Dear Mr. Scarecrow: Halloween Writing Project

I recently saw this fun Halloween writing project. Students were to write a letter to Mr. Scarecrow from the view of a pumpkin who never gets chosen when kids come to pick out their pumpkins. Some students wrote about bribing the scarecrow to help them get chosen and others simply wrote a letter of lamentation. Hilarious! This class used a pattern for their scarecrows, but you could easily have students draw their own Mr. Scarecrow on white paper instead. Love it!

Wordpillar: Words of the Week

This one can be used for spelling or vocabulary words. Have the students write their words (up to 10) on any line. Then color each of the Wordpillar’s sections according to the part of speech of the word they’ve written.  To get this worksheet, right click on the worksheet and select “save image as” so it will save to your computer and you can choose what size to print it. Enjoy!

 

Wordpillar: Parts of speech (FREE worksheet!)

I started having fun with this ‘pillar and did a few more worksheets. Right click, choose “save image as” and save it to your computer so you can resize and print it later. Enjoy!

 

Free Parts of Speech Worksheet

Here’s a worksheet I made for parts of speech. Color the flowers according to the part of speech of the word next to the flower. Remember to right click on the worksheet and choose “save image as” so you can save it to your computer and then choose what size to print it later. Enjoy!

Consonants & Vowels: Free Worksheet

Here’s a free worksheet I came up with to help kids practice recognizing consonants and vowels. Remember to right click, select “save image as” and save it to your computer so you can print it the desired size. Enjoy

Famous Americans: Writing Page Download

I recently saw this cute worksheet for a unit on Famous Americans. I thought it was very easy and would be great for teaching about main ideas (only including important details from the person’s life) and for reinforcing correct paragraph structure.

Click Famous_American_page PDF for the download.

Learning to Write Numbers

I  was in a 2nd grade classroom recently, and saw this interesting way to remember numbers. 6 – 9 have rings around the dots, which counts as 2 dots. I don’t know very much about this teaching system, but it looked interesting. If you know anything about it, please comment!

6 Traits Writing Posters

Easy to read, simple 6 traits writing posters for your classroom!

click here to get the PDFs: 6 traits writing posters

(I don’t remember where I got these, and they don’t have a copyright on them, so I guess they’re fine to share.)