I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
5 Valentine’s Day Mazes *Print and Go! Need something to keep your students busy? These make a great “Print and Go” warm-up, center or filler activity. These mazes are for students looking for a challenge!
Includes: Teddy Bear, Bountiful Blooms, Bouquet of Hearts, Cupid, and A-Maze-ing Hearts.
My preferred use for activities like this is to put them on colored construction paper and laminate. Students use vis-a-vis markers to complete and then wipe off. Once laminated, they are easy to pull out for a center every year!
Answer Keys included.
Do you teach both Greek and Roman Mythology? Then this Bundle will save you money over buying these products separately!
This PDF Bundle includes both the Greek and Roman Mythology Activity Sheets. (8.5" x 11")
21 Ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for Greek Mythology Research:
Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Odysseus, Pandora, Persephone, Poseidon, Rhea and Zeus.
20 Ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for Roman Mythology Research:
Apollo, Ceres, Diana, Hercules, Juno, Jupiter, Liber, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Neptune, Ops, Pluto, Proserpina, Saturn, Ulysses, Venus, Vesta and Vulcan.
Also included is a Plain, Generic Activity Sheet if you have another character of interest.
Information asked for:
God/Goddess of…
Famous for…
Family
Interesting Tidbits
Character Traits
Lessons Learned
Physical Characteristics
Sources
Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
Here are 21 ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research characters from Greek Mythology.
Includes posters for the following:
Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Odysseus, Pandora, Persephone, Poseidon, Rhea and Zeus.
Also includes is a Plain, Generic Activity Sheet if you have another character of interest.
Greek Mythology Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
Information asked for:
God/Goddess of…
Famous for…
Family
Interesting Tidbits
Character Traits
Lessons Learned
Physical Characteristics
Sources
Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
Here are some Activity Sheets to use after reading the book, Turk and Runt, by Lisa Wheeler.
✹ Activity Sheet #1 Comprehension sheet asks them to draw their favorite part, write six action verbs, define the word audition, answer some questions and write a letter to Runt’s parents on the back explaining why they should listen to him.
✹ Activity Sheet #2 Compare & Contrast Turk and Runt.
✹ Activity Sheet #3 Story Maps – 3 Story Maps to choose from.
a. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end
b. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, moral of the story
c. characters, setting, problem, solution
✹ BONUS Research a Turkey Pages – Students are asked to research about turkeys.
a. wild turkey page
b. farm turkey page
Here are some Activity Sheets ready to go after you read Memoirs of an ELF by Devin Scillian.
Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, identify the main problem and explain how the problem was solved. On the back, they are encouraged to write a diary entry from Tugboat’s (the dog’s) point of view.
Elf Themed Writing Paper - Use these generic papers for your own writing prompts. There are 2 versions - each with 3 types of writing lines. (6 pages total).
Great option to leave for a substitute along with the book!
Print & Go!
Includes Answer Key.
These Farm Animal Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
I use these as a Center in my Media Center for when the theme fits and it is always a hit!
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
Pictures currently in this Farm Animal set include:
duck
goose
rooster
cat
dog
goat
pig
sheep
donkey
cow
horse
chickens - with hen and rooster identified
**This a Ready to Go Easter Hard Word Search. **
Words are in vertical and horizontal (frontwards and backwards). They are also diagonal from the left down to the right only in an all uppercase puzzle.
Words include: April, Easter, spring, holiday, decorate, dye, Sunday, brunch, children, tradition, eggs, family, church, bonnet, chocolate, grass, dinner, basket, dresses, jelly beans, hunt, candy, rabbit, flowers and celebration.
Includes:
Color Version
Print friendly B&W reproducible
Answer Key
**This is a Hard Honey Bee Word Search which includes life cycle, anatomy and other honey bee related words. **
Words are in vertical and horizontal (frontwards and backwards). They are also diagonal from the left down to the right only in an all uppercase puzzle.
Words include: egg, larva, pupa, adult, wax, hive, colony, insect, buzz, hover, flowers, honey, nectar, sweet, queen, worker, drone, wings, yellow, black, stinger, six legs, antennae, honey bee and beekeeper.
Includes:
☑ Color version
☑ Print-friendly B&W version
☑ Answer Key
Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read the Pecos Bill tall tale with your students: Comprehension, Graphic Organizer, Exaggeration and Compare and Contrast activities.
1. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, write 4 words to describe Pecos, write an example of an exaggeration from the tall tale, and summarize the tale in their own words.
2. Tall Tale Graphic Organizer – This sheet asks students to write the characters, setting. It has boxes for students to write or draw 2 Exaggerations from the story, 1 Realistic Event from the story, the Problem and the Solution.
3. Tall Tale Exaggeration – Students illustrate their favorite exaggeration from the story and write about what they drew.
4. Compare & Contrast – Students choose another person or character to compare to Pecos Bill. They could choose themselves, another tall tale character, anyone!
This guided Black History Bio Poem and Writing Papers Set (writing papers come in both Letter, Legal, Color and B&W variations!) is a great research and poetry writing activity for a lesson, literacy or poetry center or even your substitute file! Or, use the Writing Papers for your own writing activity or prompt!
It includes pages for 66 people from history to walk your students through the writing process. It also includes Example Pages to show them what a completed rough draft and final copy may look like.
This poem has a biographical research slant to it. Students are asked to research the person and find the following information:
First and Last Name
3-4 words that describe the person
an important relationship the person had
things the person enjoyed
things the person valued
things the person learned
things the person achieved
something the person is remembered for
where the person lived
date of birth and death
This resource includes the following options for EACH person in the set:
Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the person.
Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you.
2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LETTER Sized (8.5" x 11") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LEGAL Sized (8.5" x 14") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Great for students with larger handwriting or who need more space! Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
It also includes the following:
Description of the Files in the Bundle Page
Table of Contents
List of People in this Bundle in the form of a Check Off Sheet for Teacher Use Use as a sheet to assign students and check off each part of the project. I pop these on a clip board to mark for the duration of the project. I check off Org. (graphic organizer), R.D. (rough draft), and Final (published piece) as students complete each part. This way, I know where in the process each student is at and can plan accordingly.
Teacher Example of the Rough Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example page.
Teacher Example of the Final Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example pages. (Typed and handwritten versions.)
BONUS Pages! I’ve included Generic Graphic Organizer, Draft Page and Publishing Pages that have no clip art. Use these for students who want to research a person not in this Bundle.
Additional PDFs of just Legal Writing Pages and just Letter Writing Pages allows you to print the Writing Pages by themselves easily.
66 Black Historical Figures Currently Included in this Set:
Please see the Preview Slides for the List of People Included.
Please be advised that a few people are included in multiple sets and may be in a set you already own.*
This guided Famous Artists Bio Poem Activity and Writing Papers Set (writing papers come in both Letter, Legal, Color and B&W variations!) is a great research and poetry writing activity for a lesson, literacy or poetry center or even your substitute file! Or, use the Writing Papers for your own writing activity or prompt!
It includes pages for 33 people from history to walk your students through the writing process. It also includes Example Pages to show them what a completed rough draft and final copy may look like.
This poem has a biographical research slant to it. Students are asked to research the person and find the following information:
First and Last Name
3-4 words that describe the person
an important relationship the person had
things the person enjoyed
things the person valued
things the person learned
things the person achieved
something the person is remembered for
where the person lived
date of birth and death
Please see the Preview slide for people included in this set.
This resource includes the following options for EACH person in the set:
Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the person.
Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you.
2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LETTER Sized (8.5" x 11") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LEGAL Sized (8.5" x 14") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Great for students with larger handwriting or who need more space! Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
It also includes the following:
Description of the Files in the Bundle Page
Table of Contents
List of People in this Bundle in the form of a Check Off Sheet for Teacher Use Use as a sheet to assign students and check off each part of the project. I pop these on a clip board to mark for the duration of the project. I check off Org. (graphic organizer), R.D. (rough draft), and Final (published piece) as students complete each part. This way, I know where in the process each student is at and can plan accordingly.
Teacher Example of the Rough Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example page.
Teacher Example of the Final Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example pages. (Typed and handwritten versions.)
BONUS Pages! I’ve included Generic Graphic Organizer, Draft Page and Publishing Pages that have no clip art. Use these for students who want to research a person not in this Bundle.
Additional PDFs of just Legal Writing Pages and just Letter Writing Pages allows you to print the Writing Pages by themselves easily.
**Community Helpers or Career BINGO is a great addition to your Community Unit! **
I like to play with my Kindergarten and 1st Grade after we do our Community Unit. I have found that pairing Kindergarteners up on a card works best because many of them have never played BINGO before. My 1st graders are good to go with their own card.
It even makes a Great Center once you’ve taught them how to play. The students love being the caller and handing out the prize to the winner!
In this set, you will find 48 different Career Calling Cards to cut out and 32 different BINGO cards.
You will need to cut some squares out of construction paper to use as BINGO chips ahead of time, if you don’t have something like that already.
We have a lot of fun reviewing Community Helpers with this game and stickers are a perfect prize for the winners!
Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to African animals. Includes posters for these African animals: Aardvark, Crocodile, Elephant, Gazelle, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Hyena, Lion, Meerkat, Ostrich, Rhinoceros and Zebra. It also includes 2 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals.
Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11"
Includes 4 Versions (14 pages each):
Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box.
Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box.
Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box.
Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box.
Information asked for:
What the animal looks like
Habitat
Diet
Interesting Facts
Sources
Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.
**Here are some activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution, by Pat Miller, to your students.
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Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, list five characters, two settings, and write their own New Year’s Resolution.
Story Map - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem, and solution of the story.
Five writing pages. Students can choose the one they wish to write their New Year’s Resolution on. There is room to draw a picture of them following through on their resolution.
My New Year activity page allows students to brainstorm things they want to do, read, and learn in the New Year. After they brainstorm, there is a place for them to formulate their New Year’s Resolution.
Word-Making Activity standalone reproducible using the word “resolution.”
Word-Making Center “I Can” sign, a second reproducible, and letters to print on cardstock and cut out for the word “resolution.”
These Solar System bookmarks identify the planets in your choice of Color or B&W reproducible.
Includes:
Color Version
B&W Version
4 bookmarks to a page
With and without Years! Celebrate the New Year with these Snow Globe Happy New Year coloring activity pages. They color the picture, then dab the dots. The empty snow globe page is for your students to write and draw their New Year’s Resolutions.
Includes the original undated set of 5 designs AND Bonus Sets for 2024 through 2031!
They are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, and one-to-one recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do. Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
Includes:
Original Undated Set of 5 designs.
Bonus Pages - Same 5 designs with years 2024 through 2031!
Please see the preview for all the pages included.
100 Dots on the page! These Dot Dude, Outer Space, Heart, and Hero-themed 100th Day of School Dot Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, and one-to-one recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pompoms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
Pictures currently in this Set include:
Dot Dudes - trace “100 Days of School” Version 1
Dot Dudes - trace “100 Days of School” Version 2
Dot Dude - “100 Days” to color and then dab the circles
Boy Hero - with dots
Girl Hero - with stars
Outer Space - with dots
Outer Space - with stars
School Bus: Count by 10’s - Rows of 10’s
Hearts: Count by 10’s - Rows of 10’s
These fill-in-the-blank MLA style bibliography sheets make citing sources for bibliographies a breeze for those learning how to write research papers! This 2-sided Bibliography Cloze Sheet will help your students find the correct information they need to cite their sources.
Includes space for three books (one author, two authors, and three or more authors), a magazine, an encyclopedia, two websites and a personal interview.
They find the information and plug it in! Simple!
Updated in 2023 to include the latest changes from the 9th edition of the MLA Handbook.
You can use a page as a lesson by itself, in a Scavenger Hunt fashion, where they find a reference source for each box and locate the needed information (title, copyright date, etc.)
Or put them in their research folders so they can plug in the source information as they conduct their research projects.
These Dental Health themed Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
Pictures currently in this Dental Health set include:
“Heart” your Smile
“Heart” your teeth
mouth
“I can brush my teeth.”
toothbrush and toothpaste
mouthwash and floss
floss
mouthwash
tooth
pillow
Tooth Fairy
Child in Bed with tooth under pillow version #1
Child in Bed with tooth under pillow version #2
dentist office
These 11 Fruit Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
11 Pictures currently in this Fruit set include:
apple
banana
blueberries
orange
pear
watermelon
plums
strawberries
peach
grapes
lemon