Have your students write to your Groundhog Day writing prompts with these themed writing papers. Or, place copies of these at your Literacy Center for students to write on their own topic of choice! Groundhog Day Writing Paper in 2 designs with 3 types of writing lines for each design. Includes 6 pages: Happy Groundhog in 3 writing line options Grumpy Groundhog in 3 writing line options.

Promote reading! These reproducible B&W bookmarks inspire students to write down books they want to read. Print them on colored cardstock to make them extra special!

Leap Day Writing Paper with 3 types of writing lines to meet the needs of your students.

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.

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 review the months of the year. Both are in reproducible friendly Black and White that the students can color in during or after they finish the puzzle! #1 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically. #2 The Hard version has words in ANY direction! Comes with Answer Keys.

Easy research center idea for elementary students. I have used this successfully with students in my Media Center. They LOVE being able to research a topic of THEIR choice! This research center reproducible gives students a structured research process for them to follow using a NONFICTION BOOK of their choice. They are guided to pick a topic, ask questions about it, locate the book, write notes on the back, and even cite their source by writing the bibliographic information for the book they used. Includes I Can statements to post at your Research Center.

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.

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 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.

Thanksgiving turkey bookmarks. “Gobble up a Good Book!” 4 to a page. They come in full color as well as B&W. Students love to color their own, and it’s economical to photocopy them!

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.

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

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.

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.

Here is a Ready-To-Go poster/graphic organizer for your students to research any animal. It comes in 4 Variations to meet your needs! Variations: Lined with Source Box. Unlined with Source Box. Lined without Source Box. Unlined without Source Box. Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Information asked for: Draw the Animal Diet Predators Interesting Facts Habitat Babies Classification Physical Characteristics and Sources 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.

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.

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

Help your students Create an Invention with this 8.5" x 14" legal-sized activity sheet! It walks your students through the Engineering Design Process step-by-step. Included in this packet: 1. Design an Invention Poster Activity Sheet (8.5" x 14") 2. Sharing Page: Have your students take a picture of their invention and write a synopsis on this page. Makes a great Bulletin Board! (8.5" x 11") 3. Reflection Page: Includes questions so that students can reflect on their work. (8.5" x 11") I have used this poster with groups of fourth grade students in the Media Center to encourage them to invent something with the materials available in our Makerspace Center. It took them six weeks to plan and make their inventions. Afterwards, each class voted for the top inventions and we had the best of the best set up in the Media Center for classes to come see.

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!