I know we’re not anywhere near Mother’s Day, but I wanted to share it with you while I had some time. I love those pages where kids write about their parents! They’re so sweet (and often hysterical!). I researched questions often found on these forms and made one with my favorite questions. Here you go:
Click here to download the free printable: All About Mom
One of the hardest skills for kids to learn is to keep track of many tasks on various time schedules. Providing students a weekly homework assignment sheet or planner. I’ve made two versions for you to use in your own classroom, or with your own children. I recommend that if you don’t use a planner in your classroom you provide one to your students’ parents for them to use with their families if they’d like. Here they are!
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Weekly Homework Tracker – Horizontal
Weekly Homework Tracker – Vertical
At the beginning of the school year, the teacher and the students all want to get to know each other. Here’s a fun project that will also show you your students’ writing levels. Fill out the boxes on the planning page and then put them together on the second page into a cohesive paragraph. Then have students draw a picture of themselves. Put this up on a bulletin board for back-to-school open house, etc. Have a great school year!
Click here for the printable PDF: Back-to-School About Me Character Sketch
Here’s a friendly letter template I put together recently. It would be perfect to use for Grandparents Day, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. This could be nice final copy paper for your students’ letters. Or it could be for any letter… a thank you letter, a pen pal letter, you name it. It’s pretty basic. Enjoy!
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Letter to Grandparents 1
Letter to Grandparents 2
I recently made these Dolch sight words flash cards for pre-K, kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade all using Microsoft Word 2013. It’s my new favorite thing! Click below for the front and back to the set you want to download:
Dolch words flash cards – kinder – back
Dolch words flash cards – kinder – front
Dolch words flash cards – kinder 2 – back
Dolch words flash cards – kinder 2 – front
Dolch words flash cards – 1st grade – back
Dolch words flash cards – 1st grade – front
Dolch words flash cards – 2nd grade – back
Dolch words flash cards – 2nd grade – front
Dolch words flash cards – 3rd grade – back
Dolch words flash cards – 3rd grade – front
Teachers are always looking to motivate kids to continue reading throughout the summer. I was pondering this challenge, and the following idea just popped into my head.. so I ran with it. The intention is to have each kid choose a book they read that year and write a “recommendation report” about it. Then they can share their report with the class and try to persuade others to read the book. Hopefully a few kids will be inspired and read something over the summer. But at bare minimum, students can identify classmates who share their same taste in books.
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Summer Reading Recommendation Report
Summer Reading Recommendation Report 2
Click here to view another book report printable. 🙂
Sometimes publishing a writing assignment on a special piece of paper adds some extra incentive and interest. Here’s a simple printable you can use for the final publishing step of a friendly letter assignment. Or if your kids like the idea of “from the desk of” letterhead, have them design their own.
Click here for the free printable: Letter Template
I’m a firm believer in teaching kids to thank others and give compliments. This printable is intended to give kids a space to write a short friendship note to 3 classmates. You can do this activity for Valentine’s Day, the end of the year, or whenever your class needs some bonding. I recommend printing one page for each kid so they can write 3. You may even consider assigning one or all of the recipients to ensure everyone gets one. In addition, It may be a good idea to read them before they’re distributed just in case…
Click here for the free printable: Friend notes printable
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