I am a middle grades ELA teacher who loves teaching! One of my favorite topics to blog about is providing access to a quality education to ALL students. Thanks for stopping by!
I am a middle grades ELA teacher who loves teaching! One of my favorite topics to blog about is providing access to a quality education to ALL students. Thanks for stopping by!
My beginning and end of the year resources include a variety of resources that will keep students engaged and reflecting on their year. There is an activity (or two) for each letter of the alphabet that gives teachers the creativity to decide how and when to use each activity.
NOTE: This is a discounted, BUNDLED pack of resources! The activities included in this bundle are the same as the ones in the individual units listed below:
{End of Year A to Z Activities: 34 Activities and Memory Book}
There are so many activities to choose from. You can have students spell words and complete the activity for the word or create an end of the year countdown that uses one activity a day!
{Beginning of the Year A to Z: Activities, Minibooks, and More!}
This is an amazing beginning of the year resource pack that is LOADED with resources to kick off the school year and a strong class culture.
This craftivity is perfect for the beginning of the year to get students writing about their summer, but also has the flexible to be used in conjunction with other units. Camera template and interactive accordion book templates are EDITABLE using textboxes in PowerPoint. This resource includes:
• Teacher Guide
• Step by Step Instructions with Pictures
• Camera Template
• Camera lens and flash template
• Accordion Book templates
• 3 Planning Templates
• 3 Writing Templates
This is a great resource to help teachers save time with newsletter templates for the year! I’ve included templates that have predetermined subheadings and ones without them so that you can make your own. All you have to do it add text boxes where you want to add information. Please note that not all portions of the template are EDITABLE because of copyrights with fonts and graphics, but there is lots of flexibility!
This resource is also included in my Beginning of the Year A to Z: Activities, Minibooks, and More! resource. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT MY BEGINNING OF YEAR ACTIVITIES RESOURCE.
PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT MY BEGINNING OF YEAR ACTIVITIES RESOURCE OR BUNDLE. This is a great resource to start the year and capture lots of memories. It's a mini-book that walk students through the important things during the year. This is an awesome and interactive way for students to engage with each other and make new memories!
Included:
♦Cover Page
♦Two Page Reading on Malleable Intelligence
♦ Interactive pages
♦ Important Book EDITABLE Templates
♦ Important Lists
♦ Important Things about Classmates
This is a great resource to get students to reflect on their year and capture lots of memories. There are two different options for creating minibooks with students. Either provides an awesome and interactive way for students to engage with each other and make new memories!
Included:
✰ School Information page
✰ All About Me
✰ Personal Reflections on the Year
✰ Comparing the Year
✰ Major Accomplishments
✰ Then vs. Now
✰ Class Awards
✰ Flashback and Forward
✰ My Favorite Class
✰ Best Moments and Funny Memories
✰ The Soundtrack of My Year
✰ Current Events
✰ Autograph Pages (2)
✰ Summer Plans
✰ Cover Page
This resource is also included in my End of Year A to Z Activities: 34 Activities and Memory Book PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES RESOURCE.
This beginning of the year FREEBIE is focused on summer reflection through writing and goal setting. The watermelon templates are EDITABLE using textboxes in PowerPoint. Enjoy!
This is a fun freebie to get writing juices flowing with students. There are 24 different story starters and a few bonus goodies to assist students with Halloween themed writing. Enjoy!
This is a sample from my End of Year A to Z resource pack. It includes one activity for the letters D,E,N, O, P. If you like this resource, please check my store for more the full resource!
This is a sample from my Beginning of the Year A to Z resource pack. It includes one activity for the letters B, G, H, N. Please note there are additional resources for these letters should you decided to purchase the full unit. If you like this resource, please check out the full resource with over 100 pages.
This includes an activity (or two) for each letter of the alphabet.
Advice Column
All About Me
Alternative Ending
Buddy Biography
Buddy Bookmarks
Charm Bracelet
Comic Strips
Dear Next Year Letter
Diary of…
End of Year Poems
Facebook Page
Find a Friend Who
Gratitude Notes
Hollywood Ending
How to Survive
I AM Poem
Interview a Classmate
Kind Words
Letter to My Future Self
MEMORY BOOK
Newspaper
Overcoming Obstacles
Postcards
Portrait of the Year
Quiz about Me
Recipe for Success
Reflect and Rewind
Stay or Switch
Timeline
Trading Cards
“U” Collage
Vocabulary Bookmarks
Written Reflection of the Year
X Marks the Spot
Yearbook Pages
Zooming In
There are so many activities to choose from.
This is an amazing beginning of the year resource pack that is LOADED with resources to kick off the school year and a strong class culture. This includes an activity (or two) for each letter of the alphabet.
All Hands In
Bingo
Celebrity Interview
Connection Creation
Dreams and Aspirations
Detectives
Encouragement and Excellence
Fact or Fib
Free Throws
Goals Galore
Important Book a mini-book
Kind Words
Kind Notes
Letter to My Future Self
Mad Libs
New Year Chronicle/Get Started Gazette )
Only the Strong
Person of the Year
Questions
Reel of Summer
Save the Date
Student Dictionary
Take as Much as You Like
Unpacking Me: A Craftivity
Venn Diagram
Wanted (2 Versions)
Would You Rather Task Cards
Yearbook Pages
Z-A about the Class
There are so many activities to choose from.