JJ Lynne

Even MORE pre-made comments for end of third marking period!!! I have always been told my comments are well written. The feedback I have received from parents and teachers has been positive based on the student strengths as well as ‘areas of opportunity.’ So why not share them? Each comment is between 4-8 sentences long. The blank spaces are for the child’s name. Once you place their name in the blank simply choose from s/he, him/her, or him/herself. You may see some phrases repeated, but I tr

I have always been told my comments are well written. The feedback I have received from parents and teachers has been positive based on the student strengths as well as ‘areas of opportunity.’ So why not share them? Each comment is between 4-8 sentences long. The blank spaces are for the child’s name. Once you place their name in the blank simply choose from s/he, him/her, or him/herself. You may see some phrases repeated, but I tried my best to vary them. There are 20 sample comments in

For this assignment, students write a letter to their future self. The teacher can then return these letters to students at the end of their senior year in 2021! The purpose of this assignment is: 1. To provide a record of the student's life and who they are now 2. To “freeze in time” their current views, attitudes, philosophy, and outlook 3. To explore their feelings and opinions about a variety of things 4. To create a document that, years from now, will have significant value to them 5.

Included in this pack are 3 editing activities. The students are to encouraged SOLVE the editing mysteries! Can they do it?? The first activity focuses on capitalization, the second activity focuses on punctuation, and the third activity combines both tasks. The students are also expected to rewrite each paragraph, making sure to include ALL corrections. What a fun way to practice our editing skills!

Do you want to ensure a smooth Valentine's Day celebration in your classroom? Look no further! This letter, which can be shared with students AND parents, use a Responsive Classroom approach to celebrating Valentine's Day in school. Simply fill in your classroom's information and you're done!

The purpose of this activity is for students to practice their oral reading fluency and presentation skills. Included in this document are directions for students, as well as a teacher rubric to assess students after they present. I have used this activity as a Friday morning activity, and I typically have 2-3 student present each time. I made a schedule breaking down what Fridays students are expected to be prepared. It encourages student reading skills, comprehension, and opens up meaningful

Included in this pack are 3 editing activities. The students are to encouraged SOLVE the editing mysteries! Can they do it?? The first activity focuses on capitalization, the second activity focuses on punctuation, and the third activity combines both tasks. The students are also expected to rewrite each paragraph, making sure to include ALL corrections. What a fun way to practice our editing skills!

Learning how to write topic sentences can be challenging for new writers. This sheet includes 3 'Identify the topic sentence' activities. The final question asks students to read the detailed paragraph and write their OWN topic sentence that would fit the paragraph appropriately.

This is a persuasive letter graphic organizer that enables students to plan out their piece before they begin their rough draft. The purpose of this organizer to to persuade a snowman who had previously visited to come back and visit again. The students had a lot of fun writing this letter and showed a lot of creativity!

I created this graphic organizer to go with the story LITTLE GRUNT AND THE BIG EGG. It can however, be used on it's own for any kind of fantasy or creative writing. A fantasy which is a story or daydream that is very different from reality. Students will be planning their own fantasy story using the graphic organizer included in this download.

The 2022 Olympics will begin Friday, February 5 so let's get excited! What better way to show off physical fitness than the Olympics?! We all work hard to keep our bodies healthy and our muscles strong, but our brain is a muscle too. We need to give it a serious workout!  Included in this resource are: - A letter to families explaining our 'read in' and how to earn reading medals - Bookmarks for students to keep track of their reading - Certificate medals for students, that correlate with how

What better way to combine library skills with President's Day! Your students will practice searching the online catalogue to find books on US Presidents. They will need to write down the call number, find the book, and complete an activity with it. Perfect for use in ANY school library!

This document was created to be used with the story TURTLE BAY. It can however, be used to simply practice students' dictionary skills and well as parts of speech.

Finding books and important aspects of a library is important to all learners! Why not use a fun scavenger hunt to learn, review, or practice those skills?! This is an engaging way to reinforce those skills.

In the paragraph given, there are 5 facts and 4 opinions. The facts are written as examples for students. The students are to then identify and rewrite each opinion in the correct space below the paragraph. Grammar counts, especially because they should simply be rewriting sentences already given them.

This graph organizer enables students to organize their thoughts to create a well written paragraph. This outline guides students to not only include facts that support their topic sentence, but also examples to support their claims. Includes an area for the main idea of the paragraph and its audience.

Every teacher needs a gift certificate to give students to their school's book fair! Entice your students to choose amazing books by using this printable school book fair gift certificate!

It is very important for students to practice using descriptive words when writing paragraphs. In this worksheet, students need to fill in the sentences with the most descriptive word they can. They are encouraged to use words that help the reader hear, see, smell, or taste what the author is writing about.