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My Future is So Bright {Writing Craftivity}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use this fun craftivity to have your students write about what they have learned during the school year. It's the perfect end of the year writing activity. Included with the craftivity are templates for boys and girls, writing papers with titles

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing, End of Year

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Projects, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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Haunted House Writing Lesson

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

UPDATED WITH A DIGITAL VERSION! {2020}UPDATED WITH WRITING SAMPLES {2019}This is a fun, engaging, and Halloween-inspired writing project. This download includes a lesson plan, writing booklets, and writing papers. The actual art project directions

Subjects:

Writing, Halloween

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.3, W.3.3, W.4.3

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Opinion Writing Posters and Graphic Organizer {OREO Writing}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

I love teaching Opinion Writing to my students, and I especially love using OREO writing to help my students understand the concept more clearly. This download has several OREO posters you can post around your room, along with directions on how to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Posters

CCSS:

W.2.1, W.3.1, W.4.1, W.3.1a, W.3.1b, W.3.1c

$5.00

103

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Happy New Year Writing Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

**Updated for 2024**Use this fun craftivity to have your students write about their New Year's resolutions, plans for 2024, and/or the excitement of the New Year! Included with the craftivity are templates for boys and girls, writing papers with

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing, The New Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Projects, Activities

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Kindness Lessons for the Elementary Classroom

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Whether you’re celebrating a week-long kindness themed week at your school or you’re looking for kindness activities to complete with just your class, I’ve got you covered!It’s important that we explicitly teach empathy, kindness, and compassion to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas, For Principals & Administrators

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140

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SMART Goals

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Empowering students with the ability to track their own progress and monitor their own goals can increase their academic achievement, as well as promote a positive social-emotional well-being. One way to support students in this process is by having

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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For Principals & Administrators, Google Apps

$3.00

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What Does the Text Say? {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a simple What Does the Text Say? bulletin board display to put up in your classroom. You get a "What Does the Text Say?" title and 13 though bubbles with sentence starters to help your students facilitate citing text in their writing.Just

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Math

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

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Veterans Day Informative Writing

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

In this download you get…*TWO informative text pieces (one for struggling readers and one for advanced readers)*Four square writing template*Bubble Map for brainstorming*Writing paper with upper grade lines*Writing paper with primary grade

Subjects:

Writing, Autumn, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.2, W.3.2, W.4.2

$4.25

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Success Criteria for Writing Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Have your students take more ownership of their learning by incorporating more and more success criteria. I created this bulletin board so students can understand what's expected of them while they're writing in different genres. My goal is that

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Assessment, Bulletin Board Ideas, Rubrics

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Newspaper Templates {Editable Titles}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Displaying your students' writing in creative ways helps students take ownership of their writing. You can use these newspaper templates to do just that! There is a template for each grade level, plus three templates that have editable

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.75

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March Comes in Like a Lion and Goes Out Like a Lamb {Writing Craftivity}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a cute writing craftivity that accompanies the sweet book, In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb, by Marion Dane Bauer. This is a project that has two sides, so you can hang it up in your classroom with a clothespin and everyone will have two

Subjects:

Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Lesson

CCSS:

L.3.5, L.3.5a, L.4.5b

$4.75

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Bookmarks! For all the things!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

These are the perfect companion for your students. I keep a ring of these bookmarks for each student at the table caddies. They are essential for annotating, writing, collaborative conversations, and more! You'll get a bookmark for each of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$5.50

123

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Discussion Cards for Collaboration

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use these cards to help your students facilitate effective conversations with each other. Use these in combinations with various articles and have students determine their opinion, compare or contrast, or determine the main idea of an article. They

Subjects:

Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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Community Helper Thank You Notes {Patriot Day}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

In this download, you'll find 30 note templates to send as "thank yous" to our community helpers. These notes can be written for Patriot Day, Veteran's Day, or Career Day. One set has the title "Thank You." Another set has the title "You Are

Subjects:

U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables

$3.00

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Troll Writing Craft

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

I made this troll craft as a writing project for my students for the beginning of the year. I included a writing idea about having a growth mindset, inspired by Trolls! You get FOUR troll templates to choose from, plus several writing papers with

Subjects:

Character Education, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Projects, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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Ugly Sweater Story Actvity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This resource will help students connect story details by creating an ugly sweater. You can use the slideshow (there's a link in the download) to display the information to students. Have students use the handouts in this PDF to help them brainstorm

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities

$2.50

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Success Criteria Bookmarks for ELA

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

*Just updated with Opinion Writing bookmarks!*Have your students take more ownership of their learning by incorporating more and more success criteria. I created different bookmarks that students can staple their writing pieces or other assignments

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Assessment

$3.25

Digital Download ZIP (8.55 MB)

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Day of the Dead {Informative Text and Writing}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

In this download you get THREE writing display options!You can choose from a simple writing paper option, flip book, or skeleton display that can be hung up to share both sides of students’ work.You can choose to have your students create their own

Subjects:

Writing, Halloween, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$4.25

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Responding to a Prompt Using R.A.C.E.

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is a direct instruction lesson to teach your students about using the writing strategy R.A.C.E. to respond to a prompt.R.A.C.E. stands for:Restate the promptAnswer the questionCite evidenceExplain your thinkingIn this download, you will get a 6

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Lesson

$3.75

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Figurative Language Fun Pack

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Use this Figurative Language Fun Pack to help supplement your lessons on figurative language! This 45 page fun pack includes... *Figurative Language definition list *Definition recording sheets *Independent practice sheets for -hyperboles

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$5.75

135

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