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.
Here is a Ready to Go Guided Research project for Black History Month. Answer questions about the month and research any person on this 8.5" x 11" activity sheet for Black History Month.
There are 3 variations. One for US, one for UK, and one for Canada.
**It asks the students to: **
Sketch a person of their choice.
Identify what month they celebrate in their country.
Math question: Figure out how many years it has been celebrated in their country.
List their 3 Important Facts.
Fast Facts Box.
Identify an important achievement.
Describe their person.
Find and write a Famous Quote.
Write their Sources.
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out. Great for a literacy center!
Here are 21 ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research characters from Greek Mythology.
Includes posters for the following:
Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Odysseus, Pandora, Persephone, Poseidon, Rhea and Zeus.
Also includes is a Plain, Generic Activity Sheet if you have another character of interest.
Greek Mythology Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
Information asked for:
God/Goddess of…
Famous for…
Family
Interesting Tidbits
Character Traits
Lessons Learned
Physical Characteristics
Sources
Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
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 is a comprehension activity sheet to print and use with your students after they have read The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins.
It asks them to locate Antarctica on a World Map, describe Antarctica, write an Interesting Fact, and answer Comprehension Questions about the book.
Includes an Answer Key.
*Please Note: It is on Legal Sized Paper 8.5" x 14" size.
Use these fun Gold Foil Star 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 4Ă—5 inches and there are 4 charts per page.
Includes:
8 Different Pages – with 4 of same color chart to a page.
2 Full Color Variety Pages – with 1 of each color chart.
Simply choose the page(s) you wish to print when you get to Print Options!
18 Easter related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only in an all CAPS puzzle.
Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible.
Also comes in a harder version in my Teacher Store for those who wish to differentiate.
**Here are some activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution, by Pat Miller, to your students.
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Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, list five characters, two settings, and write their own New Year’s Resolution.
Story Map - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem, and solution of the story.
Five writing pages. Students can choose the one they wish to write their New Year’s Resolution on. There is room to draw a picture of them following through on their resolution.
My New Year activity page allows students to brainstorm things they want to do, read, and learn in the New Year. After they brainstorm, there is a place for them to formulate their New Year’s Resolution.
Word-Making Activity standalone reproducible using the word “resolution.”
Word-Making Center “I Can” sign, a second reproducible, and letters to print on cardstock and cut out for the word “resolution.”
**Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to research Insects and Bugs. Includes posters for the following: ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, caterpillars, centipedes, cockroaches, dragonflies, earthworms, fleas, flies, grasshoppers, ladybugs, mantises, mosquitoes, moths, scorpions, snails, spiders, stick insects, tarantulas, termites and wasps. It also includes 3 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals.
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Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
Includes 4 Versions (26 pages each):
Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box.
Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box.
Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box.
Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box.
Information asked for:
What the animal looks like.
Habitat
Diet
Interesting Facts
Sources
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 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 4 activity sheets to print and use after you've read Rechenka's Eggs, by Patricia Polacco, with 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. Beginning/Middle/End page
3. Design Your Own Egg
4. Color and Write - Students color the illustration and write to your prompt.
Here is a fun Fall or Autumn Themed Book Review poster (with a pumpkin, leaves, squirrel and owl) is for students to share a good book they’ve read recently.
This 8.5" x 11" Fall 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. Students then color in the poster to finish it off!
Just Print PDF and Go! Makes a great time filler, bulletin board, center or substitute plan.
Word Search #1: Easy - 18 Winter related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only in an all CAPS puzzle.
Word Search #2: Hard - 18 Winter related words hidden in this Hard Word Search. Words horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and even backwards in this all CAPS puzzle.
Both come in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible.
Great for differentiating within your classroom!
Here are 4+ activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola, to your students.
Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, list five character traits that describe Lucinda, answer some questions related to story, and write about something their family celebrates on the back of the paper. *Answer Key included for this sheet. (1 page + answer key)
Story Map - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story. (1 page)
Poinsettia Acrostic Poem - Students write and decorate a poem using the word “Poinsettia”. (1 page)
Poinsettia Themed Writing Paper - Use these generic papers for your own writing prompts. There are 3 versions - each with 3 types of writing lines. (9 pages).
Great for those last days before the Winter Break or to leave for a substitute!
**Here are 6+ Activity Sheets to print and use after reading Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares this Christmas: a Comprehension Sheet, Beginning/Middle/End, Color and Write, Cardinal Acrostic, Cardinal Research, and Bonus writing papers for your prompts to the story. **Just Print and Go! Great for your Substitute file.
*See the Preview for all the sheets included. *
1. Comprehension Sheet with Answer Key- This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, make some words plural, answer some questions related to story and draw and write about their favorite spot on the back.
2. Story Elements Page: Asks students to write characters, setting, Beginning/Middle/End and 2 facts they learned about the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
3. Red and Lulu Color and Write - Students color/decorate the tree illustration and write to your prompt.
**4. Cardinal Research **- Students research a cardinal.
5. Cardinal Acrostic - Write an acrostic poem to CARDINAL.
6. BONUS Writing Paper! 2 Writing/Drawing/Coloring pages in 3 different line options each. Your students can write to your prompt or choose their own at your literacy center.
Here is an 8.5" x 11" Printable activity sheet to use with any Scientist.
It asks the students to:
Sketch a person of their choice.
Write the scientist’s major achievements.
List 3 Important Facts.
How the achievement is used in the Present World.
Fast Facts Box.
Describe their person.
Find and write a Famous Quote.
Write their Sources.
Students can add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out. Great for a literacy center!
**Have your students write Acrostic or Haiku poetry with these Spring themed poetry activity sheets. Great for your Writing and Literacy Centers, Early Finishers and Substitute packets. **
A generic sheet for each type of poetry is included to expand the possibilities!
Includes 6 pages:
SPRING Acrostic
FLOWER Acrostic
Choose a Topic Spring Acrostic
Flower Haiku #1 Choice
Flower Haiku #2 Choice
Choose Your Own Spring Topic Haiku
Permission for Clip Art Usage per
Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T
**This Spring BINGO game has 36 unique cards that you can print and play.
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Includes plant cycle words: seeds, seedling, sprout, plant with leaves, bud, flower and bulb. Other words include: March, spring, bees, birds, butterfly, clouds, rain, puddle, umbrella, sunshine, eggs, hatch, chicks, groundhog, worm, grass, rainbow, kite, mushrooms, insects and planting.
See the Preview. This set includes:
36 Unique and numbered BINGO cards
Directions
Calling Board
Calling Cards to cut out
You will need to cut some squares out of construction paper to use as Bingo chips ahead of time, if you don’t have something like that already.
Permission for Clip Art Usage per
Kate Hadfield Designs Extended License #20/135368215/T
Use these printable Dog Incentive 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:
1 Full Color page - with 4 different color charts to the page.
1 “Less Color” page. This one has no background color to save on ink. It has 4 of the same sticker chart on the page.
1 B&W page for easy photocopying and students can color.
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!
Here are ready-to-go farm animal poster or graphic organizers for your students to research barnyard animals. Includes pages for: cows, chickens, dogs, ducks, goats, horses, pigs and sheep. It also includes 1 additional Generic Sheet to use with any additional animals.
**Realistic Farm Animal Clip Art on these 8.5" x 11" activity sheets!
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Includes 4 Versions (9 pages each):
Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box.
Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box.
Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box.
Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box.
Information asked for:
What the animal looks like
Babies - what they are called and what they are fed
Diet
Interesting Facts
Sources
Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.