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Critical thinking creative writing resources for staff and administrators
Elf Yourself Holiday Activity - Christmas Writing & Craft | Craftivity Ornament
Looking for a festive holiday writing activity? Bring some holiday fun to your classroom or school with Elf Yourself! This fun Christmas writing activity takes photos of your students and turns them into holiday elves! Use as a Christmas writing activity or create a holiday themed door or bulletin board display. These personalized elves also make great parent Christmas gifts, tree ornaments or keepsakes. You can even use this resource to secretly "elf" another class. This resource is a fun and e
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PreK - 5th, Staff
Literacy Night Open House Make and Take - Parent Involvement 3rd, 4th, 5th
Involve your upper elementary students and their parents with fun and simple projects they can use at home at your next Open House, Curriculum Evening, or Literacy Night! A Make-and-Take night gives them an immediate tool they can use at home to support essential literacy skills. Perfect for a diverse class in upper elementary, as it can be tailored to suit your school. In this packet, I walk you through the planning of a literacy event at your school, whether you are inviting just your class, o
Grades:
3rd - 5th, Staff
Mystery Stories | Claim, Reason, & Evidence Writing | Argumentative Paragraph
Help your students practice identifying evidence, creating a claim, and writing an argumentative paragraph with this collection of mystery activities. Students will work in small groups to read 4 engaging short stories. Then, students will collaborate with their partners to write a paragraph that defends their opinion about who they think committed the crime in the story. As a culminating activity, students can present their cases to the classroom in a mock "courtroom." A jury of their peers can
Grades:
6th - 9th
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters for Higher Level Thinking
Whether you're a Common Core school, a 21st Century school, or just a school that's making it a focus to prepare all learners for their future, you know how essential it is for the teaching and learning to be in the highest levels of Bloom's everyday. Display these student-friendly (and not too overwhelming) posters in your classroom (or if you're an administrator, purchase these for all the teachers in your building, so there's a set in every classroom) to help you and the students do "the wor
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
What Does Our Principal Assistant Principal Dean Director Headmaster Do All Day?
What Does Our Principal, Assistant Principal, Dean, Director, Headmaster Do All Day? Student Written BookWhat is this resource?This activity is perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week, Principals or Administrators Appreciation Days, or the perfect retirement gift for an outgoing principal or administrator.What is included in this resource?Principal VersionAssistant Principal VersionDean VersionDirector VersionHeadmaster VersionThree different levels are included for all grades: -Drawing Version (P
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PreK - 12th, Staff
The Blooms Bunch: Kid-Friendly Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters
Get your students' minds to bloom into higher-order thinking with The Blooms Bunch: Kid-Friendly Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters. Introduce your students to a character for each higher-order thinking level:
The Big Sibs: (Higher-Order Thinking Levels)
Create: Christie the Creator
Evaluate: Evan the Evaluator
Analyze: Anna the Analyzer
The Lil' Sibs: (Lower-Order Thinking Levels)
Apply: Adam the Applier
Understand: Ursula the one who Understands
Remember: Robert the one who Remembers
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Grades:
1st - 7th
Thank You Notes
Thank You NotesStaff Appreciation Thank You cards includes 20+ thank you notes that students can make and write for teachers, staff, parents, and more! Not only do students get to show off their writing skills as they show appreciation to school staff/parents, they will also be partaking in an authentic writing activity.This resource includes EASY directions (the cards are NO prep) and 20 different card themes in both primary handwriting lines and regular solid lines.Card Themes Includedfield t
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K - 3rd
Depth and Complexity Quick Guide Ebook | Learn the Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you love Depth and Complexity and need a quick guide to how to use it in class? Have you seen the Depth & Complexity icons and wondered how to use them? This Depth and Complexity Quick Guide E-book will be a time saver (and maybe even a lifesaver!!). You'll get a two-page, attractive spread for all eleven thinking prompts and one-page guides to all of the Content Imperatives.Depth & Complexity doesn't have to be overwhelming.Do any of these sound familiar?You love Depth & Complexi
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Ebook BUNDLE | Question Stems and Quick Guide
Webb's Depth of Knowledge Common Core Classroom Posters
Whether you're a Common Core school, a 21st Century school, or just a school that's making it a focus to prepare all learners for their future, you know how essential it is for the teaching and learning to be in the highest levels of thinking everyday. Display these student-friendly (and not too overwhelming) posters in your classroom (or if you're an administrator, purchase these for all the teachers in your building, so there's a set in every classroom) to help you and the students do "the wo
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
What Does Our Secretary Assistant Teacher Clerk Do All Day? Student Written Book
What Does Our Secretary Assistant Secretary Teacher Clerk Do All Day? Student Written Appreciation BookWhat is this resource?This activity is perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week, Office Professionals Appreciation Days, or Secretaries Day, or the perfect retirement gift for an outgoing Secretary or Office Professional.What is included in this resource?Secretary VersionAssistant Secretary VersionTeacher Clerk VersionThree different levels are included for all grades: -Drawing Version (Perfect fo
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Greeting Cards Bundle | Get Well Soon | We Will Miss You | Thank You Cards
These greeting cards are perfect for making a student feel special and loved! They can also be made for paraprofessionals, school nurses, classroom teachers, custodians, or principals as a special personalized card from your class! Check out the individual listings to see what is included in each set!Included:Get Well Soon setPunny Thank you setWe will miss you setThank you setHappy Birthday set⭐️CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PRODUCTS IN MY STORE!⭐️Don’t forget to receive TPT credit to use towards you
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PreK - 4th
Mother's Day | Valentines Day Floral Butterfly Wreath Craft and Writing
Mothers Day | Valentines Day Floral Butterfly Wreath Craft and WritingUse this simple writing and wreath craft to celebrate someone special in your students' lives! Whether it is a caregiver on Mother's Day or a friend on Valentine's Day, this gorgeous floral wreath makes a beautiful activity and gift!This resource includes:- blank wreaths- wreaths with sayings- sayings to print separately- flower clipart- butterfly clipart- bow clipart- six writing page options
Grades:
PreK - 5th
50% OFF - GROWING BUNDLE READING COMPREHENSION & FLUENCY WITH QUESTIONS
In this GROWING BUNDLE, you will find 69 READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES WITH QUESTIONS! ALL my reading comprehension passages can be used with 1st to 3rd grade bundled together to help you save a bunch! This GROWING BUNDLE WILL HAVE 10 PRODUCTS at the end, and the price will go up. Some of the products have 2 versions.Here is what the teachers saying:"GREAT RESOURCE! This bundle is easy to prepare so you can use it in a crunch if needed. These activities can be used as centers, morning work, sm
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K - 4th
Unit 1: Personal Narrative- End of the Unit Assessment
This assessment encompasses the standards taught in the first unit. It is assessing their understanding of the majority of the Unit's primary focuses. It does not include a writing prompt due to the fact that the CKLA curriculum provides these.
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5th
Depth of Knowledge Common Core Posters {Webb's DOK}
Critical Thinking, Common Core and DOK!
Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) provides a frame of reference and vocabulary for students to understand how they engage with the content. DOK offers a common language to understand "rigor," or cognitive demand in all academic areas.
Print these colorful posters out and mount on construction paper. If you choose, laminate them for more durability. Have the students secure a set of individual size posters into their various academic notebooks, folders,
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Retirement card for teacher, staff, or principal
This is a fun way for your students to honor someone retiring. This card is open to more than educators.The theme is "Retirement Bucket Ideas" and there are 36 unique prompts. There is also a blank template so students can do their own. There are 26 prompts with girls on it, and the same prompts with boys on them. Perfect fit for a male retiree or a female retiree. 2 per page. I recommend running it off and students can pick one, or you assign to them. There are 10 neutral cards that can
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2nd - 6th, Staff
Also included in: Retirement Card Bundle
How to stretch a word out anchor chart tc writing workshop
Use this anchor chart as a step by step guide on how to stretch a word out. Great support for Struggling writers or ESL students.
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PreK - 2nd
Pie Tasting - Writing & Graphing Activity
Did someone say pie? In this activity students will taste test 3 different pies (pumpkin, apple, and sweet potato) and tell which one they like the most. This activity is great any time of the year, but is especially fun around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:In this activity students will taste three different traditional holiday pie flavors to see which one they like the best. The lesson has students tasting sweet potato pie, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. I
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Social Studies Unit
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Social Studies Unit
Price: 77 pages X .10 = $7.70
This social studies unit delves into the unique holiday of Mardi Gras as experienced by a New Orleans native. It is a largely secular celebration with a religious history, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The unit contains a plethora of activities, so you can decide how much time you would like to spend on it or tailor it to the time you have available. Below is the Table of Contents for the unit:
Special Teacher Dire
Grades:
2nd - 6th, Adult Education
Shoes retirement card for teacher, staff, or principal
This is a fun way for your students to honor someone retiring. This card is open to more than educators.The theme is "Kick off your shoes and..." This is not editable and there is NOT A blank template. Perfect fit for a male retiree or a female retiree. There are teacher directions and student directions with a circle map.Cut shoe or make a book. Enjoy!Ideas for retirement are:Go whale watchingRide your bike to…Eat Ice Cream with a friendLearn an instrumentGo water skiingBuild somethingGo
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2nd - 6th, Staff
Also included in: Retirement Card Bundle
Critical Thinking Language Sentence Frames {Say What?} Aligned to Common Core
***I'm pleased to share that as of September 2013, these Critical Thinking Language Frames (along with my Reading Interventions "If/Then" Menu) were selected for inclusion as a professional learning resource in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Digital Library. Read more about it here.***
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Get all your students into the highest levels of Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT) today with these lang
Grades:
K - 12th
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters for Higher Level Thinking - UK/AUS/NZ Spelling
ATTENTION POTENTIAL BUYERS....****this is the UK/Australia version of my Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters, but with British and Australian spellings for the Bloom's Verbs... ANALYSE instead ANALYZE. I know how to spell. I have been asked to create these posters using British and Australian spellings of these verbs.****
Whether you're a 21st Century school or just a school that's making it a focus to prepare all learners for their future, you know how essential it is for the teaching and learn
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Language Arts Awards
Awards for the Language Arts Classroom
YES, these awards are editable!!!!
Includes:
★ 20 unique awards for the ELA K-12 Classroom
Award included for the following:
• English I,II, III, IV
• English
• Literature
• American Literature
• Grammar
• Reading
• Spelling
• Writing
• Creative Writing
• Language Arts
• Speech
• Journalism
• Poetry
• Vocabulary
• Handwriting
• Phonics
• Certificate of Achievement
What's editable? The students’ names, teacher’s name,dates, and
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Sell A Haunted House | Persuasive Writing Craft
Here is a fun writing craft to do this Halloween! Have students persuade someone to buy a Haunted House! They can draw their own Haunted House and rooms. or Use one of the ones provided. There is a story map and final sheets to write the persuasive article.
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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