Absentee Work - Freebie!!!

Over the years I have created many versions of a form to send with students when they are absent from class. Some have been tables, one had different speech bubbles (my first attempt at making something cute), some had very specific sub-headings for subject areas that I didn't often end up using. Despite recreating it at least 5 times I was never happy with the functionality, until now!!!

Get ready...ooooohhhhhh, aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Wait for it...

Seriously.the.best.version.ever. LOVE the big boxes vs. skinny lines in the tables I used to use. More room to write, and the more "squarish" rectangle allows for more usable space. I'm thinking lists for kids who are gone more than one day, sketches of graphic organizers, sample problems in math. etc. LOVE that my students also think it's "cute" and are happy to carry it away from my table to use (and show to their parents). It's amazing how much more eager they are to plan out their work when I whip this baby out!!! Last but not least...LOVE the colored boxes, off-set columns, and my first commercial-use font from Kimberly Geswein. (There...my overly visual self fessed up.) 

CLICK HERE to download it for FREE at my TPT store!

Please share this post or the TPT link with any teacher friends who could use this!!!

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Hello world!

OMG I am so excited to be writing this! After my persistent husband said for the forty-seventh (or eight hundredth) time, "You know, Laura, you spend all this time online reading from other teachers who are just like you. You really should start putting some of your work online." Sigh...I supposed he was right, and after weeks of brainstorming, planning, designing, and organizing, I am finally launching The Contemporary Classroom. 

So what will you find here? A growing cache of everything that is great for kids. Not only what and how I teach and manage my classroom, but how I create a rich culture of readers, thinkers, and collaborators. I'm passionate about the resources I'm creating and using, book reviews, Common Core based lessons, close reading, math workshop, small group instruction, 21st Century Skills, links to other teacher bloggers who I read regularly for my own learning, things to organize, classroom management strategies...pretty much anything and everything my students and I are working on or learning about!

I hope you find something here to inspire you, make your life as a teacher easier and more meaningful, and many many resources you can grab and apply right away. Happy teaching!!!

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