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All About Bats {Informative Text, Craftivity, Comprehension, and Writing}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

All About Bats {Informative Text, Craftivity, Comprehension, and Writing}This fun writing assignment is great for Halloween!You get a bubble map, four square template, Fact Fold about bats, and a fun bat craftivity to display students' writing!Use

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Halloween

Grades:

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

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Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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What Makes You Proud? What Are Your Goals? Bulletin Board Set

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is an interactive bulletin board set that contains two titles:What Makes You Proud?What Are Your Goals?You will have to trace the large letters using some sort of projector. Directions are included on how to make it look like the example

Subjects:

Character Education, Back to School, End of Year

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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October Doodle Art

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Download different October doodle templates to have your students design and create a "funky" design! Then students can write about different ideas that correlate to their art.You'll get a pumpkin, coffee cup, and a leaf.You can choose to have them

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Visual Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

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Not Grade Specific

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Projects, Printables

$2.50

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Reasons Why We Love Our Class {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is the perfect bulletin board for Valentine's Day or for the whole year. Students can use the included hearts to write reasons why they love their class and classmates. You can also just use the title and use post-it notes for your students'

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Character Education, Valentine's Day, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.75

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Alphabet Set {Cursive and Printing} BLACK AND WHITE OPTIONS!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Alphabet Set {Cursive and Print}**Updated 2020** Updated with new images for the letters I, U, and X. **Updated 2017**This has now been updated with a squared off version of the alphabet set, plus resizable options for both the rounded corners and

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Other (ELA), Back to School

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$5.75

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Calendar Set and Schedule Cards

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This calendar set is black and white and will make your classroom POP!It includes:schedule cardstime cardsnumbers for the calendarimage of calendar to be enlarged at a printing service (like Walgreens)month cardsdays of the week cardseditable

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Classroom Management, Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.00

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George Washington Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Celebrate Presidents' Day by creating this fun craftivity! Students will be able to create a cute George Washington while reviewing key information about our first president's life. This is simple, fun, and easy. Students will enjoy constructing

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Visual Arts, Writing, Presidents' Day

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

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Projects, Activities

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Daily Goals: Student Contracts

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

For many teachers, a main challenge can be student behavior and self motivation. I have come up with different strategies to help certain students gain accountability for their actions-academically, behaviorally, emotionally, and socially. This

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Classroom Management, Back to School

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

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OWL Always Love You Valentine's Day Craft

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

**Updated in 2018 with writing lines for the back of the owl.** Use this fun craftivity to have your students celebrate Valentine's Day by knowing that "OWL" always love you! Included with the craftivity are blackline masters for each part of the

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Visual Arts, Valentine's Day

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities

$4.00

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First Week of School Activities

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This file includes 9 activities that your students can complete on the first day or first week of school. Here's what you get:Roll the DicePut your students in pairs and have them roll a die. Have them share out something about themselves depending

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Back to School

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities

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April Doodle Art

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Download different April templates to have your students design and create a "funky" design! Then students can write about different ideas that correlate to their art.Doodles include:PeepsCloudEggButterflyAlso included are PNG images that you upload

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Holidays/Seasonal, Easter, Spring

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Not Grade Specific

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Projects, Printables

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Troll Writing Craft

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

I made this troll craft as a writing project for my students for the beginning of the year. I included a writing idea about having a growth mindset, inspired by Trolls! You get FOUR troll templates to choose from, plus several writing papers with

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Character Education, Writing, Back to School

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

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Projects, Bulletin Board Ideas

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Community Helper Thank You Notes {Patriot Day}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

In this download, you'll find 30 note templates to send as "thank yous" to our community helpers. These notes can be written for Patriot Day, Veteran's Day, or Career Day. One set has the title "Thank You." Another set has the title "You Are

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U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal

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Not Grade Specific

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Printables

$3.00

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January Doodle Art

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Updated for 2024!Download different January templates to have your students design and create a "funky" design! Then students can write about different ideas that correlate to their art.You can choose to have them write on a full page, and you can

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Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

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Not Grade Specific

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Projects, Printables

$2.75

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End of the Year Daily Theme: Watermelon Fun!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Engage your students with some outside play and keep it academic, too! In this download, you'll get ideas for a whole day of fun with your students during that last week of school. Based on third-grade CCSS measurement and data standards, these

Subjects:

Graphing, Physical Science, End of Year

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities

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1.MD.C.4, 2.MD.D.10, 3.MD.B.3

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Abraham Lincoln Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Celebrate Presidents' Day by creating this fun craftivity! Students will be able to create a cute Honest Abe while reviewing key information about our 16th president's life. This is simple, fun, and easy. Students will enjoy constructing their Abes,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Presidents' Day

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

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Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.25

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Hand Washing Posters and Anchor Chart

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

*Just added images of the posters containing all of the steps so you can upload to a printing service to create large posters for your classroom!*These posters and anchor chart can be set up next to a sink that is in or near your classroom. It's

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Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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Growth Mindset Bulletin Board Set - Cactus Edition!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use this growth mindset bulletin board set in your classroom to remind your students to maintain a growth mindset ALL YEAR LONG! The board is titled "How will you STICK with a growth mindset?" It can be used in many ways. I encourage my students to

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Back to School

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.00

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Day of the Dead {Informative Text and Writing}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

In this download you get THREE writing display options!You can choose from a simple writing paper option, flip book, or skeleton display that can be hung up to share both sides of students’ work.You can choose to have your students create their own

Subjects:

Writing, Halloween, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$4.25

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Editable First Day/Week of School Certificate {2022}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

*UPDATED FOR 2023*You get an entirely editable option, plus BRAG TAGS!Editable First Day (or first week) of School CertificatesGrab these editable certificates to hand out to your students at the end of the first day (or week) of school! Great for

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

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For Parents

$4.75

Digital Download ZIP (11.87 MB)

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