I have a little secret to admit.  I have no freebie today for Thrifty Thursday.  No reason, or excuses.  Somehow Thursday just appeared this week and I wasn’t prepared. Dang.   So I thought I would do a throwback post with freebies that are pretty timely.  I know conferences are creeping up, so here is a post about conferences.  Please make sure to check the files to make sure all the links are still active and correct, just in case!

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Since conferences start soon I thought I would share some of the conference forms and parent handouts I have collected over time.  NONE of these are my original creations.  I have tried to cite the original author or cite when I knew or recognized the work, but unfortunately most of this has been lost over time.  I did take the content and “pretty it up.”  If you are the author or recognize the work, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.

This sheet has helpful English and Grammar sites
This is a questionnaire to send home prior to conferences to get a feel for what a parent may want to discuss.
A collection of website in Reading, Writing, Spelling and Math
Double check to make sure all of the links are still active!
I  DID NOT create this handout- I just added the graphics and fonts and such.  This was originally on the Mosaic Listserv but the page it was from is not longer active.   I could not find the exact document anywhere online?  Does anyone remember this link?
I have created a conference check list for teachers to use as a guide to prepare for conferences and also as a guide for discussion. It is available on Teachers Pay Teachers for $2.00.  The check list is a Word document and is customizable once it is downloaded.  Please feel free to check it out!
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Lots of good little nuggets!  And now for your Thrifty Thursday deal of the week!  
This one is the first in a new product line I am created called Historical People Pockets! It is my Historical People Pockets: Frederick Douglass: Interactive Notebook Activities!
This pack has 6 hands-on activities that are standards based.  They are made to either fit in a pocket like in the large picture on the right above OR in an interactive notebook. This pack will be a great supplement to my Frederick Douglass pack I am about to start working on.  Right now I am making a Paul Revere version of the above and I am about 1/3 done!
This pack includes:
  • The pocket to store materials in
  • Small book with questions
  • Character trait flip book using text evidence
  • Timeline
  • Step Book that can also be a short assessment
  • Word Search
  • 3 Additional journal responses about the activities.
Typically this pack is $4.75, but for today only it is 50% off at $2.38!