This resource is a writing guide to help students research a Christmas topic and write about it. There are three different levels so it can be used for grades 1st through 8th. Students will be guided to either write a few sentences, a paragraph or an essay on the given topic.
This resource includes each of the following at 3 different levels:
Research notes organizer
Brainstorm
Outline
Rough Draft/editing Page
Final Draft
The resource also comes with 4 different essential questions that would be great for students to use as topics to research during the holiday season.
Save money and buy this resource in a bundle:
Holiday Writing Bundle
Mega Writing Bundle
My other holiday writing resources are:
Save That Turkey!
Holiday Class Books
Halloween Text Structure Writing Prompts
Service Learning Project
Total Pages
36 pages
This resource comes with a worksheet for every grade (Pre-k to 12) that will guide students to compare and contrast using ANY text. Each grade level has a learning objective, organizer or activity to help apply the standard to the text. There is also a graphic organizer with vocabulary words for the standard AND a list of all the standards by grade.
Each grade level has a worksheet that:
Can be paired with any text (both fiction and nonfiction versions)
Has a kid-friendly objective
Clear connection to Common Core Reading Standard
Clear directions
Incorporates writing about the text
This resource is useful for:
Teachers needing to differentiate with reading comprehension (ALL students are working on the same reading comprehension focus, but students can work at their level)
Teachers teaching multiple grade levels
Guided reading groups
Reading Centers
Close reading companions
Homeschool parents teaching students at different grade levels ( great to be paired with my thematic units (students of all ages can learn the same science/social studies topic and focus on the same reading comprehension skill and writing standards while reading books and doing worksheets at their level)
If you like this resource you might also like:
The bundle (Get ALL the reading comprehension standards for EVERY grade)
OR if you are using this for close reading companions just get ALL the worksheets for the standards at your grade level.
Preschool
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
High School
Total Pages
40 pages
This resource includes 12 editable templates for classroom monthly newsletters. These can be used at any grade level and are formated similarly to allow for organized and clear information. A great way to increase parent/teacher communication and give reminders for important events in school!
The resources are Microsft Powerpoint presentations that are made set to be printed on standard paper. This means you can print them and hand write in the extra information, type them up and print them, or even keep them digitally to save on paper!
If you like this resource you may also like:
Class Roster FREEBIE
Lesson Plan Templates
Calendars, Planners, Long Range Planning and MORE!
Or you can save on this resource by buying the bundle:
Teacher Planners and Organizers
Total Pages
12 pages
Great for differentiated learning, teachers teaching multiple grades or homeschool students. Get reading comprehension standard-based worksheets for EVERY reading comprehension standard for EVERY grade. An awesome resource for reading interventions/centers, close reading worksheets or individual reading reflections.
This resource includes:
Worksheets Pre-k through 12th grade that focuses on:
Standard 1: Ask and Answer Questions (Text Evidence)-Fiction and Nonfiction
Standard 2: Main Idea/Central Message-Fiction and Nonfiction
Standard 3: Text Structure and Fictional Elements-Fiction and Nonfiction
Standard 4: Word Choice/Vocab/Tone-Fiction and Nonfiction
Standard 5: Text Organization (structure/genre/text features)-Fiction and Nonfiction
Standard 6: Point of View-Fiction and Nonfiction
Standard 8: Analyze a Claim-Nonfiction
Standard 9: Compare and Contrast-Fiction and Nonfiction
Each Standard also has a page with the progression of each standard by grade and a page with vocabulary (word, definition, prompting question/hint) and space for the student to draw a visual to help them remember the word.
If you like this bundle, you may also like:
Reading Reflections and Spelling Bundle
Thematic Units (the thematic units are great content to use with these worksheets).
Total Pages
319 pages
This Writing unit is created to teach students to write narratives, as well as other writing forms that are not practiced as frequently in school. This is differentiated to meet the needs of learners at 5 different levels (K - 8th). This unit includes:
Writing Prompts and Guidance (brainstorms/outlines/checklists/sentence starters) for:
* Fetch Quest Novel: The students got stuck in a video game! In order to get out of the game, they must pass each level of the game before it is too late!
* Recipe Book: Each student writes a recipe for a meal that they imagine a character a video game might eat.
* Users Manual: Each student write a user’s manual for a piece of technology that a character in the story might need in order to beat a level in the video game.
* Map: As a class create a map of all the places the levels the students completed in order to win the game.
* Wildlife Guide Book: Each student creates a creature that lives in the setting of the video game.
* Biography: Students work in small groups and write a biography for each of the characters in the story.
You might also be interested in my other Narrative Writing Projects!
Creative Writing Prompts: Lost Pirate Treasure
Total Pages: 115 pages
This resource comes with a worksheet for every grade (Pre-k to 12) that will guide students to compare and contrast using ANY text. Each grade level has a learning objective, organizer or activity to help apply the standard to the text. There is also a graphic organizer with vocabulary words for the standard AND a list of all the standards by grade.
Each grade level has a worksheet that:
Can be paired with any text (both fiction and nonfiction versions)
Has a kid-friendly objective
Clear connection to Common Core Reading Standard
Clear directions
Incorporates writing about the text
This resource is useful for:
Teachers needing to differentiate with reading comprehension (ALL students are working on the same reading comprehension focus, but students can work at their level)
Teachers teaching multiple grade levels
Guided reading groups
Reading Centers
Close reading companions
Homeschool parents teaching students at different grade levels ( great to be paired with my thematic units (students of all ages can learn the same science/social studies topic and focus on the same reading comprehension skill and writing standards while reading books and doing worksheets at their level)
If you like this resource you might also like:
The bundle (Get ALL the reading comprehension standards for EVERY grade)
OR if you are using this for close reading companions just get ALL the worksheets for the standards at your grade level.
Preschool
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
High School
Quick, easy creative writing prompts for children and teens. These prompts are great for bell ringer assignments or writing centers. This resource includes 12 holiday writing prompts, 12 persuasive writing prompts and 132 creative writing prompts. Help your students write with modals and other less often used verb tenses (while writing about interesting topics that are motivating and engaging)!
There are also 3 different journaling pages for students at different grade levels and writing levels!
If you like this resource, you may also enjoy:
31 Writing Prompts and Sentence Starters for the Whole Year
Pirate Narrative Writing Project
Total Pages
15 pages
Unit 1 Place Value: Topic 3 Ordering and Comparing Numbers
This resource includes:
Anchor Charts
Vocabulary Slides, activities, and cards
Diagnostic Test
6 Lessons
6 Practice Sheets
Lesson objectives and Standards
This resource is a part of a differentiated math curriculum for grades K-6. The year is broken up into 7 Units:
Place Value
Addition/Subtraction
Multiplication/Division
Algebraic Thinking
Parts of a whole (Fractions and Decimals)
Measurement
Geometry
Each topic is broken up into many more units (this is the first topic in the first unit). These units should be taught over a span of 4 or 5 weeks.
How It Works:
The curriculum lays out each concept in the progression of how it is taught by concept, not by grade level. It is made with the intention of filling gaps. Each lesson has an objective and a note as to what grade and standard are being covered. There is also a calendar guide to help each grade level teacher know how much time to spend on each topic within a unit.
Each unit comes with a diagnostic test to be given at the beginning of the unit. This test will help the educator know which lessons to teach and which topics to focus on within the unit. That way you know what skills your students are missing from previous grades and what they will need to know in future grades. This may be helpful if:
You teach homeschool and have kids in different grades
You have a mixed class with multiple grade levels
You have one grade level, but the students have learning gaps
You have advanced students who are ready for the material for the next grade AND you have students who are needing gaps fill from past material
It is a math unit that comes ready to be DIFFERENTIATED to fit the needs of EACH little learner you are teaching!
Buy Each topic in the unit bundle and you will also get:
Guide Line Teacher Calendar
Spiral Reviews (at 3 different Levels)
Skills Checklist by grade AND topic
End of Unit Grade Level Tests
Or Buy the Math Mega Bundle (all units) and get all the unit extras, PLUS math facts for every grade for the whole year! Including:
Counting/Cardinality Practice
Addition/Subtraction Practice
Multiplication/Division Practice
Total Pages
64 pages
This Writing unit is created to teach students to write narratives, as well as other writing forms that are not practiced as frequently in school. This is differentiated to meet the needs of learners at 5 different levels (K - 8th). This unit includes:
Writing Prompts and Guidance (brainstorms/outlines/checklists/sentence starters) for:
Fetch Quest Novel: The pirates are trying to find keys to unlock their treasure chest. Each student writes a page or chapter talking about how the characters find one key.
Recipe Book: Each student writes a recipe for a meal that they imagine a pirate might eat.
Users Manual: Each student write a user’s manual for a piece of technology that a pirate might operate
Map: As a class create a map of all the places the pirates travel in order to collect the keys
Wildlife Guide Book: Each student creates a creature that lives in the setting of the book.
Biography: Students work in small groups and write a biography for each of the characters in the story.
You might also be interested in my other Narrative Writing Projects!
Creative Writing Prompt: Escape of the Monsters
Creative Writing Prompt: Stuck in a Video Game
Total Pages
112 pages
Product Description
This Writing unit is created to teach students to write narratives, as well as other writing forms that are not practiced as frequently in school. This is differentiated to meet the needs of learners at 5 different levels (K - 8th). This unit includes:
Writing Prompts and Guidance (brainstorms/outlines/checklists/sentence starters) for:
Fetch Quest Novel: The students got stuck in a video game! In order to get out of the game, they must pass each level of the game before it is too late!
Recipe Book: Each student writes a recipe for a meal that they imagine a character a video game might eat.
Users Manual: Each student write a user’s manual for a piece of technology that a character in the story might need in order to beat a level in the video game.
Map: As a class create a map of all the places the levels the students completed in order to win the game.
Wildlife Guide Book: Each student creates a creature that lives in the setting of the video game.
Biography: Students work in small groups and write a biography for each of the characters in the story.
You might also be interested in my other writing resources!
Creative Writing Prompts: Lost Pirate Treasure
Writing and Spelling Practice for the Whole Year
Total Pages
115 pages
This writing unit is created to teach students to write narratives, as well as other writing forms that are not practiced as frequently in school. This is differentiated to meet the needs of learners at 5 different levels (K - 8th). This unit includes:
Writing Prompts and Guidance (brainstorms/outlines/checklists/sentence starters) for:
Fetch Quest Novel: The world is in a zombie apocalypse! A small group of unlikely acquaintances must come together and find all the ingredients needed to make the cure before it is too late!
Recipe Book: Each student writes a recipe for a meal that they imagine a character in the story might eat OR that they think a zombie might eat.
Users Manual: Each student writes a user’s manual for a piece of technology that a character in the story might operate OR that might be useful to a zombie.
Map: As a class create a map of all the places the characters in the story must travel in order to collect the ingredients for a cure.
Wildlife Guide Book: Each student creates a living thing in the zombie world.
Biography: Students work in small groups and write a biography for each of the characters in the story.
You might also be interested in my other Narrative Writing Projects!
Creative Writing Prompts: Lost Pirate Treasure
Creative Writing Prompts: Stuck in a Video Game
Total Pages
114 pages
This writing unit is created to teach students to write narratives, as well as other writing forms that are not practiced as frequently in school. This is differentiated to meet the needs of learners at 5 different levels (K - 8th). This unit includes:
Writing Prompts and Guidance (brainstorms/outlines/checklists/sentence starters) for:
Fetch Quest Novel: The mermaid King and Queen of Atlantis are very picky. They have a collection of the nicest things and are looking to add to their collection. They have sent a proclamation to every citizen to bring them the nicest thing and in return receive a payment. What will each person bring back?
Recipe Book: Each student writes a recipe for a meal that they imagine a mermaid in the story might eat.
Users Manual: Each student write a user’s manual for a piece of technology that a mermaid in the story might operate
Map: As a class create a map of all the places the characters in the story must travel in order to collect the special item.
Wildlife Guide Book: Each student creates a creature that lives in the Atlantis.
Biography: Students work in groups or pairs. This story is different from the other creative writing prompts. The character should be based on the student themselves, but they can make things up and imagine what their life would be like if they were a mermaid growing up in Atlantis.
You might also be interested in my other Narrative Writing Projects!
Creative Writing Prompt: Escape of the Monsters
Creative Writing Prompt: Stuck in a Video Game
Total Pages
114 pages
This is a teacher resource that can be used throughout the whole year. Included are edible templates for the following:
Calendar: Both a PDF and Powerpoint version of a monthly calendar for the whole year. There are two versions one with every day of the month and another with only the 5 school days (to provide more room for planning).
Long-Range Planner: This comes with two different templates (both editable) created for teachers to plan out the curriculum overview for the school year.
To-Do Lists: These lists can be used for teachers or students with two different editable versions.
Meeting Notes: This template has two different versions and can be used as a quick way to look back and remember information during staff meetings, parent meetings, IEP meetings, etc.
Weekly Planner: There are two different versions for teachers and THREE different versions for homeschool parents. These small box planning templates are wonderful for planning multiple subjects or classes. They also can be reformatted with more boxes or less to fit the needs of your schedule.
Homeschool Calendar Template: An extra calendar/schedule template that can be used for homeschoolers or individual students.
All of these resources can be used for multiple grade levels and with multiple class sizes OR homeschool parents. They are Microsft Powerpoint presentations that are made set to be printed on standard paper. This means you can make a few quick edits and print them to fill them in by hand, fill them in on the computer and print them OR just use the digital copy each year to save on paper!
If you like this resource, you may also like the matching resources:
Monthly Newsletters
Class Lists
Lesson Plans
OR Buy the bundle and get all three PLUS this resource!
Teacher Calendar/Organizer Bundle
Total Pages
237 pages
Unit 1 Place Value: Topic 2 Reading and Writing Numbers
This resource includes:
Anchor Charts
Vocabulary Slides, activities, and cards
Diagnostic Test
6 Lessons
6 Practice Sheets
Lesson objectives and Standards
This resource is a part of a differentiated math curriculum for grades K-6. The year is broken up into 7 Units:
Place Value
Addition/Subtraction
Multiplication/Division
Algebraic Thinking
Parts of a whole (Fractions and Decimals)
Measurement
Geometry
Each topic is broken up into many more units (this is the first topic in the first unit). These units should be taught over the span of 4 or 5 weeks.
How It Works:
The curriculum lays out each concept in the progression of how it is taught by concept, not by grade level. It is made with the intention of filling gaps. Each lesson has an objective and a note as to what grade and standard is being coverd. There is also a calendar guide to help each grade level teacher know how much time to spend on each topic within a unit.
Each unit comes with a diagnostic test to be given at the beginning of the unit. This test will help the educator know which lessons to teach and which topics to focus on within the unit. That way you know what skills your students are missing from previous grades and what they will need to know in future grades. This may be helpful if:
You teach homeschool and have kids in different grades
You have a mixed class with multiple grade levels
You have one grade level, but the students have learning gaps
You have advanced students who are ready for the material for the next grade AND you have students who are needing gaps fill from past material
It is a math unit that comes ready to be DIFFERENTIATED to fit the needs of EACH little learner you are teaching!
Buy Each topic in the unit bundle and you will also get:
Guide Line Teacher Calendar
Spiral Reviews (at 3 different Levels)
Skills Checklist by grade (not only by topic)
End of Unit Grade Level Tests
Or Buy the Math Mega Bundle (all units) and get all the unit extras, PLUS math facts for every grade for the whole year! Including:
Counting/Cardinality Practice
Addition/Subtraction Practice
Multiplication/Division Practice
Total Pages
46 pages
Valentines that are ready to be printed and used for your class. This can be a great thing to send home with students who would otherwise not be able to participate in Valentine’s activities. It can be used as a writing activity in class for the week of Valentine’s day (or anytime in the month of February).
In order to print, select the graphics page you wish to print and the line spacing you wish to print. Print JUST THOSE 2 pages front and back to create the valentine template!
This resource includes:
54 different valentines graphics
3 Different line spacing for writing levels k - 8th
50 sayings that can be written on the valentines
Save money and buy this resource in a bundle:
Holiday Writing Bundle
Mega Writing Bundle
My other holiday writing resources are:
Save That Turkey!
Holiday Class Books
Halloween Text Structure Writing Prompts
Service Learning Project
Christmas Research Project
St. Patrick’s Day Persuasive Writing
Easter Point of View Writing
Total Pages
25 pages
This is a creative writing assignment to help teach students about persuasive writing. There are 4 different levels of the assignment so it can meet the needs of a variety of skill levels and grades (k-8th).
In society today, we are influenced by many different forms of media. To help illustrate this, there is a second part to this project where students will take their writing and create a visual written form of their opinion.
Read the prompt and ideas below. Create a brainstorm/prewrite on the topic.
Use the brainstorm/prewrite to write a persuasive writing piece. Write a few sentences, paragraph, or essay explaining your opinion. Make sure to include a topic or thesis statement, reasons for your opinions, examples, and explanations of each reason, and a conclusion.
Then choose a writing form from the list and then pick one of the prompts below to convince someone of your opinion. Create a digital or paper version of a letter, email, pamphlet, app/website (get creative with a paper version of an app with different screens/pages), blog, debate, or advertisement.
Save money and buy this resource in a bundle:
Holiday Writing Bundle
Mega Writing Bundle
My other holiday writing resources are:
Save That Turkey!
Holiday Class Books
Halloween Text Structure Writing Prompts
Service Learning Project
Christmas Research Project
Total Pages
15 pages
This assignment is made to help students see the importance of point of view in Narrative Stories. Students will be given the same prompt but will be instructed to write the narrative from different “character’s” point of view.
There are 4 different levels for this writing assignment so it can be used for kindergarten through 8th grade. This differentiation can create a way for teachers and homeschool parents to teach the same concept to a variety of skill levels.
There are 4 different points of view to write from/4 different writing prompts. Students can either write 4 stories (one from each point of view) OR students can each pick one prompt and write from that, and then students can share and present their writing and as a class, talk about how the different points of view changed the stories.
Save money and buy this resource in a bundle:
Holiday Writing Bundle
Mega Writing Bundle
My other holiday writing resources are:
Save That Turkey!
Holiday Class Books
Halloween Text Structure Writing Prompts
Service Learning Project
Christmas Research Project
St. Patrick’s Day Persuasive Writing
Total Pages
19 pages
This Writing unit is created to teach students to write narratives, as well as other writing forms that are not practiced as frequently in school. This is differentiated to meet the needs of learners at 5 different levels (K - 8th). This unit includes:
Writing Prompts and Guidance (brainstorms/outlines/checklists/sentence starters) for:
Fetch Quest Novel: The monsters have escaped! Students must each write about finding a monster before the mad scientist.
Recipe Book: Each student writes a recipe for a meal that they imagine a monster might eat (practice writing in detail and using measurement vocabulary).
Users Manual: Each student write a user’s manual for a piece of technology that a monster might need to operate to live like a human.
Map: As a class create a map of all the places the team must travel to find the monsters.
Wildlife Guide Book: Each student creates a “monster” that would survive in a particular habitat.
Biography: Students work in small groups and write a biography for each of the characters in the story.
You might also be interested in my other Narrative Writing Projects!
Creative Writing Prompts: Lost Pirate Treasure
Creative Writing Prompts: Stuck in a Video Game
Total Pages
114 pages
This is a teacher resource that can be used throughout the whole year. Included are edible templates for the following:
Class Roster: This is a great way to get a quick glance at student information that may be needed throughout the year. Write in parent names, phone numbers and emails…as well as student birthday, and a row for extra information (how student’s get home, special needs for specific students, etc.)
Classroom Data Sheet: Write the title of the text and the name of each student and then keep track of your student’s scores and growth. This is a great way to get a quick look at weekly assessments throughout the year.St
Student Sign Out Sheet: Keep this by the door. Have students write their names, the location of where they are going, the date and the time they leave and return. Good for older students to hold them accountable for time outside of the classroom.
Class Checklist: Use the class list to check off students as they complete tasks and assignments. Class lists can be great for holding students accountable and keeping track of students for assignments, groups and more.
Anecdotal Notes Page: With so many students, it can be hard to keep track of the little things that happen throughout the year. Keep a stack of sticky notes with a binder next to this template (print a half-page for each student). Then when it comes time for meetings with parents and administrators, you can keep track of important moments with the students in the class, behavior concerns, small things you’ve noticed, tardies/absences, even accomplishments or funny things students have said! This can also be great for your reflection to look back on at the end of the year and see the progress that can’t always be shown through a test!
All of these resources can be used for multiple grade levels and with multiple class sizes OR homeschool parents. They are Microsft Powerpoint presentations that are made set to be printed on standard paper. This means you can edit them and print them just for your class, print them as-is and handwrite names OR keep them on the compute to save on paper!
If you like these freebies check out these matching resources
Monthly Newsletters
Calendars and Planners
Lesson Plans
OR save and get all the resources as a bundle:
Calendar/Organization Bundle
Total Pages
7 pages
Unit 1 Place Value: Topic 1 Place Value
This resource includes:
Anchor Charts
Vocabulary Slides, activities, and cards
Diagnostic Test
13 Lessons
13 Practice Sheets
Lesson objectives and Standards
This resource is a part of a differentiated math curriculum for grades K-6. The year is broken up into 7 Units:
Place Value
Addition/Subtraction
Multiplication/Division
Algebraic Thinking
Parts of a whole (Fractions and Decimals)
Measurement
Geometry
Each topic is broken up into many more units (this is the first topic in the first unit). These units should be taught over a span of 4 or 5 weeks.
How It Works:
The curriculum lays out each concept in the progression of how it is taught by concept, not by grade level. It is made with the intention of filling gaps. Each lesson has an objective and a note as to what grade and standard is being covered. There is also a calendar guide to help each grade level teacher know how much time to spend on each topic within a unit.
Each unit comes with a diagnostic test to be given at the beginning of the unit. This test will help the educator know which lessons to teach and which topics to focus on within the unit. That way you know what skills your students are missing from previous grades and what they will need to know in future grades. This may be helpful if:
You teach homeschool and have kids in different grades
You have a mixed class with multiple grade levels
You have one grade level, but the students have learning gaps
You have advanced students who are ready for the material for the next grade AND you have students who are needing gaps fill from past material
It is a math unit that comes ready to be DIFFERENTIATED to fit the needs of EACH little learner you are teaching!
Buy Each topic in the unit bundle and you will also get:
Guide Line Teacher Calendar
Spiral Reviews (at 3 different Levels)
Skills Checklist by grade (not only by topic)
End of Unit Grade Level Tests
Or Buy the Math Mega Bundle (all units) and get all the unit extras, PLUS math facts for every grade for the whole year! Including:
Counting/Cardinality Practice
Addition/Subtraction Practice
Multiplication/Division Practice
Total Pages
72 pages