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Christmas writing template | Letter to Santa Template

Bring the magic of the holiday season into your classroom with this Letter to Santa Template resource, designed to make letter-writing fun, educational, and memorable for students in grades 2-3! This resource combines creativity with structured learning, helping your students develop writing skills while thoughtfully expressing their holiday wishes and ideas.

• 17 Letter to Santa Templates: Multiple designs to cater to different student levels and preferences, making the activity engaging for all.
• Letter Planning Template: A structured tool to guide students in brainstorming and organizing their thoughts before drafting their letters.
• 10 Envelope Templates: Includes templates for creating foldable, personalized envelopes to add an extra layer of excitement to the activity.
• Bulletin Board Idea: A creative suggestion to set up a "Letters to Santa" bulletin board where envelopes can be opened to reveal students' heartfelt letters, creating a visually stunning and interactive display.

This Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Letters | Q Tip Painting resource perfectly combines fun and learning. It is designed to help young students develop fine motor skills while mastering letter recognition and formation. Ideal for preschool and kindergarten learners, this hands-on activity encourages creativity and builds foundational literacy skills.

What’s Included:

• Full Alphabet Set: Each letter is featured on its page, offering focused and engaging practice for every student.
• Three-Dot Designs per Letter: Every letter has three unique designs across separate pages, allowing students to explore letters through varied patterns and approaches, from plain bold letters to small or larger dots.
• Versatile Use: Students can decorate their letters using dot markers, Q-tip painting, crayons, stickers, playdough, or even fingerprints, providing multiple ways to engage with the activity.

Key Benefits:

• Enhances fine motor skills through precise dot placement and painting.
• Reinforces letter recognition, preparing students for early literacy success.
• Promotes creativity as students personalize each letter with their unique touch.

Perfect for classroom centers, early finishers, or at-home learning, this Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Letters | Q Tip Painting resource makes learning interactive, enjoyable, and memorable. It’s an essential addition to any early learning curriculum!

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Printable Coloring Valentines Cards with Writing Help

Make Valentine’s Day special and meaningful with these Printable Coloring Valentines Cards! Perfect for classrooms or at-home activities, this resource combines creativity and writing practice to help kids craft heartfelt messages for their loved ones.

What’s Included:
9 coloring Valentine card designs for kids to personalize with their favorite colors.
8 Guided prompts and writing examples to help students write thoughtful messages to parents, friends, grandparents, or teachers.
Easy-to-print cards, ready for coloring and sharing!

Why Teachers and Parents Love It:
✔️ Low-prep: Just print and go!
✔️ Educational: Encourages creativity, handwriting, and expression.
✔️ Versatile: Ideal for classroom use, holiday parties, or take-home projects.

This set of Printable Coloring Valentines Cards is perfect for helping kids create meaningful, personalized cards while building confidence in their writing skills. Add it to your Valentine’s Day activities today! ❤️

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⭐️Valentine card template | Valentine letter template

⭐️Valentine Dot to Dot Activity

⭐️Valentine coloring sheets

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Engage Your Students with Our Letter to Santa Template | Christmas writing activities second grade!

Bring the magic of the holiday season into your classroom with this Letter to Santa Template resource, designed to make letter-writing fun, educational, and memorable for students in grades 2-3! This resource combines creativity with structured learning, helping your students develop writing skills while expressing their holiday wishes and ideas in a thoughtful way.

What’s Included in This Resource:

• 5 Festive Letter to Santa Templates: Multiple designs to cater to different student levels and preferences, making the activity engaging for all.
• Letter Planning Template: A structured tool to guide students in brainstorming and organizing their thoughts before drafting their letters.
• 7 Envelope Templates: Includes templates for creating foldable, personalized envelopes to add an extra layer of excitement to the activity.
• Bulletin Board Idea: A creative suggestion to set up a "Letters to Santa" bulletin board where envelopes can be opened to reveal students' heartfelt letters, creating a visually stunning and interactive display.

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⭐️Christmas Bulletin Board Kit

⭐️Fun Christmas activity | NO PREP

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This Letter to Santa Template resource is perfect for classrooms, homeschool environments, and even holiday-themed events. Inspire your students to write, create, and share their holiday spirit in a meaningful way. Make this holiday season unforgettable with this engaging and fun activity!

Engage Your Students with Our Christmas Writing Template | Letter to Santa Template!

Bring the magic of the holiday season into your classroom with this Letter to Santa Template resource, designed to make letter-writing fun, educational, and memorable for elementary students! This resource combines creativity with structured learning, helping your students develop writing skills while thoughtfully expressing their holiday wishes and ideas.

What’s Included in Our Christmas Writing Template Resource:

• 12 Letter to Santa design Templates: Multiple designs to cater to different student levels and preferences, making the activity engaging for all.
• Letter Planning Template: A structured tool to guide students in brainstorming and organizing their thoughts before drafting their letters.
• 3 Envelope Templates: Includes templates for creating foldable, personalized envelopes to add an extra layer of excitement to the activity.
• Bulletin Board Idea: A creative suggestion to set up a "Letters to Santa" bulletin board where envelopes can be opened to reveal students' heartfelt letters, creating a visually stunning and interactive display.

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⭐️Christmas Bulletin Board Kit

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⭐️Letter to Santa Template | Christmas writing activities second grade

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This Letter to Santa Template resource is perfect for classrooms, homeschool environments, and even holiday-themed events. Inspire your students to write, create, and share their holiday spirit in a meaningful way. Make this holiday season unforgettable with this engaging and fun activity!

This Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Figures | Q tip painting resource is an engaging way to help young learners practice letter recognition and fine motor skills while having fun! Each alphabet letter is paired with a figure or object that starts with the same letter, creating a meaningful and interactive learning experience for preschool and kindergarten students.

What’s Included:

• Full Alphabet Set: Each letter features a corresponding figure or object filled with dots for students to complete.
• Creative Designs: Every page includes fun, themed figures that connect with the letter, helping students associate letters with sounds and objects.
• Versatile Use: Children can use dot markers, Q-tips with paint, crayons, stickers, playdough, or fingerprints to fill in the dots, offering plenty of ways to engage.

Key Benefits:

• Supports fine motor skill development through dot-filling activities.
• Reinforces letter-sound connections with visual representations of each letter’s figure.
• Encourages creativity as students decorate the figures in their own unique style.

This Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Figures resource is perfect for classroom centers, letter-of-the-week activities, early finishers, or at-home practice. By combining hands-on learning with creative expression, it provides a fun and effective way to teach the alphabet while keeping young learners engaged!

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It's back to school season! Check in with your students with this quick worksheet. Resource allows students to jot down their feelings in a fun simple way. Students can rate their first day, first week, or month of school. Can be used after morning meetings, fill in's or at the end of the day/week. Can be used for whole classroom, 1:1, or group sessions. Comes in both black/white and colored.

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Syllable Division / Syllabication - Orton Gillingham Aligned!

There is a page for each concept that includes syllable division.

Pages each include six words to divide syllables, the known patterns and syllable types at the top, and step by step instructions. There is also a space for writing a sentence at the bottom of the page.

Holiday Wish List!

Students will write what they want, need, will wear, and will read for the holidays.

Essay Outline for Older Students

Including:

Introduction:

- Hook

- Preview

- Thesis

3 Body Paragraphs:

- Topic Sentences

- 3 Key Details Each

Conclusion:

- Restate Thesis

- Summary

- Closing Sentence

This bundle includes a range of resources such as Birthday Displays, Crowns, Certificates, Student Gift Tags, and much more. It's a comprehensive set of tools to create a memorable and exciting birthday celebration in your classroom.

Designed to be hassle-free with its No Prep feature, making it a convenient and time-saving solution for teachers. With all these fun activities, your students will feel extra special on their birthdays, and you'll appreciate the saved time as everything is thoughtfully planned out for you. It's the perfect way to make birthdays a fantastic experience for your students while keeping your teaching experience stress-free and enjoyable

Activities included in this printable Bundle:

- Birthday Award Ribbons

- Birthday Book

- Birthday Banners

- Animal Birthday Cards

- Birthday Paper Crowns

- Birthday Handprint Art

- Birthday Tracker

- Birthday Coloring Cards

- Birthday Award Certificates

- Birthday Gift Tags

- Birthday Cake Name Craft

- Birthday Gift Card Holder

- Birthday Coupons Book

- Birthday Money holder

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These cute and colorful animal-themed Birthday Cards for Kids by “The Fun Sheep” are designed for teachers to give to their students, wishing them a happy birthday. It's a delightful Birthday Party Activity that adds a special touch to birthday celebrations.

It's great for Family Fun too. It offers a fun party activity for everyone to participate in and help celebrate birthdays. An excellent alternative to traditional birthday cards or gifts. Simply print the cards, have party guests write heartfelt messages, and then fill a jar with these fun and thoughtful birthday notes.

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- 16 Animal Birthday Cards

- 2 pages to print

- A4 paper Size

- Best to print on card stock (Colors will vary depending on printer used)

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Print and laminate this checklist for students to use as a bookmark or a writing checklist throughout the year.

Spark your students' imaginations with these engaging Easter-themed narrative writing prompts! This bundle offers two exciting storylines to inspire creative writing and storytelling.

What's Included:

• Benny the Bunny's Easter Surprise: Challenge students to write a story about a silent bunny who can only speak on Easter Day. Encourage them to develop the plot, characters, and setting to create a captivating tale.
• Not Bunny, But... Egg-cellent Surprise! Ignite curiosity with this unexpected twist! Students will craft a story around a creature that hatches from an Easter egg, exploring imaginative possibilities and character development.

These writing prompts offer opportunities for students to practice descriptive language, plot development, and character building while having fun with the Easter theme.

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Unleash your students' creativity with this Halloween-themed writing bundle!

This engaging resource combines narrative writing and persuasive writing prompts to inspire your students' imaginations and hone their writing skills.

What's Included:

• Narrative Writing Prompts: Spooky and fun prompts to encourage students to write creative stories.
• Persuasive Writing Prompts: Topics related to Halloween that require students to argue their point of view.
• Writing Templates: Optional templates to provide structure and guidance for students.
• Rubric: A scoring rubric to help students assess their writing.

How it Works:

1. Choose a Prompt: Students select a narrative or persuasive writing prompt.
2. Plan and Write: Students brainstorm ideas, develop a plot, and write their story or persuasive piece.
3. Revise and Edit: Students review their writing for clarity, coherence, and grammar.
4. Share and Reflect: Students share their work with classmates and receive feedback.

Benefits:

• Engaging and Fun: The Halloween theme makes writing more exciting and enjoyable.
• Improves Writing Skills: Helps students develop their narrative and persuasive writing abilities.
• Sparks Creativity: Encourages students to think outside the box and create unique stories.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Challenges students to analyze and argue their point of view.

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Spark Your Students' Creativity with These Engaging Templates!

This resource offers 7 fun and engaging narrative writing templates to inspire your students' imaginations.

What's Included:

• 7 Narrative Writing Templates: A variety of templates to spark different writing styles and genres.

Benefits:

• Engaging and Fun: The templates provide a structured framework for writing while allowing for creativity.
• Improves Writing Skills: Helps students develop their storytelling abilities, vocabulary, and grammar.
• Sparks Imagination: Encourages students to think outside the box and explore different genres.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Challenges students to analyze characters, plot, and setting.

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This fun and engaging burger-themed rubric makes writing expectations clear and understandable for students. With four clear levels of achievement, this rubric provides valuable guidance for students to improve their writing skills.

What's Included:

• Four-Level Rubric: Detailed criteria for each level, from "Incomplete Work" to "Above and Beyond," covering essential writing elements.
• Versatile Format: Suitable for both classroom posters and individual student printouts as a guide for each student's binder/writing assignment.

⭐Writing Attempts:

Narrative
Christmas: Trapped in a Snow Globe | My Snowman Came to Life
Thanksgiving: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner | How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner

Others: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Forms of Energy in my Car - Science, Art & WRITING Project

Easter: Benny the Bunny - Easter's Surprise | NOT Bunny - Eggcelent Easter/Spring Surprise

Halloween: Trapped in a Haunted House

Persuasive | Dear Santa - Villains Edition | Who Will Guide the Sleigh | Halloween: Can I Keep My Witch?

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This fun and engaging burger-themed rubric makes writing expectations clear and understandable for students. With four clear levels of achievement, this rubric provides valuable guidance for students to improve their writing skills.

What's Included:

• Four-Level Rubric: Detailed criteria for each level, from "Incomplete Work" to "Above and Beyond," covering essential writing elements.
• Versatile Format: Suitable for both classroom posters and individual student printouts as a guide for each student's binder/writing assignment.

⭐Writing Attempts:

Narrative
Christmas: Trapped in a Snow Globe | My Snowman Came to Life
Thanksgiving: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner | How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner

Others: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Forms of Energy in my Car - Science, Art & WRITING Project

Easter: Benny the Bunny - Easter's Surprise | NOT Bunny - Eggcelent Easter/Spring Surprise

Halloween: Trapped in a Haunted House

Persuasive | Dear Santa - Villains Edition | Who Will Guide the Sleigh | Halloween: Can I Keep My Witch?

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This Christmas persuasive graphic organizer & writing is based on one of the greatest holiday read-aloud EVER, "Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?" - Jerry Pallotta.

Your students will say their opinion and convince you which animal should help guide the sleigh.

The animals included are: rhino, elephant, tiger, giraffe, monkey.

They will cut out the animal and stick it connecting it to the sleigh.

⭐Want more writing for Christmas?⭐

Persuasive: Dear Santa, Villains Edition

Narrative: Trapped in a Snow Globe Narrative Writing

More Writing?

⭐Narrative/Descriptive: Earth Layers⭐

⭐Thanksgiving narrative writing: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner⭐

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Step into the world of words and imagine a picture of your student's favorite room! This activity provides 2 engaging graphic organizers to describe their room through descriptive details.

Option 1: Fill-the-House (Ideal for visual learners and those who like a structured approach)
This graphic organizer provides a house outline with designated sections for your favorite room. Here's what your students will explore within each section:

• The Room: Write the name of their favorite room (e.g., bedroom, playroom, etc.).
• Sight: Describe what they see. Specific details like furniture, decorations, or the view outside the window.
• Smell: What unique scents fill the air in this room? Is it the fresh smell of linens, the sweet aroma of books, or a hint of their favorite snacks?
• Feeling: How does this room make them feel? Cozy, calm, energetic, or creative?

Option 2: Cutting, Folding & Designing (Ideal for kinesthetic learners and those who enjoy a hands-on approach)

• Cut and Fold: Cut out and fold along the lines.
• Design Time: Decorate the outside of their folded room to represent its visual elements (furniture, decorations, etc.)
• Sensory Exploration: On the inside flaps of the room, write down details related to their senses:
  • Sight: Describe what they see inside the room.
  • Smell: What scents are present in this space?
  • Feeling: How does being in this room make them feel?

⭐More Writing Attempts:⭐

Journey to the Center of the Earth | Narrative/Descriptive

Trapped in a Snow Globe | Narrative

⭐Student Rubric⭐

Burger Sandwich | Writing Rubric

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