Teachers always need little “fillers” for when students finish a test early, you need to talk to a parent, etc. Try this Thanksgiving word scramble worksheet for fun! Click here for the free worksheet: Thanksgiving word scramble PDF
I’m always looking to incorporate goofy or holiday things into my lessons. So when I saw this, I just had to snap a photo! One teacher paired Halloween monsters with writing and art to teach alliteration. Each student first chose a letter and used only words starting with that letter to describe a monster they had made of construction paper. I’m not exaggerating when I say this was one of the most fun bulletin boards I’ve ever seen… not to mention it’s a way fun Halloween writing project!
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to meet or be friends with a real Pilgrim? Well, after introducing life in Plymouth, Massachusetts, students can answer this question and practice writing skills at the same time. Here’s a really simple activity:
1. Print the coloring page to the left (right click, choose “save image as” so you can save it to your computer and resize it later). You can print one for the whole class to look at or one for each student if you’d like.
2. Help the students brainstorm things they know about pilgrims. What are their names? What do they do everyday? What was their life like before they came to America?
3. Assign each student to write a character description of these two Pilgrims. Then color in the picture (if you gave one to each student).
4. Display the projects proudly for all to see!
Thanksgiving is around the corner, so it’s time to bring out the turkeys! And after all, who doesn’t love adjectives!? This page is appropriate for first or second grade. Click here for the free worksheet: Turkeys Love Adjectives Worksheet PDF Enjoy!
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Many teachers (especially in lower grades) assign reading at home each night. Here’s a reading log series I made with an extra festive touch for different times of the year just for fun. Click on the links below the image to download each page. Enjoy!
I saw this kind of worksheet in a kindergarten classroom recently and decided I could make my own. It’s always helpful to connect visuals with sounds when learning letter sounds.
By the end of 6th grade, a student who reads 20 minutes each night will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days. By the end of 6th grade, a student who reads 5 minutes each night will have read the equivalent of only 12 whole school days. Which do you think will have a better vocabulary? Which do you expect will be more successful in life?
Click to see the handout: reading 20 min each night
This one’s a fun Halloween writing project… We talked about transition words first, and then specifically sequencing words. Then each student wrote about the steps to carving a pumpkin. Then students made the classic construction paper jack-o-lantern during art time to go with the finished writing project. Simple, yet festive!
Here’s a page for this idea (but smaller and less time consuming if you have kids just draw a pumpkin). Click here for the PDF: How to carve a pumpkin PDF
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