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Kindness Lessons for the Elementary Classroom

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Autobiography Poem

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October Doodle Art

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Download different October doodle templates to have your students design and create a "funky" design! Then students can write about different ideas that correlate to their art.You'll get a pumpkin, coffee cup, and a leaf.You can choose to have them

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

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Not Grade Specific

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Projects, Printables

$2.50

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George Washington Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Celebrate Presidents' Day by creating this fun craftivity! Students will be able to create a cute George Washington while reviewing key information about our first president's life. This is simple, fun, and easy. Students will enjoy constructing

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Writing, Presidents' Day

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities

$3.25

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What Makes You Proud? What Are Your Goals? Bulletin Board Set

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is an interactive bulletin board set that contains two titles:What Makes You Proud?What Are Your Goals?You will have to trace the large letters using some sort of projector. Directions are included on how to make it look like the example

Subjects:

Character Education, Back to School, End of Year

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.00

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Reasons Why We Love Our Class {Bulletin Board}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This is the perfect bulletin board for Valentine's Day or for the whole year. Students can use the included hearts to write reasons why they love their class and classmates. You can also just use the title and use post-it notes for your students'

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Character Education, Valentine's Day, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.75

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Daily Kindness Challenge Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Challenge your students to show or complete an act of kindness daily with this bulletin board.The purpose of this Kindness Challenge bulletin board is to use it with my monthly kindness calendars. Choose from different title display options. Choose

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Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities, For Principals & Administrators

$3.00

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Calendar Set and Schedule Cards

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This calendar set is black and white and will make your classroom POP!It includes:schedule cardstime cardsnumbers for the calendarimage of calendar to be enlarged at a printing service (like Walgreens)month cardsdays of the week cardseditable

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Classroom Management, Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.00

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OWL Always Love You Valentine's Day Craft

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

**Updated in 2018 with writing lines for the back of the owl.** Use this fun craftivity to have your students celebrate Valentine's Day by knowing that "OWL" always love you! Included with the craftivity are blackline masters for each part of the

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Valentine's Day

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities

$4.00

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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

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English Language Arts, Math, Writing

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

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Activities, Handouts

$5.50

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First Week of School Activities

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

This file includes 9 activities that your students can complete on the first day or first week of school. Here's what you get:Roll the DicePut your students in pairs and have them roll a die. Have them share out something about themselves depending

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Back to School

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

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Worksheets, Activities

$2.00

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Daily Goals: Student Contracts

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

For many teachers, a main challenge can be student behavior and self motivation. I have come up with different strategies to help certain students gain accountability for their actions-academically, behaviorally, emotionally, and socially. This

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

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

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Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

$5.00

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Mathematical Practice Conversation Posters and Cards

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Mathematical Practice Conversation Posters and Cards **BLACK and WHITE and COLOR** The eight mathematical practices have been deconstructed and transformed into student friendly sentence frames which help students start and maintain mathematical

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Math, Oral Communication

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, MP6, MP7, MP8

$6.00

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April Doodle Art

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Download different April templates to have your students design and create a "funky" design! Then students can write about different ideas that correlate to their art.Doodles include:PeepsCloudEggButterflyAlso included are PNG images that you upload

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Holidays/Seasonal, Easter, Spring

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Not Grade Specific

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$2.50

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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

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Writing

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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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

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U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal

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Not Grade Specific

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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

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Projects, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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Hand Washing Posters and Anchor Chart

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

*Just added images of the posters containing all of the steps so you can upload to a printing service to create large posters for your classroom!*These posters and anchor chart can be set up next to a sink that is in or near your classroom. It's

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Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.25

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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

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English Language Arts

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities

$2.50

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January Doodle Art

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Updated for 2024!Download different January templates to have your students design and create a "funky" design! Then students can write about different ideas that correlate to their art.You can choose to have them write on a full page, and you can

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Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

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Not Grade Specific

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Projects, Printables

$2.75

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Kindness Quotes Poster Set

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

These posters are the perfect addition to the bulletin board space in your classroom. You'll get 12 posters, which means 12 different kindness quotes, displayed in black and white. Just print them out and display them!Want a monthly kindness

Subjects:

Character Education

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Not Grade Specific

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Posters, For Principals & Administrators

$3.00

Digital Download ZIP (11.78 MB)

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Abraham Lincoln Craftivity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Celebrate Presidents' Day by creating this fun craftivity! Students will be able to create a cute Honest Abe while reviewing key information about our 16th president's life. This is simple, fun, and easy. Students will enjoy constructing their Abes,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Presidents' Day

Grades:

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

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Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.25

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