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Creative writing activities for staff
Elf Yourself Holiday Activity - Christmas Writing & Craft | Craftivity Ornament
Looking for a festive holiday writing activity? Bring some holiday fun to your classroom or school with Elf Yourself! This fun Christmas writing activity takes photos of your students and turns them into holiday elves! Use as a Christmas writing activity or create a holiday themed door or bulletin board display. These personalized elves also make great parent Christmas gifts, tree ornaments or keepsakes. You can even use this resource to secretly "elf" another class. This resource is a fun and e
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PreK - 5th, Staff
Scattergories Kids Version
Our favorite classroom game is SCATTERGORIES! This classic game has kid friendly topics such as "items in your backpack", "games played in P.E.", "lunch choices", and "famous book characters". Scattergories is the perfect team building activity to help students work on social-emotional group work skills such as listening to others ideas, cooperating, compromising, communicating with others, and showing good sportsmanship during class games. This game is also great for small groups in a social
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K - 8th, Staff
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Handlettering Practice Sheets | Hand Lettering Practice Worksheets | Beginner
Looking to improve your handwriting skills? This packet contains a 100 pages of cursive and script handwriting practice sheets. This packet can be for anyone. There are several practices to help you fancy your writing. You can use with a brush pen, Crayola marker, calligraphy pen, ballpoint pen or pencil. You can also screenshot a page and upload to apps such as Procreate to practice on a tablet. Packet Includes: Basic strokes Uppercase LettersLowercase letters Connecting similar lettersC
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Adult Education, Staff
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Daily Picture Writing Prompts Bundle | Describing & Inferring Quick Write Tasks
Make 2024 your most ENGAGING and PRODUCTIVE year of writing with our massive BUNDLE of PHOTOS AND VISUAL Writing Activities. This YEAR LONG collection of DAILY QUICK-WRITES, TEMPLATES and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS across all text types helps students MAKE INFERENCES, DESCRIBE and connect with their SENSES and write with CREATIVITY and FLAIR.YOU ARE GETTING 715 PAGES OF:⭐A Full Year of Amazing Visual Writing Prompts that can be used daily for QUICKWRITE and EXTENDED WRITING ACTIVITIES.⭐Our DIGITAL an
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Henry Box Brown Black History Month
If you've read the book Henry's Freedom Box, you know that it's a must for Black History Month...It's a picture book that chronicles the life of Henry Box Brown. He was a runaway slave that mailed himself in a wooden box to Philadelphia, in the US Mail. His tactic worked and he was finally free!
Included in this craftivity is a stick puppet (Henry) that "pops" out of a wooden box, labeled to Philadelphia. It's a cute craftivity that students should be able to do themselves, with the pictur
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K - 3rd, Staff
Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Missing Teacher Creative Writing Lesson and Poster for Substitute
Perfect for anytime the teacher won't be in the classroom! Just tell the class that the teacher is missing and they've got to help the police figure out what might have happened to him/her.
Even though my students knew where I was going that day, I had the substitute tell them that I never made it to my conference and they had to come up with the most creative and descriptive story they could in order to describe my day. Whether I had been snatched from the coffee shop by pirates and taken on a
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K - 12th, Staff
Harry Potter Coloring Pages Bundle | Harry Potter Activities | No Prep
Please enjoy these Harry Potter coloring pages for you students to enjoy. Great for a creative writing unit, indoor recess, supply days, early finishers and more. A great gift for any Potter Head! Let your imagination go wild!Please Follow our shop to get notifications on new products FOLLOW HEREWhat is included:House Crest coloring pagesDesign a sock for Dobby Design an invisibility cloak for Harry Help Hermione with her time turnerRon's Christmas sweaterDesign your own wand If you like this, m
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PreK - 6th, Staff
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Quote of the Week (Pack #1)
Famous quotes can be a great way to motivate students in your classroom. In my classroom, I hang a new quote each Monday and we discuss it as a class. Many of the quotes teach students to never give up, use their imaginations, be unique, or be a friend.
36 full-page quotes are included in color. Can be printed 2 or 4 to a page to save on paper. Just adjust your printer settings.
Download the preview for a glimpse of the quotes and colorful backgrounds.
Ideas for use:
1. Print, laminate, an
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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Creative Writing Prompt Game
Do you often wonder how to help those reluctant writers get started? How to spark their imagination and help guide their writing?Introducing the "Creative Writing Prompt Game!"This simple yet effective game can spark any students' imagination, and can be easily adapted to suit any style of writing or topic being studied.All you need are some dice, writing paper and pens, and the Creative Writing Topic Card of your choice, and away you go!Follow the instructions to help allocate 6 prompts for eac
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1st - 12th, Staff
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Book Companion and STEM Weather Unit
Use these materials with the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judith Barrett. There are 65 pages of materials to use along with the story! This is the perfect book companion for your Spring theme, Weather theme, Science-Infused literacy, or just to enjoy a few days of activities centered around this fun book! This unit includes: Reading Materials Science/STEM Activities Creative Writing Materials Here's a detailed list of what is included: Materials for Predictions and Favorite Part: W
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1st - 2nd, Staff
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Fractured Fairy Tales Unit- 40 lessons reading writing film making-US Spelling
Fairy Tales are short stories that can be used with children of all ages. Most children will have some background knowledge of at least a few fairy tales which makes this genre of writing accessible to all.This unit of work is aimed at Grade 5-7 but can be easily adapted lower or higher - in fact, I have included vocabulary lists from Grade 4 upwards!This unit includes:* Unit planner (8wks or 40lessons)* An Immersion /Introductory Lesson* Detailed lesson plans (with specific skill focuses listed
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PreK - 10th, Staff
Daily Gratitude Journal for the Month of November
It is easy to take the good things and people in our lives for granted but recent research suggests that consciously giving thanks for those very things can have profound effects on our well-being, relationships and productivity. Use this daily gratitude journal for the month of November to encourage students to focus on gratitude. Each page includes an area for the date, things and people I am grateful for, a "best part of my day" prompt and a daily gratitude question. A perfect activity for da
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Creative Writing Unit: No Prep Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers
Teaching Creative Narrative Writing is now effortless with step-by-step creative writing guide. Printable and digital student activities perfect for a no prep writing unit, Google Classroom activities or distance learning!This complete 12-day printable packet and Google Doc has everything you need to teach creative narrative writing from start to finish!Enjoy this common-core aligned fail-proof "SSCCDDL" mnemonic = "Skittle" Method for colorful creative writing!Use this PDF or editable Google Do
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6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Creative Writing Syllabus, Quarterly Calendars, Warm-ups, and Activities -CCSS
This 37-page posting offers my syllabus and 4 quarters of agendas, writing warm-ups, projects, etc for for Creative Writing 1 and for Creative Writing 2, 3, 4 for grades 9-12. I added the quarterly agendas after I noted from the comments that some teachers wanted more clarity on how to take the material from this packet and fit it into a calendar. Use them as a jumping off point to fit your students' skills, abilities and needs.Download this packet to getA Creative Writing 1 Syllabus4 quarters o
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6th - 12th, Staff
Thanksgiving Turkey I Am Thankful Craft / Craftivity
This cute craft / craftivity Pack Includes large turkey, high definition craft for projects or personal lessons.
Included are:
-8.5"x11" Turkey Black and White Cut-Out
-8.5"x11" Turkey Color Cut-Out
-8.5"x11" Feather " I Am Thankful For" Cut-Out
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PreK - 6th, Staff
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Year In Review Book- End of the year activity for Pre-K & Kindergarten
I am literally obsessed. I have been so stressed trying to come up with something that's doable in class, memorable, cute and creative, but also realistic. I don't think I've ever been more excited than I am for this! If you're like me, I want the students to create something that they'll look back on when they're 20 years old and be reminded of the sweetest Pre-K or Kindergarten class. Hopefully, this will be that! To ensure it last, I am going to print the pages (front and back) on card stock,
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PreK - K, Staff
EARLY FINISHER TASK CARDS
Early finisher activities - 50 task cards, PowerPoint slides or Google slides for early finishers - Perfect for distance learning Google Classroom activities. Your early finishers in any subject or grade now have meaningful (arguably life-altering) prompts to keep them engaged every second of class! 50 inspirational writing prompts are also perfect for distance learning!Zip Includes:50 Task Cards50 PowerPoint slides50 Google Slides These early finisher task cards promote motivation, inspiration,
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: ELA TASK CARDS BUNDLE: Grades 3, 4, 5, 6
Retirement card for teacher, staff, or principal
This is a fun way for your students to honor someone retiring. This card is open to more than educators.The theme is "Retirement Bucket Ideas" and there are 36 unique prompts. There is also a blank template so students can do their own. There are 26 prompts with girls on it, and the same prompts with boys on them. Perfect fit for a male retiree or a female retiree. 2 per page. I recommend running it off and students can pick one, or you assign to them. There are 10 neutral cards that can
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2nd - 6th, Staff
Also included in: Retirement Card Bundle
Shoes retirement card for teacher, staff, or principal
This is a fun way for your students to honor someone retiring. This card is open to more than educators.The theme is "Kick off your shoes and..." This is not editable and there is NOT A blank template. Perfect fit for a male retiree or a female retiree. There are teacher directions and student directions with a circle map.Cut shoe or make a book. Enjoy!Ideas for retirement are:Go whale watchingRide your bike to…Eat Ice Cream with a friendLearn an instrumentGo water skiingBuild somethingGo
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2nd - 6th, Staff
Also included in: Retirement Card Bundle
Halloween Bulletin Board | October Bulletin Class Decor Set | Hocus Pocus
Halloween may be spooky, but talking about mental health goals doesn't have to be with this SEL Halloween decor bulletin board set to support social emotional learning. Perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade classes, school hallways or counseling offices. Includes festive clipart pennants and a ghost Halloween writing activity, so that each student (or staff member) can write their wellness goal. Hot tip: You can even use this bulletin set in the staff room lounge!Psst! You can SAVE
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1st - 3rd, Staff
Also included in: Fall Activities for Social Emotional Learning Bundle
Winter Bulletin Board | Mindfulness Activities | Counseling SEL Office Decor
Through the happy chaos that winter celebrations bring, comes blistery burnout. This SEL Winter decor bulletin board set, challenges students to think of mindful activities that can help remind both staff and students to stay grounded, calm and self-regulated. Perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade classes, school hallways or counseling offices. Includes water-colour Scandi-inspired clipart and a snowball writing activity, so that each student (or staff member) can write what mindful
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1st - 3rd, Staff
Also included in: Winter Bulletin Board Ideas | Counseling Bulletin Boards for SEL
My Weekend Report
My Weekend Report - Start your week with something fun for your students to do. Select one of the work pages and have them complete it about their weekend. Then, throughout the day read their weekend reports to the class. It is a wonderful discussion starter.There are only 3 work pages in this unit.
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PreK - 4th, Staff
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Printable Speech Bubbles With Lines and Without Lines
Printable Speech Bubbles with lines or without lines for your projects or presentations. Ready to print and use. There are two sizes available for each speech bubble. There is a full page speech bubble and medium sized speech bubbles in which 2 come in 1 page. Some ideas include: plays, projects, bulletin boards, creative writing, etc,.Includes:✅10 Full page speech bubbles with lines✅10 Full page speech bubbles without lines✅10 medium sized speech bubbles with lines✅10 medium sized speech bubble
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K - 12th, Staff
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