December is bustling with great ideas for kids to participate in meaningful and authentic writing. Even the most reluctant writers insist on writing their letters to Santa and their Christmas lists! To make the writing process more fun, we’ve created a custom letter to Santa template. Teachers, this Christmas writing activity would a great portfolio […]
Gingerbread Man Literacy Activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
If you own our clever Gingerbread Man Activity (Life Cycle and Writing) pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers store, you are in for a sweet upgrade! We’ve added more than 35 pages of activities to help your literacy units this December. This interactive and flippable Gingerbread Activity now includes: a labeling activity (differentiated for […]
Teacher Gift Idea: Custom Binder Clips with a Free Printable Gift Tag
Move over candles, coffee mugs, and scented lotions: here’s what teachers really want for the holidays, aside from a beach vacation after surviving the first semester of school. Most teachers secretly want gift cards to stores they frequent to buy things for their classes: Dollar Tree, Target, and most of all TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS. Most […]
Poem of the Week for the Whole School Year for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
The poem of the week format has been a critical component of my literacy instruction in the primary grades. I am able to cover a wide range of needed comprehension skills without a heavy amount of text. Poetry is easier to differentiate for special needs and ELL learners than a word-intensive picture book or novel […]
Free Printable Snowman Poem Unit and Literacy Center
With the winter months just a few weeks away, it’s time for many of us to begin preparing resources for our winter units. Every winter, I love engrossing my kids into snowman literature! Help extend the fun with our Free Snowman Poem mini-unit. This free printable snowman poem unit and corresponding literacy centers will delight […]
