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Keep them learning over the Summer! {and a giveaway!}

Clipart from TeachersScrapbookWell, here in Missouri the end of the school year is near!  At my school we have 14 more student days!  I noticed that several states go up to June or near mid-June!  This year the only long break we had more than a couple days was for … [Read more...]

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Career Day FREEBIE Writing template

A few day ago we celebrated Career Day!  We had some great presenters and the kids learned a lot!  To get the kids excited for career day I sent home a quick career day writing homework assignment.  This could easily be done in the classroom too! :)Here are a couple of the … [Read more...]

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Opinion Writing {freebies}

Hello!  Hello!  Last week we worked on writing opinion pieces.  This week we will be focusing on writing our opinions as a response to literature we read!The kiddos wrote their opinions on who was their favorite: The Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus!  It was actually a split- - I was … [Read more...]

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Narrative Writing {freebies}

Yesterday we finished up our second look at narrative writing this year!  We completed the unit with "polished" narrative story booklets!  Since this was our second look at narrative writing we added additional features:-added feelings-Using words like first, next, last-we added an opening … [Read more...]

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Invitation Writing

Hello friends! Hope you are all set for the new week!  As part of our ELA series, we introduce invitation writing!  It is one of those types of writings that is fun to introduce.  The kids did enjoy it and I have placed these blank templates in their writing folders as well to … [Read more...]

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Do you like snow? Opinion Writing {freebie}

Today we reviewed writing our opinions! We answered the writing prompt - - "Do you like snow?  Yes or No?"  The kids did an excellent job with their stories! See below for the freebie writing paper! I do like snow because I can make a snowman and I don't like snow too because it is … [Read more...]

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If I were the President….

If I were the President....The kids come up the best ideas right?  We were running low on ideas but after a quick "teach your partner" the students had many wonderful ideas on what they would do if they were President!  Who knows we just might have the next Mr. or Mrs. President sitting … [Read more...]

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Writing to Inform {freebie}

        Hi friends!  I hope you are having a great ending to your work week.  Thursday was actually our last day for the week.  Instead of 1 long Spring break, we have several 3-4 day weekends through out … [Read more...]

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We’ve all heard it….”how do I spell….?”

Yes,  we've all heard...."how do I spell....?"  Bless their hears they only want to please us.  What better way to please your teacher than have their words spelled correctly.  Well, in Kindergarten as long as their are writing their words independently their teacher is … [Read more...]

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