Let's Write March...ELA CCSS...

Are you looking to improve writing skills in your students?

I firmly believe this can help!!

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The packet includes two covers for students.

One for workbook pages:  grammar practice, graphic organizers, pre writes

The second for their final writing.

They can be proud of their final product after it has been...

well thought  out (graphic organizers)

and edited (pre writes)

Grammar for March is about subjects and predicates.

There are practice pages for EACH of the 4 lessons.

Each lesson contains lesson plans and a suggested piece of literature for reading

Each pre write has three leveled  pages for writing.

Differentiation available for one writing lesson

And here are samples of the final write.

March includes how to and sequencing stories:

Seed to Plant

Waiting for Wings

How to Catch a Leprechaun

Student Choice

Jellybeans and More...Springtime Activities

Oh what fun for Spring!

Lots of word work, writing, crafts, text, and math games.

Crafts for bulletin boards and writing as well as a Spring headband.

Math games for centers.

Several literature suggestions with activities to accompany them.

Informational text is followed by graphic organizers, lists, and pre writes.

Final writing papers are included for two levels of writers.

There are loads of word work activities.

Definitions, contractions, word search, singular/plural, making words, syllables, antonym and synonym.

Jellybean work too!

Graphing, data collection, measurement

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You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby!

Kiddos LOVE seeing their baby pictures and learning about what they were like as a baby.

This packet also fits perfectly with the NGSS about babies, life cycles and how they adapt like their parents(genes).

I love the vocabulary for posting (16 cards)

Crafts a baby boy and girl.

Perfect with a sign...You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby!

Notes for parents to send in baby pictures and a letter telling about their child as a baby.

Posters for posting the pictures and a sheet for the kiddos to guess who the baby pictures are.

The packet includes graphic organizers, writing pages and final writes. (not shown here)

There are many literature suggestions and comprehension strategies to accompany them.

I LOVE Alligator Baby.

And because I am a FIRM believer in building vocabulary lots of word work.

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Heads or Tails...Presidential Freebie

Great activities as we prepare for Presidents' Day!

Partner games using the penny and a quarter.

Flip, roll, or spin and see who wins!

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A Crankenstein Valentine...Literary Companion and Craft

What makes you cranky?

For Crankenstein it is Valentine's Day!

There is not much he likes about this celebration!

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What makes you cranky?

What makes you happy?

Students can write about their own feelings.

Then allow students to make choices and use comprehension strategies choosing between:

Text to Self

Story Elements

Cause/Effect

Character Analysis

Word Work includes:

Parts of Speech

ABC Order

Syllables 

Making Words

Gather ideas on these graphic organizers before writing.

And then...Let's WRITE!!

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Bunnies and Chicks...Let's Research!

Finding research experiences for the primary child can often be a challenged 

BUT 

this packet is perfect and uses topics perfect for the upcoming spring!

In this post you will se ideas provided for chicks. The bunny activities are identical.

This way you can differentiate and allow for choice using the same strategies and leveled text.

I love the craft and the "topper" for displaying student writing.

Look at the three types of informational text.

Use one or all!

Here are the graphic organizers for collecting information using the text.

The writing...there are pre writes and final writes.

Because vocabulary is so very important here are three ways to enhance building word strategies and understanding.

Fo fun how about a little sequencing and data collection.

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