Christmas Word Scramble for your students to enjoy. Use at your next Christmas party. Directions: A bad winter weather system hit the North Pole yesterday and knocked out the power. When the power was brought back on, Santa found out that all his computers had scrambled his filenames! Help Santa fix his computer files by unscrambling the words below. He needs all the help he can get this time of year! This holiday scrambler activity is fun and engaging word play. No prep. Print and go. Key included, of course. - HappyEdugator

Valentine's Day Bookmarks. Six Valentine's Day bookmarks: three inspiring and colorful bookmarks to give your students on Valentine's Day to instill a love of reading. Three more bookmarks to tell them you love them. Cute sayings like "Owl love you forever." Editable so you can personalize with student names. Print out on cardstock or tagboard and laminate for a bookmark that will last. Nice gift from teacher to student instead of a card.

Lesson Plan Outline for Middle Grades. Organize your plan with this lesson format made specifically for middle school. Includes a place to write your essential question, measurable objective, and standards at the top; activating strategies, teaching and summarizing in the middle; and differentiation and assessment and notes on the bottom. Everything in one place. Add this page to your teacher planner or binder. - HappyEdugator

Halloween Counting Pumpkins math and literacy sheet. Numbers 1 - 10. Students have to count the pumpkins, draw a line to match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. Use pumpkin shaped candy have your kids count them out as they complete the sheet. Fun math activity for Halloween, Fall, or even Thanksgiving. Supports math, reading, and writing skills.Supports common core state standards!

Vocabulary Sentence Assignment and Rubric. This vocabulary assignment has students write vocabulary words in a meaningful sentence and illustrate. First page has space for six vocabulary sentences and drawing boxes. Second page has additional four sentences and a place to write a paragraph and illustrate. Third page is a rubric to use to evaluate sentences. - HappyEdugator

Dolch Sight Words Activities - Week 4. A week of Dolch sight word activities for the fourth set of ten words from the Dolch sight words list. Activities include: flash cards/ memory game, color the words, trace the words, match the words, cut and paste the words in alphabetical order, and write the words in letterboxes. Weeks 1 - 10 will cover the first 100 Dolch Sight Words. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Memorial Day Word Scramble. Fun Memorial Day activity for language, spelling, and vocabulary development. 2 puzzles! Print and go. In the one for upper grades, students have to unscramble 22 words that have to do with Memorial Day. In the other one, there are ten words for primary grades. Some of the words included: Veteran, Freedom, Poppy, Decoration, Military, United States. Keys included. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Owl Bookmarks - Owl Save Your Place! Cute owls will save the place for your lucky readers. Great for an owl theme! 4 different colors and 1 page in black and white that they can color themselves! These also make great gifts for a birthday, Christmas, or other events. - HappyEdugator

Earth Day Bookmarks! Three colorful bookmarks based on an earth or world theme that you can give to your students as a gift for special days! Nice for Earth Day, but can be used anytime. Great Spring gift. Print out, cut out, and laminate. - HappyEdugator

Valentine's Day - Coded Words activity sheet. A fun Valentine activity for students to do to fill in time or at your Valentine's Day party. Decode the Valentine related words using the decoder at the bottom of the page. Key included. - HappyEdugator

El Chino Test. 20 question multiple choice test with answer key to support the book El Chino by Allen Say. The students will not only be asked to recall events from the story, but to make inferences and demonstrate understanding of critical vocabulary. - HappyEdugator

Solar System Word Search. 29 words related to the solar system hidden in this fun word search puzzle. Key included. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Writing Fun! Ten creative writing prompts to help students write from the heart notes for Valentine's Day! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Dolch Sight Words Activities - Week 10. A week of Dolch sight word activities for the tenth set of ten words from the Dolch sight words list. Activities include: flash cards/ memory game, color the words, trace the words, match the words, cut and paste the words in alphabetical order, and write the words in letterboxes. Enjoy! Weeks 1 - 10 will cover the first 100 Dolch Sight Words. - HappyEdugator

Exit Slip - Before You Go - Show What You Know. Exit Ticket Out. Summarize before they leave by using this ticket out the door summarizing activity. Students fill-in the topic, what it deals with, key ideas, why they are important and how they are useful. This exit slip summarizer helps students review the main ideas of the lesson. Updated February 2015 - HappyEdugator

Setting Detail Chart. This graphic organizer can be used with any book to analyze setting. Use with your novel study. Besides direct references to dates and places, setting is also conveyed through details about daily life and culture. Students fill in the chart with details that give clues about the setting of a book, and will gain a better understanding of setting. Starts out with Time and Place. Categories include: Jobs, Shelter, Clothing, Entertainment, Technology, Men's/Women's Roles, Transportation, and Other. Nothing fancy, but gets the job done! Have students practice first by projecting a photograph (one included on the cover) or use a cover from the book they are reading and have them try describing it. - HappyEdugator

Vocabulary Practice Tic-Tac-Think. Having trouble getting your students to practice their vocabulary words? This menu gives students some choice, but also makes them accountable for producing some creative ways to practice their vocabulary! Students choose to do three activities in a row: vertically, horizontally, or diagonally by the end of the week. (You can also assign the activities for differentiation) I have left it in Word format so you can adapt it as necessary for your classroom. I like to change out the squares sometimes and have them make a crossword instead of chaining, or make a word scramble instead of bubble letters. - HappyEdugator

Halloween Dead Words and Dead Verbs Handout. Great for Halloween writing activities, or even throughout the year. Dead words are overused words that have lost their power. List of dead words, dead verbs, and some more interesting alternatives that should be used instead. There is a place for students to add to the list. A useful tool for students to use for reference when they write and revise. 2 pages. - HappyEdugator

Pretend to Be an Animal Cards. A fun circle time dramatic play activity. Students come up and draw a card on a stick (or just a card if you do not wish to use sticks) and then act out the animal they selected in the middle of the circle. They may ask for ideas from other students if they do not know how to act like the animal they chose. When finished, the student selects another classmate to select a card. Play continues until all the students have had a turn. There are a total of 32 cards to choose from. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Drama Play Knowledge Extensions Menu. Great for differentiated instruction. Differentiation means no more bored students! Students who have already read a play that you are teaching in class can choose one (or more) activities from the menu and extend their learning, reporting back to the class to enrich everyone's experience. Excellent for gifted learners or students who need independent study or an alternative assignment. . - HappyEdugator