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Free creative writing thematic unit plans
Writing Prompts for Back to School Class Share Time
Writing Prompts: Back to School Writing Prompts for Class Share Time build essential Common Core writing and speaking skills from the beginning of the year all the way to the last day of school.
These Back to School "Sharing Pages" give students a unique opportunity to share their writing in front of the class. These writing prompts focus upon getting back into the swing of things at the beginning of the school year! From meeting new friends, to loving their new class, your students will enjoy
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K - 5th
Also included in:Â Writing Prompts Through the Year ~ Sharing Pages {BUNDLE}
Snow Day Story Frames and Writing Activities - Winter Wishes FREEBIE
This FREE set of language arts activities is perfect to get your students interested in writing about winter either before or after the "gift" of a SNOW DAY! Creative ways for them to write responses to both fiction and non-fiction mentor texts are included in the resource page! Check out the product thumbnails to see the variety of fiction, non-fiction, and list-making templates. This packet is also full of pages you can copy in advance and leave in your "sub tub" in case winter illness or a
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1st - 3rd
FREE Writing Resource for Kindergarten and First Grade, Pets, Writing Centers
This FREE writing resource is a sampler of our monthly thematic writing packet. It is perfect for kindergarten or first grade! Students will love the pet theme throughout the packet. Teachers will love how most writing activities have been differentiated so you can easily accommodate all writing levels in your classroom. ALL writing activities are offered in 2-line styles….handwriting lines and single lines. This FREEBIE will include the following…-Vocabulary Lists (color and backline)-Label It-
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K - 1st
Also included in:Â Monthly Writing BUNDLE for Kindergarten and First Grade, Writing Centers
The Gingerbread Man {Book Companion Freebie}
It's official, I'm enchanted with the holiday season. I can't resist all the catalogs. With each turn of the page, I find something a little more enchanting. As I plan a gingerbread day, I decided to create a small unit to use for our learning. My planning became a way of channeling my excitement for the holidays. Thank you for all my loyal followers and those I've recently acquired. I enjoy reading your comments and seeing your feedback. As a thank you, I want to share my book companion!
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K - 2nd
Witches' Brew
While dressing up like a witch, turning out the lights, and using a flashlight; your students will be engaged the whole way through as you read the Witches' Brew poem and add the ingredients! Witches' brew is made with 13 different grocery store items, but with spooky names {witches' fingers are Bugles, bat bones are stick pretzels, cat claws are candy corn, etc} your students are sure to be amazed! Included in this packet:
*Witches' Brew grocery list
*Withces' Brew poem
*2 writing activities
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K - 3rd
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Plant Unit (7 Lesson Plans)
This is a unit focused on plants. It's great for Kindergarten - second grade. It includes booklets for student observations, lesson plans for each day, activities for planting and observing certain plants, and visuals for types of plants, plant parts, and what plants need.
Have fun!
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K - 2nd
Moon and Space Unit Writing Prompts
This package includes 12 original creative writing prompts and graphic organizers that would go wonderfully with a Moon and/or Space unit! The prompts are all on fun, exciting coloring sheets that students enjoy and will look great on display in hallways and classrooms!
Examples of some of the prompts are:
*If I could go to the moon, I would bring...
*I wouldn't want to go to the moon because...
*Phases of the moon graphic organizer
...and more!
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K - 3rd
Grace for President Freebie!
Enjoy these few activities for the story Grace for President!
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K - 3rd
The Day the Crayons Quit Book Companion - Creative Writing FREEBIE
This set of letter and postcard templates will help your students respond colorfully and creatively to Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers' wonderful picture books, The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home. Both stories are full of good humor and life lessons that will interest and inspire your young readers and writers! The message of "working together is better" will help you build a foundation of community and collaboration in your classroom at any time during the school year.
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K - 2nd
Dr. Seuss Author Study- Mini Lessons for Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop
This resource includes background on Dr. Seuss, mini lesson teaching points for read-alouds, reading workshop and writing workshop.The following texts are highlighted as mentor texts in this resource:Hop on PopOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue FishFox in SocksThe Cat in the HatThe Cat in The Hat Comes BackGreen Eggs and HamHorton Hears a WhoThis resource accompanies The Mentor Text 4 Munchkins Podcast, EP008: The Complicated Man Under the Hat: Teaching with Dr. Seuss. More resources and informa
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K - 5th
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Rock! Roll! Write! Building Sentences and Stories {FREEBIE}
Primary grade students will enjoy using the direction card, game board prompts, and thematic templates provided to rock and roll their way to being better writers!See photos of this FREE product and get ideas on how to use it in your classroom! VISIT MY BLOG AT STORIES AND SONGS IN SECONDEach of the activity pages has a fun musical vibe, and you just add dice to get your little learners rock, rolling, and writing! The worksheets can also be used as part of a whole group lesson to review proper
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1st - 3rd
Flat Stanley Inspired Mini-Unit
I created this mini unit to use with my kindergarten class. It can easily be adapted to first grade, preschool or home school. I've included the following items in this unit:
Vocabulary words and question to go along with each chapter.
Parent Letter
Friendly Letter from Flat Stanley
Flat Stanley paper doll
Text-to-Self connection sheets (one specific and one open)
A bubble map all for describing Flat Stanley
A problem and solution page that could be used more than once during this unit
3 s
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K - 1st
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My Parts of a Plant Math Book for Numbers 26-30
This book integrates four different kindergarten curricula. First, it focuses on numbers 26-30. You have to trace each number, write each number, do the ten frames. Next it also integrates plants, and the life cycle of plants. It can also include types of weather (this is optional). You can discuss what type of weather is happening on each page and what it would do to the plants. Last, it integrates writing. At the end of the page the students have to write a sentence about that page.
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PreK - 1st
All About Me Writing & Self-Portrait FREEBIE
Welcome back to school! As a way, to say thank you to my current (and hopefully future) followers, I’d like for you to enjoy this All About Me Banner and Self-Portrait Writing FREEBIE!Have your students write about themselves, using the writing paper in this resource. Then they can draw and color their self-portrait, using the self-portrait template. Paste the two pieces together (directions are included) for an adorable and super, easy "All About Me" display. Feature these cute self-portraits &
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K - 5th
Also included in:Â Growing Bulletin Board Bundle
Star Wars Day- Design a Lightsaber
Students can design their own lightsaber! Print the blank outline and allow students to show their creativity by coloring/designing a lightsaber. Have students write about why they designed their lightsaber the way they did and be sure to tell them to include what powers their lightsaber has!This is a creative way to engage students in writing!
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Not Grade Specific
The Ultimate Summer Reading Guide Bundle (Literacy Bingo, Reading List, Logs)
Thank you so much for your interest in the Ultimate Summer Literacy Guide! In this guide/resource you will find a summer reading book list for children in preschool through sixth grade. You will also find Summer Literacy Bingo. There are 25 literacy activities for the months of June, July and August in a bingo format. Lastly there are also Summer Reading Logs for your children/students to color for each book or chapter they read! Below are some additional details about each resource!Book ListThe
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PreK - 6th
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Mother's Day Questions
Moms will L.O.V.E. reading the answers from your students as a cute Mother's day gift! Enjoy this freebie and Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there!
Please look at my other free Mother's Day project: Mother's Day Teapot & Poem
Don't forget to leave your feedback.
Thank you!
I also have this form for "Nana" and "Aunt".
Mother's Day Questions for Nana
Mother's Day Questions for Aunt
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PreK - 2nd
My Fall Break Writing Prompt
This writing prompt FREEBIE was created to help students learn how to write a paragraph using an opening sentence, three detail sentences and a closing sentence. You will only need to print the pages that are applicable to your students. These writing sheets can be used… >>>> during writers workshop >>>> in a writing centers >>>> for morning work >>>> as a writing assessmentThis Packet Includes:Graphic organizer (TOPIC: Write about what you did wit
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K - 2nd
FREE Halloween Pumpkin Writing Paper Activity
This free writing paper asks students to write about how they would decorate a pumpkin! I used it in my classroom during our "pumpkin week" and it was fun to see all my students' creative ideas! Read more about this resource on my BLOG!INCLUDES:- A PDF file with a pumpkin decorating and writing prompt. DIRECTIONS:1. Download the PDF file.2. Print out the page. 3. Have your students decorate and get creative when describing how they would do it! ***************************************************
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE of Holiday Literacy Activities for Kindergarten First or Second Grade
Talk Like a Pirate --> Dialogue, quotation marks, writing, and MORE!
A 5 day ELA unit for students learn how to correctly use, add, and incorporate dialogue and correctly punctuated quotation marks into their writing This unit contains nonfiction text( s) , text dependent questions & writing, authentic grammar incorporation, narrative writing to incorporate dialogue & sequencing, and more!
GET TO LEARNING, MATEYS!
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2nd - 5th
Holiday Writing Activity
Often students make lists of gifts they want to receive during the holidays, but this activity has the students come up with a list of gifts they could give to others that have no monetary value. In this one week unit, students will be working on writing a holiday piece about gift giving. The items in this unit include: minilessons, brainstorming sheets, rough draft paper, final copy paper, and holiday words anchor chart.
Digital paper from http://sassy-designs.net/shop/
Art by http://www.teac
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2nd - 5th
Letter G: Gus the Grocery Shopping Guinea Pig
Learning A to Z Easily- A Collection of Rhyming Stories for Early Childhood EducationThe seventh story in a set of 26 humorous rhyming alphabet stories by Kay Hastings for young children to encourage and enhance reading and vocabulary development, and to help ensure a life long love of books and reading.
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PreK - 2nd
Gingerbread Man Booklet
This is a gingerbread man writing activity for kindergarten students. It is an interactive activity which allows the students to write sight words and color the gingerbread pictures.
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PreK - 1st
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Who Took The Cookies From the Cookie Jar Theme Unit!
This unit was created to go with Scholastic big book,Who Took The Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges.
This unit includes the following:
Who took the cookies pocket chart
Story characters word and picture cards
Song and Poetry Card/Page
Words and Pictures to make Song and Poetry poster
Song and Poetry Page-students fill in name and draw picture of themselves taking a cookie
Who Took The Cookies student book
Classroom survey-What kind of cookies do you like
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K - 1st
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