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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

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The Fridge Motivational Bulletin Board

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

I always try to create a collaborative culture in my classroom where we celebrate each other’s successes. When I was a kid, I was always so excited to post my work or positive notes home on our fridge. So, I thought why not do that in the

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Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

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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

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Visual Arts, Writing, The New Year

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

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Reciprocal Teaching Resources

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Reciprocal Teaching (RT) is a form of instruction that yields a high effect size. Using this strategy in your classroom will help give your students almost a full two years growth. This product will help you facilitate reciprocal teaching in your

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Informational Text, Close Reading

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

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$Rudolph Reindeer Math Activity$

Rudolph Reindeer Math Activity

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

*Updated with an EDITABLE nose so you can write your own word problems!*With this activity students can practice working out math word problems and justifying their responses, while still having some holiday fun.There are 6 multistep word problems

Subjects:

Word Problems, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

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3^rd, 5^th

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CCSS:

3.OA.D.8, 5.OA.A.1, MP1, MP2

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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

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Visual Arts, Writing

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

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Projects, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

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All About Bats {Informative Text, Craftivity, Comprehension, and Writing}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

All About Bats {Informative Text, Craftivity, Comprehension, and Writing}This fun writing assignment is great for Halloween!You get a bubble map, four square template, Fact Fold about bats, and a fun bat craftivity to display students' writing!Use

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Writing-Expository, Halloween

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

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Activities, Lesson

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End of the Year Daily Theme: Watermelon Fun!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Engage your students with some outside play and keep it academic, too! In this download, you'll get ideas for a whole day of fun with your students during that last week of school. Based on third-grade CCSS measurement and data standards, these

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Graphing, Physical Science, End of Year

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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CCSS:

1.MD.C.4, 2.MD.D.10, 3.MD.B.3

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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

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End of Day Mindfulness Activities

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This file includes 10 activities that your students can complete while they're packing up at the end of the day or during end-of-day quiet time. Here's what you get:Visual JournalHave students draw pictures to answer each question on the gridToday's

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Social Emotional Learning

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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 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

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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

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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

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts

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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

Subjects:

Back to School

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

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Worksheets, Activities

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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

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities

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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

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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

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Activities, Printables

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Notepad Templates {Insert Your Own Avatar}

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

You have to use your own avatar to create these notepads, and you must save them as images and upload them to a site like Vista Print to make notepads!Use this PPT file and insert your OWN avatar for the images to make notepads!This download

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Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities

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Word Detectives: A context clues game!

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Engage your students in this fun, interactive context clues game to reinforce your lesson on context clues. Students will become detectives around their classroom and solve secret word codes, while debunking definitions by using context

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RF.2.4c, RF.3.4c, RF.4.4c

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Literature Circle Printables

By Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

Updated May 2022: Literature Circle PrintablesThis Literature Circles Packet includes my version of Literature Circle jobs, activities, and instructions. There are five jobs included in this packet:Discussion DirectorWord WizardAdventuring

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

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