Your students will love to make this Valentine’s Day Cootie Catcher while learning Valentine’s Day words! Materials: Valentine’s Day Cootie Catcher template Crayons Pencil Scissors List of Valentine’s Day words you would like the students to study Instructions: Teacher Make one copy of the Valentine’s Day Cootie Catcher for each student. Make one example Valentine’s [...]

Your students will love to make their own, unique Valentine’s Day Warm Fuzzies! Students will also enjoy writing stories about their Valentine’s Day Warm Fuzzy during Writer’s Workshop. Students can keep their their Valentine’s Day Warm Fuzzies or give the craft as Valentine’s Day gifts to parents or grandparents. Materials: Yarn (red or pink) Chenille stems (red, pink or [...]

Can you imagine a Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex in battle? Your students will enjoy using their imagination as they identify physical adaptations the Triceratops developed to help it survive while foraging for food and fighting in a battle. Here’s a printable Triceratops facts and coloring page to help you with your dinosaur lesson. Materials: Dinosaur [...]

Your students will enjoy learning about the Velociraptor as they understand important facts and identify physical adaptations. Did you know that recent research has found that the Velociraptor likely had feathers? Velociraptor was a fierce hunter and may have been very intelligent. Print out this Velociraptor Facts and Coloring Page to learn more. Materials: Velociraptor, Dinosaur Facts [...]

Here’s a Valentine’s Day card for your students’ parents! Students will learn how to write a card, which is similar to a friendly letter. Students will write the greeting (parent’s name on the front), date, body, complimentary close and signature. This Valentine’s Day card will save you time because it requires very little teacher prep, and the [...]

The 100th day of school is almost here! Here’s an activity that’s educational, differentiated and fun for your students.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was gifted with words. Most of all, he spoke the truth and was able to lead a peaceful uprising, successfully bringing light to the truth of his words. This Martin Luther King, Jr. Word Search is unique in that it includes ten quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. Each word in [...]

Here’s a free Martin Luther King, Jr. list of quotes and coloring page to help direct your lesson plan. You can then display the students’ finished work on a classroom bulletin board. Materials: Overhead transparency of Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes Martin Luther King, Jr. coloring page 12″ X 18″ construction paper 8.5″ X 11″ lined [...]

Print out these free, reproducible Valentine cards for your students. The Valentine cards can be used with the Star Student Bulletin Board, if you wish. Materials: White paper (if you choose to print in color) or pink paper (if you choose to print using black ink) Scissors or paper trimmer/paper cutting board Black skinny felt tip marker (size 03 works well) Instructions: Print [...]

You may be introducing the idea of New Year’s resolutions with your students, but what about you? Take a few minutes for inspiration with these five suggestions.