A Winner and Freebie, Freebie, Freebie (x3)!

Congratulations to Krystyn R. for winning a FREE Classroom THEME Pack of her choice from Teacher's Clubhouse!!  I sent you an email, Krystyn. :)

Now for a few FREEBIES for everyone!

Are you required to post a writing rubric in your classroom?  This is one of the billion things on a checklist that our admins walk through to make sure we have posted in our classrooms.  (Does anyone remember the days when we got to put up what WE thought our OWN students needed?  I digress....)

I actually think having a writing rubric posted is a good thing....just not the one the actual one they provide for us to post.  The kids do not even notice it.  At all.  They have no idea what it is.  Even after we talk about it.  Typed text in columns is meaningless to 2nd graders.  So, this year I decided to turn it into a visual rubric that students COULD understand and use.

Here's a picture of it posted in our classroom.

It is broken down into two sections - content and conventions.  Students can easily see a sample of what 3 star content looks like vs. 1 star content, or 2 star conventions vs. 1 star conventions.  Their goal is to have 5 star writing by combining the highest content with the best conventions.  So as I monitor writing, I can easily say "Is this 5 star writing?" and they know exactly what to check.  (The pictures on the content pieces also show what 3, 2, 1 illustrations look like and I updated the file to mention that....I was just too lazy to update mine for this year.)

If you would like to use this visual (based on our SC state writing rubric) in your classroom, just click the picture above to download your copy!!




We've also added a couple of new freebies to our TpT shop so if you haven't snagged those yet, you might want to drop by and pick them up.  If you do, we'd love for you to leave some feedback on them.  Hope you can use them!


In our classroom, we're currently working on our Matter Unit and this game is a great way to practice identifying solids, liquids, and gases!  Click below to download it for FREE!

We're also working on Money so I wanted to share this Piggy Banks Math Learning Center FREEBIE!
Just click the image to access it....and leave some love if you like it!

If you like the layout of this center, you can check out our entire Math Learning Centers Unit or our Grammar Learning Centers Unit.

See y'all tomorrow!  Have a Terrific Tuesday! :)