Blue Skies with Jennifer White

If you follow me, you know I LOVE a good bulletin board! Back to School is such an exciting time of year and I love to get ready. This is my first bulletin board attempt to share with others (other than my crafts!). I hope you love how it turned out as much as I do! What's Included? The ready for cut letters for "Hooray!" in cursive and "YOU'RE FINALLY HERE!" in fonts as shown, along with the shown banner pieces and border. You will also get tips on how I put the bulletin board together and sp

Spookley, the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano is an adorable story with a meaningful lesson about being different. The pack includes the Square Pumpkin Craft pattern and 13 writing printables. The pack includes a variety of pages that makes it work for grades K-3. Check my blog: First Grade Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on PREVIEW below the pictures. *The pack is supplemental material and does not replace the book! Included:Snapshot of Spookley What was Spookley Think

Directed Drawing is a great way to engage students and cover art standards at the same time! Use them to enhance your thematic units or close reads! Teachers can lead their class in a whole group style drawing lesson, or leave the page in a writing/drawing station for independent use. This is a great keepsake for any mom! By request, one part of my Directed Drawing Growing Bundle. This is the Mother's Day Direct Draw, which includes a simple direction page and video tutorial. If you are unsure i

Directed Drawing is a great way to engage students and cover art standards at the same time! Use them to enhance your thematic units or close reads! Teachers can lead their class in a whole group style drawing lesson, or leave the page in a writing/drawing station for independent use. By request, this is a directed drawing for graduation. It includes a simple direction page and video tutorial. If you are unsure if direct draws are for you, try one of my directed drawing freebies. THIS LISTIN

Snowman craft for after the holiday break when that bulletin board is bare and you need something fast and easy! Keeping in line with my other "Simple" craftivity packs, I created this one for the winter season. There is an adorable and very child-friendly snowman craft, with optional writing/glyph activities. The glyph is optional and also VERY simple. The rest of the pack has some book-themed response pages, as well as some generic fun snowman-themed writing activities. See preview for mor

Directed Drawing is a great way to engage students and cover art standards at the same time! Use them to enhance your thematic units or close reads! Teachers can lead their class in a whole group style drawing lesson, or leave the page in a writing/drawing station for independent use. They're also helpful for learning to follow directions and listening skills. They are great for distance learning because there is a video and easy to follow directions. There are at least 5 drawings per month

The Pigeon Has To Go To School Companion and Craft! This is by far my favorite Mo Willems book for Back to School! I created this pack as a companion to the book, a set of 11 writing activities and the templates for the craft to go along with the book. See the preview for details of the pages! Brief description of what's included:Pigeon Bus Craft Letter to pigeon Setting/characters Would you drive the bus? Why doesn't pigeon want to go to school? Favorite part Best pigeon book The pigeon says..

This is my favorite End of the Year bulletin board I have ever made! It turned out so cute and the craft is adorable, too! I included all grade levels from Pre-K to 5th Grade. The pack includes all the bulletin board pieces, the alligator writing craft, and also the photo frames (editable for names) to create the photo collage seen in the preview. For even more details, click to see the preview. What's Included?Alligator craft templatePink Words: “SEE YOU LATER,“ Orange Letters for the followin

Need an end of the year Summer themed bulletin board? These cars are the perfect way to decorate your bulletin board for the end of the year. My kids had so much fun creating them, plus they were super easy to put together! The pack includes the pattern for the cars and 8 writing prompts! You can see more details on my blog (First Grade Blue Skies)! Check out the PREVIEW to see details! What's included:Template for car craft Bulletin board letters: "Cruisin' to Summer" Writing prompts: we

This is a great little pack to extend your Halloween or Fall season using the book, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. The book is a fun read that students love. The pack includes the Creepy Carrots Craft pattern and 16 writing printables. Check my blog: First Grade Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on PREVIEW below the pictures. *The pack is supplemental material and does not replace the book! If you are looking for the Bundle of Creepy Carrots, Underwear, and Crayon

Fall is here and what better way to extend your apple unit than with Apple Crafts and a Glyph. Apple labeling, Johnny Appleseed craft, and so much more! Apple week will be so much fun with this pack! What is included?4 Writing promptsClass graph5 senses apple pageApple pattern pageGraphic organizerGlyph direction & craft patternHappy apple craft patternApple poem craft pattern3 apple poem templates2 fingerprint/hand apple poem pagesApple Color Words Book (to make)Johnny Appleseed paper cup desk

If you love the Gingerbread Man stories, then this is the pack for you! It includes the patterns to make your own large, stuffed Gingerbread people for an adorable Christmas bulletin board (or leave it unstuffed and don't include the back for a one-sided craft) . It also includes 18 writing activity choices along with the pattern for the super sweet craft pictured. -including one for each of the following versions: Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett Gingerbre

Sweet story about balancing alone time with time with friends. Both can be important and fun! The Great EGGscape is by Jory John. I love ALL the Jory John books, and The Great EGGscape is no exception! This pack is perfect for spring and Easter. It offers writing pages and activities PLUS 2 craft options: One is an egg that can be plain or decorated with faces (my kids used watercolors)…and another option for a take home “disguise an egg” activity The pack includes TWO Great Eggscape Craft pat

I love snowmen and when my kids made these the last few years, we've been the envy of the hall! Included in this pack are templates for two versions of the snow people..one tall with legs and the other giant stuffed head version. Color pictures and step-by-step directions are also included. These are SUPER cute and go with any of your winter or snow units. See the preview for all the details!Included:template for long legged snowmantemplate for stuffed head snowmanGlyph 3 small writing pages

Christmas Directed Drawings for December by request! If you are not ready to invest in the Directed Drawings for the Entire Year Bundle but you need December's drawings, then this is the pack for you! 5 drawings with step by step instructions and video tutorials! Directed Drawings are a great way for kids to practice listening and following directions. See more about this pack on my blog FirstandKinderBlueSkies. The drawings for Christmas and December include:SantaMooseReindeerElfOrnament

I love all of Jory John's books, but The Smart Cookie might have to be my favorite! The story shows us that no one can be good at EVERYTHING, but everyone is good at SOMETHING! You just have to try new things until you find what you are good at doing! The pack includes the cutest Smart Cookie Craft pattern and 16 writing printables. Check my blog: First Grade Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on the PREVIEW for pictures of the pages included. *The pack is supplemental

This is an awesome little pack for the time between Halloween and Thanksgiving using the book, The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz. The book is a fun read that students love . It is a fresh take on the classic story, The Ugly Duckling. The pack includes the Ugly Pumpkin Craft pattern and 18 writing printables. Check my blog: First and Kinder Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on PREVIEW below the pictures . *The pack is supplemental material and does not replace the book!

Everything you need to teach and write biographies for first grade (upper Kindergarten and simple second grade) Resources including graphic organizers, writing prompts, class books, posters (can also be used with data projector), and interview pages to write biographies about famous people and classmates. Also pages to learn about what an autobiography is and pages to write your own. Graphic organizers for Famous Americans: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart,

Thanksgiving pilgrim craft for kids! I have added 4 writing prompts seen in the PREVIEW. The craft has an activity page which is the part that the pilgrim is holding entitled, "I am thankful for_____". There are additional writing prompts for varying levels of your students. In addition, there is an alternate pilgrim hat pattern which also can work as a hat for your kids to wear with the use of a simple sentence strip! Included are step by step directions on each page. This craft is perf

Directed Drawings for all the letters of the alphabet! I have used them in my kindergarten and first grade classrooms as an introduction or a review of the letters of the alphabet. They also work really well at the end of the year for an ABC Countdown. Use them during distance learning for review or end of year fun. Videos and kid-friendly directions make it a great distance learning option. I have used them in journals with labels (that are included) also. If you are interested in monthly theme