This is an awesome list of November words to use as a springboard for writing in November. These words will aid in narrative, informative, and argumentative writing as well as poetry! This word bank is comprehensive of the many words that come to mind during the month of November and are sure to get your students' creative juices flowing! There are approximately 50-55 words that spur your students' brains for all kinds of writing-- narrative, expository, argumentative, etc. Use this November word bank for writing, ABC order, poetry, etc. It's uses are only limited by your imagination!This sheet can be given to each student to place in his/her Writer’s Notebook!

Here is an October word bank that will completely come in handy for a Writer's Notebook. This word bank is comprehensive of the many words that come to mind during the month of October and are sure to get your students' creative juices flowing! There are approximately 20-25 words that spur your students' brains for all kinds of writing-- narrative, expository, argumentative, etc. Use this October word bank for writing, ABC order, poetry, etc. It's uses are only limited by your imagination!

How many of us have great intentions when it comes to placing on our "To-Do" list making a positive call, email, text, etc. to one of our students' parents to communicate with them something great their child has achieved. While we have great intentions, all too often, it "slips to the back burner" and doesn't happen as often as it should. Use this resource to make sure this happens, and use it as a tool to make sure that within a given amount of time most all of your students have received that magic "bellsouth" call expressing something that everyone can be proud of... we know that many times the not-so-positive phone call, email, text, etc is received so much better and more positive when a positive piece of news has been shared as well along the way. Use this log to keep track of your communication as well as a tool to utilize at parent conferences-- great tool to begin the year with not to mention how much students will love your efforts!

What child does not love sock monkeys? This resource is a set of seven classroom rules with a sock money theme! You may only want to use four or five of the rules or change the rules out to suit the needs of your classroom and the challenges that it presents!

You will not want to miss this resource! In this packet you will find five different templates for opinion/argumentative writing. The templates are themed with candy bars to include: Snickers, Reeces, Almond Joy, Twix, and Butterfinger. Using the templates, students are able to form their opinion of one of the candy bars. Next, they give the first reason for their opinion. Then, they give an example. Next, they state their second reason for forming their opinion and give another example. Finally, they formulate a third reason for their opinion complete with an example. Then, finally, they are to write a final opinion statement. Students are sure to be completely engaged with such an awesome topic. What child does not like any of these chocolate bars… not to mention what teacher wouldn’t enjoy teaching opinion/argumentative writing with such a scrumptious topic.

This is an awesome packet to utilize to teach opinion writing in grades, three, four, and five. This packet contains seven different sources which all have critical information in trying to formulate an opinion in whether one should buy an artificial tree or a real tree during this Christmas season. Five of the sources are articles from the web and include the following titles: (1) Real of Plastic: Many Consumers Will Be Asking Themselves That Question This Season; (2) It’s Environmentally and Traditionally Wrong to Buy and Use Plastic Products to Celebrate Christmas… Here’s Why?; (3) Dear Earth Talk: What’s Better for the Environment, a Fake or Real Christmas Tree?; (4) Buy a Real Christmas Tree and Support Our Economy?; and (5) Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees: Which is Better for the Environment? Next, there are two other sources which are graphs/charts and include: (1) China Tops in Fake Christmas Trees and (2) Tree Purchases (in millions). Students can critically read each of these sources to help them formulate an opinion. Upon much discussion and examination of each of the seven sources, students then can complete one of the two graphic organizers provided to frame their opinion writing. Both organizers allow the students to provide an opinion based on what they have read. Additionally, they are asked to give reasons and evidence for their opinion. These organizers pave the way for the writing of the opinion piece asked for in CCSS: (W.3.a,b,c,d) (W.4.a,b,c,d) and (W.5.a,b,c,d).

Show your students there is more than one way to express their words in poetry! In this packet, you will find eight mini posters each featuring a form of poetry to use when teaching each instructional format. Each poster also has an example of the type of poem explained. Students are sure to love writing these forms of poetry about their favorite topics. As well, this could be converted into a Christmas poetry unit utilizing the awesome Christmas scenes as springboards for brainstorming. Forms of poetry included are: limericks, diamantes, cinquains, haikus, couplets, acrostics, shapes, and free verse.

This product is a collection of teaching and learning activities for grades second through fifth on the topic of scarecrows. What a better theme than scarecrows for fall learning! This unit includes scarecrow humor, poetry writing with scarecrows, opinion/argumentative writing, informative writing and sequencing in a "how to" piece of writing, designing and publishing a mini-book from "how-to" work to share with younger children orally, categorizing the history of scarecrows, conducting research skills with scarecrows to determine potential problems with the different designs, and reading and comprehending informational text passages in regards to the history of scarecrows! What an awesome fall learning experience for your students during this favorite time of the school year!

You surely do not want to miss this resource! This packet is 32 pages long and focuses on argumentative/persuasive writing. The students conduct research on the different types of Christmas lights and how to “elegantly” decorate their tree using the appropriate lights. After conducting research and reading articles which are provided including the source, the students develop a “hook” statement that will allow the readers to want to read more to determine the best decision to make in terms of buying and decorating with the proper Christmas lights. Next, after developing the “hook” statement, students utilize a graphic organizer that is provided, and develop their claim and actually state it. The next part of the graphic organizer allows the students to state three reasons why their claims is the best decision to make. As well, after stating and writing each particular reason, there is also a space on the graphic organizer for students to write their evidence in the form of a sentence that supports their specific reason for the claim. Finally, at the end of the graphic organizer, the students are to provide a concluding sentence for their claim. Students will enjoy this particular activity so much during the holiday season; you can’t go wrong with this teaching and learning activity!

Are you working on trying to reinforce nouns, adjectives, facts versus opinion phrases, and synonyms? Is it necessary in your classroom to scaffold instruction in terms of rigor level? If so, this packet is for you and your classroom. This packet contains ten absolutely gorgeous fall scenes from which students can create cinquains. After each fall scene is cinquain pattern one, two, or three. Pattern one tends to be less difficult, patten two follows a parts of speech pattern, while pattern three focuses on syllables. This poetry packet on cinquains is great for whole group instruction, small group instruction, as well as in a poetry center. Students will be very proud of their poetry they create. Upon completion, publish a book of cinquains for fall. The beautiful, fall scences serve as a springboard students’ thinking and constructing. Students might also take the opportunity to recite their poetry to the class and focus on their speaking and listening skills!

You are sure to love this product! This is a packet of six reinforcement menus with a fall candy corn background to serve as a reward for great behavior. Oftentimes, in terms of universal screening for behavior, there are students who need more reinforcement than others. This product is ideal for those students who are on Tier II for behavior as well as those students who just need that extra “booster shot” in terms of working on his/her behavior and making great choices! The reinforcement menus relate to different areas such as academic activities, helping roles, praise/recognition, prizes/ rewards/privileges, and recreation. Your students are certain to work hard to be able to pick from one of these menus! This is a great product for Response to Intervention as well as reinforcing established behavior contracts!

You will not want to miss this packet of informational text articles to use with your students in the classroom! This is a bundle of four fall articles that range from 450-650 words. Each article has illustrations and captions to further explain the text. At the conclusion of each article, there is a six question formative assessment to get a snapshot of students vocabulary and comprehension skills. The following articles are contained in this packet: (1) Visiting An Apple Orchard: A Fun Fall Activity! (2) The Origins of Carving a Jack-O-Lantern (3) Bobbing for Apples: A Fall Fun Favorite! (4) Fall Fun: Wind Your Way Through the Corn Mazes!

What child does not love sock monkeys? This resource is a set of seven classroom rules with a sock money theme! You may only want to use four or five of the rules or change the rules out to suit the needs of your classroom and the challenges that it presents!

This resource packet will serve one well all year. Enclosed you will find each day of the week in uniquely different designs. These can be used for many different activities such as: learning the days of the week, understanding the order of the days of the week, and working with a big group with the calendar. These day of the week plates might also be used in a writing center in learning to write each day of the week. Finally, these day plates might be helpful in a literacy center in learning how the calendar works!

For all of you beach, ocean, and fish lovers out there getting ready to start back to school, this resource is a set of thirty name plates that can be utilized for each student that follow an fish, ocean, and beach theme! Brighten your classroom with these versatile name plates that will make each one of your students feel special and important. Each name plate can be laminated to each students’ desks and lockers. They can also be used to personalize announcements and schedules! Have an awesome school year!

This set of slides contains over 200 festive Christmas lights that can be used for a multitude of reasons! There are over six different colors in the packet. They can be used to help headline the different bulletin board statements such as: (1) Let Your Light Shine Brightly!; (2) We All Shine Bright in English Class; (3) Let Your Light Shine Before Men; (4) In This Class, We Light Up Our Lives; (5) I Shine When I Am Kind; (6) Bright Students Light Up Our Classroom; (7) Our Work Shines Bright… and many, many more! These lights might also be used in December to showcase “bright” work. As well, these Christmas lights can be utilized to manage center rotation and classroom management during the month of December!

For all of you sock monkey lovers out there getting ready to start back to school, this resource is a set of approximately ninety student name plates that can be utilized for each student that follow a sock monkey theme! Brighten your classroom with these versatile name plates that will make each one of your students feel special and important. Each name plate can be laminated to each students’ desks and lockers. They can also be used to personalize announcements and schedules! Have an awesome school year!

It’s the 100th day of school! In this resource, students are given $100.00 to spend with sample ad circulars. As well, there are two shopping lists provided in the packet. Students use the following ads and prepare their budget! Students are asked: "What do you think that you need to purchase on the 100th day of school? You have $100.00 to spend and you may not go over your budget! Make your list on the shopping list given to you by your teacher. Make sure that you get the most for your money! Show your work on your notebook paper!" Students will enjoy making their list, adding up their products, and doing their best not to go over $100.00.

For all of you owl lovers out there getting ready to start back to school, this resource is a set of approximately fifty name plates that can be utilized for each student that follow an owl theme! Brighten your classroom with these versatile name plates that will make each one of your students feel special and important. Each name plate can be laminated to each students’ desks and lockers. They can also be used to personalize announcements and schedules! Have an awesome school year!

This resource packet is a must for heading back to school. It’s uses are multiple! The first fifteen slides are for each child in your classroom to celebrate his or her uniqueness as he/she comes back to school to get started with a new school year. Students are able to draw a portrait of themselves in the middle oval of the crayon template and then write a message about themselves somewhere on the crayon! Finally, they can color the entire crayon template for an awesome bulletin board to begin the year with a community of learners! Next, there are six slides of colored crayons that can be used for class name tags, a classroom door, desk plates, or a class bulletin board. The final six slides are templates of boxes of colors that can be utilized for the same purposes! Begin the year with a colorful theme! The students will love it!