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Make sentence building fun and visual with these GLAD Sentence Patterning Cards! Designed to support the GLAD sentence patterning strategy, these cards help students understand how parts of speech work together to form complete and descriptive sentences. The teacher lines the cards up in order on the board — Adjective → Noun → Verb → Prepositional Phrase — and the class works together to brainstorm words that fit each category. Once the chart is complete, students can use it as a reference to

Make sentence building simple and engaging with this Sentence Patterning Bundle for primary writers! This scaffolded writing resource helps students learn how to expand sentences step by step using clear visuals, guided practice, and interactive supports. This bundle includes: • Sentence Patterning Visual Cards • Scaffolded Sentence Building Worksheets • Whiteboard Visuals for Modeling and Practice Students progress through sentence structure tiers: ⭐ noun + verb ⭐ adjective + noun + verb ⭐ adje

This sentence patterning bundle includes everything you need to teach and practice sentence building in an engaging, structured way! With both whiteboard visuals and matching student worksheets, your students can follow along and actively participate as you model each part of the sentence. The visuals and worksheets are designed to work together—so while you build sentences on the board, students are doing the same on their own paper. This makes lessons more interactive and helps reinforce under

This GLAD sentence patterning worksheet is designed to support students as they build complete sentences alongside whole group instruction. While you model on the board, students follow along on their own paper—making learning interactive, structured, and engaging! Each part of speech includes a student-friendly definition and visual to support understanding, making it especially helpful for young learners and English learners. Students practice using: • Adjective • Noun • Verb • Adverb • P

❄️ Arctic/ Polar Animals Writing Craft – Color, Cut, and Create!This Arctic animal writing craft is the perfect hands-on activity to pair with your Arctic unit, science lessons, or informational writing practice! Students choose (or you assign) an Arctic animal, color the provided animal picture, cut it out, and glue it onto construction paper for a fun pop of color. Then, they complete a simple writing piece about the animal and glue it underneath to create an adorable classroom display. Each

Writing Checklist Cards – Visuals for Young WritersMake writing time independent and fun with these colorful, easy-to-use writing checklist cards! Each card focuses on one important writing skill, helping students remember the steps to check their work: Capital Letter – Remind students to start sentences with a capital. Handwriting – Encourage neat and legible letters. Punctuation – Check for periods, question marks, and exclamation points. Does It Make Sense? – Make sure the sentence is cl

Bring excitement and recognition to your UFLI lessons with the UFLI Flyer Award Certificates! These awards are a playful way to celebrate participation, effort, and progress during your phonics and reading block. Each award features a black-and-white astronaut-themed design with cheerful kids soaring into space, surrounded by stars—printer-friendly and easy for students to personalize by coloring. To keep things fresh, you’ll get four different slogan versions to choose from: Taking Reading

Writing Genre Anchor Chart Posters | Narrative, Informative, OpinionMake writing genres clear and student friendly with these printable anchor chart posters for narrative, informative, and opinion writing. Each poster includes simple visuals and easy-to-use sentence stems to support young writers as they plan and write. These posters are perfect for introducing writing genres, reviewing expectations, or displaying as a year long classroom reference. They work great for whole group lessons, s

Celebrate the 67th day of school with this fun, hands-on math and fine motor activity! This printable worksheet features the numbers 6 and 7, each filled with shapes for students to color, count, and explore. Students will search through the numbers to find 11 different shapes hidden inside — and there are 67 shapes total! It’s a perfect way to practice counting, shape recognition, and number sense while celebrating another milestone day in your classroom.

Celebrate Read Across America Week with this fun and engaging Cat in the Hat craft and writing activity! Students will cut, color, and assemble separate pieces to create their own Cat in the Hat masterpiece, including the tall striped hat, head, neck, nose, ears, and bow tie. This activity can be done as just a craft, or both craft and writing. This activity is perfect for TK through 2nd grade and makes literacy hands-on and interactive. After completing their craft, students can practice w

❄️ Arctic Animal Labeling Worksheets – ExplanationThis resource includes six Arctic animal labeling pages featuring a polar bear, walrus, harp seal, orca, penguin, and arctic fox. Each page gives students the opportunity to identify and label the major external body parts of these cold-weather animals. These worksheets are perfect for introducing Arctic adaptations, science vocabulary, and informational text features in a simple and age-appropriate way. Students will learn how each animal’s b

Make sentence building simple and engaging with this Sentence Patterning Bundle for primary writers! This scaffolded writing resource helps students learn how to expand sentences step by step using clear visuals, guided practice, and interactive supports. This bundle includes: • Sentence Patterning Visual Cards • Scaffolded Sentence Building Worksheets • Whiteboard Visuals for Modeling and Practice Students progress through sentence structure tiers: ⭐ noun + verb ⭐ adjective + noun + verb ⭐ adje

Make summarizing simple and fun with these SWBST Story Summary Cards 💕 This resource helps students break down a story using the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then strategy in a clear and visual way. The cards guide students to focus on the most important parts of a story instead of retelling every detail. Visual supports make summarizing easier to understand, especially for early learners 🌈 A Creepy Carrots example is included to model how the strategy works, but these cards can be used with

Make writing fun and engaging with this Missing Teacher Writing Assignment! Perfect to pair with the classic read-aloud Miss Nelson is Missing, this activity invites students to imagine what happens when their teacher goes missing. This resource is substitute-friendly and includes differentiated writing pages designed for TK–5th grade, making it easy to adapt for a variety of learners. To keep it inclusive, you’ll find both male and female teacher options so every classroom can connect with

Bring plant science to life with this engaging Pothos Plant Science Bundle — perfect for your plant or propagation unit! Students will explore how a pothos plant grows, label its parts, and record their observations and learning through simple, hands-on writing activities. This bundle is designed for primary classrooms and makes a great addition to your life science, plant growth, or classroom propagation lessons. ✨ What’s Included: 🌱 Label a Pothos Plant – Students identify and label key p

Add a little Taylor Swift fun to your classroom with this cute and colorful poster! Featuring the lyric “You need to calm down, you’re being too loud”, this poster is a playful way to remind students about classroom expectations while keeping the vibe positive and lighthearted. What’s Included: A high-quality PDF poster file Easy-to-follow printing instructions for scaling to poster size with Adobe Acrobat Perfect For: Classroom decor Noise level reminders Teacher Swifties who love adding p

Make learning about butterflies engaging and meaningful with this All About Butterflies activity bundle. This resource includes hands on crafts, labeling activities, and writing connections that are perfect for a butterfly or insect science unit. Students will learn about butterfly anatomy and the butterfly life cycle while also practicing cutting, gluing, labeling, coloring, and writing. The activities also include a simple social emotional learning connection to help students reflect on ho

Bring stories to life with these bright, engaging Story Elements Posters designed especially for primary readers! This visual set helps students identify and understand the key parts of any story during read-alouds, guided reading, and comprehension lessons. What’s IncludedEach theme includes posters for: 🖊 Title 📖 Narrator Inside Narrator (1st person) Outside Narrator (3rd person) 👧 Characters 🏠 Setting ⚠️ Problem 💡 Solution ⭐ Main IdeaTwo Soft Pastel ThemesChoose the look that

💚 How to Grow the Grinch’s Heart – Writing CraftThis How to Grow the Grinch’s Heart writing craft is the perfect December activity to combine holiday fun with procedural writing! Students color and cut out a Grinch craft topper, glue it onto construction paper, and complete a step-by-step writing piece to explain how to help the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes. This craft makes an adorable hallway or bulletin board display and gives students the chance to practice sequencing, kindness concep

Make sentence building fun and visual with these GLAD Sentence Patterning Cards in SPANISH! Designed to support the GLAD sentence patterning strategy, these cards help students understand how parts of speech work together to form complete and descriptive sentences. The teacher lines the cards up in order on the board — Adjective → Noun → Verb → Prepositional Phrase — and the class works together to brainstorm words that fit each category. Once the chart is complete, students can use it as a r