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Second Grade Writing Rubric

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A second grade kid-friendly writing rubric and a corresonding teacher grading form.

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, Rubrics

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Silly Sentences: Nouns, Verbs, and Prepositional Phrases

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This is an independent language arts center in which students make silly sentences using nouns, verbs, and prepositional phrases. The center contains two sets of noun cards (12 in each), two sets of verb cards (12 in each), and two sets of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Turkey Tales: A Thanksgiving Writing Activity

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Turkey Tales is a fall writing activity. The files contains 6 creative writing prompts written on feather templates, a flow chart to help students organize their thoughts before writing, 2 turkey bodies (one with narrow writing lines, one with

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Thanksgiving

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$2.00

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Jump In! Hard and Soft C & Hard and Soft G

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Jump In! is an independent language arts center designed to help students practice hearing hard and soft C and hard and soft G sounds in words. The center can be used by 1-4 students. The center includes 4 lily pads (each labeled hard C, soft C,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$2.00

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Time to Feed the Dog! Long and Short Vowel Sort

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Time to Feed the Dog! is an independent language arts center designed to help students discriminate between long and short vowel sounds. The center contains two sorting mats, 30 dog bone cards with long and short vowel words (the majority of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Assessment, Centers

$2.00

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Personal Student Dictionary: English Version with Fry Words

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This file creates a double-sided, 5 1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inch dictionary containing the 26 letters of the English alphabet and the first 200 Fry words. Each 1/2 sized page contains an upper and lower case example of the letter, a graphic representing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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Santa Tales: Creative Writing for the Holidays

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Santa Tales is a Christmas writing activity. The files contains 6 creative writing prompts that become part of Santa's hat, a flow chart to help students organize their thoughts before writing, 2 Santa bodies (one with narrow writing lines, one with

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Projects, Activities

$2.50

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Personal Student Dictionary: English Version with Dolch Words

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This file creates a double-sided, 5 1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inch dictionary containing the 26 letters of the English alphabet and pre-primer, primer, and 1st grade Dolch sight words. Each 1/2 sized page contains an upper and lower case example of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Making Contractions Independent Center

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This is an independent center designed to help students practice making contractions with are, not, will, would, and is. The center contains a student instruction sheet, a printable worksheet, a sheet of cards that contain two words to be made in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$2.00

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Student-Friendly Punctuation Posters

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Fourteen student-friendly punctuation posters to help young learners with these essential concepts. Posters cover ampersand, colon, quotation marks, comma, period, exclamation point, question mark, and apostrophe. Each poster has the word form of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$2.00

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Plant Parts Booklet

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A cute booklet to help support your students' understanding of simple plant parts and their functions. The booklet is 8.5" by 5.5" when finished. It has a simple picture of a plant on the front, with flower, stem. leaves, and roots clearly

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Centers

$2.00

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The Tooth Fairy Strikes Again! Consonant Digraphs Ch, Th, Wh, and Sh

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The Tooth Fairy Strikes Again! is an independent language arts center designed to help students listen for, and recognize, consonant digraphs ch, th, wh, and sh. The center is a two-player game containing student directions, a two-page game board,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$2.00

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Write, Draw & Read: Farm Animals

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Write, Draw & Read is an activity designed to get students writing and illustrating. Each page contains lines for writing, a box for an illustration, and a step-by-step tutorial on how to draw a particular animal. Animals in this set include:

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Centers

CCSS:

W.K.2, W.1.2, W.2.2, W.3.2, W.3.3

$3.00

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25 Printable Creative Writing Prompts

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Each page consists of a one to two sentence creative writing prompt followed by lines for students to continue the story. My students love doing these, and then sharing their stories with the rest of the class.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$1.00

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I have taught in public schools for over 20 years. I have experience in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, but have also worked with children in K, 4th, and 5th. I spent two years teaching a bilingual class, and four teaching ESL. I have also worked as an adjunct professor at the Utah State University; working with pre-service teachers and teachers continuing their education on how to incorporate second language strategies into their classroom instruction.

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I have a BS in Elementary Education, an MS in Instructional Leadership and Policy, and am working on a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction (with an emphasis in language and culture).

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Social Studies, World Languages, Spanish, ESL-EFL-ELL, Math Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Word Problems, Problem Solving, Writing, Asian Studies, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Halloween, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text, Phonics