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• Do you need help getting your students to understand how text is structured and how authors craft their writing?
• Do you want them to practice aligning ideas and writing their own?

Help your students master paragraph structure with this comprehensive resource designed for middle and high school learners. "Building Strong Paragraphs" focuses on key writing skills such as identifying topic sentences, supporting details, and crafting thesis statements. This ready-to-use packet includes practice worksheets, engaging exercises, and thesis sentence-building activities that will enhance your students' writing abilities.

Ideal for both informational and argumentative writing, this resource walks students through the entire process of constructing well-organized, coherent paragraphs. Whether you're teaching how to develop supporting sentences, transition between ideas, or conclude effectively, this resource covers it all!

What's Included:

• Graphic Organizer for understanding structure
• Identification exercise
• Two Unique Passages per skill: topic sentences, thesis statements, supporting sentences & concluding sentences
• 9 Passages
• 20 Pages
• Available as a PDF and a Word Document

Perfect for:

• Grades 6-10
• English Language Arts (ELA) Teachers
• Writing Workshops
• STAAR Writing Prep
• Argumentative and Informational Essay Practice

Benefits of this Resource:

• Aligned with Common Core Standards and TEKS for writing.
• Great for differentiated learning in classrooms with ELLs and students needing extra practice.
• Supports critical thinking and writing clarity.

Who is this for?

• Middle and High School Teachers: Perfect for educators looking to strengthen their students’ paragraph-writing skills with structured, step-by-step activities.
• ELA Teachers: Aligned with TEKS and Common Core standards, this resource is ideal for anyone teaching informational and argumentative writing.
• Students Preparing for Standardized Tests: Great for test prep, including STAAR writing, helping students improve clarity, coherence, and overall writing structure.
• Special Education & ELL Support: Easily adaptable for differentiated instruction, making it an excellent tool for classrooms with diverse learners, including English Language Learners and students with varying writing levels.
• Homeschool Educators: A valuable resource for guiding students through the fundamentals of paragraph writing at home.

This resource will help your students/children learn their alphabet in cursive. This resource is an EDITABLE template that includes:

1. Complete cursive alphabet

2. Each letter of the alphabet with two practice sheets for each letter

3. 81 pages total in PPTX format and can be downloaded into Google Slides.

4. If you do not like the cursive font used, this resource is completely editable OR you can email me at bigeasyhomeschoolingmom@gmail.com with a font you would like to use and I will be happy to edit this resource with the font of your choice. Please note that some fonts may not transfer correctly from Google Slides to PowerPoint and may not be aligned when you download. This is completely normal.

If your students/children enjoy this resource, I would appreciate your feedback within 24 hours after purchase and download.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

Tina Arozena - Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

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A special thanks to Lindsay Bowden for this math maze template. Are you looking to make math more fun for your students, or distant learners? This maze worksheet is great to distribute for classwork, homework, math centers, early finishers, or extra practice. These mazes are designed so the student is able to work out each multiplication fraction problem so they can determine the correct direction to complete the maze. It is also designed for easy grading for the teacher.

PDF, Google Slides & PowerPoint versions as well as the answer key are included.

TIP: If you are using this maze for math centers, simply laminate and use dry erase markers. You can use Expo Cleaner with a Magic Eraser to clean off. After a while, it will leave residue and you may have to print and laminate another.

Template credit: www.LindsayBowden.com

A special thanks to Lindsay Bowden for this math maze. Are you looking to make math more fun for your students, or distant learners? This maze worksheet is great to distribute for classwork, homework, math centers, early finishers, or extra practice. These mazes are designed so the student is able to work out each multiplication fraction problem so they can determine the correct direction to complete the maze. It is also designed for easy grading for the teacher.

A special thanks to Lindsay Bowden for this math maze template.

Template credit: www.LindsayBowden.com

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This is a NO PREP, download and go resource!

This download includes one month (20 days) of fall task cards on Google Slides. There are 3 slides per day that are color coded. These task cards would work great for any of the fall months. Task cards can be done as a group when projected onto the board, individually, set aside for fast finishers or used for morning work.

• 60 total slides

Skills included:

-Money totals

-Change back

-Time elapsed

-ABC order

-Nouns, verbs and adjectives

-Common & proper nouns

-Fact & opinion

-Greater than, less than & equal to

-Add to

-Finding the missing addend

& more

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use in school or during school closures.

Check out some of my other Fall activities:

October Life Skills Morning Work

| Back to School | Dollar Up Strategy | Calculate the Total | Money Math | Life Skills

This is a NO PREP, print & go resource.

This resource includes:

• 8 different coloring pictures
• 3 levels
• Teacher answer key for levels 2 & 3

Total of 24 different worksheets and 228 different coloring prompts

Level 1 – color by price

• 8 worksheets with 76 coloring prompts

Level 2 – color using dollar up

• 8 worksheets with 76 coloring prompts

Level 3 – color by calculating the total

• 8 worksheets with 76 coloring prompts

This resource is also available as part of a BUNDLE saving you 20%

Back to School BUNDLE

Back to school coloring pages - the perfect companion for a fun and educational start to the school year! This engaging resource offers three levels of coloring activities to suit various skill levels.

Level 1: Color by Price - Students will enhance their understanding of numbers and prices as they color different elements based on assigned price values. A creative and interactive way to develop basic numerical skills.

Level 2: Color Using the Dollar Up Strategy - Designed to reinforce the concept of rounding up to the nearest dollar, this level encourages students to color using the dollar up strategy. They will practice making informed decisions based on the prices provided.

Level 3: Color by Calculating the Total - This advanced level challenges students to calculate the total cost of items and use the calculated amount as a guide for coloring. It promotes critical thinking and strengthens mathematical abilities.

With a total of 28 unique coloring pages across the three levels, Back to School Coloring Pages ensure a comprehensive learning experience that is both enjoyable and academically enriching. Prepare your students for success while fostering their creativity and numeracy skills. Make the back-to-school season vibrant and exciting with these engaging color pages!

This is a paper based, BACK TO SCHOOL themed resource.

Check out some of my other BACK TO SCHOOL products:

September Morning Work - Back to School Edition

Product Label Comprehension - Back to School Edition

Advertisement/ Flyer Comprehension - Back to School Edition

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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.

This download includes:

• 18 Hanukkah scavenger hunt fact cards

Level 1 – Write in the answer

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

Level 2 – Cut & paste

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

• Follow up worksheet with 10 questions
• Total of 5 worksheets and 46 questions
• Teacher guide
• Teacher answer key

With this interactive scavenger hunt students will learn fun and interesting Hanukkah related facts like: Did you know Hanukkah is also known as the festival of lights? Or Did you know there is 16 different ways to spell Hanukkah? The scavenger hunt includes 18 fact cards and asks students to read the cards closely for information to fill in the answer sheets. Fact cards are numbered and provide all the information needed for students.

This scavenger hunt will still work broken into shorter segments for multiple lessons or a shorter activity.

This scavenger hunt also works well as a scoot game!

Check out some of my other HOLIDAY resources:

December Life Skills Morning Work - Holiday Edition - BUNDLE

Holiday Shopping Task Cards

Product Label Comprehension - Holiday Edition

December Life Skills Morning Work - Holiday Edition - Paper

December Life Skills Morning Work - Holiday Edition - Digital

Holiday Shopping Task Cards/ Worksheets - Canadian Dollar

Unlock the world of geometry with 'Shape Explorers' – your comprehensive toolkit for exploring 2D and 3D shapes! Alongside our interactive worksheet, each package includes bonus 2D and 3D shape guide posters, enhancing the learning experience for elementary students.

The 'Shape Explorers' worksheet immerses students in hands-on exploration, inviting them to draw, name, and analyze individual shapes while delving into their unique attributes. With prompts to identify key characteristics and additional attributes, students develop a deeper understanding of geometry engagingly and interactively.

But that's not all – our bonus 2D and 3D shape guide posters serve as visual aids to reinforce learning beyond the worksheet. Featuring colorful illustrations and clear labels, these posters provide a handy reference for identifying and understanding various shapes in both 2D and 3D dimensions.

Perfect for classrooms, homeschooling, or independent study, 'Shape Explorers' offers a multifaceted approach to geometry education. Whether used together or separately, the worksheet and posters empower students to build confidence in shape recognition and attribute analysis.

Ignite curiosity and inspire mathematical exploration with 'Shape Explorers' – where every resource is a gateway to a world of geometric discovery!

This resource is also available in Spanish

Explore our 2D shape resources

Explore our 3D shape resources

Thanks to the graphic designers for allowing us to use their images to create this educational resource.

Bunny on a Cloud

A fun, simple toddler and preschool friendly dragon yoga sequence.

Poses: Superhero (locust pose), cobra, down dog, mountain pose

Use these worksheets during your social-emotional learning instruction. These worksheets give children a space to reflect and journal about who they trust, who they would talk to in a time of need, and why. There is also space for children to draw.

Get moving with 5 minutes of yoga every day! Kids Yoga Day is held on the first Friday in April and was founded to bring the powerful benefits of yoga to children. Join us in a 5-minute yoga routine with our free Kids Yoga Day sequence poster!

Use in centers, small groups, or as an early finisher activity. My kids are always begging me to play this game!

This game includes all 107 Zeno Sight Words. I teach the 107 Sight Words because they are the most narrowed-down list of the most commonly used words in texts. It is important your child can read these words quickly and accurately for success in reading! 

I broke the words up into 8 sets so that each set would have 52 cards to keep the game engaging and not too long! This also allows you to easily differentiate the game by choosing the set that has more words that your child needs to work on! Each set is color-coded so if cards get mixed up you can easily find their place!

Included:

• Go Fish Rules

• 8 sets of cards

• Each set has 52 cards

• Endless amounts of fun!

*Prep time is needed. I suggest you print these on card stock and laminate them for more durability. Printing on normal paper will work too! Print the set of cards and cut them out!

Easy no prep resource! Just print and go! You can use this product as a quick review of Kindergarten skills. I use this at the beginning of the year for homework for my first graders to get them back in the swing of things!

• Phoneme segmentation and blending, rhyming, and first-sound fluency
• Letter names and sounds and handwriting for all 26 letters (upper and lowercase)
• Reading and spelling of the first 25 Zeno Sight Words
• I spy page to identify sight words and upper and lower case letters

This is a great way to work on first sound fluency and letter sounds!

NO PREP Letter Matching Practice! Practice recognizing upper and lowercase letters with this cut-and-paste page! Perfect for small groups or centers! Print and work on letters they need as many times as they need!

First sound fluency is the ability to identify the first sound in a word. To learn to read children need to be able to break words into their sounds! This is a great way to think about sounds in words and the letters that represent those sounds! No prep, print, and cut and paste!

Reading and learning high-frequency words can be FUN! I use the 107 Zeno Word list because they comprise 50% of all text. No need to work on 300-plus words like other lists! These games are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! I give different tips and tricks to work on the skill! I would use these as a Friday fun day during small groups and my students loved them! These games don't have any prep! Print and play! I would suggest laminating or sticking in a sheet protector to keep them nice for a longer period of time!

Includes:

Reading 1-25 Zeno High-Frequency Words

Roll and Read

Board Games

Bingo

Reading CVC words can be FUN! These games are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! I give different tips and tricks to work on the skill! I would use these as a Friday fun day during small groups and my students loved them! These games don't have any prep! Print and play! I would suggest laminating or sticking in a sheet protector to keep them nice for a longer period of time!

Includes:

Reading words with word families

Reading words with short vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

Roll and Read

Board Games

Bingo

This resource can be used as many times as you want, is engaging with a cut and paste, and has zero prep! Understanding chunks in words will help children when they are starting to learn to read! When we become more proficient readers we chunk words instead of breaking them into individual sounds! This resource is meant to be completely auditory so your child does not need to read the words! I have added the words so that you are aware of what the picture is and what the matching rhyming word would be!

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These NO-PREP sheets are perfect for extra practice or practice in small group! I let my students choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The sheets are broken into each digraph so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the digraph you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each digraph!

-Includes

-Digraphs; ch,th,sh,wh,ck,qu

-Digraphs words with a picture

-A box for each sound!