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End of Year Summer Picture Prompt Narrative Writing Unit Workshop Grades 4-6
By TooBookedUp
Sizzle up your classroom with our Summer Picture Prompts narrative writing resource! This sun-soaked toolkit guides students through the narrative writing process, with the warmth and adventure of summer serving as their muse. From beach escapades to mysterious summer camps, each photo prompt is a splash into the ocean of creativity and narrative exploration.
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Transform your teaching this summer with tales that are as vibrant and boundless as the season itself. Our Summer Picture Prompts resource isn’t just a collection of activities; it’s a launchpad into storytelling, critical thinking, and joy-filled writing. Whether you’re embarking on a creative writing voyage, searching for meaningful homework under the stars, or in need of lively extension activities, these picture prompts are your treasure map to a world of imaginative writing.
Let the spirit of summer fuel your classroom’s stories. Add our Summer Picture Prompts to your teaching arsenal today and watch your students’ writing blossom under the summer sun!
Forms of Energy in my Car | Science, Art & Writing Project
By Nardine Mettry
Calling all young designers and engineers! Today, we're embarking on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) adventure to create and explore the energetic world of cars!
What's Included?
⭐Forms of Energy Booklet with Sorting + Coloring Activities⭐
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What Is? Book Series Digital Reading Comprehension Lessons Book Report Template
By TaughtOught Homeschooling
Save 20% on 15 books from the What Is? and What Was? book series. Each one includes a book report flipbook template and a comprehensive reading comprehension digital lesson (with a built-in reward system).
The books in the series include:
This product is easy to use:
The sections of the reading comprehension digital lesson and 9-page book report template include (along with the built-in reward system):
Create a Board Game Activity for End of Unit Project Based Learning Review Games
By Kyla McHenry
Learners will unleash their creativity with our Design Your Own Board Game learning resource. This resource is the perfect tool for encouraging creativity, actively engaging learners, or wrapping up a unit with a fun project. This resource provides step by step guidance over 10 days of learning to help research, brainstorm, outline, and design your very own board game.
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When and how to use it:
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The Creative Writing & Speaking Proposal & Rubric Kit
By Jas Teach
The Creative Writing & Speaking Proposal & Rubric Kit
Struggling to craft compelling proposals for creative writing and speaking projects? Look no further! This comprehensive kit equips you with the tools to:
This kit includes the following activities:
Collaborative Projects
Creative writing and speaking
Fathers Grandparents Day Trophy Craft Writing Activities 2nd 3rd 4th Grade
By You Are Special
Are you looking for engaging Grandparents Day or Father's Day Trophy Craft Activities for your students? If anyone wants to get a special gift for their students, this Trophy Craft writing pack is perfect for them.
Students can use it to create a heartfelt gift for their moms, regardless of their grade—whether they're in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade. It's truly wonderful; you can see a preview of it.
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Thanksgiving Craftivity Thankful Writing Activity | Turkey I Am Thankful Craft
By teachcolors
Celebrate Thanksgiving with our engaging "Thanksgiving Craftivity The Thankful Writing Activity"! This resource is perfect for adding a festive touch to your classroom or home celebrations. This craftivity includes a Thanksgiving/ Fall feast Placemat I am thankful Craftivity that helps children express their gratitude in a creative way.
Our Thankful Turkey Social Studies Thanksgiving Craftivity is designed to blend fun and learning, making it an ideal addition to your Thanksgiving activities. The centerpiece of this resource is the Thanksgiving Craftivity - The Thankful, which guides students through a Thanksgiving Craftivity | I am Thankful Writing Activity. Kids will love creating their own Thanksgiving Turkey I Am Thankful Craft, a Fall Writing Craftivity that encourages them to reflect on what they are grateful for.
Included in this pack is the "I'm Thankful For...A Thanksgiving Placemat Craftivity and Writing" activity, offering a delightful way for children to express their thankfulness. Our Thanksgiving Writing Craftivity and I am Thankful For Writing Craft Thanksgiving Craftivity activities provide structured yet enjoyable opportunities for students to practice their writing skills while celebrating the season.
Additionally, the ThankFULL Pie Craftivity and Turkey Craft Hat activities are perfect for adding extra fun to your Thanksgiving celebrations. These Thanksgiving Craft Activities are designed to be easy to use and require minimal prep, making them perfect for busy educators and parents. The Thankful Turkey Craftivity rounds out this comprehensive pack, offering a variety of ways for children to engage with the holiday.
Bring the spirit of Thanksgiving into your lessons with this versatile and engaging craftivity pack!
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Name Hat Craft-Winter Bulletin Board Template-Fun Kindergarten Project Activitie
By EduTeachers Toolbox
This Winter Name Hat Craft is a fun and engaging activity designed for kindergarten students. The product includes colorful templates that allow children to create personalized winter hats with their names. These activities not only foster creativity but also help children practice their fine motor skills, color recognition, and letter formation.
What's Included:
Template of winter hats in different colors patterns and B&w for coloring..
Colorful pieces for decorating the hats, including stripes, pom-poms, and squares
Space for students to write their names on the hats
Instructions for teachers on how to use the templates in the classroom
Benefits:
Fine Motor Skills: Cutting, gluing, and handling small pieces help improve children's fine motor skills.
Creativity: Allows students to express their creativity by decorating their hats.
Letter Recognition: Writing their names helps with letter recognition and spelling.
Classroom Community: Creates a sense of community as students see their work displayed together.
This Winter Name Hat Craft is a delightful way to celebrate the winter season while incorporating important kindergarten skills.
By Clodagh
Engage your students in meaningful reflection with these comprehensive end of year Activities! This resource is packed with a variety of different ways for students to reflect on their school year while also setting goals for the future! Ending with an end of year activities project, your students will have a marvellous end to the school year!
These end of year activities have been designed to focus on independence, reflection and creativity! Students will explore their achievements, challenges and future aspirations and be able to represent their year and future goals in different ways.
Highlights of this resource include:
Whether you're seeking end of year activities that are effortless to execute, foster creativity, or infuse fun into the classroom, this resource ticks all the boxes. It's an ideal solution for educators aiming to culminate the academic year on a high note while instilling valuable reflection and goal setting skills in their students. Perfect if you are looking for end of year activities that are easy, creative and fun for your students!
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Congratulations on making it to the end of year!!!! Enjoy these end of year activities and then put your feet up. You deserve it!
Fairy Tales And Monologues Bundle
By MsNerdWood
This Bundle Includes:
-Fairy Tale Monologue and Script - Drama and Language Arts
-Fairy Tales And Monologues Part 2
Fairy Tale Monologue and Script - Drama and Language Arts
This is a 3 part individual/group assignment where groups (of 4-6) are given a problem based on a well known fairy tale where students have to write and perform their solution to the problem. Students will write out a monologue individually and as a group will write the body of the script. After the groups have resolved their problem, each group member will have a chance to reflect on how their character feels after the resolution of the problem. This activity would be appropriate for middle school or high school students. This package will provide your students with hours of entertainment that include opportunities to write and showcase their creativity. For teachers, it provides great opportunities to teach script writing, assess writing samples, dramatic performances, and to foster group cooperation.
Topics Covered:
Monologues
Script Writing
Dramatic Performances
Fairy Tales:
Cinderella: The Shoe Fits ALL Of Us!
3 Little Pigs: I’m Not Paying Insurance!
Snow White: Time To Move On?
The Ugly Ducking: Is Plastic Surgery The Answer?
Cinderella 2.0: Matters Of The Family
Rubrics Included:
Written Work – Individual First Monologue
Written Work – Individual Writing for Final Monologue
Written Work – Group – Script Writing
Performances - Individual
Performances – Group
Peer Assessment
Self-Assessment
Fairy Tales And Monologues Part 2
Are you ready to unleash the creativity of your students? If so, you’ve found a great activity!
Welcome to an enchanting world of drama activities designed to captivate and inspire your middle school or high school students! This engaging bundle features ten thought-provoking scenarios rooted in classic fairy tales, encouraging students to explore themes of identity, decision-making, and self-discovery. From Cinderella's modern twist to Snow White navigating the realms of social media, each scenario invites students into a realm of creativity, critical thinking, and collaborative learning. With rich character dilemmas, these activities offer a unique blend of dramatic arts, moral exploration, and language arts, and challenge students to analyze, interpret, and perform in a manner that's both entertaining and educational. Unlock the magic of drama in your classroom as students delve into timeless tales with a contemporary twist, fostering a love for storytelling, character development, and meaningful discussions. Your students are sure to be spellbound by the imaginative world of Fairy Tales and Monologues Part 2.
What Students Will Be Doing:
This is a 3-part assignment that incorporates both individual and group assignments. Groups of students (4-6) are responsible for writing an individual monologue, a group script and a final monologue reflection. Students will take on the role of a character from a well known fairy tale. In the individual monologue, students will get to explore the perspective of their character and how the new dilemma a character is faced with should be solved. The group will then figure out a solution to the dilemma and will write a short script to show their resolution. After the group has resolved the dilemma, each character will have an opportunity to reflect on how their character feels about the outcome. Don't worry I've included some rubrics that you can use for each section too and some worksheets to help guide student thinking.
Topics Covered:
Monologues
Script Writing
Dramatic Performances
What's Included:
-Cinderella Is Sick Of Glass Slippers
-Snow White And The Social Media Mirror
-Rumplestiltskin’s Business Dilemma
-Rapunzel’s Career Tangle
-Little Red Riding Hood’s Identity Crisis
-The Three Little Pigs: The Real Estate Dilemma
-Puss In Boots’ Style Dilemma
-The Princess And The Frog’s Cuisine Dilemma
-Hansel And Gretel’s Social Media Detox
-The Sleeping Beauty’s Career Awakening
-Written Work - Individual First Monologue
-Written Work - Individual Writing for Final Monologue
-Written Work - Group - Script Writing
-Performances - Individual
-Performances - Group
-Peer Assessment
-Self Assessment
Common Core Writing Interactive Notebook
By Kim Romero
If you are interested in my Common Core Writing Interactive Notebook you need to check this out! My Common Core ELA Interactive Notebook Mega Bundle The bundle comes with my three best seller interactive notebooks at a discounted price! If you are not interested in the mega bundle please keep reading. Students need to be involved in their own learning. Interactive Notebooks are a great way to incorporate interactive learning. My Common Core Writing Interactive Notebook is aligned with 3rd Grade Common Core Standards. However, this product can benefit 2nd and 4th grade also. View my preview to get a better look. Common Core Writing Interactive Notebook includes: Student Notebook Cover Page Purpose of Writing-Concept Page Separator The Writing Process-Concept Page Separator Writing Strategies-Concept Page Separator Types of Writing-Concept Page Separator What is a Writer’s Purpose? Study Organizer Write with a Purpose Interactive Practice Page What is the Writing Process? Study Organizer Brainstorming Interactive Page Revise/Edit Interactive Page Strong Writing Leads Study Organizer Strong Writing Leads Interactive Page Writing Moments (Shrink A Moment & Explode A Moment) Powerful Words (Adjectives) Interactive Page Transition Words for all types of Writing-Interactive Page Narrative Writing Interactive Page & Example paragraph Opinion Writing Interactive Page & Example paragraph Descriptive Writing Interactive Page & Example paragraph How To Paragraph-Interactive Page & Example Paragraph Compare & Contrast Interactive Page & Example Paragraph Informative Writing Interactive Page & Example Paragraph Parts of a Letter & Write a Letter Interactive Pages My Common Core Writing Interactive Notebook comes with a step by step guide for each page and black/white printables. If you like this interactive notebook please check out my new 1st Grade Language Arts Interactive Notebook Check out my March Morning Work-CCSS Aligned January Morning Work-CCSS Aligned and myFebruary Morning Work-CCSS Aligned Check out my Snowman Soup Labels Need Daily Morning Work? Check out my September Morning Work Check out my Common Core Reading Interactive Notebook Check out Common Core Grammar Interactive Notebook Please comment and rate. Thank You!
By Inspired By MlG
Students can enhance their writing skills with the help of a design sheet while crafting heartfelt letters to friends or family members.
Gingerbread Man Writing Prompt Gingerbread Man Writing Paper Christmas SpEd Fun
By Modz by Laila
Get your upper elementary and middle school students excited about writing with these Gingerbread Man Writing Prompts and Themed Writing Paper! This festive product includes 5 engaging writing prompts that encourage creativity and seasonal fun, along with 2 pages of gingerbread man-themed writing paper—perfect for any holiday-themed writing activity.
What’s Included:
5 gingerbread man writing prompts to spark students’ creativity and engage them in seasonal writing
2 pages of gingerbread man writing paper for a festive, polished final product
This product is great for writing centers, independent work, bulletin board displays, or homework assignments, giving students multiple ways to enjoy and share their work. Use it as a standalone activity or integrate it into your holiday curriculum for an added touch of seasonal fun!
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Download this resource to bring some holiday cheer into your writing activities!
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- Laila
Charlotte's Web Novel Study - Lesson Plans Included
By A Teachers Sidekick
This novel study goes along with E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web. You and your students will go chapter by chapter. Studying the characters, setting, events, point of view, adjectives, text structures (Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, and Problem/Solution), and more. It all ends with a watch along with the 2006 live-action movie and a project comparing the movie and the book.
Things that are included in this product are: Completed Lesson Plans for each chapter (also a blank one that is editable), Google Slides to go with each chapter, Doodle notes prompts and organizers for each chapter, End of Chapter activities, Movie Watch Along activity, Assessments, and a Rubric for the project.
At the beginning of each slideshow, there is a review of what the activity will be focused on for that chapter. You might need to teach your students that skill. But this product spiralizes. So you will cover skills, multiple times throughout the read.
Everything that is included is editable for you, so you can make it fit for your classroom! This could also be used as a digital activity (Slides and End activities) by using the Google Slides Add-ON Peardeck.
In the lesson plans, I did not include a standard because each state has its own standards.
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Mother's Day Craft, Purse, Booklet & Cute Necklace
By Regina Frazier
Celebrate Mother's Day by having your students create this adorable purse, booklet, and necklace. Students will be able to give it to someone who is special in their lives for Mother's Day. They may fill out their responses on kid-lined paper in the booklet to answer prompts. The booklet comes in primary lines and secondary lines. Students will enjoy creating a purse and necklace to give to someone they love. The purse has decorations for students to cut out and glue to the inside or the front. They can also make the decorations have a 3-Dimesional effect if they choose by simply cutting on the dotted lines and folding on the solid lines. This project is super easy to assemble.
If you are a mother, I want to wish you a Happy Mother's Day!
This product is ESPECIALLY good for classes in which some students are from non-traditional families or who have a special woman in their lives who is not their mother.
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ENGLISH | CLASSROOM DEBATE | PERSUASIVE | JURY | UNIT | WORKSHEETS + ACTIVITIES
By French Made Fun!
Want to engage your middle-schoolers and develop their persuasive language, their confidence, their research skills, their teamwork and their respect in a fun, culminating project? Look no further!
I reserve this project for the end of the year as a fun, energetic project in which I assess oral proficiency, teamwork, research skills and persuasive language.
This 50-page debate package includes everything you need to get rolling! Let me guide you and your students to have a successful debate. This document includes:
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William Shakespeare Mega Bundle of Play Scripts & Activities | 3rd & 4th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
This bundle contains four play scripts: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet and Richard III. It also contains six close reading activities; a biography writing unit about William Shakespeare and a discussion based writing unit about which play was his greatest.
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The six close reading activities, or reading comprehension activities, are about:
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity, crossword puzzle and wordsearch for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Secondly, there is a biography writing unit about William Shakespeare. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Finally, there is a discussion based writing unit discussing which play is his greatest - Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth or Hamlet. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
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Habitat Centers and Activities for The Grasslands
By Jennifer Connett
This packet focuses on learning about the different kinds of animals that live in the grasslands. Included are writing pages, project instructions, center activities and wall posters. It can be a simple packet for talking about the animals in general or you can go further by learning about the animals in the tropical grasslands vs. the temperate grasslands as well as learning which ones live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie/Great Plains. Table of Contents Pages 3-5 – These pages are a sorting activity where students can sort the animals according to whether they are in a tropical grassland or in a temperate grassland. They can also sort animals to whether they live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie/Great Plains. Pages 6-17 – The pages are for drawing pictures of different kinds of grasslands and drawing animals that live there. Student will write the names for the animals they draw. There are pages for grasslands, tropical grasslands, temperate grasslands, the African Savanna, the American Prairie and the Great Plains. Each type of grassland has 2 pages with different writing lines. Pages 18-23 – These are poster pages for each type of grassland and the animals that live there. There are poster pages for grasslands, tropical grasslands, temperate grasslands, the African Savanna, the American Prairie and the Great Plains. Pages 24-29 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Pages 30-35 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Savanna or the Great Plains. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Pages 36-41 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the tropical grassland or the temperate grassland. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Page 42 – This is a memory/concentration game. Print this sheet twice and cut them out to make the game! Pages 43-50 – Available in color and in black and white, these are Grassland picture cards. They can be used with page 40/41 as sorting mats or you can hang them for reference in your room. You can also combine these from other sets to create a habitat book. Pages 51-52 – Available in color and in black and white, they are small animal cards to use to sort on the grassland mats. Pages 53-55 - Instructions and templates for Grassland project. Pages 56-63 – True or False Task Cards: Print on Card stock and laminate. Have students circle whether what the cards say are true or false. Available in color and black and white. Has Answer Key!
All About Me Craftivity Student Goal Writing Activity Tumbler Cup Craftivity
By For the Love of Learning in Third
Handled tumbler / cup back to school / new school year activity for a fun and no prep all about me or goal setting writing craftivity. Perfect for a student work display / back to school bulletin board.
Students complete the writing page of your choice and color stickers to represent their interests to glue on the tumbler. Easy student assembly- cut on dotted lines and clearly marks where to glue to create a flip effect to open the tumbler to display student writing.
See preview for all that is included in this product. Assembly is demonstrated in video preview.
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Mother's Day Activity- Appreciation Memory Book - Inclusive for Caregivers
By The Elementary Hut
Introducing the perfect gift for Mother's Day!
The Mother's Day inclusive memory book. This resource is designed for all caregivers, including 39 templates for grandmothers, aunts, stepmoms, and more. It also includes both male and female pronouns, as well as a nameless template, it's like getting 5 memory books in one!
This activity fits lower elementary students best (1st to 3rd grade), as it is a wonderful way to celebrate the special moms in their lives and make them feel appreciated by providing them with a special memory book.
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