I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
4 Biography Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
I've made two versions so that you can differentiate based on your students' abilities.
Version 1, for older students, has smaller lines and more information required.
Version 2 for lower elementary students has larger lines and less information required.
Both of these also have a no line version.
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
This State Poster Activity Sheet is 8.5" x 11"
It asks for the following information:
1. name of the state
2. color the state
3. abbreviation
4. nickname
5. capital
6. population
7. major cities
8. state symbols: flower, bird, tree
9. draw 1 symbol
10. draw flag
11. interesting facts
12. sources
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
I like to play Book Care BINGO with my Kindergarten classes after we learn the Book Care Rules. I have found that pairing them up on a card works best because many of them have never played Bingo before.
In this set, you will find Calling Cards to cut out and use and 16 different Bingo cards.
You will need to cut some squares out of construction paper to use as Bingo chips.
We have a lot of fun with this game and stickers are a perfect prize for the winning pairs.
This is for a lesson plan to go with Wordle.net or any word cloud making website. I have used this successfully with 3rd-5th graders.
This lesson includes skills like typing into MS Word, saving, copy/pasting words, and printing by saving as a doPDF. (For the older students I go a step farther and teach them how to email it to themselves.)
This packet includes:
1. Lesson Outline.
2. Word Cloud Reproducible
3. Sample Word Cloud
These activity sheets are great to review Story Elements after animal-themed stories!
Please note that these are 8.5" x 14" Legal-Sized Poster Activity Sheets!
Animal-themes included in this packet:
1. Zoo
2. Farm
3. Forest
4. Arctic
5. Ocean
Students write or draw in each box based on their abilities. Then, they color and decorate the poster.
Great for displaying on a bulletin board or putting out for Open House!
My students have loved the larger sheets of paper for activities and I'm sure yours will too!
Easy research center idea for elementary students. I have used this successfully with students in my Media Center. They LOVE being able to research a topic of THEIR choice!
This research center reproducible gives students a structured research process for them to follow using a NONFICTION BOOK of their choice.
They are guided to pick a topic, ask questions about it, locate the book, write notes on the back, and even cite their source by writing the bibliographic information for the book they used.
Includes I Can statements to post at your Research Center.
This is a Newsletter Template that I made for my Media Center, but is editable for any teacher. (PowerPoint file).
You can add your own text and change the font to your liking.
The elementary children clip art and lines are not editable.
Have your students write to your Groundhog Day writing prompts with these themed writing papers. Or, place copies of these at your Literacy Center for students to write on their own topic of choice!
Groundhog Day Writing Paper in 2 designs with 3 types of writing lines for each design.
Includes 6 pages:
Happy Groundhog in 3 writing line options
Grumpy Groundhog in 3 writing line options.
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.
Here is a fun poster for students to share a good book they’ve read recently.
This 8.5" x 11" Soar Into a Good Book! poster comes with space for the student’s rating (using the sun’s rays), profile pic, title and author of book, recommendation, and space for an illustration and sentence detailing their favorite scene in the book.
Just Print and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.
Use these Apple Themed Incentive Charts to mark reading or behavior progress with individual students, groups or classes. Use stamps, stickers or even your initials to mark off the squares.
Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
This includes multiple chart designs in Full Color, Less Color and Classic Border.
Bonus: I’ve also included 3 Variety pages to make it easier for you to print.
Please see the Preview for what is included. 14 pages total.
Here are 4+ Activity Sheets to use after reading A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting.
1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw their favorite part, write their favorite Thanksgiving foods, define the word “bellow”, answer some questions, and write about their favorite holiday memory on the back. An Answer Key is included for this sheet.
2. Compare and Contrast- This page asks students to compare and contrast a real moose to a make believe moose.
3. 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
4. Bonus Research a Moose Page - Students are asked to research about moose.
** See the Preview for all the pages included.
Here is a fun poster for students to share a good book they’ve read recently.
This 8.5" x 11" Pop Into a Good Book! poster comes with space for the student’s rating (using popcorn kernels), title and author of book, recommendation, and space for an illustration and sentence detailing their favorite scene in the book. Students then color in the poster to finish it off!
Just Print and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.
This bundle includes my Snowman and Snowflake Incentive Charts. Use them to mark reading or behavior progress with individual students, groups or classes. Use stamps, stickers or even your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
Use these Fall Themed Incentive Charts to mark reading or behavior progress with individual students, groups or classes. Use stamps, stickers or even your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
Please see the Preview. This includes 4 Fall themed Products: Apple, Fall, Sunflower and Pumpkin.
**Reindeer Activity Sheet to make words Great Literacy Center or sponge activity! **Also, makes a great addition to your substitute file!
Three different activity sheets – pick the version you want your students to use!
In this Spy-A-Word activity, students make words out of the letters in “Reindeer”. They cut out the letters to form words. Then, they write the words in the blanks and color the page.
Includes:
3 Different Activity Sheets to choose from
“I Can” Sign for Center
Cut out letters in upper and lowercase
Answer Key showing possible words that can be made with these letters.
Making their own words is a great center activity!
Spy-A-Word Winter Bundle
Students cut out the letters and form words.
They write the words on the blanks and color the page.
Includes:
Snowman
Gingerbread Man
Santa’s Elves
Reindeer
Merry Christmas
Happy Hanukkah
Happy New Year
Great Center Activity!
Happy Hanukkah Activity Sheets for your word work center. Great Literacy Center or sponge activity! Also, makes a great addition to your substitute file!
Three different activity sheets – pick the version you want your students to use!
In this Spy-A-Word activity, students make words out of the letters in “Happy Hanukkah”. They cut out the letters to form words. Then, they write the words in the blanks and color the page.
Includes:
3 Different Activity Sheets to choose from
“I Can” Sign for Center
Cut out letters in upper and lowercase
Answer Key showing possible words that can be made with these letters.
Making their own words is a great center activity!
Use these Happy New Year! Incentive Charts to mark reading or behavior progress with individual students, groups or classes. Use stamps, stickers or even your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
Please see the Preview. This includes 3 charts with and without a background color and B&W.
Use these Happy New Year! Incentive Charts to mark reading or behavior progress with individual students, groups or classes. Use stamps, stickers or even your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.