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ANOTHER Freebie for St. Patrick's Day!

Sunday, March 6, 2016 No comments

I've just uploaded ANOTHER St. Patrick's Day Freebie to my TPT store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-St-Patricks-Day-Writing-Prompts-Papers-2432054

Click on the picture (or click here) to get it!

and, in case you missed it, I also have this March Freebie:

Click on the picture ( or click here) to get it!

Remember, you can get a great free kit each month when you follow my store at Teachers Pay Teachers! See here for details: Follower Freebies

It's Almost March! A St. Patrick's Day FREEBIE :)

Saturday, February 27, 2016 No comments

I've got a little St. Patrick's Day FREEBIE for you:

This quick and easy printable is a great activity that can be used anytime for a fun lesson, center activity, or filler activity. It will work well with all ages since you have the option to have students draw pictures, draw and label, or write in their responses.

Students will think of four things that make them "lucky". (You may wish do a whole group brainstorm session to get ideas flowing for younger students.) They will draw, draw and label, or write about each of their four ideas in each of the four sections of the four-leaf clover. In the middle of the clover, they will draw themself. These could also be made into a bulletin board, classroom or hallway display :)

Just click on the picture above or here to get this FREE from my TPT store! I've got some new things in my store, so I'd LOVE for you to check those out too: Click here to see my newest products.

More Halloween Freebies!

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 No comments

The other day I linked up to some Halloween FREEBIES from my blog in this post (click here to see them if you didn't grab them!)

I've got a few more today!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Bag-Toppers-FREEBIE-2149813

The first is a download for some Halloween Treat Bag Toppers. Instructions are included! Click on the picture to download this.

Next, I have a quick sheet if you need a little time filler or activity for Halloween. This can be used alone or as a pre-writing activity. Students will fill in their responses and then draw their costume on the figure. Click on the picture to download.

Hope you can use them!

LOTS of new things! I've been busy! Bundles and Revised Writing Center!!

Thursday, September 4, 2014 No comments

I was REALLY busy over Labor Day weekend! I've been updating, revising, and bundling products for my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Whew!

The good news is that you can save some money :) I like to keep my prices low in my store. As teachers, we spend too much money as it is. I decided, in addition to keeping prices on individual products low, to bundle some of my best selling products and offer the bundles at an even lower price. Of course, you can still get the individual products too.

Another big thing, I updated, revised and added a LOT to my best selling item - My Writing Center. The file has gone from 21 pages to 39 pages! I added more, differentiated samples and templates for student work. I also updated the fonts and made things pretty :)

Here are the results of all that work: (Click on the pictures to see more info)

Save With A Bundle: The Ultimate Writing Center and Interactive Word Wall Books

Save With A Bundle: The Author's Purpose is All About PIE and Reader's Toolbox of Reading Strategies

Save With A Bundle: Behavior Clip Chart System and Marzano Kid-Friendly Scales

Save With A Bundle: Word Family Houses and Read It, Build It, Write It - A Dolch Sight Words Center

And here's a picture of my updated (original) Writing Center!!! You can check out the free preview at TPT for more pictures.

I still have these Writing Centers too:

Don't Forget To Use Spaces! {Spaceman Freebie} for Made it Monday

Monday, August 18, 2014 18 comments

I've got a Spaceman Freebie but first, I have some new products added to my Teachers Pay Teachers store:

⤤ SUPER EASY to implement - GREAT for the first weeks of school!!!!

Click on the pictures to check them out or click HERE to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store and click HERE to get a FREE kit each month!!

Wonder how many times I've had to remind students to use spaces between words when writing? Maybe a million! I've been wanting some "spacemen" to help students remember to use those spaces, so I decided to make some.

If you would like to make some too, I have a free download for you right here:
{Click here or on the picture to download}

BTW, I post a lot of freebies on my blog - if you don't want to miss any of them, make sure to click on this button follow me on bloglovin':

There are a couple of ways to do this - the easiest would be to print on cardstock, laminate, and cut into strips. They can be used this way, might get a little worn after a while but it would be easy enough to replace them each school year.

To make them super sturdy, I wanted to make mine to fit on large craft sticks (the kind sized
6 inches x 3/4 inch). I bought these at Walmart:

I tried using Mod Podge at first, and that worked good,

but I realized I had a MUCH easier way to do it so I broke out my trusty Xyron machine with the laminate/permanent adhesive cartridge:

This:

That's the smaller one, that works just as good, I have the larger one here:

I got mine years ago and it's a lot cheaper now!

I loaded in the printout of Spacemen...

and out they came, laminated with permanent adhesive on the back.

Then I just cut out on the lines (I used my paper cutter) and peeled the backing off to stick on the craft stick.

I have these sized to fit the craft sticks exactly with just a little extra on the top and bottom.

I made that extra space on purpose - here's a little trick to trim off that top and bottom and make it perfectly molded to the stick. Use a fingernail file! Just use a downward motion pressing the file to the stick where the paper is hanging over. It files the paper and laminate away and shapes it to the edges of the stick:

Now they are ready to use!!

The ULTIMATE Writing Center!!! It's DONE!

Monday, June 30, 2014 No comments

I've been working and working and working on my new Writing Center and it's FINISHED!!! Woo-Hoo!!

Here's the description of this mega-writing kit available at Teachers Pay Teachers:

The ULTIMATE Writing Center. Don’t let the price fool you! This is an amazing 52-page kit!!! I choose to keep my prices low because we are all in the same boat as teachers! My goal is to make high quality items at low prices :) This kit contains SO MUCH, more than you will use! It was made so you can pick and choose what fits your needs. Samples in this kit are differentiated for you to select the ones that best meet your grade level. There are four titles to choose from and two sizes of topic headings to fit different sizes of tri-fold boards, bulletin boards, walls or binders.

This version is a “chalkboard style” with both colored chalk and white chalk included. Choose the one you like best. Tips, ideas, and photos for setting up your board are included in the download. The following items are also included:

1. Four different title styles to choose from (Colored Chalk and White Chalk styles included)
2. Two sizes of headings. Headings included are: Letter, Story, List, Card, Postcard, Poem, Recipe. (Colored Chalk and White Chalk styles included)
3. “What Can I Write About?” Story Prompts
4. "Super Synonyms" Printable
5. “What Good Writers Do” Printable
6. Alphabet/Number Chart
7. Bonus Writing Checklists - Cut and handout to students during the editing process
8. *Two Card Samples
9. *Two Letter Samples
10. *Two List Samples
11. *Story Sample
12. *Two Postcard Samples
13. *Two Poem Samples
14. *Recipe Sample
15. Postcard Template (two per page)
16. Card Template (two per page)
17. List Template (three per page)
18. Two Story Templates
19. Two Letter Templates

*This center includes printable samples/exampes for each writing topic. Most samples have two versions to meet the needs of different grade levels. You can easily print the samples and post them on your board, or you could handwrite your own samples so the students could see authentic writing.

A few more examples:

If you'd like to see more, check out the free preview on my page at Teacher's Pay Teachers!

Writing Center!!!

Friday, August 5, 2011 76 comments

I am SOOO excited to have this project finished! I have been working hard on getting my writing center put together and it's finally done!

I've recently updated this! It has a new look and LOTS of additional templates and samples!!!

This is available on Teacher's Pay Teachers for only $5.00!!! Everything you need to make a complete Writing Center as shown above (minus the tri-fold board).

Writing Center

Make a Writing Center! Everything you need to set up a center full of ideas and successful writing tools. I have made my center on a trifold project board so it will be portable, but this can also be used on walls, bulletin boards or placed in a Writing Notebook. Copies of "What Good Writers Do", "What Can I Write About?", Super Synonyms" and the alphabet chart are perfect to print for each student's writing journal/notebook.
Everything (samples and titles) are sized to fit a Trifold display board. Trifold boards can be purchased at Walmart, Target, Michaels,or any other craft or office supply stores.

This kit was made so you can pick and choose what fits your needs. Samples in this kit are differentiated for you to select the ones that best meet your grade level. There are two different titles to choose from and two sizes of titles to fit different sizes of tri-fold boards, bulletin boards, walls or binders. The larger titles are split onto several pages and will need to be cut and fit together.

Ideas and photos for setting up your board are included in the download. The following items are also included:
1. Two titles to choose from (Each title in 2 different sizes)
2. Example Headings. Headings included are: Letter, Story, List, Card, Postcard, Poem, Recipe, Book.
3. “What Can I Write About?” Story Prompts
4. "Super Synonyms" Printable
5. “What Good Writers Do” Printable
6. Alphabet/Number Chart
7. Bonus Writing Checklists - Cut and handout to students during the editing process
8. *Two Card Samples
9. *Two Letter Samples
10. *Two List Samples
11. *Book Samples and Story Sample
12. *Two Postcard Samples
13. *Two Poem Samples
14. *Recipe Sample
15. Postcard Template (two per page)
16. List Template (two per page)
17. Card Template (three per page)
18. Two Story Templates
19. Two Letter Templates

*This center includes printable samples/examples for each writing topic. Most samples have two versions to meet the needs of different grade levels. You can easily print the samples and post them on your board, or you could hand write your own samples so the students can see authentic writing.

** Update!** Just wanted to add an update to this post to mention that I have added two new versions of my Writing Center. While this original Writing Center continues to be my best seller, I just thought I would mention the additional choices :)

Here are the two new writing centers, the original is below in this post. Click on the photos to see these items and read their descriptions/view previews at Teachers Pay Teachers.