PUMPKINS Writing Paper - Lined Paper - Pumpkins Theme. Eight different pumpkin designs, two different sizes of lines for writing at different ability levels. Fun paper for Thanksgiving or anytime. Students will have fun writing with some cute little pumpkins to inspire them. - Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Word Search. This Thanksgiving wordsearch has 28 words related to Thanksgiving for students to find. This is a fun vocabulary building activity for students to do on days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My students like to use highlighters instead of trying to circle the words with a pen or pencil. Answer key included. - HappyEdugator

Halloween Spooky Grammar PowerPoint. Halloween PowerPoint with a spooky Halloween twist to learning about misplaced and dangling modifiers. Beware of these sentence errors! Thirteen slides with Halloween themed animations define, give examples and tips to fix these troubling errors. Assignment at the end has seven spooky sentences to correct. Last slide is the key. Happy Halloween! - HappyEdugator

Martin Luther King Jr. Word Search Puzzle. Wordsearch based on Dr. Martin Luther King's life. Medium difficulty for your students to solve. Useful as an extension or reinforcement activity for when you study MLK or to support Black History month. Solution included, of course. Helps develop spelling and vocabulary. NO PREP. Print and go. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

The Gift of the Magi PowerPoint. Animated PowerPoint on The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, a classic Christmas story that is a good resource for the holidays. Focus on figurative language. Complete lesson with before, during, and after reading activities. Includes background information about the author, twelve critical vocabulary words, review of foreshadowing and suspense, and a link to read the story online. Students close read to find foreshadowing and suspense, and focus rereading on discovering figurative language. Includes definitions and examples of figurative language in the story, such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and idiom. Discussion questions, explanations with examples of irony and allusion, and concludes with a short story writing activity with a 100 point rubric. Includes a quick interactive comprehension check. - HappyEdugator

Penguin Digraph Sort Literacy Center Activity. Fun winter activity with penguins. Students match the pictures on the eggs to the penguin with the correct digraph. Four penguins: TH, CH, SH, and WH. 32 eggs to match. Print out penguins and eggs on cardstock,and cut out and laminate for durability. Have students match the pictures on the eggs to the penguin that has the correct digraph. Some cards have the digraph as an ending sound and some as a beginnig sound. Example – tooth matches the penguin with TH on his tummy Store pieces in a gallon size zipper lock bag. Directions and key included. - HappyEdugator

End of Year - Summer Jumbled Words PowerPoint Game. Fun end of the year interactive word scramble game with summer words. Words will appear in scrambled form for students to try to puzzle out. Click for a clue, then click for the answer. Click again to go to the next slide. Fun activity for the end of the year , last day of school, or for summer camp. 18 slide PowerPoint Skill Level - EASY

Valentine's Day Crossword Puzzle. Cross word is slightly challenging for middle grades students. Made for middle grades and up. Enjoy! Solution included, of course. Examples of the types of clues and level of difficulty below: cardboard greeting = CARD often written to lovers = POEM sweet confections = CANDY the act of seeking a partner = COURTSHIP love story= ROMANCE stunningly beautiful =RAVISHING has the power of attracting = CHARM the blossoms of plants = FLOWERS like sugar = SWEET without end = FOREVER inspiring approval = ADMIRABLE boyfriend = BEAU term of endearment = DARLING symbol of love; at the center of = HEART - HappyEdugator

Halloween Smartboard Games - 4 Different Activities K - 3. Four Interactive Halloween Activities for the Smart board. The first game, Halloween Consonant-Vowel Sort, is really an easy game for the little ones. They have to decide if the Halloween word begins with a consonant or a vowel, and place it in the vortex. The second game is a Halloween Word Guess, a game similar to Hangman. The third game is A Halloween Sequence, where they have to put the events of Halloween in chronological order. The last game is a Multiple choice Halloween Fun Fact Quiz. Games are made with SMART Notebook software. -HappyEdugator

Mother's Day Gift - Flower Pot Craftivity. Make a mum for mom for Mother's Day! Print out flower parts and flowerpot on cardstock. Students can write adjectives that describe their Mom on the orange flower petals, then cut out the pieces and assemble by gluing the petals on to the flower center, and then adding the stem and leaves. Students can decorate the flowerpot with their name, pictures, stickers, glitter, etc. and then attach the flower to the flowerpot. After flower is dry, laminate or cover with clear contact paper for durability, and trim. Write a message to mom on the flower pot. Give to mom on Mother's Day to make her smile! Includes black and white pages, MOM or MUM for flower center, and a list of Mother's Day adjectives to help students choose the ones that best describe their mothers.

Thanksgiving Counting Turkeys math and literacy sheet. Numbers 1 - 10. Students have to count the turkeys, draw a line to match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. Use turkey or feather shaped candy and have your kids count them out as they complete the sheet. Fun math activity for Thanksgiving. Supports math, reading, and writing skills. Supports common core state standards! - HappyEdugator

Mother's Day Activity Pack - Mother's Day activities. Print and go. Includes an original Mother's Day song to learn, an original poem, a card, slides to print out to make pictures, poems, and handprints for Mom, a slide picture frame, a recipe for a sweet treat, and suggestions for crafts and ideas for gifts and easy things to do for Mom on her special day. For example, make butterflies with clothespins, clip them on twigs and make her a butterfly tree. Happy Mother's Day! 18 pages. - HappyEdugator

Poetry - Writing Poetry is EASY Smartboard fun and interactive activities. EASY stands for Emotional Appeals; Alliteration and Sound Devices; Similes, Metaphors and Figurative Language; and You Make the Rules. Students will love playing with words on the Smartboard and writing their own poems! - HappyEdugator

Halloween Quiz. This simple and fun quiz about Halloween will test your students knowledge of some basic Halloween vocabulary and traditions. Students can fill in the blanks from the word bank. Pair and share, write a story with the words from the word bank, and color the Jack O Lantern afterwards. You can also cut out the word bank if you wish, and make a game for kids to "win" it! Included are word bank cards, a monster for early finishers to color, a key and a reward cut out for completing it correctly! - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Writing - Countdown Cards. Fun Thanksgiving writing activity! Print and go quick wirtes or journal prompts forf November. Each card has a different theme for giving thanks. You can print these out and have your students write on them, or project them on a screen if you prefer. They can be used as journal prompts, task cards, literacy centers, or as a choice activity as well. This Thanksgiving, enjoy counting your blessings! Here's another idea: print them out on index cards and stick each one on the cover of a composition book. Then students write in the composition books and rotate them each day, so that each student gets to write in a different book each day. (Just ignore or cut off the dates) This way they also get to see what other students have written. (They can edit other entries, too.) You can also print them out on index cards and have students make a Thanksgiving Blessing Tree. After they write on the cards, punch a hole in them, string a colorful ribbon though, and hang from a tree! Or make a great interactive bulletin board with a tree made out of brown paper and have your students stick their blessings on the tree each day. Make it fun! - HappyEdugator

Mother's Day Coupon Book - Easy Printable Gift. Wish Mom a happy Mother's Day this spring by printing out this coupon book. Students choose the slides they wish to include to customize their own special coupon book for Mother's Day. Have them sign their name on the front, and put the slides together together to honor Mom as a thougtful gift. Includes cover page, back page writing activity, a special poem about how to use the book, and kids can add their own special touches, too, such as drawings, poems, stories, fingerprints, handprints, etc. With a white background or a color background. 27 different coupons. - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving ABC Word Wall List. A Thanksgiving word list for your Thanksgiving word wall. Sorted alphabetically. You can also use as a handout. Students can use these Thanksgiving words to write picture books, stories, poems, or songs about the holiday. Have them try to use a word from each letter of the alphabet in a story. Teachers can use the list to design Thanksgiving printables, puzzles, skits, and other holiday activities. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Christmas adjective clause worksheet with 15 different sentences. Students have to identify the adjective clauses in the sentences related to the winter holiday. Useful in December to keep focused on the learning, even when the holidays are coming! Helps students understand sentence structure. Can be used in class or as homework practice. Common core standard in Language Arts. No prep. Print and go. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Snow Activities for Fun! Need some fun things to do this winter? Here are some activities your students can do! Includes a sheet to go with the story There Was a Cold Woman Who Swallowed Some Snow, and also a maze, a snowflake creative writing sheet, a snowman acrostic, directions for an art activity with soap flakes, a dot to dot snowman, a snow globe coloring sheet, Snow Word Family sheet, and even a snowman Venn Diagram. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Standards Tracker - Use this excel file to keep track of standards and student mastery. You can adapt it to use for a variety of uses. - Enjoy! - HappyEdugator