My teacher is having a baby! Students love to help you celebrate your pregnancy. Use this fill-in-the-blank Baby Advice Letter for students to share their ideas on how to be an awesome Mom or Dad. Their responses are often heartfelt AND hilarious. What a great way to celebrate your new baby.
Students love creating and writing about their pet rocks while imagining great adventures with their new pet. This Pet Rock activity works perfectly as a Rocks and Minerals activity. Pet rocks were fun in the 70’s and are just as fun today! I have used this activity as a culminating Rock & Minerals project and as a Camping in the Classroom activity.
This Photo of the Day Photo Writing Prompt resource contains 180 funny, silly, cute & crazy visual writing prompt photos that your students will love! 180 Picture of the Day daily journal writing prompts gives you enough for every day of the school year! These journal pages can also be used for: Morning Meeting activities, creative writing, inferencing, story starters, to get your kids smiling & more!
Students LOVE this Shoebox Diorama Book Report template! Students pick a fiction or non-fiction book and decorate a shoe box based on it! Students are responsible for decorating all sides of the box according to directions and putting a creative scene inside that represents the book. This book report is designed to work with any fiction OR non-fiction book.
Create a Commercial Skit to convince Human Earthlings to Move to Another Planet! Students LOVE this Solar System activity because it combines planet research, group work and performance. Students choose one of the planets (Pluto is included for old times sake!) to research and then they are responsible for creating a commercial skit persuading humans to move there! This Planets Project is a great fit for elementary through high school.
Solar System Word Search: Words included are: MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, SOLAR, SYSTEM, NEPTUNE, SUN, MOON, SATELLITE, ORBIT, ECLIPSE & GALAXY. Answer Key is included as well for this Planets word search. This is a perfect addition to any Solar System unit!
4 Leveled & Differentiated State Capitals Worksheets and 2 US State Capitals Quiz Options with Answer Key. Students can complete each worksheet in order or assign different sheets for different students based on ability. What a great way to easily differentiate! Two quiz options are available to best suit students’ needs.
Students LOVE to create a Movie Poster for the novel, Stone Fox. This creative Stone Fox activity keeps students excited & engaged during the planning and design process. Students must complete a book summary page as well! This is a wonderful activity to do between reading the book and watching the movie.
This 4-Page Stone Fox Test includes: 5 Character Matching questions, 10 True & False questions, 10 Multiple Choice questions, and 3 Short Answer Response. Answer Key included. Test includes 50 possible points. I recommend giving this as an open-book test so that students have the opportunity to go back and check their answers.
Is your child’s teacher getting married or perhaps a teacher coworker? Students love to help you celebrate your marriage and wedding! Use this fill-in-the-blank Marriage Advice Letter for students to share their ideas on how to have an awesome marriage. Their responses are often heartfelt AND hilarious. What a great way to celebrate your new marriage!
I love to use this Student Self-Reflection assessment the week before conferences so that I can use this as a lead in to conversations at Parent Teacher conferences. Seeing their child write about their strengths and weaknesses in their own words is always a genuinely eye-opening experience and great conversation starter.