Here is a Ready to Go Guided Research project for Black History Month. Answer questions about the month and research any person on this 8.5" x 11" activity sheet for Black History Month. There are 3 variations. One for US, one for UK, and one for Canada. **It asks the students to: ** Sketch a person of their choice. Identify what month they celebrate in their country. Math question: Figure out how many years it has been celebrated in their country. List their 3 Important Facts. Fast Facts Box. Identify an important achievement. Describe their person. Find and write a Famous Quote. Write their Sources. Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out. Great for a literacy center!

Here are ready-to-go farm animal poster or graphic organizers for your students to research barnyard animals. Includes pages for: cows, chickens, dogs, ducks, goats, horses, pigs and sheep. It also includes 1 additional Generic Sheet to use with any additional animals. **Realistic Farm Animal Clip Art on these 8.5" x 11" activity sheets! ** Includes 4 Versions (9 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 Babies - what they are called and what they are fed Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research Dinosaurs. Includes 4 Versions: Letter size 8.5" x 11" with and without Source box. Legal size 8.5" x 14" with and without Source box. Please note: Minor variations in content occur between the versions do to space constraints. The legal size allows for more research due to its larger size. Please see the Preview for all four page versions. Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are 7 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Velveteen Rabbit to your students. 1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. 2. Writing - This page asks students to illustrate and write about their favorite toy. 3. Compare & Contrast the Velveteen Rabbit with real rabbits. 4. Compare & Contrast Old Fashioned Toys with Modern Toys. 5. 3 Story Maps to choose from.

Here are 6 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Elves and the Shoemaker to your students. (The story is not included, but the questions should work for any Brothers Grimm retelling. I used the version that was retold from the Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Jim LaMarche in my classroom.) 1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. 2. Writing - This page asks students why they think the elves helped the shoemaker. It also asks them what they think might have happened to the elves after they left the shoemaker. 3. Design a Shoe - Students are asked to invent a shoe and describe it. **4. Story Maps **- 3 Story Maps to choose from. a. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end b. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, moral of the story c. characters, setting, problem, solution

You are purchasing 2 figurative language games ready to print. These are a fun way to reinforce the literary device concepts and vocabulary! Perfect for a Center activity since it is self-checking! Game #1: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole Game #2: puns, alliteration, idiom, onomatopoeia For each game, there are 8 game cards for each concept, 32 total. Each card has a color graphic on it that matches a box on the Answer Board. After a student states which literary device is being used, he places it on the Answer Board on top of the matching clip art. If the answer was correct, he gets to color in a square on the reproducible Game Board. Play goes back and forth until one student gets 4 In a Row colored. It's easy to do variations of the game just like BINGO. Players can agree that they will get 5 in a row, or 4 in the shape of a stamp to win. You will want to print these games ahead of time as a bit of preparation is needed. You will have to cut out the game cards and glue the 3 page answer board together. You can photocopy the game board or mount it on construction paper and laminate it to use with vis a vis markers over and over again.

2 Parts of a Book Word Searches. 1. Harder Version: Words are vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. No words are backwards. 2. Easier Version: Parts of a Book words hidden in this Easy Word Search. Words can be found vertically and horizontally. NO backwards or diagonal words.

**Here are some activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution, by Pat Miller, to your students. ** Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, list five characters, two settings, and write their own New Year’s Resolution. Story Map - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem, and solution of the story. Five writing pages. Students can choose the one they wish to write their New Year’s Resolution on. There is room to draw a picture of them following through on their resolution. My New Year activity page allows students to brainstorm things they want to do, read, and learn in the New Year. After they brainstorm, there is a place for them to formulate their New Year’s Resolution. Word-Making Activity standalone reproducible using the word “resolution.” Word-Making Center “I Can” sign, a second reproducible, and letters to print on cardstock and cut out for the word “resolution.”

Spring is a great time to try out a new or good book! Have your students choose a new genre, author, or series and write a review on the book they read. This 8.5" x 11" poster comes with 2 different titles for you to choose from “Spring Into a New Book!” and “Spring Into a Good Book!” It has space for the student’s rating, profile pic, title and author of book, recommendation, and a space for an illustration and sentence detailing their favorite scene in the book.

Here is a fun Fall or Autumn Themed Book Review poster (with a pumpkin, leaves, squirrel and owl) is for students to share a good book they’ve read recently. This 8.5" x 11" Fall Into a Good Book! poster comes with space for the student’s rating (using the sun’s rays), profile pic, title and author of book, recommendation, and space for an illustration and sentence detailing their favorite scene in the book. Students then color in the poster to finish it off! Just Print PDF and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.

Here is a fun poster for students to share a good book they’ve read recently. This 8.5" x 11" Soar Into a Good Book! poster comes with space for the student’s rating (using the sun’s rays), profile pic, title and author of book, recommendation, and space for an illustration and sentence detailing their favorite scene in the book. Just Print and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.

Here are 4+ activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola, to your students. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, list five character traits that describe Lucinda, answer some questions related to story, and write about something their family celebrates on the back of the paper. *Answer Key included for this sheet. (1 page + answer key) Story Map - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story. (1 page) Poinsettia Acrostic Poem - Students write and decorate a poem using the word “Poinsettia”. (1 page) Poinsettia Themed Writing Paper - Use these generic papers for your own writing prompts. There are 3 versions - each with 3 types of writing lines. (9 pages). Great for those last days before the Winter Break or to leave for a substitute!

**Here are 6+ Activity Sheets to print and use after reading Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares this Christmas: a Comprehension Sheet, Beginning/Middle/End, Color and Write, Cardinal Acrostic, Cardinal Research, and Bonus writing papers for your prompts to the story. **Just Print and Go! Great for your Substitute file. *See the Preview for all the sheets included. * 1. Comprehension Sheet with Answer Key- This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, make some words plural, answer some questions related to story and draw and write about their favorite spot on the back. 2. Story Elements Page: Asks students to write characters, setting, Beginning/Middle/End and 2 facts they learned about the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. 3. Red and Lulu Color and Write - Students color/decorate the tree illustration and write to your prompt. **4. Cardinal Research **- Students research a cardinal. 5. Cardinal Acrostic - Write an acrostic poem to CARDINAL. 6. BONUS Writing Paper! 2 Writing/Drawing/Coloring pages in 3 different line options each. Your students can write to your prompt or choose their own at your literacy center.

Have your students write Acrostic or Haiku poetry with these Winter themed poetry activity sheets. Great for your Writing and Literacy Centers, Early Finishers and Substitute packets. Print and Go! A generic sheet for each type of poetry is included to expand the possibilities! Includes 5 pages: WINTER Acrostic SNOWMAN Acrostic Choose Your Topic Winter Acrostic Snowflake Haiku Choose Your Own Winter Topic Haiku Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

Have your students write Acrostic or Haiku poetry with these Summer, Sun and Beach themed poetry activity sheets. Great for your Writing and Literacy Centers, Early Finishers and Substitute packets. A generic sheet for each type of poetry is included to expand the possibilities! Includes 8 pages: SUMMER Acrostic BEACH Acrostic Choice #1 BEACH Acrostic Choice #2 SUNSHINE Acrostic Choose Your Topic SUMMER Acrostic SUN Haiku BEACH Haiku Choose Your Topic SUMMER Haiku Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon, to your students. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. Answer Key is included Venn Diagram – a page where the students Compare and Contrast bats to birds. Story Map #1 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story. Story Map #2 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.

Here are some Bat Research Activity sheets to print and use. Great to go along with your picture book study of Stellaluna. KWL Chart – This sheet asks students to write what they Know, what they Want to Know and what they Learned about bats. Bat Research Pages – In this poster project, students research what bats look like, their diet, habitat and interesting facts. They then cite their sources. Includes: Flying Fox Bats, Fruit Bats, Vampire Bats and a Generic Bat Research Page.

Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read the Pecos Bill tall tale with your students: Comprehension, Graphic Organizer, Exaggeration and Compare and Contrast activities. 1. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, write 4 words to describe Pecos, write an example of an exaggeration from the tall tale, and summarize the tale in their own words. 2. Tall Tale Graphic Organizer – This sheet asks students to write the characters, setting. It has boxes for students to write or draw 2 Exaggerations from the story, 1 Realistic Event from the story, the Problem and the Solution. 3. Tall Tale Exaggeration – Students illustrate their favorite exaggeration from the story and write about what they drew. 4. Compare & Contrast – Students choose another person or character to compare to Pecos Bill. They could choose themselves, another tall tale character, anyone!

**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

This guided Martin Luther King, Jr. Bio Poem Activity is a great research and poetry writing activity for a lesson, literacy or poetry center or even your substitute file for Black History Month or any time of year! 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 This resource includes the following options: 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: Table of Contents 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 page.