Deborah Waugh

Need an extra reading unit or have a group that needs a challenge? This is a comprehensive novel study for the story Socks by Beverly Cleary. It is appropriate for grades 3 - 6 depending on reading abilities. Besides dictionary work and comprehension questions this study includes activities such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, character album, research homework, etc. You will also find student pages, an answer key, and chapter summaries.

Who doesn't like butterflies?! It's a fascinating topic and this cute journal will compliment your butterfly unit or stand alone if it's all you have time for. I have included black and white or color copies for your convenience. This journal contains writing, coloring, facts, sequencing, observation pages, a book list and more. Visit my TpT store, I <3 Teaching! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Ever just want some generic pages to go along with a book/novel study? These generic pages will compliment your lessons.You will find the following activities: Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect Character album Design a Book Cover What's that Word? (word study) Setting Solve the Problem This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Need some hands-on work for your students to practice the sounds of "ou"? I use these activities with my reading program. These activities will help your students become more familiar with the many sounds of "ou". I have used these activities in a center type situation, I also have a class set or I have used them for partner work. This packet includes: How I use the product (directions) Flashcards of ou words Vocab list of ou words Charts to organize flashcards words Chart for vowel sound match

This is a 12 page plant journal for your students that is complete with answer keys where needed. It comes in black and white as well as the color version. The two observation pages are meant to be copied as many times as you would like your students to do observations. I use this journal to supplement my lessons on seeds and plants. Many of the pages are meant to do in whole group whereas others can be used to assess learning.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Need a cute and practical way for your students to learn about chicks? Even if you don't actually hatch the chicks in your classroom this journal will help your student keep track of their learning of the chicken life cycle. There's new vocabulary, observation pages, life cycle graphics, fact and opinion, tracking calendar, creative writing, book and website lists, adjective page, and a reflection page.

Need some hands-on work for your students to practice the sounds of "oo"? I use these activities with my reading program. These activities will help your students become more familiar with the oo words. I have used these activities in a center type situation, I also have a class set or I have used them for partner work. This packet includes: How I use the product (directions) letter tiles (to make oo words) vocab list of oo words Chart to organize formed words sentence work I have...who has gam

Looking for a fun way to bring the winter games/Olympics into your classroom? These fun activities will make practicing skills exciting! In this packet are activities for vocabulary, dictionary skills, math facts, geography, and spelling. These activities/games will fit any grade because you just use the appropriate leveled information for each game, for example, in the Snowboard Spelling Bee you would use that grade's spelling words. For the Vocabulary Skating, you would use the vocab words fro

I designed these addition and subtraction activities so my students would have something to manipulate while working in their math journals. These activities make a good review throughout the year in math journals, math centers, one-on-one tutoring, partner work, etc. In this packet you will find: How to prepare the activities How I use the activities sums of 10 sums of doubles fact families ordering numbers addition subtraction greater than and less than turn-around facts create your own numbe

Are you ready for back-to-school? These activities will help you get to know your students and their families. I like to do these within the first week of school while mixing in the beginning of the year lessons. I collect these activities to put in their end-of-year scrapbooks. The year round forms are great for keeping yourself organized and your parents informed. In this packet you will find: Directions Time Capsule sheets My Handprint and Picture pages My Family page My House page This is

This is a cute and fun way to give your students homework responsibility, encourage family involvement, and work on following directions. Every year I read-aloud Dick King-Smith's "The School Mouse," so I developed this little take-home activity. This product includes the student directions and instructions as to how I use it. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

I have started to create a list of mentor texts which are books that are excellent examples of different writing strategies and skills. I recommend the book called Mentor Texts by Dorfman and Cappelli for more information.

This is a fun take-home activity to do with your students. Using one hard-cover journal the students take turns taking it home and following the instructions. They share their entry with the class upon return. My objectives for doing this activity is to involve family, instill sense of responsibility, practice sentence writing and following directions. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This a fun and motivating challenge that I have been sending home with my students for a few years now. It is a list of what to read and an activity they need to do with each book. It is just a quick little activity to keep your students reading through out the summer! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.