Sarah Trapp

This Gingerbread House STEM Challenge is a great way to add academic rigor to a fun activity before Winter Break! Students will: 1) Design their house 2) Budget expenses 3) Build (and make additional supply purchases, as necessary) 4) Reflect This product comes in an editable PowerPoint, so you can customize the activity to your grade level and needs. For example, for fifth grade students the costs are written as decimals. For younger students, the costs could be changed to whole numbers. Want y

Help your students learn about the causes of the American Revolutionary War with this interactive visual timeline! This product comes with reading passages for 12 different events leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. Each passage contains a short explanation and images to help students create their visual timeline. Assign events to individual students to partnerships to create a class visual timeline. Students will write a short paragraph about their event, then draw an image to go a

Bring an updated classroom alphabet into your upper elementary or middle school classroom with this alphabet in books! These posters are a great way to share great books with kids AND add a fun pop of color to your walls. This product contains: - Two complete alphabets, one targeted towards middle grade classrooms and one targeted towards middle school - Two background options, black, and a more printer-friendly white version Mix and match to pick your favorite books, include books appropri

At the beginning of the school year, we do everything we can to learn about our students quickly. For our students, this often means completing survey after survey. After a long summer break, the last thing our kids want to do is stay seated to fill out a survey! Enter: Reading and Writing Task Card Surveys! I took all of the questions I typically ask my students about themselves as readers and writers and transformed them into task card surveys that can be posted and completed around the room

Bring an updated classroom alphabet into your upper elementary or middle school classroom with this alphabet in books! These posters are a great way to share great books with kids AND add a fun pop of color to your walls. This product contains: - A complete alphabet of posters with picture book and early reader options - Multiple poster options for some letters - Two background options, black, and a more printer-friendly white version Select your favorite books, include books appropriate f

Help your students learn about different book genres with this poster set! Students will learn features of 10 different genres and along with popular book covers. There is also an editable option to include book titles in your own classroom libraries. The following genres are included: historical fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, traditional literature, biography/ autobiography, memoir, poetry, and informational text.

Stock up on square adhesive labels from the Target Dollar Spot? Use this template to label anything and everything in your classroom. Completely editable to use with your desired fonts, add student names, personalize bin labels, etc. I will be using them to label student cubbies and genre bins in my library!

Looking for a new take on the classic "Said is Dead" writing lesson? Look no further! If your students are anything like my 5th graders, they will LOVE brainstorming interesting words to replace "Said" when they get to do it with emojis. This product includes: - Student notebook inserts in three levels of completion (complete, partial, and blank) - Full page and half page options - 4 different color choices - Teacher anchor chart materials - Possible lesson ideas and materials suggestions Thi

These bright emoji schedule cards are the perfect thing to add to your daily schedule for you and your students. This set includes 24 different subjects and times of day, 7 different colors choices, and two background options. Each card features a fun emoji, which your students will love! Just pick your colors, print, laminate, and cut to add to your whiteboard or pocket chart schedule! Includes cards for: Recess Lunch Art Music Technology Garden Library Reading Writing Math Science Social Stu

Need a quick back to school or end of the year gift? Attach these cute tags to a pencil, pen, notebook, or cute pencil cookie and you're good to go! This product includes "You're Just 'Write'" tags for kindergarten-sixth grade with an editable name section. It also includes a completely editable slide so you can customize the tags as needed. *Font Note: If you would like to use the same font for your signature, you will need to purchase AGBossLady.

Use this character analysis handout to write about and analyze character. Students will think about internal and external characteristics, problems, desires, important relationships, and the character's emotions. Easy for use as a whole class, for book club and literature circle assignments, independent reading responses, meaningful sub plans, and more!

Who doesn't love receiving snail mail? Start the school year off on the right foot by welcoming your student with a post card! This product contains post cards for kindergarten-6th grade.