Are you ready to get your students super excited about writing? With this product added to your writing activities you’ll get your students pumped up about writing lines and letters of the alphabet. Handwriting Patterns – Lines and Letters is a set of pre-writing posters, cards, mats and worksheets that help students to practice the writing patterns needed to form the letters of alphabet correctly. This set encourages students to start drawing different type of lines - the first step in pencil control and enhances both motor planning and fine motor skills. Included in this set are varying handwriting line formats for differentiated practice, letter and word mats, posters and alphabet cards. —❀❀❀—Handwriting Pattern Mats and Worksheets - The Handwriting Pattern Mats contain tracing lines for multiple practice opportunities. The patterns include: straight, horizontal, diagonal, zig zag, curved, wavy, castle top and lots more! Each mat also hast check boxes for students to keep their posture and hand grip in check! —❀❀❀—Letter Characteristics Posters -These posters depict both the UPPERCASE and lowercase letters of the alphabet according to these characteristics: Straight letters Tall letters Short letters Donut letters Diagonal letters Letters with tails Letters with curves Letters with humps and closed humps I also included the grouping uppercase (capital) and lowercase (common). These groupings are particularly useful for the teaching and revision of letter and can be used as a sequence for the introduction of the letters. Once the similarities of movement are pointed out, then students are able to develop a metacognitive awareness of letter formation that can support their practices of letter writing. —❀❀❀—The “Letter Looks Like” Cards is my own creation in which each letter is fixed to an object, animal or person as a visual reminder of form. I have tried to align them based also on initial sound to make a meaningful connection for students. —❀❀❀—Letter Form Visual “Make It!” Cards - There are 26 cards (2 per print) that show students how to make their own model of the letter using either straight lines, curved or circular shapes. —❀❀❀—Letter and Word Practice Mats - These mats are geared towards guiding students to write freely within grids or frames. There are 2 x 2 grids (large letters); 3 x 2 grids; multiple grid rows and large single lines then soft double guide lines for more precise handwriting. I also included a handwriting free style sheet and letter formation sheets with start points for students to keep in their writing folders. —❀❀❀—Fillable Letter Mats - With these letter mats your students can use play doh (playdough), chain links or any medium to fill the space within the letters. These work well as write on and wipe off mats that can be laminated or placed in plastic sleeves.

This is a superhero kids theme behaviour clip chart system for elementary classrooms. These are great for setting expectations with students and help to motivate them to improve their behaviour along with positive incentives and rewards. This set can be used to supplement any behaviour modification approach and also adds colour and pizzazz to any elementary classroom. To use this resource all you do is print and laminate each page. You will need one clothespin for each student which can be moved up and down depending on individual student’s behaviour. This Behavior Chart system displays the following behavior messages: Pink --> Outstanding Purple -->Great Choices Blue --> Good Choices Green --> Respectful, Responsible, Read to Learn Yellow --> Caution Orange --> Stop and Think Red --> Improvement Needed

This is a mini book that serves as a template for any animal research for young researchers, kindergarten to grade 2. I included pages with headings and lines along with a blank page for drawings. The following headings are included: *are/can/have pages ………………..5-7 *Picture/Drawing …………………... 8 *Physical Characteristics ……………9 *Locomotion/ Movement ……………10 * Unusual Features …………………11 * Behavior …………………………..12 *Habitat ……………………………. 13-16 *Living Habits ………………………. 17 * Diet …………………………….....18 * Life Cycle (lined page and graphic organizer)…19-20 *Food Web (lined and blank page)..21-22 * Special Facts …………………..23 *Adaptations (lined and blank page) ..24-25 * Enemies …………………………26 * Defence/Offence ……………….27 * Glossary …………………………28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This mini book template is formatted as 2 mini books per print. I also included both a colored and a black and white cover pages. The pages are not numbered so that you create your own set. To create this mini book simply select the pages that you want included then print. Guide your students into completing each page that you included. At the end of this exercise you can staple all the pages together to form multiple mini books for each animal that you choose. In the end your students will have a keepsake as well as a great little mini book that they created themselves.

Word Families: 21 Word Family Trifold Mini Book Bits with Posters and Picture Cards: These Word Family Trifold Mini Book Bits are super fantastic reading and writing bits for your kiddos. Each little book has a little bit of everything; a little bit of reading, a little bit of writing and little bit of coloring. These Trifold Mini Book Bits can be used to promote and encourage your young readers as they begin to put sounds together. Simply print and cut out the selected trifold mini book (there are two per print). They go away reading the list as a way to review the particular family. Also included in this set are: 21 Word Family Posters 78 Picture Cards (with labels) 78 Picture Cards (without labels) ***If you are unclear about this product, please take time to read over the description and use the Question/Answer tab and I will reply as soon as I can.*** © 2014 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea

This set of colorful display posters or visual aids were designed around the holiday song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas", which was first published in 1780. They depict each of the Twelve Days of Christmas in cute and kid-friendly graphics. This is a lovely resource that can be used in a sequencing activity or to simply share this song with your children. Included in this download are both the COLORED version and a BLACK AND WHITE version for ink economy.

Fry Words: Dare you students to read like these daring dinosaurs. Daring Dinosaurs is the first in a set of printables created for sight word focus.This set includes sight word resources for work with the first 100 words: My Daring Dinosaurs Sight Words Booklet (The First 100 Fry words) with three (3) cover options 100 Word Cards (with four blank cards) 81 Instant Phrase Cards (with seven blank cards) Two Certificates (for Sight Word and Phrase reading achievement) Two sets of Reward Badges (for Sight Word and Phrase reading achievement) The words and phrase cards can be used in literacy or word work centers. The sight word booklet can be given to students for either independent work at school or for home practice either in word recognition or spelling activities. Stay tuned for more of Daring Dinosaurs!

Alphabet Letter Writing: Alphabet Letter writing Visual Cues Posters and Cards: My students had a little difficulty with the formation of some letters so I did some sketches on the whiteboard to help them remember the directions and start points. I decided to transfer those sketches in the form of visual cue cards and posters to help other teachers who may face similar problems. Alphabet Letter Writing Visual Cues Poster and Cards is what I came up with for that purpose. This resource contains cards for the letters that pose a challenge to our young and budding writers; These are w, m, u, n, h, t, f and z only . I hope it proved helpful to you as it is for me and my kiddos. A Teacher's Idea *************************************************************************** Alphabet - Letter Writing Starter Sheets (From A to Z). -This is a set of alphabet writing sheets, tracing mats and playdough learning mats for your young learners. Letters - Formation Visual Aids. These are a handy set of printables that serve as visual cues and reminds of the formation of letters for your beginning writers using the giraffe, chicken and monkey method. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************

Vowels: Consonants: Vowels and Consonants Posters: These posters are great for your literacy centers, word walls, focus walls or anywhere that you want your kids to remember the vowels and consonant sounds. The explanation for each term is catchy and helps kids to pay attention to their breath which is what vowels and consonants are all about. The letters are graphical representations of those speech sounds so this set will help them tie the sounds with the letters too. Hope that this is helpful to you!

The Real Easter Story is a two-in-one mini book (you get two copies per page) created with images that should appeal to young children. The sentences are simple, however, the vocabulary may pose a challenge to some. Therefore I would recommend that some assistance be given to students. This product comes in black and white only to facilitate easy printing and of course to allow students to color the pages themselves. The pages are set for double sided printing. I also included both a colored and a black and white version of the mini-book cover page for you. Enjoy! Nicole

Syllable Clip Cards Meet the Syllabication Team, the kids who know all about finding how many beats in words- Sill, Abbi, Kay and Shawn. This set is a colorful set of handy cards that your kids will have lots of fun clipping and clapping to the rhythm or beat. This syllabication activity is made simple by the expert beat matchers- Sill, Abbi, Kay and Shawn. These four darlings would help your kiddos remember the meaning of the word syllabication plus they also help them find the number of beats in words. The cards are versatile in as they can be used with students later on when they are ready to break (syllabicate) written text. This set of clip and clap cards contain 108 bright and colorful illustrations (18 full pages) that makes it easy for those students who may have difficulties with reading the words. *************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************

Illustrated Synonym Word Cards: This is a kid-appealing candy themed set of synonym cards for introducing synonyms to your kiddos. There are pairs of synonyms depicted by the same picture so that they will get familiar with the concept. They can match cards or use as a visual to brainstorm other words that mean the same as the picture given.The cards can also be used to spark their writing. **************************************************************************** For a bright candy colored theme version of this set check Candy Themed Illustrated Synonym Word Cards **************************************************************************** There are a total of 64 illustrated synonym word cards which depict the following: middle – center laugh – giggle idea – thought end – finish drop – fall like – enjoy happy – joyful large – big make – create bad – naughty good – perfect jump – leap kid – child hard – difficult choose – select neat – tidy nice – kind loud – noisy gift – present pretty – beautiful push – shove quiet – silent tired – sleepy sniff – smell sad – unhappy smelly – stinky talk – say trash – garbage look – watch tiny – small write – record slim – thin

Synonyms and Antonyms Here is a bundle of my two vocabulary sets. If you are interested in the individual sets click on the links to go directly to them. This bundle offers word cards only. Here are single versions: Candy Themed Illustrated Antonym Word Cards Candy Themed Illustrated Synonym Word Cards *************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************

Comprehension Strategies: Reinforcing Reading Comprehension and Word Attack Strategies Posters: Reinforcing Reading is a set of kid-friendly Comprehension and Word Attack Strategies posters to adorn your literacy centers all year round. This bright and colorful set was created with eye-catching images and simple “I” statements and stems to give your kids the added assistance they need to work independently. The set contains the following:- 12 Word Attack Strategies Posters- When I get stuck on a word… 10 Comprehension Posters- To help me understand what I read I… 1. Activate Prior Knowledge 2. Make Predictions 3. Determine the Importance 4. Ask Questions 5. Make Connections 6. Visualize 7. Synthesize 8. Summarize /Summarise 9. Infer 10. Use Fix-Up Strategies

Feeling Words Here is a two-in-one mini-book that your students will have for a long time! For this activity your kiddos will build a list of words to describe their feelings. The feelings are: Angry Confused Proud Shy Sad Excited Content Embarrassed Happy Scared Shocked Worried Simply print the pages of the feeling words that you wish to include in this mini-book. The pages are not numbered so you can place them in any order. Staple the pages together. Have your students brainstorm or look for words that they can use to describe these feelings. Have your students keep this mini-book as a handy reference tool especially for writing assignments. This resource is formatted as two pages per print. You might also be interested in: Feelings Mini Book. Feelings - {We Let Our Feelings Show!}. I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Print awareness This resource can be used as posters, anchor charts or flash cards to help students to recall the varying concepts of print. The following concepts are illustrated in this set: Front Cover Title Page Book Spine Back Cover Picture/Illustration/Drawings Letters -Capital Letters (Upper case) -Common Letters (Lower case) Numbers Words Sentences Punctuation Mark-Full Stops ONLY I also included a simple ALL ABOUT ME book for students to assemble with your guidance. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

Final Consonant Blends: This resource pack contains 153 Illustrated picture word cards that depict the following final consonants: -ld, lb, lf, lk, lm, lp, lt -mp -nd, nk, nt -rd, rf, rk, rl, rm, rn, rp, rt -sk, sp, st -ct, ft, pt, xt The cards are formatted three (3) cards per print and are large enough for classroom display on your word wall.

Trigraphs: This resource pack contains picture 75 Illustrated Word Cards that depict the following beginning trigraphs: ‘scr’ ‘shr’ ‘spl’ ‘spr’ ‘squ’ ‘str’ ‘thr’ The cards are formatted three (3) cards per print and are large enough for classroom display on your word wall.

FANBOYS Join words phrases and clauses using the coordinators (mnemonic FANBOYS). Students can use these posters to help memorize coordinating conjunctions so that they will not forget them! They are: F = for A = and N = nor B = but O = or Y = yet S = so Each poster bears the coordinating conjunction with an illustration of a boy (named) and an example for easy reference. These are great for bulletin boards or literacy centers all through the year. This set includes posters ONLY! Check my store for other conjunction resources.

Reality vs Fantasy: I created these posters to give a little more detail about fantasy in children's literature. I included the six motifs that can be found in fictional literature. These are: Magic Otherworlds Universal Themes Heroism Special Character Types Fantastic Objects I also included a set of bookmarks to give students a quick guide to identifying fantasy. I do hope that these may be helpful to you and your students ***************************************************************************** You might also be interested in: Reality and Fantasy Reality and Fantasy Posters for Every Classroom

Fairytales This is a set of elements of fairytales posters, story cards and graphic organizers to add to your fairytale unit. The story cards are great for discussions and are listed below: Little Red Riding Hood The Three Little Pigs Jack and the Beanstalk Goldilocks and the Three Bears The Three Billy Goats Gruff I created this set to complement activities for kindergarten to grade three. The posters are kid-friendly and very informative especially if you want to teach your kiddos about fairytales. *************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************