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Product Purpose:· Supplemental writing exercises to get students writing · Engaging, daily writing exercise filled with student-choice · Perfect for an independent writing center · Not meant to teach writing standards Contains:· A full-academic year (40 weeks) of prompts · 240 printable pages (per version) · 6 versions Primary paper (5/8ths ruling) with sentence stemsPrimary paper (5/8ths ruling) without sentence stemsWide ruled paper with sentence stemsWide ruled paper without sentence stems

Product Purpose:· Supplemental writing exercises to get students writing · Engaging, daily writing exercise filled with student-choice · Perfect for an independent writing center · Not meant to teach writing standards Contains:· A full-academic year (40 weeks) of prompts · 240 printable pages (per version) · 6 versions Primary paper (5/8ths ruling) with sentence stemsPrimary paper (5/8ths ruling) without sentence stemsWide ruled paper with sentence stemsWide ruled paper without sentence stemsLin

Power Writing builds and strengthens a writer’s ability to begin promptly and to write continuously. Power Writing is a reluctant writer exercise. It's goal is to help your students become quick-start, fluid writers. Power Writing is writing as many words as you can about a topic. Follow the hyperlink to watch a how-to-video for setting up the slides. It can be intimidating and challenging for a child when asked to write independently. Some students can sit for many minutes before making a s

Read to Learn about March Madness (NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament) Learning target: -Read to learn about March Madness. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on March Madness - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teac

Common Core Aligned - 1.0A.1 First Grade Math Game: Making 6, 7, 8, & 9 Independent or Partner Background Center Activity Product includes: - 4 gameboards + tiles - 4 answer keys - game directions

Product purpose: These prompts provide are meant to "kick-off" a narrative writing unit by providing scaffolding. Vygotsky’s gradual release of responsibility inspired this product. The product includes:•10 beginning-middle-end, comic-like illustrations •Recommended teaching schedule •5 versions of the illustration prompts 3 illustrations on 1 page3 illustration over 3 pages2 illustrations + 1 create illustration on 1 page1 illustration + 2 create illustrations on 1 page3 create illustrations

Product purpose: - To provide basic thesaurus practice to primary grade students Learning target: - Use a thesaurus to find similar words Product includes: - 2 printable worksheets - 1 thesaurus sample for displaying on an interactive whiteboard How to use the product: -Option 1: Use a document camera or interactive whiteboard to display the worksheet pages. Students and teacher complete the worksheets together -Option 2: Students complete the worksheets on their own or with a partner. The

Read to Learn about the Spring Equinox Learning target: -Read to learn about the Spring Equinox. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on the Spring Equinox - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teaching guide Additional mater

Common Core Aligned with 1.NBT.4 & 1.NBT.5 Primary Math Game: Tic-Tac-Toe Adding 10s to 2-Digit Numbers Partner Background Center Activity Product includes 4 game boards and corresponding, cuttable player cards. Each game board increases in difficulty.

Are you looking for wh-question words posters that your primary students can decode? These posters use Elkonin boxes & heart-word coding to support students' phonics-skills. Product Includes:7 posters for who, what, when, where, why, which, & howColor and black & white versionsDesigned with Elkonin boxes and heart-word coding to help students read the words using phonics-skills.

5 Read to Learn Passages: - International Women's Day - Saint Patrick's Day - Spring Equinox - Daylight Savings Time - March Madness Learning target: - Read to learn about International Women's Day. - Read to learn about Saint Patrick's Day. - Read to learn about the Spring Equinox. - Read to learn about Daylight Savings Time. - Read to learn about March Madness. Product includes: - 5 passages + comprehension quizzes - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guides (lesso

5 Read to Learn Passages: - Presidents' Day - Valentine's Day - Groundhog Day - Groundhogs - Leap Day Learning target: - Read to learn about Valentine's Day. - Read to learn about Presidents' Day. - Read to learn about Groundhog Day. - Read to learn about Groundhogs. - Read to learn about Leap Day. Product includes: - 5 passages + comprehension quizzes - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more info

Read to Learn about Valentine's Day Learning target: -Read to learn about Valentine's Day. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on Valentine's Day - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teaching guide Additional materials neede

Product Purpose:· Supplemental writing exercises to get students writing · Engaging, daily writing exercise filled with student-choice · Perfect for an independent writing center · Not meant to teach writing standards Contains:· A full-academic year (40 weeks) of prompts · 240 printable pages (per version) · 6 versions Primary paper (5/8ths ruling) with sentence stemsPrimary paper (5/8ths ruling) without sentence stemsWide ruled paper with sentence stemsWide ruled paper without sentence stemsLin

Read to Learn about Daylight Savings Time (Spring Forward). Learning target: -Read to learn about Daylight Savings Time. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on Daylight Savings Time - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teach

Read to Learn about Saint Patrick's Day. Learning target: -Read to learn about Saint Patrick's Day. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on Saint Patrick's Day - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teaching guide Additional ma

Read & Create Physical Landforms Maps for 3rd Grade Students Product purpose: - To teach 3rd graders how to read and create physical landforms maps Learning target: - Read and crate physical landforms maps Product includes: - over 10 activities meant to guide students to create their own physical landforms maps - teaching guides (lesson plans) - printable worksheets - step-by-step directions for creating maps (photographs and videos included) - hyperlinks to YouTube videos showing some acti

Read to Learn about Groundhog Day Learning target: -Read to learn about Groundhog Day. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on Groundhog Day - 20+ (phonics) blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teaching guide Additional mater

Product Purpose: Students track their emotions (angry, bored, confused, curious, disappointed, embarrassed, excited, grumpy, happy, nervous, proud, sad, scared, shy, silly, surprised) Students rate their school day (great, good, fine, awful)Students answer prompts to think through the ways they handled their emotions Self-monitoring daily emotions Great end-of-day or homeroom activityCreated for whole-class use, but may be used for individual students too Product Use: Students mark their overal

Read to Learn about Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday) Learning target: -Read to learn about Presidents' Day. Product includes: - 1 passage + comprehension quiz on Presidents' Day - phonics blending slides with words from the passage - teaching guide (lesson plan) - additional slides for listening comprehension + more information - early-finisher activity for easy classroom management How to use the product: -Print/copy student passage + comprehension quiz -Teacher follows teaching guide Ad