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Free balanced literacy projects
Trim Santa's Beard Christmas Kindness (Editable)
The Christmas season is the perfect time to reinforce acts of kindness!This activity prompts children to participate in a different act of kindness each day while trimming off Santa's long beard. Your free download includes: a "ready-to-print" version with both color and black and white. an editable version (Power Point format) to type in your own act of kindness to personalize details.an blank version (remove text boxes in editable version) for students to write in their own kindness ideasa sel
Grades:
K - 2nd
CHARACTER ANALYSIS Book Report Activity | Generic Novel Unit Study Activity FREE
With this freebie, your students will be able to present a creative summary for any character for any book. This no-prep activity makes an engaging addition to any of my creative novel units (find the list below).CLICK HERE to find this in my Generic Novel, Movie, and Documentary Brochure Bundle!My novel units allow your students to work through the book in a natural and enjoyable way. There will be no dreaded multiple-choice tests. However, these activities are thorough which will allow you to
Grades:
4th - 12th
Animal Report Template Freebie
This is a template designed to help your students complete research on any animal. I hope you enjoy!
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K - 4th
FREE PARAGRAPH WRITING ACTIVITY - Paragraph of the Week
This week's Sunday Freebie is a complete Paragraph of the Week Writing resource just like the ones in our Paragraph Writing Bundle (which is on sale for 50% off right now!!)You can learn more about Paragraph of the Week by reading my detailed blog post, How to Improve Student Writing Quickly and Easily. I encourage you to check that out.The Paragraph of the Week Bundle includes:Narrative WritingInformative WritingOpinion / Persuasive WritingThis freebie you are about to download was originally s
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1st - 5th
U.S. State Report
Have students fill out this informational brochure as they research one of the 50 states. Students will have to find the state capital, major cities, bodies of water, industries of the state, states that border, state motto, state bird, state flower, and state tree.
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2nd - 5th
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Fun Book Reports - Paper Bag Book Report
This is a fun freebie! Students do the written portion of the book report on the outside of a large grocery bag, and then place five items inside the bag to symbolize main characters, setting or events from the book. Students love these!!
Enjoy,
Shari Bithell
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3rd - 9th
First Grade Non-Fiction: Spiders
Help your students enhance their knowledge of spiders with this little freebie! This pack includes the following: pieces for an anchor chart, spider spelling dice pages, persuasive/opinion spider writing, non-fiction text features mini-book {spiders}, and a spider fact writing page. Enjoy!Please follow my teaching blog for ideas and freebies!Like Mrs. Wheeler on Facebook to stay connected!
Grades:
K - 3rd
Inquiry-Driven Independent Research Project for Primary Students
This is a fantastic project for your primary learners to engage in digitally or in person. By downloading, you will receive the Google Slides version that you can upload directly to Google Classroom for your kiddos to work right on. You can also print the package out to be a hard copy project. This project coaches your students through brainstorming, weighing pros & cons, deciding a topic, using quality + various sources, taking research notes, and publishing a flyer. I designed this projec
Grades:
1st - 4th
Cereal Box Book Report - Project Based Learning
This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of either a book you've read together as a class or a book they've read on their own. This resource includes printable pieces that students can fill out, cut, and glue directly to a used cereal box. There is structure, but also the opportunity for creativity. The following template pieces are included in this resource:-Front of box: Students create a cereal name and look for the cereal-Back of box: Students create a game/activity that re
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2nd - 8th
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My Pumpkin Book (Math and Science)
Have students make their own book about a pumpkin. Students will work together in small groups and with a real pumpkin to read, measure, write, describe, count, and many more skills. Bring hands-on learning into the classroom with this fun interactive activity. Perfect for fall and Halloween this activity will have your students excited to learn. This is part of a larger bundle with 7 yes SEVEN other pumpkin activities for only 3.50. Pumpkin Activities for preK-2.Wanting to ADD more Science in
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in:Â A Year of Science Centers for Preschool and Kindergarten
Bucket Filling Craftivity
Do you read, "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" in your classroom? I read it every year on the first day of school. We always do a little writing and craftivity about how we are going to be bucket fillers in our classroom and our school. Now, that craftivity is FREE for you to use and I could not be more excited to share it with you!Interested in having exclusive free resources, updates, and helpful hints sent right to your inbox? Subscribe to my email list by clicking here!
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K - 5th
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The Tale of Despereaux ~ A Novel Study
"Come closer, dear reader. I am telling you a story..." This product is a complete novel study over the beloved book "The Tale of Despereaux". Complete with comprehensive questions over each chapter, reader's responses to go along with your Reading Workshop, and numerous enrichment activities to enhance your student's reading. Perfect for grades 3-6. Created by Marsha Templeton.
Activities include:
Create you own Coat of Arms
Character Cards
Inference Cards
Make a Tapestry
Dungeon Research
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Genre Mystery Mix-Up
If you’re looking for an engaging and rigorous way to check your students’ understanding of genre, you’ve come to the right place! This lesson will have you setting up a crime scene in your classroom where someone has broken in and mixed up all the genres in your classroom library. Students will follow clues around the school to determine the genres of books the culprit has left around using evidence based terms. This activity is a great follow up to a study of genres or a quick brush up to revi
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2nd - 10th
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A Mouse and A Cookie {Cause and Effect Freebie}
We had a blast this week with cause and effect using If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Moose a Muffin, Dog a Donut, and Cat a Cupcake. Provided are resources for a response created after working on the skill for a few days. The kids created their own puppet, retelling cookie, and cause/effect response. I hope you find this freebie enjoyable.
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Grades:
K - 1st
Free Writing Prompt: Informational Writing
This is a - forever free - single writing prompt that will allow your students to be able to go through the entire writing process or brainstorming, organizing, drafting, revising and editing. This allows students to get in depth practice into the genre of Informational Writing, while reviewing the writing process.
This writing prompt includes: a brainstorming map, an outline, drafting pages, a revising checklist, an editing checklists and a grading rubric. More prompts just like this can be f
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3rd - 6th
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Biomes Investigation Project
This Word document includes day by day directions for students to do a partner investigation of biomes around the word. Technology and research standards are addressed. A rubric for student and teacher use is included. I have added this item as a Word document so that it is editable. Please feel free to edit and change it to meet your needs. Please do not distribute multiple copies.
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2nd - 8th
Current Events Project
This is a project for middle school and high school students. Students explore credible websites and research current events that interest them. Students will write summaries about what they have read and can share them with the class. This is a great way to start a dialogue about current events in local, state, federal, and global politics, economics, and social issues.
Students are challenged to write in expository and persuasive formats. This allows students to dig deeper into the materia
Grades:
6th - 12th
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SECRETARY'S DAY LETTER WRITING AND PLANNING PACK
Thank you for checking out this freebie created for secretary's day! I hope you love it, please leave feedback and follow me for future freebies and deals.
With this download you will receive:
Differentiated brainstorming pages
Differentiated planning pages
Drafting pages
Editing check lists
Final publishing pages
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1st - 3rd
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Hop on Pop popcorn labels
Labels to print and attach to miniature bags of popcorn.
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Not Grade Specific
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Freebie! "Inference Shoebox Mystery" Creative Writing Project
Free creative writing activity.
After creating the ultimate shoebox of clues for your students, your students will begin using their inference clues to put together a complete bio of the mystery person. Then they they will complete a Bio Card, sketch and creative writing story.
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Summary Reading Tex
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Penguin Paper Bag Writing Craftivity
This cute little paper bag penguin would make a great addition to your polar unit. This set includes everything that you need to create a paper bag penguin including a writing template that goes on the front of your penguin.
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PreK - 3rd
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Free Informational Writing Prompt for Primary Students
This is a - forever free - single writing prompt that will allow your students to be able to go through the entire writing process or brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing and conferencing. This allows students to get in depth practice into the genre of Informational Writing, while reviewing the writing process.
This writing prompt includes: a brainstorming map, drafting pages, a revising checklist, an editing checklists and a grading rubric.
This is a preview of my Informational Writi
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K - 2nd
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Biography Project Template
This biography template can be used with students as an independent or whole class activity.
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1st - 4th
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Koala Class Pet Freebie *Editable
If you're looking for a fun and engaging activity that your students will request over and over again, then may I suggest a class pet? Your pet's collaborative travel journal will help foster community in your classroom and get families involved too! DON'T WORRY, I'm not talking about a pet you need to feed or clean up after. No, no... I'm talking about a send home stuffed animal. Over the years this has always been the most anticipated assignment the kids can't wait to participate in!_ _ _ _ _
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
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