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St. Patrick’s Day: LUCKY you! It’s Almost Spring Break!

I don’t know what it is about holidays and school, but students always tend to go a little coo-coo around any holiday. St. Patrick’s Day just so happens to be one of those holidays that also falls before Spring Break, so they are especially coo-coo.

So what do we do? We give them fun activities and count down the days! Everyone knows that trying to teach a new concept or review before Spring Break is nearly impossible. So, there’s nothing wrong with having a little fun a day or two before Spring Break (or on St. Patrick’s Day if your Spring Break comes a little later)!

A fun activity to try on the holiday is teaching them the art of the LIMERICK. We have all heard the naughty one about Nantucket, so let’s not share that one with them, shall we? Start off first with the structure:

A LIMERICK is a short and fun rhyming verse that is often humorous. It has a distinctive rhyming pattern, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier and easier to come up with your own!

Here is an example of a limerick:

“There was an Old Man of Peru

Who watched his wife making a stew.

But once, by mistake,

In a stove she did bake

That unfortunate Man of Peru.”*

(from A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear)

If you notice in the limerick, there is a very clear rhythm and rhyme. It is five lines and has a rhyming scheme of: AABBA. The rhythm pattern is as follows:

da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (A)

da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (A)

da DUM da da DUM (B)

da da DUM da da DUM (B)

da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (A)

Next, give them a couple more examples:

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Once they get the hang of it, have them try to create their own! If you would like the Create-a-Limerick packet, check it out at my TPT store!

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I also have an activity called “Wacky Words” in which students fill in parts of speech to create a silly story about hunting a leprechaun. This can be purchased separately or with the St. Patrick’s Day Activity Packet that includes these two activities AND a crossword puzzle and word search!

Happy St. Patty-ing! :)

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Valentine’s Day Activity Packet! Wordsearch, Crossword, Fill-in-the-Blank “Wacky Words!”

Students with the Valentine’s Day hyper buzzes and puppy love giggles? Give them some word activities!

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This packet is great for planned or last minute activities for Valentine’s Day. 15-word activities that feature Valentine’s Day vocabulary. Answer keys included!

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Valentine’s Day “Wacky Words!”

It’s Fill-in-the-Blank Mania!!

Wacky Words

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Students LOVE filling these in with silly words and creating ridiculous stories. This is the tale of a Valentine’s Day cupid who struck the wrong target! Great to use as a planned or last minute activity!

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Valentine’s Day Activity: Word Search!

Valentine's Word Search

A fun and simple 15-word Valentine’s Day Word Search!

 

 

Great for a last-minute or planned activity during that week when they get the puppy love giggles and hyper candy buzzes!

Easy-to-read Answer Key included!

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A “LOVE” for Words! Valentine’s Day Crossword Puzzle

It’s that time of year when they all get the puppy love giggles (and hyper candy buzz)! That’s why it’s always a good idea to have a few fun Valentine’s Day games and activities on hand! This is a simple 15-word Valentine’s Day Crossword for grades 4th-8th: Valentine's crosswordSee more of the Crossword by downloading a free preview! Click on the image to link directly to my store or click the link below:

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Read and Write and DIFFERENTIATE by printing – for Valentine’s Day!

Read and Write and DIFFERENTIATE by printing - for Valentine's Day!

A significant part of my support role to kindergarten and primary teachers in recent years has been to provide instruction and / or resources to differentiate instruction for little people in literacy.

Within one class, the range of abilities can span four grades. A little one’s tolerance to frustration towards a task that is too difficult, or another’s need for something to challenge his or her learning for just the right amount of time, can be a tough order to fill – especially at the same time – after gym and snack time and before recess, library and reading buddies.

I have designed my Read and Write and More packages to allow teachers to #DifferentiateByPrinting. There are always activities in each of these products to address a variety of needs.

Valentine Scrambled Sentences:

(Note: The colored sentence strips shown in the first example are provided in the Valentine’s Day Read and Write and More set. There are two different sentence options to choose from to photocopy onto each color paper, with six identical scrambled sentences on each strip).


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Having the option to place and paste sentence strips, place and copy sentence strips, work without the strips on easier or more challenging sentences, means that many pre-writers, early writers and / or are independent writers have an accessible starting point.


Valentine Rhyme and Ending Sounds:

See it, hear it, read it? Assessment or  fun practice activities?
I use the following pages for fun small group review, then send them home for the fridge, where my wish is for the back-of-the-cereal box effect.

When I am doing the following rhyme activity with students, I am mindful of my data. Those who need more practice listening for rhyme and ending sounds and who automatically compare letter patterns at the ends of words will get the sheet without print. Proficient rhymers who need more practice with looking closely at print will get the copy with the words. And, of course, other days there will be other activities for those who do not fit neatly into those categories. 


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Check out these fantastic ideas and resources on our Rhyme Time board below:
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Valentine’s Day Read and Write and More contains a number of other fun literacy activities, including:


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Graphic Organizers, Writing Paper,

B & W Cards to color with insert ->

Valentine Graphic Organizers and Cards

And for another day…

…activities for the 100th day of school!

 


The Read and Write and More sets always contain three-part graphic organizers, thematic writing paper, and fun, literacy activities with an explanation page, ideas and options to help make activities accessible to a wide range of kindergarten to grade 2 students.

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February Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern



Welcome to our February Teacher Talk.  All of us from the Teacher Talk collaborative would like wish you a Happy Valentines Day.  We have so many fab things this month from  proof-reading ideas, to ELA to math activities, to celebrating Black History Month and President’s Day, you don’t want to miss reading these blog posts from some awesome educators.

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The Proof is in the Pudding, Proof-Reading That Is!

As a veteran English and Social Studies teacher, I’d like to share some effective proof-reading tips that I’ve used to help students improve their writing skills, and to make my life a bit easier.


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Love is All We Need

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Just a little inspiration for building confidence and acceptance in your learning community.

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IMWAYR: Funny Bones

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

Have you read Funny Bones? Winner of multiple awards and a great informational addition to your Dia de Los Muertos collection!

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Valentine’s Day STEM Olympics

By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Blog post outlines 5 infatuating Valentine’s Day-themed STEM challenges that can be modified for use with grades 2-8. Help Cupid get some target practice, build a tower of love, design the perfect candy container, find the “heaviest” heart, and have a flower frenzy!

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 Cooperative Learning – Bring Core Subjects Together for Student Learning!

By M. Moore of Moore Resources

 Cooperative Learning – Bring Core Subjects Together for Student Learning!

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What Word Does This Say: B-L-E-N-D?

By Susan Berkowitz of Susan Berkowitz

This is part of a series of posts about phonological awareness and the different steps and skills to teach. This post is about blending sounds and syllables to hear the word.

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Teaching Self-Regulation Skills to Elementary Age Children

By Thia Triggs of Print Path

Finally! A systematic method to teach self-regulation skills to children with sensory, emotional, and behavioral needs. Color coded task cards give students managed choices to learn specific skills that meet their sensory needs and also calm them down, so that they can perform their academic classroom tasks.

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My Funny Valentine: Love Letters by Arnold Adoff

By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

A review and glimpse into “Love Letters” poetry by Arnold Adoff. This post also includes a teaching idea for its use in the classroom.

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Robots + Math & Science = Total Engagement

By Megan Bodmann of Adventures Teaching 4th

Get your students engaged in learning by introducing robots into your classroom. They are not only a ton of fun, but you can easily utilize them in your math and science lessons. Find out how easy it is to do!

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Playground Problem = Real Life

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

The Playground Problem is a real-life math challenge! It keep students engaged and practicing their area and perimeter skills in a meaningful way.

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Understanding Fractions: A 6-Part Series

By Shametria Routt of The Routty Math Teacher

Fractions– a single word that deflates the confidence of our most competent students and adults alike. In this series, I share some of the essential fraction understandings that I have developed over the years, including the many math tools you can use to reinforce these essential skills. With that in mind, each of the six posts highlights a fraction tool and activity that can be used to address a specific Common Core Math Standard (with a few printable freebies too). 

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Leveled Math Assessments

By Tammy Roose of Tarheel State Teacher

Do your math assessments encourage a growth mindset? Create an entry point for students who are not yet meeting the standards? Allow above average learners to show they know more than just what’s expected for their grade-level? Find out 7 reasons why I’m committed to leveled math assessments this year! 

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The Proof is in the Pudding-Proof-reading That Is!


By Deann Marin of  Socrates Lantern

As a veteran English and Social Studies teacher, I’d like to share some effective proof-reading tips that I’ve used to help students improve their writing skills, and to make my life a bit easier.

 

This is simple but a tough one for the kids to remember. When writing a rough draft they should skip a line between sentences. This will leave room for proof-reading comments. We are programmed to finish writing one line and just going to the next, so students will really need to remember this.  I’ve often told them to use a marker or pen and put a dot at the beginning of each line that they should write on. This helps a great deal. Eventually they will get it and it will become second nature.  Also, letting them know that as  part of their final grade, they get credit for skipping lines on their rough draft.

Always write rough drafts with a pencil if not using a computer. At the top of their paper, the student should write each area that will be proof-read.  This depends on what you are teaching at the time. After proof-reading has been finished,each student must initial the part that they corrected.

Proof-reading is a group effort.  So I have the class get into their collaborative groups of 4.  I will direct them and let them know exactly what to do.  Each child will have a specific thing to look for, depending on the lesson. If you’re using sensory words, descriptive adjectives, topic and detail sentences, capitals and end punctuation,  figurative language etc. they will proofread accordingly. It is really up to the individual teacher.  All corrections should be written in pen or different colored pencils. Here are some examples:

  1. One child will make sure that the paper makes sense. They will read it and add corrections on the blank lines.
  2. Another child  will look for colorful words such as adjectives, sensory words.
  3. Someone else will circle spelling errors with red.
  4. The fourth child will fix punctuation and grammar.  They might underline grammar mistakes, or circle them with a blue pencil.

Each child in the group starts with someone else’s paper. I give them a certain amount of time to read and correct it, 10-15 minutes or so. After 15 minutes have passed, they give the paper to the next person in their group, and they do their specific job. This continues until all the corrections have been completed. They must remember to initial the part that they corrected see tip #2.

Once the proof-reading has been finished, I let the class know that they will be reading each other’s paper to them to hear how it sounds.  It’s easier to pick up mistakes when you hear it out loud, rather than reading it to yourself. This can get noisy, so they should use inside voices.

  1. When child A reads child B’s paper, child  B has to listen, and vica versa. You do this for all papers in each group. If errors are picked up, they can be worked on, corrected and read aloud again.

As an extra incentive, tell your kids  that if a paper that they corrected has no mistakes, they will get extra points towards the final grade on their own paper. This will get the class to take this exercise seriously.

  1. John, Sarah, Sally and Andrew are in group A. John fixed spelling errors on the papers in his group.  No one has spelling mistakes, so  I  would give him 4 extra points, 1 point for each paper that has been proof- read.  Do this for everyone in the group. Use your own discretion.

When the final drafts are collected, they should include pre-writing, and rough drafts with comments and corrections. I let the them know that if they’ve followed directions and handed everything in as  instructed, they will get credit for it.

I hope this post has been helpful for you. Would love to hear feedback.

Thanks for stopping by.

Deann

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Free Easter Count and Graph”

by Wise Owl Factory

Pre-Kindergarten -Kindergarten

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Free Easter Count and Graph
This free Easter Count and Graph PDF has pages to print in color and in black and white. The two activities are different. The color pages are color specific and do need to be printed in color. Specific counting and independent versions are included.
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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Happy Easter Cards FREEBIE”

by Lisa Rombach

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

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These cute Easter Cards are a nice way to say Happy Easter to your students! There are a variety of styles. Some have a frame where you can glue a picture of a student to personalize the card (or just use a cute Easter sticker). Others are ready to print, sign, laminate and pass out! The final 2 pages are full page coloring sheets for your students to use. They can color and present them to a friend or family member for Easter!

Use them in any way that suits your needs!

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Easter Multiplication Color by Number”

by Tessa Maguire

2nd – 4th Grade

easter egg color x number

This is two different color by number worksheets that practice multiplication facts to 12. These Easter eggs will help build multiplication fact fluency for your students.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “If I Were the Easter Bunny {Freebie}”

by Jungle Learners

Pre-Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

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If I Were The Easter Bunny Freebie:

Use this writing page to help celebrate Easter with your class! It could be used as morning work, a writing center or a time filler as needed. You could even attach it to an Easter bunny craft!

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-Skip Counting with my Peeps
-Egg-cellent Contractions

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Easter Contractions Freebie”

by Colleen Zehr

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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Easter Contraction Cut and Paste Sheet

Find the correct contractions and glue them into the Easter basket. I have updated it to include two pages of eggs.

Please note: Some of the contractions listed are incorrect. This is a sort where only the correct contractions make it into the basket.

 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “FREE – Spring / Easter – Greater Than, Less Than Worksheets”

by Olivia Walker

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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FREE Spring Themed Easter Greater Than Less Than Worksheets.

This is a set of 8 fantastic black and white worksheets that teach students Greater than, Less than and Equal to Numbers. There is a great variety of worksheets, fantastic for Kindergarten or Grade One!

Comparing two groups (write the sign in the middle) x 2
Comparing numbers (write the sign in the middle) x 2
Color the right chick (look at the number on the left the sign in the middle, and color the chick with the right answer on the right) x 1
True or False (2>3) x 1
True or False (Number story 2+3>4) x 1
Color by sign x 1

These are all no prep printables, just press print and enjoy!

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Free Downloads”

by Fern Smith’s Classroom Ideas

Kindergarten – 4th Grade

 

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FREE DOWNLOADS: Free Leprechaun Pudding Directions for the Teacher and Scientific Observation Sheet for the Students!

Click here to read more about it and how easy it is for you to plan and prepare at my blog.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Pot of Gold FREEBIE”

by Sherry Clements

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

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FREE: If I found a Pot of Gold, I Would…(writing prompt) FREEBIE–I would love for you to leave me some feedback! Thanks!

Here’s a cute FREEBIE to help get your students motivated to write. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could ALL find that POT OF GOLD?

This writing resource is great for a writing center or a whole class writing lesson.

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “ ‘Eggs’ellent Educational Egg Activities & Crafts (Easter or Anytime)”

by Lessons for Little Ones by Tina O’Block

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

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A collection of educational egg activities and crafts that are the perfect addition to your Easter or Spring themes.

What Animals Lay Eggs?
Educational Egg Hunts
Can You Put Humpty Together Again?
Easter Basket Egg and Spoon Races
Egg Rolling Contest
Tissue Paper Egg Decorating
Eggshell Art
Glossy Paper Easter Eggs

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The Colors of Easter Jelly Bean Poem Christian Activities

Resurrection Eggs Christian Easter Activities

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Label the Picture – Vocabulary Activity – Easter {FREEBIE}”

by Polliwog Place

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

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Label the Picture – Vocabulary Activity – Easter Freebie

Happy Easter!

This Label the Picture free sample set contains 2 printable picture labeling pages that focus on building vocabulary and writing skills. Each page has a fun picture, a word list, and boxes for labeling parts of the picture. There is also a place for students to write a sentence using one of the words from the word list.

Label the Picture activity pages are an engaging way to build vocabulary and writing skills. They are great for centers, early finisher activities, reviews, and more!

These Label the Picture activity pages come in two color options. There are 2 full color pages, and 2 black line pages to save ink. The color pages can be laminated or placed in a plastic sheet protector to use with a dry erase marker.

If you like this sample set, please see my larger set of Label the Picture Vocabulary Activity Pages.

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*Label the Picture – Vocabulary Activity
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*Telling Time Task Cards – Hours with 15, 30, and 45 Minutes
*Identifying Fractions Task Cards
*Writing Prompts – Describe It with 5 Senses
*CVC Words Task Cards – Phonics Spelling and Writing Practice

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Free! St. Patrick’s Day Writing Paper 2 Different Grids”

by Christine Maxwell Hand to Heart

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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This is a simple St. Patrick’s Day writing activity. It has 2 different writing grids for a variety of writing levels. Plus there is a page of the pot and rainbow picture with no lines.

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Trace Winter ABC Class Book With Dotted Words
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Positional Concepts Where Is Robin On The Farm?
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Egg Fact & Fiction Stories-First, Next, Last
Spring ABC Class Book Trace Dotted Letters and Illustrate Pictures
Valentine Candy Hearts Math and Writing Activities
Easter Bunny’s New Look
Environmental Print ABC Booklet
Snow Globe Picture and Writing Activity for Christmas or Winter
Halloween Positional Concepts Where Is Ghost? Book and Drawing
Stick Kids Creative Writing Paper 3 Different Grids
I See Shapes Looking At Me Story + Color Words
Antonyms Trace Class Book 58 Opposite Matches to Illustrate
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Free! Turkey Writing Paper for Thanksgiving-Various Ages-Three Grids
Tee-rrific T-shirt Template and Blank Template
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Christmas ABC Class Book With Trace Words
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Free! Christmas Santa’s List
Free! Valentine Writing Papers 3 Grids Color or Black and White
Merry Christmas How Many Words Can You Make?
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10 Little Turkeys Class Book and Student Book for Thanksgiving
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Daily 5 Check In Smartboard Freebie – St. Patrick’s Day Theme”

by Smart Kinder Kids

Pre-Kindergarten – 4th Grade

 

patsday smartboard

 

This colorful St. Patrick’s Day inspired Daily 5 Check In SmartBoard is sure to get your kids excited about Daily 5 and will help them to learn how to make choices!

There are five slides to use for check in. You can use just one or use the different colored ones for different days or rotations.

Teachers can track their students’ whereabouts in the room and ensure that all stations are being used and that students don’t repeat stations.
Files can be saved by day, for the week or over the course of the year by using the “Save As” button and saving them by their date. You can also clone the page and add to different color backgrounds for different days of the week or different rotations.

Instructions are given in this file on how to input student names into the boxes. Once you have done this one time, you will have the names to copy and paste throughout the year for all sorts of Smartboards including attendance, lunch count, class graphs, etc. There is also a link to my blog to learn how to do screen shots if you want to learn how to ensure names don’t accidentally come ungrouped.

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Please also note – this is a Notebook file for use with Smartboards. I believe there are ways to convert these files to other formats however I do not know how to do this and therefore you would need to ask your campus technician if you are using a different type of board to see if it is compatible.

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Valentine Rubbings and Words”

by ART ACTION -Laurie Carpenter

1st – 5th Grade

 

vday rubbings

 

This project provides the elementary student with a quiet seat work experience. They will learn and enjoy crayon rubbing and add printed words to their design – thus, combining language arts and visual arts in one project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kindness and Valentine for Young Children

 

Grades: Kindergarten- 4th, Valentine’s Day, Life Skills, Critical Thinking

By Sparking Children’s Thinkbility

Fun and engaging exercises to explore love and kindness

The children start by exploring questions such as “How can you spread love wherever you go?” and “How can you dream big?” The students are asked to extract ideas, such as “Put love in an ice-cream and share it.” These ideas may help them when they design a machine that spreads love or write a heart-shaped poem.

The students are also asked to think about different aspects of the design of the machine, for example, “How you want to spread the love?” and “What kind of love do you want to spread?

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  1. Question cards + blank cards
  2. Things I Love
  3. Things other people/animals love
  4. Where in your body do you feel. . .
  5. How can you spread love?
  6. How can you randomly spread love?
  7. Heart/shaped poem
  8. How can you build a machine that spreads love?
  9. What if you could grow a loving heart?
  10. Spread everyday kindness
  11. Dream big
  12. Big dream machine
  13. Acrostic dream poem
  14. What if you could. . .
  15. Design a board game

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Valentine’s Day Homework Passes & Staff Thank You Notes”

by Keep Calm and Teach 5th Grade

Kindergarten – 8th Grade

 

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Valentine’s Day Homework Passes & Staff Thank You Notes

Here are some notes that you can pass out on Valentine’s Day to give your students the gift of a free homework pass!

There are also notes that you can give to your staff to thank them for their hard work!

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Mixed-Up St. Valentine’s Sentences”

by A Teachable Year

1st – 2nd Grade

 

vday mixed up sentences

 

Mixed-Up St. Valentine’s Sentences are designed to be used as a literacy center as well as to add some vocabulary to your writing center. They are even great in a small group as a review or quick assessment.

Just print, laminate, and cut out the sentence cards. Let kids unscramble the words to create a complete sentence about St. Valentine’s story. Then they will record their sentence on the recording sheet using correct letter formation, capitalization, spacing and punctuation.

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Valentine’s Day Cards (Templates)”

by Bandicoot’s Bumbershoot

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

vday card templates

 

Three unique and free Valentine’s Day Card designs to use in your classroom. Choose from a variety of colors or use B&W and let your students’ creativity shine!

 

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January Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

 

                      

Happy New Year 

All of us from the Teacher Talk collaborative would like wish you a

healthy, happy and wealthy 2016. May all of your wishes and dreams become a reality.


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By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

As a child of the 60’s I remember so vividly that fateful April day in 1968 when Martin Luther King Jr. was brutally gunned down by James Earl Ray. I remember sitting by the television set, just horrified by what I had just witnessed.

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ALL IN ONE: Statistics, Probability, Classroom Management, Scatter Plots, Student Engagement, & Graphing!

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Help your kids get the most out of waiting in line!

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By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

A simple strategy for activating prior knowledge and gets students to make connections. 

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By Shametria Routt of the Routty Math Teacher

Math stations are one of the current hot button topics for educators and the sessions with the longest lines at any math conference because they are not only fun for students but can be adapted to address a whole host of learning styles– more than we can typically address in a whole class setting. However, using math stations effectively in the classroom can seem like an overwhelming endeavor for beginners. To support those teachers who have been wanting to get started with math stations and to share some of my favorite tips and techniques with beginners and novices alike, this 6-part series features the 5 Ws of math stations: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. 

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By Tammy Roose of Tarheelstate Teacher

Are you ready to harness your greatness in 2016? I’m recommending 3 of my favorite resources for developing new positive habits and being the best you can be! Happy New Year! 

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By Susan Berkowitz of Susan Berkowitz

Phonological awareness refers to awareness of and access to the sound structure of language. Spoken words are comprised of strings or sequences of phonemes that signal different meanings. Awareness that changes in these sequences result in changes in meaning is crucial in literacy skills development. If a student cannot conceptualize the order of sounds and syllables in words, he cannot associate the sound units with written symbols.

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By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

Books and resources to teach kindness.

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If your 4th – 8th grade students are struggling to produce grade-level writing, start here!

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By Tammy DeShaw of The Owl Teacher

Are you looking for some great ideas for teaching about Martin Luther King Jr? This blog post is a great opportunity to still teach your reading common core while teaching about this legend. The great part? A freebie to help you get started is included!

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By Thia Triggs of Print Path

Can you read these letters? Do you know why they are so hard to read? What can we do as teachers to prevent this?

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By Marypat Mahoney of Just Add Students

Keep writing projects from lingering on and on by using a writing scheduler.

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Gifts of the New Year

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning


Now that “the holidays” are over, the decorations are packed away, and the ribbons, bows, tinsel, and paper have been disposed of, many of us think that the huge whoosh of gifting is over. I disagree! January is the perfect time to gift yourself! Here are some gifts that I hope you will lavish upon yourselves during the often cloudy, gray, and chilling days of January!



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Helping Reluctant Readers Find the Magic

By Marcy Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing

How can you help your reluctant upper elementary and middle school readers? Check out this veteran teacher’s post on how she helps struggling readers.


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Finding Balance & Doing the Fandango

By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

Quick! Can you stand on one foot and cross your eyes? Me neither! Find out how this teacher is reclaiming her sense of balance.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Addition: Primary Valentine’s Freebie”

by Primary Paradise

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

primary addition

 

Your students will LOVE practicing addition with this fun Valentine’s Day themed freebie!

This freebie includes a valentine’s add and solve the riddle, a valentine’s color by number, and a valentine’s arrow and heart matching game.

Answer keys are included for the two worksheets.

As always, my goal is to make teaching a breeze.

You might also be interested in: Valentine’s Day MEGA Pack for ALL Subjects K-2.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Multiplication Hearts Game”

by Pitner’s Potpourri

3rd Grade

 

multiplication hearts game

 

Grab a timer and get ready to practice multiplication facts! If you draw a Love! card, you lose all your cards!

 

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FREE MISC LESSON: Martin Luther King Jr Reading Freebie!

By:  The Owl Teacher

Grades 2-5

MLK

Martin Luther King Jr was a hero to me.  He stood up for civil rights and did so in a peaceful and loving way.  He demonstrated bravery and courage as he fought for equality and justice.

As we approach Martin Luther King Jr Day, I have some great teaching ideas for you!  Over at my blog (www.theowlteacher.com) I have provided several ideas for you – all related to vocabulary, reading, and writing.  I have provided some great mentor texts to use along with a freebie for you to download!

You can read all about these great ideas by clicking here.

Martin Luther King Package 8x8

My Martin Luther King Jr Freebie can also be located at my Teachers Pay Teachers store ready for you to download.  Check it out here.

I hope you enjoy it!

Have a great day!

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Stem and Leaf Plot Heart Puzzle FREEBIE”

by Activities by Jill

5th – 8th Grade

 

heart plot puzzle

 

Students will practice finding range, mean, median, and mode using stem and leaf plots/graphs. They will then locate the answers in the heart-shaped # search puzzle.

This is a great way to make practice more fun!

Follow this link to see this same free product in Spanish: Una rompecabezas con un diagrama de tallo y hojas. Please leave feedback if you would like me to make more of my products available in Spanish! I am using this free lesson to see if there is interest for these in ESL or bilingual settings.

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Stem and Leaf Plot Heart Puzzle FREEBIE by Activities by Jill is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

 

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