Michele Galvan

This kits contains 40 prompts and a cover sheet When I first implemented journal writing in my classroom, I found that my students had a difficult time generating ideas, thinking creativity and thinking “outside of the box.” After a frustrating year I decided to try a new approach. For the first part of the year, I gave my students Productive Thinking activities. Productive Thinking activities help student to develop the ability/skill to think generate ideas and see things from different per

This kits contains 53 prompts and monster themed cover sheets* *This kit has a Monster Theme, but I included some generic cover pages for your convenience. When I first implemented journal writing in my classroom, I found that my students had a difficult time generating ideas, thinking creativity and thinking “outside of the box.” After a frustrating year I decided to try a new approach. For the first part of the year, I gave my students Productive Thinking activities. Productive Thinking

I am a big fan of the reading workstations products created for Treasures by Swimming into Second. They are wonderful. However Texas Treasures includes stories not found in the national publication. One Grain of Rice is just such a story. One of the items I always included in my classroom stations was Swimming into Second's board games. (They are included in their story bundles.) Since Swimming into Second uses the National publication, I needed a board game for One Grain of Rice so I crea

Blimey Digraphs - A Pirate Themed Game to teach the digraphs sh, ch, th & wh This kit includes: Blimey Digraphs game board Word cards for sh, ch, th and wh digraphs* Player card collection mats Game Directions Blimey Digraphs worksheet (optional)

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for Units 1 through 6 of the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. Please provide me with your feedback and let me know what you think. I created interactive journal entries for all of the Texas Treasures stories and I have published

This resource provides an example of how students can use PowerPoint to sequence a story they have read. I used this templet with the story the Three Little Pigs, but any story with strong story events can be used. My students LOVED this activity and so did my parents as we published our PPT story sequence pages on our classroom web page.

We have a wonderful tradition where we Christmas Carol around our school. This year we are even visiting a near by Nursing Home. I put together this Caroling book and it's so cute, I had to post it. I left the file editable so you can change or edit the Christmas Carols to meet your needs. Clip Art provided by Scrappin Doodles

This kit teaches Scholarly Behaviors using a Pirate theme. Teaching Scholarly Behaviors is good for ALL students. I use the posters in this kit for a bulletin board that remains up all year. I teach the behaviors at the beginning of the year and then I continue to emphasize them all year long. Teaching Scholarly Behaviors makes an amazing difference in student thinking, problem solving learning and self-esteem. This kit includes 22 scholarly behaviors posters centered around 9 behaviors

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for the 5 stories in Unit 3 of the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. The titles in this bundle include: Alvin Ailey Kids Dancing As a Team Abuelo and the Three Bears Music of the Stone Age Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Stirrin

This resource is for Pearson’s My Perspectives 8th Grade English Language Arts. Red Roses is the Mentor Text for Unit 1. The purpose of the Mentor Text is to provide students with a common starting point and to address the theme of the unit. This resource includes:Summarization Anchor ChartText QuestionsEssential Question ResponseSummary Graphic OrganizerSummary ResponsePlease provide me with feedback on this resource. Visit my blog at be-googley.com

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for the 5 stories in Unit 2 of the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. The titles in this bundle include: Babu's song Dona Flor A Tall Tale One Grain of Rice African American Inventors Please provide me with your feedback and let

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for the first 5 stories in the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. The titles in this bundle include: David's New Friends Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea Family Farm Meet Rosina My Nome is Yoon Please provide me with your feedb

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for the 5 stories in Unit 4 of the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. The titles in this bundle include: Head, Body Legs Officer Buckle and Gloria A Trip to the Emergency Room A Harbor Seal Grows Up Mice and Beans Please provide

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes 2 posters for the Story Dona Flor: Cause and Effect Defined Cause and Effect Example and the interactive journal pages for these topics. Please provide me with your feedback and let me know what you think. I'm working on the next stories and want to know how to improve my products!

This game is played just like the traditional Go Fish Game. Players draw to match singular nouns to their plurals. If a match is not made the opposing player is asked to "Get the Gato." Included is a game record sheet and an extension activity. This game was created to support concepts taught with the Texas Treasures 2nd grade story, Dona Flor, but it can stand alone as well.

Pirate Race with Ropes and Ladders - Sight Word Game This game, modeled after the popular children's board game Chutes and Ladders, helps students to develop sight word fluency. The kit includes: A player's directions page A game board A "ship's log" which students can use to keep track of unknown words

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for the 5 stories in Unit 6 of the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. The titles in this bundle include: Dig Wait Listen Splish! Splash Animal Baths A Way to Help Planet Earth Super Storms Pushing Up the Sky Please provide me wit

The slides on this PowerPoint will provide you with a unique way for your students recreate the beloved story There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly. When in design mode, the template allows your students to drag key words from a word bank to complete the story. Using Microsoft clip art, students will also add in clip art to illustrate each page. When done, your students can print out their slides to create very own their mini-book. This activity is fun and interactive. It rei

Using picture books to teach math: -Provides meaningful context and connections for students. -Can help to engage students in problem solving. -Helps to build an appreciation for both math and literature. -Can help to clarify and extend thinking. -Can spark a child’s imagination. This 38 page resource packet features Loreen Leedy book The Great Graph Contest and provide you with several flexible graphing opportunities including: butterfly graphing with pie graph, pictograph and bar g

I use Interactive Journals in my classroom but this year I wanted my journal pages to be focused on the stories I am teaching in Treasures. This resource includes posters and interactive journal resources for the 5 stories in Unit 5 of the Texas Treasures Reading Adoption. The journal entries reinforce the skills taught in each story. The titles in this bundle include: The Tiny Seed The Ugly Vegetables Meet the Super Croc Farfallina & Marcel Nutik, the Wolf Pup Please provide me with your fe