Word of the Day Posters

 Select important words or concepts and highlight them throughout on these posters. This is a great set of printable day posters for your classroom display. These bright and kid-friendly posters are attractively created to generate much attention wherever they are displayed.

Simply print and/or laminate the selected poster for added durability. Display them on your interactive whiteboard or us them on a classroom display. You can write your words for daily focus with a dry erase marker on the laminated sheet.
I also include other …of the day posters that can help you to give students some direction and organize your daily teaching topics.

This set includes the following classroom posters:
Word of the Day
Number of the Day
Sound of the Day
Shape of the Day
Story of the Day
Color of the Day (Colour of the Day)
Theme of the Day (Topic of the Day)
Objective of the Day
Letter of the Day
Tricky Word of the Day (Sight Word of the Day)
Song of the Day

These posters are great for getting your kiddos focused at the start of the day.

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************************************************************ Please note that there are no word lists included in this product.

Santa's Reindeer Frames Math Center Activities Numbers 1 to 20

Just in time for your kiddos! Using Ten Frame sets are a great way to develop your students' number sense. They can also be used to develop students’ subitizing skills, the ability to “see how many instantly”. Santa's Reindeer Frames allows them to use '10' as a visual guide for greater numbers. It also helps them to engage with base ten and other number and operations skills (addition and subtraction) either independently or as a group. This set contains three Math center activities for your kid’s Christmas enjoyment"

Reindeer Ten Frames - Use these reindeer ten frames for matching up with the corresponding Santa Cards.

Reindeer cut-outs for building frames along with Santa Cards

Rudolph’s Shiny Red Nose Matching Cards also for building values for between 10 and 20.

A recording sheet is also included.

This set is available for purchase at my TPT and TN stores.

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Homographs, Spelling and Meanings

Homographs are all about meanings! It is all about using the same word in different contexts. The picture above gives a great example of words and pictures used to convey messages in different contexts! The 'rock' has two meanings. Firstly, it is used to refer to the solid mass of minerals and secondly, it is an expression used to show admiration, gratitude or affection. In a similar manner the word 'rule' is used to mean to govern or have control over someone and  a strip of wood or metal that is used to measure lengths. So you see, it all depends on what you're talking about!

I created a set of dual picture cards that depict words that can be used in different contexts. Many of the 135 words that I chose can be used in more than two contexts, however, I only depicted two contexts per word. Your kids can use these picture cards to spark their writing both in vocabulary units and in creative writing. I also included two graphic organizers for extended practice. 

 
If you are interested in purchasing my Fishing for Multiple Meanings set then go to the link below for more details.

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The Nativity Story

Here are a few pages from my latest mini-book.

This includes a black and white version in the set. .If you are interested in purchasing this mini book then click the link below.

The Nativity Story

Author's Purpose

Here are 8 posters plus 3 graphic organizers and a PIE key words and phrases template just for you. Let your kids determine author's purpose using the suggested clues on the PIE template then have them search for evidence to support their findings and record them on one of the graphic organizers.Also included is a blank PIE template for students to note other key words and phrases encountered and a set of PIE slices for students to stick in their notebooks. The posters were created for visual ease, quick review and to support their learning. You can place these posters in your literacy center or on your bulletin board.

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Johnny Appleseed day is September 26th and many of you have already put together your teaching resources for that day. Nevertheless, here's another one that you can add for some simple poetic fun. This is a free mini book that I compiled just for the occasion. It also has a coloring page for your kiddos. Let me know what you think.



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Free Grandparents Day Coloring Activity

Hip, hip, Hooray! Let's celebrate National Grandparents Day! Did you know National Grandparents Day is celebrated every year, on the first Sunday in September after Labor Day? On that day we honor grandparents and thank them for the important part they play in our lives. People celebrate grandparents day in many different ways. In many families there are lots of time spent threating grandparents to ensure that they are truly honored. At school, teachers invite their students to take part in various competitions and make craft activities such as making cards and other gifts to be presented to them. Naturally I made a set of coloring pages for my students to color and present to their grandparents. If you would like to get a copy of what I made simply click HERE for further details.

Daily and Monthy Behavior Chart

It's back to school once again and it is also the best time to communicate the behavior that you want from your students. From day one it is a good idea to begin to mold and shape those behaviors that are appropriate for your classroom and to taper those that are not going to be tolerated. There are so many behavior systems around both commercially and otherwise. I actually have a few at my store as well. Anyway, I was looking for daily and monthly behavior charts and did not find any that I was interested in .So I decided to create my very own.  Here it is!

You can get more details HERE!

 I have teamed up with Educents with some instant downloads for you! Loaded with great activities like to get your year off to a great start!  

My Making Sense of Verb Tense featured in this pack will surely be loved by your students!  It's a fun way to learn your tenses and get you right on track!

But that's not all... the bundle covers the following topics that you will need to teach this year:

Multiplication and division
Explorers & Scientists
Grammar including:  Common Nouns, Verb Tenses, 
Graphic Organizer
Informational Text
Full Grade Level Math Assessments for 3rd, 4th, & 5th
Full Grade Level Personal Word Walls for 3rd, 4th, & 5th
Presidents
Math Problem of the Week
Vocabulary
A couple activities for Fall including Candy Corn Science & Turkey Writing & Craft

For a limited time it is $24.99 from Educents which is about 78% off!  33 products for  literacy, math, and science - resources that will stretch you long into your year.  And over 705 pages of materials ready for you to use - there is sure to be tons you will love!

Dinosaur Behavior Clip Chart System

So today is my first free day since I've been on vacation. I had the day all to myself. I made of few things to add to my store for the upcoming sale, but this one is THE best! I am super excited to introduce you guys to my Dinosaur Behavior Clip Chart system. It is beautiful! It is cute! It is....let me stop there! Take a look at the picture below. If you are any bit interested in it, then click on it for a direct link to my store. What do you think?

You might also be interested in my Superhero Behavior Chart system

Free Parts of a Book Poster

 

Here's a little freebie for back to school. If you're stocking up on school supplies and you can't find one of these.. well here's one for you. It's a simple poster that can get the job done for you. Of course, its for early reading so it only has the basics. Who knows, when I do have the time I might just spruce it up a little by adding some more stuff, but for now.......
Enjoy!!
(Click HERE below for the free pdf file)

 

Back to School Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers

Blast off into the new school year ready and revving to go with great teaching resources! It's another fantastic sale at Teachers Pay Teachers and I am joining in on this opportunity to fill my cart. I am super excited about shopping for great clipart and other resources that will be going on sale up to 28% off. All you do is fill your cart and before you checkout enter the promo code BTS14.
So start early by browsing my store and other great stores and wait till the two days of the sale, August 4th to 5th to take full advantage.

Here are my some of my favorites.

Shipshape Neat 2D and 3D Shape Posters

Community Helpers and Careers

 Blend 'r' Posters, Picture Cards and Mini Books

 Homophone Resource Pack

 Common Core ELA Vocabulary Word Wall Cards

 Superhero Behavior Clip Chart System

 Superpower Calendar Cards and More!

 The Goldilocks and Just Right Books Posters

Click HERE to go directly to my store for more wonderful teaching resources for up to 28% off ( with promo code BTS14)

Reinforcing Reading Comprehension and Word Attack Strategies Posters

Reinforcing Reading is a set of kid-friendly Comprehension and Word Attack Strategies posters to adorn your literacy centers all year round. This bright and colorful set was created with eye-catching images and simple “I” statements and stems to give your kids the added assistance they need to work independently.
The set contains the following:-
12 Word Attack Strategies Posters- When I get stuck on a word…
10 Comprehension Posters- To help me understand what I read I…
1. Activate Prior Knowledge
2. Make Predictions
3. Determine the Importance
4. Ask Questions
5. Make Connections
6. Visualize
7. Synthesize
8. Summarize
9. Infer
10. Use Fix-Up Strategies

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My Homophone Resource Pack

 
This fantastic homophone pack is over 100 pages full of ideas. It contains 154 cards, 17 posters and 2 writing activities total. This pack features a range of 14 different homophone pairs for your kiddos. The pairs are:
won/one
nose/knows
bear/bare
blue/blew
ball/bawl
toe/tow
see/sea
flour/flower
hair/hare
mail/male
pair/pear
sale/sail
night/knight
ate/eight

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Goldilocks 'Just Right' Posters!

 

Here is Goldilocks giving her tips on what makes a 'just right' book. These brightly colored posters would adorn your literacy centers plus guide your students in making the right choice when it comes to independent reading.

This set contains:-

The Goldilocks tips (5 colored posters on a colored background)
The Goldilocks tips (5 colored posters on a white background)
1 I Pick poster on a colored background
1 I Pick poster on a white background
1 5 Finger rule poster on a colored background
1 5 Finger rule poster on a white background
Just Right bookmarks- 3 black and white print per page
5 Finger Rule bookmarks- 3 black and white print per page

I hope that you enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed creating them.


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Community Helpers and Career Day

Here's a fabulous resource pack for your Career Day and Community Helpers Units. There are 24 large, brightly colored Posters and 24 Vocabulary to be used in your Social Studies and Language Arts centers. Mini-books were created as two-per-print. Your kiddos can color and assemble them separately per helper or you can print different pages so that they can compile one book of community helpers. Click HERE for further details.

Advance Your Teaching Skills

 Resources4Teaching.com is an online marketplace for educational resources created by teachers, exclusively for teachers. Through our marketplace, teachers from around the world can get connected to buy and sell educational resources, share their best practices and strategies and promote fresh new teaching ideas. Resources4Teaching gives the opportunity for creative and skilled teachers to open their own stores, sell their teaching products and make a profit for their hard work. It's also a place where both young and experienced teachers can download innovative teaching products seeking to grow their skills and implement new ideas, teaching methods and strategies in their classroom.

By joining Resources4Teaching, teachers are able to become not only entrepreneurs, but also partners in a quickly growing educational platform. They can boost their profits through our online affiliate and referral programs as well as through personalized business cards .At the same time, customers can build their own teaching products by requesting custom resources. Thus, customers, even if they do not find the appropriate product among the available options on the website, they can hire teachers to create resources exclusively designed to fit their needs.

 

A Day To Remember!

Memorial Day is approaching and it is a day that we all remember. It is a day to pay homage to those men and women who died in active service for the United States. It is a time for family, friends, food, fun and sales. So here's a super sale that you can take advantage of at Educents. They're offering a fantastic discount opportunity this weekend leading up to Memorial Day. All you need to do is add the Code:TEACHIDEA10 on checkout. So go ahead, CLICK HERE to find them take a look and begin adding your orders to your cart. And remember to put in the code. See yah!

Creative Ways to Encourage Students to Read!

 It has been a while since I have blogged, simply because I have been extremely busy! It will take me some time before I can get back in full swing, so let's see what I can do for now.

Creative Ways to Encourage Students to Read

I am always interested in ideas and strategies that can motivate my students to want to read. There are so many great ideas out there that you could try, yet sometimes all it takes is a simply change of strategy.

I came across a few ideas that I am going to put to the test. Maybe you could try them too! Whether it's for your own kids or for your students let's see how we can get them to read!

Here's a link to a pdf file entitled '100 Creative Ways to Excite and Inspire Young Readers'. Click HERE to download.

So let's see what works for our young readers!

Good Writing Skills

I am so excited about introducing two of my latest products. They are 'A Recipe for Good Writing' and 'The Process of Writing Posters'. These writing posters are fantastic for your writing or literacy centers. Of course every teacher wants to help their kids to eventually be able to write competently and independently. For that reason we expose them to the rudiments of good writing. I made these posters as a guide to be displayed in the classroom. The graphics are kid friendly and the font is easy to read. I suggest that these posters are more suited for kindergarten through grade 2. As they progress through elementary school the skills become more complex.

If you wish to get further information on these posters that I offer click the pictures to find them in my TPT store!

Free Anti-Bullying Poster!

Here's a free printable that I made for my school hall to remind kids about the ills of bullying. I hope that you find it useful too. Simply click the picture below or click HERE.

An Easter Mini Book Freebie!

 If you're looking for a simple Easter mini book for your kinders to color and keep, here's just that!
All you do is print and assemble. There are two books per print;a colored and a black and white version. Whether you choose to place it in your literacy centers, recite it for your kiddos, its all yours.
This mini book contains the following Easter-related words:

baby chickens
basket
Easter eggs
Easter cards
greeting
lilies
music
rabbits

Click HERE to go to the free mini book.

Building Literacy Skills Through Storytelling

I found this really fantastic way to help our students link pictures to words, and surprisingly, this is new to me. Now I'm accustomed to teaching them to write stories by giving them the stimuli, maybe a word bank also, then have them build it all the way up, but this is different!

This video from the Teaching Channel shows where the teacher encourages the children to draw their picture then she goes around discussing it with them then she writes the entire story for them. It's like she's the mediator or something. She processes their ideas and makes it available to them in print form. This is a super idea! I can see them learning to read with their own story. This is motivation enough for me!

Anyway, take a look at this amazing video.