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 are two Gingerbread House themed “How To” writing activities to use during your Gingerbread Man studies. Great for a STEM activity – have them make a house with materials provided after they write about it.
“How to Build a Gingerbread House” is 3 pages long and walks your students through the process of procedural writing. Page 1 asks them to simply sketch their gingerbread house. Page 2 Asks them to write or draw the materials needed and explain how to build it with first, next, then and last prompts. Page 3 is optional if they need more space or you want to do a final draft. It is also a basic generic writing paper you can use in your literacy center.
“How to Decorate A Gingerbread House” is one page and encourages students to draw a plain gingerbread house and decorate it step-by-step. As they decorate each step, they write what they did in the paragraph below the illustration.
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.
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.
Word Search based on Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians book by Jackie Mims Hopkins. Ready to Go!
This is an EASY Word Search. Words are hidden only across or down.
** Includes Answer Sheet.
This product is in my [Just Right Activity Sheets BUNDLE]/teaching-resource/resource-11147289. Check it out!
**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.
Here is a fun poster for students to share a good book they’ve read recently.
This 8.5" x 11" Soar 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.
Just Print 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 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.
Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to research forest animals. Includes posters for these forest animals: black bears, deer, moose, foxes, porcupines, owls, raccoons, skunks, rabbits and squirrels. It also includes 2 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals.
Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
Includes 4 Versions (12 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.
Use these Bat Themed Incentive Reward 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.**
16 Santa’s Reindeer related words hidden in this puzzle. Words are in any direction!
Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible & Includes Answer Key.
Check out the bundle to get both the easy and the harder version if you need to differentiate within your classroom.
These Christmas and Winter 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!!
Pictures currently in the Christmas Set include:
tree
ornaments
gingerbread man
gingerbread house
candy canes
Santa hat
stocking
presents or gifts (same picture on both pages)
bells
wreath
Santa waving “Merry Christmas!”
Pictures currently in this Winter Set include:
mittens
hat
boots
ice skates
hot chocolate
snowman
skiing
snowflakes
snowmen
snowballs
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!
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.
15 Pets hidden in this puzzle. Words are horizontal and vertical only.
Comes in Full Color for those that like to laminate and reuse.
Also in B&W reproducible for coloring. Includes Answer Key.
Check out the bundle to get both the easy and the harder version if you need to differentiate within your classroom.
These Spring 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.
Version #2 - Less Dots
Pictures currently in this Spring set include:
bugs
daffodil
sun
bee
rain
kite
umbrella
bird
cloud
rainbow
birdhouse