This Informational Writing - Transition or Linking Words Poster helps my students write informational pieces with more confidence and independence. I printed it as an 11x17 poster for display in the classroom and as an 8.5x11 resource sheet in my students' writing folders. It's so easy for them to read and use. They love it! Check out my other posters for use with your writing units. :)
Linking up for the last time with Ashley from Just Reed for her Ten Pin Linky. :( This makes me sad, I really loved this summer linky. This week's theme is Back to School Ideas & here are some of my favorite ideas. 1.) Check out this Classroom Job pack from Andrea Knight's Tpt store. I just love the idea of having applications & interview questions for classroom jobs & you can adapt her pack to younger students as well. Source: Andrea Knight 2.) What an ingenious idea. Having a color cup system as student tables to help them manage their voice levels. Check out Charity's video post about it. Source: The Organized Classroom Blog 3.) This is such a cute idea to have pictures of the students with the class rules as speech bubbles. Source: The Ins and Outs 4.) If I still taught Kinder I would definitely do this (maybe even 1st or 2nd). I sent my Kinders magic dust to help them not be nervous on the first day of school & this reminds me of that. Love! Love! Love! Source: A Cupcake for the Teacher 5.) I'm such a word game nerd that I would definitely do this bulletin board, if the space was available. I would have so much fun just figuring out where to put whose name. Source: Fine Craft Guild 6.) I love this Heart Map as a Getting-to-Know-You activity for older kids (2nd [maybe] & up) Source: The First Grade Parade 7.) And I love this one for the little guys (K&1st) Source: Miss Kindergarten 8.) When I saw this activity I thought it would be such a cute activity for the beginning of the year & the end of the year & see the kids answers & how they've changed. Source: Sailing into Second 9.) I'm really loving the idea of asking the students what they expect from me and the school year and themselves. Source: Mrs. Robinson's Classroom Blog I also like these options. Source: Confessions of a Teaching Junkie Source: Teaching and Learning Together 10.) Such a cute idea to see the reflection of summer in the sunglasses. Source: A Love 4 Teaching Don't forget to link up with Ashley & share your favorite Back-to-School ideas! Check out my Pinterest page for more ideas. And if you haven't checked out my Brights & Polka Dot classroom decor pack, check out my post & enter for your chance to win it before you can buy it, you have one more day to enter!!! I can't wait to see your favorite pins!!!
Check out these 5 ESL Speaking Activities that can be adapted for different grade and proficiency levels to get your English learners talking
These creative writing practice ideas support letter formation and automaticity in written work. OT ideas for working on writing skills.
Kids love sharing information about themselves. This All About My Family worksheet has plenty of space for your child to write about his/her family. Perfect to use in homeschool or classroom setting. Get this worksheet and many others with My Research Workbook available in my shop. Check it out! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1645195234/kid-research-workbook-science-worksheet?click_key=9a00cd688ad380c39e59256e95be2d83be01bfad%3A1645195234&click_sum=91cb5efa&ref=shop_home_active_18&frs=1 You will receive 1 PDF file with 1 page. Make sure to print in landscape format. HOW TO RECEIVE THIS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD: After your purchase has been confirmed, your PDF file will be available for download on your Etsy account. Click on the tab that reads Your Account and click on Purchases and Reviews and your file can be found there. Click, download, and print! PRINTING & SIZING File can be printed on standard letter size paper. Colors and page margins may vary from printer to printer. COPYRIGHT This item is for personal use only. It can not be duplicated, sold, or used in any other way, shape, or form. DISCLAIMER This is a digital download. No physical item will be sent to you. Thank you for your support! If you have any questions or issues with your download, please send me a message! Check out my All About My Pet worksheet! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1553983776/all-about-my-pet-printable-worksheet?click_key=808f05140d3a27314bad1915442ee659e33e2ea7%3A1553983776&click_sum=d54418ab&ref=shop_home_active_46
These free printable car themed prewriting practice pages are a fun way to improve your child's fine motor skills! Free tracing strips for preschoolers.
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
Quite often we’ll ask children to “Put your thinking cap on”. Empowering learners with the skills to think creatively and critically is a gift which we can facilitate as teachers.…
This week in Grade 1/2 We are working on finding the "Main Idea" when reading. Here are a few things we did... Main Idea Tab...
CUTE, fun & engaging 3D shape nets! Perfect for junior years classrooms but could be used in upper grades as well. The finished product looks awesome displayed in your room after and provides a reminder of the key features.
Looking for the original travel quotes? Look no further. Life is too short for the boring and everyone-knows travel sayings. So we have collected and created the freshest, original and out-of-ordinary travel quotes with attitude.This list of 100+ quotes is updated weekly, so bookmark the page and stick around. Follow us on Instagram @boldtuesday to get your daily dose of inspiration and be the first to see the latest quotes.WANT THESE ON YOUR WALL? CHECK OUT OUR PRINTABLE TRAVEL QUOTES. PS! WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEW COOL TRAVEL TOTE BAGS WITH QUOTES.Be bold and keep travelling:That moment when boarding is complete. And the seat next to you is empty.Work tip: stand up. Stretch. Take a walk. Go to the airport. Get on a plane. Never return.Airports: the only place where drinking 8 AM is socially acceptable.Running to the gate is my cardio.Yeah, working is great…but have you tried travelling. That moment when you’re asked where you got something and you answer with the name of the country, not the name of the store.A plane ticket is the answer. Who cares what the question is.Go to work. Open computer. Scroll for plane tickets for 6 hours. Close computer. Go home.Vacation calories don’t count.If you look like your passport picture, you probably need a trip.High five if you don't know what you're doing with your life and just want to travel the world. I wish I was a postcard. For under 1.5€ you can travel the world to any location in the world. It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting.I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it.Live a life you don’t need a vacation from.Be afraid. And do it anyway.I followed my heart and it led me to the airport. I’ve got a crush on the world.People having babies. And I'm like...what country am I going to next?Physically I’m here. Mentally I’m in a pool in Bali ordering my third mojito. Packs 2 hours before leaving for a trip. Unpacks 3 months after coming home.Ironing boards are surfboards that gave up their dreams and got a boring job. Don’t be an ironing board.Going on a trip. Need about 5 outfits. I’ve packed 35 just to be safe.I need a holiday. And by “holiday” I mean I need to move away and find a job. On the beach. With cocktails. You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets, which is kind of the same thing.Good things come to those, who book flights. I need 6 months of vacation. Twice a year.Travelling is like a chocolate box. Don’t matter what you get. All is good.You can’t make everyone happy. You are not a plane ticket.I just want to travel the world, overspend at IKEA and drink coffee while cuddling puppies.Me: I want to travel. My bank account: Like to the park?Tripophobia (n.) The fear of not having any travel trips currently booked.Do you ever stress about money and then accidentally book another flight?All you need is love a passport.I wish travel therapy was covered by my health insurance. I’m a travel addict on the road to recovery. Just kidding. I’m headed to the airport.Birds literally just eat, travel, and shit on things they don’t like. I don’t know about you, but that’s the lifestyle I’m striving for.The temptation to go to the airport, buy a one-way ticket, leave the country and live on my own has never been so real.I haven’t worn these pants since I bought them. I should definitely pack them for my 3-day vacation. Just in case.Friend: Let’s go to Bora Bora. Me: Man, I wanna go, but I’m pora pora.In desperate need of a full body massage, 4 days of sleep and a ticket to the Bahamas.Can’t decide if I need a hug, an XL coffee, 6 shots of vodka, or 2 months of travel. Me before vacation:
We had our first day of school with students Wednesday and I forgot how utterly exhausting and mind blowing that first day is! We did lots of rules, routines, and procedures but also made time for some fun first week things. Here is what we have been up to! You can purchase these Scholastic Order Form activities from Clutter Free Classroom HERE! I also introduced the students to the Activ Expressions! They were literally asking me about them ALL week long and so Friday, we took a Multiple Intelligence Survey using the device! I adapted this activity from Laura Candler's printable survey which you can download free HERE! You can download the flipchart by clicking the image below. Important Note: You must have Promethean Activ Inspire software installed on your computer to OPEN and use this file! Please do not download otherwise! I also made some labels to go on my Activ Expression bins. You can download those by clicking the button below! I have also decided to implement brain breaks into my classroom this year! We needed a little wake me up on Friday morning so we watched this HILARIOUS parody of I'm Sexy and I Know It, called I'm Elmo and I Know It! I am definitely adding this to my brain break file! I plan on making some brain breaks sometime this week. Stay tuned to find out how I plan on incorporating this bad boy into my brain breaks! I absolutely can't wait for it to get here!!
Summer art activity: Easy citrus slice drawing activity for kids using simple and readily available art supplies.
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*Google Slides and Print Option* *Rubric Added!* About this Product This product came as a result of my students’ love of the biography series “Who Was…?” If you have not looked into this series, I recommend that you do! They are a fun, easy read that offers an engaging way for students to learn about historical figures and important people. Although this product is based on this series, this product could be used for any biography book or project. This is a nice way to integrate Reading, Writing, and Social Studies.🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5. How I Used this Product In my 3rd Grade classroom, I used multiple copies of the same book or books and paired students in partnerships. In my school, we have a 30 minute Reading Intervention Block. I began this project with students who were not pulled out or working with me in small groups during this time. This was a nice way for students to work independently or in partnerships. It also created an extension for what they could already do as readers. Plus, they had so much fun! I let them work on this project in their partnerships. This held several benefits. Many students who were not pulled out or working in small groups tend to be higher level students OR students who have untapped potential. Allowing them to work on a project like this can extend their learning, as well as find new ways to enjoy reading. While other students had special groups or went to see other teachers, it was nice for these students to have their own project too. The Poster Page is a template that you could use for students to turn in with the essay or you could use this as a planning page and then have students create a larger poster on their own. I assigned it as homework and was pleasantly surprised at what my students turned in. I saw a wonderful increase in engagement by students who had shown little motivation or enthusiasm for reading. You can see the photos in the preview or in the product itself. Please know I updated the pages after the photos were taken with more detail and provided the poster template. Good luck to you with this project! If you have any questions, please contact me! You might also LOVE... Reader’s Notebook Anchor Charts My Opinion Matters! {An Opinion Writing Unit} My Life is A Story {A Personal Narrative Writing Unit} Buzzin' in Book Clubs {Book Club Reading Unit Resources} Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!} Opinion Writing for a Literary Response Current Events Writing {What's the Scoop?}
This cube is a great activity to do at the beginning of the school year because it helps my students share about themselves. In my classroom, I have each student make a cube. After all the cubes have been made, then the students share their cubes with their peers. My students have really loved us...
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These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
Getting students engaged in lessons dosen't have to be complicated or time consuming. I'm sharing my go-to student engagement strategies. These strategies..
Unleash creativity this Valentine's Day with a Roll and Draw a Valentine dice game! This printable art activity lets kids create their own unique valentine characters, and is perfect for classroom parties, art centers, bulletin boards, or library fun. Ideal for sub art lessons, it’s an engaging way to inspire imagination and keep kids entertained while they draw and create! This drawing activity is perfect for your: Creative Writing Project Valentine Cards Paired Book Activity Art Center Bulletin Board Reading Buddy Project Valentine's Day Party Sub Plans How to use Roll and Draw a Valentine Art Activity: Print the game and student directions, provide drawing materials and dice, throw on some music, and watch your students create away! Each valentine character turns out uniquely special. Here’s what you’ll get: Student Directions Page Drawing Game Page You may also like… Roll and Draw a Snowman Roll and Draw a Robot Roll and Draw a Pirate Roll and Draw an Ugly Christmas Sweater Or SAVE with a bundle! (The bundles that contain this resource are shown above.) ___________________________________ Copyright © Night Owl Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
These 8 pictures are perfect for a picture dictation activity. I have used them a lot this past course! Students get in pairs or small groups and while one of the students is describing the picture the others draw what their partner is saying on a board or piece of paper. Students can also use these pictures to write descriptive essays. ================================================================== If you use this product, I’d love to hear from you! Any feedback is so appreciated♥️ Instagram: The Teachers Land TPT: Follow my store and be the first to know about new products!
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These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
Are you looking for some practice with writing with similes and using other figurative language? My students love to write about their "pet peeves" using creative (and often hilarious) similes and other figurative language. Students brainstorm all of the things that irritate them and then create a poem filled with similes and other poetry devices to describe their irritation. Pet Peeve Poetry is always one of their favorite poetry activities in our poetry unit! Are you looking for a digital version of this activity? Click HERE. This resource includes the following 10 pages: Clear assignment sheet Brainstorming page Student examples Poetry Analysis Activity—using the example poems included Answer Key for Analysis 3 writing templates—they’re quote bubbles and look great cut out and put on a bulletin board. Self–Assessment Grading Rubric Teacher Grading Rubric (could also be used for Peer Assessment) Easy to differentiate! **PART OF MY POETRY PACKAGE AVAILABLE ON TPT - CHECK OUT THE FULL PACKAGE FOR GREAT SAVINGS! Poetry Activity Bundle Check out some of my other poetry assignments by clicking the links below. Imagery Poem Worksheet Hero Music as Poetry Poetry, My Life in 30 Words Figures of Speech Worksheet Figures of Speech Poster Figurative Language / Poetry Terms Flip Book! (C) Addie Williams, Addie Education
Have your students ever described poetry as boring or confusing? It is common for them to feel overwhelmed by poetry because it is so different from other styles of writing. In order for students to move past this attitude, they need to feel confident in their ability to read and write poetry. In this blog post, you will learn how you can instill the love of poetry in high school students. I will also share some of my students' favorite activities for teaching poetry in high school.
ALL ABOUT ME & MY COMMUNITY I absolutely love teaching All About Me and My Community ! In this unit we cover four themes that are so much fun: All About Me, All About My Family, All About Community Helpers and When I Grow Up. You all know that I love thematic teaching units , and this
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
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Narratives Graphic Organizer Writing Reading Comprehension **************************** PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Graphic organizers are one of my favorite tools I provide my students to help them visualize, organize, and display their ideas while reading or reflecting on a story. This freebie is just ONE of the many graphic organizers I use with my students. **************************** OTHER PRODUCTS OF INTEREST MIGHT INCLUDE: Link-Graphic Organizers: Reading Comprehension Year Long Writing Prompts Bundle Generalizing: Making Generalizations and Inferences Resource Poetry: A Bundle of Fun for Everyone Winter Themed Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers LEARN HOW LEAVING FEEDBACK CAN SAVE MONEY: If you are interested in saving money on your future TPT purchases, please leave me some feedback on this product after you have had a chance to look it over or use it with your students. Did you know that when you leave feedback on your products you earn TPT credits? Many people are not aware of this TPT perk, so I wanted to share it with you! After you rate the resource and leave feedback, you earn a TPT credit. These credits accumulate and can be redeemed on your future TPT purchases!! Not to mention, your feedback provides other teachers valuable information when they are deciding on purchasing a resource! So please share your love and any details if you used this resource in a different/creative way! *********************************** BECOME A FOLLOWER TODAY: I ♥ followers! I would love to offer you discounts and free products…. Not to mention, you will be the first to know about new products when they are launched. To do this, simply click the words that say "Follow Me" at the top of my page! CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook My Blog Instagram Pinterest Google+ Twitter Bloglovin' Thank you so much for visiting my store today! Kelly Avery
This activity is a wonderful way to get students moving around and getting to know each other. They love creating fortune tellers, and now they can use them to learn about their classmates. This would be great for one of the first days of school when you are looking for an icebreaker! Like this act...
FREEBIES ROCK!!!!!!!!! Here are grade specific coloring sheets PLUS writing printables. Just for you! Thank you so much for being an educator! ***For Kinder-2nd Grade HOWEVER, there is one printable that says, "Welcome to School" so other grades could use these printables.
Woo-hoo! Are y'all enjoying summer vacation as much as I am??? Don't get me wrong, I love school, my students, and teaching but boy was I ...
