Bethany Middlebrooks

Finally! A simple yet effective tool to teach basic elements of a poem for young learners with a splash of alliteration. Poppy Possum assists as your learners follow the steps to identify VERSES, STANZAS, TITLE, and rhyming pattern of a poem called Shiny Day...written by yours truly. It is a short whimsical sweet poem that helps children understand the world of poetry. This poem is sure to excite the imaginations of your early learners. An answer key along with a rubric is included for an assess

Great study tool for grade 3 students to highlight those key words needed to thoroughly understand literary texts. These terms will show up again and again such as author, illustrator, setting, plot, problem, solution, and much more...25 terms in all (including haiku and limerick) !!! This is only the beginning. Enjoy!

Grade 2-friendly as well as Grade-3 Civics Venn Diagram to compare and contrast 2 very prominent Civil Rights Activists. Use as a discussion piece with age-appropriate vocabulary. Vocabulary includes: protest; strike; civil rights; labor movement. Can also add write-in vocabulary relevant to topic.

Students now have a way to communicate with you their perspective about what they completed during Centers. Color in smiley, straight, or sad face to show level of difficulty with sad being the most difficult. This form can be completed weekly. Students have a place to check off each day, Monday - Friday. This works for 4 centers total: Blended Learning; Independent; Teacher-Led; and Interactive Smartboard. It is editable.

For beginning writers. This Kg and 1st grade-friendly web diagram helps young learners to organize their thoughts for beginning essay writing. It offers 4 bubbles or circles for supporting details and a central box for a main idea or main topic. The main topic is written on the labeled blank provided. Each supporting detail or "bubble" is numbered. This numbered format can help writers order their thoughts from most important to least important as well as from least to most important. A picture

May be used as an assessment after teaching specific vocabulary about poems including, VERSES/STANZAS/TITLE/EMOTIONS or FEELINGS/ and PATTERNS

Abby the Alligator Adds Up 2-digit numbers! Great for 1st grade math practice. This activity sheet comes with supports for lining up 2-digit numbers correctly using boxes. It provides a visual for changing a horizontal number sentence or equation into a vertically aligned number sentence. Young mathematicians learn to align their numbers properly in the ones and tens place by placing them next to the alligator mouth on the blanks given. Some prior instruction may be needed. Great for 2nd grade m

For beginning essay writers, this web diagram helps young writers to easily organize their thoughts before creating their very own essay. 4 "bubbles" are included for supporting details and a central box to label the main topic with enough space for a drawing to represent the main idea. Originally designed to complete a reading unit on Community Helpers in my 1st grade class, there is also a generic form with labels to use with any topic. Enjoy!

Greetings fellow teachers! Perhaps a bit overused, however, cut and glue with digraphs for early learners (through 1st grade) is a great, fast, fun, and easy way to teach, review, and most likely assess knowledge of digraphs. This activity is not too rigorous especially if the concept has been introduced before. Currently, I am a first grade teacher and plan to use this as a remedial activity. Only 5 questions with 4 digraphs and a repeated digraph /SH/ to remind students that some digraphs can

A simple tool to help young learners better understand Alliterations. Finally, a simple activity sheet that goes well with an introduction to the concept of alliterations. Great for teaching with poems and rhymes. May be used as a quick check for understanding or as part of a homework assignment. Whatever you wish. Enjoy!

This fun rhyming activity sheet makes rhyming fun and somewhat rigorous with the use of some vocabulary. There are helpful clues in the words to help young learners find patterns in rhyming such as identifying the same letters used in a matching pair of rhymes, i.e., moon & spoon both have o-o-n. It is visual and engages the learner's imagination with the help of Roy the Raccoon and his ridiculous rhymes!

This simple yet effective activity can be used as an assessment to gauge children's understanding of spatial and temporal vocabulary words. Can be used as reinforcement for previously taught skill.

Feeling hungry? Hungry for student achievement and success? Perhaps overused, yet cute and engaging for elementary-age students. You have heard of peanut butter and jelly, well there's another delicious duo, BURGER and FRENCH FRIES. There are 11 pages that when divided into 2 will create 22 individual student cards. There is a line to show how to cut the 2 pictures apart so that when students match their cards together they know they are a perfect pair and that is who they will talk with, work w