These 3-D P Turkeys are such a fun Fall writing activity and make an awesome bulletin board display, too! They can be used for "I Am Thankful" writing, creative story writing, or as a reading response activity after a teacher read-aloud. There are over 30 different templates to choose from, so ... READ the POST
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Elapsed Time and Telling Time to 5 Minutes Solve It Strips®
SAVE BIG AND GET THE SOLVE IT STRIPS BUNDLE! Solve It Strips are a FUN, hands-on, puzzle-like, math extension activity that keeps students engaged! These can be used as a math center, an early-finisher activity, with a parent-led math group, or as a mini-assessment. Solve It Strips also make fun ... READ the POST
Writing Activities 3D Bundle | Writing Craftivities
Writing activities and writing prompts that can be used all year long are ready to print and use! These 3-D Writing Activities make writing fun and engaging for students! WHY USE 3-D WRITING ACTIVITIES? Makes writing FUN and CREATIVE for students Can be used all year long Integrates ... READ the POST
OCTICORN
OCTICORN is one of my new favorite picture books for teaching students that IT IS OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT! This cute story is about a octopus/unicorn who doesn't seem to fit in with either group. This book provides lots of good teaching points for students, too. This post contains ... READ the POST
Literature Circles 101
Literature circles in the elementary classroom are one of my favorite ways to boost students' reading engagement and get them excited about reading! After successfully launching literature circles in my 4th grade classroom, I knew that when I moved down to 2nd grade, I had to find a way to make ... READ the POST
Teaching Listening Skills to Students
Do you explicitly teach listening skills to your students? Did you know that 70-80% of our waking hours are spent in some form of communication? Of that, listening makes up about 45% of our daily communication! When I learned these statistics, I knew that I needed to be as intentional about ... READ the POST
Pick-a-Word: Adjectives (Adjective Fill-In Activity)
Pick-a-Word is a fun and creative way for students to practice adjectives in context! This no-prep activity can be used whole-class, as a writing warm-up, for some fun morning word work, or as a literacy center activity. There are 30 different Adjective Pick-a-Word paragraphs (10 pages with three ... READ the POST
Sight Word Activity Book Bundle: Pre-Primer Words
Sight Word Activity Books are a FUN, hands-on way to practice reading and writing the Dolch Sight Words. This bundle includes the first 40 Pre-primer sight words, each practiced in an individual book. Each book is sold separately for $1.00. I am offering this bundle for 50%! Also available are ... READ the POST
Sight Word Activity Book Bundle: Primer Words
Sight Word Activity Books are a FUN, hands-on way to practice reading and writing the Dolch Sight Words. This bundle includes all 52 Primer sight words, each practiced in an individual book. Each book is sold separately for $1.00. This bundle saves you $26.00! Also available are my Pre-Primer Sight ... READ the POST
Telling Time to the Hour Half Hour Quarter Hour Solve It Strips®
SAVE BIG AND GET THE SOLVE IT STRIPS BUNDLE! Solve It Strips are a FUN, hands-on, puzzle-like, math extension activity that keeps students engaged! These can be used as a math center, an early-finisher activity, with a parent-led math group, or as a mini-assessment. Solve It Strips also make fun ... READ the POST
Valentine’s Day Writing: 3-D Hearts Activity
Valentine's Day Writing Activity - Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this fun and meaningful writing craftivity! Students get to show their appreciation (or love) to someone special in their life, by creating their own conversation hearts and a letter, poem, or descriptive paragraph. OR, this ... READ the POST
Sight Word Activity Book Bundle: Colors and Numbers
Sight Word Activity Books are a FUN, hands-on way to practice reading and writing Sight Words. This bundle includes 21 books: 11 color words and 10 number words for less than .50 per book! (See book titles below). Also available are two other bundles: PRE-PRIMER SIGHT WORD ACTIVITY BOOK ... READ the POST
3-D Earth Writing: Spring Poetry Activity & Bulletin Board Display
Get students excited about springtime writing with these fun, 3-D earths! You can use these for an Earth Day activity, or anytime during the spring months. These earths make an awesome bulletin board display, too, as they POP out from the wall. DON'T MISS OUT ON THE 3-D WRITING BUNDLE!!!! A ... READ the POST
Summer Writing: 3-D Summer Buckets
Summer Writing FUN! Get students excited about writing with these fun 3-D Summer Buckets! You can use these for a pre-summer writing activity (Summer Bucket List) or post-summer writing when students return from summer vacation. Over 30 templates are included, so you can mix and match to choose what ... READ the POST
All About Me Writing Activity: 3-D Faces
All About Me 3-D Writing Activity - This fun back to school activity gets students sharing about themselves and makes the cutest bulletin board as students decorate their own "faces." You can use these faces for a beginning of the year "get to know you" activity, or use the lined writing templates ... READ the POST