Lindsay Griffith

Do your students write letters to Santa every year? Well here is a collection of 25 personalized and editable letters from Santa that you can print out on Christmas themed paper and pass out to your students! Each letter is different and can be edited to fit your class roster! Visit my blog post for more information on what I do with these letters: http://fortheloveoffirst.blogspot.com/2012/12/all-aboard-polar-express.html Thanks and enjoy!

Do you always find you need a quick and simple way for your students to respond to books you read? These 22 response sheets can be used with ANY book. The following response sheets are included: Author’s Purpose BME Character Traits Character & Setting Compare/Contrast Connections (Text to Text) Connections (Text to Self) Favorite Part Fiction vs. Nonfiction Inferring Main Idea Mental Image Plot Predictions Problem Solution Questioning Schema Sequence Summary SWBS Visualizing These can easi

If you are like me, you love "anchoring" your student's learning to a visual somewhere in the classroom. This is why I created 6 grammar anchor charts for your use. Much easier than drawing and coloring, these charts can be printed, laminated, and hung in your classroom! Included are anchor charts for the following grammar topics: *Nouns *Verbs *Adjectives *Adverbs *Prepositions *Pronouns Each chart gives the definition of the grammar term with pictures and examples. If you love these, be s

This is the Perfect Plant Observation Log for any unit on plants! Included is a cover page, a 10 day picture recording sheet with a separate box for each day, and an unlimited amout of daily observation printables which includes a place for the student to record in writing what they see happening to the growth of their plant daily, the observation number, and date. There is also a sequencing page for them to record the steps of how a plants grows. P1:Cover page P2: Observation Log Cover P3: Da

Calling all Texas teachers! You know are state is the biggest and best out there, so why not celebrate during rodeo season? This packet includes social studies and grammar activities for all your Texas needs. Included is the following: *All About Texas Book--teach Texas symbols *Let's Locate Texas--map skills practice *Fixin' those Mistakes--fix the mistakes in sentences and rewrite *Texan Style ABC Order *Parts of Speech Sort--Texas nouns, verbs, and adjectives *Texas Star poem For more id

Find yourself trying to ask a different but responsible student to do things in the classroom for you? Think no more with 38 individual student job cards! Jobs Included: *Line Leader *Door Holder *Water Patrol *Weather Reporter *Pencil Monitor *Caboose *Techi *Trash Collector *Light Monitor *Lunch Counter *Message Carrier *Materials Manager *Snack Assistant *Germanator *Table Monitor (Tables 1-5) *Calendar Cadet *Well Wisher *Security Guard *Brain Break *Card Shark *Vacation *Sub *Librarian *P

Want to know what your students can do within the first week of school? These are simple assessments to help you gain insight into the knowledge of your students. Simply print and you're on your way! Included are the following: *I Can...draw a picture of me. *I Can...write my name. *I Can...write my alphabet. *I Can...match uppercase and lowercase letters. *I Can...hear beginning sounds. *I Can...write my numbers. *I Can...can the objects. Thanks for downloading! If you have any questions or

This Christmas STEM pack comes with 4 activities to keep your little engineers engaged during the month of December. In fact, I save mine until the very last day of school before the break and they work their little tails off (who would have thought)! STEM challenges included are: Build a Christmas Tree out of cups Make a parachute for Santa Build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man to cross Build a Christmas Tree out of Pipe Cleaners Each activity comes with pictures, directions, station cards a

This mini-unit is the perfect way to teach MLK in a day (or two)! All you need is a non-fiction book to accompany the pages in this unit. This packet is easy for teachers to use as all you need to do is print! Here is what the unit includes: *Who Was MLK? {describing graphic organizer} *MLK was/had/wanted facts organizer *MLK 3 facts and a fib {students produce & record 3 facts and a fib) *Comparing MLK and Me! {Venn diagram} *MLK: Fact or Not so Much {cut and paste fact activity} *I Have a

With so many different versions of The Gingerbread Man out there, why not take a week to explore the books in depth with these literacy activities that take reading and grammar to a different level. It's a teacher friendly packet of printable skill practice pages that's as simple as "clicking print". Included are the following activities: *Sweet Punctuation *Gingerbread Word Families *Gum Drop Noun an Verb Sort *What Will Happen to the Gingerbread Man? (prediction) *Cookie Contractions *Ginge

This is a template I use in my classroom when my students write their own stories. It lays out what they need to include in the beginning, middle, and end of their stories. There is space for writing and sketching a picture. Visit my blog to see how I use it! http://fortheloveoffirst.blogspot.com/2013/01/writing-for-dummies-aka-me.html Happy writing!

Inspiring Inventors is a freebie to help teach your kiddos 3 of the famous inventors from the past. Included inventors in this packet are Ben Franklin, Thomas, Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell. A bubble map graphic organizer and 3 facts and a fib worksheet is provided for each inventor listed. I would greatly appreciate feedback. Thanks and enjoy! For more ideas and freebies visit my blog: www.fortheloveoffirst.blogspot.com

5 fingers on each hand makes a perfect skip counting tool. After introducing and practicing counting by 5's, have students count by 5's numbering inside the hands and glue in their math journal for an easy assessment! Thanks for downloading!

This packet has a combination of language arts, writing, and social studies activities that are integrated together into a great unit about Penguins! Included is the following: *Penguin Pals ABC Order *Playful Penguin Punctuation *What Can Penguins Do? (verb practice) *Iceberg Noun and Verb sort *Cocoa Contractions *Assorted Penguin Long Vowel practice *Penguin Pie (ice cream activity) *Word Search *Poem *How to Make a Snowman creative writing *If I Was a Penguin (creative writing prompt) {2 c

This little book of landforms is perfect for teaching any type of landform. There are 5 different types of landforms covered with a blank page included for you to customize to meet your teaching needs. Each page has a place to draw a picture of the landform and write 3 facts: _____ can, ______ have, _______are. P1:Cover page P2: Landform Book Cover P3: Landform Glossary P4: Blank Glossary P5: Desert Page P6: Island Page P7: Plain Page P9: Valley Page P10: BLank Page P11: Credits Ple

This template was made to use as a 'final draft' when my students write stories. This handout goes along with my Story Writing Outline for B-M-E found here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Writing-Outline-for-B-M-E There are squares at the bottom so that students can check/edit their writing before turning it in. Visit my blog to see how I used this in my classroom! http://fortheloveoffirst.blogspot.com/2013/01/writing-for-dummies-aka-me.html Happy writing!

Want a fun and engaging way to introduce classroom rules at the beginning of the year? Look no further! Included are 2 crafts and several printables. {Each craft has lessons and explicit directions that accompany it with pictures of how I have used it in my classroom.} *David Craft (to go with the book David Goes to School) *Our Class Rules book *Our Class Promise & craft *I Learned the Rules printable *Class Rules poem If you have any questions or concerns please email me at: lnjgriffith@gm

If you are like me, you love "anchoring" your student's learning to a visual somewhere in the classroom. This is why I created 6 reading and comprehension anchor charts for your use of teaching these strategies. Much easier than drawing and coloring, these charts can be printed, laminated, and hung in your classroom! Included are anchor charts for the following topics: *Schema *Connections *Inference *Prediction *Main Idea *Author's Purpose Each chart gives the definition of the of the term

I like to give my students a chance to write down what they did over spring break when we return from the week long vacation. This template gives them a place to write several sentences and draw a picture. For more ideas and freebies visit my blog: www.fortheloveoffirst.blogspot.com Thanks and enjoy!

Need ideas or help on teaching students to write "how-to" writings? I put together this packet to ease your writing needs. Included are 11 different writing prompts (general and seasonal). Each prompt has 4 different organizers. Organizer 1: Brainstorming bubble map Organizer 2: Sequencing with pictures Organizer 3: Sequencing with sentences Organizer 4: Final Copy Below are the prompts included: How-to Make a PB&J How-to Make a Smore’s How-to Make an Ice Cream Sundae How-to Brush Your T