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.
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 Groundhog 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!
This activity has students create a movie to go with one of two provided character snowmen or a snowman of their own design.
They fill in the movie title and write a short review that includes the characters and the plot - without giving away the ending! They must also convince the audience whether they should go see it or not by giving a specific example to support their opinion.
Includes:
1 instruction Sheet
2 reproducible sheets with different snowmen characters
1 blank reproducible for the students to make their own themed movie review
Here are 16 snowman themed papers to add to your Writing Center. This Writing Paper Pack for elementary students includes:
1 Acrostic Poem page with Snowman in the background.
3 different How To Build a Snowman activity page choices.
6 half sheets with B&W clip art with snowman - 2 styles in 3 choices of lines each.
6 half and full lined pages with snowman and snowflake borders.
Lots of Snowman Bookmarks in Color and B&W reproducible! Spread the love of reading!!
These feature a Poem called “I’m a Little Snowman” Poem:
“I’m a little snowman,
round and fat.
Here are my mittens,
here is my hat.
When the sun comes out
I melt away.
See you next year
on a snowy day.”
~Author Unknown~
Here are 3 pages of Groundhog Day Bookmarks.
The first two pages feature the basic facts of Groundhog Day - one with color clip art and one with B&W reproducible friendly clip art the kids can color!
The third page has 4 different designs in a reproducible friendly format for kids to choose and color.
These Valentine’s Day themed bookmarks include a bookworm, a penguin and superhero kids, for your classroom or library.
The message “You’re #1 in my book! Happy Valentine’s Day!” is used on several. Great for a teacher to give out to students!
See the Preview for everything included.
5 are reproducible friendly B&W ready for your students to decorate. Including one special one they cut out, fold over and decorate. This one has room for writing favorite books or books they want to read.
3 are Full Color for extra impact.
Here is an 8.5" x 11" activity sheet for the researching a Planet.
AND a 8.5" x 14" legal sized Poster Activity as well!
They vary slightly since there was more room for items on the larger version.
There are 2 options for letter size and 4 options for the legal size.
Some of the topics include:
1. Planet Description
2. Sketch their planet
3. Sketch the planet's symbol
4. Temperature
5. Interesting Facts
6. Time
7. Solar System: Moon & Sun
8. Cite their sources.
9. The legal size has an extra box that asks students whether or not we could survive on that planet and to support their answer with details.
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out! Great for a bulletin board.
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!
I have used Stop Motion animation with my Kindergarten and 1st graders over the past few years in the Media Center.
In this presentation, you will find step-by-step directions on how to teach your students how to use an iPad and the iMotion HD app to create stop motion animation movies.
I share how to make this work and the tips I learned along the way - from planning to presenting so that you can hit the ground running.
15 slides
4 Biography Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
I've made two versions so that you can differentiate based on your students' abilities.
Version 1, for older students, has smaller lines and more information required.
Version 2 for lower elementary students has larger lines and less information required.
Both of these also have a no line version.
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
This State Poster Activity Sheet is 8.5" x 11"
It asks for the following information:
1. name of the state
2. color the state
3. abbreviation
4. nickname
5. capital
6. population
7. major cities
8. state symbols: flower, bird, tree
9. draw 1 symbol
10. draw flag
11. interesting facts
12. sources
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
I like to play Book Care BINGO with my Kindergarten classes after we learn the Book Care Rules. I have found that pairing them up on a card works best because many of them have never played Bingo before.
In this set, you will find Calling Cards to cut out and use and 16 different Bingo cards.
You will need to cut some squares out of construction paper to use as Bingo chips.
We have a lot of fun with this game and stickers are a perfect prize for the winning pairs.
Everyone LOVES snowmen! Let your K-2 students make their own crafty snowman using your Makerspace or Craft Center with this unit.
This includes 3 Lesson Plans and a Snowman planning sheet. Approximate teaching time of all lessons is five 45 minute classes.
In Lesson #1 I give you a script that I use to introduce the simple research process of Super3 (TM) which is simply Plan, Do and Review. I have designed a kinesthetic way to introduce it to the students that they love!
In lesson #2, I give you a script to use to help students identify the Plan, Do, Review aspects of the research process while watching a popular snowman movie, "The Snowman and the Snowdog."
Lesson #3 outlines the procedure for students to plan their own snowman using the Planning Sheet. Then, they make their snowman using Makerspace/Craft Area materials. Finally, they review their work.
This is for a lesson plan to go with Wordle.net or any word cloud making website. I have used this successfully with 3rd-5th graders.
This lesson includes skills like typing into MS Word, saving, copy/pasting words, and printing by saving as a doPDF. (For the older students I go a step farther and teach them how to email it to themselves.)
This packet includes:
1. Lesson Outline.
2. Word Cloud Reproducible
3. Sample Word Cloud
These Task Cards come four to a page with 40 numbered cards and 1 blank template each. Each card measures 3.5 inches by 4.75 inches
They are ready for you to add your own clip art to make it your own!
Set #1 blue and black border.
Set #2 red and black border.
Set #3 yellow and black border.
Set #4 green and black border.
They come separate PowerPoint files for each color - ready to edit with your own text!
May be used for personal or commercial use.
These activity sheets are great to review Story Elements after animal-themed stories!
Please note that these are 8.5" x 14" Legal-Sized Poster Activity Sheets!
Animal-themes included in this packet:
1. Zoo
2. Farm
3. Forest
4. Arctic
5. Ocean
Students write or draw in each box based on their abilities. Then, they color and decorate the poster.
Great for displaying on a bulletin board or putting out for Open House!
My students have loved the larger sheets of paper for activities and I'm sure yours will too!
This 3 States of Matter 3D Clip Art Set includes the the 9 pieces of clip art shown in the preview, separately in jpg and png formats.
This clip art may be used for personal or commercial use. This includes items you may wish to sell. Please secure clip art in your products. Clip art may not be resold or given away as is. Clip art may not be modified and sold.
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.