I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
Here is a comprehension activity sheet to print and use with your students after they have read The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins.
It asks them to locate Antarctica on a World Map, describe Antarctica, write an Interesting Fact, and answer Comprehension Questions about the book.
Includes an Answer Key.
*Please Note: It is on Legal Sized Paper 8.5" x 14" size.
Easy Version: 18 Winter related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only in an all CAPS puzzle.
Harder Version: 18 Winter related words hidden in this Hard Word Search. Words horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and even backwards in this all CAPS puzzle.
Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible.
Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you've read Rechenka's Eggs, by Patricia Polacco, with 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. Beginning/Middle/End page
3. Design Your Own Egg
4. Color and Write - Students color the illustration and write to your prompt.
**Here is a comprehension sheet and story map activity to print and use after you’ve read Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas, by Gail Piernas-Davenport, to your students. **
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Comprehension Sheet** - This sheet asks students to tell the problem and solution to the story, write 6 words that rhyme with “peas”, define “tradition”, and write their resolution for the New Year.
2. Answer Key to Comprehension Sheet is included.
3. Story Map - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.
This story planning sheet encourages students to write and/or draw the beginning, middle and end of their story.
I have used this successfully with K-4th grade students. Students with special needs are able to draw their ideas while I circulate. They can then dictate their sentence when I sit with them.
Here are 4+ Activity Sheets to use after reading A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting.
1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw their favorite part, write their favorite Thanksgiving foods, define the word “bellow”, answer some questions, and write about their favorite holiday memory on the back. An Answer Key is included for this sheet.
2. Compare and Contrast- This page asks students to compare and contrast a real moose to a make believe moose.
3. 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
4. Bonus Research a Moose Page - Students are asked to research about moose.
** See the Preview for all the pages included.
This is a monster themed I Have...Who Has Game Template.
You use this template to type in your own content and print the game.
This is an editable pdf if you have Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Or, you may choose to simply print and write on the cards.
I've included instructions how to type on the cards yourself, using Adobe Acrobat Professional, to make your own games.
There are 8 different monster cards to make the game as a loop, where it does not matter who starts. However, I did include a START and END card if you wish to format your game in that way.
One set of cards has color monster clip art on a white background for economical printing.
The second set of cards is the same, but with B&W monsters for photocopying.
If you need more cards, simply save this as different file names to work on.
These cards are made as 1 to a full page. When printing, you can choose the option to print 4 to a page which makes these a great game size and saves ink.
This reproducible is a print and go activity. Students choose a book about inventions to read from. They cite their source by finding the information prompted, write about some interesting facts and draw and label an invention on the back.
Great for an independent activity, center, or for a substitute, too!
Get 2 Word Searches in this bundle and differentiate for the levels of students in your classroom.
This pack includes 2 levels of word search to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Both come in color as well as reproducible friendly B&W that the students can color in!
#1 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically.
#2 The Hard version has words in ANY direction!
April Fools' Day Word Searches. (These are REAL word searches...not a joke ones).
Word Search #1 Words are horizontal and vertical only.
Word Search #2 Words are horizontal, vertical, diagonal and backwards in this hard puzzle!
Both versions come in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse. I like to put them in one of those reusable dry erase pockets with a vis a vis marker. Easy center in my Media Center.
Also in B&W reproducible! Kids LOVE to decorate and color the word search when they are done.
Both levels help you to differentiate for your students. They look the same, but the directions at the top help you know which version you gave them!
This is a Newsletter Template that I made for my Media Center, but is editable for any teacher. (PowerPoint file).
You can add your own text and change the font to your liking.
The elementary children clip art and lines are not editable.
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 is a fun poster for students to share a good book they’ve read recently.
This 8.5" x 11" Pop Into a Good Book! poster comes with space for the student’s rating (using popcorn kernels), 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 and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.
Get 3 Word Searches in this pack and differentiate for the levels of students in your classroom.
This pack includes 3 levels of word searches to go along with the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett.
All come in Full Color or reproducible friendly B&W that the students can color in after they finish the puzzle.
#1 The Primary version has pictures by the words and only has words horizontally or vertically.
#2 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically.
#3 The Hard version has words in ANY direction!
These Task Cards come four to a page with 52 numbered cards and 2 blank templates.
Set #1 has a black and white border with a bright yellow star.
Set #2 has a black and white border with a black and white star.
They come in PowerPoint files ready to edit with your own text!
May be used for personal or commercial use.
Here is a fun poster for students to share a good book they’ve read recently.
This 8.5" x 11" Dive 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 and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.
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.
16 Santa’s Reindeer related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are in any direction!
Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible & Includes Answer Key.
Check out the bundle to get both the easy and the harder version if you need to differentiate within your classroom.
This product includes 2 Easy Word Searches: Basic Shapes and 3D Shapes.
These puzzles are EASY. The words are found across or down.
Both puzzles come in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible for coloring. Includes Answer Key.
Here are some Activity Sheets to use after reading the book, Turk and Runt, by Lisa Wheeler.
✹ Activity Sheet #1 Comprehension sheet asks them to draw their favorite part, write six action verbs, define the word audition, answer some questions and write a letter to Runt’s parents on the back explaining why they should listen to him.
✹ Activity Sheet #2 Compare & Contrast Turk and Runt.
✹ Activity Sheet #3 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
✹ BONUS Research a Turkey Pages – Students are asked to research about turkeys.
a. wild turkey page
b. farm turkey page