Valentine's Day Games, Writing, Math, and a BUNDLE

Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  Here are some activities that you can use in and elementary or middle school classroom or at home with your family to be a bit festive!  Click on any link or picture to get yours.  There's a BUNDLE at the end that includes EVERYTHING!

Valentine's Day Games: Taboo and Scattergories

(both based on the real board games)

These both work really well in centers or as group activities.

   

Valentine's Day Letter Writing with Rubric and Writing Paper

Valentine's Day Math Activities 

(using candy or paper hearts-included)

Valentine's Day Sticker Charts

Get everything with this dicounted Valentine's Day BUNDLE:

I hope you find something your students will enjoy!  Thanks for stopping by. 

  

New Year's Resolution Mad Libs

Happy New Year!

If you're in a district like mine, you get a couple of weeks of school off around the holidays.  It's always much needed, and, well... AWESOME!  

What isn't awesome is the lack of energy on that first day back. It's usually really cold, and kids are still in that holiday/sleeping in/not going to school lull.  It makes it very tough to get back into the swing of things.  My remedy is this New Year's Resolution Mad Libs set.  

Students generate ideas for different parts of speech or subjects that will become part of a made-up New Year’s Resolution writing activity. They come up with a real New Year’s Resolution but will use a “Mad Libs”-style (fill-in-the-blank before knowing the rest of the text) theme to determine how they will accomplish their resolution. 

What’s Included: 
General Template with parts of Speech included (for the teacher)
An Original Example of Word List and Actual Story 
Student Directions/Parts of Speech Word List 
Story Templates (three versions)
Pages with Numbers under the Blanks
Pages without Numbers under the Blanks
Pages with Spaces for Illustrations and Cover Pages

This could be a fun springboard for writing a real expository piece on a New Year’s Resolution or a culminating activity after writing a real expository piece.  Click on the image to get yours!

Halloween Games, Writing, and Math Sale

Here we are again... The Back-to-School season quickly transforms into Fall and Halloween.  People start thinking about seasonal activities they can do in their classrooms. I am the same way.  I have updated all of my Halloween and Fall items, and I'd love to share them with you.

This can be a wacky time of year, especially as it gets closer to the actual day of Halloween.  So, I created some activities that encourage learning (when focusing can be a challenging), and are lots of fun.  The games have been great for my ESL (and non ESL) students.   Follow the links to read more and get your own. 

Halloween Mad Libs Complete Set

Halloween Taboo Game- based off of the board game, Taboo

Halloween Scattergories Game- based off of the board game, Scattergories

Halloween Spooky Story Starters Writing Set with Rubrics and Decorative Paper

Pumpkin Math with lots of activities

Holiday Writing Paper Set

  

Holiday Sticker Charts

 Happy Halloween!

You can find my store and follow me here.

St. Patrick's Day Activities

I.  LOVE. ST. PATRICK'S DAY!  I'm not Irish, and I don't have any traditions from when I was younger.  However, bringing St. Patrick's Day into the classroom has been such a fun time of year for me.  We have a secret leprechaun who visits and leaves treats and messages for students.  Sometimes, he's a little naughty too, which always makes the kids laugh.  Here are some new and updated St. Patrick's Day resources that I use during the week of St. Patrick's Day to keep the learning alive while having fun.

St. Patrick's Day Bundle (includes all resources)

If I Met a Leprechaun Persuasive Writing

St. Patricks' Day Taboo Game Set

St. Patrick's Day Scattergories Game

Sticker Charts

 St. Patrick's Day Fraction Math

New Year's Writing Activity... Mad Libs Style

It has been a LONG time since I've posted, and it is a goal of mine in 2017.  With baby number 2, going back to work full time, and trying to have a personal life (somewhat), it's tricky, but life is good.  What a better day than today, January 1st, to add my newest post.  Here's a newer product of mine that I hope you'll love.  It's a Mad Libs-style writing activity for New Year's Resolutions.  It includes directions, templates, an example, writing paper, and more. Click the link above or directly on the image below.   Happy New Year!!!

St. Patrick's Day Activities: Persuasive Writing, Math, Language Games and More

I'm not Irish, but I love St. Patrick's Day!  There are so many fun traditions that I bring into the classroom each year.  The kids and I always have a blast.  Here are some of the resources that I have used.  A couple of them have just recently been updated.  Click on any of the links or pictures below to get your own or head to my TpT store.  Happy St. Patrick's Day.  (Now, I'm off to find a new corned beef and cabbage recipe...)

St. Patrick's Day Writing: A Persuasive Letter to a Leprechaun

Students try to convince a leprechaun to share his gold

Organizer, Rubric, & Stationary included

 St. Patrick's Day Scattergories Game

Students use their vocabulary knowledge to determine specific words that are related to St. Patrick's day categories

St. Patrick's Day Taboo Game

Student take turns using their oral language skills to get their team to guess the St. Patrick's Day themed Taboo words

St. Patrick's Day Math with Shamrocks

Students convert fractions, decimals, and percent using the included colored shamrocks

Valentine's Day Activities: Games, Writing, Math

Valentine's Day can be a wacky day and a fun one for sure!  Here are some resources that can help teachers get some academic work done on Valentine's Day.  Click here to go to the complete set of resources or click on any of the product images below to go directly to those items. 

This is one of two Valentine's Day Math activities for students in grades 3-6. 

 

 Valentine's Day Word Games

 

Click here for a Valentine's Day Letter Writing Assignment. 

It includes a rubric and decorative writing paper!

Christmas Games, Writing, Math, and More

This is definitely one of my favorite times of the year to be a teacher.  There are so many fun, educational (and some just fun) things to do in the classroom.  People are happy, the air smells of hot cocoa at least once a week (thanks to some amazing parents), and the snow brings on such excitement.

As our two week break gets closer, there are some activities that I like to do to keep the kiddos interested and motivated in the classroom.  You can find all of these activities in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  Use this link to go directly to the Christmas Resources page.  You can click on any of the links or pictures below to go directly to the product pages also.

 

 

Christmas Taboo and Scattergories Games

 

 

'Twas the Night Before Christmas Mad Libs Edition

Dear Santa,...

A Holiday Gift Persuasive Writing Activity

 

 

 



Holiday Gift Tags (FREE)

 

 

 

Holiday Writing Paper

 

 

 

Happy Holidays!

 

 

Thanksgiving Activities

Here are a few of my new and updated Thanksgiving resources.  Enjoy!

A Turkey's Troubles:  A Persuasive Writing Activity

 

Students write from the perspective of a turkey and try to convince a shopper to buy a different turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner.  Included are student directions, brainstorming organizer, student rubric, and Thanksgiving themed writing paper.

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Taboo and Scattergories Games

 

I LOVE games.  I created these two games based off the board games Scattergories and Taboo.  These are super for small groups, centers, or whole class.  Both provide great oral language practice and can be beneficial for students learning the English language.

 

 

 

 

 

FREE Thanksgiving Game and More

My Customer Appreciation Sale Continues...

Today, your freebie is a Thanksgiving game called Thanksgiving Scattergories. 

The Featured Category for sale is Halloween and Fall Resources.  Click on the links below to find lots of seasonal fun for your students or your own family, even.

Halloween and Fall Resources

Thanksgiving Resources

Click on any of the images to get your own for FREE or at a great discount: