End of the Year I Am Poem - Make a Poet T Craftivity. Fun end of the year activity, beginning of the year activity, or any time you study poetry. PowerPoint on how to make an I AM poem and transfer it onto a t-shirt. 11 slides will walk you and your students through the whole process. Format for writing a metaphor I AM poem, and a format for writing another I AM poem included. Literature connection - metaphor poem example from All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. Students can use formats or create their own. Creative and fun! Students will love to wear their shirts. - HappyEdugator

Awards - Printable Rewards - 30 Bookmarks or Wristbands. Print out and give to students as fun rewards! Fun to use at end of year. A variety for holidays, such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and St. Patrick's Day! Includes rewards for being honest, respectful, trustworthy, and caring. Also includes celebrations such as star student, 100th day, happy birthday, and more. Great for all seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter! Print out at the beginning of the year and have them on hand. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Alphabet Cooking Fun - Literacy Activities with Yummy Food. These activities combine cooking and kitchen fun with lessons in beginning sounds, letter sounds, letter recognition, and word recognition. Includes a permission slip for parents, a slide with a variety of fun ideas to get started, an alphabet food list, and 11 super fun activities with full directions, including making butter, fruit salad, and peanut butter! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Character Education Word of the Month - PowerPoint for Character Education includes a slide defining the character word of the month. Each month has a Character Education Activity and an Award certificate. Each word has a suggested month, but the slides have been left editable so you can rearrange them and edit as needed for your classroom needs. Character Education Words included and suggested months are: Respect - August Responsibility - September Trustworthiness - October Compassion - November Friendship - December Perseverance - January Cooperation - February Patience - March Honesty - April Citizenship - May

Incentive Charts - A Pack of Twenty Different Designs. Ready for back to school! A variety pack of incentive charts for you to print and use to reinforce behavior, assignments, reading, goals, homework, chores, etc. Great for progress monitoring. Different themes include snowman, cowboys, rock, stars, hearts, pawprints, rainbows, sun, stripes, etc. Different style grids! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Christmas Luminaries Christmas Craft. Make Snoopy Dogs! Complete directions on how to make these adorable luminaries out of gallon milk jugs. Listen to Snoopy's Christmas and learn about the spontaneous Christmas truce in the middle of WWI in 1914. This goes well with my Christmas Truce Reader's Theater Enjoy! Happy Holidays!

PUMPKINS Writing Paper - Lined Paper - Pumpkins Theme. Eight different pumpkin designs, two different sizes of lines for writing at different ability levels. Fun paper for Thanksgiving or anytime. Students will have fun writing with some cute little pumpkins to inspire them. - Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Mother's Day Gift - Flower Pot Craftivity. Make a mum for mom for Mother's Day! Print out flower parts and flowerpot on cardstock. Students can write adjectives that describe their Mom on the orange flower petals, then cut out the pieces and assemble by gluing the petals on to the flower center, and then adding the stem and leaves. Students can decorate the flowerpot with their name, pictures, stickers, glitter, etc. and then attach the flower to the flowerpot. After flower is dry, laminate or cover with clear contact paper for durability, and trim. Write a message to mom on the flower pot. Give to mom on Mother's Day to make her smile! Includes black and white pages, MOM or MUM for flower center, and a list of Mother's Day adjectives to help students choose the ones that best describe their mothers.

Good Writers Will Have Success - Traits of Good Writing Posters. Success becomes an acronym for the traits of good writers. 6 Traits include Ideas and Content, Word Choice, Fluency, Voice, Organization, Conventions, and Presentation. These can be printed as a handout, made into a transparency, projected by LCD, or even blown up into a poster. Students will be reminded about what it takes to be a successful writer. Hang up at the beginning of the year to get your students thinking before they write. - HappyEdugator

Mother's Day Coupon Book - Easy Printable Gift. Wish Mom a happy Mother's Day this spring by printing out this coupon book. Students choose the slides they wish to include to customize their own special coupon book for Mother's Day. Have them sign their name on the front, and put the slides together together to honor Mom as a thougtful gift. Includes cover page, back page writing activity, a special poem about how to use the book, and kids can add their own special touches, too, such as drawings, poems, stories, fingerprints, handprints, etc. With a white background or a color background. 27 different coupons. - HappyEdugator

Standards Tracker - Use this excel file to keep track of standards and student mastery. You can adapt it to use for a variety of uses. - Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Race to the Finish PowerPoint Game Template. Students have to answer a series of mutiple choice questions to move through the categories. Wrong answer...start over! Great for review in any subject. Just add your own content. Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Rainbow Fish Craftivity or Art Activity. Read Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, then make a fish bowl using inexpensive items such as paper plates, blue finger paint, glue and goldfish crackers. Step by step directions on how to have your little ones make a great looking "fish bowl," with Rainbow Fish as the star! This activity can be adapted to work with other books as well, such as Fish is Fish, Memoirs of a Goldfish, Swimmy, McElligot's Pool, One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish, and more. You could also make a Finding Nemo fishbowl! Enjoy!

Beginning of the Year Student Survey and Poster. Beginning of the Year or First Day of School print and go handout. Includes an 8 question student survey about classroom expectations from a student perspective, and a poster you can hang about new beginnings. This that will help you get to know your students and help them focus on what is important. Share results of the survey with your students and discuss how they fit in to classroom rules and procedures. - HappyEdugator

Drama Playbill Project. A printable activity -This assignment gives instructions to students on how to write a playbill (an advertisement for a play) that includes the following: an illustrated cover with information about the performance and a picture illustrating the play's content,a summary of the play written to promote the play, an illustration of the setting, an explanation of the the theme, and a description of the main character. A rubric for evaluation is included. - HappyEdugator

I'm Done! What Will I Do Now? Editable Slide Set. PowerPoint slide poster set which can be printed or projected on your Smartboard. Five different background styles: Solid Blue, Chevron, Rainbow, Blue Sky, and White. Editable, so you can type what you want in the callouts. - HappyEdugator

That's a Fact, Jack! Award Certificate - Camouflage theme. Great award to hand to a student for behavior, academic accomplishments, etc. Great for end of year! Fun Summer Camp Award! Place to write name of student. Print out, laminate, and enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Lesson Closure Sheet - For Any Subject. Use this lesson summarizer sheet to have your students write about key points in your lesson, which can be used as a quick assessment of comprehension. You can use it as an exit slip, ticket out the door, or to summarize learning of a unit. Handy for any subject or unit of study. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

TURKEYS Writing Paper - Lined Paper - Turkeys Theme. Eight different turkey designs, two different sizes of lines for writing at different ability levels. Fun paper for Thanksgiving or anytime. Students will have fun writing with some cute little turkeys to inspire them. - Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Summer Camp Award Certificates - Three summer camp awards for Participation, Achievement, and Excellence. This is an editable PDF...you can fill in the form fields with your own information before you print. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator