$10 - $20 Homeschool Writing Assessment (by date, oldest first)

This 30-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need to help students write write phenomenal college application essays! This is the PREMIERE bundle for any English teacher, college counselor, or tutor working to help students master the Common App essay!

The materials in this bundle were designed by a Ph.D. who has taught English at top-ranked high schools and colleges for over 20 years. He has worked closely with former college admissions officers from Harvard, Brown, and NYU. This 30-page unit features all the wisdom he's gathered over a decades-long career in secondary and higher education. The unit is packed to the brim with writing tips and formatting advice that will help your students craft truly remarkable college essays!

Here are some highlights from the 30-page curriculum:

• How to Get Started (Handout #1): Tips for how to get started on one's college essay and overcome writer's block. (1 page)

• Strategies for Crafting Vivid & Lively Prose (Handout #2): While the question of what students choose to write about will be important, the question of how they write will be equally important since a writer's style can reveal a lot about their personality. This handout features advice on how students can write essays using vibrant and virtuosic prose that will enamor any admissions officer. (2 pages)

• The Opening Line: Attention-Grabbing Hooks (Handout #3): The opening paragraph is the single most important part of a college essay. How will your students capture the interest of admissions officers? How will they make a memorable first impression? This handout offers several suggestions for how to focus an opening paragraph, followed by concrete examples of opening paragraphs by top essayists like Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, Louise Erdrich, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others. (4 pages)

• How to Format a College Essay (Handout #4): This handout offers advice for the structural organization of college essay, with tips on what should be included in each paragraph. The strategy offered here will enable students to showcase their skills at descriptive writing, narrative writing, informational writing, and reflective writing — all in less than 650 words! (1 page)

• Sample Essays: Show your students eight successful college essays written by students who were recently admitted to top-ranked colleges and universities. These were the favorite essays that wowed admissions committees at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Hamilton College, New York University, and Tufts University. (18 pages)

• Writing Assignment: This carefully scaffolded writing assignment will help students to get practice at writing narrative essays in response to actual prompts on the Common App from 2023-2024. (1 page)

• Writing Rubric: Use this rubric to evaluate the narrative essays that your students write in response to to the prompts from the Common App of 2023-2024. (1 page)

This resource packet will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc and PDF. Because the Word doc is editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the materials in PDF format, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

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Improve fine motor skills with this MEGA BUNDLE of prewriting hands-on worksheets and activities. There are plenty of activities for scissor skills, cut and paste, tracing, coloring, adding, and prewriting letters to learn letters, numbers, and shapes. This BUNDLE offers so many options for Morning Work, Task Bins, Centers and take-home for Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten.

BUNDLE ONE has 4 products:

1. Fine Motor Prewriting Tracing Lines and Shapes
2. Fine Motor PREWRITING ALPHABET Tracing Lines and Shapes
3. Fine Motor PREWRITING NUMBERS TRACING Lines and Shapes
4. CENTER Half-Page Alphabet Letters

BUNDLE TWO has 7 products:

1. Color|Trace Aa-Zz uppercase and lowercase
2. Color|Trace A-Z uppercase
3. Color|Trace a-z lowercase
4. Decorate Huge Letters Color|Trace
5. Fun Foods Color|Trace
6. Things to Do Color|Trace
7. Transportation Color|Trace

BUNDLE THREE has 6 products:

• 1-Prewriting Scissors Skills.
• 2- Basic Tracing of lines and shapes.
• 3-Math Counting Activities.
• 4-Math Manipulatives 1-20 with buttons task box.
• 5-Dot pictures ABC 123 and shapes.
• 6-FREE Lacing Cards "Hot Dog Stand."

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This BUNDLE includes nine September to May writing journals with prompts. Writing journals spur a love of writing regardless of writing level. The complete set of journals displays a year of progress in writing and learning! Improve fine motor skills with this NO PREP BUNDLE! Use for Writing Stations and Centers. Hole punch and put into a binder for a great assessment tool and year-end take-home treasure. Back to school just got easier!

This BUNDLE was added as the 2024 addition to the

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Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with the months of the Year
• Know what happens during the Month
• Grow to love reading and writing regardless
• of ability
• Social Emotional Learning
• Creativity
• Fine Motor skills

JOURNALS BY MONTH
September Journal
October Journal
November Journal
December Journal
January Journal
February Journal
March Journal
April Journal

May Journal

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My First Week Kindergarten

Back to School:
MATH and LITERACY MEGA BUNDLE
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MORNINGMEETINGBUNDLE

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FALL MEGA BUNDLE includes two BUNDLES. There are 746 pages of FALL-themed math and literacy activities and worksheets for letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and words with engaging clip art and creatively prepared for Preschool and Kindergarten.

BUNDLE ONE has three products:

• Product 1: Tracing Lines and Shapes
• Product 2: Prewriting Alphabet Tracing
• Product 3: Prewriting Numbers Tracing

The worksheets in this BUNDLE will improve fine motor skills by tracing the strokes and shapes needed to make letters and numbers all with a FALL TIME Flair! These worksheets are great for Preschool and Kindergarten, beginning writers, and occupational therapy. The student will trace lines in various directions and shapes and use custom-designed lines and shapes to write letters and numbers.

BUNDLE TWO has FOUR products:

• Product One: FALL Numbers 0-10
• Product Two: FALL Numbers 11-20
• Product Three: Math and Literacy Worksheets and Activities
• Product Four: FREE Card Games with Card Game Guide

This BUNDLE includes alphabet letter practice, numbers, counting, writing, colors, CVC word creation, and shapes for Preschool and Kindergarten. Activities include “cut and paste”, mini-books, color by number, bar graphs, matching, and tracing to name a few. Use for morning work, Math and Literacy Centers, or homework. Have close at hand for substitute teachers. These NO PREP worksheets are great for Preschool and Kindergarten, beginning writers, and occupational therapy. The student will trace lines in a variety of directions and shapes.

All products include a Teacher's Guide and Index.

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THIS HUGE BUNDLE INCLUDES THREE TRIO BUNDLES:

• BUNDLE One: Prewriting Trio
• Lines and Shapes
• Alphabet Tracing
• Number Tracing
• BUNDLE Two: Math and Literacy Activities Trio
• Playdough Mats
• Card Games
• Puzzles
• BUNDLE Three: Math and Literacy Worksheets Trio
• Math Worksheets
• Literacy Worksheets
• Letters, Numbers, Colors, Shapes, and Word Mini-Books
• All products have Instructions and Index

Skills being taught:

• Letter Recognition
• Number Recognition
• Writing
• Counting
• Follow Directions
• Fine motor – cutting/coloring/cut and paste
• Reading
• Colors
• Shapes
• Sight Words

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MATH and LITERACY MEGA BUNDLE

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Math and Literacy Worksheets BUNDLE

Math andLiteracyMini-Books

LettersandNumbersActivities BUNDLE

TraceLinesandShapesLetters Numbers BUNDLE

Classroom Décor Letters Numbers Centers

MORNINGMEETINGBUNDLE

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THIS EARTH DAY MEGA BUNDLE INCLUDES THREE BUNDLES!

B/W and Color.

BUNDLE ONE: PREWRITING BUNDLE

EARTH DAY Preschool to Kindergarten Tracing Lines and Shapes are perfect for prewriting practice (3 products). Your preschool student will love tracing lines and shapes with an Earth Day theme. This BUNDLE includes specific Alphabet letter tracing and Numbers tracing. The worksheets are leveled to practice lines used in writing letters and numbers.

BUNDLE TWO: NUMBERS BUNDLE

BUNDLE TWO IS seven different worksheets and 3 number books (3 products) to practice numbers 0-20 with an Earth Day theme.

BUNDLE THREE :MATH AND LITERACY WORKSHEETS AND CENTER ACTIVITIES ENJOY hours of learning fun with this huge BUNDLE (5 products) of Earth Day worksheets and activities. This BUNDLE includes a craft, set of 6 flannel board options, card games with a guide book, playdough mats with activities and a 115 page Math and Literacy Activity Centers.

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