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Lots of fun on the 101st day of school! Print and go dalmatian craft and short writing prompt. Looking for more 101st day of school fun - 101 Dalmatian style? Here are some great options to add engagement to your classroom this winter! 101st Day of School ~ Dalmatian Style! | 101 Dalmatians (This craft activity is included in this separate product)101 Dalmatians ~ TONS of reading & writing FUN! | 101st day of school✨ Follow me✨ to check out more seasonal resources, interactive read aloud 2nd gr

Memes are hilarious! Why not use them in the classroom as fun, light-hearted writing prompts? This product is perfect to present as a slideshow. Included are over 50 memes with a specific writing prompt for each. Have your students respond, share and reflect using the FAME writing rubric and "2 stars and 1 wish" feedback form. Happy Writing! Enjoy! ✨ Follow me✨ to check out other writing resources and units, interactive read aloud text sets and much more in my store! Also, don't forget you can

Focus on scientific inquiry while studying oobleck properties using this fun 8 page, printable lab book. Includes both science lesson and interactive read aloud lesson plan and 7 reading response choices. Students will be highly engaged with this hands-on experiment! Enjoy!

The Spider and the Fly Book Companion: Read-Aloud Activities K-3 | Literacy Centers, Comprehension, Vocabulary. The Spider and the Fly is a fun read aloud for the primary classroom. This story teaches the important lesson that you should NEVER be tricked by sweet, flattering words. This HUGE collection of activities (over 30 pages) will provide you will numerous options for reading engagement and response. Most of the activities come in a variety of response styles to allow for differentiation/e

Curriculum Based Measures are a quick and easy way to collect high quality student data to measure and show growth over time. CBM also provide teachers with the ability to analyze student data according to national writing norms. This product provides simple and specific directions for administering a 3-minute writing assessment, scoring, and tracking student data for writing. This product features a national norms chart focusing on grades 1-6 for three specific writing assessments including: T

Mr. Peabody's Apples is a great story to teach students about the power of their words and not spreading rumors or gossip. This activity would be great to incorporate into your back to school lesson plans and/or character education resources. Included with this product is a full interactive read aloud lesson plan with pre-made questions to print on post-its, a variety of resources including home-to-school connection and parent letter, listening center, response pages and more! Here's What's Incl

Put the timeline creation in your student’s hands by providing them the opportunity to connect with important inventions that changed our way of life. Print out these posters for students to illustrate. Students can be a part of the sequencing process. Display the timeline in your classroom as a year-long display, or during your history unit. This activity is also great for math – determining how many years ago these monumental creations were invented. Also includes a handout so that student

Many teachers use 101 Dalmatians as a theme to celebrate the 101st day of school. Here are several fun reading, writing, and craft activities to boost engagement in the classroom as we zoom through the winter! Be sure to leave feedback! ENJOY! Activities include:101st day of school posters101 Days headband & Dog tag craftDalmatian craftIf I had 101 Dalmatians I would…“How to take care of a puppy” writer’s workshop book“All About Dogs” writer’s workshop bookNonfiction “All About Dalmatians” artic

Using the popular Cinderella fairy tale, these response pages allow students to focus on comprehension and comparing other versions to Cinderella. Book companion (reading response pages) to accompany the read alouds: Cinderella, The Rough-Face Girl, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, and Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella. Designed with 2nd graders in mind! What Activities are Included?Cinderella: 6 response pages: fairy tale elements, retelling, good vs. evil, problem and solution, connectionsRough-Face Girl: 6

Fry Bread is a great read aloud for any primary classroom. Students can learn about family traditions, cultures and being thankful. This book companion product features 8 different response activities and a home to school connection letter with QR code which will allow students to share the story with their family. *Designed with 2nd graders in mind*Response Pages Included:Writing about family traditionsConnectionsSocial Justice Standard: Identity 5 - I see that the way my family and I do thing

Looking for a new phonics activity or center activity? The Science of Reading encourages building connections through word mapping and the use of sound boxes. This document features color coded letter tiles and handouts that will help you create an engaging hands-on activity to promote letter recognition, letter sound recognition, spelling, building word families and to teach or review consonant blends and digraphs. Several handouts to reinforce and assess students learning. Tailor the handout

Put the timeline creation in your student’s hands by providing them the opportunity to connect with everyday items and inventions that matter to them. Print out these posters for students to illustrate. Students can be a part of the sequencing process. Display the timeline in your classroom as a year-long display, or during your history unit. This activity is also great for math – determining how many years ago these monumental creations were invented. Timeline Posters Included: Hershey Bar(

Tacky and the Winter Games Book Companion Engaging Literacy Activities for Primary GradesBring winter fun into your reading block with this Tacky and the Winter Games book companion! This no-prep resource is packed with meaningful literacy activities that help students build comprehension, practice sequencing story events, writing, and character analysis skills—all while enjoying Tacky’s hilarious Winter Games adventures. Perfect for whole group, small group, literacy centers, or independe

Milk Goes to School is a fun back to school read aloud all about friendship. This collection features 25 reading response pages - plenty to choose from to reinforce, revisit, and discuss the text. Skills Focused On:ConnectionsRetellingVocabularySummarizingProblem & SolutionLesson of the StoryCharacter StudyCharacter TraitsFavorite Part Author's MessageAuthor's CraftPreviewing & PredictingFriendly Letter to a CharacterPrepping for a Book TalkRecalling Story EventsCreating a Movie PosterComprehen

Emmanuel's Dream is a must read for bringing SEL and social justice discussions into your classroom. This product has been designed to use as an interactive read aloud; one of the best ways to expose your students to higher level questioning - thinking within, beyond, and about a text that is slightly above their independent reading level. These resources include a focus on elements of nonfiction and research, text features, social studies connections, vocabulary, author's purpose, opinions, rec

A complete research unit including handouts aligned with Common Core and parent explanation letter. All you need to provide are the nonfiction books! From guided, whole group research to cooperative learning and finally an independent research project. A brief overview - This unit focuses on: •Explaining the major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, Questioning in informational text, Text features, Distinguish between information provided by pictures

Getting started with shared reading texts this year? This product is a text companion for Smokey the Bear: A True Story - 2nd Grade shared reading text. 11 PRINT AND GO activities to use with your students - independently, for guided practice, enrichment, or reinforcement. You choose! Features a Focus on:Main ideaComprehensionGenre StudyRecalling DetailsWriting a captionVocabulary: whimperMaking a Retelling ChartCheck for understandingWriting: Most Important Thing...Recalling FactsAuthor's Purpo

Fun BINGO activity includes two games to review short a patterns. Each game comes with 5 different playing cards and calling cards for the teacher. Copy on card stock, laminate and cut out and you have a fun game to review word study skills or turn into a literacy center. *More BINGO games coming soon! Check out my store.

Cozy is Jan Brett's latest children's book and just like her previous books, this one does not disappoint! This adorable tale focuses on Cozy the musk ox who is separated from his family and in waiting for spring meets many animals friends who he helps protect from the blustery storms in the Alaskan tundra. This HUGE collection of activities (over 50 pages) will provide you will numerous options for reading engagement and response. Most of the activities come in a variety of response styles to a

This is a document you can copy front to back, fold in half and staple twice to create endless blank books for students to use during writer's workshop. This product features Handwriting Without Tears writing lines and a space to illustrate on each page. Please email me if you would like blank books with different specifications (ex: dotted lines, more lines, full page vs. half page, etc.). I also sell writer's workshop blank books with regular lines. Thank you and happy writing!