Having ESOL certification meant I was usually the first to get all non-English speaking students. I love them because I can relate. 

My parents came to America from the United Kingdom, they wanted to see America, they wanted to see the World. When I was born that didn't stop them from moving back and forth to England and the US, as well as up and down the east coast. Always being new, always entering a school in the middle of the year, not to mention two or three schools in one school year made me very outgoing, eager to please my teachers and make new friends. 

However, I could always speak the language, many students who arrived at my door were Level 1 students, they knew no English, they were new to America, sometimes new to school at 8 or 9 years old. We don't turn them away, we don't say, come back when you can speak English. We love them and move them forward as fast as we can.
Today I want to share my favorite tip with a simple box of 24 count crayons. 
Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.

I would buy the 24 count crayons in bulk when the Back to School sales were OVER. Sometimes you can get them as low as 5 cents a pack and I would try to take what was left, if I could get 100 packs for the upcoming year for $5.00, I was golden for a long time. Click here to read another method for getting supplies from churches, family and friends, that I have written about in the past.

As you know, we don't have "office hours" if a new student is at our door, we don't get to sit down and "get to know them" immediately. You can't tell the rest of the 24 or 32 students, "Hey, don't mind us, we'll get to know each other, y'all can take the morning off." Yeah, I couldn't even finish typing that without cracking up! So life must go on until you can assess this child.  

So on with my tip, two quick tips actually. First assign your new student to the kindest boy or girl in your classroom. Let them help your new student with your routines, how we line up, where we go after lunch, where we turn in work, etc. By assigning a student to help, you will not lose as much academic time, and your new student will not feel so lonely, having made a fast friend on the first day.  

Next, no matter what your class assignment is, give your new student a Color By Numbers or Color By Code worksheet. If you are K or 1st grade, a Color By Code with just colors is perfect. Show your student how to line up the color word on the crayon with the color word on the page, like the example below. Many crayons have English, Spanish and French all on the same crayon, so that crayon instantly becomes a mini color word dictionary. 

Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.
Color By Code Awesome Animals Know Your Colors
This now gives your new student a routine, something to keep busy with, that is still academic until you, or a school specialist, have time to assess where the student is academically. AND... I've never met a child that doesn't love to color! 

Now, if you are 2nd to 5th, even if the child has never been to school, you can give them a little bit harder of an assignment. A math Color By Number, I recommend addition or subtraction, because with 24 count crayons, you have given the student math manipulatives, without having to drag out buckets of counters immediately. Two minutes flat, you can model it at their desk like the picture examples below.
Crayons are Perfect for Instant Math Manipulatives - Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas
Show them the code box...
Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.
Color By Numbers Awesome Animals Mixed Addition

Next, line up the crayon with the word, 
Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.
Color By Numbers Awesome Animals Mixed Subtraction
Depending on how EXACT you want to be, you can request orange to be exactly ORANGE, but I found by allowing students in general, English speakers and Non-English speakers, to use orange red or red orange, it created some nice differences in the students' final work. 
Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.
Color By Numbers Awesome Animals Mixed Multiplication
In those two minutes, you can also teach a non-example, match up the word orange to the green crayon, even the lowest of the lowest readers can tell that the one to one correspondence of the letters do not match up. Ask them to find the correct word on the page.... 
Using Crayons To Teach Non-English Speaking Students During Their First Few Days With You.
Color By Numbers Multiplication Color By Code Bundle
Now, in TWO minutes, you have given this new child some attention and you basically have an informal assessment of their level of conversational English and basic reading skills. 

There, that's my tip, you have not lost control of your class, you have bonded with the new student and now you can answer the classroom phone, because if you are like me, you have missed the deadline to submit your daily attendance....hahahahah, just kinding. No, maybe not #sorrynotsorry :)

I hope this tip can help you and your friends, feel free to pin and share this post.

Starting today, everything, including all my Color By Numbers, in my TpT store is 28% off for the big Teacher Appreciation Sale with the code THANKYOU17 at checkout.
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Direct links to specific resources in my store.

Color By Numbers ~ Awesome Animals

Spring Animals Color Your Answers















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