Back to School Words of Wisdom Handout. Use at Open House! Beginning of the year inspirational quotes. Give this handout of important life lessons to your students on the first day of school, to parents and students at back to school parent night or open house, or use it as a send off for the end of the year. Twenty-one important thoughts and inspirational quotes about how to live life to the fullest. A good character building tool to foster respect and responsibility. Parents will enjoy it on parent night as well. You can also use it during parent conferences to start off with a positive note. You can also have students select a quote to write about as a beginning of the year writing activity. - HappyEdugator

Beginning of the Year - Open House Sign in Sheet for your back to school night or parent night information. A quick sign in sheet for the most important information- student and parent names, phone number and email. Other information is usually available through the office, so this is just a quick contact sheet so you can have a quick reference ready for back to school. Apple and Owl theme. Color and black and white sheet. - HappyEdugator

Back to School Parent Letter from Reading Teacher. Give out at Open House, on the first day of school, Back to School Night, or Parent Night. An editable letter to middle school parents for back to school from a reading teacher, encouraging parents to participate in helping their children enjoy reading, and offers parents tips and ideas on how they can help. May be used for upper elementary asa well. Just fill in date, your name, and your contact information, and sign it. Ready to go with great tips for parents. 2 pages - Happyedugator

School Bus Safety Handouts. Back to School Safety Handouts. Great for back to school or school bus safety week. Beginning of the year informational handouts for parents and students about school bus safety at the bus stop, on board, and getting on and off. Good to give to parents of primary students, and useful to read over and discuss with students in upper grades. 11 pages. Goes well with my School Bus Safety PowerPoint. - HappyEdugator

Reading Log - Weekly Reading Log. Includes space to fill in Title, Author, Type/Genre, Starting Page, Ending Page, Total Pages Read, and Parent Signature line. - HappyEdugator

Open House - Parent Donation Cards and Teacher Wish List for Back to School! Put these colorful cards out for Parent Night. Ask for donations to your class with these cute cards. I have made a teacher supply request or teacher wishlist (editable for your specific needs) and a set of sixteen cards that you can print out as few of or as many of as you wish. Included are cards for: Hand sanitizer, Facial tissue, Disinfecting wipes, Pencils, Filler Paper, Pens, Markers, Glue or glue sticks, Crayons, Safety scissors, Highlighters, Mechanical pencils, Composition books, Spiral notebooks, Replacement lead, Cap erasers I have also included blank cards so you can add items desired that are not included in the list above. You can put them out on a table for parents to pick up if they want to donate to your class. If you want to be really cute, punch holes in them, tie with ribbon or yarn, and hang on a little tree or jewelry tree in your room for parents to take what they want to donate. I have also included thank you cards. Print out and attach a mint! Have a great year! - HappyEdugator

Teacher Appreciation Goody Bag - Just print these notes off, add the goodies, and pass out to your teachers, colleagues, and team members to thank them for a job well done! Great for Teacher Appreciation Week or the End of the Year! Goodies not included. :) Here is a list of what you will need: Hershey’s Kiss Snickers Pencil Paper Clip Rubber Band Lifesavers Toothpick Bubble gum Put them all in a plastic zipper bag with one of these notes. Four notes to a page. Thanks and enjoy!

OWL Writing Paper - Lined Paper - Owl Theme. Eight different owl designs, two different sizes of lines for writing at different ability levels. Students will have fun writing with some cute little owls to inspire them. - Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Synonyms. Other Ways to Say...Synonyms for Commonly Overused Words. Ten different charts you can use to help your students choose the best words when writing. These can be placed in centers, made on index card rings, or blown up into posters to hang on the wall. Lots of different ways to say common words such as said, walk, run, happy, sad, good, bad, nice, laugh, and like. Great reference tool for students to use when writing. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

If you are using a shabby chic theme, then you will love these rustic distressed wood backgrounds for your projects. You get 12 photos, shot on iPhone 6, sized 12 x 12, 300 dpi. Weathered wood, worn pallel, interesting grains, patinas, and patterns...all will make great PowerPoint backgrounds, or use as backgrounds for signs and headers for your classroom bulletin boards or scrap book. Enjoy! For commercial use and personal use.- HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

The Hunger Games Survival Challenge Smartboard Game will engage your students! FUN! INTERACTIVE! 12 Different Smart board activities! Hunger Games Directions: This is a Smartboard game for up to twelve players or teams based on the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. A scorekeeper may be needed to keep track of team scores. BEWARE Only one player can survive! Will it be you? You may choose up to 12 teams or individual players. Click on the dice to find out your district and see how many points you will start with. There can be two players from each district. If a district has already been claimed, roll again. It is not necessary to have all Districts in play for the game to continue. There will be 12 Challenges. A District will be randomly selected to complete the Challenge. You may win or lose points depending on your performance on the Challenge. The INDIVIDUAL with the most points at the end wins. The password for editing purposes is hunger, in case you wish to change the game. I have the password set up so students can't change it. Some teachers may wish to vary the game and play the challenges as separate games instead of playing the game with all 12 challenges for a victor. You may adapt how you play it for your class. Just move through the slides and have loads of fun! 25 slides in all. This activity can also be used in math for the practice of adding and subtracting points. - HappyEdugator

Bell Ringers - Common Core - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. Two slides with strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the underlined word. They are given four multiple choice answers. Each slide has an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. After they check, they are directed to write the word, their own definition of the word, and to create a sentence using the word. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. - HappyEdugator

Bell Ringers - Common Core - Expository Writing Prompts. Thirty writing prompts based on famous quotations. There are five quotes for each theme of six themes: Success, Inspiration, Self-reliance, Happiness, and Relationships. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. Editable for your classroom needs. - HappyEdugator

Bell Ringers - Common Core - Conventions. ELA Test Prep. Thirty ways to practice spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build writing skill using conventions. Some of the words on the spelling slides are deliberately spelled incorrectly for students to distinguish between correct and incorrect spelling. Includes a couple of slides with information on what conventions are and why they are important. Each slide has an activity and an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. - HappyEdugator

Bell Ringers Bundle - Full Year - Common Core! This is a bundled set of my ELA Common Core Daily Warm Ups on Sentence Editing, Figurative Language, Sentence Structure (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences), Expository Writing Prompts, Context Clues, and Conventions. Engaging slides with colorful photographs will keep your students learning all year long! Each set has several slides which review the skill. These provide great mini lessons on core standards! Includes the following sets: Bell Ringers - Common Core - Context Clues Bell Ringers - Common Core - Figurative Language Bell Ringers - Common Core - Expository Writing Prompts Bell Ringers - Common Core - Conventions Bell Ringers - Common Core - Sentence Structure Bell Ringers - Common Core - Grammar and Usage These sets of thirty Language Arts skills practice activities are available in my store separately for $21.00, but if you buy the full year bundle you only pay $15! - HappyEdugator

Literary Terms Bundle - Grades 4 - 8. I have bundled several of my best selling literary terms products so you can save! This bundle includes: Literary Elements PowerPoint Literary Terms for Fiction Handout. LiteraryTerms for Fiction TEST Literature Terms - How Authors Engage the Reader PowerPoint Literary Terms Interactive PowerPoint Literary Terms 2 Interactive PowerPoint Blank Plot Diagram Story Plot Map Story Elements Think Tac Toe All of thes items are available separately for $15.25, but if you buy the bundle, you will save $3.25! It will also be half price for the first 48 hours! Buy the bundle for your best deal! - HappyEdugator

Christmas BUNDLE - Christmas activities for grades 4 - 8. Fun! Includes 26 of my best selling Christmas products in one bundle to save you money. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator Includes these products: Christmas Homophones Handout Christmas Activity - Teaching Vocabulary with Lyrics from Jingle Bells Christmas Analogies PowerPoint Christmas Adjective Clause Worksheet Christmas Coded Words Activity Sheet Christmas Alliterations Activity Christmas Similes Activity Christmas Adverb Clauses Christmas Holiday Sensory Writing Practice Christmas - Holiday Word Scramble Christmas Luminaries Christmas Craft Christmas Pictionary and Charades Game Christmas - Holiday Word Search Christmas Puzzle Christmas Story Starters Christmas Story Starters on Decorative Lined Paper Poinsettias - Christmas Symbol PowerPoint Christmas Writing Activity - Revising the Lyrics of Christmas Songs SMARTBOARD - Figurative Language in Christmas Songs Activity The Gift of the Magi PowerPoint The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary Matching TEST The Christmas Coin Reader's Theater The Velveteen Rabbit PowerPoint Christmas Activities Christmas Activity - Writing Letters From Santa Christmas Activity - Writing Letters to Santa The Twelve Days of Christmas Gift Coupon Sheet Christmas Gift Coupons and Bookmarks Christmas Trivia Sheet Christmas - Bookmarks All of these items are available separately in my TPT store. Just click on the links above, where you can see thumbnails and preview the items. Buy the bundle of my most popular Christmas resources and save! If you bought all of these items separately, you would pay more than $51.00. Buy the bundle and pay only $20.00. Save over half off! - HappyEdugator

PowerPoint Game Templates BUNDLE. Make your own PowerPoint games kids will love! All six of my PowerPoint Game Templates! Buy the bundle and save! Includes: Danger PowerPoint Game Template 59 pages Wheel of Wealth PowerPoint Game Template 24 pages Race to the Finish PowerPoint Game Template 35 pages The Strongest Link PowerPoint Game Template 24 pages Squares PowerPoint Game Template 22 pages Who Wants to Be Rich PowerPoint Game Template 35 pages ©2014 HappyEdugator.

Thanksgiving Activities. Thanksgiving activities bundle of my most popular Thanksgiving activities. Best for grades 4 - 6, but these Thanksgiiving activities can also be adapted and used for 3 - 8. 126 pages. Includes: Thanksgiving ABC Word Wall List Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems Thanksgiving Bookmarks Set of 6 Thanksgiving Food Word Scramble Thanksgiving Maze Thanksgiving Hunting Homophones Thanksgiving Quiz Thanksgiving Reader's Theater - Gobble it Up Thanksgiving Day Song Thanksgiving - First Thanksgiving Fill-in Thanksgiving Word Scramble Thanksgiving Word Search Thanksgiving Word Wall Cards Thanksgiving Writing Thanksgiving Writing Fun - Pilgrim Comics Thanksgiving Writing - I am Thankful Sheets Thanksgiving Skit - A Joyful Harvest These activities are all available separately in my store for $28.25, but purchase the bundle and save $! :) - HappyEdugator

Phonics PowerPoint Bundle. Includes 8 PowerPoints to help students with decoding and sounding out words: Letter Sounds PowerPoint. Short a Sounding Out Words PowerPoint Short e Sounding Out Words PowerPoint Short i Sounding Out Words PowerPoint Short o Sounding Out Words PowerPoint Short u Sounding Out words PowerPoint. Word Families PowerPoint. Word Families. - HappyEdugator