Chalkboard and Burlap Alphabet Posters and Bunting. Decorate your classroom this school year with these chalkboard and burlap alphabet posters and bunting. With the blue trim, they will go with a nautical theme or shabby chic, too! You can also use the letters to make welcome signs, or create other messages with the pennants. Includes: 26 chalkboard and burlap alphabet posters 26 chalkboard and burlap alphabet bunting

Christmas Counting math and literacy sheets. Numbers 1 - 20. Students have to count Christmas trees and Christmas ornaments. Match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. They can also trace the number words and write the matching numbers.Christmas ornament counting cards included or use mini candy canes or Christmas tree shaped candy and have your kids count them out as they complete the sheets. Fun math activity for Christmas. Supports math, reading, and writing skills. Supports common core state standards! - HappyEdugator

Penguins Word Search - 14 Penguins hidden in this Penguins word search puzzle. Fun addition to a penguin unit. Print and go. No prep. - HappyEdugator

Back to School - Wlecome to Reading Class PowerPoint. Just add your information and use to welcome students to your reading class at Open House or on the first day of school. - HappyEdugator

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

Fun Veterans Day Printable Activities. Quick and easy! Print and go activities for kids to do on Veterans Day. Includes: ABC order Acrostic Poem Make a Star Banner Color the Flag Make a Card Addition Table HappyEdugator

What is Poetry - an introduction to any Poetry Unit. Start off your poetry unit by asking What is Poetry? and What is a Poet? On the handout provided, students will read what T.S. Eliot had to say about it, and then come up with their own answers. Also included in this file are several pages of introductory materials a teacher can use to start students thinking about poetry. - HappyEdugator

Poems Graphic Organizer. Using the acronym POEMS, this poetry graphic organizer allows students to show what they already know about poetry and poetic devices, including figurative language such as personification, onomatopoeia, metaphors, and similes. Useful as a poetry preview activity. Students take the wordsplash of vocabulary words, and match them to the graphic organizer. (Hint: The font of words that go together is the same! See if they can figure that out for themselves.) This can be used as an introduction to a poetry unit, and as a pre-assessment which can give you an idea if your students know anything at all before you even start. Use the graphic organizer to complete the study guides that are included. - HappyEdugator

Columbus Day Fun Activity Pack. Columbus Acrostic Poem, Writing Prompt, Word Search. Poem Handout, Mak-a-Word, and Fill-in Activity included. Twenty-six Columbus Day related words in wordsearch. October is a fun Fall month, and this is an engaging activity for building vocabulary and spelling skills. Also includes a reading handout of the traditional poem "In 1492" and a Christopher Columbus Fill-In the Blank Activity sheet. You can also use these as time fillers or as a substitute activity. - HappyEdugator

St. Patrick's Day Learning Fun! Map of Ireland Geography Activity. Using an atlas or the internet as a resource, students must label the blank map of Ireland with key places from the word bank and color according to directions. Includes a worksheet with questions about their map. An interesting educational activity that can be used for St. Patrick's Day, in the month of March, or anytime. Works great to build background knowledge when reading poetry and books set in Ireland or by authors from Ireland. Keys included. Updated February 2015.- HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Word Wall Vocabulary Words. 30 Thanksgiving word wall words for the holiday and a blank template you can use to add your own Thanksgiving words. Promotes Thanksgiving writing! Decorated with pumpkins, apples, and fall leaves. Print out on cardstock and laminate for durability. Use them as flash cards or as discussion starters. Kids can use these words in their Thanksgiving writing, too. Some of the words included are: thanks pumpkin family Autumn cider pilgrims feast turkey Fall November cornucopia Mayflower Massachussetts and more! Happy Thanksgiving!

January Famous Author Birthdays PowerPoint. To engage your readers, show them the slides on these famous authors who had birthdays in January, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, A.A. Milne, Jack London and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, to name a few. Each slide tells a little about the classic author and their most famous works. This winter, when students return from Christmas break, engage them in reading and writing! Have them choose from three writing assignments about these authors and their works on the last slide. - HappyEdugator

Halloween Spooky Songs - Twelve Fun and Easy Songs to Sing. Halloween collection of fun little songs sung to familiar tunes like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Kids love to sing these Halloween tunes and sometimes get creative adding new verses. Have fun and don't let them scare you. Happy Halloween! BOO! - HappyEdugator

Awards - Printable Rewards - 30 Bookmarks or Wristbands. Print out and give to students as fun rewards! Fun to use at end of year. A variety for holidays, such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and St. Patrick's Day! Includes rewards for being honest, respectful, trustworthy, and caring. Also includes celebrations such as star student, 100th day, happy birthday, and more. Great for all seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter! Print out at the beginning of the year and have them on hand. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Halloween Word Wall Vocabulary Words. 48 word wall words for the Halloween holiday and a blank template you can use to add your own. Decorated with pumpkins, a tombstone, and a black cat. Print out on cardstock and laminate for durability. You can place in a writing center, or use as flash cards, too. 2 per page. Editable for your own classroom use. - HappyEdugator

Christmas Luminaries Christmas Craft. Make Snoopy Dogs! Complete directions on how to make these adorable luminaries out of gallon milk jugs. Listen to Snoopy's Christmas and learn about the spontaneous Christmas truce in the middle of WWI in 1914. This goes well with my Christmas Truce Reader's Theater Enjoy! Happy Holidays!

Halloween Smartboard Games - 4 Different Activities K - 3. Four Interactive Halloween Activities for the Smart board. The first game, Halloween Consonant-Vowel Sort, is really an easy game for the little ones. They have to decide if the Halloween word begins with a consonant or a vowel, and place it in the vortex. The second game is a Halloween Word Guess, a game similar to Hangman. The third game is A Halloween Sequence, where they have to put the events of Halloween in chronological order. The last game is a Multiple choice Halloween Fun Fact Quiz. Games are made with SMART Notebook software. -HappyEdugator

Halloween Quiz. This simple and fun quiz about Halloween will test your students knowledge of some basic Halloween vocabulary and traditions. Students can fill in the blanks from the word bank. Pair and share, write a story with the words from the word bank, and color the Jack O Lantern afterwards. You can also cut out the word bank if you wish, and make a game for kids to "win" it! Included are word bank cards, a monster for early finishers to color, a key and a reward cut out for completing it correctly! - HappyEdugator

Earth Day Word Problems - Multiple Operations. 15 word problems related to Earth Day for your students to solve. Includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. Some are two step problems. Encourages critical thinking and application of basic math skills. Supports common core! Problems can also be cut out and used as task cards. - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems - For Thanksgiving, Ten Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems. Students can use these festive templates to write an acrostic poem using the letters in several words that are related to Thanksgiving. Lower grades can write one word answers, upper level students can write phrases or sentences. Adjustable for your grade level. Great for differentiation. Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!