**Here are 12 activity and writing sheets for you to use after reading “The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree” by Gloria Houston. ** 1. Comprehension Sheet - This asks students to draw their favorite part, answer some questions and write five adjectives. 2. “Adjectives Describing a Tree” sheet. Use this whole class or individually. Students write as many adjectives they can about trees and decorate it. **3. “My Family Tradition” writing page ** 4. “How to Make a Christmas Tree” version 1: Students fill in materials needed and the directions. 5. “How to Decorate a Christmas Tree” version 2: Students draw and color their own tree while they write a paragraph using first, next, then and finally. 6. Generic “How to…” page for students who may not celebrate Christmas or to use with another unit. 7. Generic writing paper with 3 styles of lines, including primary lines, for your own writing prompt. 8. Story Map **9. Word Search & Answer Key **

**This Spring BINGO game has 36 unique cards that you can print and play. ** Includes plant cycle words: seeds, seedling, sprout, plant with leaves, bud, flower and bulb. Other words include: March, spring, bees, birds, butterfly, clouds, rain, puddle, umbrella, sunshine, eggs, hatch, chicks, groundhog, worm, grass, rainbow, kite, mushrooms, insects and planting. See the Preview. This set includes: 36 Unique and numbered BINGO cards Directions Calling Board Calling Cards to cut out You will need to cut some squares out of construction paper to use as Bingo chips ahead of time, if you don’t have something like that already. Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

**These Planet Research Report Writing Papers are provided in 2 Versions and 3 line choices each. Great for multiple levels of students! Includes multiple options for Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Earth. **Plus, BONUS versions of all pages have been added for our Sun, Moon, and Pluto. Use them for a lesson, or make copies of these at your Literacy Center for students to choose from! Students can even make a book if they decide to write about all eight planets. Includes 81 pages in all: *** 1st Version comes with a Fact Box:** Half pages of each planet with 3 writing line options: small lines, wider lines, primary dotted lines. *** 2nd Version comes with robot and ship clip art (NO fact box):** Half pages of each planet with 3 writing line options: small lines, wider lines, primary dotted lines. *** 6 Full Pages also included!** Great for your prolific writers who need more lines.

Use these printable Dog Incentive Reward Charts to mark reading or behavior progress. Great to use with individual students, groups or even whole classes. Use stamps, stickers or simply your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page. Multiple Versions & Colors included in this pack! 4 Full Color pages - with 4 of same color chart to a page. 1 Full Color Variety page - with 1 of each color chart. 4 “Less Color” pages - with 4 of the same chart to a page. (no background color) 1 “Less Color” Variety Page. 4 Black and White pages - with 4 of the same chart to a page for EZ photocopying. 1 B&W Variety Page. So many choices! Simply choose the page number you want to print when you get to the Print Options screen. :-) Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

These Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do. Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!! Choose between 2 VERSIONS of these Dot Dauber pages. Version #1 – LOTS of Dots in this Compact Version. 14 pages Version #2 – Less Dotty. 14 pages Pictures currently in this Halloween set include: ghost pumpkin cat spider candy moon moon with bats bats cauldron hat skull slime jack o’lantern tombstone

This Easter Bunny and Chick Spring themed Writing Paper Pack is perfect for your seasonal writing. It has Writing Paper in various line styles to meet your students’ needs, a Friendly Letter Template, Notes, To Do Lists, Party Checklist Planner, Party Invitation and more! This set would be a great addition to your Writing Center! Students can respond to teacher prompts on the lined paper. They can also practice writing invitations, planning a party, making lists, writing letters, poems, stories and more! They come in Color and B&W friendly reproducible. Includes all of the following with Color and B&W reproducible versions: Party Invitation – with Bonus Full Color version Friendly Letter Template “To Do” Lists – two to a page “Notes” Paper – two to a page “Checklist” – Your students can use this as a Party Planner! Writing Paper w/ 3 Different types of lines to meet your students’ needs Writing Paper w/ No Lines Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

This Writing Paper Activity Pack has Writing Paper in various line styles to meet your students’ needs, a Friendly Letter Template, Notes, To Do Lists, Party Checklist Planner, Party Invitation and more! These items would be great additions to your Writing Center. Students can practice writing invitations, planning a party, making lists, writing letters, poems, stories and more! *They come in Color and B&W friendly reproducible. Includes all of the following with Color and B&W reproducible versions: Party Invitation - with Bonus Full Color version* Friendly Letter Template “To Do” Lists - two to a page “Notes” Paper - two to a page “Checklist” - Your students can use this as a Party Planner! Writing Paper w/ 3 Different types of lines to meet your students’ needs Writing Paper w/ no lines

Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to African animals. Includes posters for these African animals: Aardvark, Crocodile, Elephant, Gazelle, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Hyena, Lion, Meerkat, Ostrich, Rhinoceros and Zebra. It also includes 2 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals. Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Includes 4 Versions (14 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

These Easter themed Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do. Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!! Choose between 2 VERSIONS of these Dot Dauber pages. Version #1 - LOTS of Dots in this Compact Version. Version #2 - Less Dots Pictures currently in this Easter set include: chick Easter basket eggs chocolate bunny ladybug rabbit/bunny flower hat butterfly bow Check out my store for more Dot Dauber activities!

Use these printable Basketball Incentive Reward Charts to mark reading or behavior progress. Great to use with individual students, groups or even whole classes. Use stamps, stickers or simply your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page. Multiple Versions & Colors included in this pack! 4 Full Color pages - with 4 of same color chart to a page. 1 Full Color Variety page - with 1 of each color chart. 4 “Less Color” pages - with 4 of the same chart to a page. (no background color) 1 “Less Color” Variety Page. 4 Black and White pages - with 4 of the same chart to a page for EZ photocopying. 1 B&W Variety Page. So many choices! Simply choose the page number you want to print when you get to the Print Options screen. :-) Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

Want to introduce your K/1 students to research skills? Here is a 4 page booklet that they can be successful with. I used these with my Kinders. We read an online encyclopedia entry together and write in answers as we find them. Included: 1. Research Booklet - Copy front to back and fold into a booklet. 2. Mexico 2 page Reading Passage in B&W reproducible and in Color. (PDF) 3. Two graphic organizers - For those that want to do their own research. Use the PDF Reading Passage Read Aloud function and you have a Research Center for second graders.

This guided Scientist and Inventors Bio Poem Activity and Writing Papers Set (writing papers come in both Letter, Legal, Color and B&W variations!) is a great research and poetry writing activity for a lesson, literacy or poetry center or even your substitute file! Or, use the Writing Papers for your own writing activity or prompt! It includes pages for 26 people from history to walk your students through the writing process. It also includes Example Pages to show them what a completed rough draft and final copy may look like. This poem has a biographical research slant to it. Students are asked to research the person and find the following information: First and Last Name 3-4 words that describe the person an important relationship the person had things the person enjoyed things the person valued things the person learned things the person achieved something the person is remembered for where the person lived date of birth and death Please see the Preview slide for people included in this set. This resource includes the following options for EACH person in the set: Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the person. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. 2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LETTER Sized (8.5" x 11") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. 2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LEGAL Sized (8.5" x 14") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Great for students with larger handwriting or who need more space! Students write the final draft of their entire poem. It also includes the following: Description of the Files in the Bundle Page Table of Contents List of People in this Bundle in the form of a Check Off Sheet for Teacher Use Use as a sheet to assign students and check off each part of the project. I pop these on a clip board to mark for the duration of the project. I check off Org. (graphic organizer), R.D. (rough draft), and Final (published piece) as students complete each part. This way, I know where in the process each student is at and can plan accordingly. Teacher Example of the Rough Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example page. Teacher Example of the Final Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example pages. (Typed and handwritten versions.) BONUS Pages! I’ve included Generic Graphic Organizer, Draft Page and Publishing Pages that have no clip art. Use these for students who want to research a person not in this Bundle. Additional PDFs of just Legal Writing Pages and just Letter Writing Pages allows you to print the Writing Pages by themselves easily.

This guided Women in STEM Bio Poem Activity and Writing Papers Set (writing papers come in both Letter, Legal, Color and B&W variations!) is a great research and poetry writing activity for a lesson, literacy or poetry center or even your substitute file! Or, use the Writing Papers for your own writing activity or prompt! It includes pages for 29 people from history to walk your students through the writing process. It also includes Example Pages to show them what a completed rough draft and final copy may look like. This poem has a biographical research slant to it. Students are asked to research the person and find the following information: First and Last Name 3-4 words that describe the person an important relationship the person had things the person enjoyed things the person valued things the person learned things the person achieved something the person is remembered for where the person lived date of birth and death Please see the Preview slide for people included in this set. This resource includes the following options for EACH person in the set: Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the person. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. 2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LETTER Sized (8.5" x 11") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. 2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LEGAL Sized (8.5" x 14") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Great for students with larger handwriting or who need more space! Students write the final draft of their entire poem. It also includes the following: Description of the Files in the Bundle Page Table of Contents List of People in this Bundle in the form of a Check Off Sheet for Teacher Use Use as a sheet to assign students and check off each part of the project. I pop these on a clip board to mark for the duration of the project. I check off Org. (graphic organizer), R.D. (rough draft), and Final (published piece) as students complete each part. This way, I know where in the process each student is at and can plan accordingly. Teacher Example of the Rough Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example page. Teacher Example of the Final Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example pages. (Typed and handwritten versions.) BONUS Pages! I’ve included Generic Graphic Organizer, Draft Page and Publishing Pages that have no clip art. Use these for students who want to research a person not in this Bundle. Additional PDFs of just Legal Writing Pages and just Letter Writing Pages allows you to print the Writing Pages by themselves easily.

I have found that my elementary students need a little bit of structure and accountability during their Makerspace time in my elementary library. Thus, this kit addresses that need by giving them a structure via a Mission sheet that they guides them, gives them time limits (set by you), and assesses their group work with a rubric. This Makerspace Bundle has the printables you need for a Poetry Performance Green Screen Makerspace Center in which students create a video by performing their own poem or one of their choice in front of the green screen. In a nutshell, students use the Mission Log sheet to guide them through the process of procuring, practicing, and performing their poem in front of the green screen. The student instruction handouts help them to figure out how to produce their videos independently without you needing to hold their hand every step of the way. Finally, they write a review statement, fill out a rubric on their individual performances with you, and share their video. The technology I use in this kit includes a green screen and an iPad with the DoInk (TM) Green Screen app (a minimal fee in the iTunes store). A lot of the resources come in an editable format so that you can make them your own depending on your environment and needs. 1. Materials list 2. Poetry Mission Log - This is a Step-by-Step Instruction Sheet for the students to follow at the center. It follows the Plan, Do, Review format. There are two versions that differ in the type of Review you'd like to have your students do. I've included both as a PDF and as Editable Excel documents should you need to make changes to fit your situation. 3. 2 Page How to Make Your Video Handout for students (PDF and editable PPT file) 4. Poetry Performance I Can Poster 5. Finding a Poem Poster (PDF & Editable PPT file) 6. Makerspace Rubric (PDF & editable versions) I created this rubric as a way to hold students accountable for their time. It includes the goals of: staying on task, being responsible, producing quality work, working cooperatively, and cleaning up. Again, I've included an editable Excel file should you wish to make changes. 7. Poetry Performance Rubric - Easily gives you a grade by scoring posture, volume, speed, expression and memorization. (PDF & editable Excel file)

These 20 Buddy Reading Task Cards cover the basic parts of a story that you would want your students to know as well as some interesting discussion starters for them. This file includes: 1. 20 Task Cards 2. Task Check Off Cards 3. Cover Cards 4. Blank Task Cards for you to add additional questions I made the Task Check Off cards real simple since the tasks require talking, not writing. You can photocopy them for one time use with pencil or print & laminate them to reuse with Vis-a-Vis markers.

Here are 21 ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research characters from Greek Mythology. Includes posters for the following: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Odysseus, Pandora, Persephone, Poseidon, Rhea and Zeus. Also includes is a Plain, Generic Activity Sheet if you have another character of interest. Greek Mythology Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Information asked for: God/Goddess of… Famous for… Family Interesting Tidbits Character Traits Lessons Learned Physical Characteristics Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here’s a class book you can make to go with your Old MacDonald Unit. This packet includes 28 sheets: Book Cover with title “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” in color and B&W. Verses for pigs, ducks, cows, hens, sheep, horses, dogs, turkeys, geese, cats, and goats. Each animal’s verse is two pages. A clip art of the animal is included in a farm scene for the first page. The second page leaves space for the student to illustrate the animal. Two generic “Old MacDonald” story pages that can be used for additional animals. Two generic writing pages for you to use with your own prompt OR have students copy the sentence onto their own paper. Room for an illustration and writing.

Here are 20 ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research characters from Roman Mythology. Includes posters for the following: Apollo, Ceres, Diana, Hercules, Juno, Jupiter, Liber, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Neptune, Ops, Pluto, Proserpina, Saturn, Ulysses, Venus, Vesta and Vulcan. Also includes is a Plain, Generic Activity Sheet if you have another character of interest. Roman Mythology Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Information asked for: God/Goddess of… Famous for… Family Interesting Tidbits Character Traits Lessons Learned Physical Characteristics Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.