Here is a Ready to Go Guided Research project for Black History Month. Answer questions about the month and research any person on this 8.5" x 11" activity sheet for Black History Month. There are 3 variations. One for US, one for UK, and one for Canada. **It asks the students to: ** Sketch a person of their choice. Identify what month they celebrate in their country. Math question: Figure out how many years it has been celebrated in their country. List their 3 Important Facts. Fast Facts Box. Identify an important achievement. Describe their person. Find and write a Famous Quote. Write their Sources. Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out. Great for a literacy center!

Here are 6 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Elves and the Shoemaker to your students. (The story is not included, but the questions should work for any Brothers Grimm retelling. I used the version that was retold from the Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Jim LaMarche in my classroom.) 1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. 2. Writing - This page asks students why they think the elves helped the shoemaker. It also asks them what they think might have happened to the elves after they left the shoemaker. 3. Design a Shoe - Students are asked to invent a shoe and describe it. **4. Story Maps **- 3 Story Maps to choose from. a. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end b. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, moral of the story c. characters, setting, problem, solution

Here are 7 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Velveteen Rabbit to your students. 1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. 2. Writing - This page asks students to illustrate and write about their favorite toy. 3. Compare & Contrast the Velveteen Rabbit with real rabbits. 4. Compare & Contrast Old Fashioned Toys with Modern Toys. 5. 3 Story Maps to choose from.

Here are ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research Dinosaurs. Includes 4 Versions: Letter size 8.5" x 11" with and without Source box. Legal size 8.5" x 14" with and without Source box. Please note: Minor variations in content occur between the versions do to space constraints. The legal size allows for more research due to its larger size. Please see the Preview for all four page versions. Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

**Here are ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research Ocean animals. Includes posters for the following animals: swordfish, squid, sharks, seahorses, parrotfish, octopuses, killer whales, jellyfish, eels, dolphins, crabs and clownfish. ** *Also includes 3 Generic Sheets to use with any additional animal you may think of. * Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" ** ** Includes 4 Versions (14 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. **Information asked for: ** What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

This story planning sheet encourages students to write and/or draw the beginning, middle and end of their story. I have used this successfully with K-4th grade students. Students with special needs are able to draw their ideas while I circulate. They can then dictate their sentence when I sit with them.

You are purchasing 2 figurative language games ready to print. These are a fun way to reinforce the literary device concepts and vocabulary! Perfect for a Center activity since it is self-checking! Game #1: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole Game #2: puns, alliteration, idiom, onomatopoeia For each game, there are 8 game cards for each concept, 32 total. Each card has a color graphic on it that matches a box on the Answer Board. After a student states which literary device is being used, he places it on the Answer Board on top of the matching clip art. If the answer was correct, he gets to color in a square on the reproducible Game Board. Play goes back and forth until one student gets 4 In a Row colored. It's easy to do variations of the game just like BINGO. Players can agree that they will get 5 in a row, or 4 in the shape of a stamp to win. You will want to print these games ahead of time as a bit of preparation is needed. You will have to cut out the game cards and glue the 3 page answer board together. You can photocopy the game board or mount it on construction paper and laminate it to use with vis a vis markers over and over again.

15 Pets hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only. Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse. Also in B&W reproducible for coloring. Includes Answer Key. Check out the bundle to get both the easy and the harder version if you need to differentiate within your classroom.

Here are 21 ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research characters from Greek Mythology. Includes posters for the following: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Odysseus, Pandora, Persephone, Poseidon, Rhea and Zeus. Also includes is a Plain, Generic Activity Sheet if you have another character of interest. Greek Mythology Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Information asked for: God/Goddess of… Famous for… Family Interesting Tidbits Character Traits Lessons Learned Physical Characteristics Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to African animals. Includes posters for these African animals: Aardvark, Crocodile, Elephant, Gazelle, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Hyena, Lion, Meerkat, Ostrich, Rhinoceros and Zebra. It also includes 2 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals. Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Includes 4 Versions (14 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

This Friendly Letter Graphic Organizer and templates come in a basic PowerPoint file ready for your personal touches. This will save you some time setting up a template. You can simply customize it to your preferences based on the season or typeface of your choice. * The clip art included is from the public domain.

11 Back to School related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only in an all CAPS puzzle. Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse. Also in B&W reproducible.

3 Storyboard Templates to meet the needs of your individual students. Same basic design on each storyboard, but each has different number of lines. One storyboard has just 2 large lines with larger boxes to draw in.

I have used Stop Motion animation with my Kindergarten and 1st graders over the past few years in the Media Center. In this presentation, you will find step-by-step directions on how to teach your students how to use an iPad and the iMotion HD app to create stop motion animation movies. I share how to make this work and the tips I learned along the way - from planning to presenting so that you can hit the ground running. 15 slides

Have your students write Acrostic or Haiku poetry with these Spring Earth Day themed poetry activity sheets. Great for your Writing and Literacy Centers, Early Finishers and Substitute packets. A generic sheet for each type of poetry is included to expand the possibilities! Includes 5 pages: EARTH DAY Acrostic RECYCLING Acrostic Choose a Topic Earth Day Acrostic Recycle Haiku Earth Day Haiku Permission for Clip Art Usage per Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T

This is a Hard Earth Day Word Search. Words are in vertical and horizontal (frontwards and backwards). They are also diagonal from the left down to the right only in an all uppercase puzzle. Words include: April, air, bags, cans, glass, reuse, clean, trees, paper, water, plants, protect, energy, plastic, trash, recycle, habitat, planet, bottles, reduce, Earth Day, resources, pollution, conserve and compost. Includes: ☑ Color version ☑ Print-friendly B&W version ☑ Answer Key

A fun, printable, difficult word search to go with Character Traits. The words are hidden vertically, horizontally, diagonally, and backwards! Words include: responsibility, self-discipline, caring, respectful, fairness, trustworthy, perseverance, patience, citizenship, resourceful, honest, manners, compassion, courage, reliable and kindness. Includes: Color version Print-friendly B&W version Answer Key

2 Parts of a Book Word Searches. 1. Harder Version: Words are vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. No words are backwards. 2. Easier Version: Parts of a Book words hidden in this Easy Word Search. Words can be found vertically and horizontally. NO backwards or diagonal words.

Spring is a great time to try out a new or good book! Have your students choose a new genre, author, or series and write a review on the book they read. This 8.5" x 11" poster comes with 2 different titles for you to choose from “Spring Into a New Book!” and “Spring Into a Good Book!” It has space for the student’s rating, profile pic, title and author of book, recommendation, and a space for an illustration and sentence detailing their favorite scene in the book.

This bundle has both the Easy and the Hard version of this Growth Mindset word search if you need to differentiate within your classroom. 14 Growth Mindset related words hidden in these puzzles. Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse. Also in B&W reproducible for coloring. Includes Answer Key. **Bonus File Included with this Bundle!!! Make Your Growth Mindset Search! Comes in both color and printer friendly B&W.