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Spring Butterfly Directed Drawing

April 3, 2016 By Proud to be Primary 9 Comments

This spring butterfly directed drawing creates a beautiful result and perfect for your spring lessons.

Materials

This directed drawing can be adapted for any primary classroom or completed at home with a few simple materials. You will need white art paper, pencils, erasers, fine black markers or Sharpie pens, and watercolor paints. I recommend proper paper meant for art because it can handle the water and paint and shouldn’t tear the paper if used properly.

When teaching this art lesson to a class I recommend standing front and center and using a large easel and chart paper to draw on. Students can sit at their desks with their supplies. I take things slow and draw each step and give each instruction one at a time. I give my students plenty of time to follow along and ask questions. You will have the most success if you model the lesson this way and take your time.

Directions

Below are all the steps for the spring butterfly directed drawing art lesson.

Place a large white piece of art paper in landscape orientation. Starting in the middle of the page draw a small circle. Add an oval going down from the circle and another smaller oval from the bottom. This is the 3 parts of a butterflies’ body (head, thorax, and abdomen).

To draw large upper wings, start on one side first and then the other. Draw a curved wing shape starting below the head up, around, and then connect it at the bottom of the thorax (middle body). Repeat on the other side.

To create the smaller lower wings, start at the outer corner of the top wing and draw a curved wing shape down and back up connecting with the bottom of the abdomen (lower body). Repeat on the other side.

Now add the designs to the butterfly’s wings. You can let children to get creative here and give them some examples or they can follow the steps.

Start by drawing a curved line along the inside of each lower wing. Follow that with a scalloped line inside. Finish with a circle in the center of the leftover space.

For the upper wings, start again with a curved line inside of each upper wing. Follow that with a scalloped line inside that. Draw a curved line from each inner point of the scalloped line to the thorax (upper body). Repeat on both sides.

Draw 2 antennae from the center of the head going out in different directions. Draw a swirl or circle at the end.

Adding details to the face is optional and would not take away any beauty if left blank. To add the details for the eyes, draw two circles at the top of the head. Draw small curves at the top for eyelids. Add 3 small eyelashes. Draw and color in pupils, leaving a small spot of white in each eye. Add a small smile and a tiny heart shaped nose, if you wish.

Use a fine point black marker or Sharpie pen to trace all the lines of your spring butterfly directed drawing. Erase the pencil lines with a good white eraser.

I usually complete the activity over two days or periods of time. On day one we complete the drawing and the tracing with a black marker. One day two we paint. If your class hasn’t used watercolour paints before, you should demonstrate how to make proper brush strokes with a paintbrush and the water to paint ratio. I usually use larger paintbrushes instead of the small ones that are normally included with watercolour paint sets.

Use watercolour paints to paint the body of the butterfly first, starting in the center and working your way outward. I used black for the entire body, being careful to not let it run anywhere or in the eyes.

Paint different parts of the butterfly’s wings in different bright colours (yellow, pink, green, blue, purple). Use one colour completely before moving on to the next colour.

You could continue to paint the background a different colour or leave it as is. The butterfly really pops when left against a white background. You could also cut the butterflies out and glue onto construction or other special paper.

Once everyone completes their spring butterfly directed drawing, they place them somewhere to dry completely. Don’t make the mistake to hang them or place them upright. Paint and water would drip down onto the butterflies. Once dry, I recommend hanging them up or creating a fun bulletin board display for spring.

You can download and print the instructions for the spring butterfly directed drawing to use in your classroom during your art lesson HERE.

Directed Drawing Mats

Add directed drawings to your weekly lesson plans to help children follow directions and build drawing skills. There are 5 different directed drawings included each month of Drawing Mats!

Looking for more directed drawing resources?

The ultimate guide to teaching directed drawing in the classroom. Directed drawing art activities help kids produce masterpieces and build confidence. This guide provides a listing of directed drawing resources, suggested materials, and FREE step by step tutorials. Click HERE to check it out!

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Word Work Sight Word Bundle

January 30, 2015 By Proud to be Primary Leave a Comment

Today I am introducing my Word Work Sight Word Bundle.

This bundle of word work printables will help your students learn their sight words by handwriting, stamping, drawing, and writing sentences with their sight words. Your students will learn to read and spell out each sight word with this activity.

There are 4 sets of differentiated worksheets (for Pre-Primer, Primer, 1st, and 2nd grade) and each word work sheet has 4-5 sight words on it for your students to practice and learn.

The Pre-Primer and Primer sheets have tracing, stamping, and fancy writing on each sheet.

The 1st grade sheets include a sentence to stamp.

The 2nd grade sheets include a spot to write a sentence with each sight word.

In this pack, you will get 38 pages of printable worksheets. It covers all the sight words from the Pre-Primer, Primer, First, and Second Grade sight word lists. It is differentiated all the way through and perfect for Kindergarten to 2nd grade.

Fill In’s & Fix-Its Bundle

September 30, 2014 By Proud to be Primary Leave a Comment

Have your students learn and practice their Dolch sight word lists in a fun and educational way. It’s the Fill- In’s & Fix-Its Dolch Sight Words Bundle.

Fill-ins and fix-its dolch sight word activities

This bundle of Fill-In’s and Fix-It printables will help your kiddos learn their sight words by reading and writing their sight words into sentences that make sense! They will also get some practice “fixing up” one or two sentences that have plenty of mistakes.

In this pack, you will get 38 pages of sentences to fill-in and fix with the Dolch sight words. It covers all the sight words from the Pre-Primer, Primer, First, and Second Grade sight word lists (4-5 words practiced on each sheet). It is differentiated all the way through and perfect for Kindergarten to 2nd grade.

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Find & Color Sight Word Bundle

August 30, 2014 By Proud to be Primary Leave a Comment

Today I am super pumped to share with you a fun activity I use ALL THE TIME and I think you and your kiddos will LOVE it! It’s my Find & Color Dolch Sight Words Bundle.

I teach the Dolch sight words list in my class, along with a phonics list of words each week. Teaching sight words has greatly improved how quickly and fluently my students read. Dolch compiled the list of sight words based on those words that are most often used in children’s reading books. They are the words that “must be quickly recognized in order to achieve reading fluency.”

Find & Color Dolch Sight Word activities

This bundle of Find & Color printables will help your kiddos learn their sight words the FUN way by searching through the sheet to find their words and then coloring it the color indicated!

In this pack, you will get 38 pages of sight word finding and coloring fun for your students to practice the Dolch sight words. It covers all the sight words from the Pre-Primer, Primer, First, and Second Grade sight word lists (4-5 words practiced on each sheet). It is perfect for Kindergarten through 2nd grade.

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Learning Our Letters

July 17, 2014 By Proud to be Primary Leave a Comment

I’m excited to introduce my new products to you today… Learning Our Letters Part #1 and 2.Learning Our Letters Part #1 has over 200 pages full of alphabet/letter activities to teach children about identifying and forming the letters of the alphabet and learning what starts with each letter.

*ALPHABET PLAY-DOH MATS & PRINTING PRACTICE CARDS. Form each letter using Play-Doh and then practice printing the letters.

*ALPHABET DOT TO DOT PRACTICE. Practice forming upper and lower case letters correctly using dot markers or bingo dabbers.

*LETTER SEARCH & COUNT SHEETS. Search for all the upper and lower case letters. Then count how many letters have been found.

*REAL PHOTO ALPHABET POSTER SET. Hang bright and colorful alphabet posters that feature real life photograph to match each letter.

*FLASH CARDS. 8 flashcards are included for each letter. 4 pictures of things that start with that letter and 4 letter cards to help with printing and games.

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Learning Our Letters Part #2 has almost 200 pages full of alphabet/letter activities to build upon a child’s knowledge of the letters of the alphabet, learning what starts with each letter, and building their phonemic awareness.

Click HERE to visit the product page and take a look at the PREVIEW for instructions and examples of the activities and materials provided in this pack.

This is perfect for PreK, Kindergarten, and First Grade (as review) students learning their letters, but could also be used by parents of young children or for homeschooling of young children.

All the activities are provided for all 26 letters of the alphabet. The activities included are:

*ALPHABET CHART & DESK STRIP

*FIND, COLOR, & COUNT SHEETS. Students will find and color the pictures that begin with each letter and then count how many.

*LETTER CRAFTS. Pieces are included to create a craft for each letter. Color and cut out pictures that start with each letter and put them together on a paper strip.

*SPOT THE LETTER MATS. Your students will love these search and fin mats where they must find as many things that begin with each letter as possible.

*LETTER & PICTURE PUZZLES. Put together a puzzles for each letter of the alphabet. Includes both color and black and white options.

*NON-FICTION ALPHABET BOOK WITH REAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Assemble a mini book for each letter of the alphabet. These mini books include 4 real life photographs of things starting with each letter.

Today, I’m sharing a FREEBIE sampler from Parts #1 & 2 for your use.

I would love to hear from you! tell me what you teach and how you would use these products with your students or your children?

Rainbow Chevron Classroom Decor

June 20, 2014 By Proud to be Primary 17 Comments

When I first started making products for TpT, I started off making decor packs for my classroom. I had some creative ideas about how I wanted things to look and thought that maybe someone else might want to brighten up their decor as well…and so came my rainbow chevron products.

I have many rainbow chevron products in my store, but I wanted to put together a bundle for buyers out there looking to decorate their entire classroom in style.

Introducing Rainbow Chevron MEGA Classroom Decor Bundle. It has 450 pages full of everything you need to decorate your classroom in this bright, colorful pattern. There are also EDITABLE files for you to customize your own labels, name tags, desk plates, binder covers, & more.

Check out some of the items in action in my own classroom and some of the extras included in this pack below.

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Here are my Rainbow Chevron Word Wall Headers from my kit (included in the BUNDLE). I love using a word wall in my classroom, but do not like how much room it takes up. For years, I’ve been searching for better ideas that do not mean me giving up an entire bulletin board.

Here is my lower wall word wall. Before this year, I didn’t have anything of importance on this lower wall…it was a bit of a waste of space. It is also right at our main carpet area, so finding a good purpose for it was important. I decided to give my word wall a new home.

First, I laminated large sheets of tag board in blue to suit my decor of purple, teal, and blue backgrounds. I cut the pieces to fit the lower wall and I taped it up. Next I laminated my word wall headers and taped those up along the top of the lower wall.

I love how it turned out and how functional it has been for my students and I to use. I add words every week after we learn them and my kiddos have an up close and personal relationship with it during poetry activities and word work. It’s at their level so it’s been a great use of space!
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Next up are my EDITABLE Rainbow Chevron Supply Labels (also included in the BUNDLE). I love to label things in my room. It makes it so much easier for students to find things when they are tucked in a shelf somewhere. I use labels for everything from school supplies, to art supplies, to math supplies. This labels can be used to label your classroom library book bins, your students cubbies, or your own teacher supplies! I love the rainbow chevron pattern as it’s colorful and looks cute on everything!

I have recently moved back to using binders instead of files to organize most of my materials and I love nothing more than a binder with a cute and colorful cover and spine. That is why I thought any classroom decor package must have coordinating binder covers and spine. I have included 42 covers with coordinating spines in all the colors of the rainbow! I have also included 8 covers and spines within the EDITABLE file for you to customize to suit your needs.

This is my teacher binder at home with some of the colorful covers available in the bundled pack only!

One of my essential classroom organization tools is my daily schedule and cards. I call it my “shape of the day” and kids love it too! Kids love knowing what they will be doing during the day and what is coming next. A visual schedule provides your students with a clear sense of what the day will bring so everyone can be better prepared!

I have included 52 schedule cards, plus 8 EDITABLE ones for you to customize. I love how these have turned out and can’t wait to get them up on my board for next school year!

If you love these schedule cards with scrappy kid graphics from Graphics from the Pond as much as I do, you will love the FREEBIE on my Facebook page. They go together perfectly!

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Included in this Rainbow Chevron Classrom Decor Bundle {450 pages + 2 EDITABLE files}

*2 Alphabet Poster Sets

*2 Number Poster Sets

*Color Posters

*Shape Posters

*Calendar, Weather & Birthday Sets

*Bulletin Board Letters

*NEW PACK OF EXTRAS including:
-welcome banner
-classroom signs
-clock labels
-binder covers & spines
-behavior chart
-60 schedule cards
-blank poster
-table sign

*2 EXTRA EDITABLE FILES with directions, including:
-binder covers
-banner
-desk plates
-name tags
-supply labels
-word wall cards
-posters
-schedule cards

My Rainbow Chevron Decor Bundle FREEBIE sample features my BRAND NEW Classroom Poster set with the adorable scrappy kids from Graphics from the Pond! Click HERE to visit my Facebook page during the Summer Stock to grab this FREEBIE for your own classroom!

{Example of one of the cute posters in the FREEBIE pack!}

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Classroom Organization

June 1, 2014 By Proud to be Primary 2 Comments

AN ORGANIZED CLASSROOM

I cannot express enough how important having an organized classroom is to me. It is important for me to spend some time before the school year starts getting my classroom organized for the coming year. It doesn’t always stay that way, but with some systems in place is can be maintained.

There are desks to set up, bins to fill & label, furniture to place strategically + more to organize around my classroom, materials to get ready, and a curriculum map to write/plan to keep me organized so I don’t forget to teach anything. 😉

I’ve been teaching for 8 years and let me tell you that I am still learning new ways to better organize my time and my blocks of instruction. I am not perfect and things do get a bit chaotic at times, yet having my classroom organized helps me and my students in many ways. Today I will share some of the things I do to stay organized and what things I plan on changing.

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Today, I will share a few of the things I do to stay organized through the year. I like to get most things ready before the school year starts.

1. Classroom Books

I really like the way I have organized my hundreds (probably thousands) of books in my room. I have 5 systems that keep things organized so piles of books don’t start appearing.

1. SMALL BINS – I have small bins of leveled readers lined up on the shelves above my library. After my assessments are done at the beginning of the year, I place a clothespin clip on the side of the bin that corresponds to that students current reading level. That way they know where to find their “just-right” books all year long. I love that I can easily move them along the levels.

2. CLASSROOM LIBRARY – Below the leveled readers, I have our general picture book library, where I have organized books into fiction/non-fictions, chapter books, magazines, and according to theme. I have a label on the front of each bin so students know where to find a type of book and where to return it later.

3. PERSONAL BOOK BINS – Every child in my rooms has their own personal book bin on the window ledge above my small bins. This is where they keep their books for our Drop Everything And Read time. They each have 3 “just-right” books inside, as well as 3 of their choice. They get to switch their books once a week before reading with me at the guided reading table.

4. TEACHER BOOKS – I am very lucky to have a large shelving unit above my kiddos cubbies. This is where I use fill boxes from Ikea (I think they are 5 for $2) and have all of my picture books organized into a different box for my favorite authors (Jan Brett, Mo Willems, Nick Bland, etc.), the different holidays (from Back-to-school to Summer), and themes (Weather, Animals, Canada, Friendship, Family, etc.). These are the books I don’t want in our general rotation all year long because I use them during our daily read alouds and for teaching lessons. The kids love that there are new books put out every month too!

5. GUIDED READING BOOKS – My school has a leveled book room where we can grab the books we need to teach to small groups. I then have those books in a separate book bin (Ikea again) behind my rainbow table for each group.

2. Students Supplies

I have a bit of a control problem when it comes to student supplies, but my goal is always to have our supplies last as long as possible. I like to have 2 colored containers on each table group that has our most used classroom materials – all the markers, pencils, and glue sticks. That way they are visible to my students and I and we work together to keep caps on and pencils sharp! In desks, we keep our crayons, pencil crayons, scissors, erasers, and binder.

5. Classroom Supplies

This year I started to organize all the “extra” supplies in bins on a separate shelving unit. I LOVE how this system works…we always know where everything is and we don’t have to go searching for things in our desks! Please tell me you have had the dried glue bottle or “I forgot to close the cap” moments like I have!!?? With this system…no more dried glue and no more ruler sword fights either 😉

4. WOW Work Bulletin Board & Portfolios

I use student portfolios in my classroom to organize and showcase the “BEST” work my kiddos produce throughout the year. It’s great to have ready to show parents during my student-led conferences and it’s a great keepsake at the end of the year! If you are interested in making these, you can read my full post HERE with all the details & freebies.

I use my WOW work bulletin board to display the work my students complete that they worked hard on. I love how easy it is to switch the work with clothespins, instead of staples. Thanks to Pinterest for the inspiration.

5. Bulletin Board Letters

Loving this system I saw my colleague do using mini filling boxes. I decided to use cue cards cut and wrote the letters of the alpahebt on the cards. Then placed the cards and bulletin board letters inside these little plastic containers I found at the Dollar Tree. It is so each to grab the letters you need and put them back. They stack nicely on a shelf and don’t take up much space. I have 4 boxes full. 🙂

5. Mailboxes & Student Numbers

Love this mailbox from Scholastic. It keeps all the notices to go home in my convenient place. I have clip with their student numbers under each mailbox so it is ready to go for the next year (thanks Pinterest for the idea). Love using student numbers as well…my kiddos know their numbers off by heart and it’s great for mixing up groups and organizing materials.

6. Curriculum Map

I use a curriculum map to plan out my entire year. Below is a page from my map that I used to teach first grade. It keeps my weeks organized with all subjects and on track so I don’t forget to teach anything. Things do change along the way, but having a plan like this helps a lot. I also have a bin behind my desk that is separated by week and inside are all my words and phonics/sight word activities for that week. If you are interested in a blank curriculum map, you can grab it HERE.

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There’s always a few improvements to be made each year…something that drives me crazy and I just don’t have time to tackle until the end of the year or beginning or during the summer. This summer, I will be searching for better ways of organizing…Pinterest and other teacher blogs will hopefully have some inspiration!

1. Student Work

This is where I keep all the work we finish that I don’t keep for their portfolios, send home, or keep in duo-tangs or binders. It becomes one massive, overflowing heap of work that takes us a few hours to organize at the end of the year. I have my students hand it out on desks, then I stuff it all in a folder and send home with the other end of the year stuff. I’m looking for suggestions here…

2. Sentence Strips

I have tons of sentence strips that I use for all of my poems of the week. I organize each month into one clip, but it becomes quite heavy for the hanging system I have right now on my cupboard walls. They always end up on the floor due to the weight, which drives me crazy. I’m thinking about buying those boxes that hold bulletin board borders and putting them in there, but then there’s a space issue of where to put those. Another project to tackle…

3. Focus Wall – LOVE love love my new Focus wall.

I recently switched from a full calendar wall to this focus wall. I like that it can change easily with clips and there’s room for me to change my anchor charts and weekly words. I have started to collect and organize a bin with small anchor chart posters for the various math and reading topics. However, I have a lot to still collect and make this summer. I plan on creating anchor chart posters for all my yearly themes, as well as all the phonics skills I teach thoughout the year.

4. Math Bins for Centers

I have all my math manipulative organized into separate bins with labels, which I love because all my kiddos know where everything is all year and it stays organized and mess free! (sorry no pictures) But next year I am going to start incorporating math centers into my math block. I will be teaching a grade 1/2 combined class next year, and teaching 2 grades of math frightens me some….so with centers organized for groups to work on when I’m working with another group will be super helpful. There are tons of great organizational ideas I have seen out there for having math centers and I can’t wait to start this new adventure.

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Hope you are enjoying your summer or your last few weeks, days with your kiddos! I know I am!!

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Springing Into Science

April 25, 2014 By Proud to be Primary 17 Comments

Happy Spring to everyone!

Today I am excited to share with you some of the activities from my Spring Surprises ELA & Science Bundle {frogs, butterflies, chickens & flowers} that we have been working on in my first grade classroom. I love teaching science and I think that bringing science lessons, experiments, and activities into the classroom is so engaging for kids!

This past week we have started 3 new focuses:

1.We have been learning about Spring and all the changes it brings, especially animals and living things.

2. We have begun to focus on non-fiction books, about reading non-fiction, the vocabulary, and text features.

3. We have been working on our reading comprehension, responding to text, and locating facts in text.

Therefore, I really wanted some interesting and informative activities that would tie in our science and ELA goals together…

Activity #1: Finding & Reading Facts about Frogs

First, we used the Frog Fact Sheets provided in my spring science pack to learn more about frogs. I started out by reading the fact sheets to my students so that we could have a discussion about frogs and learn some new vocabulary.

Next, I paired my students up and gave them their own copies to read together in partners to build their understanding and to hear the main facts about frogs again.

Then, they cut out all the frog facts from the cut & paste activity that goes along with the All About Frogs template. Before they were to paste the fact, they were encouraged to read each fact and locate it in the fact sheets, highlight it, and then glue down under the correct category.

This was great practice in not only reading comprehension and locating information in text, but in understanding non-fiction categories and headings, such as appearance, life cycle, habitat, diet, fun facts.

We worked really hard our this activity and my students learned TONS of new frog facts!

Activity #2: A Close Reading about a Butterflies’ Life Cycle

First, we used the Read & Respond activity about a butterflies’ life cycle provided in the bundle to learn more about butterflies. I started by reading the paragraph to my students and I showed them an anchor chart of the life cycle for them to have a visual.

Next, they worked with the same partner as the other activity (I like to do this because they are building new skills together with this person!) and they started by re-reading the paragraph on butterflies at their desks.

Then, they were to answer a page of questions related to the passage they read. I again encouraged them to locate the answers in the paragraph and highlight it. This also helps them when they are responding to narrow down the key information and have it easily accessible when answering the questions. We worked through the questions and I encouraged them to write their answers in complete sentences.

Overall, this activity was great practice for finding key information and for answering reading comprehension questions.

I would love to hear how you incorporate science into the curriculum?

Do you build reading skills with the use of non-fiction materials?

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If you are interested in seeing all the activities and materials provided in my Spring Surprises bundle you can read my blog post HERE or find it in my TpT store HERE. This bundle has everything you would need to teach about spring life sciences and is HUGE at almost 300 pages.

Also, I have the 4 spring science units included in the bundle {frogs, butterflies, chickens, flowers} available separately if you are interested.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have found some great science ideas for your own classroom!

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Trade & Grade

March 21, 2014 By Proud to be Primary Leave a Comment

Hi everyone! Welcome to Trade & Grade facebook group Blog Hop! I’m super excited today to talk about Jayne Gammon from Smart Kid’s Super Smart Informational Writing Pack.

After looking through the pack, I knew that I would be able to use a lot of the writing options in my first grade classroom. First I needed to teach my students about informational writing. I made this anchor chart to introduce the lesson and have a discussion. We talked about writing to give the reader information, to learn something new and came up with some examples that children could connect to.

Then I prepared a brace chart of one of the templates included to write about “Our Playground,” one of the writing choices in this great pack. I left the chart blank and my students and I went through it together coming up with ideas and writing the information piece together. This particular chart is divided sequentially into first, second, third, which my students and I felt helped use organize our thinking. This pack has many different types of charts and writing frames so students can become familiar with and practice using different templates.

We have completed lots of writing before now and my students are able to write independently. We have done a few how-to writing pieces before so I felt confident these activities would be a nice follow-up activity. I decided to use the level 2 writing templates with my students. In Jayne’s pack there are three levels of writing templates to make it easy for you to differentiate for your students.

After we wrote the playground piece together, I decided to give my students a choice of 4 of the informational writing templates out of the 8 included. I choose the topics that I thought my students would connect to best (all of the writing topics included are topics kids can relate to!). We talked about how it is best to choose a topic that you can relate to and know enough information about. The choices given were how to make a pizza, my pet, directions to my house and introducing my teacher.

They quickly choose their topics, took their template back to their desks and got started. My students got to work so quickly and quietly that I knew they were engaged! They felt confident to write about their chosen topic independently because the templates are clear and easy to follow. My students loved that there was a place to draw and something to color to go along with their writing. This writing activity was a complete success and my students enjoyed the experience!

I highly recommend Smart Chart’s Smart Writing Informational pack. For each topic you will find a chart and leveled writing frames to make differentiation easy!

It comes with some cute notebook dividers that could also be used as booklet covers if you wanted to make a book with many of the writing frames. There are also “super writer” awards to give the students after they complete their writing!

Jayne has put together a great freebie for you all to have as a sample. Click the image below! Don’t forget to leave her some love if you use!!

If you love what you see, you must also check out Jayne’s other smart writing packs on narratives, opinions and persuasive. Click the link below to view her bundled pack!

Click her button below to visit her blog and read all about Jayne’s review of my pre-primer sight work pack!!

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St. Patrick’s Day Fun Pack

February 24, 2014 By Proud to be Primary Leave a Comment

I can’t believe it’s almost March…WOW!

If you’re like me there are a few weeks left before Spring Break. I am often looking for some fun activities to do during the last week or so of school before the break.

This is the time I like to do our St. Patrick’s Day activities in class.

I’m happy to have finished my St. Patrick’s Day Fun Pack just in time to show you all and hope that it can provide you with simple, fun and educational activities to do with your class during March!

It is 80 pages long and appropriate for Kindergarten to Grade 2 depending on the levels of your kids.

It includes all that you see here in the Table of Contents.

You can teach the poem and have follow-up activities that are differentiated to meet all your students needs.

I’ve also included word cards and theme words. I use theme words in my class by having my students draw and color the words. Then I put them in our theme word pocket chart for easy reference during writing and reading activities!

Your kids will love the Leprechaun comic strip with thinking and talking bubbles to fill in. They will have such a great time making up the story in speech and thinking bubbles.

There are two activity books included: one full page book with 5 activities or a small half page book with 4 activities. You can pick and choose the activities to include with the covers or assign each activity separately!

Some of the activities included…

There are also two half-page story books to make: one is a read, trace & color book about things that are green and one is writing and drawing about green things.

A St. Patty’s day Board game is included with cards, instructions, game pieces and game board. Just print and and laminate ahead of time if you wish. Great for centre time!

There are tons of different writing activities to complete (differentiated with different amounts of lines, types of lines, with answers/without) and blank templates as well. These writing activities would go great with the Leprechaun craft below and would make such a cute bulletin board!

Here are a few up close…

There are also 2 adorable crafts included to dress up your bulletin boards for March! One is a dancing leprechaun craft and overlapping shamrock art. I can’t wait to make these with my kiddos…they were excited when I showed them! I’ve included all instructions with photos and templates to make preparation easy.

Here are the complete samples…

And finally there are 5 math activities included in the pack: a St. Patrick’s mystery picture, an addition story problem, subtraction story problem and 2 graphing activities.

If you are interested in grabbing a FREEBIE from the pack, it available TODAY ONLY through the Facebook-Free-For-All. It is a 10 page Poem of the Week called “Lucky Little Leprechauns.” If you are interested head over to my facebook page to grab it before it’s gone!