Writing Centers

Looking to spark creativity in your classroom this Thanksgiving season? These 10 Thanksgiving-themed story starters are perfect for getting your students' imaginations flowing! Designed for grades 4 and up, these engaging and open-ended prompts let students craft their own festive, adventurous, and even magical stories.
Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for November or Thanksgiving-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “While preparing the Thanksgiving feast, you discover the turkey is enchanted! It starts talking and asks you to help it break a 100-year-old curse. What will you do?”
• “A UFO lands in your backyard on Thanksgiving Day. The aliens are friendly, but they want to join your dinner. What happens next?”
• And 8 more fun and imaginative prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Easy to Use: Simply print and go! Perfect for quick lesson planning.
• Engaging & Fun: Each prompt is designed to capture students’ attention and foster creative thinking.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for writing centers, bell work, or independent writing projects.
• Perfect for November: Add a festive twist to your writing lessons during the Thanksgiving season.

This FREE resource will keep your students engaged and excited about writing. Download today and watch their Thanksgiving tales come to life!

Do you want to save time planning and preparing for the last week of November after the Thanksgiving break with your Reading, Writing, and Math Lessons)? A full day of activities just for you. Would you like to help your students become better readers and writers? With the help of this No Prep Reading, Writing, and Math packet, your students will review, practice, and enjoy all the skills while you only have to print and assign. Our main goal is to ensure your students improve their reading and writing skills daily and help you save time planning and preparing. For this reason, we have included detailed lesson plans for the reading and writing activities.

Included in this NO Prep December Packet:

• 1 Close Reading Passages and Worksheets ( The Last Week Of November Included to cover the Week after Thanksgiving Break).
• 1 Writing Worksheets, each with 3 prompts (Narrative)
• 1 Math Worksheet ( Spiral review ).
• Secret Code for early finishers
• Lesson Plans for Reading
• Rubric

Suggestions for Use:

• Sub plans
• Fun assessment
• Whole class or group activities
• Thematic connections
• Morning work

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Literacy Tales

Where Stories Come Alive✎

Bonne rentrée ! Cette activité permettra à vos élèves de/d':

• explorer les livres dans votre classe,
• faire des recommandations à ses pairs,
• utiliser les recommandations de leurs pairs pour découvrir de nouveaux livres,
• faire des liens avec des lectures et des expériences passées,
• créer une « liste de souhaits » de lecture pour l'année scolaire.

Cette ressource est l'une de mes activités préférées pour la rentrée. Plusieurs versions de cette activité sont incluses selon l'âge de vos élèves ! Les élèves utiliseront des trombones ou des pinces à linge pour attacher leurs recommandations à leurs couvertures de livres préférées.

Ensuite, ils créeront leur propre liste de souhaits de livres en fonction des recommandations des camarades de classe.

Enfin, les élèves écriront un court texte persuasif expliquant pourquoi ils pensent que leur livre est le MEILLEUR, ce qui vous donnera un petit échantillon d'écriture afin que vous puissiez mieux répondre aux besoins de vos nouveaux élèves.

Merci!!

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Highlighted journal paper, with yellow highlights for writing. The bottom area is highlighted in yellow for beginning writers. Provides visual cue to help students learn correct letter size and placement on the line. This paper provides extra support for students who have difficulty writing within the lines.

If you're looking for fun and effective ways to help your toddler, preschooler, or kindergartener learn the alphabet, look no further than these Alphabet Tracing Practice Sheets! These sheets include a variety of activities to help your child learn to trace and write the alphabet letters, both uppercase and lowercase.

The activities in these sheets are designed to be both educational and engaging. Your child will love practicing their alphabet tracing skills while playing games, completing puzzles, and coloring pictures.

Here are just a few of the benefits of using these Alphabet Tracing Practice Sheets:

• They help toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners learn to trace and write the alphabet letters.
• They are both educational and engaging.
• They are easy to use, with no prep required.
• They are perfect for home or school use.

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Fall is here and there are many holidays and events that lend themselves to students writing to grandparents or other family members or friends. Students will enjoy learning how to write correspondence with this autumn-themed stationery! Both lined and unlined versions are included. Teachers may enjoy using the unlined version as writing paper or general stationery.

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Practice GRATITUDE along with so much more with this activity - writing, spelling, organization, healthy competition, creativity, and much more! This activity is ready to use for whatever your students may benefit from most! Set a timer and see who can list the most items, use it as a follow up activity after introducing gratitude, practice writing and spelling all of the things that mean the most to your students! Both color and black and white version included for easy printing! Once completed, hang up in your classroom, in lockers, or keep in their desks for reflection and gratitude reminders throughout the season OR do a follow up list toward the end of the season and see if their lists grow as they start to be more intentional on identifying things to be grateful for!!

The Nigh Elf- A holiday themed Mad Lib for practicing Nouns, Verbs, and adjectives.

These color pages of Sight Word Read and Trace Sentences allow children to practice handwriting and using these sight words in the context of a sentence.

These pages include 7 sentences each that include the fry word in the context of sentence with a picture!

Children will trace and read the sight word sentences.

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You may purchase the complete set of this pack in the link below:

Sight Word RREAD & TRACE Simple sentences with Picture for Kindergarten

What included in this pack:

- 57 color pages ( 1 sight word per page,7 different trace sentences in each page)

- Easel by TeachShare as digital tool

This resource focus on 57 high frequency sight words:

They are:

I, like, my, see, can, the, a, go, to, we, you, is, look, me, big, with, for, he, she, read, at, all, little, and, have, here, are, play, said, put, come, they, this, help, in, girl, walk, up, down, away, jump, do, or, of, where, it, his, her, on, went, boy, has, no, but, how, am, into

Extension Ideas:

• Highlight the sight word in each sentence.

Other resources:

- Kindergarten High Frequency Sight Word Practice Sentences & Guided Writing Word

- Kindergarten High Frequency Sight Word Practice - Color by Sight words

- Sight word practice by READ, WRITE, CLAP, COLOR, TRACE, SPELL, FIND, TELL

- Honeybee Theme Alphabet Activities - Honeybee Letter Matching - ABC Recognition

FREE RESOURCES:

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Ready to give your students a spook-tacular writing experience? These 10 Halloween-themed story starters are designed to spark imagination and creativity in your classroom. Perfect for grades 4 and up, these engaging prompts are open-ended, allowing students to create their own spooky, mysterious, or magical tales.

Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for October or Halloween-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “As I walked through the dark forest, I saw a glowing jack-o’-lantern with a note attached. The note said…”
• “One rainy Halloween night, I heard a mysterious knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a box with something moving inside.”
• “While trick-or-treating, I came across a house that no one ever visits. The door creaked open by itself, and I decided to…”
• And 7 more eerie and thrilling prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

Easy to Use: Just print and go! No prep needed.
Engaging & Fun: Each prompt invites students to explore their creativity with a Halloween twist.
Flexible Use: Great for writing centers, independent work, or creative group activities.
Perfect for Fall: Bring the spooky season into your classroom with these seasonal story starters.

Don’t miss out on this FREE Halloween resource that will keep your students’ creativity brewing all month long! Download today and let the spooky storytelling begin!

Déverrouillez le potentiel d'écriture de vos élèves avec notre mini-leçon échantillon gratuite sur la structure de la phrase ! Cette ressource offre un aperçu de notre guide complet conçu pour enrichir votre arsenal pédagogique.

Inclus dans l'échantillon gratuit :

• Une mini-leçon centrée sur la structure de la phrase (accord sujet-verbe).
• Des activités engageantes pour aider les élèves à pratiquer et maîtriser le contenu.
• Un exemple modélisé illustrant les concepts clés.
• Des conseils pratiques pour intégrer la leçon dans votre programme.

Passez à la version complète : Si vous trouvez cet échantillon utile, envisagez d'acquérir la version complète de ma ressource. La ressource complète comprend :

• 7 mini-leçons approfondies : Couvrant divers aspects de la structure de la phrase, chacune conçue pour construire sur la précédente.
• Affiches détaillées : Des aides visuelles pour aider les élèves à comprendre et à retenir les concepts essentiels.
• Exemples modélisés : Des exemples clairs et complets démontrant l'utilisation correcte.
• Activités interactives : Des exercices engageants pour renforcer l'apprentissage et encourager l'application pratique.
• Matériel supplémentaire : Des ressources additionnelles pour soutenir vos leçons et assurer la réussite des élèves.

Équipez votre classe avec les outils nécessaires pour améliorer la structure des phrases et la maîtrise globale de l'écriture. Essayez l'échantillon gratuit dès aujourd'hui et constatez la différence que cette ressource complète peut apporter à votre enseignement et à l'apprentissage de vos élèves !

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• Lecture: Solutionner les mots
• Lecture: La visualisation
• Lecture: Faire des liens
• Lecture: Connaissances antérieures
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• Lecture: Informations clés
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Easy to print in black & white, let kids color, and laminate.

Celebrate Valentine's Day this year with this cute postcard writing Valentine. These cards are an easy and hassle-free way to spread the love this Valentines. The cards feature dashed lines that are ready to capture a sweet message! You can choose to add a treat if you like! Or hole punch the cards and use ribbon to attach to a small goody bag!

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TeachShare A1-FREE SIGHT WORD WORKSHEET

Come in 2 versions. full color and black white version and an option to use Easel by TeachShare as digital tool to practice.

Improve your child's literacy skills by practicing identifying high frequency words by sight. Use these free sight words worksheets to accelerate your child's learning of these basic words.

Practice high-frequency word THE MY I with this action pack printable worksheet. Your child will find, trace, color and write the words.

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If you are interested in this resource, you can go here to purchase the complete set which focus in the below 57 words:

They are:

I, like, my, see, can, the, a, go, to, we, you, is, look, me, big, with, for, he, she, read, at, all, little, and, have, here, are, play, said, put, come, they, this, help, in, girl, walk, up, down, away, jump, do, or, of, where, it, his, her, on, went, boy, has, no, but, how, am, into

You may purchase the complete 57 works worksheet below @very affordable price.

Sight word practice by READ, WRITE, CLAP, COLOR, TRACE, SPELL, FIND, TELL

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Get your students excited about Halloween with this fun and engaging All About Me Halloween Edition Freebie & Bingo Cards! Perfect for 3rd-6th graders, this activity allows students to share personal details with a spooky twist!

Students will fill out themed worksheets that let them describe their favorite Halloween candy, costume, spooky name, animal, movie, and more.

This freebie is a creative way to build classroom community while practicing writing skills. It’s simple, no-prep, and ideal for a quick Halloween activity that students will love! Use it as a morning warm-up, writing center, or fun homework assignment.

Download now to add a little Halloween magic to your classroom!

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Literacy Tales

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Improve fine motor writing skills with these alphabet practice writing sheets. Color the uppercase and lowercase, make the sound with beginning sound pictures, and practice the correct formation of the letter. Put these half sheets in your centers supporting handwriting practice.

What you get:

• Aa-Zz hollow letters to trace “inside”
• Strategically designed lines and shapes
• Beginning sound picture
• Beginning sound word
• Half sheets - perfect for Centers

Teaching Ideas

• Morning Work
• Assessments
• Centers
• Vary tools-crayon/marker/pencil
• File copies with this page

Preparing Help

Copy on card stock and laminate for use with dry erasers.

Images are:

• A-apple
• B-bus
• C-cake
• D-dog
• E-elephant
• F-flag
• G-grapes
• H-hand
• I-igloo
• J-jam
• K-kangaroo
• L-lion
• M-mouse
• N-nest
• O-owl
• P-pear
• Q-queen
• R-robot
• S-snail
• T-tree
• U-unicorn
• V-vest
• W-whale
• X-X-ray
• Y-yogurt
• Z-zipper

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Want to try before you buy? Download this freebie for a preview of my Label the Parts series. Practice scissor skills or handwriting with these no-prep, label the picture printables. This preview is of the Bird's Nest from Label the Parts - Spring.

All of the Label the Parts sets are great for labeling centers, writing centers, young learners, ESL students and more. Each picture has a cut and paste version or a fill-in version for differentiated learning and both a color and a black and white version are included. Use the black and white version to add a coloring component to the worksheet!

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Alphabet Apple Book Adventure!

Get ready for a letter-learning with our FREE Alphabet Tracing Apple Book.

This activity is a juicy treat for Kindergarten and Preschool kids.

Watch your child gobble up the alphabet as they trace letters from A to Z. With colorful and black and white options, there's an apple for every taste!

This book is packed with fun, helping your child learn to write while boosting their fine motor skills. So, let's dive into the world of letters and make learning an apple-tastic experience!

Features:

• All 26 letters of the alphabet
• Color and black and white versions
• Fun apple theme
• Engaging tracing activities
• Perfect for developing fine motor skills and letter recognition
• Cover page

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Celebrate Earth Day with this craft and writing activity! This is just what you need to supplement your lessons in teaching about how we care for the Earth. Each hat/headband is in black and white so students can use their creativity to color their choice and then they can respond to the writing prompt. This crown is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade students!

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What's Included:

• 1 black & white crowns with writing prompts
• Extra extension bands students can also color

Prompt Included

• I show love to the Earth by...

Directions

• Print and allow your students to color the crown and extender piece.
• Choose your favorite or let your students choose!
• Crowns typically hold up better if they are printed on cardstock or construction paper.
• You can also use a sentence strip or piece of bulletin board border as the band.
• I have included extra extension bands if needed.

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These finish the story writing prompt papers will help bring writing to life during the spring season! These no-prep narrative writing prompts are perfect for easy writing activities, writing centers, writer's workshop, early finisher activities, daily journaling, morning work and more! These prompts are great for first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students! Students will love using the story starter prompts to creatively write an ending to their own story.

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What's included:

• 3 spring themed finish the story writing prompts
• 2 versions per prompt (one with a space for a picture + one with lines only)

Finish the Story Example:

• I like to look at different kinds of bugs. I think of how they all have their own tiny worlds. One day I was sitting in the grass with my magnifying glass. Suddenly, I heard a tiny voice. "Hey, down here!" I looked down only to find...

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