Thanksgiving Plural Nouns Worksheet UPDATED

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Since it’s “thankful season,” let me first thank my family (especially my hubby) and friends for all their support as I’ve been building this blog. A HUGE thank you also goes out to those of you who have spread the word about my blog! I truly appreciate my readers and those teachers around the world who help the rising generation achieve their full potential.

Here’s my free printable Plural Nouns- Thanksgiving UPDATED worksheet! It asks students to change singular nouns to plural by adding -s. There are no irregulars on this worksheet, so this is a great page for second grade (maybe with teacher help reading the words) or third grade. This would also be helpful for ESL or ELL students who need some extra practice with plurals. Happy Turkey Day!

Thanksgiving Common vs. Proper Nouns Worksheet 2

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Thanksgiving common vs proper nouns 2 STICKER

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Use this free worksheet in your first, second or third grade class to teach common and proper nouns. Click here for the free PDF: Thanksgiving common vs proper nouns 2

Click here for last year’s Thanksgiving common vs. proper nouns worksheet!

Thanksgiving Color By Number (odd/evens sort)

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

This Thanksgiving color by number page seems appropriate for 3rd or 4th grade, depending on your students. It requires kids to determine if a number is in a certain number range and then if it’s odd or even (creating 8 possible groups where the number fits, which indicates the color for that section of the picture). Click here for the free printable PDF: Turkey color by number- sort odd-even Happy Thanksgiving!

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Scissor Practice Activity (Cute Paper Hedgehog!)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

There are always kids in preschool and kindergarten who need a little extra practice using scissors. So here’s a perfect activity… making an adorable paper hedgehog! Click here to see the tutorial.

Genius Teaching Tips!

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Desk name tags drive me nuts. So when I saw this idea (source) and just HAD to share it with you! Use an oil based Sharpie Paint Pen (available at craft and office supply stores) to write on the desk. It stays on just like a permanent marker, but you can see it better. Then at the end of the year when you’re ready to take it off, color over it with a whiteboard marker and it wipes off with a tissue! This same idea of erasing permanent marker with whiteboard markers also works on whiteboards, laminated posters, anchor charts, etc.

I’ve been focusing on multiplication facts with my kids lately, so, when I saw this idea I about fell over. (Yes, I’m always impressed by the creativity and pure genius I see in other educators!)! Kids shake the egg carton (above), and then multiply whatever numbers the chips land on. This can easily be switched to addition for younger kids. I love this idea and I’m excited to try it! (source)

This next genius idea (source) helps kids practice writing their letters the right size. It really helps younger students see what space should be used for lower case vs. upper case letters. This would be an awesome activity for kindergarten or first grade, even if you only did it once. You can buy pre-highlighted paper or just make your own using a highlighter. Making a bunch of these pages yourself is totally doable, but I recommend putting on a movie while you do it! 😉

Thankful Pumpkin Craft for Kids

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I saw this cute “Thankful Pumpkin” paper craft idea (source) and wanted to make some printables to go with it. I love the idea of helping kids remember what they’re thankful for. Activities like this are perfect opportunities to talk with kids about how blessed we really are!

Materials:

2 Sheets of Cardstock (to print these printables on: Thankful Pumpkin Printable)
Small Hole Punch
2 Brads
Green Construction Paper
Brown Pipe Cleaner

Directions

1. After you print the two printable pages, cut them into strips (cut on the lines).

2. Finish writing the “I am thankful for” phrases on 5 strips of cardstock.

3. Decorate the “Happy Thanksgiving” on the other 5 strips. Get Creative!

4. Make a small hole in the center of both ends of each strip. (Use small hole puncher or another tool to make the small holes.)

5. Stack the paper strips alternating the “I am thankful” and “Happy Thanksgiving”.

6. Stick the prongs of a brad through the holes on one end of the stack with the metal circle of the brad resting on the side with the writing. Secure Brad.

7. Fan out the slips with the writing side facing the table.

8. Pull up one strip and feed the prongs of the 2nd brad through the hole with the metal circle resting on the blank side of the strips. Continue putting strips on brad going in a circular pattern.

9. When all of the strips are on the brad and you have formed a ball, secure the brad by pushing the prongs down in opposite directions.

10. Cut 2 leaf shapes from the green construction paper. Poke a small hole at bottom of each leaf.

11. Wrap the brown pipe cleaner around a pencil to make a spiral shape. Gently slide the pipe cleaner off to keep spiral shape.

12. Lift up the prongs of brad, hold brad in place from below, and slide on leaves.

13. Place brown pipe cleaner next to prongs, push prongs down on top of pipe cleaner to securely attach the leaves and “stem”.

Here’s what it looked like when my friend tried it with her class:

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(Free!) Thanksgiving Graphing Worksheet

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Thanksgiving’s the time to be grateful… for cool stuff like bar graphs! So here’s my free graphing worksheet for your Thanksgiving pleasure! Click here for the PDF: Turkey Graphing

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Using Evidence From The Text (Free Poster)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Kids often need reminders to use evidence and support from the text when explaining or writing about a piece of text. Here’s a free printable poster for your classroom (near your guided reading table?) to remind kids to use textual evidence! Click here for the PDF: Show the Evidence Poster