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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.

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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.
Summer Word Searches - 2 levels of difficulty
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Summer Word Searches - 2 levels of difficulty

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Easier: 12 Summer words hidden in this Easy Word Search. Words can be found vertically and horizontally. NO backwards or diagonal words. Harder: 19 Summer words hidden in this Hard Word Search. Words can be found in any direction - even backwards! In full color for those that like to laminate and reuse as a center activity. Also in B&W reproducible. Answer Key included.
Winter Word Search - 2 different levels
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Winter Word Search - 2 different levels

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Easy Version: 18 Winter related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only in an all CAPS puzzle. Harder Version: 18 Winter related words hidden in this Hard Word Search. Words horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and even backwards in this all CAPS puzzle. Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse. Also in B&W reproducible.
Transportation Word Search - 2 levels of difficulty
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Transportation Word Search - 2 levels of difficulty

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Primary Version: An EASY fun, printable word search to go with your unit on Transportation. This word search has students searching for transportation items! The words themselves have clip art with them to help beginning readers. Words are vertical and horizontal only. No diagonal words. No backwards words. Easy Version: Words horizontal and vertical only in an all CAPS puzzle In full color if you like to laminate and use over and over with a vis a vis marker. Also in black line master ready for photocopying.
Zoo Word Search - 2 different levels
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Zoo Word Search - 2 different levels

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EASY version: 12 zoo animals are hidden in this puzzle - horizontally and vertically only. No backwards words. HARDER version: 18 zoo animals are hidden in this puzzle. Any direction, even backwards! Comes in full color for those that like to laminate and reuse in a center. Also comes in B&W for easy printing.
Class Book - Wants and Needs
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Class Book - Wants and Needs

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Make a class book with this cover and writing pages. Great activity to use in a center, for a substitute, or homework. Includes: 1. Color cover to print "Needs vs. Wants" 2. 2 writing pages with prompt "I want.....but I don't need it." 3. 2 blank writing pages with primary and regular lines for your own prompt.
Monster Writing Pack with Story Planning & Class Book
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Monster Writing Pack with Story Planning & Class Book

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This Monster Writing pack comes with: 1. 6 half sheets with monster B&W clip art. 2 versions with three choices of line spacing each. 2. 1 MONSTER Acrostic poem page. 3. 2 Monster Characters pages - Color and B&W. Students can name the monsters, color them in, cut out and create a story with them. 4. 2 Monster Character pages - larger B&W monsters to color and cut out. 5. 2 Character Traits printables - Color and B&W 6. 1 Story Planning Sheet - monster themed with beginning, middle and end prompts. 7. 2 Book Covers "What Are Monsters Scared Of?" in Color and B&W 8. 2 Book Covers - generic - You write your own title in Color and B&W 9. 1 Book Activity Page - "My monster's name is___. He is scared of ________ ." 10. 9 generic writing sheets - no clip art 11. Editable Physical Traits page (PPT file)
Construct a Building: Makerspace Kit
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Construct a Building: Makerspace Kit

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I have found that my elementary students need a little bit of structure and accountability during their Makerspace time in our Media Center. Thus, this kit addresses that need by giving them a structure via a Mission sheet that they guides them, gives them time limits (set by you), and assesses their group work with a rubric. They still have all the Creativity that is the cornerstone of Makerspace, but with some accountability! This Makerspace Bundle has the printables you need for a Construction Makerspace Center in which students build a structure of their choice. In a nutshell, students use the Mission Log sheet to plan and build. Then, they incorporate technology by taking and printing a picture of their creation. The student instruction handouts help them to figure out and do this independently without you needing to hold their hand. Finally, they write a review statement about their creation and post their items on the Makerspace Sharing Board or publish it in the class Makerspace Book. You will need to provide building materials whether they be commercial block kits or recycled materials. ***A lot of the printables come in an editable format so that you can make them your own depending on your environment and needs. 1. Building Center Materials list 2. Building Mission Log - This is a Step-by-Step Instruction Sheet for the students to follow at the center. It follows the Plan, Do, Review format. There are two versions that differ in the type of Review you'd like to have your students do. I've included both as a PDF and as Editable Excel documents should you need to make changes to fit your situation. 3. Information on Sharing and Publishing 4. A Class Makerspace Notebook Cover 5. I Can Statements Poster 6. Idea Starter Poster 7. iPad Printing Instruction Handout (PDF & editable versions) 8. Makerspace Rubric (PDF & editable versions) I created this rubric as a way to hold students accountable for their time. It includes the goals of: staying on task, being responsible, producing quality work, working cooperatively, and cleaning up. Again, I've included an editable Excel file should you wish to make changes.
Just Right Book Activity Sheets BUNDLE
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Just Right Book Activity Sheets BUNDLE

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This Bundle includes all of my Just Right Book Activity Sheets, Writing Papers and Bookmarks. Use for your Just Right Unit or after you read Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians, by Jackie Mims Hopkins. Great items for your Literacy Center, too! Product #1: Activity Sheets for after reading Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians. 1. Comprehension Activity Page: It asks them to draw their favorite part, identify antonyms, define the word “browse”, and answer some questions. Answer Key included. 2. Beginning, Middle, End Activity Page: Students write what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story. 3. Draw & Write Page: Students draw and write to your Teacher Prompt. Or, place this in your Literacy Center for their choice writing topic. 4. Design a Book Cover: Goldie Socks loved books! Let students design a cover of a book they would love! 5. Retell the Story Activity: Choose the puppets that work best for your kiddos. * Finger Puppets in Color & B&W * Popsicle Puppets in Color & B&W * House Setting on 8.5″ x 11″ paper in Color and B&W Product #2: Just Right Book Word Search. Comes in Color as well as B&W format. Easy – Words are only across or down. (Based on Goldie Socks and the 3 Libearians book.) Product #3: Activity Sheets and Writing Papers Activity #1: Identify an easy, hard, and Just Right book. Activity #2: A writing assignment that asks them to justify WHY a book is Just Right for them. Writing Activity: How to Choose a Just Right Book with First, Next, Then and Finally prompts. Writing Paper: The three Bears and Goldie Socks 1/2 coloring and 1/2 writing paper. Comes with 3 line variations to meet the needs of your students. Writing Paper: Goldie Socks 1/2 draw your own illustration and 1/2 writing paper. Comes with 3 line variations to meet the needs of your students. Great for your Teacher Writing Prompt in a Literacy Center! Product #4: Just Right Bookmarks: 5 Finger Rule with 3 bookmarks to a page. B&W only Just Right Book with 3 bookmarks to a page. B&W and Color Also included is a 2nd printable version where each of the above B&W versions comes with 4 bookmarks to a page that can print back to back and save paper!e looking for in a Just Right book.
Buddy Reading Center Task Cards
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Buddy Reading Center Task Cards

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These 20 Buddy Reading Task Cards cover the basic parts of a story that you would want your students to know as well as some interesting discussion starters for them. This file includes: 1. 20 Task Cards 2. Task Check Off Cards 3. Cover Cards 4. Blank Task Cards for you to add additional questions I made the Task Check Off cards real simple since the tasks require talking, not writing. You can photocopy them for one time use with pencil or print & laminate them to reuse with Vis-a-Vis markers.
Research Center Reproducible *Online Encyclopedia Version*
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Research Center Reproducible *Online Encyclopedia Version*

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Easy center idea for upper elementary students. I have used this successfully with 3rd graders in my Media Center. They LOVE being able to research a topic of THEIR choice! This reproducible gives students a structured research process for them to follow using an ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA entry. They are guided to pick a topic, ask questions about it, locate the online encyclopedia your school uses, write notes on the back, and write the bibliographic information for their article. Includes I Can statements to post at your center.
St. Patrick's Day Writing Templates & Activity Pack * Reproducibles
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St. Patrick's Day Writing Templates & Activity Pack * Reproducibles

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This St. Patrick's Day Pack includes 68 pages. There are loads of Writing Papers with St. Patrick's Day themed clip art with 3 types of writing line choices to meet your students' needs! Also: 2 Beginning, Middle, End Planning sheets with box for illustration and lines for writing each. 1 Create a Leprechaun Activity Pot of Gold writing pages in 3 line choices 2 Peek Overs - a boy and girl with several types of lined writing paper to choose from Rebus Word Searches for K/1 Bookmark Word Search for elementary. Preview PNGs give you a sample of what's in this file.
Invention Research Center Reproducible
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Invention Research Center Reproducible

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This reproducible is a print and go activity. Students choose a book about inventions to read from. They cite their source by finding the information prompted, write about some interesting facts and draw and label an invention on the back. Great for an independent activity, center, or for a substitute, too!
Happy New Year Word Search - 2 levels
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Happy New Year Word Search - 2 levels

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Get 2 Word Searches in this bundle and differentiate for the levels of students in your classroom. This pack includes 2 levels of word search to celebrate the New Year! Both come in reproducible friendly B&W that the students can color in and write their New Year's Resolution on after they finish the puzzle! #1 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically. #2 The Hard version has words in ANY direction!
Presidents' Day Word Search - 2 Levels
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Presidents' Day Word Search - 2 Levels

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Get 2 Word Searches in this bundle and differentiate for the levels of students in your classroom. This pack includes 2 levels of word search to celebrate Presidents' Day! Both come in color as well as reproducible friendly B&W that the students can color in! #1 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically. #2 The Hard version has words in ANY direction!
Martin Luther King, Jr. Word Searches - 2 Levels
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Word Searches - 2 Levels

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Get 2 Word Searches in this bundle and differentiate for the levels of students in your classroom. This pack includes 2 levels of word search to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Both come in color as well as reproducible friendly B&W that the students can color in! #1 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically. #2 The Hard version has words in ANY direction!
Groundhog Day Word Searches - 2 Levels
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Groundhog Day Word Searches - 2 Levels

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Get 2 Word Searches in this bundle and differentiate for the levels of students in your classroom. This pack includes 2 levels of word search to celebrate Groundhog Day. Both come in color as well as reproducible friendly B&W that the students can color in! #1 The Easy version has words only horizontally or vertically. #2 The Hard version has words in ANY direction!
Snowman Movie Review Writing Activity
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Snowman Movie Review Writing Activity

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This activity has students create a movie to go with one of two provided character snowmen or a snowman of their own design. They fill in the movie title and write a short review that includes the characters and the plot - without giving away the ending! They must also convince the audience whether they should go see it or not by giving a specific example to support their opinion. Includes: 1 instruction Sheet 2 reproducible sheets with different snowmen characters 1 blank reproducible for the students to make their own themed movie review
Snowman Writing Paper & Activities
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Snowman Writing Paper & Activities

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Here are 16 snowman themed papers to add to your Writing Center. This Writing Paper Pack for elementary students includes: 1 Acrostic Poem page with Snowman in the background. 3 different How To Build a Snowman activity page choices. 6 half sheets with B&W clip art with snowman - 2 styles in 3 choices of lines each. 6 half and full lined pages with snowman and snowflake borders.
Snowman Bookmarks
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Snowman Bookmarks

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Lots of Snowman Bookmarks in Color and B&W reproducible! Spread the love of reading!! These feature a Poem called “I’m a Little Snowman” Poem: “I’m a little snowman, round and fat. Here are my mittens, here is my hat. When the sun comes out I melt away. See you next year on a snowy day.” ~Author Unknown~