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November 2021 Teacher Talk

 Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s November Teacher Talk Time…..Can you believe that Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. Time sure flies.  We have so many great tips and ideas for you from awesome educators. Be sure to take a look at what everyone has to say.

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Attitude of Gratitude
Attitude of Gratitude: Things I'm Thankful For

 

I woke up in a funk the other morning so I pulled the covers over my head trying to go back to sleep.  As I began to doze, my dog stuck her head under the sheet and I felt her cold nose on my leg. I knew that trying to stay in bed was futile, so I threw on some clothes and took her outside feeling frustrated and annoyed. As we began walking, the pain in my knee and heel started to subside and the phrase, attitude of gratitude came into my head as I realized how lucky I am to be able to walk, others aren’t so fortunate. 
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Multiple Ways to Multiply
When we spend enough time early in the year on place value and number sense, teaching multiplication and division go much more smoothly. Students grasp the concept of multiplication in multiple ways, so I try to introduce more than “the only way” to solve.
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Four Easy Ways to Encourage an Attitude of Gratitude
 


Easy ways to encourage gratitude in your students this month, and keep it going all year long.

 
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Mix it up – STEM and Language Arts
When you integrate STEM and Language Arts, you prepare your students for future employment. Communication skills are just as important as STEM skills. Involve your whole class in a STEM-based creative writing activity with “STEM Stories.”
 
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A Special Thank You To All School Helpers
 
 
This post is a special Thank-You to all those helpful people we find in our schools, paid and unpaid, but particularly for one very special person.
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How to Turn a Terrible Teaching Day into a Great One


5 tips on how teachers can turn a terrible teaching day into a great one.

 
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Tips to Strengthen Your Sentences

Here are three ways to help your students strengthen their sentences.

 
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “C and K reading rule poster”

by Liudmila Makushina
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Cute poster will help your kids to remember the rule.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Bingo – Play Christmas Style!”

by Amanda Butt
1st – 5th Grade

Fun Holiday game for your class! 15 cards, markers and game pieces included. Pair students 2 per card if needed.

★ Once downloaded, print the game pages out, laminate, and cut-out.

★ Play the traditional Bingo method, or play suggested variations listed in the instructions.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Winter Symme-TREE: Sorting Squares & Rectangles, Measuring, & Symmetry”

by Loreen Leedy
Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

Make a symmetrical Christmas holiday or winter tree from squares and rectangles with this printable activity. Students measure and mark a line of symmetry on construction paper then cut out, sort, and arrange the shapes. The snowflakes will help them center each shape along the line of symmetry. Great for math centers… instructions and a grayscale version are included.

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Loreen Leedy
Children’s author-illustrator
My newest picture book is Seeing Symmetry
See my 40+ picture books at www.LoreenLeedy.com

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Freebie! Clip Art – Gingerbread House”

by KB Konnected
Pre-Kindergarten – 12th Grade

Includes color and line art “Gingerbread House”. (300dpi)

Perfect companion to my Gingerbread Friends Collection

Commercial use welcome on product and freebies. Just give credit as stated in TOU. Thanks!!!

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Based on a work at www.kbkonnected2.blogspot.com.
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Christmas Words to Circle and Draw Bundle of 8 Sheets FREEBIE!!”

by One Arts Infusion Collaborative
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Merry Christmas!!

A little Christmas spirit. A little word recognition. A little creative drawing.

A good holiday recipe to support simple seasonal learning.

Good for seat work, center work, or for after other learning tasks are completed.

Best for Primary Grades.

One Arts Infusion Collaborative seeks to create original poetry, music, and other resources to support and enhance curricular content, celebrate holidays, stir imaginations, and help make meaningful connections to learning.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Add, Add as Fast as You Can: Doubles Facts with the Gingerbread Man! FREEBIE”

by Apple A Day
Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Add, Add as Fast as You Can: Learning Doubles Facts with the Gingerbread Man!
FREEBIE STORY
An Original Story Created By: Hope Stuart

Overview:
This book was inspired by Apple A Day’s behavior management system for December: Run as Fast as You Can to Catch Our Good Choices! This super cute book uses gingerbread characters to assist students in learning and remembering the doubles facts up to 20 while applying these facts within their daily math problems. Set to rhyme, this book is sure to be a favorite among your little ones!

Purpose:
To increase each student’s knowledge and understanding of the doubles facts up to 20. This book will aid in the learning, memorizing and application of these facts to an array of mathematical settings.

Packet Components:
 Overview, Purpose and Lesson Suggestions-page 2
 “Add, Add as Fast as You Can: Learning Doubles Facts with the Gingerbread Man!” Book-pages 4-15

The Items Listed Below Are Included Within the Book Packet (available on TPT), not this Freebie Edition

 Gingerbread Man Cookie Counters Templates-pages 16-18
 Gingerbread Man Story Templates for Student Created Story-pages 19-21
 Certificate and Bulletin Board Sign for Students-pages 22-23
 A Letter to Families Explaining the Gingerbread Book and Doubles Facts Rationale-page 24
 Apple A Day Contact and Copyright Page-page 25

Check out the behavior management system that compliments this book: Run as Fast as You Can to Catch Our Good Behavior!

Apple A Day has super book packets and behavior management systems to organize your teaching troubles away!

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Sight Word Ladder FREEBIE”

by A Thinker’s Toolbox
1st – 3rd Grade

This is a Sight Word Ladder FREEBIE that includes sample pages from my Sight Word Ladder Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3 products. Included in this sample product are the following:

Sight Word Ladder Gr 1 – 1 page

Sight Word Ladder Gr 2 – 1 page

Sight Word Ladder Gr 3 – 1 page

Answer Keys

Click Here For Sight Word Ladder Grade 1

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Click Here For Sight Word Ladder Grade 3

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Free Autumn Clipart Set – 8 Piece Fall Leaves Fun Pack Featuring Raccoon Kids”

by The Painted Crow
Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

This cute 8 piece Autumn Fun clipart set features a little raccoon girl and boy playing in autumn leaves.

These are high resolution (300 dpi) transparent background PNG files. No watermarks will appear on the files that you download.

The 8 clipart illustrations measure approximately 6 inches to preserve image quality when resizing, and include:

● Raccoon Girl
● Raccoon Boy
● Branch
● Pumpkin
● Rake
● Mushrooms
● Leaf Pile
● Apple

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These graphics can be used for both personal and commercial use.
Please download the preview above for complete Terms of Use.

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Acknowledgements: Our shop logo font is by Jessica Ann Stanford – Stanford Fonts Vol. 5

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Phonics Comprehension Passages: Short Vowel A Freebie”

by Mrs Richard EE Resources
1st – 3rd Grade

This a free sample of my Reading Comprehension and Fluency Passages and Questions: Short Vowels.

These short vowel reading comprehension and fluency passages are designed for the students who can decode basic cvc words but struggle with basic comprehension. The passage has 5 different comprehension pages to help support comprehension and fluency. Each page focuses on a different skill. They are listed below.

Pg 1: Fluency

Pg 2: Comprehension within the Text

Pg 3: Comprehension outside of the Text

Pg 4: Expanding and writing about the Text

Pg 5: Comprehension Check

Some of the specific comprehension skills focused on are:

-Basic Retelling

-Finding Answers within the Text

-Visualizing the Text

-Making Inferences

-Sequencing

-Conclusions and Generalizations

Looking for different phonics skill? You may be interested in these packets:

Endings

Long Vowels

S Blends

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Adding 1 | BOOM Digital Task Cards”

by Almost Friday
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

This product contains a link to redeem your digital task cards on the Boom Learning website. There are 21 multiple choice cards for students to practice addition fluency. Boom Cards are interactive, engaging, no-prep, and self-checking!

Free set! I hope you love Boom Cards and begin using them with your students.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Thanksgiving Turkey Picture Addition Math Worksheet”

by My Kinder Garden
Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

FREEBIE! Here is a Thanksgiving turkey picture addition worksheet. This is a great way to introduce students to the concept of adding sets of numbers together.
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “I am thankful for… writing activity”

by Elementary Creations
Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

This is an “I am Thankful for” free writing activity. This is a week long lesson for the students to work on.
Included are:
One sheet to brainstorm 4 things they are thankful for
One sheet to pick one thing they are thankful for and write 4 reasons why
One sheet to write their paragraph
And a clipart of a turkey for the students to color to add to their paper.

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Thanksgiving Student Gift Tags & Treat Bag Toppers Free EDITABLE”

by Lessons for Little Ones by Tina O’Block
Pre-Kindergarten – 12th Grade

Use this free set of cute and colorful student gift tags and treat bag toppers to easily create memorable and personalized Thanksgiving gifts for your students. Simply print and attach to Ziploc bags filled with treats of your choice or small gifts (suggested gifts included).

Includes 4 different Thanksgiving designs of both the student gift tags and the treat bag toppers so you can use them for multiple classes or from year to year.

Also includes two versions of each set of Thanksgiving gift tags – one that has editable boxes for names and/or text and one that has no editable fields that can be easily printed out and signed by hand. I have also included a page of treat bag toppers and a page of student gift tags that are completely editable so you can customize the message/saying if you wish (ALL text is editable on these tags).

The following free Thanksgiving student gift tags are included:

• I’m plenty thankful you’re in my class! treat bag toppers

• I’m plenty thankful you are my student! treat bag toppers

• I’m thankful to have you as a student! treat bag toppers

• Have a gobblin’ good Thanksgiving! treat bag toppers

• I’m plenty thankful you’re in my class! student gift tags

• I’m plenty thankful you are my student! student gift tags

• I’m thankful to have you as a student! student gift tags

• Have a gobblin’ good Thanksgiving! student gift tags

• Treat bag toppers that are completely editable – add your own message/saying (all text is editable).

• Student gift tags that are completely editable – add your own message/saying (all text is editable).

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Pumpkin Patch Parable Verses”

by Jennifer Kime Creations
Pre-Kindergarten – 6th Grade

Power Point presentation to accompany Liz Curtis Higgs beloved “Pumpkin Patch Parable.” These slides display the Scripture verses from each page of text.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “FREEBIE ~ I Am Thankful Lists ~ Thanksgiving ~ Gratitude ~ Giving Thanks”

by Teacher Karma
Kindergarten – 6th Grade

FREE I Am Thankful Lists has two inspiring lists that will be beneficial for your classroom during this Thanksgiving and holiday season.

*Included in this freebie:

~List of picture books for inspiring students to be thankful and grateful
~Student handout: My Top 10 Thankful List

***This free product is part of a full-download product, I Am Thankful Journal Kit***

If this product is a good fit for you, please keep reading below:

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The information below describes the paid product that this freebie comes from. {I Am Thankful Journal}

I Am Thankful Journal Kit

You will find differentiating for your students a snap with this writing kit. I have included journals that have pre-written thankful prompts, as well as blank journals for students that are able to create their own topics for writing. These journals will work for any grade level.

Your students will have the opportunity to practice the following writing skills:

*Idea development
*Organize ideas
*State an opinion
*Include details to describe thoughts and feelings
*Focus on a topic
*Demonstrate command of writing conventions
*Demonstrate vocabulary knowledge

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Included in this writing download:

*5 different journal covers to choose from:
~girl version
~boy version
~owl pilgrim boy and girl version
~Banner version
~Journal style version
*Thankful book list to use during mini-lessons / read alouds
*Mini Journals are 7 pages long, but only use 4 sheets of paper
*Journal pages include a place to add writing, illustrations, and labeled tabs
*Writing topics included in the I Am Thankful Journals:
~I am thankful for my family because…
~I am thankful for my school because…
~I am thankful for my friends because…
~I am thankful for my community because…
~I am thankful for my home because…
~I am thankful for __________ {blank}
*Entire set of blank journal papers that are appropriate for advanced writers or older students
*Thankful Journal Writing Checklist
*My Top 10 Thankful List handout
*Teacher tips

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I Am Thankful Journal Kit

Thanksgiving Writing Centers

Fall Writing Centers

WOULD YOU RATHER ~ JOURNAL WRITING

BACK TO SCHOOL: WRITE YOUR OWN STORY KIT

PICTURE WRITING KIT #1

PICTURE WRITING KIT #2

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Thank you for checking out TEACHER KARMA. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns with this product.

Best wishes!
Jen
[email protected]
TeacherKarma.com


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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “We’re going on a bear hunt”

by Fun monkey bars
Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

“We’re going on a bear hunt” by Michael Rosen

Comic page with the six places they find along their way.

Pre-K to 1st grade for native speakers.

I use it to practice reading, listening, speaking…prepositions of place, going to, vocabulary about nature and environment… from 1st to 5th grade (ESL learners).

It is Black and white to print it and hand out.

I listen to the story on youtube (told by its author) or I read it aloud, then we sing a song (plenty of them on youtube). After that we do some crafts, writing (changing the animal or what they find along the way)…

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October 2021 Teacher Talk

 Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s October Teacher Talk Time…..Well, the first month of school is over and it’s BOO-tober, time for Halloween fun, Columbus Day, Stop Bullying Month and beautiful fall weather.  We have so many great tips and ideas for you from awesome educators. Be sure to take a look at what everyone has to say.
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It’s October…Time to Call on Your Halloween Spirit

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

October is the perfect time to get your students’ creative juices flowing.

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Seven Fun Candy Activities for Your Class

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Fun ways to use Halloween candy while keeping the rigor in your lessons. A three page freebie is included!

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Simple Steps to Create a Story Plan

By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess

Forming a story plan is the first step in writing fiction.

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Rachel’s Monster

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

The first time I saw Rachel she was standing in the hall near her first-grade classroom door. Her eyes met mine, but she then turned her face to the wall. I did not know at that time she would become one of my first primary grade remedial reading students, nor did I know that she was repeating first grade–this is a story about Rachel’s monster.


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“BOO” to Fractions? Recognizing Equivalent Fractions

By Vicky Rauch of Scipi

Math requires constant practice – something most of my students dread doing. I can find many “drill and kill” activities, but they tend to do just that, drill those who don’t need it and kill those who already know how to do it. So to drill and “thrill”, I created fractional word puzzles. The one for October is Halloween Fraction Riddles.


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Cursive vs. Keyboard – an interesting debate

By Renee Heiss of All-American Teacher Tools

There have been many debates over the centuries regarding the education of our children. From integrated schools to No Child Left Behind and Common Core curricula, teachers have had to deal with a plethora of revisions to their daily lessons. However, hidden beneath the mandated revisions is a new discussion that centers around cursive writing vs. keyboard entry for student assignments. How can you teach your little learners to master a keyboard?


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Fall in ELA: 20 Ideas for Reading & Writing in Autumn

By Katie Auer of Loving Language Arts

20 ideas for reading and writing in ELA during Autumn.

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October Teaching Ideas

By Marcie Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing

Learn great ideas to help build relationships with your students and thrive as a teacher during the month of October.


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Studying Plot Structure

By Lisa Robles of Lisa TeachRs Classroom

Every story has some sort of a structure. Today we will talk about teaching two types: circular and cumulative story structures and how to use teach them to your students.


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Teaching in the New Normal 5 Tips and Tricks

By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas for Those Who Love Teaching

This school year we want things to be back to normal. We are not there yet. Here are 5 tips to keep you sane while teaching in the new normal.


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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “FREE SMART Board Templates”

by Downeast Teach
Kindergarten – 6th Grade

FREE SMARTBoard Template Sampler!

This set of 5 lined, and 5 matching unlined templates will add a little pizzazz to your SMARTBoard files! Simply open one of these templates in Smart Notebook, and you are ready to add your content. The lined templates are perfect for writing a morning message using the pen tool. They can also be used for spelling, handwriting, word work, mini-lesson anchor charts, or shared writing on the SMART Board. The unlined templates are great if you want to type in your own content, or for other times you don’t want lines, such as when students are solving story problems.

Morning Message is a wonderful opportunity to build community and practice skills. These templates will increase student engagement because they are colorful and fun! Check out my Blog Post About How I Use Morning Message

**Hint**If you add each page to the “My Content” section of the gallery, you can pull one out anytime you have Smart Notebook open, and have a cute and colorful page to write on! You can also then clone the page if you want a multi-page file with the same themed background.

Check out my other sets of SMARTBoard templates.
SMARTBoard Morning Message Template Bundle

SMARTBoard Morning Message Templates Set 1

SMARTBoard Morning Message Templates Set 2

SMARTBoard Morning Message Templates Set 3

SMARTBoard Morning Message Templates Set 4

SMARTBoard Morning Message Templates Set 5

SMARTBoard Holiday Templates

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Horn of Plenty Shape Writing Thanksgiving”

by Margo Gentile
2nd – 5th Grade

Don’t you love those word-themed shapes? Here’s a way you can have your students make one without having to try a capricious app.

There are 2 versions of the cornucopia in this product.

The first is for younger children. Have the students write what they are thankful for within the blank spaces of the cornucopia. They may also color the picture.

The second cornucopia is more suitable for older children or those that are pretty adept at printing. The cornucopia on this page is outlined in very light gray. Have students use these as writing lines to record what they are thankful for. The final result will be a word-picture.

Hope you enjoy this freebie. Happy Thanksgiving!

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Australian Indigenous story “Budburra’s Garden” – food, health and nutrition”

by Ripper Reading Resources
1st – 3rd Grade

What’s terrific about this picture book is that it introduces children to different nutritious foods (fruit and vegetables) according to their colours. It is also terrific to use as a mentor text to reinforce learning about adjectives.

“Budburra’s Garden” is written and illustrated by the children of Cherbourg in Queensland, Australia. You can find out more about this picture book, including how to purchase it here: http://www.budburrabooks.com.au/budburras-garden.html

It introduces students to traditional fruits and vegetables, but also traditional Australian Indigenous foods. The picture book includes information about the bush tucker found in “Budburra’s Garden” at the back of the book and recipes to “Colour Yourself Healthy”. I really think this is a powerful picture book with the potential to be used on many levels.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “FREE Fine Motor Days of the Week Cut and Paste and Writing Activities”

by Mrs Ds Corner
Pre-Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

FREE Days of the Week Activity • Practice fine motor skills with your students each day, as they cut and paste, then trace and write how to spell the days of the week. It is an important skill for students to learn!

Print and go, no-prep activities are a great way to accommodate and modify curriculum for a variety of ability levels – and not just in a special needs classroom! Great for service provider sessions (Speech and OT), homeschool, outside therapies, or in a regular ed classroom setting.

What is included?

• Errorless Sentence case. days of the week matching (1 page for each day)

• Errorless UPPERCASE days of the week matching (1 page for each day)

• Matching with Sentence case. days of the week (1 page for each day)

• Matching with UPPERCASE days of the week matching (1 page for each day)

• Color, trace, box, write, and find practice (1 page for each day)

How do I use this?

Use these free sheets to supplement your already amazing calendar routine. Practice fine motor skills and hand-eye-coordination with the cut and paste activity. Practice different writing techniques and a seek-and-find activity too! So many ways to differentiate… all for FREE!

Need months of the year cut/paste fine motor practice too? Grab the FREE set on my blog here.

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• I keep copies at the back table, ready to pull and use each day with students.

• I make a laminated set of these sheets for each student, too. Using a dry erase marker or laminating the sheets and turning them into velcro-tasks help to spice up the activities when students need a change from the paper and pencil task.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Calendar Set – November – Turkeys FREE”

by Key to Kinders
Pre-Kindergarten – 6th Grade

104 Calendar pieces for your November pocket chart. Size of daily pieces are 2.5 x 3 inches and will fit standard Calendar pocket charts.

There are 2 sets of calendar pieces included to use in any pattern you’d like to create. On our daily Calendar page, my students draw the corresponding pictures along with the date. I give them brown and red crayons to use and by the end of the month, their calendar looks great!

I have also included medallions for holidays and special days. You can tape the medallion to the upper left or lower right corner of the calendar piece. When the month is done, store them with the other pieces so that next year you can change the dates when you re-use them.

Also, there are extra clipart pieces to make a master pattern for your students to follow.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “NWF – Nonsense Word Fluency Scarecrow FREEBIE from Ms. Lendahand”

by Ms Lendahand of Lendahand’s Printables
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Assess Nonsense Words with a SCARECROW theme.

One school assessment and one homework assessment provided.

For more school and homework assessments along with parent letters see my monthly homework teacher packs:)

-NWF ASSESSMENTS

Enjoy!

Ms. Lendahand;)

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Short Vowels Game Apple SPLAT Short A Edition”

by Joya Crawford
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Short Vowels: Short Vowels Game

Apple SPLAT is a fun game for students to practice short A words and rhyming. The game is played in partners and is similar to slap jack.

Inlcuded:

directions and CCSS covered

-at family words (3 letter words)

-ap family words (3 letter words)

-an family words (3 letter words)

-ag family words (3 letter words)

-mixed 4-5 letter short a words (includes blends)

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Digital Spelling and Word Work Activities”

by Sailing into Second
2nd – 4th Grade

These NO PREP spelling activities are the perfect way to practice ANY spelling words or ANY type of word work. Each activity is created to be used with any word list and would be great in an independent center. The coolest part is that they are all PAPERLESS and DIGITAL. Share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Parts of Speech Flipbook”

by Nicole Rios
1st – 2nd Grade

NOTE: This Parts of Speech Flipbook is now available in a full-sized, primary standard font, easier to assemble version, with tons of graphic organizer options for each part of speech (including nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, ADVERBS, and linking verbs). Parts of Speech Flip Book Full-Sized.

This flip book is a great way to introduce, or review, parts of speech with your students. This booklet reviews nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns. There is an instructional cover-page, and write-in page, for each part of speech.

Enjoy, Nicole
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Autumn Acorn Contractions”

by A Series of 3rd Grade Events
2nd – 3rd Grade

This fun fall activity can be used as a mini-lesson or a center activity. It is part of a larger unit called: Happy Fall Ya’ll Themed Unit which is also available at my TpT store.

What’s Included in This Freebie:
Acorn Contractions recording page, Answer Document, and 12 Acorn Contraction Cut-Outs
(4 pages).

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Halloween Safety Sorting Activity Freebie”

by Mrs Beattie’s Classroom
Kindergarten – 5th Grade

Remind your students to be safe during their Halloween Trick-Or-Treating this year with this safety sort activity!

Students cut sentence cards apart, and sort them based on whether or not they are safe things to do while out for Halloween fun.

You might also be interested in:

Halloween Safety Book

TWO Halloween Themed Attendance Files for SMART Board

More Great Seasonal Resources:

No-Prep October Writing and Word Work Package

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Odd and Even Sort (Numbers to 30) Halloween/Pumpkin Theme FREE!”

by Mrs Magee
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Need some fun, seasonal practice of odd and even numbers? Print the header cards and number cards in either color or black and white. (If printing in black, print on colored paper for more fun!) I recommend using cardstock to make your cards as durable as possible when laminating.

Use the cards in a pocket chart with the whole class or as a center activity. Place the pumpkins under the correct header.

A cut and paste worksheet is included that can be used as homework, independent practice, or a recording sheet to use with a center.

When printing, make sure to select theoption to scale to fit paper!

Have fun, and Happy Halloween!

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