Happy New Year Word Search Activity. Start the New Year with a wordsearch puzzle to get those minds thinking again. Good for first day back from break. Key included. - HappyEdugator

All About Me Pennant Bunting. Two Different Styles for Back to School! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Classroom Rules and Consequences Handout Editable for your own classroom.

Columbus Day Crossword Puzzle. 20 words related to Columbus Day in this fun cross word puzzle. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Father's Day Quick Activities - Make a gift for Dad! Need something quick for Father's Day? Several printable activities that are sure to make a father smile on Father's Day. Includes : 10 Frames for Best Dad Ever! Hands Down! Father's Day Poster Shirt Card - directions and templates Father's Day Accordian Hands Card - directions and template Father's Day Fill-in The Blank Sheet

This word wall book also makes a great ABC Book - alphabet book for students to create their own. Fun for back to school or at the end of the year. Use with a word wall and many other vocabulary activities. Younger students can draw pictures to represent each letter, while older students can use the books as a review of a story, social studies or science unit, vocabulary activity, etc. Each page has an uppercase and lowercase letter at the top, a picture to represent the beginning sound, and a drawing box to write the letter. Lines for writing 12 different words. You can also use as a summarizing activity and have students find words that begins with each letter for their lesson, unit, novel, or even the whole year in review! Enjoy!

Students should have a growth mindset and think positive! This set of 3 bookmarks will be inspirational. You get four color bookmarks to a 8 1/2 x 11 page. Motivational quotes on the power of positive thinking. The first bookmark is Think Strong... stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right. The second bookmark says We Can Do Hard Things...and gives a list of positive thinking alternatives. The last bookmark says Keep Calm and Stay Positive...Positivity is the key to Learning. Print out on card stock and laminate for durability. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Valentines Day Math Activities. A 40 page resource for counting, sorting, number recognition, simple addition, subtraction, numerical order and more. Activities for graphing candy hearts, coloring, matching, etc. Enjoy the fun activities your kids will love! - HappyEdugator Includes: Count the Candy Hearts page - numbers 1 -20 Count the Candy Hearts page - Sort and count Candy Heart Sorting by Color - in black and white Candy Heart Sorting by Color - in color Candy Heart Sorting by Color (without words) - in color Candy Heart Graphing - in color Candy Heart Graphing - in black and white Color the Hearts Activity sheet Match numbers to number words 1 - 5 Match numbers to number words 6 - 10 How Many? Activity sheet - circle number that matches the objects Comparing Size Activity sheet Dot to Dot - Smallest and Largest Number Make a Candy Heart Pattern - pattern given Make a Candy Heart Pattern - create pattern and name it Numerical Order Cut and Paste Numerical Order Cut and Paste Answer Recording Sheet Even or Odd Activity Sheet Color the Stripes and Count Activity Sheet Color by Code Addition sheet Color by Code Addition Key Color by Code Subtraction sheet Color by Code Subtraction Key Add it Up! Find the answers to decode the riddle Take it Away! Find the answers to decode the riddle Cut and Match the Hearts to the Base Ten Blocks Cut and Match Answer Recording Sheet Valentine Themed Number Posters - 0 - 10 (Each poster represents the number with the word, the numeral, the ten frame, and with tally marks) Candy Heart Ten Frames - blank for activities of your choice Candy Heart Ten Frames - Match the number sentence

John Glenn was an American astronaut hero that your students should know. This PowerPoint about his life will help your students understand his accomplishments as a WWII and Korean war veteran, a test pilot, an astronaut, a businessman, and a senator. 21 engaging slides with sound and animations. ©2017 HappyEdugator. This product is the intellectual property of Deborah Hayes aka HappyEdugator.

Your students will love this fun and interactive community helpers game. This is a PowerPoint game of Who Am I. Students get three clues to guess the job of the community helper. There are 14 different workers represented. Students have to figure out who it is from clues about where they work, what they wear, what vehicles they drive, and what tools they use. Fun for review or assessment. Project on your whiteboard or Smartboard, or use it at a computer center. No prep. Easy to use. This is a fun way to increase your students' vocabulary. To play: Put in slide show mode, and click on the slide to reveal the clues. Students make guesses after each clue. After the three clues have been revealed, click again for the answer to check. ©2017 HappyEdugator.

Halloween Spooky Synonyms PowerPoint and Writing Activity. Halloween themed PowerPoint about synonyms. Supports common core. First slides explain synonyms, give examples of synonyms, and why choosing the right words and using a thesaurus is useful when writing. Several colorful and animated slides then provide synonyms for common Halloween words such as candy, costume, scary, etc. The last slide is a writing activity where students use their new found vocabulary to write a Halloween story. A fun autumn activity to get your students writing. We had fun making this a listening and speaking activity. When a synonym slide came up, we would say the synonyms, and then I would ring a bell. They had 30 seconds to turn to their neighbor and answer the question at the bottom of the slide. After 30 seconds, I rang the bell again and they had to stop talking! Then we would repeat on the next slide. When we got to the activity slide, I let them tell their story to each other first before they had to write it. - HappyEdugator Standards: W.4.3, W.5.3d, W.6.3d, W.7.3d, W.8.3d

Fairy Tales Reading Activity. Elements Chart. Students read 5 fairy tales out of the fifteen suggested choices and mark with an x the elements and characteristics of fairy tales they find in their stories. Students can read the fairy tales online at the suggested website and complete this as a webquest, or you may prefer to provide books for them to peruse. Either way, they will see through discovery that fairy tales have many characteristics in common. - HappyEdugator

September 11 PowerPoint. Patriot Day, September 11th. PowerPoint on September 11, 2001 has over a hundred slides with photos of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania crash site of Flight 93. I like to play it with the music of Paul McCartney's "Freedom" and Neil Young's "Let's Roll." (Music must be purchased separately due to copyright laws) The anniversary of that tragic day is coming up. This will help your students understand the immensity and seriousness of the attacks on 9/11. Most middle schoolers were not even born when it happened, and although some of them have heard about it, most of them think this is ancient history. Have your Language Arts students write about what they feel after watching the photo slide show. This is good for Social Studies or History teachers as well. Slides advance automatically, but you can pause if needed. Quick review questions near the end. EDITABLE...some images may be distrubing for little ones, so I have put it in an editable format so that you can remove slides as desired. - HappyEdugator

Evaluating an Argument - Supports Common Core! Use around Earth Day, or any time you study nonfiction. PowerPoint slides helps students understand how to evaluate an argument, a critical reading skill. Students learn that evaluate means to judge a selection by looking for the author's main point, whether it is supported by evidence and facts, and whether the author argues against opposing arguments. Practice exercise with informational text included. Students will read and evaluate the argument from an excerpt of the book Green Planet Rescue by Robert Halpern. Good practice of common core standards and appropriate for Earth Day, too. Background vocabulary is endangered, species, and habitat. - HappyEdugator Aligned to Common Core Standards RI 7.1, RI 7.2, RI 7.3, RI 7.5, 7.6, 7.8, RI 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8 Supports College and Career Readiness Standards grades 6-12 for drawing evidence from informational text to support analysis and reflection

Christmas Music Program Introduction - Christmas Acrostic. Ready for December? This is an easy performance for young children to perform at Christmas and meant as an introduction to a winter music program. Everyone can participate. Parents love it! A letter exercise for fifteen children. The first child comes out with the title slide. Then, let each child present a placard bearing a letter as he recites his line. The last card, S, tells the audience, "So, Let's Sing Songs to Say..." At the close, all hold up their cards above their heads and shout Merry Christmas! Sing Christmas Carols afterward. Just print out the slides on cardstock and laminate. You can mount on large red and green construction paper and decorate with glitter for a more festive look if you wish. Lines are short and easy for very young children. All the cards together spell out MERRY CHRISTMAS, with a special message for each letter. If you have more than fifteen children, you can have ones without cards carry jingle bells. If you have fewer, you can let some carry two cards. Adjust as you need to, as the slides are editable. Happy Holidays! -HappyEdugator

The narrative poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes is a classic ghost story romance that students love. Middle school and high school students enjoy reading "The Highwayman" especially around Halloween. Includes slides on plot, characters, vocabulary, and literary elements. The poem is presented in verses, slide by slide. Students can take turns reading it. After reading, there is a writing response and a link to a ten minute video of this ballad poem set to music. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving: A Thanksgiving Day Song. Get musical and teach your students this quick and easy Thanksgiving Day song. A fun song for all ages! Good Thanksgiving singing activity to fill some time around the holiday. You don't need a lot of musical talent for this Thanksgiving song. This fun little song about Thanksgiving is sung to the melody of "Santa Claus is coming to Town." It is easy to learn and to remember, and a great tune for all ages from preschool to adult. Includes score. Happy Thanksgiving! - HappyEdugator

Presidents. Interesting facts about U.S. Presidents PowerPoint. Questions and answers you probably didn't know. Fun activity for Presidents' Day. 65 pages of fun facts!

Chinese New Year PowerPoint - Traditions and customs of the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year 2016 is the year of the monkey. Includes informational text, fun test your knowledge questions, and activities and crafts to celebrate. 18 slides. Enjoy! Updated February 2015

March Craftivity: Lion and Lamb Mobile. Here comes Spring! Directions on how to make a cute mobile decoration for the Month of March with a lion face made from a paper plate, and cute little lambs that hang down made from Dixie cups, cotton balls, and pipe cleaners. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, so the saying goes. Your students can take this mobile home and hang on their porch to catch the March wind. - HappyEdugator