Winter Literacy Center Bundle

This is a newly posted winter writing bundle that will keep your writing centers busy all winter. . 

This 67 page literacy bundle includes my , "Winter Words" product and "Winter Writing Prompts". It has all you need for a winter writing center including prompts, writing papers, word cards, and picture cards.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WINTER-WRITING-LITERACY-BUNDLE-3528590

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December Writing

Prompts Kids Might Actually Like 

I have to really push writing with my students. It isn't a naturally easy skill for most of the students I have had through the years. Here are some December writing prompts your students might enjoy.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/December-WritingJournal-Prompts-Grades-2-5-No-Prep-995640

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December Murals

It's been a super busy time for me this school year so I am just getting around to posting again.  I wanted to tell you about some projects my students and I did with leveled readers. After we read our books (multiple exposures with word study) we some extension projects. I decided to do some hallway murals connected with the themes of those books. One of those books was titled, "A World of Homes". Students each chose a home from the book to draw and label. We added captions and also did a shared writing. The students loved this so much and asked if we could do birds for the next topic. Truly, I was flabbergasted. I had not mentioned birds to them whatsoever. More than one of the students chimed in their support of this topic so I went with it. This time the kids chose a bird from their home country to depict. We had to research the internet and I have to say that even with my small group of eight kids that this was a rather painstaking process but worth it in the end. We typed in the subjects on Google and added "for kids" with the search so that the links would be more kid-friendly. My students have varying levels of English acquisition so some sites were tricky. They took notes and then put those notes in a sequential order once they were done. The finished murals got many "shout-outs" from my principal, coaches and teachers. The kids took ownership in their own learning and we covered all four domains of listening, reading, speaking, and writing before the projects were complete. I would challenge those of you who teach English language learners to try this just once. I used to think of projects like this as all fluff and no content, but after having done them, I now see the value and it's all good.

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A Back to School Freebie

This summer I had a "stay-cation", mostly due to intense flooding in my basement (I won't bore you with the sad details of that). Anyway, because I stayed home this summer many of my products got a face lift and to many I added multiple pages. I did create some new products.

I'm actually a bit excited for my new updates because several of them have new task cards, and that means laminating for me. Well this summer I bought a little laminator and am like a kid in a candy shop with all the task cards I can now laminate at home. For under fifty bucks I got the laminator and sleeves on a very well known online site. 

Here's my back to school freebie:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Writing-Prompts-Portrait-Page-Freebie-2061185

Here is my newest product geared for fourth graders. I would also use this in my own classroom for third, fourth, and fifth grades. I listed it for only fourth because the core standard for fourth was very specifically suited to this product and I'm trying to post standards with most of my products.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fragments-Run-Ons-or-Sentences-Sort-Task-Cards-Posters-3313944

For those of you who love the rainforest like I do, here is another new product:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-RAINFOREST-FLIP-BOOK-from-ANT-TO-JAGUAR-wCRAFT-3248897

One more thing....I hope I get the link posted correctly. I participate in monthly giveaways for gift cards with http://applefortheteach.blogspot.com/. Several of us sponsor the giveaways. Here's a link for the latest one: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/c396cb38204/?

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End of the Year Freebie for My Peeps:

I created a product for kinders and firsties to label zoo animals. I just posted a freebie to allow you to sample the product and decide if it will work for your needs. I hope you like it! 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lets-Label-the-Zoo-Animals-Sample-Pages-elephant-camel-3169797

Here is the full product:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lets-Label-the-Zoo-Animals-2065482

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Spring Fun!

Here's a hands-on fun literacy center. Students create their own spring-themed sentences with the given combinations of sentence parts and conjunctions. They write them on a recording sheet.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Creating-Compound-Sentences-Spring-Themed-
1191470

This photo is taken from my original product of the same name. It shows you how kids can combine the sentence parts. I have also listed my "summer" version.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Compound-Sentences-Hands-On-Center-Creating-Compound-Sentence-Structure-820056

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Creating-Compound-Sentences-Great-for-Summer-or-Warm-Climates-1216084

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Here is a Newly Posted Freebie!

I hope I see a little love on this product with a bit of feedback :).So I've been noticing that some of my second grade ELLs really don't know how to count money. Some cannot even identify coins! I was flabbergasted that they didn't know  the difference between a penny and a dime. Mind you, these are not my emergent babies who cannot read. These are my beginner/intermediates. Short of asking if their previous teachers taught money, I decided to take matters into my own hands!! I created this little product for this very reason and decided to pass it along to you.  I sure would like to know if this helps your kiddos. Thanks!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Just-a-Bit-of-Money-Task-Cards-Match-Write-the-Room-3015093

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Spring Testing 

This time of year I begin to feel the pressure of testing. It happens to me after each Valentine's Day has passed. For my students, I have OELPA testing or Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment. This test covers the four domains that level the English learners: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. I have approximately 150 students to test on computer this year. The speaking tests take the longest and between this one and writing, I'm not sure which comes out the worst. The problem with so many of the English learners is that even if they can decode words, they many times don't know what they are reading or saying so it's really difficult to use the words is speaking and in writing. I decided to develop some vocabulary products that I could use during my small group intervention pull-outs. Here they are and I think they have made a positive difference with my kiddos.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/3rd-Grade-Core-Daily-Vocabulary-Skills-Review-Boxes-1045188

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/4th-Grade-Core-Daily-Vocabulary-Review-Boxes-2022584

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/5th-Grade-Core-Daily-Vocabulary-Skills-Review-Boxes-1045144

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Winter Fun and Inside Recess...Again!

If you have already had countless inside recesses due to inclement weather, you might be interested in my "Snowy Day Riddles."https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowy-Day-Riddles-A-Tool-to-Help-Students-Use-Context-Clues-2286897

I had fun with a first grade class during an inside recess while I was relieving a first grade teacher during my recess duty. The kids really liked this activity and there were giggles all around.  It's a freebie, too, which makes it even better.  I hope if you pick this up you leave me a little love with some feedback. I greatly appreciate it. 

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Test-Ready Close Read Anyone?

Here is a selection from my Australian animal nonfiction file. I posted this for those folks who hesitate to commit to the larger purchase of my 60 page product. You could say it is a bit of a trial product possibly although it, like the other selections is really a full-fledged close reading selection that could be used over a period of days depending upon how you use it. I like to number my paragraphs and choose focus words for my students other than the bold words. Then I have students search for context clues to the meanings of those focus words. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Test-Ready-FluencyAustralian-EchidnaNF-Comprehension-Intervention-Grades-5-7-2024282

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Happy 2017!

I don't know about you, but for me the testing crunch is on! When I go back to school I am going to be working towards getting my students ready for MAP testing and OELPA testing. I use a variety of materials but one type of material I cannot live without are the ones I deem"close reads".  One of these Australian animal fluency/comprehension product. I spent the best part of a month researching to create it. One of them is a fluency product that ended up being both fluency and comprehension, so it works well for test prep. Even one of the selections in this file could be used for close reading activities that could extend more than a couple sessions with students. I like to number the paragraphs and dig deeply into nonfiction for details and context clues

. This particular item would work for high fourth-fifth reading level students, I believe, but I have chosen to label it for grades 5-7.  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Australian-AnimalsNonfiction-Comprehension-1995719

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