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$1.50Add to CartGrid art is a terrific way to practice using coordinates (A1) (D8) which is an important skill to master. Coordinates are a set of values that show an exact position which is used when graphing (Math) and reading maps (Geography). Your students will enjoy discovering the unknown, mystery picture…which happens to be a turkey!
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Get an entire year of writing prompts! BUNDLE & SAVE: Daily Writing Prompt Journal – ONE YEAR BUNDLE
Stop the “I don’t know what to write about!” struggle before it starts. This daily writing prompts resource provides a seamless solution for developing consistent writing habits, critical thinking skills, and creative expression for students in 4th – 12th Grade. Whether it’s a deep dive into facts and history or a light-hearted reflection, this month’s prompts ensure your students have a meaningful reason to put pen to paper every single day.
What’s Included?
This isn’t just a list of sentences; it is a complete journaling system. Each month is packed with:
- Individual Journal Pages: A unique, dedicated page for every day of the month.
- Diverse Prompt Styles: A balanced mix of “light and fun” topics and “deep-dive” prompts that challenge students to think critically about values, history, and social issues.
Here are two examples:
December 3rd – (International Day of Disabled Persons)
Some of the greatest success stories you will ever hear are about people who overcame difficulties to reach their goals. Many people with disabilities learn to overcome challenges others would never even attempt. Are you, or is someone you know, disabled? How can a disability make life more difficult? Is there any way that a disability can make life better? Write about a disabled person specifically, or about disability in general.December 4th – (Mary Celeste was found)
On December 4th, 1872, a British ship came across another ship, the Mary Celeste, which was drifting in the Atlantic Ocean. The Mary Celeste was sailing from New York to Genoa, Italy. The captain, his wife, their daughter and the crew of eight were all missing from the ship. They were never found and nobody knows why they left the ship. The ship still had food, water and all its cargo. What do you think happened?How to implement it:
- Daily Starts: Start your morning or English period with a 10-minute quiet writing session.
- Fast-Finisher Activity: Keep your “early birds” engaged with a meaningful task that doesn’t feel like “busy work.”
- Homeschool Portfolios: Use these daily entries to track progress in handwriting, grammar, and expressive thought throughout the year.
- Digital or Print: These pages are designed to be “print-and-go” ready, but they also work beautifully as digital assignments. Simply give them to your student(s) and allow them to create a word document for each. First, have them copy (type) the prompt. Then answer it! Print and place in a growing 3 ring-binder of work.
The Benefits of Daily Prompting
Daily writing is like a workout for the brain. By using these journals, students will:
- Build Writing Stamina
- Strengthen Critical Thinking
- Encourage Research
- Encourages Deep Thinking About Different Topics
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Thanksgiving themed alphabet cards – both upper and lower case letters. Students will enjoy the pilgrim hat theme as they…
- – identify each letter (extend learning by having students give the phonetic sound each letter makes)
- – match each upper case letter with its matching lower case letter
- – sort upper case letters from lower case letters
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$2.75Add to Cart20 FUN & ENGAGING Christmas Math worksheets – Ready to use!
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One of the most important life skills that we can teach any student is to think critically. One way to help students begin practicing and honing their critical thinking skills is through making connections through analogies. Here are 3 analogy worksheets with a St. Patrick’s Day theme that students will enjoy!
An analogy is a comparison between two things, comparing two things which are comparable in significant respects. Here are two examples of analogies that are included…
finish line : race :: pot of gold : ___________
olive branch : peace :: shamrock : ___________These are multiple choice worksheets. Answer keys included.
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This informational article will explain to students that the word “Hispanic” is a cultural word and that people from more than 20 countries and nationalities are considered Hispanic. This cultural people group can be divided in many ways. There are Indo-Hispanics, Afro-Hispanics, Cuban-Americans and Mexican-Americans. Students will also learn how those ethnic groups can be broken down into other groups and why there has been an entire month dedicated to celebrating the many cultural diversities and people of Hispanic descent.
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Whether late December or early January, this holiday resource will provide your students with a quick lesson on New Year’s Day. After they read the passage, their attention to detail is accessed as they answer five short answer questions and then complete a crossword puzzle.
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Fun, engaging games to use on MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.) Day or any day of the year with early elementary students.
Includes:
– 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. picture puzzles (one BW and the other in color)
– 2 word search puzzles (different difficulty levels)
– 1 mazeWhy puzzles?
- – Why word puzzles? Studies have shown that word search and other word puzzles can help improve memory, focus, vocabulary, word recognition, pattern recognition, and overall mental acuity!
- – Why mazes? Solving mazes also boosts patience and persistence and teaches them about the rewards of work.
- – Why picture puzzles? Picture puzzles help improve short-term memory. Our short-term memory helps us remember shapes and colors and visualize the bigger picture to figure out which pieces will fit together.
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December Language Arts & Math Activities for Kindergarten – 1st Grade (No Prep) to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$3.00Add to CartThis December Language Arts & Math Activities for Kindergarten – 1st Grade resource is filled with ENGAGING and FUN resources that get kids excited about learning…and you’ll receive a FULL MONTH of Christmas-themed pages to use…as morning work, in your centers, during class or to send home as homework!
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Students will learn all about Hanukkah as they create lasting projects they will cherish using this resource!
Includes:
- Reference information for students begin their learning journey
- Create-a-book project for each student to complete
- Research writing project – Notebooking section
- Dreidel template with directions on how to play the game.
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This resource will help students learn about Eli Whitney, the man, his inventions and his impact on the U.S. economy.
Unit includes…
- – Informational articles on Whitney, the cotton gin, cotton, and his economic influence
- – Worksheets to assess understanding of material
- – 10 Notebooking / Report pages
- – Answer Keys
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A fun certificate to give to Dad on Father’s Day or anytime!
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Christmas Math for Kindergarten is perfect for the holidays with 18 engaging worksheets that can be used in math centers, for seat work or fun, holiday homework.
Skills:
* Number recognition
* Number word recognition
* Simple 1 digit addition and subtraction
* Fine motor skills through tracing numbers and number words as well as cutting and pasting! -
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Designed for early learners, this Thanksgiving edition of Color, Trace, Write and Draw will introduce (or reinforce) 5 holiday themed vocabulary words while giving them the opportunity to practice fine motor skills, tracing words, writing words and drawing!
Holiday themed vocabulary: cornucopia, Mayflower, turkey, pilgrims, pumpkin
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A fun certificate to give to Dad on Father’s Day or anytime!
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Students will learn about the first Thanksgiving with this resource. It includes a 13 slide PowerPoint presentation and a pdf file of the slides for printing. Information includes the arrival and first winter, the befriending of Native Americans, proclamation of the first celebratory feast and the food that was most likely eaten and President Lincoln’s proclamation of a national Thanksgiving.
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Stop the “I don’t know what to write about!” struggle before it starts. This daily writing prompts resource provides a seamless solution for developing consistent writing habits, critical thinking skills, and creative expression for students in 4th – 12th Grade. Whether it’s a deep dive into facts and history or a light-hearted reflection, this month’s prompts ensure your students have a meaningful reason to put pen to paper every single day.
What’s Included?
This isn’t just a list of sentences; it is a complete journaling system. Each month is packed with:
- Individual Journal Pages: A unique, dedicated page for every day of the month.
- Diverse Prompt Styles: A balanced mix of “light and fun” topics and “deep-dive” prompts that challenge students to think critically about values, history, and social issues.
Here are two examples:
June 8th – (Word Oceans Day)
Have you ever been to the ocean? If so, how did you feel the first time you saw it? The world oceans are vital to our existence. What would happen is all of our oceans became polluted? How can we keep our oceans clean?June 16th – (1st Roller Coaster built)
The first roller coaster was built in 1884 on Coney Island in New York. Have you ever ridden on a roller coaster? Do you like roller coasters? Why or why not? What makes roller coasters scary (or too scary) or fun (or not really…)?How to implement it:
- Daily Starts: Start your morning or English period with a 10-minute quiet writing session.
- Fast-Finisher Activity: Keep your “early birds” engaged with a meaningful task that doesn’t feel like “busy work.”
- Homeschool Portfolios: Use these daily entries to track progress in handwriting, grammar, and expressive thought throughout the year.
- Digital or Print: These pages are designed to be “print-and-go” ready, but they also work beautifully as digital assignments. Simply give them to your student(s) and allow them to create a word document for each. First, have them copy (type) the prompt. Then answer it! Print and place in a growing 3 ring-binder of work.
The Benefits of Daily Prompting
Daily writing is like a workout for the brain. By using these journals, students will:
- Build Writing Stamina
- Strengthen Critical Thinking
- Encourage Research
- Encourages Deep Thinking About Different Topics
My Teaching Library has writing prompts for the entire year – BUNDLE & SAVE: Daily Writing Prompt Journal – ONE YEAR BUNDLE
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Encourage your students to actively document and reflect on the history, significance, and traditions of America’s fallen heroes with the Memorial Day Notebooking Unit from My Teaching Library! Shifting away from rote worksheets and rigid, standardized memorization, this comprehensive resource provides a creative “show and tell” design that transforms traditional testing into a highly personalized student portfolio.
This project-ready unit includes flexible materials, featuring both a vibrant full-color edition and an ink-saving black-and-white print version. It provides everything required to guide your students through research-based or curriculum-aligned history and language arts projects.
Inside this multi-grade resource pack, you’ll find:
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The Essentials of Notebooking: Step-by-step introduction guidelines explaining how to pair visual components with written reports to capture deeper academic retention.
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Suggested Study Materials: Curated lists of holiday book recommendations and a topical master list of research paths—including the history of the red poppy, the music behind “Taps”, military medals, historic war generals, and the biography of Medal of Honor recipient Mary Edwards Walker.
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Vast Vocabulary Builder: An expansive reference list featuring 240 themed vocabulary words alongside dedicated word-and-definition layout pages to bolster spelling and reading comprehension.
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Creative Writing & Poetry Layouts: Pre-designed templates for structuring historical timelines, writing quote reflections, and composing structured holiday poetry, including acrostic poetry frames (for words like Service, Memorial, and Remember) and historical ballad guides.
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Diverse Notebook Layouts: Customizable notebook cover sheets and multi-tier lined pages mixed with framed sketch areas, accommodating all age levels from primary handwriting practice to advanced secondary essays.
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Administrative & Grading Tools: A project K-W-L chart, formalized research source trackers, and a complete ready-to-print Notebooking Evaluation Rubric to easily assess content accuracy, effort, presentation, and organization.
Whether you use this resource to supplement your current history studies or as a standalone project-based research unit, it offers an honorable and highly customizable way to bring the meaning of Memorial Day to life in your learning environment.
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Designed to reinforce important 1st grade math skills ,your 1st grade students will love the cute bears, penguins, hearts and other cute graphics that fill the pages. 16 different colorful worksheets. To save ink cost, these print well in black and white only as well!
