Getting to know your students in the first few weeks of school could be somewhat of a challenge. This package will assist you in getting to know your students, as well as have your students ease into the new school year. Included are: Certaines choses sur moi - Some Things About Me Mes objectifs de l'école - My School Goals Commencer votre journée scolaire - Starting Your School Day Après votre journée scolaire - After Your School Day Les activités d'association de mots - Word Association Activities Faire des mots - Creative Word Make Each activity comes in color and in black and white too! Have students color the black and white for an extra activity. Total Pages 20

Just in time to start thinking about Christmas! Included are templates that could be used for stories and poetry. Also included are ready to use French acrostic templates. Students can colo(u)r the fun template frames as well! Once completed, templates could be framed to make a quick gift for someone special at Christmas. Pgs. 21

Get your students excited about the upcoming winter sporting events. This FRENCH resource includes: -"Sports d'hiver" acrostic -"Sports d'hiver" word make - Favorite winter sport write up and draw - Mascot creation - Medal designing - Sports match up (match picture with sport) - Brochure to complete Athlete Biography 13 Pages.

A fun and creative way for your students to summarize what they have read and learned in the novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. Students will be writing about the setting, plot, theme and about a favorite character. Students will have the opportunity to rename Edward and draw him with new clothing. A great way to introduce or culminate the novel. Students will be able to learn or review, 40 vocabulary words found in the novel, while completing the word search (answers included). After completing the word search, students will be able to write sentences on the sentence writing sheet, using 10 vocabulary words of their choice. A word sort sheet is also included, where students could place the 40 vocabulary words in the correct parts of speech category. The "Edward Tulane" acrostic sheet could be used while reading the novel to describe his character. Students could write one word next to each letter or a full sentence. A BONUS "Story Book Character Trait" sheet is also included. This sheet could assist the students in completing the acrostic. A great assessment tool as well! Total Pages 11

The BFG — The Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl, is a story about a kind, gentle giant who can be found every night blowing good dreams through the bedroom windows of sleeping children. Use these vocabulary activities before, during or after reading this amazing novel. Included are 4 word searches (answer sheets included) of the vocabulary words found throughout the novel. A sentence writing sheet and word sort sheet are also included. These sheets could be used by the students after completing the word searches Also included are 4 vocabulary match sheets (answer sheets included). These match sheets could be used as a quick assessment tool after completing each of the 6 sections (chapters). Two acrostic templates, "The BFG" and "Sophie" are also included. Students could use the "Story Book Character Traits" sheet to assist them in completing the acrostics. Total Pages 22 Answer Key -Included

My Writing Journeys-Junior Grades is suitable for students in Grades 4-6. An excellent accompaniment to the Daily 5 Program! Cross-curricular topics too! Includes a variety of "writing forms" This writing journal book is user friendly and it could be used in many different ways. Some teachers are using the journal as a daily morning warm up or part of their existing language program. Includes "word wall" words for each activity. Great for word study. Some topics/activities could be linked to Health, Science and Visual Arts Also Includes: an All About Me page, perfect for the beginning of the year! an Autograph page and a Class Picture page, perfect for the end of the year! Topics/Activities Included: My Summer Memories My Favorites A Goldfish Story The Best… Staying Fit I Am An Upstander! Wow, What a Gift! My Talent My Hero A Spring Lune Poem Planning a Party My Friend and I A Favorite Story Character Let’s Take Care of It! My Website My Favorite Sandwich My Family My City or Town My Postcard My School Year Some other ideas are: -Use the first page of each activity as a class brainstorm. -Draw the graphic organizer on the board or chart paper and have students copy the ideas on their page in the book. -Instead of writing the ideas on the graphic organizer, they could draw them instead. -Use the vocabulary words on the bottom of each page as word wall words or to initiate discussion about the topic. -Students could also write sentences using these vocabulary words. -The second page (the drawing section) of each topic could be taken "outside the book". For example, have students do a cut and paste using construction paper, or create a scene in a box. -Each Topic could be spread out on 2-3 different days. Total Pages 47

My Writing Journeys-Junior Grades is suitable for students in Grades 4-6. An excellent accompaniment to the Daily 5 Program! Cross-curricular topics too! Includes a variety of "writing forms" This writing journal book is user friendly and it could be used in many different ways. Some teachers are using the journal as a daily morning warm up or part of their existing language program. Includes "word wall" words for each activity. Great for word study. Some topics/activities could be linked to Health, Science and Visual Arts Topic/Activities Included: My Summer Memories My Favourites A Goldfish Story The Best… Staying Fit I Am An Upstander! Wow, What a Gift! My Talent My Hero A Spring Lune Poem Planning a Party My Friend and I A Favourite Story Character Let’s Take Care of It! My Website My Favourite Sandwich My Family My City or Town My Postcard My School Year All About Me page, perfect for the beginning of the year! Autograph page and a Class Picture page, perfect for the end of the year! Some other ideas are: -Use the first page of each activity as a class brainstorm. -Draw the graphic organizer on the board or chart paper and have students copy the ideas on their page in the book. -Instead of writing the ideas on the graphic organizer, they could draw them instead. -Use the vocabulary words on the bottom of each page as word wall words or to initiate discussion about the topic. -Students could also write sentences using these vocabulary words. -The second page (the drawing section) of each topic could be taken "outside the book". For example, have students do a cut and paste using construction paper, or create a scene in a box. -Each Topic could be spread out on 2-3 different days.