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April: Incredible Poetry Unit

April is the month for poetry. Download this unit for FIVE great poetry ideas, examples and blacklines to use for your classroom poetry centers!
Poems included; LIMERICK, CINQUAIN, HAIKU, ACROSTIC AND CONCRETE.
Unit includes; Poetry Definitions, samples, and ready to use blacklines for your students to use today!

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SIX Story Comprehension Cards & Directions

Download and print these six comprehension cards. These cards are great to promote a higher level of thinking with story comprehension. The download includes the cards and the directions.


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SPRING/WINTER VENN DIAGRAM WRITING ACTIVITY

Encourage students to use higher order thinking by comparing winter and spring using a venn diagram. This is a fun writing center idea!

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SPRING ACROSTIC POEM BLACKLINE

Use this blackline to have students write about spring using an acrostic poem form.

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SPRING IS WRITING CENTER

Have students use this blackline to write what SPRING is to them. They will then illustrate with a picture.

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St. Patrick's Day Writing Center

Use this writing center for a fun St. Patrick's Day activity.


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The ABC's of March

Download this list and have students create a classroom ABC book about March.


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Reading and Writing Ideas for your classroom...

Guided Reading Comprehension Cards

These are awesome cards to pass out to students when they are done with guided reading. Each child has one card and has to answer the who, what, where and why questions about the story. Download and print on cardstock.

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Line Up Chant

When your class gets ready to line up, have students repeat this chant. This activity will get students ready to walk quietly in the hall.

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Short Vowels & Long Vowels

A E I O U

For this activity, students draw objects inside each short/long vowel letter. For example, inside short A, I might draw a cat, an apple, etc. Basically, anything that I can think of that uses the short A sound. I have included both a short and long vowel blackline.

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Eye Spy: Word Chunks

Parents and Teachers...
Download this fun activity to practice word chunks with your student. Students eye spy the word chunk you call out using a magnifying glass. This will help to increase their reading fluency by recognizing chunks within words.

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Eye Spy: Letters & Sounds

Parents and Teachers...
Download this fun eye spy activity.
Lesson Purpose: Students will use a magnifying glass to "spy" letters and sounds that are called out. Download and print...ready for your classroom or home today!

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40 Ways to Practice Spelling Words

Enhance your spelling instruction with 40 DIFFERENT WAYS to practice spelling words.

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LUCKY Writing Activity

Download this writing activity and have students write about being lucky and not so lucky. This is a fun writing center for the month of March.

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5 SENSE WRITING: USING THE COLOR GREEN

Have students do this fun writing activity using their five senses. Students use their five senses to describe the color green. This is a fun activity for St. Patrick's Day!

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I Am Lucky!

Have students write four reasons why they are lucky! Students write one idea in each section of the clover. When done, have students cut out and glue on green construction paper. It is a fun idea to add the student picture at the top of the page.

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Making Words: St. Patrick's Day

Download this activity and have students write as many words as they can using the letters in St. Patrick's Day.

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You Know It Is Spring When...

Use this blackline to have students write about Spring. Have students write how they know when it is Spring. They then illustrate with a picture. Collect student writing samples and combine to make a class book.

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How to Catch a Leprechaun

A great writing activity for March is to have students write how they would catch a leprechaun. DOWNLOAD this activity and have students write step by step how to catch a leprechaun. This activity allows for students to use detail and precision in their writing.
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If I Were President for the Day....(Writing Activity)

Have students finish the sentence, "If I were President for the Day, I would...."
Encourgage students to think about what laws they would pass, how they would run the country, etc. Collect all sheets and combine to make a class book.

President's Day Making Word Activities

Have each student write the letters in PRESIDENT at the top of the page. Have students then number their paper from one to ten. Have students brainstorm as many words as they can find within the word PRESIDENT.

February Ideas

Read the book, Lilly's Chocolate Heart with students. When done, have students do a writing activity called, "I would put my chocolate heart in....." Have students finish the sentence and illustrate with a picture. Put all pages together and cerlox as a class book.