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Hop into spring with a fun and imaginative narrative writing prompt! In this activity, students pretend they are the Easter Bunny and write about what they would do on their big day delivering treats and surprises. This simple narrative prompt encourages creativity while celebrating the excitement and joy of the spring season. Perfect for engaging K–3 writers in playful, seasonal storytelling. Students will have the opportunity to brainstorm, write, and edit their ideas using differentiated supp

This engaging writing prompt, inspired by Be a Friend by Salina Yoon, helps students thoughtfully reflect on what it means to be a kind and supportive friend. Designed with early writers in mind, this resource seamlessly blends writing practice with social-emotional learning, making it an ideal activity for Valentine’s Day, Friendship Week, or anytime you want to foster a positive classroom community. Students will have the opportunity to brainstorm, write, and edit their ideas using differenti

Dictation is a powerful tool to help build letter-sound correspondence as students are learning phonics patterns. We created this resource to use in our classroom for whole group and small group work as well as during 1:1 reading interventions. Multiple line options are provided to support early writers.   This resource includes: Dictation space for sounds, letters, words, and sentences4 different styles2 different line options

Creating a writing portfolio to track progress and showcase organized writing throughout the school year is a fantastic idea. This resource includes 12 different designs to edit and create your portfolios! For first grade teachers, also check out our matching writing portfolio inserts for narrative, informational, and opinion writing. Simply add the student’s name and a picture and you are ready to go! These covers can be used on a folder or as we do in our classrooms, as the cover of a 1” bin

Inspired by the beloved book Alma and How She Got Her Name, this editable worksheet is a fun and meaningful way to get to know your students at the start of the school year. Perfect for grades K–3, it invites children to share their age, favorite color, favorite animal, favorite food, and more—helping you build connections and celebrate each student’s unique story from day one. Resource Includes: Full color & BW optionsFully EDITABLE resourceReady to print options

This is a fun writing prompt where students take inspiration from Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward & Tommy dePaola. After reading the mentor text, students write and illustrate a story about what Cookie does in his SECOND week. This resource has two different writing lines to support student needs. This is a  complete book that includes dedication and meet the author pages, too. This resource includes: 2 line options to support early writers2 options for meet the author pagesPages with and without

This versatile print-and-digital resource is designed to help students build confidence with CVC short vowel words through targeted practice at the word and sentence-levels. Aligned with the Science of Reading, it supports foundational phonics skills while also incorporating phrasing and fluency practice to strengthen reading fluency. Perfect for small groups, intervention, centers, or independent work! This resource includes:CVC short vowel practice (short /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/)5 targeted sho

Here is another amazing classroom book using Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Who Do You See? as a mentor text. Students can pick names to see which classmate they will have on their page. Either student photos can be added to pages, or students can draw a picture. This resource includes full color and black and white options. There are also two writing line choices to support early writers.  This resource includes: Full color optionB&W optionmultiple writing line choices

No Biggy by Elycia Rubin is a powerful mentor text that encourages young learners to overcome everyday challenges while promoting grit and perseverance. Ideal for K–2 classrooms, this resource offers two engaging extension activities: Students can respond to a writing prompt inspired by the story.Alternatively, compile student responses into a class-made book to showcase their learning and reflections.What’s Included:Multiple writing line options to support early writersSpace to draw or insert a

This bundle is an amazing resource to support students in small groups or during one-on-one intervention. This bundle includes resources to create your own 'literacy menu" to have everything that you need for your groups all in one spot. These resources are great to use with a SOR aligned scope and sequence to deliver explicit phonics and reading instruction. Don't leave out whole group instruction! The Word Mapping Mats, Word Ladders, and Dictation Mats are great tools to use whole group dur

Here is a summer activity calendar to promote good habits and support the skills that students learned throughout the school year! The calendar also makes a great end of the year gift too. This resource is packed with options to customize this calendar for your needs. Fill your calendar with pictures of your students. There are May - August calendars, some are prefilled (for first grade skills) and still more pages are EDITABLE! There are so many possibilities. This is a fun way to keep students

This opinion writing prompt asks students to share whether they like or dislike bats. Included in this resource are graphic organizers to help plan writing. In addition, we have included editing checklists to support the writing process. You can use the premade checklist or use the editable option to target specific skills in your classroom. This resource includes: Full color and BW optionsMANY different writing pages to choose from Editing checklist (both prefilled and EDITABLE)4 different gra

This resource helps students to not only learn the different types of syllables, but also allows them to identify and collect words that belong to each syllable type as they are reading text. We designed this resource to be used following a SOR scope and sequence in small groups or 1:1 interventions. Multiple line options are provided to support early writers.  This resource includes: Pages for practicing marking and identifying all of the syllable types2 different options for word collection as

Here is a great way for students to write and share about what they did over summer vacation. This resource includes lots of scaffolding to support emerging writers including word banks, pictures, sentence starter, and multiple line options. We have also included a t-shirt template. Students can draw their summer memory and we “hang our shirts on the clothesline!” This resource includes: Full color and B&W optionsWriting conventions to monitor student progress at the bottom of pages to help with

This writing prompt has students write about why they are special. This is a wonderful prompt to use at the beginning and end of the year! This resource includes EDITABLE checklists to support student writing. There are several scaffolds built into this resource including different line options to support early writers, sentence starters, and a word bank. This resource includes: Full color and black and white versions of each pageWriting conventions to monitor student progress at the bottom of p

Structured literacy approaches to reading provide instruction that is explicit, systematic, and cumulative. As both elementary teachers and reading interventionists working to create a structured literacy block that is intentional and efficient, we created these resources to ensure a systematic approach to your small group or 1:1 lessons. There are so many different structured literacy resources that it can be overwhelming to sort through what can be used effectively during instruction. The mate

Having students use a reading mat is a great way to keep them organized during Reading Workshop or independent reading. Print out the pages, adhere to a file folder and laminate to increase durability. This resource includes visual reminders of how to read to self and 3 ways to read a book. An additional bookmark is included to support students in retelling a story. This resource includes: full color and B&W versions3 bookmark designs to support retelling a story

These name tags a cute way to stay organized on your class field trip or any time there is a need for groups. Keeping a set of lanyard name tags is great to have on hand in the classroom. These tag fit perfectly into a 4x3 name badge.  The resource includes: 9 different name tag choices (8 in color and 1 BW)All templates are editable

This is a great extension activity after reading The Important Book. Classroom books are a fun and engaging way to foster community. This resource provides templates for a student picture to be inserted or students can draw/color their own self picture. Multiple writing line options are provided to support early writers.  This resource includes: Full colorBlack and WhiteMultiple writing line choices

This writing prompt and craft has students focus on their favorite thing to do on a sunny day and can be used throughout the year. This resource includes many different line options and editable checkboxes to support conferencing with students. Finally, have students make their own sun using tempera paint and marbles! This resource includes: Full color & black and white versionsWriting conventions to monitor student progress at the bottom of pages to help with conferringEDITABLE pages so that y