Summer creative writing teacher tools

Writing Paper with Rubric and Picture Box | Editable Templates | Back to School

Created by

After many years of cutting out rubrics and stapling them on to writing samples, I realized I could embed them into the actual writing template! This has saved tons of time, trees, not to mention my hands (no more cutting out rubrics)! These templates were game changers the second I brought them into the classroom. My favorite thing about these writing templates is that it made grading writing more consistent. I no longer wondered what deserved As, Bs, Cs, etc. I simply follow the rubric criter

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Rubrics

Also included in: Primary Writing Bundle

KIDS COPING SKILLS! Stress Management Social Emotional Lesson + SEL Activities

Created by

WholeHearted School Counseling

Teach your students effective self-regulation strategies with this engaging social emotional learning activity and stress management coping skills lesson. Filled with awesome visual supports, this SEL coping tools toolbox helps children identify healthy calming tools to manage uncomfortable feelings. When children build their emotional regulation toolbox, they learn how to manage stress more effectively. A less stressed out brain means a child who is more ready to learn, focus in class, get al

Subjects:

Classroom Management, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Lesson

Also included in: School Counseling Bundle: Solution Focused Individual & Small Group Counseling

Paragraph of the Week

Created by

Teaching in Room 6

The ORIGINAL Paragraph of the Week program on TpT! This daily, scaffolded approach to paragraph writing is perfect to help get your students writing good, solid, detailed paragraphs. Students will write one weekly paragraph, focusing on the organization and format of the paragraph itself. There are 36 weeks worth of writing prompts (plus 5 BONUS prompts) in this 258 page file. All of the prompts are student-centered so that they will not get bogged down on the topic but rather focus on wri

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Homework, Centers

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

Also included in: Paragraph of the Week and Essay of the Month Writing Bundle

Persuasive Writing Donut Theme - Design a Donut Project - Art and Writing

Created by

The Knitted Apple

Kids love donuts, but writing? Not so much. Enter the "Design a Donut Contest," a persuasive writing project so delicious even your most reluctant writers can't resist. Your students will use their persuasive skills to pitch their dream donut for the coveted "Flavor of the Month" spot.You have two options for this exciting writing adventure: the digital version or the classic pencil-and-paper version.Note: I just gave the Donut Project a big update on February 5th, 2024. Please download the reso

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Visual Arts

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.2.1

, W.3.1

, W.4.1

, W.5.1

, W.5.1a

...

Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}

Lesson Plan Templates Editable Weekly Digital Printable | PPT Google Slides PDF

Created by

The Sassy Apple

Revamp your planning with these fun and editable lesson plan templates! These eye-catching lesson plan designs include options for adding text, links, or screenshots of activities or books you'd like to have in your plans. This resource is a .zip file that includes the following:☑️Editable PowerPoint to type your own text with the option to delete any unwanted text boxes☑️PDF file to print without text boxes and handwrite your own lesson plans☑️Editable PowerPoint to ADJUST and/or ADD rows and c

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Staff

Types:

Professional Documents, Printables, Lesson

Ontario Learning Skills Report Card Comments

Created by

2 SMART Chicks

*NEWLY UPDATED OCTOBER 2020 to include Virtual Learning and Covid-19 Comments*Completing the learning skills portion of the Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Ontario Learning Skills Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources for each of the 6 learning skills (Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative and Self-Regulation):• Progress Report Card Rubric & Next Steps

Subjects:

Character Education, Classroom Management, Specialty

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

Personal Narrative Writing Unit for First Grade

Created by

Susan Jones

This personal narrative writer's workshop unit is aligned with the common core standards! It uses small moments to help guide students in writing narratives about their life. This was designed with first grade in mind, but can easily work in kindergarten and second grade classrooms. I needed structure and guidance for my first graders to successfully write their own personal narratives, so I created this packet to do just that! In this unit:Teacher Tips from my classroomDaily lessons in the "I d

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.3

Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year

Solid Classroom Management System with 100 Procedures BUNDLE!

Created by

MyClassBloom

This is a bundle of 2 products to help your classroom run smooth and efficiently! A strong classroom management system goes hand in hand with efficient procedures to teach your students. This bundle is perfect for creating a classroom that runs smoothly, minimizes behaviors and distractions, and gives YOU the teacher more time to teach! Classroom Management SystemAre you at your wits end with classroom management? Are you spending much of your day correcting behavior or lecturing students instea

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Teacher Manuals, For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development

Emergency Sub Plan - Missing Teacher Substitute Teacher Lesson and Activity

Created by

Presto Plans

Emergency Sub Plan - Missing Teacher Substitute Teacher Lesson and Activity: This emergency sub plan is ready-to-use for any day off! This lesson and activity will keep your students totally engaged and on-task. The assignment is about your inexplicable absence and puts students in charge (by the principal) of investigating the reason you are not at school. Students will create a Missing Teacher poster and an investigative police case file that has them examine evidence and witness testimonies

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

THE BRAIN + STRESS RESPONSE: Social Emotional Learning Stress Management Lesson

Created by

WholeHearted School Counseling

Teach your students about the brain and stress response with this engaging social emotional learning lesson. Help children better understand the roles that their Thoughtful Turtle Brain (prefrontal cortex) and Protective Porcupine Brain (amygdala) play when we experience stress and big emotions. Empower them with calming tools that help with emotion regulation, which will also help you to reinforce compassionate, trauma sensitive classroom management.Topics Covered ✏️ Common Stressors✏️ The Fig

Subjects:

Classroom Management, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Lesson

Also included in: Bundle for Izza

Grade 1 Ontario Report Card Comments

Created by

2 SMART Chicks

***NOW UPDATED WITH 2023 LANGUAGE & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM***Completing the subject area portions of the Grade 1 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 1 Ontario Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Language (Oral Communication; Reading; Writing; Media Literacy) Report Card Rubric & Next Steps• Math (Number; Spatial Sense; Algebra; Data; Financial Literacy) Report Card Rubric &a

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Specialty

Grades:

1st

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

Grade 2 Ontario Report Card Comments

Created by

2 SMART Chicks

***NOW UPDATED WITH 2023 LANGUAGE & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM***Completing the subject area portions of the Grade 2 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 2 Ontario Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Language (Oral Communication; Reading; Writing; Media Literacy) Report Card Rubric & Next Steps• Math (Number; Spatial Sense; Algebra; Data; Financial Literacy) Report Card Rubric &a

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Specialty

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

Ocean - Ocean Animal Research Unit - Ocean Journal and Crafts

Created by

Caffeine and Classy

Splash into learning with this Ocean animal unit! This 115 page unit includes fact pages for ocean animals, full color images of ocean animals, blackline masters for interactive crafts, and an adorable scuba kid craft. This unit will be great and engaging for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.These ocean animals are included in this unit:StarfishSea turtlesDolphinsWhalesOctopusSeahorseSharksOrca WhalesJellyfishStingraysCrabsAnimal Crafts:Starfish flipbook, Sea turtle craft, dolphin

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Biology, Summer

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Ontario Kindergarten Guide -> Report Card Comments/Assessment/Documentation

Created by

Alessia Albanese

***UPDATED May 2024 -> now includes additional SAMPLE END OF YEAR report cards***NEW -> Google Slides link to download editable report card TEMPLATES ***UPDATED November 2022 -> Parent-Teacher Interview template included******UPDATED June 2022 -> Phys. Ed./Health/Music/Drama/Dance comments are included******UPDATED October 2021 -> now includes 16 SAMPLE PROGRESS report cards in addition to sample term 1 and term 2 report cards******UPDATED May 2021 -> now includes over 9 pages

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Assessment, Professional Documents

Narrative Writing Unit: Grades 7-12

Created by

Cult of Pedagogy

This unit will take you and your students through the process of planning, drafting, revising, and polishing a narrative piece. These resources will work for personal narratives or fictional short stories, because the skills needed for both forms are the same.The first few days are structured, whole-class lessons. After that, the class moves into a series of writer’s workshop days as students complete mini-lessons and work on developing their own stories.NEW REMOTE TEACHING SUPPLEMENT: If you ar

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Short Stories

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

, RL.8.2

, W.7.3

...

Ocean Activities & Lesson Plans Unit for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Play to Learn Preschool

Learn all about the OCEAN, ocean ANIMALS, and going to the BEACH in this OCEAN CIRCLE TIME UNIT. All of the lesson plans and activities for ten full days of circle time instruction, plus literacy, math, and fine motor centers are included. Includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photograph posters and class pollOcean or Not? - animal sortingAt the Beach - photographs and "I See Sea Shells" songSharks - photographs and labeling parts of a shark Ocean Mammals - photographs, song, labelingF

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Child Care, Summer

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Complete Preschool Pre-K Curriculum

Ratios Unit | Ratios with Tables, Graphs, and Proportions | 6th Grade Worksheets

Created by

Maneuvering the Middle

A 10 day CCSS-Aligned Ratios and Proportions Unit including: introducing ratios to applying ratios to problem situations, modeling ratios with tape diagrams, using proportional reasoning, and incorporating ratio tables, equations, and graphs.Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!

Subjects:

Math, Tools for Common Core, Word Problems

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans

CCSS:

...

Bubble Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

First Grade Roars

Enjoy the last week of school with fun end of the year themed days. Bubble day is a great way to learn about bubbles and bubble gum while having fun too! Go outside and enjoy the fresh air with a bubble experiment. There are literature extension activities, word work activities, writing, math activities, crafts, manipulatives and so much more. Your students will LOVE this special day filled with fun. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read all about Bubbl

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, End of Year

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.3

, RI.1.1

, RI.1.2

, RF.1.1

...

Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Writing Poetry in the Primary Grades

Created by

Susan Jones

This poetry unit for first and second grade gets students writing both form and free-verse poems as they let their creativity fly!My students love to write poetry as a break from our traditional writing units. They really buy into the "no rules" aspect of free-verse poetry and when I show them different examples of poetry, they tend to take off and make many different writing pieces. I hope you and your students have as much fun as we do with this one!In this unit:Teacher Examples for each type

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year

Sub Plans 1st Grade

Created by

Create-Abilities

This emergency sub plan kit has everything you need to ensure your school day runs smoothly while you're gone. Planning for substitutes can be harder than just coming into work sick. However, with this set, you will have no-prep, print and go, reading, writing, math, science, and art activities that make sure your kids are still learning while you get the rest you need. Included in this 175-page download are printables, graphic organizers, and more that cover:Classroom Management and Organizatio

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Close Reading, Creative Writing

Grades:

1st

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, Lesson

Also included in: Sub Plans BUNDLE K-5

"Task Don't Ask" 50+ Ways For Teachers to Task and Increase Student Engagement

Created by

MyClassBloom

Are you looking for a way to engage ALL your students? TASK don't ASK! Tasking is an effective teaching strategy you can use in your classroom in order to increase student engagement. When you simply ask your class a question, you're only engaging the handful of students who raise their hand. Instead, replace your question with a "task." When you do this, ALL students are accountable to complete the task.An example of asking looks like:"Who can tell me the 4 types of precipitation?"An example of

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Teacher Manuals, For Principals & Administrators

Also included in: Classroom Management System with 100 Detailed Procedures and 50 Ways to Task

Taylor Swift Classroom Rules Poster Set - Now With Customizable Rules!

Created by

Thinking Outside the Lines

This Taylor Swift Classroom Rules and Expectations poster set is a great addition to any Swiftie's classroom! Make going over expectations at the beginning of the year fun and engaging with these lyric posters! *Now with a PowerPoint version in which you can customize EVERY rule! (Lyrics, colors, and clipart are NOT editable - just the rule below the lyric is)In this product, you will receive:1 PDF file AND 2 Powerpoint file. Both files include the following:1 PremadeTitle Poster (11" x 8.5")2

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, Classroom Management

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Lesson

Also included in: Taylor Swift Inspired Classroom Decor Theme GROWING BUNDLE! | Swiftie Classroom!

First Grade Writer's Workshop units

Created by

Susan Jones

This first grade writing bundle is aligned to the Common Core standards and helps students with personal narratives, opinion writing, and informative writing as they work through the writing process. Students will brainstorm, draw, write, revise, edit and publish their own writing pieces for each genre of writing. This unit covers narrative writing, opinion writing and informative writing for all first grade writing standards!Each unit includes:Daily lessons set up in the "I do, We do, You do" f

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.1.5

, W.1.6

...

8th Grade Geometry | Pythagorean Theorem Unit | Distance on a Coordinate Plane

Created by

Maneuvering the Middle

An 8 day CCSS-Aligned Pythagorean Theorem Unit - including the Pythagorean Theorem, the Pythagorean converse, Pythagorean theorem word problems, distance on a coordinate plane, and 3D applications of Pythagorean theorem. Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.G.6, 8.G

Subjects:

Geometry, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

8th

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans

CCSS:

8.G.B.6

, 8.G.B.7

, 8.G.B.8

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