Category Archives : HOLIDAYS

MISCELLANEOUS LESSON-SPANISH COLORS- Vocabulary & Word Search @ Colorea tu Helado Favorito

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade COMMON CORE End of the Year HOME MISC. LESSONS Uncategorized and tagged #kids #teachers 7th grade back to school colors fun games Grades 6-12 homeschool ice cream kids activities spanish TpT on June 7, 2015 by Monica Herterich (updated on June 7, 2015)

This Coloring Package is an amazing resource to practice spelling colors, and having fun doing the Coloring Activity. Great package for Elementary students and for fifth grades students who never had Spanish before. This lesson may be included in the “Moving Up” packages where fifth students can see how easy Spanish vocabulary can be, use a dictionary to complete the word bank, do the word search and complete the Ice Cream Coloring activity.

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It contains

1) 12 colors vocabulary/assessment worksheet with word bank

2) 12 Colors Word Search- Make it a game. Divide students in small groups and give stickers to winning groups or homework passes.
3) Ice Cream Coloring Activity -The top part of the ice cream is free so students can color their favorite ice cream and answer the question – What is your favorite Ice Cream?

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SPANISH FATHER’S DAY-Students Make a Father’s Day Trophy Card- Dia del Padre

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Father's Day LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged #kids End of year Father's Day fun games spanish on June 5, 2015 by Monica Herterich (updated on June 5, 2015)

Make a beautiful Trophy Card for Father’s Day with your students

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This exciting lesson has a beautiful cover page of a trophy in Spanish .

1. Print the cover page in white cardboard.
2. Go over the 15 Why I love you dad sentences. “Porque te quiero papa…”

3. Have students write on the back of the card the phrases they selected. They need to select at least eight of the sentences. They have to copy them to the back of the card in Spanish. Great adjective review.

4. They will be able to take it home and give it to their dad. If you have a small class you might even laminate them to take them home. Encourage them to memorize some sentences. It will be cool for them to say something to their dads in Spanish. Great way for you to show parents some of the vocabulary words learned and speaking competencies.

5. Complete 20 words Spanish Word Search- Split students into small teams. Have teams compete to find the meaning of the words for a classroom pass. Have them compete to find the words and provide another homework pass. Great way to review adjectives cognates and have a wonderful day celebrating Father’s Day in your class.

Enjoy your cards!

¡FELIZ DIA DEL PADRE!

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The Great Kapok Tree- The Rain Forest Animal Project

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 9th Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged Great Kapok Tree rainforest spanish on June 4, 2015 by Monica Herterich

The Great Kapok Tree- This Amazonian Tale to your class. Your students will be delighted to hear all the Amazonian animals speaking to the young man. Inspire your students to create their own rain forest.
GREAT SUB PLAN FOR JUNE The Rain forest project was designed to allow your students to cut and color 14 animals creating their own Rain forest drawing. They can replicate the scene from the Great Kapok Tree and surround the young man with the animals of the Rain Forest.

Lesson Plan

1- Distribute drawings to students. Provide a piece of 12X14 construction paper. Students should cut and create a Rain Forest drawing and label each animal.
2- Students complete the color/noun simple sentences writing prompt. For example. The ant is red. They can also make compound sentences. The ant is red and big
3- Collect and provide feedback
4-Ask students to submit project and final prompt
5- Students can work in both word search and bookmark

SUGGESTION RUBRIC

Drawing: You can grade 14 animals and labels = 28 +2 for creativity & neatness = 30

Prompt The 10 sentences X 2= 20 points

Total scales will be 30+20= 50/50

This will be an easy way for them to succeed in the project. Project will require at least two days.

SUB PROJECT

Have students work on Rain Forest with a sub. If they finish early have them work on bookmark and Word Search.

Back to School Bundle – Greetings and Class Rules in Spanish-Ice Breaker Prompt

This entry was posted in 5th Grade End of the Year GRADE LEVELS MISC. LESSONS Uncategorized and tagged #kids back to school greetings Sight Words spanish on June 4, 2015 by Monica Herterich (updated on June 4, 2015)

This Back to School bundle will allow you to begin your Spanish class the right way. The first vocabulary set has all the rules and regulations for your class. Your students will recognize about 80% of the cognates included. It also has a contract where students can copy in Spanish the 13 expressions. Great tool to show them, they can easily write in Spanish and have a full document written using writing prompts. The second set has two pages of greetings and courtesy expressions conveniently written so students can copy the writing prompt and create their own dialogue. You can have within two weeks not only written samples from your students but dialogues written in full Spanish and presentations. Awesome way to display your wonderful teaching skills.

Enjoy!!! It satisfies Communication Standard 1.1,1.2 and 1.3

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SPANISH END OF YEAR- MI VERANO- Verbs Power Point/Poster Project with Rubric

This entry was posted in 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade End of the Year MISC. LESSONS Uncategorized and tagged #kids #language Arts End of year ESL fun games spanish TpT Writing on June 3, 2015 by Monica Herterich (updated on June 4, 2015)

This interactive End of Year Lesson will allow you to have a fun project with your class. The lesson was to introduce AR/ER/IR verbs and combine it with a list of summer activities that your students will be engaging on during summer break. It is a great review of verbs and daily activities. It also can be used to increase conversational skills as students can introduce each other in five minute presentations that can be read straight of their posters or Power Points.

It contains
– Summer Vacation activities including the translation keys
– Writing prompt in conjugated in the first person to create poster
– AR/ER/IR Word Search
-AR/ER/IR Cross Word Assessment

Objective
1- Allow students to create a presentation in Spanish describing their
Summer plans
2- Develop Speaking proficiency as students read their presentations to the class
3- Develop Listening skills as the students hear other students’ presentations and take notes

Lesson
1- Go over activities vocabulary page with students. Let them work on translating themselves using dictionary /notes.
2- Ask students to complete the Writing prompt for all the statements. Explain to students that names of shows, artist, place and people do not require translation.
3- Ask students to pick 10 activities and to create a Power point slide for each activity. If they wish they can also do a poster using drawings, magazines cutout or clip art to represent activities.
4- Each student will share their Power Point for 5 minutes with the class. They can either show the Power Pointpresentation or show the poster. Grade the poster.
5- The class takes notes and students take turns to translate each presentation. Notes can be in English.
6- Collect projects and grade.
7- Students can compete for Word Search. Divide in small groups and first group to finish gets homework pass.
8- Criss Cross Puzzle- You can use it as a Quiz

Feliz Verano!

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I’m Having a SALE!

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 4th of July 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade Christmas COMMON CORE Easter End of the Year Father's Day FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs GRADE LEVELS Halloween Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS Mother's Day SCIENCE LESSONS SOCIAL STUDIES LESSONS St. Patrick's Day TEST PREPARATION Thanksgiving Valentine's Day Veteran's Day and tagged #logic #teachers fun literary units math TpT on June 1, 2015 by Joyce Lansky (updated on June 1, 2015)

Gifted and Talented Materials by Joyce Lansky is having a sale now through June 4th. I have 267 products on sale for 10% off.

Your best savings will come from my many literary guides or book units.

But I also have a lot of math lessons and logic. I have it all!

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Fun Summer Lists – Writing for Real Purposes!

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS Uncategorized and tagged children and writing Grade 1 grade 2 kindergarten kindergarten writing primary writing summer writing Writing writing for real purposes on May 28, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher (updated on May 28, 2015)

Many children today do not have much appreciation for the world of paper and pen. The electronic world is far more seductive and even the adults in their lives are likely spending time on laptops or smartphones. Guilty as charged over here.

While building writing skills may come easily to some children, it can be overwhelming and exhausting to others. What is in it for them? They simply must see a point to it for real-world purposes, and receive positive feedback.

Kids do see us make lists – even if we make them on our smartphones. And kids do what we do (not necessarily what we say!)

For our purposes today, writing will mean any communicating in print. We’re talking about Kindergarten to grade two or three students of varying abilities.

Our goal is to help them understand why they are learning to write, buy into it and know that they are contributing members of society, who are appreciated for the contribution they are making by doing so!

Think of the possibilities for planning a day trip, or vacation….

Packing Lists…

The Social and Wish Lists…

Lists about stories and games…or anything really!

Whether our child / student draws or pastes pictures, dictates to us while we scribe, prints in hieroglyphics, or phonetically spelled words, we need to make this real world connection and commend them for making the effort. Especially in the summer!

Fun Summer Lists is included in a WRITING FOR REAL PURPOSES bundle called Summer Literacy Fun Pack, with Summer Fun: Reading and Writing through Play pictured below.

These products were inspired by a post I wrote last summer (also pictured below) and by the effectiveness of these types of activities with my own children and students. I hope you enjoy them. Think Summer! It’s just around the corner!

Best wishes to all of you as we head into the final month of school!

I.M.

That Fun Reading Teacher

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A Memorial Day Tribute

This entry was posted in FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Memorial Day and tagged #bloghop #sharingiscaring Andrew Pedersen-Keel Memorial Day on May 25, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on August 19, 2015)

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This Memorial Day, I would like to dedicate the post and my Memorial Day Tribute Literary Bundle for Grades 4-7, to a former student, Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel, who gave his life for our freedom. He and Staff Sergeant Rex L. Shad were killed in March of 2013, when an Afghan policeman opened fire on U.S and Afghan forces inside police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan. He was attached to Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C., and was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

I cannot speak highly enough of Andrew, PK as many called him. I remember with fondness that day, years ago, when he first walked into my classroom. He was a charmer with a mischievous twinkle in his eye, and I knew right away that I liked this kid. He was smart, in our top group, with such kindness, human warmth, and sincerity that made him unforgettable. The other kids in the class respected and liked him. Due to heart problems, a young girl in my class struggled to carry her books, so Andrew volunteered to tote them for her. This selfless act meant so much to her that years later, at his wake, she shared it with his mom.

We have lost a true hero, struck down at the young age of 28, who made the ultimate sacrifice to make the world a better place. I know that I am a better person for having known him. The solace that we have is that he was a part of our life and he will live in our hearts forever. I salute you Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel.

If you would like to know more about Andrew, please visit this website.

http://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/Bios/Pedersen-Keel_Andrew.pdf

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Included in this literacy bundle is a timeline of the history of Memorial Day. There are comprehension questions to be answered as well as writing prompts, plaques and pictures to color. I hope that you and your students enjoy using this.

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For Teachers:……………………………….Page 4

Dedication to Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel..Page 5

Memorial Day Historic Timeline…Page 6

Comprehension Questions…Pages 7-8

Writing Prompts

Paragraph about Memorial Day History..Pages 9-10

Memorial for a fallen soldier………….Pages 11-12

Write a letter to a soldier……………..Pages 13-14

Memorial Day Speech by President….. Pages 15-16

Design a Plaque& Pictures to Color

Design a Plaque Honoring a Soldier……….Page 17

Animals are Heroes Too Make a Plaque……Page 18

Our Heroes, Pictures to Color………….Pages 19-20

Grading Rubrics………………………Pages 21-22

Answer Sheets……………………….. Pages 23-24

Resources…………………………….Page 25

Contact Page……………………………Page 26

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LANGUAGE ARTS – “FREE SUMMER READING PASSAGES”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged summer on May 25, 2015 by christinal

By Christina L

Grades 1-3

Free Summer Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

Cover all the important days, events and themes of each month with my monthly reading passages.
This is a small example of my monthly reading passages.
They can be used as a quick warm up, in reading centers or for homework.
It includes 4 reading passages with 3 comprehension questions each:
• Flag Day
• Buzzing Bees!
• Popsicles! (The Invention of the Popsicle)
• Great White Sharks
Also included is one worksheet for recalling 4 facts they have learned.

Check it out here.

Thanks for looking!

Christina L

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FREE MISC. Lesson – Kindergarten End of the Year

This entry was posted in End of the Year FREE LESSONS Kindergarten MISC. LESSONS and tagged free free lessons on May 21, 2015 by lessonsbymolly (updated on December 5, 2016)

High school seniors are not the only ones that will be wearing caps and gowns this May and June! Did you know that some kindergartners will be dressed as little graduates too? They wear these for the closing ceremonies at the end of the school year. But . . . technically, they have a few more years of school before they can get a high school DIPLOMA!

FREEBIE ALERT! I made 4 printables with a few kindergarten skills in mind. I know that you have worked on these types of skills all year long! It’s a “Cap and Gown” theme. There are two language arts review sheets and two math review sheets.

The printable in the photo shown below is a coloring activity. The children read the color words and color each gown appropriately.

Identifying Color Words

The next printable will review with the hard /c/ and hard /g/ sounds. Children look at the picture and circle the letter that has the same beginning sound as in the word “cap” or as in the word “gown”.

Caps and Gowns

How many times did you practice counting this year? Here’s a printable to practice that skill once again! Children count the number of caps within each group and circle the appropriate numeral.

One to One Correspondence

The last sheet is a graphing activity. Children create a horizontal bar graph to show more caps than gowns. They answer a few basic questions about the graph they made.

Graphing Caps & Gowns

If you’re a kindergarten teacher, I hope your students will enjoy using these printables during one of their last days of school this year. To get the freebie, click on the image shown below. Then download and save it to your own computer or flash drive.

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32 END OF THE YEAR FREE LESSONS!!!

This entry was posted in CLIP ART End of the Year FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS on May 21, 2015 by Victoria Leon (updated on May 21, 2015)

Download 32 free lessons to use in your classroom at the end of the year or have your students do during their summer vacation!

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End-of-the-Year Games and Reflection Activities

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End of the Year Bulletin Board FREEBIE!

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End of the Year Mystery Person (Freebie)

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Graphing Your Way to Summer

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Popcorn and Movie Day! Theme Days for End of School!

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Printables: A Summer Bucket List

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Summer Homework

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Summer Time Math Centers: 10 More 10 Less

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You’re O-Fish-Ally a _____! Student Gift Tags

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End of the Year Baggie Toppers {Freebie!}

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End of Year Reflections

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End of School Memory Book

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Free Graduation Clip Art from Charlotte’s Clips

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My Year In…An End of Year Memory Book

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “End of the Year Free Lessons By The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative – 2015”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS on May 20, 2015 by Victoria Leon (updated on May 20, 2015)

by Victoria Leon

Pre-Kindergarten – 8th Grade

Download eighteen free lessons to use at the end of the school year or have your students do during their summer vacation. Enjoy these lessons by members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative:

* Summer ABC 123

* Ice Cream Sundae Summer

* A Calendar filled with Fun & Motivating Speech-Language Activities

* My Book of Numbers: 0-10

* How to Draw Using Lines & Curves: Free Sample Tulip, from Print Path

* School’s Out

* Summer Bucket List Pennant Banner Worksheet

* Free End of Year Who is Who in My Class and Autograph Booklet

* Year End Balloons

* My Vacation Memory Book

* Summer Slide

* End of the Year Scoot

* 1 – 2 Review

* End of the Year Writing Activity Freebie

* School Memories Grades 3-6

* What Will Life Be Like in 5,000 Years?

* Presidential Wall

* End of the School Year Self Assessment for Students and Teachers

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Logic Problems to Last The Year

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 4th of July 5th Grade Christmas Easter End of the Year Father's Day FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Halloween MISC. LESSONS Mother's Day St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Valentine's Day and tagged #logic #teachers Earth Day fun holiday holidays No-Prep Printables TpT on May 19, 2015 by Joyce Lansky

Logic problems are a fun way to keep kids engaged, especially at the end of the year. My store is packed with these that may be purchased for a dollar a piece or in bulk for a discounted price. Why not plan ahead and take care of all the holidays at once with one of my logic problems to last the year packets.

This original packet was made to challenge students in third through fifth grades, but some of these problems are tough and most likely would meet the needs of older students in the regular classroom.

The booklet contains twelve logic problems from the first day of school until the Tired Teachers at the end. Along the way, students will tackle challenges centered around Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas (2), Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fools Day, Easter, and Mother’s Day. Right now it’s set at a reduced price of $8.75, so please check it out. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Logic-Problems-to-Last-the-School-Year-IG-1264788

If you teach younger kids, no worries, I have the materials for your kids, too, with Logic Problems to Last the Year (Book II) for grades 1 – 3. This mini version of the original book contains six logic problems surrounding the holidays of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and our American Independence Day. These matrix logic problems contain one grid to challenge our bright younger students, but once again, they could also challenge an older child in the regular classroom. Book II sells for the reduced price of only $3.95.

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Summer Fun For Kids

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 4th of July 5th Grade Father's Day FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MISC. LESSONS and tagged #about #logic #teachers education fun fun book puzzles summer activities TpT on May 18, 2015 by Joyce Lansky

Here in the south, we’re looking at the last week before it’s off for summer vacation. Before you get too green with envy, please note that teachers started this school year in July. Luckily, the powers that be got some sense, and we won’t see our classrooms until August this next school year.

Being a lover of summer, I never understood the concept of, “I’M BORED!” over the summer; however, we all know kids who yearn for things to do. Why not send your kids off with my Boredom Busters at the end of the school year? Once they take up your text books, you can even keep them happy with these fun puzzles to challenge minds.

This booklet is for the young minds in grades 1 – 3. It contains three summer themed logic puzzles, a sedoku, a maze, and a quote puzzle. It is targeted to gifted and talented students and I’ve marked the price down to $3.95 this week. That’s a real bargain since I sell my puzzles individually for $1 a piece.

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For those older intellectually gifted kids in grades 3 – 5, I made the original Boredom Busters. Inside, you will find three logic problems, a sedoku, a quote puzzle, and a funny story, “Beware of Cooties,” that is guaranteed to bring a chuckle. This, too, has a reduced price of $4.25.

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I’d love for you to stop by and check out these products or others at my store.

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If logic is your thing, my store is loaded with it!

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Keeping Students Learning All Summer

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS Kindergarten and tagged End of year Grade 1 on May 18, 2015 by carrberrycreations

Preventing the summer slide is such a big issue for teachers and schools. Personally I hate sitting down with parents at beginning of the year conferences and informing them that their child has a lower reading level at the start of the year than they had at the end of the previous school year.

When I was first asked about how teachers can keep kids learning all summer, I thought… adopt? After all, children spend their summers away from us, and out of our control unless they are our own. Thinking about it a bit more though, honestly the answer is to adopt, but not the children, adopt the parents. Adopting the parents means cultivating an excellent relationship with the parents of your students, and making yourself available to them at any time. How far you go with this depends on your personal comfort level. At the start of every school year I create a private blog for parents and I to communicate on, hand out my school email, and personal cell phone number to parents. I send postcard though the mail, make regular phone calls, and even do home visits. When the school year ends I still have parents checking in on our class blog, sending me texts from vacation, and email asking for how to help their child over the summer.

It is not too late though, to increase parent communication and prevent the summer slide. Check out my top 10 tips below which will all be on my classroom blog, but can be sent one in a newsletter at the end of the year. Read on

End of School Craziness

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MISC. LESSONS Uncategorized and tagged #about #buy #humor #kids #logic #teachers #teacherspayteachers TpT on May 17, 2015 by Joyce Lansky (updated on May 17, 2015)

Perhaps you’ve seen the owls circulating Facebook.

I am totally the owl on the right; so to celebrate all of us losing our minds, I’ve created a logic problem about us at the end of the year. It’s called Tired Teachers, and it might give your third through fifth grade students a chuckle when they read about what exhausted teachers do in May.

You may purchase this little gem for just $1

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Plus it comes complete with an answer key-a necessity because let’s face it,

We’re Tired!

If you like logic, please check out my store. I have

plenty of problems to challenge bright kids.

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End of School

FREE MISC. LESSON – End of the Year Alpha-Numeric Codes

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged free lessons on May 13, 2015 by lessonsbymolly (updated on December 5, 2016)

“Have a safe summer”, “See you next year”, “Don’t forget to practice your multiplication tables!” These along with many goodbye hugs are the send-off messages teachers and principals use on the last day of school. By the time children are in the third grade, they can easily finish these farewell messages for you.

Students LOVE solving alpha-numeric codes! My latest FREEBIE combines end-of-the-year expressions with alpha-numeric codes. These can be used with grades first through third.

End of the School Year Messages

Here’s how it works. Students are given an alpha-numeric key. The letters from the year-end message are included in the key. A letter is used once in the key regardless of how many times it is used within the message. Then, the letters are assigned numerals. One numeral is positioned above each letter.

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Blank lines are printed below the key. There is one blank line for every letter within the message. Blank lines are grouped together to spell one word. Space is placed between groups of blank lines to separate words.

Last Day of School Send-off Messages

Students use the alpha-numeric key to find and write the appropriate letters in the blanks.

An End-of-the-Year Message!

The finished work reveals the end of the year message which the children can then read!

We want our students’ activities to be rich and meaningful. In order for alpha-numeric decoding activities to transcend to that level, we MUST provide students with the opportunity to CREATE their own codes! Otherwise, it’s just a fun activity without causing higher order thinking to take place. Included with this freebie is a page where students finish writing the numerals above the designated letters. The numerals can be written in random order or a number pattern such as skip counting could be used. Then, they write the numerals below the blanks to create the coded message. They trade papers with a classmate and solve the message.

Finish the Code and Plot the Message

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If you have students that are ready for the challenge of creating a coded message with little on no support, you can also grab the page shown below. It will provide students with detailed directions on how to create a coded message. Due to the level of difficulty, this page is not included in the file above. If you have advanced students that are gifted in this area, they will eat this up!

Make a Coded Message

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Spring into Grammar (Part 2) for Grades 4-6

This entry was posted in 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS SPECIAL EDUCATION on May 11, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on September 4, 2015)

By Deann Marin at the Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs

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Spring has sprung the grass has riz, I wonder where the birdies is? This is what was going through my mind as I made this item. It is a spring grammar bundle for grades 4-6. Included are worksheets to help reinforce the 4 types of sentences (Interrogative, Declarative, Imperative and Exclamatory), Contractions and Possessives.

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Contents

Pages 3–4 Teacher Instructions

Pages 5-7 Four Kinds of Sentences

Pages 8-10 Spring into Contractions

Pages 11-13 Spring into Possessives

Pages 14-19 Answers

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Four Kinds of Sentences:

If the sentence is Declarative put a D on the line, if the sentence is Imperative put an I on the line, if the sentence is Interrogative put a ? on the line , if the sentence is Exclamatory put an E on the line. Put the correct punctuation at the end of the sentence. * Some sentences may be Imperative and Exclamatory, so put I, E .
Write 2 sentences for each type: Declarative, Imperative, Declarative, Interrogative. Be sure to use correct punctuation.

Spring into Contractions:

Write the contraction for the words you see in the box.
Write the long form of the contraction.
Choose 10 contractions and write sentences using them.

Spring into Possessives
1. Write the possessive for each sentence. (his, our, mine, your, hers, ours, their) One word is used twice.
2. Put a line under the possessives that are written correctly.
3. Choose 10 possessives and write a sentence for each one
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Free Mother’s Day Flower Craft

This entry was posted in Mother's Day and tagged Mother's Day on May 7, 2015 by lessonsbymolly (updated on December 5, 2016)

May is magical, memorable, and magnificent!

For teachers, it can also be draining with end of the year report cards, testing, record maintenance, ceremonies, field days and packing up the classroom for the summer! On top of all that, Mother’s Day is in the month of May. Our students deserve to take home something special for their moms/mums for Mother’s Day. Finding the time to put together a thoughtful craft for our students to make can be a challenge during this busy month.

I created a tropical flower pattern which is super simple and inexpensive. Best of all, no two flowers turn out the same because the children add their own unique designs to the flowers. If your students are first graders or older, they can also create their own leaves for the flowers with green construction paper and a black markers. It will be best to model a leaf drawing first.

The photo below shows how a few of our tropical flowers turned out.

Mother’s Day Flower Craft

If you plan to use glue, I recommend that you start EARLY during the school day so that the project will be dry by the afternoon for dismissal time. I stapled the stems, leaves, and flowers together. We used glue for the “seeds” inside the cupcake liners. If you need a copy of the pattern, follow this link:

Tropical Flower Pattern

If you need a complete tutorial on how to make this craft, follow this link:

Mother’s Day Flower Craft

Happy Mother’s Day!

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May Learning Activities For Kids…

This entry was posted in 1st Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Memorial Day Mother's Day Uncategorized and tagged Cinco de mayo May May Activities Memorial Day Mother's Day Nurse Appreciation on April 29, 2015 by lindaposttheteacherspost (updated on April 29, 2015)

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Book Review Banner and Report Activities

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged book report book review story elements on April 24, 2015 by thirdgradetothecore (updated on April 25, 2015)

Need a great activity to finish out the school year?

This unit includes three engaging activities that are perfect for any time of the year. They can be used with any book! The best part is that they make a super cute display in your classroom. It’s a fun way for the students to look at the elements of a story. You may choose to have them all do the same book, but I love letting them pick out the book of their choice. It’s a great way to get them motivated about reading!

Activities included: Book Review Banner, Book Review Trifold(brochure), and book report(graphic organizer and final draft)

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School Memories Grades (Grades 3-6) FREEBIE

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs and tagged 4 5 6 End of year Freebie Grades 3 on April 24, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on May 12, 2015)

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This is an end of the year FREEBIE for grades 4-6 called,”School Memories.” Children are to add a photo of themselves or draw one, and answer some questions about their school year. There is also a page for autographs. It will be so nice for the kids to look back at this and remember their wonderful school experiences. I truly hope that both you and your class enjoy using this FREEBIE.

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MOTHER’S DAY KEEPSAKE BOOK

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade HOME MISC. LESSONS Mother's Day and tagged holiday homeschool poetry on April 21, 2015 by sarahpeterson

Mother’s Day is right around the corner! Check out my new Mother’s Day Keepsake Book!

MOTHER’S DAY ABC BOOK

A Book Written in Verse

This engaging ABC Book (written in verse) is fun for students to complete and meaningful for moms to receive as a Mother’s Day Keepsake Gift. Students personalize the books by using their best observations and memories about their moms to complete the pages.

This product includes:

Both a Colored Cover and a Black and White Cover
A 14-Page Mother’s Day ABC Book Written in Verse
Teacher’s Instructions for Completion of the Book
2 pages of images/phrases for the “cut and paste” sections

To complete the book, each student will:

Write mommy quotes
Draw items found in mom’s purse
Cut and paste bedtime routine pictures
Measure and record his/her height
Make handprint (paint, ink or trace)
Create a list of “mom’s favorite things”
And much more!

This project is best completed over the course of several days! Check out the Preview to get an idea of the verses and the activities.

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End of the Year Arithmetic Game and Worksheet Bundle (Grades 2-4 & Sp.Ed.)

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MATH LESSONS and tagged arithmetic division endof the year games math multiplication subtraction on April 17, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on September 4, 2015)

By Deann Marin at the Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs

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Has it ever seemed like the school year will never end and you find yourself counting the days and hours until summer vacation. You are in desperate need of some fun learning and reinforcement activities for your class because they are already on vacation. I’ve been there and I know exactly how it feels, so, I have created an End of the Year Arithmetic Game and Worksheet Bundle that may just do the trick.

End of the Year addit,subt,mult,div board game for grades 2-4 8x8 Cover

This is an end of the year arithmetic fact review that can be used for grades 2-4 and Special Education it consists of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts from 1-12. All of the facts are on flash cards that may be used for the card game, “Spring into Summer War,” and the board game, “Spring Up, or Fall Down.” There are answer sheets for the class to use to make sure they have said the correct answer. When games are finished, there are worksheets that can be used as class work or homework. Just for fun, some pictures are at the end for coloring.

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What’s Inside:

Pages 4-7 Instructions for Teacher

Page 8 Spring Up or Fall Down Game Board

Pages 10-12 Addition Tables Answer Sheets

Pages 13 52 Addition Cards

Pages 54-56 Subtraction Tables Answer Sheets

Pages 57-80 Subtraction Cards

Pages 82-84 Multiplication Tables Answer Sheets

Pages 85-122 Multiplication Cards

Pages 124-126 Division Tables Answer Sheets

Pages 127-166 Division Cards

Pages 168-183 Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication

& Division Worksheets

Pages 184-200 Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication

& Division Answer Sheets

Pages 201-202 Pages to Color

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Language Arts – “May Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade HOLIDAYS LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Memorial Day Mother's Day and tagged Cinco de mayo close reading informational text on April 13, 2015 by christinal

By Christina L

Grades 2-5

Here are some non-fiction reading passages filled with lots of fun facts about the month of May. Use them as warm up activity, for early finishers or in a reading center.

Includes
• 8 May themed reading passage, each with 3 comprehension questions
• Worksheet for recalling 4 May facts that students have learned
• Template for writing a limerick (for Limerick Day)

The 8 passages include the following titles:
• Happy Mother’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Cinco de Mayo
• Happy Birthday, Sally Ride!
• Limerick Day (Includes a template for students to create their own limerick.)
• The Kentucky Derby
• Florence Nightingale (for National Nurses Week)
• Amelia Earhart

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Spring Bundle: Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

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Mega Bundle:Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

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Beginning and end of year math review

This entry was posted in End of the Year MATH LESSONS TEST PREPARATION on April 12, 2015 by nastaran

Beginning & End Of Year Math Review would be a great packet for reviewing math skills at the beginning and end of the year .

This resource includes:

**Write the number words in each box.
**Counting by 10.
**Counting by 5.
**Flip Flop Addition and Subtraction.
**Roll 2 dice ,Add them up and color the picture.
**Double-digit Addition.(without regrouping)
**Double-digit Subtraction.(without regrouping)
**Roll 3 dice, add them up and color.
**Solve each word problem using number-line.(2 pages)
**Draw the hands on each clock.
**Compare the numbers.
**Make ten.
**Place value.
**Write the missing number in the sequence
**Make a number bond.
**Measurement.
**Geometry.(2 pages)

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Language Arts Lesson “Mega Bundle: Through the Year Reading Comprehension (September- May)”

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By Christina L

Grades 2-5

Cover all the important days and events of the year in these fun reading passages. They are filled with fun, historical facts plus comprehension questions.

Use them as a quick warm up or in a reading center.

It includes months September through May.

Each month includes 8 reading passages and 1 worksheet for recalling important facts.

September: Johnny Appleseed, Hispanic Heritage Month, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Grandparents Day, Constitution Day, Happy Labor Day, Welcome, Fall!

October: Bats! Bats! Bats!, Arachnophobia!, Fire Prevention Week, Columbus Day, Make a Difference Day, Happy Halloween, How to Grow a Pumpkin, Happy Birthday Noah Webster!

November: Squanto: Friend to the Pilgrims, Election Day, Veterans Day, The Mayflower, The First Thanksgiving, King Tut Day, Native American Heritage Month: Sacagawea, Life of a Pilgrim Child

December: Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Hanukkah, Christmas Traditions, Reindeer, Arctic Animals, Wright Brothers Day, Hibernation

January: Happy New Year!, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Emperor Penguins, The Abominable Snowman: Fact or Fiction?, Do You Want to Build an Igloo?, National Braille Literacy Month, Opposite Day, Happy Birthday Ben Franklin!

February: Groundhog Day, What is a Groundhog Anyway?, Random Acts of Kindness Day, Honest Abe, The Father of Our Country, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, Leap Day

March: St. Patrick’s Day, Read Across America Day, March Madness, Women’s History Month, Pi Day, Ireland, Happy Birthday Harry Houdini!, In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

April: April Fool’s Day, Jackie Robinson Day, Happy Earth Day!, The Titanic Sinks, National Poetry Month, National Arbor Day, Easter Egg Roll, Drop Everything and Read

May: Happy Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Cinco de Mayo, Happy Birthday, Sally Ride!, Limerick Day, The Kentucky Derby, Florence Nightingale (for National Nurses Week), Amelia Earhart

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Easter Clipart

This entry was posted in CLIP ART Easter on April 5, 2015 by nastaran (updated on April 3, 2015)

Easter Clipart contains 34 high quality 300dpi png files. This set contains both color and black & white images, and you can also find all images in the thumbnail image.Grab this product from:

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{QR CODE: Fractions with Bunny Belly Task Card

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade Easter MATH LESSONS and tagged QR code on April 3, 2015 by nastaran

QR CODE Fractions With Bunny Belly contains 36 task cards.Each task card has a figure and students can write the fraction for the shaded part of each figure on the answer sheet and then scanning the QR code to check their answer.

This product is appropriate for reviewing and reinforcing the fractions.

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Time For Review!!

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade End of the Year MATH LESSONS Uncategorized on April 3, 2015 by joyfulprojections

Lots of Bingo Games, Task Cards w/ QR Codes, and many other ways to review your year’s worth of lessons – just in time for end of year testing!!
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Kids love Bingo – and in each of these games they will actively review the processes you’ve taught for counting money, telling time, finding perimeter, area, and volume, fractional parts, and identifying, adding, and subtracting decimals. Tons of fun for students, and easy review activities for teachers!

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1) 12 colors vocabulary/assessment worksheet with word bank

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Make a beautiful Trophy Card for Father’s Day with your students

This exciting lesson has a beautiful cover page of a trophy in Spanish .

1. Print the cover page in white cardboard. 2. Go over the 15 Why I love you dad sentences. “Porque te quiero papa…”

3. Have students write on the back of the card the phrases they selected. They need to select at least eight of the sentences. They have to copy them to the back of the card in Spanish. Great adjective review.

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1. Print the cover page in white cardboard.
2. Go over the 15 Why I love you dad sentences. “Porque te quiero papa…”