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Creative Winter Lesson Plans for Digital & Print

November 30, 2020

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How I Eased My Distance Learning Anxiety

August 20, 2020

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Meaningful End of the Year Gifts for Students

June 7, 2020

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Engage Your Students in Literacy with Free Author Study Activities

May 3, 2020

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Polar Animal Unit with a Free Nonfiction Text Features Worksheet

January 25, 2020

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Have you ever thought about getting a class pet? I Have you ever thought about getting a class pet? It can be a huge commitment depending on the creature you choose.

I have done fish before (doesn’t seem to end well) and then I saw someone giving away stick bugs on Facebook. I thought 🤔 perfect! 

I got 4 stick friends, the kids helped me name them and then we brainstormed rules to help keep our new insect friends safe and happy. 

✅ A unique pet 
✅ low maintenance 
✅ fun to observe 
✅ disguised learning 

If you’re on the fence, maybe these stick big friends would be a fun choice to share with your nuggets next year! 

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Looking for summer writing inspiration and support Looking for summer writing inspiration and support? This  printable and digital writing journal packed with tons of fun summer-themed prompts and a plethora of support materials such as helpful graphic organizers, vocabulary, and writing checklists! Use for summer school support, homeschooling, parent connect tools, or end of year student gift to keep students working over the break. Avoid the summer slide, inspire your writers, or help guide writing growth. 
Available in printable PDF and digital Google Slides. 
Send digitally in Google Classroom, print and gift to students, or email to parents! 
This print and go product includes: 

☀️Writing Prompt Ideas
☀️Things I want to write about page (2 different versions)
☀️Summer Word List
☀️Commonly Misspelled words
☀️Writing paper with picture box and without (smaller lines)
☀️Writing paper with picture box and without (larger lines)
☀️Picture page
☀️MULTIPLE brainstorming pages for all genres and other fun themes
☀️5W writing page or poster
☀️Writing senses page or poster
☀️Editing marks page or poster
☀️Writer's Checklist page or poster (general and genre-specific)
☀️Narrative, opinion, and informational transitions pages
☀️Writing focuses: Freewrite, narrative, opinion, informative, explanatory, how to, letter writing, poetry, list making, recipes, and more! 

All of these pages will help you to customize it to just what your kids need!

👋🏻 Click on the link in my profile to check out this great summer resource! 

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Love how much he is in to drawing these days. He h Love how much he is in to drawing these days. He has been tracing everything he can get his hands on with the the light board tracer. I remember my grandpa made me one when I was younger out of wood, glass and a very warm light 😆. 

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I had a really good time putting together this din I had a really good time putting together this dinosaur reading comprehension bundle! 

This week focuses on main idea and supporting details and of course reviews many previously taught skills. 

Each unit includes 

🦖 a unique craft
🦕 writing prompts
🦖 graphic organizers
🦕 story element posters
🦖 anchor chart headers
🦕 focused worksheets
🦖 book talk questions
🦕 home connection materials
🦖 lesson plan ideas and more!

The Dinosaur Themed Books covered in the bundle are:

🦴 Dinosaur Lady
🦴 Dinosaurs!
🦴 We Will Rock Our Classmates
🦴 Tyrone O'Saurus Dreams
🦴 Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please?

🎉 Check it out in my store for 20% off for the next 24 hours! 🙌 

👋🏻 click on the link in my profile to check out this fun Dino bundle! 

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End the year with organized routines and some much End the year with organized routines and some much needed predictability! Morning messages are a great way to transition into your morning or in between subjects. 

Maybe you’re looking to start your morning meetings in a positive way? Create opportunities for conversation, reflection and even get some laughs. ⁣
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These morning meeting slides for the 4th and 5th grade classroom are ready for June. Messages are also available for 2nd and 3rd grade in my store.⁣
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👋🏻 Just click on the link in my profile to check these out. ⁣
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Check out my latest blogpost all about space learn Check out my latest blogpost all about space learning in the classroom and ideas for teaching fiction vs. nonfiction.

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