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This argumentative letter to Santa is a fun way to have students practice the skills needed for argumentative writing. This holiday writing activity contains two scaffolded writing templates that make it easy for teachers and students to write a full five paragraph argumentative essay. In fact, the activity can even be used as an introduction to argumentative writing since the writing templates, with sentence starters, make it easy for students to develop a claim and arguments. Included In This

Give your students the support they need in their writing with these writing process farmhouse inspired posters. Posters Included:Prewrite Draft Revise Edit Conference Publish If you like my Farmhouse Writing Process Poster, you may also like my CUBES Strategy Farmhouse Posters and RACES Strategy Farmhouse Posters.

This civil rights movement lapbook allows students to explore the causes and effects of the civil rights movement. Students will investigate key events as well as key figures that moved the movement forward. They will also be examining the legislative gains of the movement and how the movement impacts our society today. The whole unit is meant to last 2-3 weeks in order to allow students enough time to research the causes and effects of the civil rights movement. All activities were created with

These writing templates and graphic organizers help students brainstorm and organize their ideas before they begin writing their drafts. They are supplementary resources that make the writing process easier for the students and are a great way to scaffold, but they do not replace explicit instruction. I personally love using these, specially with students that have a hard time structuring an essay. It guides students in the writing process. Some of my struggling writers love looking at their end

These pages are perfect to use when teaching the animal and plant cells. The pages include color versions and black and white versions as well as answer sheets. The pages can be easily used for scaffolding, and there is no teacher prep required. The Notes Include:Animal Cell Plant Cell Animal and Plant Organelles Animal vs Plant Cell

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these beautiful watercolor posters. Each posters contains a Hispanic Heritage figure and a motivational quote from the figure. 36 Posters included: * Guillermo del Toro * Eugenio Derbez * Luis Fonsi * Lupita Nyong'o * Oscar de la Renta * Ricky Martin * Shakira * Susana Baca * Peso Pluma * Zoe Saldana * Salma Hayek * Rosie Perez * Rosario Dawson * Pedro Pascal * Lionel Messi * Gabriel García Márquez * Ernesto Che Guevara * Manu Ginóbili * Elizabeth Acevedo *

These levels of engagement posters are a great strategy to keep your students accountable for their working skills and participation. Included: *6 Posters (three styles): Disrupting, Avoiding, Withdrawing, Participating, Investing, & Driving. *Blank Posters: These are to add students' names if used for a bulletin board. *Banner *3 "Levels of Engagement" Posters If you like these posters, you may also like Levels of Understanding, Math Strategy Posters, Writing Process Posters, and Centers

Brighten up your bulletin boards with these colorful banners. You can match all your bulletin boards with the same color banners, or you can have some fun and mismatch colors. Just print on card stock, cut, and laminate if desired. The banners come in four different colors: teal, red, yellow, and orange. The set includes: WritingReadingELA MathScienceHistoryMELDWord WallFocus Wall

These cute farmhouse style posters with rules for small groups or centers will help your students remember the expectations for working in small group or centers. You can create a bulletin board with these posters or simply have them hanging somewhere accessible for your students see. These posters will help you establish routines and expectations at the beginning of the school or any time of the year! *2 Styles *8 Posters for Each Style *16 Posters in Total

Celebrate Black History Month with these beautiful posters. There are a total of 60 posters: 30 with colorful African patterns and 30 with a black and white background. Each poster contains an African-American figure and a motivational quote from the figure. *Print with Adobe Acrobat to avoid black boxes around clipart!!!!Important and Influential Figures: Althea GibsonBooker T. WashingtonColin PowellDuke EllingtonElla FitzgeraldFrederick DouglassGarrett MorganHarriet TubmanJackie RobinsonJames

It includes three versions of the Floral Farmhouse CUBES, RUNS, UPS, KNOWS, RDW, and PEMDAS Strategy Posters: Pink Wood (oval and square), Black Outline (oval and square), and Gold Outline (oval and square). Also, there is a floral math banner included.

This mini file folder is an easy way to get to know your students while at the same time introducing some of Kaplan's icons of depth and complexity.

These women's history month shamrock writing templates include 40 different influential women. The activity is simply to have each student research one of the forty women in order to gain a better understanding of who that woman was and what she accomplished. The images are black and white, so that students have fun coloring. I love putting these up in my writing bulletin board as part of a St. Patrick's theme!

Give your students the support they need in their writing with these writing process farmhouse inspired posters. Posters Included: Planear Borrador Revisar Editar Conferencia Publicar

This writing template helps students brainstorm and organize their ideas before they begin writing their drafts. This scaffolded makes the writing process easier for teachers and students alike. There are two versions included (different border). If you like this product, you might also like my Guided Writing Templates & Graphic Organizers: Brainstorming & Prewriting which provides templates for informational, argumentative, and persuasive writing.

These CUTE & SWEET Gnome Valentine's Day Cards and Tags will make kids' Valentine's Day extra special. Valentine Cards: There are 6 different designs with 6 different Gnome sayings: *WILL YOU BE MY GNOMIE? *I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND GNOME MATTER WHAT! *THANK YOU FOR BEING MY GNOMIE *YOU ARE A COOL GNOMIE *THERE'S GNOME ONE LIKE YOU! *YOU GNOME ME SO WELL! The cards also come with two different color backgrounds and two different sizes: Large Cards: White and Lilac Watercolor Backgrounds. H: 5.16" x

Use these colorful interactive notebook pages to set up your science notebooks. All pages come in color or black and white. This product includes:3 Covers Table of Contents Science & Engineering Practices Rubric 4 Dividers: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth & Space Science, and Engineering

Check for understanding with these cute floral/greenery farmhouse decor posters. Levels of Understanding are an effective way to make students responsible and aware of their own learning. It also helps them build cognitive learning skills. Included: Style 1: Novice, Apprentice, Master, Expert (Floral and Greenery) Style 2: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (Floral and Greenery) Bookmarks for each style and decor. If you like these posters, you may also like Levels of Engagement, Math Strategy Posters, Writing Pro

These cute floral farmhouse style posters with rules for small groups or centers will help your students remember the expectations for working in small group or centers. You can create a bulletin board with these posters or simply have them hanging somewhere accessible for your students see. These posters will help you establish routines and expectations at the beginning of the school year or any time of the year! *3 Styles *8 Posters for Each Style *32 Posters in Total

Give your students the support and visuals they need in their writing with these writing process posters. Posters Included:Prewrite Draft Revise Edit Conference Publish