Activities

Transform your classroom into a safe and supportive space with this inspiring display! Encourages students to develop self-confidence and resilience. Ideal for bulletin boards, door decorations, hallway displays, SEL lessons or fast finisher activities.

Includes:

• 6 colors of hearts featuring 18 different affirmations for students

• Hearts come in full color, colored outlines, or black outlines

This product includes 1 social story that focuses on helping others.

In this product that relates with helping others, students will learn how they can help others, why they should help others, the importance of helping others in need, how you may feel if you don't help others when you can, but refuse to do so, and a list of ways to help others is included in this product.

The social story includes comprehension questions throughout that relate with helping others. Some of the questions require students to put their feet in the shoes of the characters. At the end of this product, there are 4 role-playing scenario cards that will require students to discuss helping others, why helping others is important if you can help, how you would feel if you needed help, and no one helped you, and what others may think about you if you could help them and didn't help.

This product includes 1 social story that focuses on your private body parts and keeping them private.

In this product that relates with private body parts and keeping them private, students will learn who should see your private body parts and the importance of keeping them private. There are two versions of page 2 and 3 (page 2 uses the anatomical terms for each body part for older children and page 3 uses the words private parts or private body parts for younger children). Students will also review the vocabulary words respect and boundaries. Students will learn and review what they will do when they are respectful of others and their boundaries and bodies. Students will learn how they can respect someone's boundaries. They will also learn what privacy is and the importance of respecting the privacy of others. A list of what students should do when they see others and what is appropriate to say and do and what shouldn't happen when in public places, what should be sent to others when playing video games, video chatting, text messaging, etc. (page 11 uses the anatomical terms for each body part for older children and page 12 uses the words private parts or private body parts for younger children). Throughout these sections of the product, students will answer or discuss comprehension questions throughout.

The social story includes comprehension questions throughout that relate with private body parts and keeping them private. Some of the questions require students to put their feet in the shoes of the characters and answer questions that relate with the story that are presented.

At the end of this product, there are 4 role-playing scenario cards that will require students to discuss keeping body parts private, what you would do in a situation where boundaries weren't respected, the importance of talking to an adult about an uncomfortable situation that happens, and why pictures or videos should not be sent to others that show body parts.

This is a novel study of Gary Paulsen's Brian's Hunt ( a sequel to Hatchet). In this product, there are completed lesson plans (and a blank one if you need to write your own), a slideshow that includes everything for each chapter (introduction, review of content, copy of the doodle notes, copy of the end of chapter activity/discussion outline, and the closure question), the Doodle Notes outline for each chapter, and the End of Chapter/Discussion activities. This novel study is for 4th-grade to 7th-grade students.

Completed Lesson Plans

Each chapter comes with a completed lesson plan! The lesson plans include an I can statement (Chapter Goal), the materials needed, what students will be doing as a preview to the chapter, what they will be doing during the read, the activity after the chapter, some differentiation ideas, the assessment, and a closure. There is a spot for standards, but I did not include one because of different state standards. They are also all editable! It was made using Google Slides, so if you open the file in Google Slides or PowerPoint you can edit each lesson plan to fit your class’s needs!

Doodle Notes and End of Chapter/Discussion Activities

Each chapter comes with doodle notes and an End of Chapter/Discussion Activity. Doodle notes are notes students take that involve more drawing than writing. Students will have a prompt to help them know what to focus on while listening/reading the chapter and what to take notes on. The activities focus on multiple different skills, Central Idea, Supporting Details, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Summaries, Story Elements, Inferences, and more. There are also some discussion activities where students will need to work in groups discussing a prompt about the chapter.

Slideshow

To go along with the book, there is a Slideshow that includes an outline for each chapter! It includes what is written in the lesson plans. So there are introduction slides for each chapter, a copy of the doodle notes and chapter activities, and a slide for the closure. The slides are also editable! So if you would like to add/adapt anything to fit your class/lesson better, just open the file in Google Slides or PowerPoint.** ***There is a slide, that you will need to edit. It is the “Discussion Expectations” slide. This is because each class will have different expectations for discussions.****

****You need to read Hatchet, Brian's Winter, and The River before Brian's Return. For some of the activities, students will be comparing/contrast or recalling prior knowledge from the previous books. I also have a novel study to go along with Hatchet, Brian's Winter, The River, and Brian's Return!**

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review it.

Credits:

Paulsen, G. (2005). Brian's hunt. 1st Laurel-Leaf ed. New York, Laurel-Leaf.

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Help students master the art of paragraph writing with this comprehensive resource! Designed for upper elementary learners, this product is the first part of a unit that breaks down the key components of a great paragraph: topic sentences, supporting details, transition words, and concluding sentences. Step-by-step instructions, engaging examples, and fun activities guide students through each element, showing them how to put it all together to create clear and cohesive paragraphs.

**This Product: **

• Definitions/Examples
• Strong/Weak Components
• 3 Practice Tasks
• Strong vs Weak Checklist
• Matching Strong vs Weak
• Fixing Topic Sentences Practice

This bundle includes CHOICE boards for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, & Easter! Print or share and go!

A black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. Each CHOICE board has 30 activities - enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days; for a total of 5 weeks/150 activities.

Also included--supply lists and supplement pages for many activities.

This bundle currently includes logic puzzles perfect for grades K-2. These logic puzzles are great for practicing critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills!

Current puzzles include:

Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Easter

Valentine's Day

Christmas (Freebie!)

*There is no guaranteed timeline for when more puzzles will be added. The price will go up as puzzles get added.*

Have a theme you would like a puzzle for? Let me know!

This is a GROWING bundle which means not everything is available yet. Fall and Winter CHOICE boards are ready and the Spring CHOICE board will be available before April.

Fall, winter, and spring themed CHOICE boards! No Prep--just print/share and go!

Each season has a black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days.

Also included--supply list and supplement pages for some of the activities.

This logic puzzle is a great way to enhance critical thinking skills and deductive reasoning! It's a great, fun activity for early finishers in older students, or to introduce as a class to younger kids.

Color Search and Find pages are perfect for distance learning, putting together a fun packet for practice at home, or table time! There are 2 versions of all 11 colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, gray, and white). All are NO-PREP! Just print and color!

Version 1: has a crayon at the top with the color word.

Version 2: has a colored scribble at the top (for those that want to print in color/for children that can't read color words yet).

Letter sound Search and Finds are perfect for students working on letter sounds and for early finishers that have mastered letter sounds and need a fun and engaging activity! All you need to do is print and color!

There are 6 types of letter sound searches for all 26 letters A-Z:

5 image Search and Find with picture key checklist

5 image Search and Find with word key checklist

5 image Search and Find with no checklist

7 image Search and Find with picture key checklist

7 image Search and Find with word key checklist

7 image Search and Find with no checklist

Letter Uu sound has an extra set of all 6 types of Search and Finds without the underwear image, if that is not allowed in your classroom.

*UPDATE 9/14/2021* Added short vowel search & finds for Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, & Uu in the 5 image search with picture key checklist, word key checklist, and no checklist. (Uu comes with and without underwear image.)

Easter themed CHOICE board! No Prep--just print/share and go!

A black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days.

Also included--supply list and supplement pages for some of the activities.

This logic puzzle is a great way to enhance critical thinking skills and deductive reasoning! It's a great, fun activity for early finishers in older students, or to introduce as a class to younger kids.

This logic puzzle has pictures to help early readers participate in a class setting!

Halloween themed CHOICE board! No Prep--just print/share and go!

A black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days.

Also included--supply list and supplement pages for some of the activities.

Winter themed CHOICE board! No Prep--just print/share and go!

A black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days.

Also included--supply list and supplement pages for some of the activities.

Christmas themed CHOICE board! No Prep--just print/share and go!

A black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days.

Also included--supply list and supplement pages for some of the activities.

Holiday logic puzzles great for Kindergarten - 2nd grade!

These 3X3 logic puzzles are great for practicing critical thinking and deductive reasoning. Perfect for early finishers!

Each puzzle also has pictures to help early readers track in a class setting.

Answer keys included.

Valentine's Day themed CHOICE board! No Prep--just print/share and go!

A black and white version and color version for easy printing. 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 days/e-learning/distant learning days.

Also included--supply list and supplement pages for some of the activities.

*I plan to update and add more pages for the Build a Bouquet.

Two versions of the CHOICE board--one for anytime and one specifically for winter (you need snow). 5 activities in each of the 6 areas: math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, sensory/art, and music/gross motor. The CHOICE board has 30 activities, enough to last 5 snow days/e-learning/distant learning days.

No Prep--just print/share and go!

Also included--a sample letter to send with the CHOICE boards!

Watch your child(ren) grow as they draw a self-portrait each month, September-August, and write their name! These are perfect to use at conferences to show growth and development of skills or to keep for a portfolio at the end of the school year!

Included:

September-August Self-Portrait pages with one line to write on

September-August Self-Portrait pages with a top and bottom line to write in between

September-August Self-Portrait pages with a dotted line

"This is me!" and "My Self-Portrait" pages UNDATED!