Groundhog Day Story Starters: Fun Groundhog Day Writing Prompts

January 11, 2015, 11:56 am

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Let your kiddos have a blast this Groundhog Day with these fun and original Groundhog Day Story Starters. These Groundhog Day writing prompts are sure to get great results. These Groundhog Day story starters encourage students to be creative and come up with creative stories with their Groundhog Day story starters. Plus, they are perfect for your writing centers.

A story starter is a great tool to get students writing using creative ideas. A story starter provides a prompt that creates a scenario that, well, starts the story. Then students have a free license to finish the story any way they wish. Plus, they help you meet your Common Core narrative writing goals.

I took my story starters, added great graphics, put them on pencils, and added them to a canister that I got from the dollar store. Students can choose their own story starter and even use their new pencil and write away through February. You can purchase my Groundhog Day Story Starters {HERE}.

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100th Day of School Crafts for 100 Days of School Party

January 21, 2015, 11:00 am

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Who's ready for some 100th day of school fun? If you are, I have all that you need in my 100th Day of School: Polar Bear Party Craft Pack.

This 100 Days of School Craft Party Pack has all you need to celebrate the 100th Day of School in your classroom.

 It includes a 100 days hat where students will color ten strips with 10 polar bears to reinforce the number 100 in a fun hands-on way.

  It includes a polar bear 100 Days pennant banner for your classroom walls or bulletin board.

You also get the 10's tags and polar bear 100 Days Smarter necklace medallion to make a 100th day necklace.

There are also ten strips with 10 polar bears each that your students can color to make a 100 Days of school chain.

 I've also included a set of 100 Days Smarter badges / 100 Days Smarter cupcake toppers too. Enjoy! You can find this 100 Day Craft set at my teaching resources store {HERE}.

Dental Health Craft -- A 3D Tooth Brushing Craftivity by Robin Sellers

January 21, 2015, 11:00 am

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Dental Health Craft: Create a 3-D Tooth Brushing Sequencing 3D Craftivity when you teach about brushing teeth with this So Sweet Craft during your next dental health unit.

This tooth brushing craft is perfect to reinforce the topics taught during this health lesson and it works well as a center too.

This 3-D Dental Health Craftivity includes directions, patterns, tooth brushing sequencing cards, a black and white tooth brushing steps poster, and four color tooth brushing steps posters. The four teeth brushing sequencing cards are for picking a toothbrush, adding toothpaste, brushing teeth for two minutes, and flossing teeth. You can ask students to add labels if you wish.

ESL and ELL note : The black and white and color steps to tooth brushing posters in this packet are also in Spanish (this is not included in the page count). 

Click {HERE} to see this item in my store.

Free Classroom Management App Solutions: A Noise Meter

January 27, 2015, 10:37 am

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How loud is too loud in the classroom? Good question. How do you measure it? It is simple. Grab your phone, tablets, or computer and install a noise meter app. Then, set guidelines with your students for what noise level is appropriate for different activities in the classroom. For example, you should expect some noise during group work but there should be no noise during testing, right? Find these apps at Amazon {HERE}.

Here is a little free noise meter app for your iPhone that you may want to check out. It's called Noise Down. We tested out the free version and it worked for us. You can also set an alarm to go for a certain decibel level.

http://www.sweetteaclassroom.com

If that alarm goes off, then you know when your students are too loud. Of, did I mention this works for the kids at home too?

Valetine's Day Glyph -- Valentine's Day Love Bug Craft

January 30, 2015, 11:30 am

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Glyphs are great tools to use with your homeschooler and in the classroom. This Valentine's Day, use a bug glyph in your classroom as a craft. You can integrate art, writing, and math in a cinch and have a great take-home project or decoration for your classroom bulletin boards.

Instead of putting together a pre-made product like those foam stickers, students make choices based on how they complete a glyph question form. For example, a question could ask students if they know of anyone who was born on Valentine's Day? If they answer yes, then they would, for example, add long straight legs to their Valentine Bug. If they answer no, then they would add short folded legs to the bug. The questionnaire process continues as the child builds his unique creation!

Students create their own Love Bugs

But wait! Didn't I saw something about math? Yes, now it's time for math, but shh, don't tell the students! Learning should be fun and glyphs are a way to make that happen. Student then use a glyph key to analyze their classmates creations. For example, they could look at the Love Bug legs and create a graph that illustrates how many of their classmates know someone born on Valentine's Day. How cool is that? They can even create graphs of each element on the Love Bug.

You can add more math skills and give students two Love Bugs and ask them to complete a Venn Diagram. Even better, ask them to write about their bug, a classmate's Love Bug, or even compare or contrast two Love Bugs.


You can make your own glyph projects for any topic! It's fun. I also have a 23 page Love Bug Valentine's Glyph Project download available for sale {HERE}

Turkey in Disguise Project Ideas

November 11, 2015, 3:43 pm

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Turkey in Disguise : It is Turkey trouble time for your turkey in disguise with this 3D turkey craft complete with 30 turkey disguises, turkey craft patterns, turkey in disguise writing pages for different ages, and a brainstorming page too.

This is a fun Thanksgiving activity that integrates Thanksgiving, a craft, and writing and even topics like community helpers, other holidays, or zoo animals with all the included disguises.

Check out these Turkey in Disguise Ideas. Find this product in my teaching store {HERE}. First, we thought some community helpers turkey in disguise ideas would be fun.

But there was more fun. We combined some clever turkey in disgusie ideas with holidays and create a turkey Claus, a witch turkey, and even a president turkey. Our Talk Like a Pirate Day turkey is one of our favorites.

And did I mention things got a little wild? Yes, our turkeys went to the zoo. We made lion turkeys, rhino turkeys, polar bear turkeys, and frog turkeys too.

This turkey craft includes the 3d pattern (3 pages) in black and white. As an alternative, there is also a one page flat black and white printable turkey pattern to use. There are 30 disguises in color and black and white including the following community helpers: nurse, fire fighter, mail carrier, detective, police officer, and a chef. The next set of disguises for your turkey craft includes zoo animals: a gorilla, monkey, panda, lion, tiger, cheetah, koala, panda, rhino, and polar bear. The last set of disguises includes a witch's hat for Halloween, a bunny for Easter or Spring, a patriotic top hat for the 4th of July, a pirate hat for Talk like a Pirate day, President Washington and President Lincoln for Presidents Day, and Indian headband and a pilgrim hat for Thanksgiving, and if you want to create a Turkey Clause or Turkey Claus at Christmas there is a Santa hat and coat too. You can find the patterns HERE.

Gingerbread Man Sequencing Cards {Gingerbread Man Craft}

December 2, 2015, 9:59 am

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Gingerbread* Create a gingerbread craft this Christmas or winter with this gingerbread man sequencing card craft. 

There are three versions of the gingerbread man sequencing cards. One version includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old man and old woman; the gingerbread man running from the farm animals including the pig, cow, and sheep; and the gingerbread man and the fox. Version two includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old woman; the gingerbread man running from the cow and dog; and the gingerbread man and the fox. The third gingerbread story includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old man and old woman; the gingerbread man running from the farm animals including the pig, cow, and horses; and the gingerbread man and the fox. 

Students can use the craft to retell the gingerbread man story and work on their sequencing skills. This craft makes a great gingerbread class display too. 

It can be folded up like a little gingerbread book too. Hope you enjoy this gingerbread activity. Find this activity {HERE}.

Gingerbread Man Printable Story

December 3, 2015, 9:06 am

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Gingerbread Man Story* Printable Gingerbread Story retelling by Robin Sellers. This is a one page gingerbread story that your kiddos can color and then fold to create a Gingerbread book.

This is a simple retelling of the Gingerbread tale and is a great gingerbread activity to add to your gingerbread unit. 

This gingerbread book goes well with my gingerbread man sequencing craft too. {Click Here} to check out that printable gingerbread man.

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Chinese New Year Hat Printable

January 5, 2016, 6:00 am

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Chinese New Year 2016 Fun! Let your kiddos create a Chinese New year hat.

This Chinese New Year craft includes two different hat patterns.

One hat includes all the signs of the Chinese Zodiac - New Year, so no matter if it is the year of the horse or another sign, you can use this hat every year.

The second pattern includes Chinese symbols for the Chinese new year including dragons, Chinese coins, a money bag and more. Each hat requires only printing one page. You can find this product at my teaching resources store {HERE}

You can view all my Chinese New Year crafts in my teaching resource store if you click on the picture below. Just scroll down once you get to my store.

Presidents' Day Hat Paper Craft

January 19, 2016, 12:57 pm

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Presidents' Day: Make a three-cornered Colonial hat this Presidents' Day.

This printable Presidents' Day craft includes a three- page George Washington hat printable pattern.

Use these hats for fun classroom pictures or for your students to pretend to be a president for the day.
You can find this pattern {HERE}.

Life Cycle Crafts for Kids

January 27, 2016, 10:15 am

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Life Cycles* This life cycle sequencing card craft bundle includes seven of my life cycles products. The Life Cycle Craft bundle includes these life cycle crafts: Life Cycle of a Frog Sequencing Card Craft, Life Cycle of a Chicken Sequencing Card Craft, Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Sequencing Card Craft, Life Cycle of a Plant Sequencing Card Craft, Life Cycle of a Flower Sequencing Card Craft, Life Cycle of a Butterfly Sequencing Craft, and The Water Cycle Sequencing Craft. Click {HERE} to locate my Life Cycle Bundle at my teaching resource store.

 You can use all these life cycle crafts during your science lessons, and they work well for science centers too. These spring life cycles can be used throughout the year too in addition to spring. Each life cycle set includes a picture of the final life cycle craft, assembly pictures of the life cycle craft, assembly directions, a printable life cycle poster, a printable life cycle craft pattern, and two versions of life cycle sequencing cards (there are four stages for each cycle) to paste on the craft pattern.

You can use these life cycle crafts as an introduction to your science lesson or as a life cycle assessment. If you wish, you can also buy the life cycle of a pumpkin, life cycle of a frog, life cycle of a flower, life cycle of a plant, life cycle of a chicken, life cycle of a butterfly, or the water cycle HERE .

Click the links below to learn more:

Frog Life Cycle 
Chicken Life Cycle 
Butterfly Life Cycle
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Water Cycle
Flower Life Cycle
Plant Life Cycle

Life Cycles

Groundhog Day Hat

January 27, 2016, 10:35 am

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Groundhog and Groundhog Hat Fun! Here is a printable groundhog craft for your students.

Let your students participate in their own Groundhog day festivities this February or during your groundhog science unit. The groundhog hat comes in color and black and white. This is a simple groundhog day activity for all ages. Hope you have fun with your groundhog hats.

Pi Day Craft - A Math Craft for Pi Day

March 9, 2016, 11:30 am

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Pi Day-- This Pi Day Craft is a unique way to display and teach your students about Pi.

You students can create a Pi wind sock (just add streamers or use the Pi medallions) or a standing lantern during your math lesson or as a math center.

There are more ways to use this Pi craft in your math class. The digits of Pi 3.141459265358 go in a spiral around the cylinder. You can also use this craft to talk about circles (measure the Pi medallions) and cylinders. Click {HERE} to learn more about this math craft at my teaching resources store.

All About Me Pennant Owls

July 13, 2016, 4:00 pm

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All about me pennant: Use this all about me banner with apples across the top and attach it to an owl using a string for your back to school craft. The all about me pennants are 1/2 a page in size and will be printed two to a page. There are two versions of the all about me pennant. The first version asks the student's name, age, birthday, grade, favorite color, favorite animal, and favorite foods. At the bottom of the all about me surveys, the students will write what they want to be when they grow up. The student will also draw a self portrait. 

The second all about me banner is for younger students. The students will write their names, age, and then color a block with their favorite color. These students will also draw a self portrait. There are four different owls to choose to use with your pennants. The students will color or paint their owls in unique ways and attach the pennants around the necks of the owls using a string. The all about me craft can be used with or without the owls but I suggest placing the all about me owls on your classroom bulletin board and using the phrase Whoo I Am or Whoo am I? as the heading. These will go well with your owl classroom themes too.

Three Little Pigs Sequencing Cards

July 13, 2016, 5:35 pm

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Three Little Pigs* Create a Three Little Pigs craft with this three little pigs sequencing card craft. The sequencing cards include a picture of the straw house from the story, the twig house, the brick house, and a boiling pot. 

Students can use the craft to retell the three little pigs story and work on their sequencing skills. This craft makes a great three little pigs display too. 

It can be folded up like a little three little pigs storybook too. Hope you enjoy this three little pigs activity. I've included a pig and the big bad wolf as options for crafts to display your story.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Three-Little-Pigs-Three-Little-Pigs-Sequencing-Card-Craft-2643626

I also have a version of The Gingerbread Man sequencing craft available {HERE} .

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Alphabet Classroom Decor Banners Pennants and More

July 14, 2016, 12:15 am

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It's back to school time and I've created some super cute classroom decor items for your pre-k and kindergarten back to school needs. I wanted to make sure that you could use your classroom theme items as teaching aides too. I created four different sets of alphabet banners. These A to Z pennants have an uppercase letter, lowercase letter, and a cute image on each pennant that helps your students learn beginning letter recognition and sounds. These printable classroom resources are a simple solution for your pre-k and kindergarten classroom themes. Your kiddos will enjoy learning their beginning letters and sounds using these posters as teaching aides.

You can find all classroom decor items {HERE}.

I wanted a bit of whimsy and fun that would go with a circus theme or a carnival theme and I added polka dots too. Check out my alphabet pennant in my polka dot circus theme.

Here's my orange and aqua theme classroom A to Z banner set.

Here's my rainbow theme classroom decor alphabet banners.

If you want a cowboy theme classroom for your back to school classroom decor or you want a western theme, I bet you'll love my royal blue and gold paisley classroom decor set. It's just right if your school colors are blue and gold or blue and yellow too. You can use this to teach the colors of the rainbow too. I've used red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violent as a repeating pattern.

Finally, how about a little bit of stripes and polka dots for your kindergarten classroom decor? They look super cute when they're all lined up across a bulletin board or even in the hall.

You can find all classroom decor items {HERE}.

Thanks, Robin :)

Grumpy Cat Little Golden Book in the Classroom

July 28, 2016, 4:38 pm

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Grumpy Cat is just me when I realize summer is almost over and school is about to start! I am a Grumpy Cat. I'm getting a copy by the way. Click {Here}to buy this book at Amazon.


How will you use Grumpy Cat in your classroom?
1. Let students create their own rules for the classroom. Ask them what would make them a Grumpy Cat and brainstorm a list of rules.
2. Use Grumpy Cat with learning about emotions.
3. Bring a stuffed cat into the classroom and name it grumpy cat. Each night one of your students will take Grumpy Cat home and write a story about why he was grumpy and what made him happy.

Martin Luther King Jr. Craft

January 13, 2017, 7:55 am

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Martin Luther King Craft: Create a craft this Martin Luther King Jr. Day with this I Have a Dream Wreath. Students will choose a hand pattern that includes I Have a Dream as the writing prompt. 

There are four Martin Luther King writing patterns to choose from including a blank hand, a hand with a picture box, a hand with two lines, and a hand with three lines.

Students will write what their dream is on the hands. Then cut out the hands and place them around the Martin Luther King I Have a Dream wreath middle. You can also choose other wreath middles with the words equality, justice, or freedom or use the image with the Earth and a dove on it. 

All wreath image middles come in color and black and white. This is a simple craft for Martin Luther King Day that also includes Martin Luther King writing as a Martin Luther King day activity. You can also use the wreath and the wreath middles as a Martin Luther King Day bulletin board. You can find this craft {HERE}.

Here's another idea. MLK Day Art Pages: Use the art pages in this Martin Luther King Jr. Day printable craft to create four different MLK day coloring pages. The set includes one Martin Luther King Day collage page and three MLK Day Pop Art pages where the students will color different sections of the words I Have a Dream, a Dove, and the World surrounded by hands. It is available {HERE}.

3-D Water Cycle Craft

February 17, 2017, 7:21 am

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Cheers! Let's all have another glass of water. I'm so happy to share that I've come up with a way to make learning about the water cycle fun. I created this 3-D water cycle craft where students color the the printable water cycle sequencing cards. Then they paste them on the cloud template in order.

It's super cute and you hang it from the ceiling in your classroom or homeschool room. You'll be able to use it for reinforcing the water cycle too. Simply turn the water cycle craft around and don't stop at the last step. The continual turning illustrates that the water cycle is a process that repeats itself.  This craft is perfect to reinforce the topics taught during this science lesson and it works well as a science center too.

Plus, I've made this craft extra special for ELL ESL and Spanish Immersion teachers. The graphics don't include label so the kiddos will add their own. Then, I created a water cycle printable poster in English and I have a printable water cycle poster in Spanish too that reads El ciclo aqua.

If you're interested, hop on over to my teaching resource store {HERE}. The 3-D Water Cycle Craftivity includes directions, patterns, water cycle sequencing cards, a black and white water cycle poster, and a color water cycle poster. The four water cycle sequencing cards are for condensation, precipitation, run off, and evaporation.

Kindergarten Graduation Diplomas and Kindergarten Memory Book

May 22, 2017, 8:20 am

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It's the end of the school year and we're all counting down the days. I have created just the thing to help you reinforce the Common Core Standards and let your students create a kindergarten graduation keepsake. Check out my Kindergarten End-of-Year Memory Book, Kindergarten Graduation Diplomas, and Kindergarten Graduation Invitations. {Click here}

kindergarten diploma

I worked really hard to make this end of the year book fun and a learning tool. I love to integrate fun! There are several options to choose from (over 25 pages) that let your students draw their response or write and draw about their response. I've even added three special pages that add a fingerprint craft, a butterfly footprint craft, and a hand print. These will be great keepsakes.
 Check out how these turned out. I really wanted to add the fingerprints and I thought the butterfly footprint craft and the ant fingerprint craft worked well.

This packet even meets the following Common Core Standards:

K.RL.2
K.L.1
K.L.2
K.SL.5 
K.SL.4
K.W.1
K.W.3
It also meets these Essential Science and Social Studies Standards
K.E.1.3 (seasons)
K.G.1.1 (maps)
K.C.&G.1.1 (fair play and friends)
K.C.&G.1.2 (rules)

Check it out {HERE}.