Students will fall madly in LOVE with these Valentine's Creative Thinking Activities! They will get all of your students thinking creatively, but are specially designed to inspire your gifted and talented students! These activities are perfect for early finishers, centers or guest teachers! Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find: Don’t Know What You've Got Love is Grand? World Without Love The ABC’s of Valentine’s Day Really, You Shouldn't Have Will You Be My BETTER Valentine? Love is in the Air A Valentine’s Day Surprise The Future of Candy Hearts Valentine’s Day in Pictures A Remote by Any Other Name Love Machine Answer: Valentine’s Day Love City A Unique Valentine A Valentine's Day Mystery The Procrastinating Valentine Pucker Up I love Cinquains Cupid’s New Job Sample Answers included with these Valentine's Day activities to get you and your class thinking! CCSS ELA W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.2 W.5.8 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3

St. Patrick's Day Creative Thinking and Literacy Activity Pack This St. Patrick's Day Activity Pack contains St. Patrick's Day Creative Thinking and Literacy Activities. Creative thinking can improve thinking in all subject areas. In this St. Patrick's Day Activity Pack you will find: St. Patrick's Day Activity #1-Pot o’ Gold- What would you NOT buy with a pot of gold? St. Patrick's Day Activity #2-Three Wishes- this St. Patrick's Day, you caught a Leprechaun and are granted three wishes. You decide to use them for three other people. This activity will let kids explore how a wish could change someone's life St. Patrick's Day Activity #3-Gold Improvements- This St. Patrick's Day, you found a pot of gold! What are the disadvantages of a pot of gold? St. Patrick's Day Activity #4-Word Search- Use the St. Patrick's Day Word Search template to create your own word search St. Patrick's Day Activity #5-ABC’s of St. Patrick’s Day- Think of a word for every letter of the alphabet that has to do with St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day Activity #6-There’s More Than One Way- Given four objects, explain how you will catch a Leprechaun. St. Patrick's Day Activity #7-Limericks- Instructions and writing paper for writing your own St. Patrick's Day Limerick St. Patrick's Day Activity #8-Catching a Leprechaun- In this St. Patrick's Day activity, create the best Leprechaun trap St. Patrick's Day Activity #9-Word Ladders- A leprechaun played a trick and changed some words by changing one letter at a time. Follow the clues he left to change the words back St. Patrick's Day Activity #10-Word Scramble- Unscramble these St. Patrick's Day words and answer the riddle St. Patrick's Day Activity #11-Secret Message- A leprechaun has left you a secret message. Use the key to solve the St. Patrick's Day message. Sample Answers included with these activities to get you and your class thinking! These St. Patrick's Day activities makes a great early finishers packet! Use these St. Patrick's Day activities as sponge activities to get your students thinking. Set up some St. Patrick's Day activity centers around St. Patrick's Day using these activities. W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.2 W.5.8 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3

This End of the Year Memory Book is a fun twist on traditional memory books. The premise of this memory book is that the mayor wants to choose a student and design a festival around them! This book is designed for grades 3-5. This End of the Year Memory Book contains: *Memory Book Student Cover- Students will color their own end of the year memory book covers *All About Me *My Festival- students will design booths around their favorite foods, favorite games and favorite rewards *My Family- An end of the year memory book page dedicated to the student's family *The Ringleader- Students will write about the Ringleader! You! *The Most Exciting Day- Students will design movie poster about their most exciting day *The High Dive ABC Challenge- List one thing in this end of the year memory book about your year for each letter of the alphabet *The Fortune Teller- What three things does the fortune teller see in store for you next year? *Kiddie Rides- This page focuses on 3 things that were easy for the student *What a Roller Coaster!- This end of the year memory book page focuses on one challenge the student faced and how they overcame it *What the Critics are Saying- A movie is showing about YOUR school year. What do the critics say was the Best, Worst and Funniest part of the movie? Write the movie reviews *Flying off the Shelves- design a t-shirt for your past school year *Win a Trip- design a trip giveaway to the hottest field trip spot last year! *The Fun House- There is a tent filled with artifacts from your favorite subject. What are they? *The Next Big Thing- Movie producers want to make a movie of your favorite book! Tell them about your top 3 favorite books *The Summer Adventures Tent- Let fair-goers experience your ideal summer activities. What would you say to attract people to the tent and a draw a picture of what is inside! All Good Things Must Come to an End- an end of the year reflection page Autograph Pages- 3 pages to collect autographs and messages from classmates A Message from your Teacher- The last page of this end of the year memory book is for the teacher to leave an end of the year message to each student

This Spring Literacy Centers Pack contains over 18 differentiated activities appropriate for grades K-3. This Spring Literacy Centers Pack has everything from art projects to reading response and everything in between! Spring into a Good Book- complete with differentiated reading response sheets. There is also a list of suggested titles Spring into Writing- Students can complete a Spring Alphabet book or a Spring Fact Book Spring Word Work- a variety of spring word work with differentiated spring word lists Rainbow Creation and Writing- An art project and writing foldable Flower Diagram- students will use books and real flowers to complete a flower diagram Summer vs. Spring- Compare summer and spring using a venn diagram Listening into Spring- a spring listening center with reading response sheets, websites and a suggested book list Spring Computer Center- students will use technology to work with spring words Spring Picture Sorting Spring Estimation Center- students will observe caterpillars and estimate how long it will take them to turn into butterflies. Information on ordering supplies for your classroom included Butterfly Life Cycle- a spring writing craftivity Spring Sensory Bin- Students will explore and write about a spring sensory bin. This Spring Literacy Centers Pack contains over 18 differentiated activities appropriate for grades K-3. This pack has everything from art projects to reading response and everything in between!

Looking for something to get your students in the spirit of Thanksgiving? This Thanksgiving Math & Literacy Pack includes two packs that are perfect for enrichment or early finishers in your classroom! Please see each item for a FULL description! 1. Thanksgiving Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-math-pack-11119478 2. Thanksgiving Creative Thinking Packhttps://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-creative-thinking-pack-11120420

This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Summer activities for Summer. Keep your students thinking and writing right up until the last day of the school! These language rich creative thinking Summer activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Summer activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. This Summer Activity Packet will do just that! Included in this Summer Activities packet you will find: *Student Cover *The ABC’s of Summer *In Summer You Can’t… *Endless Summer *Can Summer GET Any Better? Yes! It Can *Summer Inventions *Summer is Great…Mostly *Too Many Arm Floaties *A New Summer Sensation *The Perfect Summer Beverage- *And the Question is… *Signs of Summer *Summer Poetry *It’s Just so HOT *Let’s Go Play! *So…That Just Happened *The Impossible Contest *The Hot, Hot Sand *Summer School *Classroom for Sale! *My Life as Part Dolphin Sample Answers included to get you and your class thinking! These activities makes a great early finishers packet! Use these as sponge activities to get your students thinking. Set up some centers using these Summer Activities. CCSS ELA W.2.5 W.2.8 W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.4 W.5.8 L.2.1 L.2.2 L.2.5 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3

This Back to School Activities Pack contains 20 unique activities to get your student’s creative juices flowing! This is titled "Back to School", but it can be used any time of year as it is simply school themed. These back to school activities are great for gifted and talented learners, enrichment or for your guest teacher packet! In this Back to School Activities Pack you will find: The ABC’s of School You Will Never Learn Book-Free Zone The New and Improved Classroom! A Real Time Saver The Disadvantages of Recess A Plethora of Pencil Top Erasers A School Must Have Put Your Best Paw Forward And the Question is… School Signs Stickers The Crow Flies at Midnight 8? Third Grade for You! The Cupcake Ladies What do They Have in Common? A Century of School A Longer School Day My Dog Ate It! Adios, School! Sample Answers CCSS ELA W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.4 W.5.8 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3

Get a Creative Thinking Packet for EVERY month of the school year! Push your students to think on their own and explore possibilities that they might not have thought possible! These packets are perfect for enrichment or early finishers! Please see each link for a full description and preview of each! Included in this Creative Thinking Mega Bundle, you will find: Back to School Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-creative-thinking-pack-11120413 Fall Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-creative-thinking-packet-11120039 Halloween Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-creative-thinking-pack-11119454 Thanksgiving Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-creative-thinking-pack-11120420 Pilgrim Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pilgrim-creative-thinking-packet-11120198 Christmas Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-creative-thinking-pack-11120892 Winter Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-creative-thinking-pack-11120920 Valentine's Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-creative-thinking-pack-11120936 Thinkin' About Lincoln https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thinkin-about-lincoln-11120328 St. Patrick's Day Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-creative-thinking-packet-11123162 Summer Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/summer-creative-thinking-packet-11124028

Forces and Interaction Integrated Unit Plan This is a backwards designed one month unit writing unit aligned with Forces and Interaction NGSS 3rd grade standards 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2, 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4, CCSS Literacy Standards 3.1-3.10 and Writing Standards 3.2, 3.4-3.8. This Force and Interaction Unit plan goes from Anchor Charts to Assessments! I have bundled this with my Personal Student Dictionary because I feel that it is an essential tool for writing. This unit is a total of 260 pages. This Force and Interaction Writing Unit Includes: *1 full month of Day to Day detailed plans for Reading, Writing and Science Reading: *Original Close Reading Folder design with photographs *Close Reading instructions for a variety of Force and Interaction texts *Interactive Notebook Pages *Foldable Templates *Informational Text Task Cards *Anchor Charts Science: *Hands On Experiments-balanced and unbalanced forces, predicting motion, magnetism and static electricity. These experiments are designed to use items you already have in your classroom or at home *Anchor Charts *Assessments *Student Led problem solving and experiment design *Data Collection and Evaluation *Cooperative Learning Writing: *Differentiated Writing Prompts- 3 for each week *Final Copy Writing Paper (with place for diagram) *Quick Checks *Final Assessments *Suggested Book List *Personal Dictionary *One Page Voice Level Chart CCSS ELA Standards: RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 RI.3.6 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 RI.3.9 RI.3.10 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.3.6 W.3.7 W.3.8

Every moment with your students is precious. Don't waste one second, even when they need a break. Combine movement and learning with these Words on the Move: 60 Sight Word Activity and Movement Cards!! Students will jump, skip, pantomime, do crunches and so much more while practicing their sight words with these sight word activities. Put these sight word activities in a visible, easily accessible spot and pull out a sight word activity card when students need a brain break between lessons. These sight word activities are great during transitions and as sponge activities. You can even put these sight word activities in a word work center (visual cues included) or add them to your morning routine. Print the sight word activities out and send them home for students to practice their spelling and sight words at home. With these sight word activities, students can practice: Spelling Words Sight Words Word Wall Words Vocabulary Words ANY words!!!! Movement is so important in our classrooms!!! Do these sight word activities to add fun and movement to your day!

This is a sample of my packet Thinkin’ About Lincoln. This creative thinking packet will bring Abraham Lincoln to life as no other research project has done before! Students will be inspired to research all aspects of Abraham Lincoln in order to find the answers to these creative thinking activities. This Abraham Lincoln Creative Thinking packet makes an incredible independent study or alternative task and pushes students to use the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. This is a 2 page sample. The full version contains 20 unique activities!

Invite students to think about The Chocolate Touch from a different angle by choosing one of these Creative Thinking writing prompts! Students can choose from one of three options: 1. They are an interviewer doing a lifestyle piece on John Midas. They are to write interview questions and then, as John Midas, write the answers. 2. As John Midas, they will write a letter to the famous advice columnist Ask Angela asking for advice on his problem. Then, as Ask Angela, they will write a letter back to John. 3. They are a newscaster writing a warning bulletin about John Midas. Their job is to warn the public about the boy who turns everything into chocolate! All materials are included! 3 choices, Sloppy Copy and Final Copy paper and a Rubric for grading! Standards Covered: W.3.4, W.3.5, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.5.4, W.5.5

This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Christmas Literacy activities for Christmas. These language rich creative thinking Christmas Literacy activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Christmas Literacy activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. Included in this you will find: Wow! That’s Quite a Tree My Life as an Elf New and Improved Ornaments Santa’s Prototype Stocking Solutions Christmas ABC’s Wrapping Dilemma It’s SANTA! Peppermint Profusion Christmas Thingy Christmas Future ‘Tis the Season of Giving How is a Christmas Biscuit Like a Cat? A Gift for Santa All I Want for Christmas is an Invention The Christmas Spirit The Tallest Tree EVER No Ladder, No Lights? No WAY! Christmas is...- Write a Christmas list poem Advice for Santa *Product Descriptors for easy grading! Sample Answers included with these activities to get you and your class thinking! If you like these Christmas Literacy Activities, check out my Christmas Bundle. It includes a Christmas Creative Pack, a Christmas Maths Pack and Christmas Party Games! These Christmas Literacy activities makes a great early finishers packet! Use these activities as sponge activities to get your students thinking. Set up some centres around the holiday using these Christmas Activities.

This Christmas Math and Literacy Pack are two packets that will get your students in the Christmas Spirit. Use these Christmas packs for early finishers, review or enrichment! Please see each product for a FULL description! 1. Christmas Math Packhttps://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-math-pack-11119491 2. Christmas Creative Thinking Packhttps://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-creative-thinking-pack-11120892 Looking for even MORE things Christmas? Check out my Christmas MEGA Bundle!!! The Mega Bundle includes FIVE Christmas-Themed Activities! You can find it HERE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-mega-bundle-11123164

Are you bombarded every day with students asking you to spell the same words over and over again? Have students take charge of their spelling and writing with this personal student dictionary! This personal student dictionary will help students improve their spelling, reading and writing skills. When a student asks you to spell a word, have them write it down in their personal dictionary. The word will now be “theirs”! Already included in this personal student dictionary are Fountas and Pinnell sight words as well as Dolche sight words. I like having students highlight the sight words as they become secure in reading them. These are also great references for older grades or ELL students! *Student Cover *a page for every letter complete with cute clip art *sight words *spaces for students to add their own words An extra lined sheet is included at the end of this personal student dictionary so that you can double side the pages for extra writing space. To make this dictionary last all year, print the cover on colourful card stock or paper or use a three hole punch and keep in pronged report folders.

Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE for Year 4 Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This Valentine's Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centres and guest teachers! This Valentine’s Day Math and Literacy BUNDLE for Year 4 includes: Valentine’s Day Creative Thinking Pack Included in this Valentine's Day Math Pack for Year 4 you will find: This pack includes: Valentine’s Day Word Problems Graphing Data and Picture Graphs Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Colour by Answer Ordering Numbers Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100 Area with tiling and multiplication- Design a house for Cupid using the given units! Comparing Fractions Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred Time and Money A 100 Chart hidden pictures- solve 100 problems to find the Valentine picture! Cupid’s Busy Day- a Multiplication Game for the hundred chart Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find: Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find: Don’t Know What You've Got Love is Grand? World Without Love The ABC’s of Valentine’s Day Really, You Shouldn't Have Will You Be My BETTER Valentine? Love is in the Air A Valentine’s Day Surprise The Future of Valentine Heart Sweets Valentine’s Day in Pictures A Remote by Any Other Name Love Machine Answer: Valentine’s Day Love City A Unique Valentine A Valentine's Day Mystery The Procrastinating Valentine Pucker Up I love Cinquains Cupid’s New Job Sample Answers included with these Valentine's Day activities to get you and your class thinking!

Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 3rd Grade Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This Valentine's Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centers and guest teachers! This Valentine’s Day BUNDLE includes: Valentine’s Day Math Pack for 3rd Grade Valentine’s Day Creative Thinking Pack Valentine's Day Math Pack for 3rd Grade includes: *Valentine’s Day Word Problems *Valentine's Day Math Graphing Data and Picture Graphs *Valentine's Day Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Color by Answer *Valentine's Day Ordering Numbers *Valentine's Day Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100 *Valentine's Day Area with tiling and multiplication- Design a house for Cupid using the given units! *Valentine's Day Comparing Fractions *Valentine's Day Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred *Valentine's Day Time and Money *A Valentine's Day Math Hundred's Chart hidden picture- solve 100 problems to find the Valentine picture! *Cupid’s Busy Day- a Valentine's Day Multiplication Game for the hundred chart Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find: Don’t Know What You've Got Love is Grand? World Without Love The ABC’s of Valentine’s Day Really, You Shouldn't Have Will You Be My BETTER Valentine? Love is in the Air A Valentine’s Day Surprise The Future of Candy Hearts Valentine’s Day in Pictures A Remote by Any Other Name Love Machine Answer: Valentine’s Day Love City A Unique Valentine A Valentine's Day Mystery The Procrastinating Valentine Pucker Up I love Cinquains Cupid’s New Job Sample Answers included with these Valentine's Day activities to get you and your class thinking!

Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 4th Grade Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This Valentine's Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centers and guest teachers! This Valentine’s Day BUNDLE includes: Valentine's Day Math Pack for 4th Grade Valentine’s Day Creative Thinking Pack Included in this Valentine's Day Math Pack for 4th Grade you will find: *Valentine’s Day word problems for all operations. One and two step *Writing fractions as a decimal *Ordering fractions with different denominators or numerators *Valentine’s Day Hundred Chart hidden picture! Students will answer 120 questions to find the hidden picture *Valentine's Day Math Color by Product- Multiply two double digit number or a four digit number by a one digit number to find the correct colors *Rounding numbers to any place value, expanded form and word form up to the millions *Valentine's Day Math Map Problem Follow the directions to draw a map of Cupid’s Neighborhood! Identify rays, line segments, lines and right triangles within the map. OR use the map that is already provided to answer the questions *Valentine’s Day Fraction line plots *Valentine Card shapes *Cupid’s Busy Day- a multiplication game for the hundred chart Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find: Don’t Know What You've Got Love is Grand? World Without Love The ABC’s of Valentine’s Day Really, You Shouldn't Have Will You Be My BETTER Valentine? Love is in the Air A Valentine’s Day Surprise The Future of Candy Hearts Valentine’s Day in Pictures A Remote by Any Other Name Love Machine Answer: Valentine’s Day Love City A Unique Valentine A Valentine's Day Mystery The Procrastinating Valentine Pucker Up I love Cinquains Cupid’s New Job Sample Answers included with these Valentine's Day activities to get you and your class thinking!

10 Earth Friendly Activities perfect for Earth Day or ANY day! These projects were selected for this packet because they truly inspire a love of the environment and give kids simple, hands on activities that will give them ownership of the world around them. You can use these throughout the year or choose a few to use to celebrate Earth Day. These are also great for after school environmental clubs! This packet includes: *Packing a Waste Free Lunch *Mining Simulation *Milk Carton Herb Garden *Cave Painting *Earth Day Word Search & Answer Key *Backyard Bird Identification *Anatomy of a Bird *Backyard Bird Identification Journal *Leaf Journal *Parts of a Leaf *FREE field trips *Leaf Identification *Leaf Identification Journal *Shoe Box Composting *Helping to save the Monarch Butterfly

This 168 page integrated Biography Research Unit Bundle contains EVERYTHING you need to teach students how to complete an individualized, self-directed Biography Research Project. This Biography Research Project is Common Core Aligned. Students will learn how to synthesize biographies and put the information in their own words! You will use the gradual release of responsibility model to teach this Biography Research Project. This Bundle is differentiated and a perfect way to meet the needs of all of your students. This Biography Research Bundle includes: *5+ weeks of detailed Biography Research instructions- how to teach students how to read, evaluate and synthesize biographies into their own words. No more copying straight from the book! *Parent letters explaining the biography research project. These letters are ready to sign and send home! The letters are available in English and Spanish *Biography anchor chart printables *Interactive Journal Pages *All needed student hand outs and teacher masters *Detailed preparation instructions- how to choose biographies, contacting your library and gathering biography materials *Suggestions of biographies: Figures of American History and Contemporary Figures lists. There is also a blank page for you to make your own lists *Visual examples for the teacher of biography research note taking and biography anchor charts *Creative ways to assess prior knowledge about *Review of important parts of biographies *suggestions on how to supervise student biography research work and create guided reading groups based on needs you see during biography research *step-by-step instructions on how to demonstrate how to make a digital end product using PowerPoint or Prezi. I have included a finished biography Prezi and a mostly complete biography PowerPoint for you to complete with your class. *Invitations to the Biography Research Finale- a Living History Museum! Invite other classes and school staff! *suggestions of audio resources *Personal Student Dictionary *Writing Process Clip Chart! This Biography Research unit contains CHOICE, which is key for student engagement. Students will choose one biography from a selection of grade-appropriate biographies and focus on their person's Important Life Events, Personality Traits, Interests and Hobbies, Challenges, Contributions to Society and Other Interesting Facts.