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.
Have your students write to your St. Patrick’s Day prompts with these leprechaun, pot of gold, and four leaf clover themed writing papers. Or, place copies of these at your Literacy Center for students to write on their own topic of choice!
Available in 3 different writing line options to meet the needs of your students.
Includes 5 designs in BOTH Color and B&W:
male leprechaun design
female leprechaun design
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
hat and clover
four leaf clover
Click on the Preview button to see the whole file before you purchase. Lots of choices!
Permission for Clip Art Usage per
Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T
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 some Activity Sheets to use after reading Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano: a Comprehension Sheet, 2 Story Maps, an Easy Word Search and multiple Compare and Contrast activities. **Just Print and Go! Great for your Substitute file.
Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. Answer Key is included.
It asks students to: *draw their favorite part *write some onomatopoeia words * define the word “disguise” *and answer some questions.
Venn Diagram – Students Compare and Contrast turkeys to the other farm animals on these sheets: cow, pig, rooster, sheep and horse. And, one Generic Page they can input whatever they want.
Story Map #1 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story.
Story Map #2 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.
Easy Word Search - Words only across and down. Comes in Color and B&W reproducible. Answer Key included.
Great option to leave for a substitute along with the book!
Simply Print & Go!
Celebrate Halloween or any time of year with these cute Werewolf Reading Bookmarks with hole marked to punch and add your decorative string.
4 Pages of Bookmarks
Page 1: “Read with me!”
Page 2: “This is where I stopped reading.”
Page 3: “Time to READ”
Page 4: “Read more BOOKS!”
Bookmarks come 4 to a page with Full Color as well as B&W options. Students love to color their own, and it’s economical to photocopy them!
Permission for Clip Art Usage per
Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T
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.
This bundle has both the Easy and the Hard version of this Titanic word search if you need to differentiate within your classroom.
15 Titanic 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 Product!! Make Your Own Titanic Word Search! Comes in both color and printer friendly B&W.
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 6 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The HALLO-WiENER, by Dav Pilkey, to your students. (Book not included.)
1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. B&W reproducible. Answer Key included.
2. Story Map #1 - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story.
3. Story Map #2 - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.
4. Design a Costume Activity Sheet - Students design and write about a costume they would like to wear. B&W
Bonus Roll and Talk Activities!
1. Roll and Talk - Option #1 is basic story element questions. In groups, students roll a die and answer the question on this sheet that goes with that number. In Color and B&W.
2. Roll and Talk - Option #2 has other kinds of questions. In groups, students roll a die and answer the question on this sheet that goes with that number. In Color and B&W.
Great activities to Print and Go or for a Substitute!
Use these Thanksgiving Turkey Themed Incentive Reward Charts, in 12, 16 and 25 grid options, to mark reading or behavior progress with individual students, groups or classes this Fall. Easy to differentiate for students. Use stamps, stickers or even your initials to mark off the squares. Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
**Three Versions (12, 16 and 25 Box Choices!) with multiple color options included for each:
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4 Different Pages with same design, but different back ground color each.
1 Full Color Variety Pages - with 1 of each color chart.
1 Less Color Page (no background color)
1 B&W reproducible page
Use these Circus Tent 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 charts. This includes the same basic chart with glitter blue, matte blue and white backgrounds. I’ve also included an additional chart in B&W for those who wish to conserve ink. Let your child color it in!
Use these Clown 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 charts. This includes the same basic chart with striped and white backgrounds. I’ve also included an additional chart in B&W for those who wish to conserve ink. Let your child color it in!
Here are some Ocean themed reading incentive bookmarks both in color and B&W.
They have a grid of 12 boxes for students and/or parents to check off progress on their reading goal.
Here are some Space themed reading incentive reward bookmarks both in color and Black and White reproducible. Includes 3 Designs: an alien spacecraft, the planets, and a rocket ship!
They have a grid of 12 boxes for students and/or parents to check off progress on their reading goal.
**Includes:
*** 3 Designs in Color
3 Designs in B&W
4 bookmarks to a page
Easy to differentiate Winter Snowman Writing Papers in Color and Black and White reproducible. 3 Snowman Designs and 1 Snowflake design with 3 Writing Line Options each!
Have your students write to your Snowman and Winter prompts with these Snowman-themed writing papers. Or, place copies of these at your Literacy Center for students to write on their topic of choice!
Includes 21 pages:
1st Snowman Design in 3 writing line options
2nd Snowman Design in 3 writing line options.
3rd Snowman Design in 3 writing line options.
Generic Snowflakes in 3 writing line options.
Permission for Clip Art Usage per
Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T
This bundle has both the Easy and the Hard version of this Valentine’s Day word search if you need to differentiate within your classroom.
15 Valentine’s Day related words hidden in each of these puzzles.
Easy version has words hidden horizontally and vertically only.
Hard version has words hidden in any direction - including backwards!
Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible for coloring. Includes Answer Key.
These Bio Poem pages will be useful in your class study of Jonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, or your Apple Unit. Great poetry activity for Fall literacy centers. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process.
Page 1: Graphic Organizer for students to brainstorm ideas about Johnny. They are asked to write adjectives that describe Johnny, what he enjoys, feels, wonders, fears, cares about, is able to do and what he dreams.
Page 2: Draft page. This page starts each line of the bio poem. Students fill in each line and then do a spell check with each other and you.
Page 3: This is a Final Draft Writing Page. Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
Pages 4 & 5: Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.
Use these printable Reindeer and Snowy Pine Tree Sticker Reward Charts to mark reading or behavior progress. Easy to differentiate for your students with several choices of grids: 12, 16 and 25 box grids. Great to use with individual students, groups or even whole classes. Use stamps, stickers or simply your initials to mark off the squares.
Charts are 4x5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
See Thumbnails for the pages you will get.
Three Versions (12, 16 and 25 Box Choices!) with multiple color options included for each:
4 Full Color pages - with 4 different color charts to the page for each box choice.
3 Variety Full Color pages. (12, 16, and 25 box choices)
3 “Less Color” page. This one has no background color to save on ink. It has 4 of the same sticker chart on the page. (12, 16, and 25 box choices)
3 B&W page for easy photocopying and students can color. (12, 16, and 25 box choices)
Bonus B&W reindeer in background
These Spring Gardening themed Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition this Spring. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
Pictures currently in this Gardening set include:
watering can with seedlings
gloves
hat
pruning shears
wheelbarrow
basket
hose
compost
pot
mini rake and trowel
shovel and rake
garden gnome
These Fall themed Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
Choose between 2 VERSIONS of these Dot Dauber pages.
Version #1 - LOTS of Dots in this Compact Version. 11 pages
Version #2 - Less Dotty. 11 pages
Pictures currently in this Fall/Autumn set include:
apple
pie
acorn
squirrel
pumpkin
scarecrow
crow
tree
school
wheelbarrow
leaves
7 Christmas Mazes *Print and Go! Need something to keep your students busy? These make a great “Print and Go” warm-up, center or filler activity. This maze is for students looking for a challenge!
Includes: Christmas bell, ornament, Santa, tree, candy cane, present and stocking.
My preferred use for activities like this is to put them on colored construction paper and laminate. Students use vis-a-vis markers to complete and then wipe off. Once laminated, they are easy to pull out for a center every year!